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Accident causes queuing traffic on M40 north of Oxford
Traffic is tailing back on the M40 tonight following a collision on the northbound carriageway. The accident happened at about 7.15pm between junction 10 for Brackley and junction 11 for Banbury. All lanes were reopened by 7.45pm. No-one
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MOTORCYCLING: Smith takes eighth as Marquez triumphs
Oxfordshire's Bradley Smith finished eighth in the Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP won by Marc Marquez. The Spaniard came home ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.
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World music festival comes to the city
OXFORD’S first world music festival in 1985 included 150 concerts, workshops, dances, films and open-air and street performances. The musicians left were pictured performing at The Plain, publicising the programme which ranged from classical works
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Changing face of Kingham: Best Kept Village success
A copper beech was planted by Lady Brunner to mark Kingham’s success in the winners’ class of the Oxfordshire Best Kept Village competition in 1972 for the second year running. After the planting, guests adjourned to the village hall where Charles
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Jack's monster mash
JACK Room, of Burford Road, Witney, knew lots about gardening. But even he could not claim it was horticultural skills which produced this outsized and odd-shaped potato in his garden in 1965. He called it the Flying Pig – the main part had
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Rail passengers no longer facing Reading delays
Rail passengers are no longer facing delays as a result of engineering work at Reading station. This morning First Great Western warned passengers that some trains running through the station could be cancelled or delayed. The Didcot Parkway
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A motorcyclist and coach collide on A34 near Bicester
A motorcyclist and a coach have been involved in a collision on the A34 near Bicester. The accident happened this afternoon on the northbound carriageway, close to the B430 Weston-on-the-Green turn-off. One lane northbound has been closed,
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Biker in crash near Chipping Norton
A SERIOUS accident this morning involving a motorcycle has closed part of the A361 Banbury Road near Chipping Norton. The road is closed both ways between the turns for Swerford and Wigginton following the incident at the junction with the B4022
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Rail passengers still facing delays
Rail passengers are still facing delays because engineering work has over-run at Reading station. First Great Western is warning passengers that some trains running through the station may be cancelled or delayed. The Didcot Parkway to Penzance
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Meat Loaf leaves us on a stormy night: Newbury Racecourse, Saturday, August 17, 2013
Meat Loaf Newbury Race Course Saturday, August 17, 2013 I DON'T understand you English people sometimes. A lot of the time actually. Take Meat Loaf. No one will admit to even a passing admiration for a man whose Bat Out of Hell album
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MOTORSPORT: Alice Powell Column
I often get asked the following question, which is mainly by my friends who don’t really understand about racing… “Why on earth do you need to do all this fitness training? Surely you just jump in and drive?”… At this point, I just have to laugh
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Editor's choice: Here's the highlights from our great lifestyle section Life
Is Samatha Shannnon Oxford's answer to JK Rowling Christ Church custodian Helen Dennett talks about her job Supreme sausage seller Max Mason is our new columnist Never mind the kids - who