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See the leaderboard for Strictly Come Dancing's week 4 as judges issue scores
Strictly Come Dancing returned to our TV screens this evening (October 14) and another week of the competition means another leaderboard. Tonight’s episode saw all 13 remaining dance couplings battle it out with a variety of dances from the Rumba
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Strictly’s Shirley Ballas believes Amy Dowden will return to show ‘by next year’
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has said that professional dancer Amy Dowden will return to the show next year. Dowden had a mastectomy after discovering she had stage three breast cancer. Amy found she would be unable to have a
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Disney+ reveals Coleen Rooney documentary trailer just days before release
Disney+ has released a trailer ahead of the upcoming launch of Coleen Rooney’s documentary. Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story is a three-part series that will launch on the streaming platform next week. The documentary will see Coleen Rooney
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Flash floods leave toilet waste in homes near proposed housing development
Shocking flash floods deluged an Oxford suburb which is the site of a major housing development proposal. Householders in Barton Village Road, Barton, watched as firefighters used sandbags to control severe flooding on Friday night. The water
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Martin Lewis explains why you should never leave the heating on low all day
Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert has revealed how to use your central heating this year. As the temperature continues to drop outside, most of us will have already put the heating on, or be thinking about when to do it. According to experts
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Brawler, 16, was 'defending himself' against younger lad armed with knife
A teenager will be sentenced next month for a brawl committed when he was just 16. Jack Mobey, now 18, appeared before Oxford Crown Court on Thursday (October 12), when he pleaded guilty to a single count of affray. The offence was committed
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Dad to run half marathon for hospital that saved his daughter's sight
A father from Oxfordshire is running the Oxford Half Marathon to raise money for the hospital that saved his daughter’s sight. This Sunday (October 15), Steven Park from Wallingford is donning his trainers and running the Oxford Half in aid of
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Major changes to Oxford park and ride announced
Oxford Bus Company will run a special Park & Ride service this Sunday to help people enjoy the Oxford Half Marathon. There will be earlier and more frequent departures from Redbridge, Thornhill and Pear Tree Park & Ride. The services will begin
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Traffic clears after severe delays and crash on A34
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Our camera club snappers are all followers of fashion
Oxford Mail Camera Club members have been following fashion for their latest weekly theme. There were photos covering lots of different fashion eras, from the 1940s to steampunk. Pam and Eric Denton sent in photos of a 1940s convention from
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Headteacher 'thrilled' with school of the year award
A headteacher has hailed the “fantastic recognition” for her school after it received a national award. Oxford High School won the Independent Girls’ School of the Year, at an awards ceremony in London on Tuesday (October 10). Headteacher
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LONG READ: The brutal double murder that remains unsolved 50 years later
Detectives investigating the murder of Warren Wheeler and his wife Elizabeth described the killing as savage, brutal and among the worst they had seen in policing careers that began at the Second World War’s end. Five decades later, the couple’
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Residents warned with flood alert issued for Oxfordshire after heavy rain
The Environment Agency has warned that flooding is possible in areas of east and south Oxfordshire. A flood alert has been issued by the Environment Agency after officers informed of rising river and tidal levels. The flood alert area includes
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Married carer sent sex act videos to '14-year-old boy', court told
A married carer played out his sexual fantasies online with what he supposed was a 14-year-old boy. Cutteslowe man Keith Rose sent naked pictures of himself to the ‘child’, whom he met on an over-18s gay dating site, requested he send explicit
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Banbury woman in court accused of 'people smuggling' conspiracy
An Albanian woman has appeared in court accused of involvement in an alleged people smuggling conspiracy. Ujeza Kurmekaj, 32, was not asked to enter her pleas when she appeared in the dock at Oxford Crown Court on Friday (October 13). Her barrister
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Felix White's insight into the world of Tailenders ahead of Oxford show
The rise of the Tailenders podcast was never expected to grow to what it has become today. Felix White, former guitarist of The Maccabees band and cricket obsessive, recalls how the concept started when BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James suggested a five-show
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I decided to test out a 'Sound Bath' and it was as terrifying as it was relaxing
What on earth is a sound bath? You may ask. A Liverpudlian describing a relaxing wash? Nope. In short, a sound bath is a meditative experience where those in attendance are “bathed” in sound waves. These waves are produced by various "healing
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How much your Roast Dinner is costing you to cook amid 12 per cent price hike
When you think of comfort food, a delicious Sunday Roast often comes to mind but the family favourite has been causing a strain on our purse strings of late. The cost of living crisis is no longer breaking news but it continues to affect households
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Liam Manning on international call-ups, rescinded red card and Greg Leigh nomination
This is Liam Manning's latest column written exclusively for the Oxford Mail. We have a blank weekend again today due to the international break. Greg Leigh, Fin Stevens and James Beadle are all away with their national sides and with Reading also
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Full list of road closures set to hit Oxford ahead of half marathon
Traffic measures and road closures have been put in place this weekend for the upcoming half marathon. The county council has announced several traffic measures that came into force on Saturday morning and end at varying times tomorrow on Sunday
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Ford Transit van driver charged for 'doing 63mph on motorway'
A man has been charged with speeding at 63 miles per hour on the M4. Paul Bowell of Knowlands in Highworth is said to have been driving along the M4 between Junction 16 and Junction 15 on the eastbound carriageway when he was caught at 63mph, above
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Oxfordshire road closures you need to know about
Oxfordshire's motorists will have a number of road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week. National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads, so closures of smaller roads will not be included
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Arsonist threw homemade petrol bomb at love rival's van
A brooding ex-boyfriend threw a ‘Molotov cocktail’ through the windscreen of his former partner’s new man. Armed with a knuckleduster, Gareth Dearlove had gone to her Faringdon home on June 22 intending to confront the man but instead the door
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Bicester drug dealer 'Mr Friday' spared jail on Friday the 13th
A drug dealer called Mr Friday found that inauspicious Friday 13th was his lucky day – as he walked from court with a suspended prison sentence. Stephen Friday, 49, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to being involved in supplying heroin
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Disused bus shelter gets a scarily good makeover for Halloween
A disused bus stop has become a spooky shelter in time for Halloween. It is the 20th edition of the bus shelter on Station Road in South Leigh which has become a local attraction and featured on national TV. Owned by the parish council of South
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Rare look inside David and Victoria Beckham’s £12m Cotswolds mansion
David and Victoria Beckham gave a rare look into their Cotswold home in the former footballer’s Netflix docuseries. The £12million Cotswold mansion is featured in multiple scenes in the four-part Netflix series 'Beckham' which follows the former
