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'Help homeless' isn't that easy

SIR -- My partner and I, who have been together for nearly eight months, decided to move in together. We both have two-bedroom flats that we rent from Oxford City Council in Windrush Tower, Blackbird Leys. Both flats are damp and expensive to heat. My

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Football: Abingdon pay for disastrous spell

GLS Hellenic League - Abingdon United 2, Shortwood Utd 3: A disastrous five-minute spell, during which they conceded three goals, led to Abingdon United losing an eventful Premier Division clash on Saturday. Abingdon took the lead in the tenth minute

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Results: The weekend's roundup

COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Kidderminster H 1, Oxford Utd 3. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Div 1 West: Oxford City 2, Brackley 1; Thame 2, Egham Tn 0. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Under 18: Rushden 4, Oxford Utd 0. FA VASE 4th round: Didcot Tn 2

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Jan 24: Scandal in our schools

When will the Government get its act together over the scandalous state of repair of Oxfordshire's schools? Heaven knows they and their Tory predecessors have had long enough to sort the mess out -- and they've all failed miserably, judging by some of

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Girl, 12, evades kidnap attempt

A girl of 12 was left shaken but unhurt after escaping an attempted abduction near Oxford United's Kassam Stadium. Police in Oxford are appealing for witnesses following the incident at 7.45pm on Saturday. The girl was walking through the alleyway that

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'Banish buses by next year'

Another of Oxford's main shopping streets should be free of buses by the end of the year, according to a leading city councillor. City and county council leaders want to getting buses out of Queen Street by the time the expanded Westgate shopping centre

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Beauty queen helps school boost cause

Beauty contest winner Kiron Salhotra helped pupils at an Oxford school raise more than £1,000 for victims of the disaster. Miss Salhotra, 17, a sixth-former at Cheney School, in Headington, was crowned Miss Asia Pacific Commonwealth last November at the

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Why vote against?

Sir - At the city council's north east area committee on Tuesday, a planning proposal was submitted that, if successful, would realise £140,000 for the Barton pavilion. It may have escaped city councillor Claire Kent's attention (Oxford Mail, January

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Phone mast that looks like a tree

Oxford East MP Andrew Smith joined residents in a campaign against a mobile phone mast disguised as a tree. Hutchinson 3G's new generation transmitter has been put up in Lincoln College sports ground, in east Oxford. On Saturday, the Labour MP visited

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£67m bill for crumbling classrooms

Crumbling schools in Oxfordshire need repairs costing more than £67m, Government figures reveal. David Jones, head of Gosford Hill School Secondary headteachers may have to wait up to 10 years for major Government funding to modernise their schools and

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Stepping in to raise cash

More than 900 pupils at an Abingdon school took time off from lessons to walk 6,000 miles -- the distance between Abingdon and Sri Lanka -- in aid of the tsunami appeal. On Friday, each year group at Larkmead School walked or ran a set course around the

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Football: Thame regain winning thread

Thame Utd 2, Egham Tn 0: Thame United got back to winning ways with a hard-fought victory over bottom club Egham in Division 1 West. The home side set off in a determined fashion, with Gavin Lane heading wide from Tony Joyce's pin-point corner. However

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Football: City's flier stuns Brackley

Oxford City 2, Brackley Tn 1: Oxford City scored twice in the opening eight minutes to set up victory over Brackley Town in Division 1 West on Saturday - and stretch their unbeaten run to seven games. A well-worked move in the fourth minute saw Chris

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Football: Brown scores debut goal

GLS Hellenic League - Middle Barton 0, Clanfield 4: Gary Brown scored on his debut following his transfer from Carterton, as Clanfield sealed the Division 1 West points before half-time. Brown opened the scoring on 15 minutes from Alan Rodgers's corner

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Football: Bonner steals it for Chippy

Oxfordshire Senior Cup - Hook Norton 0, Chipping Norton Town 1: A second-half strike from Keith Bonner snatched victory for Chipping Norton against the run of play in Saturday's third-round tie. Hook Norton, from Hellenic League Division 1, dominated

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Football: Didcot shine to reach last 16

Didcot Tn 2, Ledbury Tn 0: Didcot Town produced a superb display to reach the last 16 of the competition for the first time. The scoreline in this fourth-round tie was flattering to the visitors, who could find no answer to Didcot. Manager Stuart Peace

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Ridgeway trail 4x4 ban rejected

The Government has rejected calls for an outright ban on off-road vehicles on the ancient Ridgeway trail in south Oxfordshire. Following consultation, rural affairs minister Alun Michael has pledged there will be new legislation to control the use of

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A happy party 'but not for you'

It was meant to be a backslapping party to thank Robert Jackson for his 20 years service as Wantage's MP -- instead it turned into a backstabbing bonanza as anger flared about Mr Jackson's defection to Labour. More than 100 Wantage Constituency Conservative

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County recalls hero's death

Today is the 40th anniversary of the death one of Oxfordshire's most famous sons, Sir Winston Churchill. Sir Winston, hailed as one of Britain's greatest leaders, was born at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock and buried at nearby Bladon Church. He died on

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Girl, 11, steps in to save mother

An 11-year-old girl has been praised for using first aid to help her mother after she fell down the stairs during a fit. Aroosah Khan, a Year Six pupil at St Francis School, Horspath, Oxford, used skills she learned just two weeks earlier at Oxford's

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Football: Hackett's back with a bang

Chris Hackett marked his return from a three-match ban with a superb goal as Oxford United avenged their Christmas Tuesday defeat by Kidderminster in style. It was the winger's second goal of the season. He had scored in his last away game at Rushden

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Economic lunacy

Sir - In his touching welcome to the Labour Party to former Tory MP Robert Jackson (Oxford Mail, January 18), Oxford city councillor John Tanner refers to the years of economic disaster under Tory Prime Minister John Major. I seem to remember that the