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Have a say over cuts
The second in a series of crunch meetings about proposed savings of £61m at Oxford County Hall will go ahead tonight. The county council will host the meeting at County Hall itself from 7.30pm to get feedback from residents about areas they would
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COMMENT: Casting some light on past injustices
AN exhibition today opens a doorway on a world that is all too rarely discussed. The Museum of Oxford will investigate the rich but troubled history of the Jews in this city between 1080 and 1290. The latter was the year when the Jews were
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Tunnelling into hidden history of Oxford's Jews
IMPORTANT decisions about our city’s future are made at Oxford Town Hall. But many people may not realise that beneath its floors lies a fascinating glimpse into our past. In fact Oxford has the most well-documented medieval Jewish community
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Flasher targets woman in Oxford
A flasher exposed himself to a woman in Oxford while she was waiting for a bus. The woman was waiting at a bus stop in Cherwell Drive, Marston, at 8.15pm on Wednesday, October 2 when she was approached by a man who exposed himself to her. Thames
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Fresh look at £300k cycle safety project
PLANS for a £300,000 cycle safety scheme in Abingdon are being looked at again after an urban design expert raised concerns. County cabinet member for environment David Nimmo Smith has agreed to the plans for Wootton Road in principle, but has
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Rose Hill in clean-up campaign
A CAMPAIGN to clean up Rose Hill has been extended by city council bosses. The council is extending its “cleaner, greener Oxford” campaign to the estate from today. It will tackle litter, dog fouling and recycling as well as improving the surrounding
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‘Too tall’ student rooms are rejected
UNIVERSITY bosses have been urged to rethink plans for a major development at St Cross College after its proposals were thrown out. The city council’s west area planning committee last week refused permission for 53 new student rooms, a lecture
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Town does blooming well to win silver in competition
CELEBRITIES lent their support to help a town win a silver medal in Britain in Bloom. Chef Raymond Blanc donated some of his locally-grown fruit trees to create Watlington’s Community Orchard while actor Jeremy Irons and his wife Sinead Cusack,
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Primary school celebrates rise in standards
Tackley Primary School has celebrated going from satisfactory to good in its latest Ofsted inspection. When it was last inspected in January 2012, shortly after headteacher Jane Chalmers began her role, it was judged to be satisfactory. In
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'Miserable' underpass to be transformed by pupils
CHILDREN armed with brushes and paint are to transform their estate’s “miserable” underpass to brighten up their community. Young artists from Sandhills Primary School are to paint a mural in the space under the A40 in a £20,000 project later this
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Travellers asked to go
Travellers were reportedly asked to move on by police after parking their caravans off Oxpens Road. Residents said they arrived on land next to the central Oxford road on Friday night and left at about 11.30am yesterday after being spoken to by
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Churchill's a must-see
Sir Winston Churchill’s grave in Bladon has appeared in a new book about 100 graves to see before you die. The wartime prime minister is buried in St Martin’s churchyard and his grave is one of the sites listed by author Ann Treneman alongside
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Pooh Sticks contest braves the downpour
Around 100 people braved the bad weather and turned out for the annual World Pooh Sticks championships. Yesterday the competitors gathered on the bridge at Day’s Lock, Little Wittenham, to see whose stick would make it underneath first. Alex
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Musicians do their bit for Oxfam with a series of gigs
VENUES across Oxford came to life on Saturday as live music took the city’s Oxjam musical fundraiser by storm. The event, organised to raise money for Oxfam, saw more than 40 acts appear at seven venues. Among the performers was Bicester-based
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No guarantees on services as council seeks £61m cuts
COUNTY council leader Ian Hudspeth is today launching a consultation on massive cuts – but says he cannot guarantee he will be able to protect the services people want saved. Oxfordshire County Hall could be left having to save up to £61m on top
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FOOTBALL: City draw Dover Athletic in the FA Cup
Oxford City were today drawn to away to Skrill South side Dover Athletic in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup on Saturday October 26. Mike Ford's Skrill North side, who are attempting to reach the first round proper for the second time
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FOOTBALL: Didcot boss Wallbridge resigns
Didcot Town manager Andy Wallbridge has resigned. Wallbridge, who only took over the Calor League Division 1 South & West side at the start of the season, quit yesterday, the day after their exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Shortwood United
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Oxford United supporters' webchat
Good morning everyone and welcome to our weekly Oxford United chat. It's always good when we have a victory to reflect on and there were plenty of reasons to be optimistic during Saturday's game. I'm here until 11.30am to talk about whatever
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Scarecrow rescue
Police officers were called out to rescue a man stuck upside down in a field – only to find it was a scarecrow. A member of the public reported a pair of legs sticking out of the ground near The Plough Pub, in Little Bourton, on the evening of
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Two men for trial on car theft charges
Two men have been charged with stealing four cars from the BMW plant in Cowley. Michael Jones, 28, of Spring Lane, Littlemore, and Stephen Pelczynski, 28, of Acacia Avenue, Greater Leys, are accused of four thefts on May 23 this year. Pelczynski
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Ex-BBC DG at Uni
George Entwistle, the former BBC director-general, has reportedly begun a course at Oxford University. The ex-BBC boss, who resigned after just 54 days in the post, has started a part-time masters in the history of design, according to the Evening
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Two injured in car crash
A car left the road and overturned on to its roof in a crash yesterday. The accident happened on the northbound carriageway of the A4074, just before the Heyford Hill roundabout, at around 12.45pm. A spokeswoman for South Central Ambulance Service
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Awards ceremony
The Oxfordshire Charity and Volunteer Awards 2013 will be held tonight at 5.30pm at Oxford Town Hall. The event will honour members of the voluntary and community sector in Oxfordshire.
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Jake happy to give fans home comfort
JAKE Wright was delighted to help get rid of the home fans’ frustration as Oxford United ended their five-game winless run at the Kassam Stadium. The U’s skipper returned after five weeks out with a groin injury as the U’s won 2-0 against Northampton
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Welfare reform talks
The impact of welfare reforms on the housing sector will be discussed at a meeting tonight. Oxford City Council’s landlords’ forum takes place at 6pm at the Long Room at the Town Hall in St Aldate’s.
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RUGBY UNION: Burnell concerned at manner of defeat
It was the manner of London Welsh’s 32-26 British & Irish Cup defeat to London Scottish at Monks Lane on Saturday rather than the loss itself that disappointed head coach Justin Burnell. Welsh conceded two early tries, provoking echoes of Rotherham
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FOOTBALL: Late score sinks Banbury
A goal three minutes from time condemned Banbury United to a 2-1 defeat in Saturday’s Calor League Premier Division clash at home to Truro City. Banbury had gone in front just before the hour mark through Kynan Isaac, but two goals in the last
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FOOTBALL: Lovegrove strike ends Ardley run
Ardley United’s unbeaten Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division record came to an end when an injury-time goal from Adam Lovegrove gave hosts Oxford City Nomads a dramatic 4-3 victory on Saturday. Nomads took a 2-0 lead through John Rixon and
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Meet the police tsar
Police and crime commissioner Anthony Stansfeld is to hold a meeting tonight at Didcot Civic Hall. The public are invited to attend between 7pm and 9pm and put forward their views. Mr Stansfeld said: “These events are a good opportunity to
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YOURS FAITHFULLY: The day God spoke to me
Have you ever paid much attention to the questions you ask and others ask of you, asks Yvonne Morris, Children's Adviser for the Diocese of Oxford. What sort of questions do you enjoy responding to? What sort of questions do you hate? Do you, like
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MAN ABOUT TOWN: Nothing golden about the loss of our dignity
PETTY and sly. That is how I would describe the shadow that hangs over more and more of our parents and grandparents. Dementia, Alzheimer’s or just old age seem to have crept up on us, silently and stealthily; assassins of our dignity and pride
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There is a song that echoes Miliband story
NOT having any time for either Marxism, nor the Daily Mail, nor previously having taken all that much notice of the Miliband family, for some reason Leonard Cohen’s ‘I love the country, but I cannot stand the scene’, from Democracy (Is Comin To The
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Views don’t carry more weight because of titles
I AM sick and tired of reading letters by John Tanner followed by the long list of his council titles. He is attempting to suggest his views carry more weight because of his titles. If he is writing as the council spokesman on official council
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‘Crate homes’ may be a solution to city’s severe housing shortage
WITH a severe housing shortage in and around ‘The City of Dreaming Spires’, you’d have hoped that the local authorities – in this case Vale of White Horse District Council – would have seen the adaptation of a shipping container into a home by landlord
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RUGBY UNION: Welsh's unbeaten record goes in battle of Exiles
London Welsh’s unbeaten start to the season came to an end on Saturday as London Scottish won 32-26 in the battle of the Exiles at Newbury. The first instalment in what will be a four-part saga this season, Welsh will now have to wait until their
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FOOTBALL: Willmott bags winner as City spring surprise + Audio
Chris Willmott headed Oxford City into the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup in a 3-2 win at Skrill South leaders Eastleigh on Saturday, writes Matthew Bruce. Marvin Robinson and Jamie Cook had given fast-starting City a 2-0 lead inside the
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FOOTBALL: Ford hails City's resilience + Audio
Oxford City manager Mike Ford praised his side’s performance as they pulled off an FA Cup shock by beating Skrill South leaders Eastleigh 3-2, writes Matthew Bruce. But they had to do it the hard way after letting slip a two-goal lead, and Ford
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FOOTBALL: MiIlers are three clear
North Leigh secured their ninth win in a row to go three points clear at the top of Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 South & West. But they had to come from behind beat Mangotdfield united 2-1 at a ground where they have had little joy
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FOOTBALL: Brilliant Beesley can't save Didcot
Didcot Town’s hopes of making the FA Cup fourth qualifying round for the second successive year were dashed when visitors Shortwood finally beat outstanding keeper Kieran Beesley on Saturday. There were only 15 minutes left when a wayward pass
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Police spend £3.7m on fuelling vehicles
The region’s police force has spent £3.7m on fuelling cars in the last year. Thames Valley Police spent the cash filling up cars between September 2012 and August this year. Data for Oxfordshire was not available. Figures for an earlier
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Runners keep their cool on a rain-soaked course + Audio
IT didn’t just rain – it poured down on the thousands of runners who took to the streets for the Oxford Half Marathon. It was the third time the 13.1-mile race has been run and participants did not seem fazed by heavy rain as they lined up at the
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YOURS FAITHFULLY: Marathon challenge taught me what's possible
I never thought I would be able to train for a half marathon at all. For me it is a very big step,writes Adam Bathe, a youth worker at Headington Baptist Church who ran yesterday's Oxford Half Marathon. I never thought I could run. Eight months
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Survey should also target Oxford cyclists
IT would add further to road safety and reduce the number of accidents involving cyclists if you were to follow up your photographic survey of motorists’ misdemeanours (October 4), see left, with a similar one on cyclists. This would give support to
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Too many students to accommodate in area
ONE aspect of the proposed Botley development which has not had much attention is the sheer number of students it is planned to accommodate. Six hundred – about the equivalent of two or three streets, or more than 50 football teams – will be housed
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Further development along Thames must stop
THOSE appalled by the Port Meadow student barracks should hurry to oppose proposals for yet another student block, this time just a few feet from Fiddler’s Island. This application was withdrawn earlier this year in the face of tremendous opposition
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Cancer charity needs your help for collection
I AM writing to ask your readers to grab a bucket as part of our winter of collections from October to December in support of the Big Bucket Collection, a national fundraising event run by CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children
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Whing happy to be back
ANDY Whing said Oxford United drew inspiration for their victory over Northampton Town from the performance of the younger players in midweek. The midfielder made his comeback on Saturday following a three-game suspension as the U’s won 2-0.
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The Kasbar, Cowley Road, Oxford
Last time I ventured into the Kazbar I was wearing a wig and an interesting pair of flashing horns. There was a large chocolate cake involved as well as a breakdancing fireman who then stripped off... But it was a rather blurred hen do to be honest
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Blaze in unoccupied Cowley Road flat
Firefighters were called at 1.20am yesterday after a blaze in an unoccupied ground floor flat on Cowley Road, Oxford. People living in the flat above were alerted by their smoke alarms, officials say. Investigators are working with police to
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Brookes students ticked off over dead game birds in rooms
Four students at Oxford Brookes University have been ‘ticked off’ for reportedly bringing dead partridges back to their halls of residence. Johnny Windsor-Clive, Miles Pattison-Appleton, Alex Archer and James Birley hung the birds in their rooms
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Dozens of children kept in police cells
Thirty-eight children are locked up overnight in Thames Valley Police cells each week, new figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal. Research by the charity shows that there were 1,976 overnight detentions of children aged
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Wilder's praise as Oxford United deliver
CHRIS Wilder felt getting the basics right was more important than any tactical changes he made as Oxford United won 2-0 against Northampton Town. The result was sealed by an outstanding three-minute spell just before half-time, when James Constable
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Faces and places brighten up Cowley shopping centre
BRIGHT, eye-catching paintings now line the walls of Templars Square shopping centre after a project involving more than 100 artists. A total of 114 large square paintings made by local people were unveiled in the centre of the complex on Saturday
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Girl terrified she would be set on fire, court told
A MAN who doused his terrified girlfriend in lighter fluid and lit a cigarette has avoided jail. Odin Perryman, of no fixed address, received a 22-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, on Friday at Oxford Magistrates’ Court. Perryman
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Uni strike ballot outcome
The Unite union will announce today the outcome of a ballot on strike action at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. Members of the University and College Union and Unison at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University have already
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Stampede for school places
THE most popular schools in Oxfordshire are under pressure to expand after figures revealed that up to eight children are competing for each place in the county. A total of 25,219 applications have been made this year for the 13,172 spaces there
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COMMENT: System should be fair for all our children
WE ALL know that pushy parents will do anything to get their children into the best schools. But today’s news that as many as eight pupils are fighting it out for each place is a sign that something needs to change. The system operates in such
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Leave the badgers alone, protesters tell Government
AROUND 200 protesters came together to criticise the Government’s badger culls. A pilot scheme in Somerset has recently been extended as the Government tries to tackle TB in cattle, which it claims is spread by infected badgers. Emily Lawrence
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Accident on M40 causing delays
AN accident on the M40 northbound at the Bicester turn-off is causing delays. Officials say an accident at around 7.40am and an oil spillage are causing traffic to build up at the junction nine exit to Bicester. It is not clear if the accident
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Meet the councillors
Politicians will meet their public at a surgery in Risinghurst. Residents of Headington Quarry and Risinghurst can meet councillors Dee Sinclair and Laurence Baxter at the surgery on November 2. They will be at the United Reform Church Hall
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Rail link is discussed
Plans to hand over £11m of taxpayers’ cash to support a rail link between Oxford and Bedford will be discussed tomorrow. Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet will meet at 2pm at County Hall, where the funding will be among a number of issues up
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New NHS manager
Gill Faure has been appointed general manager at Horton NHS Treatment Centre. The centre opened in 2006 as a new purpose-built facility offering orthopaedic procedures in Banbury and has been providing NHS services under the Government’s Patient Choice
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Don't worry about poisonous spider
A wildlife expert at Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford says people should not be concerned about reports that a dangerous spider is spreading across the country. James Reynolds, from the Burford attractions, said venomous false widow spiders
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New suspected sex offender 'law' branded 'concerning'
PLANS to give police greater powers to restrict the freedom of suspected sex offenders have been described as “deeply concerning” by campaigners. As revealed in the Oxford Mail, Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood is waiting to see the
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Bravos awards honour the RAF's pride of Brize Norton
THERE were looks of surprise and shock on their faces – and a sprinkling of celebrity stardust from Olympic star Victoria Pendleton. But nothing could mask the pride felt in the room for the winners of the inaugural RAF Brize Norton BRAVOS Awards