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UPDATE: Two vehicle crash closes A41 in Bicester
The A41 in Bicester is closed after a crash involving two vehicles. The road has been closed both ways between B4100 London Road / Seelscheid Way and B4030 Oxford Road. Fire crews are attempting to cut free one casualty trapped in a vehicle
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UPDATE: Serious accident in Welch Way in Witney
Welch Way in Witney has reportedly reopened after a serious accident. Emergency services were at the scene and the road had been closed off between A4095 Tower Hill / A415 Ducklington Lane / Corn Street and High Street. A spokeswoman for South
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ROWING: Times they are a-changing at Wallingford
Exactly 40 years ago, some 50 doughty individuals took part in the inaugural Long Distance Sculls at Wallingford, writes John Wiggins. They raced upstream over six kilometres from Moulsford to Wallingford Marina, the site of what is now the grandiose
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Two bike tracks are turned into super-highways
TWO cycle tracks in Oxford have been upgraded in a bid to encourage more people to get into the saddle. The tracks in Hinksey Park, South Oxford, and Meadow Lane, off Donnington Bridge Road, were resurfaced as part of an Oxford Cycle City initiative
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Keep calm and carry on when dad’s in a war zone
CHILDREN from service families can lead very different lives from those of their peers at school. Dan Robinson finds out how schools accommodate these youngsters and how families linked to bases like RAF Benson and RAF Brize Norton cope Exam stress
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Cigarettes stolen after window smashed at Tesco Metro in Faringdon
A large quantity of cigarettes were stolen after a burglary at a shop in Faringdon yesterday. Thieves smashed a side window of the Tesco Metro on Park Road at 4.40am and took the cigarettes before driving off in a stolen green Land Rover Discovery
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Chemist and wine expert created a city institution
THE owner of the Cherwell Boathouse has died aged 81. Tony Verdin bought the North Oxford restaurant in 1968 after giving up a career making scientific instruments when his company attempted to relocate him to Glasgow. He had studied at Oxford
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Last of the Mitford sisters who made Chatsworth famous
THE last surviving Mitford sister has died aged 94. Like her five sisters Deborah Cavendish, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, was born at Asthall Manor, West Oxfordshire on the banks of the River Windrush. The family then moved to nearby
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Hairdresser who became our longest serving council leader
ANN Ducker, who has died aged 71, led South Oxfordshire District Council twice, once in 1995 and from 2003 until her death – making her one of Oxfordshire’s longest serving council leaders. She joined South Oxfordshire District Council in 1983
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Cricket mad butcher liked a thick cut to square leg
A BUTCHER who ran a shop in Bicester for 42 years has died aged 72. Peter Goss, who ran Peter Goss Butchers in Bucknell Road, started working in the trade as a delivery boy for the town’s Waines Butchers in 1956. Within a decade he had left
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Miner’s son became Labour economic advisor
AN OXFORD don who was an economic adviser to Harold Wilson has died aged 82. Derek Robinson was a senior researcher at the Oxford Institute of Economics and Statistics in the early 1960s when he became a senior economic adviser to the Prices and
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BRADLEY SMITH: Rain in Spain gave me a chance to shine
I CAME into the Aragon weekend determined to focus on all the weaknesses we’ve experienced. The team did an amazing job and we were rewarded with fifth place. These guys are the best in the world and they came up with the answers, but it’s
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Investment expert explains crowdfunding benefits
CITY hotshot Nicola Horlick was in Oxfordshire last week to talk about ways firms can raise cash. The mother-of-four, dubbed ‘superwoman’, met representatives of the Local Enterprise Partnership. Ms Horlick is a City investment fund manager
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Dole queues shortening as jobless take seasonal work
THE number of people on the dole in Oxfordshire has dropped by more than 2,000 as hundreds of seasonal jobs become available in the run-up to Christmas. There are 3,305 people in the county claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, compared with 5,751 a
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Expansion takes publisher to an extra role as landlord
WHEN Claire Selby expanded her international publishing business from her home to an actual office, she ended up becoming a commercial landlord in the process. The chief executive of Yellow House, which focuses on learning English as a second language
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Duke learns how scientists use insects as weedkillers
THE Duke of Gloucester learned how Wallingford scientists use tiny insects as weed killers to help farmers around the world. The Duke visited not-for-profit organistation CABI on Friday. Researchers showed him how they use sap-sucking insects
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Thursday’s letters: What are your fellow readers writing in about today?
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The Guide: What is happening on the entertainment scene
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Lessons that pack a punch for all budding boxing stars
Marc West is given a wake-up call with a difference as he joins an early morning boxing training session Dragging myself bleary-eyed from a warm bed at the crack of dawn and out into a chilly autumnal morning is certainly not my usual idea of fun
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Food news and events in this week's Nibbles
* Killingworth Castle in Wootton, which has just been awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand for the second year running, is hosting its first ever Killy Craft & Food Fair on Saturday, October 25 – which will become a regular event if well received.
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Teen Taste at Jamie's Pizzeria
What did you think? It was a weird location, sort of behind Cleaver on George Street at the back of Jamie’s Italian. And it’s downstairs, a bit like a nightclub, except that when you go down it has stone walls all around. The separate pizza kitchen
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Cold comfort for pizza fans at Pizza Express
Not even sublime medieval architecture is enough to save Pizza Express from mediocrity, says Tim Hughes There once was a time, back in what now seems like the Dark Ages, where in many medium-sized towns, eating out in style meant one thing – Pizza
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Six weeks, 20 buckets and one new store
Starting Up with Rosa Hinton @ K is for kitchen, Watlington It’s been quite a journey, but we’ve finally opened our lovely kitchen shop in Watlington. And it’s no ordinary kitchen shop. Selling cookware, things to eat and offering kitchen design
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Chef's Special with Nathan Bowles
Serves four as a starter * 8 wood pigeon breasts * 6 black figs * 75ml port * 75ml sherry vinegar * 400g buttermilk * 50g milk * 50g double cream * 10g lemon juice * 1/2 loaf of brioche * Rapeseed oil as required * 1 parsnip
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On the road with Danny Bhoy
Danny Bhoy tells Katherine MacAlister about life on the road with his latest stand-up show Last time we spoke, Danny Bhoy was so rarely at home he could scarcely remember where he lived. Three years later and things are no different, although
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Crooning is Peter Andre's new flava
It’s Peter Andre... but not as we know him. The busy TV and pop star talks to Tim Hughes about his change of direction Peter Andre has grown up. Forget all those images of the Aussie hunk showing off his trademark abs while singing chirpy pop songs
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The Riot Club is awful and an insult to Oxford
William Pimlott really, really does not like The Riot Club The Riot Club is a dreadful, dreadful film. And as an Oxford student it feels right to insult it using this column. Not only is the film poorly made, full of unnecessary shots of London
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Greenery, buildings and people
Hiroko Ford on how she came, and then returned, to live in Oxford I am Hiroko Ford from Osaka in Japan. I first came to Oxford 30 years ago on a school trip when I was 18. It was the first time I had been abroad and I was so impressed with Oxford
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Warhol joins Ai Weiwei in palace show
Charles Spencer, briefly alluded to in the article on the left, recently retired as Daily Telegraph drama critic and was given a farewell party at the appropriate venue of London’s ultra-swanky Spencer House. His ex-bosses must really be worried —
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Delightful diva adds to the festival lustre
Doubtless to the delight of some, the first three days of The Blenheim Palace Literary Festival passed Gray-free owing to my absence on a Greek holiday. I was back on Sunday, though, to enjoy a last day of book talk and all the hobnobbing that goes
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A single-minded vision
Reg Little talks to the man behind a bid to revolutionise commuting in West Oxfordshire There is a senior colleague at The Oxford Times who has pledged to travel in swimming trunks from Witney to Oxford if a monorail is ever built. Such is
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Quod's still a big favourite
Christopher Gray enjoys fine autumnal flavours at one of the city centre restaurants he likes the most Since its memorably magnificent opening party a month or so shy of the Millennium, Quod has remained my favourite among Oxford’s city centre
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Guaranteeing fresh produce for Oxford
Helen Peacocke looks at a business that is championing local food producers Food fraud, which can be traced back to the medieval period, is unfortunately still rife. Criminals make millions on a global scale and get away with misrepresenting the
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We need to box clever
Val Bourne on worries over fungal disease box blight Autumn seems to have come early this year and the beech leaves are already cascading down on my car a good month earlier than usual. Box blight, a fungal disease that attacks box hedging
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It's a berry bonanza this autumn
Experts say this year’s favourable weather is producing an unprecedented harvest of wild berries, reports Liam Creedon This autumn is set to produce the best wild berry harvest for years, but there’s more to our hedgerows than blackberries and
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Gone Girl goes down a storm
Damon Smith on Rosamund Pike’s star performance in the film Gone Girls Ignorance is bliss when it comes to Gone Girl. If, like me, you haven’t read Gillian Flynn’s 2012 psychological thriller and you know nothing of the serpentine twists that propelled
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Ibsen at his best in 'A Doll's House'
Angie Johnson on another Nordic classic by UK Touring Theatre After a hit with last year’s production of Miss Julie by August Strindberg, UK Touring Theatre are back at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot with another Nordic masterpiece — A Doll
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Alan Davies is jumping for joy
Katherine MacAlister talks to Alan Davies ahead of his return to stand-up Alan Davies hated being really famous, getting to the point where he couldn’t leave home without being harassed and followed by the paps. He got depressed and paranoid
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Off-beat comedy Wingman saw me struggling to laugh
"You know when you’re in hospital with your dying mother and you fail to notice her die?" So begins Wingman, a play somewhat recklessly billed to me as a comedy, fresh from Edinburgh’s fringe. It’s a buddy comedy, a propless two-man show written
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In Time O' Strife @ Oxford Playhouse
Christopher Gray is dazzled by a rarely seen Scottish play ‘One day we will get our own back.” This grim statement of intent from a miner’s wife in a Fifeshire community being starved into submission by the local coal barons reveals the powerful
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Around the World in 80 Days @ Chipping Norton Theatre
The original 1956 film of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days was truly an epic. Shot in huge screen Todd-AO, the film involved 112 locations in 13 countries, and 140 sets. The cast, including extras, allegedly totalled 68,894 people. So how,
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Schubert's Vienna waltzes in
Sholto Kynoch tells Nicola Lisle why Oxford Lieder Festival will be soaring The Oxford Lieder Festival is always a special event, but this year’s festival is looking a bit more special than most. For the first time in its 13-year history, the
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Kate Tempest, Hudson Taylor and more in this weeks Soundbites
* Of all the artists shortlisted for this year’s Mercury Prize, none of them has generated quite as much interest as Kate Tempest. The rapper, playwright and perform-ance poet is among the favourites to scoop the prestigious prize, having also been
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Bands play on after festival collapse
Following the cancellation of OxfordOxford Festival, Tim Hughes and artist Matt Chapman reviews the music on offer at the event which sprung up in its place: TigFest TigFest Art Bar, Oxford Saturday, Sept 27, 2014
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Delays on city bus services due to congestion
There were yet more delays on Oxford Bus Company’s city services as a result of heavy congestion in Oxford this morning. The contraflow system on the Southern Bypass as part of the Kennington roundabout and Hinksey Hill roundabout works have caused
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Robyn Hitchcock is branching out as an artist
Robyn Hitchcock is nothing if not versatile, finds Tim Hughes Eccentric, whimsical and poetic, Robyn Hitchcock is an unsung national treasure. A vast legacy of beautiful music precedes him, yet, at the age of 61, this most English of singer-songwriters
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Ai Weiwei show has a stately presence
Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace? I’m not imagining it. Until December 14, work by China’s most famous dissident artist is on display in the stately home of the Duke of Marlborough. It is hard to imagine a less likely location for Ai Weiwei’s largest ever
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Jess Goyder - performing for the love of it
Charlbury singer-songwriter Jess Goyder lifts the lid on why she can’t stop working If you’re tenacious enough, if you’re really dedicated and keep at it, you never know, one day you might just make it. Rubbish to that, I say. That’s not the reason
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The Scales of Justice - 20 people up in court
BANBURY MAGISTRATES James Goddard, 23, of Chetwode, Banbury, admitted possessing cocaine at the Wheatsheaf pub, George Street, Banbury on July 11. Fined £150 and ordered to pay a £20 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs. Amraz Hussain
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Exam results are more important than this
AS A parent of a Cheney pupil I am more interested in the educational achievements of the school. Instead of reading about school uniform infractions, I would prefer to know how well the school has done in its recent examinations. I am even
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Why should we have faith in David Cameron?
CONSERVATIVE officials continue to peddle the message that the next general election will be a straight choice between David Cameron and Ed Miliband. However, Conservative Party membership has decreased since Mr Cameron became leader with many defecting
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The key is to increase investment in cycling
IN YOUR report “Cyclists go down petition path in a bid for new route” (September 26) you quoted Oxfordshire County Council leader Ian Hudspeth as saying that it was unlikely that the proposed path between Eynsham and Botley would ever happen.
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This prejudges an issue that is still not settled
I SEE that Vale council are now calling Doric’s plan the “Botley District Centre”. This prejudges an issue that is still not settled – whether any such new “centre” is a local need or a rational part of local planning. Botley needs a sensible refurbishment
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System is loaded against potential young buyers
THE housing market is in crisis with young people struggling to buy and forced into paying very high rents based on the capital value of the rented property. There seem to be no solutions, only temporary schemes put forward by political parties
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A year later we are still waiting for an environmental assessment
TWO years ago, on seeing the skeletons of the Oxford University Roger Dudman Way buildings starting their terrible rise over Port Meadow I started a petition, which thousands of Oxford’s residents flocked to sign. The petition signatories were
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‘Terrain in Spain is gazed mainly from my plane’
AFTER more than 20 years flying across the skies of Europe David Goode decided to take on his biggest challenge yet. The South Oxford sculptor has just finished making his way across Spain in a paramotor, a propeller strapped to his back with a
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Oxford High School alumna Tempest Rose is a performer at heart
Katherine MacAlister speaks to burlesque star and Oxford High alumna Tempest Rose ahead of her show Sitting in the small room above Bar Baby, facing the hastily erected stage, the atmosphere was intangible, an air of excitement, mystery and eroticism
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Hinksey Park FC puts new clubhouse to the test
A £730,000 football clubhouse will be put to the test for the first time this weekend as Hinksey Park Football Club hosts its biggest tournament day. The Grandpont pavillion, off Whitehouse Road, South Oxford, is set to be used by more than 300
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Temporary lights causing delays between Witney and Long Hanborough
DRIVERS are facing delays between Witney and Long Hanborough this morning. Temporary traffic lights on the A4095 in Long Hanborough have reportedly caused tailbacks to Witney. Our top stories Do you want alerts delivered straight
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Sleepless nights and flawed rationale of Bedroom Tax
The recent Government defeat on the Lib Dem’s amendment to the unpopular Bedroom Tax is an appropriate moment to review the law on this controversial issue and summarise its impact since its introduction in April 2013. The Bedroom Tax applies only
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Investing wisely in future of our county's communications
I was reminded the other day that over the years, amongst many other rather magnificent achievements, Oxfordshire has played host to a vast array of film and television productions. From Inspector Morse dashing around in his famous Jag to last
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A location must be found for International Brigades volunteers' memorial
IT would be wrong to suggest that planning officers at the Town Hall should be court-martialled for suggesting the proposal for a Spanish Civil War memorial in Bonn Square should be shelved. They are, after all, only doing their jobs and are making
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The Insider column: No answers to questions over stance on GPs...
SOMETIMES The Insider feels like he’s running in circles trying to get to the bottom of a controversial story. When David Cameron announced GPs would have to start working seven days a week, we asked one of his local GP surgeries in Chipping Norton
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Students test out video skills at London Welsh
OXFORD film students got a chance to get behind the camera last week by filming at London Welsh’s home match at the Kassam Stadium. The City of Oxford College creative media production students are working with the rugby club to create promotional
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Thursday, October 2
4:17pm Cigarettes stolen after window smashed at Tesco Metro in Faringdon %if(after3) %if(after7)
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Alcohol-related admissions to hospitals down
MORE than 9,000 county hospital admissions were alcohol-related in 2012/13, new figures show. There were 9,340 admissions with the most in Oxford – 2,350 – Health and Social Care Information Data released yesterday showed. It means there were
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GOLF: Pepperell out to break duck
Eddie Pepperell will tee off at St Andrews today believing it is only a matter of time before he sec-ures a maiden win on the European Tour. The 23-year-old heads into the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship as one of the form players in the large
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Mixed views on payments of bonuses to NHS bosses
EIGHT health bosses received between £85,000 and £125,000 in bonuses last year, latest figures show. Chief executive Sir Jonathan Michael received the biggest payout at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHT) of between £35,000 and £40,000
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Road work set to start
Work on improving London Road in Headington, Oxford, will start on October 13. The £2.1m Oxfordshire County Council scheme will involve widening the road to make room for buses and resurfacing it. Work is expected to go on until May.
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Man on punch charge
A 23-year-old man has been charged with punching a teenager in the face in a robbery. John Phelan, of Oliver Road in Cowley, has been charged with assault and intent to rob after the 18-year-old man was hurt in an incident on Monday in Crescent
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Teaching staff near Hong Kong protests
Teachers from Headington School have been close to the mass pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong while out on a visit. The school sent a group of senior staff – including headteacher Caroline Jordan – to meet with parents of current pupils and former
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Army says ‘sorry’ to para amputee bullying victim
THE Army has apologised after a paratrooper who lost three limbs in Afghanistan was bullied while working at RAF Brize Norton. After a three-day hearing, a panel made up of senior Army officers upheld Tom Neathway’s complaint that he was bullied by
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Bridge fall man ‘stable’
A man who fell from a bridge and collided with a vehicle is now in a critical but stable condition in hospital. The 30-year-old was left fighting for his life after the incident at the Littlemore bridge on the A4074 at about 2pm on Monday.
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Abandoned leopard cub gets a spot of TLC
FATHER Jamie Craig had to play mother to a leopard cub after it was found abandoned by its real mum at just a day old. But there was one thing the Cotswold Wildlife Park curator was not prepared to do. The 42-year-old, who lives with his wife
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RUGBY UNION: Smith backs struggling Welsh to beat drop
Ollie Smith admits the step up to top-flight rugby has proved tougher than many at London Welsh expected. But the Exiles assistant coach insists they will get the results they need to survive in the Aviva Premiership. Four heavy defeats from
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RUGBY UNION: Purdy praised
Former Chipping Norton junior Henry Purdy was praised for his try-scoring display in Gloucester’s 46-10 win over London Welsh at Oxford’s Kassam Stadium. Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys said of the 20-year-old from Milton-under-Wychwood
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RUGBY UNION: Trophy tribute to brave Widdowson
Andrew Widdowson was visibly moved at the presentation of a trophy in his honour after Oxford University Greyhounds took on Edinburgh University at Iffley Road. Widdowson was an Oxford University student seeking to win his Blue when a serious neck
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Fined for pub change
A couple who turned their pub into a house without permission have been ordered to pay £17,000, Cherwell District Council said yesterday. The council said Jacqueline and Geoffrey Noquet submitted seven planning permission requests to change the
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BOWLS: Campion's title
Banbury Central’s Caroline Campion was crowned Oxfordshire Ladies’ Champion of Champions at South Oxford. She took the title with a 21-7 win over Shiplake’s Helen Robinson in the final. Latest Sport news Do you want alerts delivered
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ATHLETICS: Carter breaks own record to take Woodstock crown
Sophie Carter broke her own ladies’ course record as she stormed to victory at the Woodstock 12. The 35-year-old, from Woodstock, finished an impressive eighth overall after completing the three lap 12.1-mile course around the Blenheim Palace grounds
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Housing crisis means more heartache for these refugees
FOR years Oxford has done its best to provide support for refugees and asylum seekers who find themselves hounded out of their homelands by war, famine and other natural disasters. Some of these families, encouraged by such a warm welcome, have
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RUGBY UNION: Harlequins miss out on Twickenham trip
Oxford Harlequins Under 12s missed out on the chance of walking out at Twickenham by the narrowest of margins after suffering an agonising defeat in the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup. Harlequins lost out by one try to Blackheath in the tournament
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ICE HOCKEY: Elliott's exclusion adds to misery for sad Stars
Player-coach Darren Elliott was excluded in controversial fashion as Oxford City Stars slipped to a 9-6 defeat away to London Raiders in English National League South Division 1. Elliott’s dismissal was the big talking point of a tough weekend
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Three plead guilty to dealing in drugs
Three men have pleaded guilty to being involved in drug dealing. At Oxford Crown Court yesterday Mubark Mohammed, 18, of Mortimer Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drug cocaine and Class B drug cannabis.
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Girl sent sex case accused indecent photos
A TEENAGE girl told a jury she sent a 22-year-old indecent photos of herself after he gave her “the wrong sort of attention”. Paul Saunders, 22, of Horspath Road, Oxford, denies two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl
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Move to Birmingham or be homeless, Syrian family told
MORE than 50 families have been relocated outside of the city so far this year, with Syrian refugees among the latest forced to move. The Morad family, who came to Oxford from war-torn Aleppo in December 2012, are living in emergency accommodation
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BAR BILLIARDS: Trafford and Gordon set standard in defence of pairs crown
Pairs holders Mark Trafford and Ian Gordon marched on in the Oxford League’s competition, writes PETE EWINS. The recent winners of the Berkshire Open swept aside Vikings duo Alan Oliver and Ian Moss 3-0 at West Oxford Democrats Club. Vikings
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RACING: Berkshire on way back
Forgotten horse Berkshire is set for an imminent return to competitive action. The three-year-old, from Paul Cole’s Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, hasn’t run since finishing tailed off on his reappearance in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury, after
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ROWING: Rosewell to step down after 38 years
Mike Rosewell, the Oxford Times’s longest-serving correspondent, is retiring after 38 years of covering rowing for this newspaper. “I’m 78 and it’s time to call it a day,” said the doyen of the sport, who began contributing articles in 1976, the
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University tops poll
The University of Oxford has been rated as the best in the country and the third best in the world by the Times Higher Education University World Rankings for 2014-15. Oxford took the country’s top spot last year but has dropped one place in the
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Blessing is a pet project for churchgoers
ANIMALS will be flocking to church on Sunday to take part in a special blessing service. Donkeys, rabbits, chickens and ferrets have previously been blessed at the annual service in Wantage’s St John Vianney Roman Catholic Church. The Charlton
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Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 2/10/2014)
Almost as soon as the Popular Front coalition collapsed in the mid-1930s, French cinema began to examine the nation's growing despondency, as domestic malaise was compounded by the continued bellicosity of Nazi Germany. The films of Jean Gabin, who
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Special guest helps students to learn new skills
STUDENTS were cooking up a storm at a masterclass with celebrity chef Brian Turner at City of Oxford College yesterday. The former Ready, Steady Cook star helped students cook a three-course meal of smoked salmon parcels, herb crusted lamb and
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100th birthday cuts it for former hairdresser
CENTENARIAN Celia Talmage celebrated her 100th birthday in style with a party at The Bear Hotel in Woodstock yesterday. The former hairdresser, who lives in Manor Road, Witney, was still cutting her husband William’s hair before he passed away
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Osney hydro power plant to start generating soon
A LONG-AWAITED hydro-electric scheme in Oxford weir should finally be generating power later this year. Work restarted on Monday on the turbine at Osney Lock on the Thames in West Oxford. But the £500,000 turbine – paid for by a share offer
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No charges are made
A 76-year-old man arrested over an arson attack on a workshop has been released without charge. The Faringdon man was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit arson after a blaze at Faringdon Business Park near the A420 in July. Six fire engines
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GAELIC FOOTBALL: Éire Óg celebrate title joy
There were celebrations at Horspath after Éire Óg became Hertfordshire champions for the first time in 23 years. Despite trailing at half-time, the Oxford side eventually saw off the 2013 champions Glen Rovers 2-11, 1-5. Éire Óg dominated early
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Community helps flood victims as looters strike
FLOOD victims left devastated after a water main burst in their street have rallied together in the aftermath of the disaster. Community spirit has been shining through Normandy Crescent while residents attempt to piece back together their lives
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Boost for housebuilders
People looking to build their own home in the district will be helped by a £90,000 Government grant. The money, announced yesterday, is part of £550,000 in funding to 11 local authorities across the UK as part of the Government’s Right-To-Build
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Job centre staff evacuated over suspect parcel
A SUSPICIOUS package delivered to Witney Job Centre yesterday turned out to be full of paperwork. Police cordoned off the building at the Two Rivers industrial estate for two hours yesterday morning after the parcel was posted through the letterbox
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Memorial to Spanish civil war ‘would clutter up the square’
PLANS for a memorial to the Oxford residents who died in the Spanish civil war look to have hit a brick wall. Officers for Oxford City Council, which previously expressed support for the proposed monument in Bonn Square, have said the project should
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Fire in derelict garage being treated as arson
A FIRE which destroyed a derelict garage and nearly blew up gas cylinders close to Witney homes, is being investigated as arson, the fire service revealed last night. A 200 metre cordon was set up around the burning building in Woodstock Road after
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Man released on bail
A 27-year-old man has been released on bail by police investigating an assault outside The Lodge burlesque club. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after a 28-year-old suffered a broken jaw and fractured eye socket
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City motorists face triple roadworks misery
THREE new sets of roadworks are to begin in the city from this weekend. The A34 and Walton Street in Jericho will be partly closed and there will be lane closures in Worcester Street. Walton Street will be shut on Sunday between 9am and 8pm
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ATHLETICS: Harriers shine at Highclere
White Horse Harriers secured five prizes at the Highclere 10K – a multi-terrain race in the grounds of the stately home made famous by Downton Abbey. Paul Wileman finished second in 36mins 3secs, while Paul Jegou was fourth and first vet 40 man
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Campaigners prepare bid for Temple Cowley Pools
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep Temple Cowley pools open urged council bosses to accept their offer to run the site. The Save Temple Cowley Pools TCP) group made the call ahead of the end of a delay in the site’s sale to enable it to put together
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Fraudster jailed for two years after £34,000 iPhones scam
STAFF at a mobile phone shop rumbled a fraudster’s scam which saw him pocket 76 iPhones worth more than £34,000. Conman Paul Dooman defrauded 38 O2 stores across the country out of the £450 iPhone 5s by faking documents and signing up to business
