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Grandmother left in appalling pain

A great-grandmother with a broken hip was left to endure severe pain for several days at an Oxford hospital where her operation was continuously cancelled. Doctors at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, would not allow Gwen Lee, 68, to have strong

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DRIVERS WANT MODERN ROADS

Drivers want modern roads SIR -- Oh no! Three weeks or so after the fallout from the major crash on over-populated A34 debacle, we hear an anguished cry from West Oxfordshire district councillor Harriet Riley for the A415 to be the subject of a speed

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Thieves target lorry

Thieves targeted a lorry filled with expensive goods for the second time in less than six months. Police were called to Blunsends Yard, in Downs Road Industrial Estate, Witney, after an attempted break-in was discovered on Saturday morning. The thieves

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Football: Banbury rally proves in vain

Bedford Tn 4, Banbury Utd 2: A valiant fightback by Banbury proved in vain as they slipped to defeat at Bedford in the Southern League Premier Division on Saturday. Banbury suffered a blow after just 12 minutes when captain Kieran Sullivan left the field

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Football: Wantage halt in-form North Leigh

Wantage Tn 2, North Leigh 0: IN-FORM North Leigh came unstuck when Wantage fired home two first-half goals in Saturday's Premier Division clash at Alfredian Park. Sam Belcher opened the scoring at the third attempt in the ninth minute after exposed North

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Teenage girl robbed at knifepoint

A girl was threatened with a knife and forced to hand over her bag. The 15-year-old was walking on a footpath between Bicester Community College, in Queens Avenue, and Rookery Way on Friday evening just before 6pm. when she was mugged. A Thames Valley

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Results: The weekend's results

COCA-COLA LEAGUE Oxford Utd 2, Yeovil Tn 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Bedford Tn 4, Banbury Utd 2. Div 1 West: Ashford Tn 4, Thame Utd 0; Taunton 0, Oxford City 1. RYMAN LEAGUE Associate Members Trophy: Flackwell Heath 2, Abingdon Tn 1. FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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Football: Rampant Ashford trounce Thame

Ashford Tn (Middx) 4, Thame United 0: A three-goal blitz in the space of six second-half minutes sent Thame crashing to defeat at Ashford in Southern League Division 1 West on Saturday. Thame fell behind in the seventh minute when Anthony Egginton put

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Autistic robber gets jail term

A man who robbed and threatened to stab his ill neighbour has been jailed for three years. David Herman, 21, of Hamble Road, Didcot, knocked on Christopher Older's door, and then barged into his flat saying he had a knife and he wanted money on October

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Community calls for end to muddy play

Young people using a water-logged recreation ground in north Oxford have asked city councillors to improve drainage so they can play there all-year round. Liz Cairncross, of Kingston Road, says her eight-year-old son Calum Pinder enjoys playing football

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Vandalised again

Autistic children have been left without transport for the third time in four months after vandals trashed their school bus. The Autism Resource Unit, at St Nicholas' Primary School in Marston, Oxford, received the second-hand minibus in September last

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Train service 'near crisis'

Hundreds of Oxford commuters who claim they are being treated no better than cattle are demanding answers from First Great Western after a catalogue of upsetting incidents. Passengers on the Cotswold Line, which runs from Oxford to Worcester and Hereford

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Veterans meet for one final salute

Comrades from a Second World War campaign have met up in Oxford for the last time as an official gathering of veterans. The 30 men of the Oxfordshire branch of the Italy Star Association assembled yesterday to remember their battles and commemorate former

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Posters aid hunt for cats

Posters have gone up in an area of Oxford following concern from cat owners that their pets have been stolen for sinister purposes. Scores of the posters have appeared on lamp posts and in shop windows in Rose Hill, appealing for information about the

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Football: Craig set for call-up

Craig Davies's brilliant performance alongside Tommy Mooney for Oxford United on Saturday is likely to earn him an international call-up. Brian Flynn, the Wales Under 21 boss, watched United's revenge 2-1 win over League Two leaders Yeovil at the Kassam

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Football: Revenge is sweet for U's

If anyone needed any convincing that this Oxford United side have made giant strides since the Argentines took over, it came in this mammoth win on Saturday. It was not just the result, ending Yeovil's nine-match winning streak, but the performance as

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Premature criticism

SIR -- I refer to Richard Anderson's letter about cycle measures in Horspath Driftway at Cowley, Oxford (Oxford Mail, January 12). I feel they are premature. These cycle measures are being undertaken by Oxford City Council on behalf of the county council

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Help at hand

A free course for parents and community workers wanting to gain confidence about talking to young people about drugs, will be held in Barton, Oxford, from January 20. The course will be run by the Oxfordshire charity Energy and Vision for seven weeks,

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Shock resignation

Veteran Tory MP Robert Jackson has left a trail of anger and bitterness among Oxfordshire party workers in his sudden defection to Labour. Robert Jackson They were preparing to honour him at a special celebration next Saturday but instead are now left

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Kennedy visits

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was in Abingdon today as the party launched its General Election campaign. Mr Kennedy was calling at Abingdon Community Hospital and Longlands House, a nursing home for the elderly in Blackbird Leys, Oxford. Abingdon

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Water work

Work has started on a £300,000 modernisation scheme at Wallingford's Riverside Park. It will carry on over the winter ready for the open-air paddling and swimming pools and the camping ground to be ready to open at the end of May. Helping start the work

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Football: Butler serves up a super City victory

Taunton Tn 0, Oxford City 1: Tom Butler's first-half goal gave Oxford City victory at Taunton in Southern League Division 1 West on Saturday - and stretched their unbeaten run to six games. City, who had triumphed at Wordsworth Drive on their previous

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Football: Super Spiero makes stunning comeback

Hook Norton 2, Adderbury Park 1: BEN Spiero made a stunning return after two years out through injury when he came on as substitute to score Hook Norton's winner in Saturday's Division 1 West derby. The team's joint manager, Spiero was making his comeback

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Few residents turn up for hospital meeting

Only a few people turned out for a consultation meeting on the future of Bicester Community Hospital. About a dozen residents went to a meeting at Exeter Hall, in Oxford Road, Kidlington, to air their views on proposals to make Bicester Community Hospital

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Football: Abingdon's hopes are rocked by Flackwell

Flackwell Heath 2, Abingdon Tn 1: Abingdon Town's hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Ryman League's Associate Members Trophy suffered a major blow after they let an early lead slip at Flackwell Heath. Needing three points from their last

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January 17: A choice to live or die

Euthanasia has for many years been a subject of much debate. And this debate has been fuelled recently by the Mental Capacity Bill which is currently being discussed behind closed doors in the House of Lords. Pro-life campaigners fiercely oppose the bill

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Kennedy visits Oxford

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was visiting Oxford today as the party launched its General Election campaign. Mr Kennedy was calling at Abingdon Community Hospital and Longlands House, a nursing home for the elderly in Blackbird Leys, Oxford.

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Thieves target expensive load again

Thieves targeted a lorry filled with expensive goods for the second time in less than six months. Police were called to Blunsends Yard, in Downs Road Industrial Estate, Witney, after an attempted break-in was discovered on Saturday morning. Last August

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Tough action on fireworks

Police in Oxfordshire are leading the way in the fight against firework misuse by using new powers to crack down on yobs. The force issued hundreds of new £80 on-the-spot fines in the first year after they were introduced while most constabularies have

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Village site to be rock spot

A concert for thousands of music-lovers is set to be staged in Kidlington this summer but organisers are remaining tight-lipped over who the "household name" performers could be. Promoters are hoping to attract a number of famous acts to star in the four-hour