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The Scales of Justice
Adrian Jefferys, 22, of Hearthway, Banbury, convicted of assault by beating in McKeevor Place, Banbury, on July 26. Given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months with 12-month supervision requirement and 100-hour unpaid work requirement.
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The Scales of Justice
Thomas Kimber, 23, of Cedar Road, Oxford, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place in George Street, Oxford, and possessing cocaine, a Class A drug, in St Aldate’s Police Station, Oxford, on February 24. Fined £300 and told to pay £30
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Oxford's working class roots are explored
OXFORD’s working class rebellions will be explored during a special day delving into the city’s industrial past. The second annual Working Class History Month, organised by the Blackbird Leys Independent Working Class Association, will take place
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Residents driven round bend as fence flattened again
PENSIONER John Webb is calling for safety measures at a roundabout in North Oxford because cars keep crashing into a fence outside his block of flats. Widower Mr Webb, 76, lives in Churchill House at the junction of Sunderland Avenue and Banbury
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Mechanic jailed over indecent child images
MECHANIC James Thorn has been jailed after his friends found child pornography on his laptop. The 29-year-old received nine months in prison on Wednesday following his conviction for possessing indecent images. Police discovered 505 still photos
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Pair's web coffee fad a 'perc' for homeless
COFFEE shop owners Andrew and Claire Bowen were stirred into helping the city’s homeless after stumbling across a Facebook phenomenon. The couple, who run Java & Co shops in Abingdon and Oxford, perked up when they saw how Suspended Coffee
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House fire in Cowley
FIREFIGHTERS are battling a blaze at a house in Cowley. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called at 3.40pm today. The extent of the fire in Burbush Road is not yet clear, nor if there are any injuries.
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Heartbroken couple’s fundraiser for stillbirth charity
WHEN Leanne Jeneson was admitted to hospital at seven months’ pregnant it didn’t enter her mind that she would leave without her baby. Her pregnancy had been straightforward and she and partner Stephen Thompson, 30, were excitedly awaiting the
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Widescreen Weddings
There was a time when the glamour and romance of watching a movie where the couple say ‘I do’ was strictly limited to Hollywood stars. These days, any bride can watch her big day on screen and thanks to technology, it has never been easier.
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The changing face of Banbury
FOUR girls won prizes in the Partridge Essay Competition in 1978. They were Helen Mills, Cressida Heyes, Justine Hardy and Lydia Craig.] The competition, started by Frank Partridge, a former town mayor, had been running since 1956. Pupils
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End of the road for the Maxi line
SOME seem to be pleased, but others looked somewhat grim. This was the day the last Austin Maxi car body was produced at Pressed Steel at Cowley. The date was June 25, 1981 and according to the sign behind the night-shift workers, 450,213 bodies
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April snow was no joke
THE recent winter might have been harsh, but spare a thought for the folk who lived in Oxford in 1908. Between 15 and 18 inches of snow fell on Saturday, April 25, a month after the start of spring. The city and parts of the county were brought
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Final parade for the Old Contemptibles
OUR picture here was the last time Oxford members of the Old Contemptibles went on parade. The survivors of the First British Expeditionary Force that crossed to France in 1914 and fought in the battle and retreat from Mons met at Aldershot in
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Memories of Coronation
IT WILL be the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation on June 2. We plan to commemorate the event by publishing pictures of many of the street parties and other celebrations that took place in Oxfordshire at that time. If you have pictures
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Howzat for a bright idea?
CRICKETER Percy Blake may have had a hand in making life safer for batsmen. England players started wearing helmets soon after he suggested the idea to England wicket-keeper Alan Knott. Mr Blake met Knott at a social evening organised by members
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Designs on St George
THE children in our picture here celebrated St George’s Day in style. Pupils at Speedwell School at Littlemore, Oxford, had spent weeks creating their own St George and the dragon in their classrooms. Then the school invited an Oxford Mail
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Twice the fun as Folk Festival doubles in size
MORE than 1,000 folk flocked to Oxford at the weekend for a very traditional knees-up. The second annual Folk Weekend Oxford hosted 73 events between Friday and Sunday evening, including more than 60 Morris dance troupes, a ceilidh for special
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Roadworks end
Roadworks in East Oxford are expected to come to an end today. Workmen from Scotia Gas Networks have been using temporary traffic lights near the junction of Cowley Road with Howard Street. They have been digging up the road since January.
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Council talks on pools' future
The future of Temple Cowley Pools will be discussed at a full meeting of Oxford City Council today. The council wants to close down the facility, claiming it is no longer fit for purpose, and replace it with a multi-million pound pool in Blackbird
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Police searching for a new office
POLICE in Blackbird Leys have been given a stay of execution while a search for their new base continues. The team was due to vacate its premises in July, when the lease expires. Community figures were worried that losing a visible symbol of
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RESULTS: April 20-21
FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 3, Rochdale 0. BLUE SQUARE BET NORTH Droylsden 1, Oxford City 3. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd 1, Bedford Tn 1. Div 1 South & West: Mangotsfield Utd 2, North Leigh 0; Paulton Rov 0, Didcot
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Bard's birthday
A ceremony to mark William Shakespeare’s birthday will be held tomorrow for the first time since the 1960s. There will be a procession at 11am from the Town Hall to the Painted Room in Cornmarket – where the playwright is believed to have stayed
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Oxford United fans' discussion
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Trains delayed by trespasser
Trains between Reading and Oxford were delayed by up to ten minutes on Saturday after reports of a trespasser at around noon, according to CrossCounty. The incident was reported to have occurred between Culham and Radley. However, neither Network
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Vision of the future for city's rail station
International design consultants have been appointed to draw up a masterplan for Oxford’s railway station area. Aedas has already helped design redevelopments in Manchester, Glasgow, Russia and China. Now it is planning a major upgrade of Oxford
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FOOTBALL: Banbury thwarted by penalty
A SECOND-HALF penalty saw Banbury United held to a 1-1 draw by Bedford Town in their final Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division home game at Spencer Stadium on Saturday. The first half-hour was largely uneventful, with Eguenene Lubertucci’s shot
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Crime spree man jailed for stealing wedding ring
A MAN described as a “one-man crime spree” has been jailed for stealing a £1,000 wedding ring during a break-in. Ian Dunlop burgled a house in Temple Street, Oxford, after entering through an open window on July 25 last year. He also stole
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RUGBY: Jones disappointed by London Welsh display
LYN Jones felt London Welsh had let their levels drop in their heavy defeat at London Irish. The head coach said: “We were disappointed with that score in the end. We let ourselves down a bit. “Things which have been good for us this year, our attitude
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FOOTBALL: North Leigh sent crashing
NORTH Leigh fell to their third successive defeat on a bumpy pitch at Mangotsfield United in their Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West mid-table clash, losing 2-0. Neither side were able to create any real chances in the opening spell.
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GOLF: Pepperell in top-ten finish
FRILFORD Heath golfer Eddie Pepperell picked up £27,641 after finishing joint eighth in the Spanish Open in Valencia. The 22-year-old shot a final round 72 to end on three-under par for his first top-ten finish in his maiden season on the European tour
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FOOTBALL: Didcot battle to hold Paulton
Didcot Town’s winless run extended to six games after a goalless draw at Paulton Rovers in Division 1 South & West of the Evo-Stik Southern League. As it transpired, the best chance was in the first minute. Paulton’s Brandon Barnes bore down on
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon give Poole a scare
Abingdon United gave Division 1 South & West champions Poole Town a fright before having to settle for a 1-1 draw in the Evo-Stik Southern League. With Abingdon ravaged by injury, they were down to the bare bones with regular keeper James Foster playing
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FOOTBALL: Headington's title bid is over
Headington Amateurs’ slim Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 East title hopes were extinguished with a 3-0 defeat at home to Bracknell Town leaving Rayners Lane as champions without kicking a ball. Shane Cooper-Clarke did the damage with a hat-trick
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Lucky escape as light aircraft makes emergency landing near Abingdon
A light aircraft made an emergency landing in a field near Abingdon last night prompting reports of a plane crash. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service received a report of an aircraft going down in the Kingston Bagpuize area at 6.30pm on Sunday
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon beaten by champions Marlow
ABINGDON Town were unable to stop Marlow being crowned Premier Division champions as they fell to a 3-1 defeat against the Bucks club at Culham Road. Dan Morgan scored for Abingdon, but strikes from Ben Gladwin, Ian Davies and Simeon Howell secured
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THE MAN ABOUT TOWN: I need a code to remember my passwords
Now here’s the thing – at 51, my memory ain’t what it used to be. I know my name of course, the ingredients of my favourite drink and the faces of those people I can’t stand, but if there’s one thing that trips me up every time... it’s passwords.
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Hellish time for the devil
THE passing of Margaret Thatcher will no doubt cause great apprehension in the realm of the devil! Hell will be really hell! CLIFF HARRIS Meadow Lane Iffley Oxford
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World Animal Day
THIS Wednesday marks World Day for Animals in Laboratories – a day, recognised by the United Nations, to remember the millions of animals who are used and killed in animal experiments around the world. Every year inside British laboratories, more
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Reduce price of petrol
All the supermarkets in our area are bragging that their prices are lower than their rivals, that means a couple of pence here and there. During the last month, petrol prices at Tesco Didcot and Esso Wallingford have been 138.9. The oil price,
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We need common sense
This is an appeal to common values, common interests and common sense. Our common home is Oxford, one of the world’s great cities. I am both a long-term resident and a member of the University. So are many of your readers. The University’s
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Car-free homes bid branded dangerous
RESIDENTS are concerned that a car-free residential development will lead to increased on-street parking in Headington. Oxford City Council hopes to build 10 flats on the depot site in Bury Knowle Park, and councillors agreed to press forward with
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An amazing performance
We went to the Abingdon Operatic Society’s production of Oliver in the Amey Hall in Abingdon School. It was amazing, the whole production was wonderful. Mr Bumble and his wife were so good, Fagin was better than any we had seen before even
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It's wishful thinking
A call for a 21st century replacement for Swinford Toll Bridge is wishful thinking. The 1767 Act expressly precludes another river crossing one mile upstream or downstream. Thank wily Judge Blackstone who drafted it for the Earl of Abingdon
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A view on student flats
Well, it wont be long now before those Oxford University students telephone their parents from their new accommodation blocks. It goes: “Hi, mum and dad. The room is great. Through one window are brilliant views of the dreaming spires, while the
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Feeble excuse on hotel
Is it me? A developer wants to provide badly needed budget accommodation for visitors to Oxford. However, the feeble excuse for refusing this development is that it will not have enough car parking spaces and that Redbridge could be used as an
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Greed talks louder than words over our stadium
The venture capitalists, Oxford stadium owners, will never listen to the leisure facility users, the local community or the Save Oxford Stadium campaign. They will ignore the fact that we don’t want the stadium destroyed. The reports that there
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MOTHERING SUNDAE: My scissor hands were hair-raising
I take my hat off to the hair-dressers, and not just because it makes it easier for them to reach the follicles. This week I spent Saturday afternoon in the barbers undergoing double bypass surgery after an emergency incident in the kitchen.
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UPDATE: Fire and rescue service investigate cause of industrial estate blaze
FIRE and rescue services are investigating the cause of a blaze at an industrial estate near Watlington. A 200m cordon around the site is still in place and the road is still closed up to the Lys Mill site, police say. Police spokesman James
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CRICKET: Shirazi stars as Oxfordshire off to winning start in thriller
DAMIAN Shirazi made a stunning comeback from his self-imposed exile to steer Oxfordshire to a thrilling one-wicket win over Devon in their opening Group 1 game at Bovey Tracey. The 30-year-old left-handed opener, who hadn’t played for the county since
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FOOTBALL: City roar back to take victory
Oxford City came from behind to cruise to their first win in four Blue Square Bet North games with a comfortable 3-1 victory over relegated Droylsden, writes MATTHEW BRUCE. City found themselves a goal down early on when Luke Gallagher spotted goalkeeper
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Afternoon to savour for Andy Whing
ANDY Whing was thrilled to claim his first goal at the Kassam Stadium, but revealed the acrobatic finish was not the highlight of his day, writes DAVID PRITCHARD. The midfielder set Oxford United on their way to a 3-0 win against Rochdale with a bicycle
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RUGBY: Taylor no longer a London Welsh director
LONDON Welsh were remaining tight-lipped last night over the position of John Taylor. The former British Lions player is no longer a director of the Oxford-based club according to the Companies House records. But Welsh would not say if he remained as
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Saint shindigs
St George’s Day will be celebrated across the county tomorrow. But Oxfordshire residents began the festivities early at the weekend, with a number of special events. Read tomorrow’s Oxford Mail for coverage of the weekend’s early celebrations
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Firearm suspect in arrest drama
A man in his 40s was arrested and hospitalised in Headington following a firearms incident in Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police were called to reports of a gun being discharged in the Easton area of the city at about 9.30pm on Thursday. At
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Couple fell in love as Wall Street crashed
THEY met as the Wall Street Crash devastated the global economy and television transmission was still in its infancy, writes Thomas Metcalf. But 84 years on – and 13 great grandchildren later – Ron and Sybil Belcher are still “sticking together
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COMMENT: A shining example
In an era in which nearly half of all marriages end in divorce, Ron and Sybil Belcher’s longevity becomes more remarkable with each passing year. Throughout 78 years they have stayed side-by-side, and look as happy today as they did on the day
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Trial to resume
The defence will resume its closing speeches today in the Old Bailey trial of nine men accused of sexually exploiting girls. The Bullfinch jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict on May 1.
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Freda celebrates her 100th birthday
WHEN Freda Gynes was born, the First World War had not started. Yesterday she marked the 10 decades of incredible change she has witnessed, with a slice of birthday cake and a family get-together. Mrs Gynes, who lives in Cherwood House care home
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Richest man in county Dunstone worth £1bn
CHIPPING Norton set member Sir Charles Dunstone is now Oxfordshire’s wealthiest person, with a fortune of around £1,080m. The Carphone Warehouse founder is 78th on The Sunday Times Rich List. His promotion comes after the county’s previous
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Bullfinch Trial Day 48
Good morning. Our coverage of the nine men accused of child sex abuse in Oxfordshire resumes today. #Oxford exploitation trial to hear closing speech for Mohammed Karrar at Old Bailey. Karrar, 38, is accused of abusing girls as young
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Oxford United boss still unclear on his future
CHRIS Wilder was delighted to see Oxford United storm past Rochdale on Saturday, but admitted he did not know if it was his last game in charge at the Kassam Stadium. The U’s shrugged off a poor first half to win their penultimate game of the season
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COMMENT: A long wait for high rise residents
THE £8m revamp of Oxford’s tower blocks has been a long time coming. Unfortunately, it would appear that for some of the residents, it could be a long time coming for a long time to come. The five high rises – Evenlode, Windrush, Hockmore,
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Three vehicle crash on the A34 this morning
A CRASH between three cars blocked one lane of the A34 Southbound near Chilton this morning. Nobody was injured in the collision at 6.54am just after Bury Lane at the West Ilsley turn off and traffic is said to be running smoothly again. One
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10-Year wait for revamp
THE deal has been signed which gives the go-ahead to the £8m refurbishment of Oxford’s tower blocks. But the project to completely upgrade all of Oxford City Council’s five high-rise homes could take nearly a decade. The city council has said
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Stigma of HIV targeted
A CONFERENCE will discuss ways of eliminating stigma around HIV, encouraging testing and promoting positive sexual health. Faith leaders and health professionals are being encouraged to attend the event on Saturday, May 11, by HIV and sexual health
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Mum calling for trail to celebrate history
GRAPHIC designer Karen Waggott is urging developers to create a trail tracking archaeological finds at Didcot’s Great Western Park estate. More than 3,300 homes are due to be built between the A4130 and the Wantage Road between now and 2026 and
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Residents' chief says Ruskin bid 'excellent'
THE redevelopment of one of Oxford’s historic features has been welcomed by a community leader as an “excellent use of the building”. After studying plans to transform the former Ruskin College into student accommodation, Paul Hornby, of Jericho
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Dead man had scratched tattoo
SCRATCHES were discovered over a tattoo on the arm of a man found hanging. The pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination after Victor Baker, 41, of Berinsfield was found dead said it appeared as though he had tried to erase the name