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Foals tour bypasses hometown

A GIG in their native Oxford is not on the cards for Foals this autumn. The city is conspicuous in its absence, along with London, from the list of tour dates announced by the band last week. The popular indie five-piece will play fairly small

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Developer pulls out of race for Police and Crime Commissioner

AN independent candidate for the position of Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner has pulled out of the race. Martin Young, a 67-year-old developer from Headington Hill, announced his intention to run for the post in July. But tonight

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A message to the future

A SNAPSHOT of life in 2012 was buried at an Oxford school for future generations to enjoy. Students at the Oxford Spires Academy in Glanville Road buried a time capsule under their new buildings on Friday. It contained school ties, a computer

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Shops and parks are on the Leys wish list

NEW shops and spruced-up parks were top of the list for Blackbird Leys residents ahead of a major regeneration of the estate. Last week, Oxford City Council announced it had brought in The Prince’s Foundation charity to consult on plans for a revamp

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MP Baldry asks questions over Jimmy Savile

Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry says police must explain why no charges were ever brought against Sir Jimmy Savile during the entertainer’s lifetime. Speaking in the Commons in the wake of child sex abuse allegations against the star, Sir Tony said:

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Irish dancers bring home top prizes

A GROUP of Irish dancers from Witney have won top prizes in the first competition they have entered. Eight girls from the Boyd School of Irish Dance took part in the McIerney Open Feis in Swindon last month against competitors from across the country

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Six pubs on Camra shortlist for best in Oxford

THE race is on to find out which pub is the best in Oxford. Six city taverns have been included in the shortlist for the Oxford Camra pub of the year award. The winner will be decided by members of Camra’s city branch based on six criteria

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Local shares (PM)

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Professor’s 3D gifts will help shape the future

What do you get the man or woman who has everything? What about a symmetrical object which only exists in an infinite dimensional hyperspace beyond our own three-dimensional universe. And if you still need convincing – it will raise money for

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Local share prices

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Market celebrates 10 years of trading

SHOPPERS flocked to the bumper anniversary of the Wolvercote farmers’ market as it celebrated 10 years of local trading in Oxford. The popular market, which runs every Sunday with 15 regular stallholders, hosted 35 stalls on Sunday to celebrate

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Festival raises awareness of local produce

EYNSHAM’S history of apple growing was celebrated at an event to encourage people to grow and eat local produce. GreenTEA (Transition Eynsham Area) held the Time to Eat Festival at St Leonard’s Church in High Street on Saturday. It featured

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Trains delayed

Trains were delayed at Oxford train station yesterday because of a signal failure. Engineers from Network Rail were on site at 12.50pm and trains were running by 1.55pm.

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Man rescued

A man had to be released from a car after it left the road and collided with a telegraph pole and wall. The accident happened on the B480 outside the Coach & Horses Inn in Chiselhampton, near Stadhampton, on Friday. The man was taken to

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Event focuses on death taboo

Kicking the Bucket, a festival aiming to break down the taboos surrounding the issue of death, continues today. The event, which runs until Friday, November 2, features dance, music and art sessions as well as talks and debates on the subject of

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Parking zone scheme 'making a difference'

AFTER a five-year battle a Controlled Parking Zone has finally opened in the Divinity Road area. It means that anyone wishing to park will have to have a permit, or use one of the newly-introduced, temporary free parking pays. The scheme is

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RUGBY UNION: Harwell edge it

Oxfordshire Shield HARWELL held on to edge out Abingdon 25-21 in the preliminary round. The hosts looked in contol when leading 25-7 in the second half, but two late tries from Abingdon made it tense. Jamie Cantwell’s try, plus two Jack Robinson

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Oxford United fans' debate

Morning everyone. Last night seems like the best place to start, what did you make of United's performance on TV? Post your comments below. @OxfordMailOUFC both full backs last night were woeful. In fact Wright was the only one

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Think of a team mascot

AS a rugby league supporter of many decades, I am looking forward to the appearance of Oxford’s new professional rugby league team. I believe the plan at the moment is to call themselves the Oxford Inspires. However, they must have the ambition

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Who was Oxford United's man of the match at Port Vale?

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Democratic dictatorship

ACCORDING to our millionaire Prime Minister, our kids having the choice of going to the elite school Eton just fills me with joy! How anyone can fall for this line I’ll never know. Compare our democracy with Venezuela – who just re-elected

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RUGBY UNION: Wasteful Witney made to pay

South West 1 East MISSED opportunities cost Witney victory as they lost 12-7 at home to Reading. It took a late try from full back James Monks, converted by fly half Henry Lamb, to earn Witney a losing bonus point, despite having most of the

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Aaron Buron's family tell of disgust as arrests follow sentencing

THE family of murdered musician Aaron Buron have spoken of their disgust following an alleged disturbance minutes after his killer was sentenced. Haydan O’Callaghan, of Saunders Road, Oxford, was handed a life sentence for the murder of Mr Buron

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Blackadder star enjoys a historic moment

TIME Team stalwart and Blackadder favourite Tony Robinson dropped in on an Oxford school to open its new library. The actor, television presenter and amateur historian, met about 300 pupils at Rye St Antony School, Headington, and their parents

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Reading is important now

IT’S a great thing to see that the Oxford Mail is campaigning to get more people into reading. However, I do hope that those that are dyslexic get a little extra help. I understand that up to one in ten people are affected with this problem

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Disappointed in Cameron

I WAS proud when my local MP became Prime Minister but David Cameron has proved a great disappointment. He came to power pledging to sort a financial crisis caused by reckless bankers. He inherited a slowly recovering economy but his virulent austerity

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Records kept

I WOULD like to give a message to all leaseholders experiencing undue extra costs from their landlords. Housing associations keep records of these charges as in later years they may turn out, as in the PPI scandal, to be a rip-off, causing many

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School places are lacking

I WRITE regarding the article titled £100m investment into new schools, Oxford Mail, week commencing September 24. As one of the many families in Abingdon that is now forced by the LEA to drive between 60 to 100 miles plus every week to take our

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Man threw Molotov cocktail at house, jury told

A BANBURY man threw a Molotov cocktail at the family home of his girlfriend, a court heard yesterday. Yisa Hassan-Sule, 28, of Broughton Close, is accused of attempting to commit arson with intent to endanger life. He also stands accused of

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DARTS: Village Inn reach final

Section 1 champions Village Inn will take on Premier side Gillians Bar (formerly Black Swan) in the Greene King ODDA’s women’s seven-a-side finals after winning through an eight-team play-off. The men’s play-offs take place at Marston RBL on Tuesday

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HOCKEY: Ladies pay for slow start

A slow start cost Oxford Hawks dear as they lost 2-1 to Wimbledon in Investec Ladies’ Conference East. An early goal saw Hawks trail, and a penalty corner gave them an uphill task after the break. Takara Haines gave them hope, firing home a

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FOOTBALL: Sadler's ready to make comeback

Dan Sadler is set to end his injury nightmare when North Leigh travel to Banbury United in the Southern League’s Red Insure Cup first round tonight. Sadler hasn’t played for Mark Gee’s side for two years after suffering a cruciate knee ligament

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ON YER BIKE: How little has changed within seven years

This, dear reader, is my 200th On Yer Bike column for the Oxford Mail. What better reason to look back over the past seven-and-a-half years at how far Cycling has come since On Yer Bike started? Don’t worry – it won’t take long! What has changed

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TODAY'S BIG ISSUE: Will the regeneration project at Blackbird Leys make a difference?

Yes... Val Smith, Oxford City Councillor for Blackbird Leys and executive member for regeneration I am really excited about the project. There has already been regeneration in Barton and in Rose Hill. The old estates that are beginning

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Residents hope for a flood of answers from awareness campaign meeting

COMMUNITIES in Oxfordshire are being urged to be prepared for potential flooding as part of a new campaign to tackle the problem. The Environment Agency yesterday launched a four-week flood awareness campaign, which will include the official opening

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RUGBY UNION: Quins bag first win in thriller

National 3 South West OXFORD Harlequins secured their first victory of the season with a last-gasp 29-28 success at home to Malvern. It looked as if Quins would suffer a seventh straight defeat when they trailed 28-19 with nine minutes to go

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RUGBY UNION: Cathcart penalty clinches nervy victory

National 2 South JAMES Cathcart’s late penalty earned Chinnor a 23-22 victory at Lydney after they had trailed 13-0 and 22-13. Fly half Cathcart struck on 70 minutes before Chinnor held out in a nervy finale, but they had been a pale imitation

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ATHLETICS: Oxon trio suffer funding axe

Oxfordshire athletes Nathan Douglas, Mara Yamauchi and Hatti Archer have lost their National Lottery funding. The trio have been removed from the World Class Performance Programme for 2013, UK Athletics announced yesterday. Radley steeplechaser

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RUGBY UNION: Oxford beaten at Richmond

Oxford University slipped to a 21-5 defeat at Richmond last night. The Dark Blues, with fullback Henry Lamont to the fore, started brightly, but it was Richmond who took the lead after 20 minutes when left wing Jon Courtney scored a try in the

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The short-sightedness of cancelling ChristmA

I WAS disappointed to read in the Oxford Mail (September 29) that the city council has refused to allow a Christmas market on Broad Street. The Christmas market at the Castle has been, since it started a few years back, a truly lovely event to

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HOCKEY: Cresswell sets it up for Hawks

Dave Cresswell maintained his top striking form with a brace as Oxford Hawks moved up to third spot in Premier Divison 1 with a 3-1 victory at home to London Wayfarers. Hawks took an early lead when Cresswell, who scored five times against West

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The Orchestra of St John's: Ashmolean Museum

It was a world away from the gold-leafed extravagances of the Vienna Musikverein concert hall and its Strauss waltzes on New Year’s Day. For although the OSJ’s programme credited two pieces in the latest OSJ Prom to Johann Strauss II, the works were

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CRICKET: Tew celebrate Cherwell League title success

Great & Little Tew celebrated being crowned Cherwell League champions at the Hawkwell House Hotel, Oxford - even though they didn't receive the Division 1 trophy. “We have got it in spirit,” said Tew skipper Andy Harris after the presentations

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Woe for Wilder

Chris Wilder felt it was a case of “men against boys” as Oxford United were well beaten 3-0 at high-flying Port Vale last night. There was little to choose between the sides in the npower League Two clash until Tom Pope pounced on a rebound to

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COMMENT: Our ambulance service has done itself no favours

SOUTH Central Ambulance Service provides a stunning example that it is not a mistake that will crucify your reputation but the cover-up afterwards. Today we are able to publish that more than 300 staff at our ambulance service have not been put

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Rail franchise

The Department for Transport has confirmed it will not be extending the Great Western franchise while a review is carried out over the West Coast main line franchise. Yesterday, it was revealed that the department was negotiating with Virgin Rail

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Hammer gang holds up village filling station

ROBBERS wearing motorcycle helmets and brandishing hammers threatened staff at a petrol station before stealing cash. The raid happened just after midnight yesterday at the BP garage in Carterton Road, Brize Norton. The two men fled in a red

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The drive of your life for F1 boss

FORMULA 1 legend Sir Frank Williams recalled Grand Prix successes built in Didcot as a road in the town was named after him yesterday. Sir Frank, whose Williams team moved its headquarters from Didcot to Grove in the mid-1990s, visited Great Western

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More arrests on city centre fight

Two more men have been arrested in connection with a mass brawl in Gloucester Green early on Saturday morning. Twelve men were initiallly arrested after a fight near the bus station at 4.20am. Yesterday, Thames Valley Police confirmed two more

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Underhill man, 20, jailed for having sex with underage girl

A 20-year-old man who had sex with an underage teenage girl has been jailed. Jye Holland admitted four counts of sexual activity with a female under 16. He was sent to prison for 15 months at Oxford Crown Court on Friday. Holland of Underhill

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Oxford Crown and County Court counter is shut down

THE public service counter at Oxford Crown and County Court has been shut off to visitors under a new pilot scheme. The counter will remain shut until March 29 next year. Visitors will only be able to speak to staff for urgent matters or by

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One-in-five ambulance service staff haven't had CRB check

MORE than 300 ambulance staff dealing with patients have not been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau, the Oxford Mail can reveal today. Last month it emerged South Central Ambulance Trust had employed Robert King as a paramedic and operations

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Carterton Morrisons supermarket is approved

PLANS have been approved to build a Morrisons supermarket in Carterton. Work on the 40,000sq ft store in Black Bourton Road will now start next year and could be open before Christmas 2013. West Oxfordshire District Council’s lowlands area

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A420 reopened after mud cleared

THE A420 has reopened after mud was cleared from the carriageway.  The road was shut earlier this morning between the A338 and B4017 Abingdon Road due to mud.

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Long-stay charges to be decided today

PLANS to charge for long stay parking at the Thornhill and Water Eaton park and ride sites are due to be decided today. Oxford County Council officers have recommended the proposals are approved, despite scores of objections. The council wants

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OLYMPIC SPORTS: Medal puts judo firmly on map

WHEN Judoka Gemma Gibbons became the first British judo athlete to win an Olympic medal since Sydney, she said she hoped her achievement would inspire the next generation. And if Oxfordshire is a yardstick, it has worked. The coaches of Oxfordshire