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West Side Story @ New Theatre, Oxford
Rebecca Moore gets into the swing of West Side Story West Side Story New Theatre, Oxford Until Saturday Box office: 0844 871 3020 atgtickets.com/oxford Something’s coming, something good… and you should
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Live review: The Tudors: Welsh National Opera @ New Theatre, Oxford
While the history may be dubious, the dramatic impact of Donizetti’s trio of operas focusing on The Tudors is not to be denied. Unable to be present for Thursday’s performance of Maria Stuarda, which features a bust-up between two queens who in real
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Gathering @ East Oxford - 'East festival is Gathering pace'
Charlotte Krol dives into Oxford's Gathering festival Gathering East Oxford October 19 Oxford gets its fair share of buzz bands and international stars, but sometimes a quick journey to London is needed to satisfy
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Handel Furioso: Putting the music of Handel centre stage at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre
An unusual staging of Handel arias and duets takes us back to an 18th-century tradition, finds Nicola Lisle Max Hoehn, artistic director of new company Isle of Noise, is conjuring up a rather interesting image of singers arriving in 18th-century
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5,000 pupils are still in temporary rooms
WHILE the possible number of pupils being taught in temporary classrooms has fallen, the county’s school estate is far from fully modernised for the future. Figures reveal the potential number of children being taught in temporary accommodation
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Highlights: Young Knives, AlunaGeorge, Lanterns on the Lake and Portico Quartet
ROBYN HITCHCOCK Fat Lil’s, Witney Wednesday Tickets £10 from Rapture, Witney; Truck Store, Oxford; or wegottickets.com The last time we saw Robyn Hitchcock in Oxfordshire, he was joined on stage by most of REM and
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Soundbites: Young Knives are back - with ther own Sick Octave
Ever-creative Oxford tri make a welcome return ATTENTION focuses this coming week on the announcement of the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize winner. And with Oxford’s own Foals in with a chance at the UK’s most respected music awards, along with
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Deap Valley girls rock the sisterhood
Feminism has a fierce new sound with the powerful Deap Vally. Gill Sutherland gets some pearls of wisdom from the pair ‘It’s going to be tricky getting hold of the girls,” warns girl duo Deap Vally’s press officer when I try to track down the hot
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Australia @ Royal Academy, London: 'Big themes without beating round bush'
Theresa Thompson hits the road to explore Australia - in London It is big, needless to say.. 200 works to cover 200 years of history. From an 1884 bark painting from Arnhem Land, the earliest exhibit, to a 2007 video of a man on a motorbike white-lining
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Ruby Wax: the wax and wane of sanity
Sitting in her house in Cape Town overlooking the sea and the mountains, Ruby Wax is in her element and therefore in a surprisingly good mood. Currently rehearsing her new show before premiering it in South Africa and then embarking on a worldwide
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Missing man, 22, found safe and well
A MAN missing from his Florence Park home since Tuesday has been found safe and well today, Thames Valley Police said. Tom Hendriks, 22, was last seen at his home in Church Cowley Road on Tuesday before he was reported missing by a colleague when he
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Oxford MP says ‘We need women’s voices'
There are lots of reasons we don’t have more women in politics,” says Nicola Blackwood, Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon. “They say it’s the three Cs – cash, confidence and caring for others.” Indeed, as she rightly points out,
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Could fashion go full circle back to Victorian times?
Charlie’s dead! Remember that phrase? I heard it a lot in the 70s. It was either whispered into an ear behind a cupped hand, by a well-meaning friend in an attempt to spare your blushes, or yelled at full volume across a crowded playground in the
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New approach to old problem
I see a lot of ill people, perhaps not a surprise for a doctor, but probably the illness that I think is the hardest to treat is dementia. Dementia rates are rising in our population, and it is a disease that, as a society, we are going to have
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Keep cool and vote with your feet over energy price hikes
You’d have to have been living on Mars not to have heard about the energy price hikes announced recently. British Gas, Npower and SSE (that’s Southern Electric, Swalec and Scottish Hydro) will all be charging between eight to 10 per cent more, starting
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Think you know your age? You're only part-ly right
L’Oreal, Nivea and Clinique move over. Mice may have been the first to experience the elixir of eternal youth! When we think about ageing we usually think of wrinkles, sagging skin, grey hair and feeling ancient after a spot of exercise – as the beauty
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Friends put the ART into crafts
Look out – there may be a crocheted toilet roll holder or knitted tea cosy heading your way soon. Arts and crafts are on the rise and the trendy Christmas gift this year will be homemade. It no longer screams “cheapskate” but shows you care
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Exes can be fun but watch out for snags/Get your man to grow a mo
Exes can be be fun but watch out for snags I think I’m perhaps guilty of occasionally remaining friends with exes where I shouldn’t. There should be a seesaw of balance in any relationship, both sides of the relationship should feel fortunate
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Short on glamour but I got to talk shop with the PM
It’s taken a whole nine months to venture out without my new daughter – leaving her at home with daddy in charge happened for the first time last Saturday. I had meticulously planned this momentous event for two weeks, refining every detail with
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‘Bridget united the sisterhood’
Helen Fielding, creator of Bridget Jones and author of her latest installment, Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy, attended St Anne’s College in Oxford during the 1970s. But there was never anything very Oxford about Bridget: the ditsy-but-loveable
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Exercise has more to offer you than just keeping fit
It is widely known that exercise has a huge part to play in reducing the risk of cancer, heart disease and strokes. But, as I’ve mentioned in previous articles, studies have shown that regular physical activity can also help people recover from, and
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Bring back the stiff upper lip
It would seem that it is impossible to switch on the TV at the moment without watching someone blub uncontrollably. Be it regretful politicians, scorned ex-wives of footballers, wannabe pop stars and more recently contestants of a baking show.
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It’s the vogue for beauty all round/Learn when to keep your distance guys
It’s the vogue for beauty all round Kate Winslet’s Vogue cover was in the news this week for being too airbrushed and unrealistic, as though Vogue is the go-to for realism. This isn’t the first time Winslet has been the “victim” of over enthusiastic
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New forum for Oxford's fashionable folk
There is a movement taking Oxford by storm. In the space of just one month, it is a group that has grown to 150 members with one united goal: bringing together all the fashion-orientated professionals in Oxford. Photographers, models, makeup artists
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Hunt is on for warm undies
At this time of the year one of my chief concerns is my underwear. If you spend as much time outdoors as I do, you’ll know what I mean. Thermals are essential items of clothing in my winter wardrobe, but hardly the sexiest of garments. Waterproof
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Keep the little monsters happy this Halloween
Kids are bloodthirsty little creatures at the best of times. If yours is anything like mine, scarcely a day goes by without a question about death. As for greed for the gruesome, one mum friend says: “Checking the boys’ pockets at the end of a
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‘My special invitation to No 10’
WHEN her first daughter was stillborn, Karen Hancox began a mission to help other people affected by child death. She has worked to raise money for Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death), of which she is Oxfordshire co-chairman. Now the hard
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Focus on rural crime
A RURAL crime conference will be held at Bicester Golf and Spa Hotel, Chesterton, near Bicester, on November 29. The event is to raise awareness of rural crime and look at ways to combat it. To book a place call Country Land & Business
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Three collisions on the A34 cause long tailbacks
THERE are severe delays stretching several miles on the A34 after three collisions caused tailbacks into Berkshire. The first incident was a three-car collision on the Southbound carriageway at the Milton Interchange. Three people were taken
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Rich harvest for autumn festival
MORE than 500 people celebrated the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness at the Wantage autumn festival. The second annual event saw local food producers selling their harvest. There were also cookery demonstrations from butcher Vincent Montgomery
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Rock in for Sir Bobby’s charity
CORNBURY Festival organisers have donated four tickets for next year’s event to a major charity. The tickets, which also offer camping over the the weekend from July 4-6, are being auctioned online for the Sir Bobby’s Breakthrough cancer charity
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UK’s links with China are vital, says Sir Tony Baldry MP
BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry has stressed the importance of the UK’s relationship with China after receiving an award from the country’s embassy. Sir Tony was presented with the Fellowship Award of the 48 Group for outstanding contribution to China-British
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UK’s links with China are vital, says Sir Tony Baldry MP
BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry has stressed the importance of the UK’s relationship with China after receiving an award from the country’s embassy. Sir Tony was presented with the Fellowship Award of the 48 Group for outstanding contribution to China-British
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Game on after street sport charity earns £5,000 grant
A SPORTS charity which brings activities to county streets is the latest to benefit from a Diamond Jubilee fund. Yarnton’s Sport for Streets has received £5,000 from the Jubilee Fund for Oxfordshire. The fund was set up by businesses and voluntary
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Artists from across globe ready to inspire at festival
A WEST Oxfordshire town will be transformed into a celebration of culture when the annual Art in Woodstock festival returns. Up to 6,000 people are expected to attend events from tomorrow until Sunday, November 3. It will kick off with a Chinese
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Students begin Kenya mercy mission
YOUNG people from across South Oxfordshire flew out to Kenya yesterday with boxes of clothes for a charity mission. The group of seven students are going out to western Kenya with Abingdon-based charity The Nasio Trust. They will build mud
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Amelia premieres in dark lullaby movie
ASPIRING actress Amelia Norman has had her first taste of the silver screen. The 11-year-old, from Chilton near Didcot, a pupil at Didcot Girls’ School, and Abingdon’s Stagecoach Theatre Schoo, is starring in short film The Lost Lullaby, made by
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Students begin Kenya mercy mission
TEENAGERS from across South Oxfordshire flew out to Kenya yesterday with boxes of clothes for a charity mission. The group of seven students set off from Wallingford School are going to Mumias with Abingdon-based charity The Nasio Trust. They
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Queues on the A34 after an accident at the Milton Interchange
THERE are reports of an accident on the A34 Northbound at the Milton Interchange. One lane was reopened at around 1.15pm.
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Car scheme aims to ease city congestion
UNIVERSITY chiefs hope a new car hire scheme will help ease congestion around the city. Oxford Brookes University is offering five Hertz rental cars from its Harcourt Hill, Headington and Wheatley sites. They can be rented by the hour for staff
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'Sweat of exertions weighs heavy on my jumper'
Nick Hilton is just back from interviewing the author PD James I am writing this column on a train home from London, where I have been interviewing 93-year-old crime writer PD James for Cherwell, the university’s student newspaper. It’s fair to
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Cutting edge work to go on as cancer imaging wins £9m
CUTTING edge cancer research conducted in Oxford to create the treatments of the future will be able to continue thanks to a grant of about £9m. Oxford Cancer Imaging Centre looks into new ways of picturing cancers and improves existing techniques
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Tackle Walton Street traffic say residents
CREATING a pedestrian area, traffic calming and better public transport are among residents’ suggestions to improve Walton Street in Oxford. Other ideas from a recent survey of all residents in Jericho included better enforcement of the street’
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Curtain raisers: Micheal O'Siadhail gets poetic - and Miracle on 34th Street is coming to town...
Oxfordshire's stage news * Eminent Irish poet Micheal O'Siadhail is bringing his collection of poetry to Oxford. Spanning almost 40 years and covering everything from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict to the recent death of his wife from Parkinsons
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Screen breaks: 'Hanks, De Niro? All in a day's work'
With James Luxford from BBC Oxford Normally for a freelance journalist like myself, a quiet week signals panic and desperate pitching emails. However, this week it’s entirely intentional, as I am recovering from the hectic schedule of the recent
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Stage Whispers: 'Sunday night blues cured'
With Humour Tumour organiser and comedian Andy Evans Statistically for a lot of people Sunday night is the least happy time of the week. We’re talking about a real condition which has even got an evocative name, the “Sunday night blues”. Many of
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FOOTBALL: Elkins rules himself out of Didcot job
Didcot Town’s interim boss Gary Elkins says he is no longer interested in becoming the Calor League Division 1 South & West club’s permanent manager. Earlier in the week, Elkins, who stepped down as boss last season, indicated he was keen for
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The road that never was
Damian Fantato looks back at a road bid that was rejected, but which changed the way city heritage is protected Driving through Oxford can be a nightmare, and many motorists will surely have been moved to come up with their own ideas about how
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What does research mean?
Sophie Petit-Zeman on patient involvement in medical science What does medical research mean to you? Scientists in lab coats wielding test tubes, a whirring scanner, or perhaps the chance to join a clinical trial assessing whether a new drug is
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Oxfam to cut up to 125 jobs and close regional offices
OXFAM has announced it will be cutting up to 125 jobs and closing UK regional offices. This will include “reform” of major departments at its headquarters in Cowley, Oxford. The charity said it wants to focus more of its work in the poorest countries
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Starting up: Victoria Frazer-Smith @ The Cock Inn - 'We’re cock a hoop running the Cock'
Victoria Frazer-Smith on the delights of running a village pub Victoria Frazer-Smith on the delights of running a village pub Three months in and we’ve settled into village life and loving the fact that the pub is very much at the heart of the
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Out & About: Scratching that dance itch in style... at Oxford's Itchy Feet night
Glitz and glamour on the dancefloor give MARC WEST a night out to remember at The Junction From humble roots in an attic in Leeds, Itchy Feet has become the UK’s premier party of all things retro. Its travelling circus has toured the length and
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FOOTBALL: Millers aim to extend White loan
North Leigh boss Mark Gee has hailed the impact of their on-loan Forest Green Rovers keeper Paul White. White has been part of a team that has put together a winning streak of eight Calor League Division 1 South & West victories. However
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Swindling bank manager to repay £25,500
A BANK manager who swindled more than £90,000 out of a pensioner has been ordered to repay £25,500. Christopher Walsh, of Banbury Road, Kidlington, left 79-year-old Eric Dann, who lived in Oxford, unable to buy food and facing legal action over
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Secrets of the Jewish quarter
Reg Little on a new Town Hall exhibition and a network of underground tunnels in the city A medieval doorway lying deep below Oxford Town Hall is set to open visitors’ eyes to a medieval city that very few even knew existed. Beyond the doorway
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FOOTBALL: Stein lose patience with leaky defence
Banbury United manager Edwin Stein says he will have no hesitation in making changes to his side’s defence, if they continue to leak goals. Although tenth in the Calor League Premier Division, Stein says defensive blunders are costing his side
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Crash woman airlifted
An elderly woman was airlifted to hospital yesterday with head and shoulder injuries after a crash on the A34. The collision between a lorry and a black Mazda happened at about 11.30am on the southbound carriageway between the Milton and Chilton
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Cash and laptop stolen
Cash and a laptop were stolen by a burglar who broke into a Grandpont home in Oxford. The thief got into the Marlborough Road house overnight on Tuesday. Call police on 101 with information.
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‘John Lewis will give Westgate a real lift’
SHOPPERS said a new John Lewis store in Oxford would give the city “a real lift” as they were consulted on £400m plans to revamp the Westgate shopping centre. Residents yesterday said plans to transform the Westgate shopping centre “were long overdue
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RUGBY UN ION: Scott calls on Welsh to show response
London Welsh winger Nick Scott is confident the Exiles can put their British & Irish Cup defeats behind them as they get back to Greene King IPA Championship action. Justin Burnell’s table-toppers entertain fourth placed Cornish Pirates at
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Teen breaks down during abuse trial
A teenage girl was cross examined yesterday in the trial of former Abingdon chamber of commerce president Paul Townsend. He denies 14 counts of sexual activity with a child, three counts of sexual assault and four counts of causing or inciting
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ROWING: Houghton takes double gold in nationals
Frances Houghton made a quick recovery from her unscheduled dip in the Tideway, by striking gold in the National Champion-ships at Nottingham, writes Mike Rosewell. Wheatley-based Houghton won with regular partner Vicky Meyer-Laker in the double
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RUGBY: Goode confident bad run will end
Chinnor head coach Matt Goode is confident his team can get back to winning ways when they host Bishop’s Stortford in National 2 South tomorrow. After a flying start to the season which saw them win their opening four games, Chinnor have lost their
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We are looking for twins to help research
AT Oxford University we’re doing research on why some children are late to talk or have problems learning to read for no obvious reason. We are looking for twins aged seven to 11 years, where one or both children is having such difficulties. If
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Amending Hunting Act suits a certain group
WELL – shock, horror – it appears that our oh-so-animal-friendly Prime Minister is minded to amend (in other words, repeal) the Hunting Act it order to permit hounds to persuade foxes to please leave alone dead or dying lambs which have been forsaken
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Nothing is being done about sewerage issue
I AM truly staggered that the stench of sewerage in Burford High Street has not been corrected. Obnoxious smells are there to warn us of serious problems of harmful toxins (as in smoke, sewerage carries harmful odours and gases). Surely the local
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BADMINTON: Blair's silver heads Oxon medal haul
Dan Blair led an excellent display from Oxfordshire juniors with a singles silver medal in the Badminton England Under 17 Silver graded tournament in Essex. Blair, from Didcot, defeated the second seed, Alex Horner, of Hampshire, 15-10, 11-15,
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Wildlife habitat in area needs to be restored
I live at the lower end of Cheney Lane and I have noticed a complete disappearance of owls from the neighbourhood. When I moved in here, 40 years ago, owls roosted in the nearby trees and did so until recently. Quite clearly there has been
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Please make a donation to the British Legion
I AM writing to ask the people of Oxford to support this year’s British Legion Poppy Appeal. Ever since the First World War ended – a ‘war to end all wars’, we have wanted to remember the people who had given their lives for peace and freedom.
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Village infrastructure will not be able to handle this development
ON which planet does Oxfordshire County Council officer Huw Jones live (October 21)? Has he ever studied the rat-run through Wolvercote every weekday morning, between 7.30am and 9am and again in the evening? The speed limit of 20mph is farcical.
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Cuts would deal ‘hammer blow’ to baby cafés cause
Former midwife Sue Richards speaks about the impact of the proposed closure of 37 of Oxfordshire’s 44 children’s centres I FIRST became aware of children’s centres while I was working as a community midwife in the Abingdon area. They came about
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FOOTBALL: Boss Ford calls on City to take it one step at a time
Oxford City boss Mike Ford has urged his players not to be distracted by the romance of the competition and concentrate on tomorrow’s FA Cup fourth-qualifying round trip to Dover Athletic. Goals from Marvin Robinson, Jamie Cook and Chris Willmott
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FIXTURES: Ocotber 26-30
Saturday FOOTBALL SKY BET LEAGUE TWO AFC Wimbledon v Oxford Utd. FA CUP 4th qual round: Dover Ath v Oxford City. CALOR LEAGUE Premier Div: Bashley v Banbury Utd. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn v Fleet Tn, North Leigh
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Sunglasses stolen
Sunglasses and watches were stolen from a Highfield house in Bicester when a burglar got in through a bathroom window. The burglary happened in Stoneburge Crescent between 6.45pm and 10.20pm on Friday.Call police on 101 with information.
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School buses in crashes
TWO buses carrying children were involved in separate collisions yesterday. The first happened just before 9am in Oxford Road, Abingdon, involving a school bus and a silver Volkswagen. A woman was cut free from the car and taken to Oxford’s
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Playhouse director to take Arts Council job
The director of Oxford Playhouse will leave the theatre in the new year. Michelle Dickson, right, who has been director for the last five years, is taking up a post as director of touring at Arts Council England. She said: “The Playhouse is
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COMMENT: People going hungry as supermarket breaks its word
AHHH, the happy smiling faces of Tesco staff last year as they posed for our cameras handing over ‘surplus’ provisions to Oxford Food Bank as part of a new deal. Your local, community-friendly supermarket giant was doing its bit by handing over
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Woman remanded on murder charges
A 38-year-old woman accused of murdering two children in an arson attack more than 16 years ago will appear at Oxford Crown Court on Monday. Fiaz Munshi, of Manley Road, Oldham, Lancashire, appeared at Oxford Magistrates Court yesterday charged
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‘Tesco won’t provide a little bit of help’ says food bank
TESCO has been accused of “paying lip service” to reusing stock after a food bank said donations from the supermarket had dwindled. Oxford Foodbank has stopped collecting surplus food from the Cowley Retail Park after donations fell to “virtually
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Council cuts: Stand up and be counted, residents tell councillors
CALLS for councillors to stand up to the Government were made at the penultimate cuts meeting in Didcot. Hundreds of people packed the town’s Cornerstone Arts Centre on Wednesday night for the second to last in a series of public meetings on county
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Council cuts: Staff briefing on children’s centres was damaging, says leader
THE leader of Oxfordshire County Council has admitted that it was “damaging” for staff to be told that 37 children’s centres could be shut. Ian Hudspeth was speaking last night at the final one of five public meetings held around the county to
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Lewis salutes Wilder's record at United
Chris Wilder deserves plenty of credit for Oxford United’s strong start to the season, according to his deputy, Mickey Lewis. The U’s have not been out of Sky Bet League Two’s top four all season and head to AFC Wimbledon tomorrow just three points
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Dolls house burglary
Dolls house furniture was among items taken by a burglar who raided a Kings Meadow home in Bicester. The thief broken into the Burns Crescent house between 5.45pm and 10.45pm on Friday. Cash and jewellery were also stolen.
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MEP in activists plea
Former Oxfordshire County councillor Catherine Bearder has called on the High Representative of the EU to press Russian authorities over the detention of 28 Greenpeace activists. Mrs Bearder, MEP for South East England, welcomed the news that the
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Revamped park toilets are open for business
Refurbished toilets in Florence Park were yesterday unveiled by Oxford City Council. Councillor John Tanner opened the facilities, which cost £85,0000 to revamp, including four unisex cubicles and separate disabled and parent and baby toilets.
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Fire pensions debate
Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry questioned the size of firefighters’ pensions in the Commons. The Conservative spoke following a four-hour strike on October 3 over plans to make firefighters work up to the age of 60 instead of 55. He told a Commons
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POPPY APPEAL: Mick’s ‘holiday’ selling poppies
Mick Townsend, 58, has been a Poppy Appeal collector in Oxford city centre for about nine years. Each year he books a week off work and travels from his home in Carterton to stand at his regular spot in Cornmarket selling poppies. He started his
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POPPY APPEAL: 'I'll wear it with pride'
MOTHER-of-two and Flight Lieutenant Jessica Riley, 30, will be wearing her poppy with pride to support fellow servicemen “in their hour of need”. She is a physical education officer based at Brize Norton and has served in the RAF since 2004.
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POPPY APPEAL: Pinning our hopes on raising £470k
PEOPLE are being urged to help smash the £470,000 barrier as this year’s Poppy Appeal gets under way. From tomorrow, an army of hundreds of collectors will be out in force across the country selling poppies. Last year, the Oxfordshire Royal
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Wright applauds as Oxford United's travelling army march on
THERE are few certainties in League Two, particularly in this most unpredictable of seasons, but Oxford United will head to AFC Wimbledon tomorrow assured of strong backing. The last of the 852 tickets in the away allocation for Kingsmeadow were
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Oxford United defender unfazed by suspension threat
THE looming prospect of a suspension will not make Tom Newey think twice about going in for a tackle against AFC Wimbledon tomorrow. Oxford United’s left back has received four bookings this season, meaning he is one mis-timed challenge away from
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Rose out to keep up appearances for Oxford United
DANNY Rose is pleased to have won the trust of manager Chris Wilder after returning to Oxford United this summer. The midfielder has started every league game this season, joining Ryan Clarke, David Hunt and Tom Newey as the U’s select group of
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Oxford United agree deal for Kassam hospitality
OXFORD United will benefit financially from work done to improve hospitality at the Kassam Stadium after reaching a revenue share agreement with owners Firoka. Significant effort has gone into improving the experience of supporters on match days
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COMMENT: A reminder of why we should support the Poppy Appeal
THERE is no doubt that Oxfordshire will dig deep this year for the Poppy Appeal. 2013 has seen, mercifully, a drop in the number of dead personnel flown back into RAF Brize Norton, but the repatriation this week provided a reminder of the debt
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Path set for diversion
A footpath will be closed for five months for river locks to be replaced. The section of the Thames Path immediately next to Grafton Lock will be closed from Monday. Pedestrians will have to take a diversion from the lock cottage through the fields
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Two restaurants win sustainability gongs
Two Oxfordshire restaurants have received awards. The Sustainable Restaurant Association has awarded stars to The Old Post Office, Wallingford and The Blue Boar, Witney. The association recognises restaurants meeting standards such as sourcing
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Scales of Justice: Recent cases heard at Oxford Magistrates Court
Jeffeth Latchman, 48, of Lower Road, Garsington, admitted drink-driving in Garsington Road, Cowley, on September 30. Had 123 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 micrograms. Given an eight-week prison sentence suspended
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Police are concerned over missing man, 22
A 22-year-old man was missing last night with police concerned about his welfare. Tom Hendriks was last seen at his home in Church Cowley Road on Tuesday before he was reported missing by a colleague when he did not show up at work the following
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Two face drug charge
A 25-year-old man and 26-year-old woman have been accused of drug dealing crimes after a police raid last week. Andre Berley, of no fixed address, and Katie Powell, of Northfield Close, Littlemore, have been charged with possession of cannabis
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NHS website relaunch
The website for a county NHS therapy service that deals with issues such as depression has been relaunched. The website talkingspaceoxfordshire.org now includes more information, such as video interviews with NHS professionals.
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Bristol Rovers fans fined after violence at stadium
FOUR Bristol Rovers fans have been fined after taking part in violence before an away match with Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium. The disorder took place outside the Priory pub near the stadium before the League Two match on February 9.
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Man died after being hit by two cars as he walked home
A MAN was killed as he walked home just three days before Christmas, an inquest heard. Luke Nappin, 34, was killed on December 22, 2012 when he was hit by two cars as he walked home after he had been drinking. Mr Nappin, of The Green, Charlbury