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• Woodman book misses out

  Oxford United goalkeeper Andy Woodman has missed out on getting on to the shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year with his book Woody and Nord, a Football Friendship, which he co-wrote with England defender Gareth Southgate. read more

• Oxford move over to Rover

  Oxford & Horspath Cricket Club are on the move, with their first team playing their home games at Rover Cowley's old ground next year. read more

• Ian bounds into the record books

  Oxford City's Ian Bound entered the record books , by winning no fewer than three of the club's annual individual knockout titles this season. read more

• Stewart books last-eight spot

  Berinsfield's Ben Stewart is through to the quarter-finals of this year's NABC Championships after securing a satisfying victory over Devonport rival Nathan Nuurah at Bristol. read more

• Housing 'U-turn' upsets residents

  Wantage residents have questioned why plans for a housing estate on a former school site have been opposed by some members of a council -- after a larger, denser development elsewhere in the town received approval. read more

• Top gun Maskens

  Jonathan Maskens is confident that his success in the prestigious Sunday Telegraph Center Parcs Junior Grand Prix in La Manga will kick-start his professional career. read more

• Father killed as he led cart

  A man died after being struck by a car as he led his fiance and children on an unlit horse-drawn cart on a "pitch black" road, an inquest heard. read more

• Quins get seal of approval

  Oxford Harlequins are one of only 50 clubs in England to have been awarded the RFU Seal of Approval and Sport England's Clubmark accreditation read more

• Residents too afraid to go into dark park

  Vandalism and antisocial behaviour have turned a Wallingford park into a no-go area, according to people living in the town. read more

• Hotel chain puts top property up for sale

  One of Abingdon's top hotels, the Thames-side Upper Reaches, is up for sale -- only two-and-a-half years after it last changed hands. read more

• Social services wins

  improved star rating read more

• Solberg ready for dream team

  Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team's newly-crowned world rally champion Petter Solberg has created a dream team for 2004 by winning the Wales Rally GB. read more

• Teen who lost job fights cuts

  More than 500 people have signed a petition organised by a teenager who lost his job after cuts to bus services. read more

• Rain makes it tricky

  A cracking day's racing looked on the cards at Standlake Arena on Sunday on a fast dry track, however the rain began after a couple of heats and continued for much of the afternoon resulting in much trickier racer on the first rain drenched track of the season. read more

• Rampant Blues star on big night

  Oxford University 51, Major Stanley's XV 19: Students are known to enjoy a good night out and Oxford's University rugby players did just that as they trounced Major Stanley's XV under the Iffley Road lights on Wednesday. read more

• Allotment land could be sold

  Plans to sell off more than six acres of allotments in Banbury are at an advanced stage. read more

• Seven Amblers home

  Gary Richards was the first man home of the seven Abingdon Amblers who struggled their way around 8.5 miles of Cotswold hills, mud and river crossings in Sunday's running of the annual Bitten Road Runners Sodbury Slog. read more

• Reserves let in five

  It was men against boys as Oxford United, fielding one of their youngest-ever reserve teams, were beaten 5-0 at Yeovil Town Res in the Pontin's Holidays Combination on Wednesday night. read more

• Social services wins improved star rating

  SOCIAL services managers are celebrating after being awarded two out of three stars for performance, despite recent cuts and spiralling debts. read more

• Social services wins improved star rating

  Social services managers are celebrating after being awarded two out of three stars for performance, despite recent cuts and spiralling debts. read more

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