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Overturned tractor causes traffic delays on M40
AN overturned tractor is causing delays at the northbound junction 10 turn-off on the M40 at Baynards Green. The tractor overturned on the neighbouring A43 at about 4.31pm. Only one lane of the route has been closed but it is affecting traffic
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Candy floss and rides at carnival
IT’S probably not the best idea to try to ride a bike and eat candy floss at the same time. A rather unsteady Simon Baker, seven, was one of the revellers at the second annual carnival on Osney Island in Oxford in 1985. Hundreds turned out
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Honouring city’s policemen who died during Great War
FOUR Oxford police officers were killed in action during the First World War, including one who was honoured for his bravery by the French. Constables George Judd, Edward Collett and Charles Martin died in France and Constable Albert Taylor in
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Pupils blew away rivals in train balloon competition journeys
IT WAS time for a celebration by these Oxford schoolchildren. Pupils from Bayswater Middle School in Headington had just heard they had won a British Rail competition. They are pictured at Blackfriars railway station in London in 1990, with
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Girls make a clean sweep as they tidy church
THIS is the “Mop Brigade” who kept the village church in Chilton sparkling for Sunday services. Miss Mop, alias Pamela Rolls, captain of the village Girls’ Brigade, and her young troop of cleaners spent an hour dusting the pews, polishing brass
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Mailbag: To catch the number 8, you’d end up with a wait
YOU were quite right when you said the No 8 bus was often full when it reached New Marston (Memory Lane, May 11). When the Northway and Headley estates were built and the bus routes were extended, we never stood a chance of getting on. As you
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It might look natural, but you wouldn’t want to bank on it!
THE picture shows a bustling corner of one of Oxfordshire’s popular market towns. Shops open for business, cars parked higgledy-piggledy, people walking, chatting and pushing a pram – a typical daytime scene. In fact, this was a staged event
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Stuart Macbeth: I can’t work out how to answer my mobile or call
I’VE arranged to meet someone I know outside the Ashmolean and they want to know my mobile phone number. “You won’t need it” I say, “you already know what I look like and I’ll be standing by the door.” But in 2015, this is not enough. “What
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Monday’s letters: What are your fellow readers writing in about today?
Want to give your opinion? Email letters@oxfordmail.co.uk
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Flawed appointments system wasting money
YOUR front page article on Friday is of great concern but managers at the Oxford University Hospitals Trust need to be made aware of one of the main reasons for wasted money. Over the past year I have had more than six outpatient appointments and
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Must we keep voting until we get it right?
JOHN MADEN (June 8), writing on behalf of Ukip, criticises the actions of the Irish government when the Irish people had voted the “wrong” way in an EU referendum, making them vote again until they got it right. But isn’t that exactly what Ukip
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Council’s financial priorities all wrong
I AGREE with Tony Augarde when he says any alterations to the Cutteslowe and Wolvercote roundabouts will not improve traffic flow at these points. It’s the same with Frideswide Square. Apart from making it prettier for drivers to look at as they
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Don’t take away our Ampleforth heritage
THERE have been a few letters recently about The Ampleforth Arms, Risinghurst. It is a pity that your photographer was unable to attend our community fete on Sunday when approximately 1,400 local residents turned up and enjoyed family picnics with
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Whale slaughter that degrades all of humanity
ON the morning of Saturday, June 6, a large pod of pilot whales was slaughtered in the first grindadráp (grind) of the year, on the island of Vágar in the northwest of the Faroe Islands archipelago. Estimates indicate that as many as 150 individual
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If anything else goes wrong our roads will be gridlocked
IT’S a pity that your article “Drivers hit by 16 months of jams” and accompanying advice from Oxfordshire County Council for commuters to travel by bus (June 10), coincided with the decision by the Oxford Bus Company to reduce the frequency of the
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Yours Faithfully: Education isn’t just exams but the whole person
The Rt Rev Colin Fletcher Bishop of Dorchester, acting Bishop of Oxford ONCE again, schools will be central to the political agenda over the coming weeks and months. What everyone, of all the political parties, is agreed on is that we want
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Yours Faithfully: Week of events to focus on what life is like for the world’s refugees
The Very Rev Bob Wilkes City Rector and vicar of St Michael at the Northgate, Oxford We talk sometimes about being disoriented. This can be just for a moment and not too upsetting, or it can be more serious. I can remember one day – I
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Groups publicise their recycling initiatives
IT WAS not just carbon emissions being cut as Low Carbon Oxford Week took to Broad Street. Alongside bike stalls, solar panels and a low emission BMW supercar, sustainability group Bicester Green sawed wood to promote the work their centre does
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Eco park doing its bit to make Oxford the most bee friendly city
IT SOUNDED like the opening of a cheap comedy: myself in a space-age beekeeper costume, a buzzing team from Oxford City Council and 150,000 slightly irate bees. But lifting the lid on the hive I discovered that beekeeping, jokingly called the “
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School pays tribute to 15-year-old pupil who died last week
THE headteacher of Chipping Norton School has paid tribute to a 15-year-old pupil who died last week. Pupils and staff were made aware of the death of Year 10 pupil Jenny Fry last Thursday, June 11. Thames Valley Police has said it is not treating
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Car stolen before crashing into wall in Didcot
A CAR was stolen from a home in Didcot before crashing into a wall. Officer said at about 7pm on June 4 a black Renault Laguna Estate with a partial registration number EK54 was stolen from a house in Lydalls Road. The car then crashed into
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Drunk driver drove the wrong way on A34 on two flat tyres
A MAN who drove the wrong way up the A34 with two flat tyres while twice over the drink-drive limit has been jailed. Antonio Gouveia, of Peachcroft Road, Abingdon, was told on Thursday by a judge in Oxford Crown Court his driving had been “terrifying
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Scales of Justice: 15 cases heard at Oxford and Banbury Magistrates Court
OXFORD MAGISTRATES Alan Goodman, 32, of Luther Street, Oxford, admitted stealing a bike worth £600 from a person in George Street on April 25. Also admitted attempting to steal another bike, worth £1,000, from Walton Street on May 15. Sent to prison
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Miss Oxfordshire to challenge stereotypes
BRAINS as well as beauty are the secrets behind the success of this year’s Miss Oxfordshire Now the newly-crowned queen hopes to question stereotypes and use her intelligence to win the national title, Miss England. Layla Claridge, 23, won the
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Oxford United chief executive expects a further 'one, maybe two' new faces
MARK Ashton expects Oxford United to make at least one, maybe two more new signings. And the U’s chief executive then anticipates the problems to begin for head coach Michael Appleton – but ones he feels are nice to have. United have made four
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CRICKET: Luke Ryan left to rue Oxfordshire's shortfalls
LUKE Ryan rued Oxfordshire’s poor fielding as their Unicorns Counties Trophy campaign was ended by Northumberland yesterday. After setting 208 in their quarter-final clash at Bicester & North Oxford, Oxon looked to be in control after restricting
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Scheme aims to match up OAPs and students to share homes
OLDER people could share their house with a student under a new scheme in Oxford launched today. The homeshare programme, spearheaded locally by Age UK Oxfordshire, will see pensioners who want to stay in their own homes into old age and have spare
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Dear David Cameron: Our school's unsafe, underfunded and falling apart
PRIMARY school pupils have written letters to the Prime Minister telling him their school will be too cold this winter. Children at Rose Hill Primary School have penned personal messages to David Cameron asking for more money to improve their classrooms
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A washout . . . but Jericho fair still pulled in crowds
THE pouring rain proved no deterrent to the dancers, singers and food fanatics who gathered at the Jericho Street Fair on Saturday. Canal Street was filled with community and food stalls, live music, dancing and activities for kids. Oxford
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New station heralds hike in village property prices
ESTATE agents have predicted a boom in property prices in Kidlington to coincide with the opening of the new Oxford Parkway station later this year. From October passengers will able to get to London Marylebone in less than an hour from the new
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CRICKET: Cumnor teenagers take centre stage in Village Cup win
TEENAGERS Max Mannering and Harry Ackland led Cumnor to the national stages of the Davidstow Village Cup with a five-wicket win over Great & Little Tew. Mannering, 18, claimed 5-23 before 17-year-old Ackland hit an unbeaten 51 as the hosts
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Dragons among 7,000 triathletes in the swim at Blenheim
THOUSANDS of competitors braved the changeable weather conditions at the weekend to take part in the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Blenheim Palace Triathlon. About 7,000 athletes signed up for the charity event, which raises cash for research
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Drunk ex-burglar knocked out woman then ground man’s face into pavement
A MAN has been jailed for punching a woman in the face and “grinding” her boyfriend’s face into the pavement with his foot. Roy Montgomery, 42, of no fixed address, and Sinrenjrt Singh, 22, of High Street, Langley, Slough, both admitted one count
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Monday, June 15
5:50pm A tractor has overturned on the A43, causing delays on the neighbouring M40 at Baynards Green 3:19pm One lane on a road in Kidlington is closed
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CRICKET: Great Tew take full advantage to go top
GREAT & Little Tew took full advantage of the weather to move back to the top of Division 2 of the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. With only one other match in the division beating the rain, Tew’s seven-wicket victory at Cove
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Speed limit on Eastern Bypass down to 30mph from today for water main work
SIX-month speed restrictions on Oxford’s Eastern Bypass are due to begin this morning. From today, the speed limit will be reduced to 30mph on both carriageways between Cowley and Headington. It is so that Thames Water can carry out
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MOTOGP: Bradley Smith delighted with fifth
OXFORDSHIRE’S Bradley Smith could not hide his satisfaction after finishing fifth in yesterday’s Catalunya Moto GP. The result saw the Monster Yamaha Tech3 rider cut the gap to Marc Marquez, who lies fifth in the championship standings, to a point
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Expanding waistlines see a surge in type 2 diabetes
DIABETES in Oxfordshire is on the rise due to “waistlines going up” putting more strain on the health services. Nearly five per cent of Oxfordshire’s population, or 27,054 people, now has diabetes, according to new figures. Statistics released
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ATHLETICS: Hannah England is fifth in Big Apple
Oxford City's Hannah England finished fifth in the 1,000 metres in the Diamond League meeting in New York on Saturday. She set a personal best of 2mins 41.04secs in a race won by Erin Donohue (2.37.42). Fellow Oxfordshire athlete Lawrence Clark
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TRIATHLON: Perham and Lee land crowns at Blenheim
Christopher Perham stormed to victory in the male elite race at the 11th Leukaemia & Lymphona Research Blenheim Triathlon yesterday. Around 7,000 competitors took part in the season-opener, the second largest triathlon in the country. Perham
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WEEKEND RESULTS: June 13-14
UNICORNS COUNTIES TROPHY Quarter-finals: Oxfordshire 208-9 (50 ovs, R Kaufman 57no, L Sabin 48, J White 37, J Du Toit 3-41), Northumberland 209-8 (49 ovs, K Ward 39, J Du Toit 31). DAVIDSTOW VILLAGE CUP Oxfordshire final: Great &
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More Queen's Birthday Honours for community stalwarts, RAF and police
A FORMER deputy lieutenant and magistrate from Banbury was among those that made the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Maurice Humphris, 80, was given a British Empire Medal for his services to the community including voluntary work for the Citizens
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Park-and-walk scheme 'could beat congestion' says architect
A TOP city architect has called for a new 3,000-space "park and walk" facility to be built at an Oxford industrial estate. Adrian James of award-winning firm Adrian James Architects said Osney Mead could be connected to the A34 via a link road
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CRICKET: Oxfordshire let it slip and bow out
OXFORDSHIRE were denied a place in the Unicorns Counties Trophy semi-finals after Northumberland produced a stunning comeback to win by two wickets, writes JACK JOHNSON. Richard Kaufman’s half-century helped the hosts to 208 at Bicester & North
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Pupils fly the flag to celebrate green scheme prize
RAISING standards of eco-friendliness has allowed one city centre school to hoist the Green Flag above its classrooms. Pupils from New College School, in Oxford, have been rewarded for their work driving green initiatives over the past two years
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Eco feel for bandstand-style cafe and loos in town’s park
A BANDSTAND-style café and toilets costing about £160,000 are set to open next Easter in Bicester’s Garth Park. Focus has been placed on making the new builds as sustainable as possible, using lamb’s wool for insulation and a rainwater recycling
