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Shooting starts in Dorchester for new Miss Marple
ANYONE passing through Dorchester this week could be forgiven for doing a double-take. The village has been transformed into the set of ITV’s Miss Marple series. Filming is currently taking place for the episode of Agatha Christie’s Marple
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Oxford University 'cyber centre' plans unveiled
Plans for a global “cyber centre” at the University of Oxford have been unveiled by Foreign Secretary William Hague. Mr Hague announced today that the new centre would be based in Oxford Martin School, on the corner of Broad Street and Catte Street
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Defence case closes at Old Bailey
ALL evidence has now been heard in the Old Bailey trial of nine men accused of sexually exploiting vulnerable girls in Oxford. The last defendant to give evidence, Bilal Ahmed, finished testifying this afternoon to bring the defence case to an
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Eagle flies in to put train policy on track
OXFORDSHIRE rail passengers are getting a raw deal, the shadow transport secretary has said. Maria Eagle spoke yesterday at the campaign launch for the regional Labour Party ahead of the local elections. She accused the Government of misleading
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Burnt food sparks alarm at police station
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a false alarm at St Aldate’s police station in Oxford this afternoon. Two crews and a hydraulic platform were called to the station at 3.27pm after burnt cooking set off its fire alarm. Firefighters left the building
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Reservists help revive a disbanded squadron
AIR force volunteers were put through their paces as an RAF Brize Norton squadron was re-formed at a “standing-up” ceremony. Disbanded in 2001, No 2624 (County of Oxford) Squadron has returned in a force protection role as part of the RAF Regiment
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Carnival cash 'will be spent correctly'
COWLEY Road Carnival organisers who are set to get £30,000 in council cash will be strictly monitored, bosses have insisted. Oxford City Council last month announced it would give the cash to secure the long-term future of the event on July 6 and
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Oxfordshire Senior Cup final date confirmed
The Oxfordshire Senior Cup final will take place after the end of the league season. Oxford United will take on Oxford City at the Kassam Stadium on Wednesday, May 1 - in the week after both sides' league campaigns finish. Kick-off will be
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Transplant survivors' fighting spirit
MANY had battled back from the brink of death. And that fighting spirit was proudly on display as transplant survivors faced off at an annual racquets tournament. About 70 people who had been through life-saving operations descended on the
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City areas to draw up their own local plans
THREE Oxford communities are the first to bid to draw up legally-binding plans to influence development in their area. Summertown and St Margaret’s, Wolvercote and Jericho have taken the first step in drawing up a neighbourhood plan. The plans
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Football violence probe - do you know these men?
THESE are CCTV stills of four men, believed to be Oxford United supporters, police want to speak to following violence at the Oxford United, Bristol Rovers match at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday, February 9. Police have so far arrested 33 people
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No clowning about on this visit to Zimbabwe
HE IS Oxford’s very own scourge of Zimbabwe’s despotic regime. And now East Oxford’s Richard Pantlin is returning to the African country after cycling through it dressed as a clown in 2009 for charity. This time he will be dressed as a priest
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Blue plaque for towering eccentricity
HE invited a horse for tea, had a pet giraffe, and was friends with Salvador Dali and HG Wells. It is unlikely anyone would ever forget eccentric Faringdon aristocrat Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners. But a blue plaque has been
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Follow in Fatuma's footsteps
RISING star Fatuma Odwar glided gracefully across the ice rink during a figure skating demonstration. The North Oxford 16-year-old was just one of the skaters at Oxford Ice Rink on Friday who demonstrated their skills to encourage others to take
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Drug dealers threatened to burn down heroin addict's house
DRUG dealers threatened to burn a man’s house down if he didn’t sell heroin and crack cocaine, a court heard. Father-of-two Dexter Thompson developed a heroin addiction and had fallen into debt with his dealers, a judge was told. Thompson –
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Day 43: Tuesday, April 9
Crime reporter Ben Wilkinson is at the Old Bailey where the Bullfinch trial is today due to start at 12pm #Oxford exploitation trial today due to hear the defence case for Bilal Ahmed, 26. He's charged with sex activity with a 14-year-old
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Mini sales dip
Global sales of the Cowley-built Mini dipped in March, latest figures have revealed. A total of 31,763 cars were delivered to customers during the month, compared to 32,422 in the same month last year. a drop of two per cent. in the first quarter
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Young majorettes need new twirlers
THEY make baton twirling look so easy. But you need good balance, hand to eye co-ordination and posture to become a Strawberry Fayre Majorette. The girls gave lessons to majorette hopefuls at The Barn in Nightingale Avenue, Greater Leys on Saturday
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Battling Oxford bow out
Oxford RL had a baptism of fire at Halifax, going down to a 54-12 defeat in their Tetley's Challenge Cup third-round tie. It was always going to be a tough task against the table-topping Championship team, especially as Oxford had played only one
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HOCKEY: Youngsters flock to Oxford fesitival
THE 21st Rover Oxford Festival at Cokethorpe School and Witney ATP, sponsored by Red Technology and run by Oxford HC, attracted 73 teams in seven age groups. In the under 14 boys competition at Cokethorpe, Cheltenham pipped Oxford Hawks 2-1, while
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HOCKEY: Bicester's Sunday best
Bicester Ladies had a double header in Trysports Three-Counties Division 3 over the weekend, losing 4-3 to Maidenhead 2nd on Saturday and winning 2-0 at Wokingham the next day. Two goals from Kath Crook and one from Jan Southam were not quite enough
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HOCKEY: Dark Blues fall to champions Brighton
OXFORD University finished runners-up in Premier Division 1 of the Men's South League after going down 3-0 away to champions Brighton & Hove. The Dark Blues needed to win and then hope lowly Milton Keynes could spring a major surprise against
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RUGBY UNION: Witney not safe
South West 1 East WITNEY are still not safe from relegation after losing 21-17 at Bletchley. The visitors lie ninth in the table, but need five more points to be mathematically sure of staying up. Marc Copperwheat scored two tries for Witney
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DARTS: Oxfordshire's big guns missing for key clash
Oxfordshire have it all to do as they bid to retain their Premier Division status, starting this weekend at home to Lancashire. Oxon sit one off bottom place and in the relegation zone with three games remaining and face a huge task against third-placed
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RUGBY UNION: Grove stay on course
Southern Counties North GROVE maintained their promotion push with a 31-10 victory at Olney, who had lost only one previous home game this season. The Cane Lane side will guarantee a play-off by winning their final two matches, but their hopes
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THATCHER: PM who transformed the nation in a decade
MARGARET Thatcher was the woman who, almost single-handedly and in the space of one tumultuous decade, transformed a nation. Tireless, fearless and unshakeable, she was Britain’s first woman Prime Minister – and the first leader to win three General
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RUGBY UNION: Littlemore bounce back
BB&O round-up LITTLEMORE got back to winning ways with a 34-19 success at Harwell in the BB&O Premier Division. The visitors had conceded walkovers in their previous two fixtures due to being unable to field sides. But they earned
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THATCHER: The Iron Lady in her own words...
“I wasn’t lucky. I deserved it” – On receiving a school prize, aged nine l “I am not hard – I’m frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded” – Interview, 1972 l “It will be years – and not in my time – before a woman will lead the party or become
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FOOTBALL: Ten-man City in gritty victory
Bradford Park Ave 1 (Corner 81) Oxford City 2 (Stanley 14, Willmott 62) Oxford City recorded succcessive wins in Blue Square Bet North with victory at Bradford Park Avenue – despite having skipper Andy Ballard sent off in the first
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RUGBY UNION: Exiles rule out further challenge
London Welsh chief executive Tony Copsey says they will not take their appeal against a five-point penalty and £15,000 fine any further. Speaking at the start of a big week for the club, who play Northampton at Oxford’s Kassam Stadium on Sunday
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THATCHER: When Maggie came to visit
By Freddie Whittaker, Elizabeth Culliford and Thomas Burrows PEOPLE who met and knew Baroness Thatcher have talked of their feelings of “loss” following her death. To the British public, her supporters and critics, she was
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Projects help twin town
WHEN five of us spent a week last month in Leon, Oxford’s twin city in Nicaragua, it was an eye opener. The university town was hot, dusty and very different from the cold, wet weather of Oxford. Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America
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How to handle recession
I WOULD never claim to be an expert on financial matters, but the current chancellor’s methods seem to run contrary to what I always assumed to be the way of dealing with a depression. The bulk of Government revenue comes from taxes and, to ensure
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Impressed by Northway
ON Friday, March 22, I attended the annual meetings of both the Northway Social Club and Northway Community Association at the Northway Centre. What a eye-opener to attend two meetings where the business of the two organisations was conducted in a
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THE QUIZ LEAGUE: Plough sweep up in title decider
WITH the destination of the Premiership crown at stake, stablemates the Plough and the Ploughman’s Bunch! (both Wolvercote) clashed in a “winner takes all” final fixture; the climax to an exhilarating winter campaign. Despite trailing by a few
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FOOTBALL: Bourne eyes repeat show
Abingdon United boss Richie Bourne has challenged his side to record back-to-back wins at Cinderford Town in Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West tonight. On Saturday, Bourne’s side ended their 12-match winless run with a last-gasp
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Congestion clear to see
PEOPLE who walk down Castle Street, or those waiting for buses, cannot fail to notice the traffic problems that occur on a regular basis. The buses are stationary while picking up passengers in Castle Street and this means buses that want to pass
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Tribute to Chinese sacrifices
THERE was a mention recently of the many thousand of Chinese who came to Europe in WWI and rendered invaluable service. Warfare in WWI was predominantly static and heavy artillery churned up lines of communication, etc, behind the lines. It was
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We are feeling misled over campaign for pool
I WRITE in response to Cllr Van Coulter’s letter (ViewPoints, April 1) concerning the council’s case for building a new swimming pool in Blackbird Leys, and closing Temple Cowley Pools and Fitness Centre. It is extremely ironic he should talk about
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ON YER BIKE: With frost gone, planning begins for cycle events
Can we now tentatively say a final goodbye to Jack Frost? I say tentatively because although it looks like spring has eventually decided to bless us with more favourable cycling weather, just as I rejoiced last time the barometer rose we all got plunged
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RUGBY UNION: Hat-trick pair fire up Henley
National 2 South LIAM O’Neill and Xavier Andre both scored hat-tricks as Henley Hawks maintained their promotion push with a 65-19 home demolition of Redruth. Victory took Henley past 100 league points for the season and leaves them seven behind
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RUGBY UNION: Quins' lapses prove costly
National 3 South West OXFORD Harlequins, who are already relegated, fell away to lose 50-13 at Amersham & Chiltern. Quins, who have now conceded more than 1,000 points, trailed 17-13 around the half-hour mark, but lapses at crucial times
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THATCHER: Cameron hails 'Britain's greatest peacetime PM'
PRIME Minister and Witney MP David Cameron yesterday led tributes to The Iron Lady. Mr Cameron cut short his visit to Europe, which was due to include a meeting with French president Francois Hollande, to fly back from Spain. He said: “It was
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THATCHER: I was thrilled to serve as her aide'
Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry was Lady Thatcher’s personal aide during the October 1974 General Election campaign. He then worked with Abingdon MP and shadow Northern Ireland secretary Airey Neave on Mrs Thatcher’s campaign to become leader of the
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Raiders target Benson Co-op
RAIDERS stole cigarettes and tried to take cash from the Co-op store in Benson today. A member of the public alerted police at 1.13am after spotting a group of men acting suspiciously inside. They forced open the door of the High Street store
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THATCHER: College will honour its former student
By Freddie Whittaker, Debbie Waite and Elizabeth Culliford ALMOST 30 years after Oxford University dons refused an honorary degree to Margaret Thatcher, Somerville College's principal has paid tribute to the former Prime Minister.
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Oxford United fans backed to stay loyal
The majority of Oxford United fans are set to stay loyal to the club despite enduring a difficult campaign. That’s the view of Mark Sennett, chairman of supporter group OxVox, as the first 2013/14 season tickets went on sale yesterday. The
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COMMENT: Love her or loathe her, we will not forget Thatcher
ANYONE looking to start a ‘lively debate’ at a social gathering over the past 30 years needed only to say two words: Margaret Thatcher. Describing the former Conservative Prime Minister, who died yesterday aged 87, as ‘divisive’ is like saying
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Toilets are on a roll as £100k revamp begins
THE next stage of a masterplan to give Oxford world-class loos is under way as work starts to revamp public toilets in Gloucester Green. Oxford City Council will spend £100,000 over the coming months to redevelop the toilets, off George Street
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Much ado about Shakespeare's room tours
AN HISTORIC Oxford room that once played host to William Shakespeare will open to the public on the Bard’s birthday. The Cornmarket Street room above clothes shop Republic was once part of a 17th century inn which hosted the playwright. He
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City author’s debut is a magical fantasy
A BOOK by an Oxford author will be the next choice for the Oxford Mail Junior Book Club. As part of the Oxfordshire Reading Campaign, which aims to foster a love of reading while improving literacy standards, we have teamed up with bookseller Waterstones
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Suspect denies he treated girl 'cruelly'
A 24-YEAR-OLD yesterday denied “cruelly” treating a young girl for his “own sexual satisfaction”. Mohammed Hussain, one of nine men accused of running a child sex ring in Oxford, told the Old Bailey the 14-year-old girl had told him she was 17