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  • Tubby mania sparks jigsaw record

    TELETUBBY mania helped piece together a record year for Bicester jigsaw maker Ravensburger. The firm has grown to become the top jigsaw manufacturer in Britain and now rates in the top 20 toy makers in the UK. The continuing attraction of Tinky Winky,

  • Man denies sex abuse

    PAUL Gunning offered a young girl cash to allow him to indecently assault her, a court heard. Gunning, 45, of Lodden Avenue, Berinsfield, denies molesting the girl four times between April 1994 and March 1997 when she was ten to 13. Neil Moore, prosecuting

  • Man cleared of assault

    HEROIN user Robin Williamson was cleared by a jury of spraying CS gas into the face of a woman walking alone in east Oxford. Mr Williamson, 22, of the Causeway, Steventon, had pleaded not guilty to mugging the woman and possessing a CS gas canister with

  • Police withheld rape case facts

    AN ALLEGED rape victim was put through the trauma of cross examination for a second time after police withheld evidence about an affair she was having. The 46-year-old mum-of-three had told officers she was having an affair with a neighbour at the time

  • Massey: I've been dumped by United

    RELEASED midfielder Stuart Massey says Oxford United could have done more to help him following the injury which looks certain to end his career. The 33-year-old fans' favourite suffered damaged medial and cruciate ligaments in his knee following a tackle

  • Carole is 'the People's Mayor'

    OXFORD'S new Lord Mayor Carole Roberts pledged to become the People's Mayor at an emotionally-charged ceremony last night. Her political opponents carried out their threat to deliver an unprecedented snub to the new Lord Mayor at Oxford Town Hall after

  • Soccer fans banned

    FIVE football fans were ordered not to go within a mile of football grounds in Britain or France after appearing in court on hooliganism charges. The five, from Oxford and one from Birmingham, were all arrested after Oxford United's game against Birmingham

  • Health fears protest

    CAMPAIGNERS waved banners as they protested against the closure of three of Oxfordshire's community hospitals before a meeting to discuss the proposals. About 100 people gathered outside Towler Hall at Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre where Oxfordshire

  • World Cup screened in pub's toilet

    WHETHER England is flushed with success or going down the pan, World Cup fans in one Oxford pub will not miss a minute. Staff at Walter Mittey's in Osney Island have put a telly in the loo so that football fanatics see every goal. Manageress Katie Price

  • Manor season tickets selling well

    OXFORD United report encouraging season ticket sales, with more than 1,000 already sold for the new term starting in August. With eight days to go until the cheap rate deadline, the Division 1 club are confident of beating last season's figure of 3,300