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Football: Thame crushed by Steelmen

Corby 5, Thame United 2: Thame United were blown away by a four-goal first-half blitz as they proved no match for Corby in Southern League Division 1 West on Saturday. Mark West's side went into the game in confident mood following their 3-0 midweek win

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Football: Lewis treble sparks Carterton goal spree

GLS Challenge Cup - Badshot Lea 0, Carterton FC 7: Kevin Lewis fired home a hat-trick as Carterton stormed into the semi-finals with a seven-goal destruction of their Division 1 East opponents on Saturday. Badshot Lea's fate would have been even worse

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January 31: Busy times in casualty

Staff at the A&E department at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital deserve huge praise for coping with the surge in patient numbers in recent weeks. Despite admitting 20 per cent more people, they are still managing to hit most of their waiting time

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Mother invites PM to visit workshop

A mother has invited Tony Blair to visit an Oxford-based charity in a bid to secure long-term funding. Chris Kyle wants the Prime Minister to see for himself the innovative work done at the Pathway Workshop, and push him to provide cash to keep the project

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Parents to face fines for truant children

Parents of children who persistently play truant or turn up late for lessons at an Oxford school will be fined up to £100. Peers Technology College in Littlemore has become the first school in Oxfordshire to adopt the powers after Governors backed headteacher

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Councils clash on parking privatisation plan

Plans to privatise parking enforcement across Oxfordshire could end up costing city residents, according to city council leader Alex Hollingsworth. There are only 12 traffic wardens employed by Thames Valley Police to cover the entire county outside Oxford

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Farmer claims free land offer snubbed

A farmer near Abingdon claims a council is throwing away the chance of free land for cheap housing. But the council says the land is in the protected Green Belt and 40 affordable homes are to be built nearby at Wootton. Sheep farmer Deakon Wood says he's

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Football: Boss Diaz in line for top award

Oxford United boss Ramon Diaz is sensationally in line to win League Two's Manager of the Month award for January - in his first full month in English football. Saturday's 3-2 victory over Bristol Rovers at the Kassam Stadium makes it four wins and two

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Football: It can't get better than this

For the Oxford United supporters, afternoons don't come much better than this. A cracking game, a cracking atmosphere, three goals, a victory and, best of all for many U's fans, the sight of their former boss Ian Atkins squirming as his side were shown

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Playing the race card

Like the Tories on immigration, the so-called Independent Working Class Association has played the race card. It claimed falsely that Oxford City Council is wasting money on minority ethnic groups. The three IWCA councilllors want an end to multi-culturalism

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Pets cause damage too

How right Patricia Howard is about hounds killing cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc (Oxford Mail, January 24). In November, I experienced the same terrible treatment to my friendly poultry by the 'hounds'. They came in across the field, destroying all in

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Casualty rise puzzles docs

Almost 5,000 patients have attended Oxford's casualty department in the past four weeks -- 800 more than in the same period last year. Managers at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, said the rise was not due to people using the unit for basic

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Both sides have their say on animal lab

About 600 animal rights protesters marched through the city on Saturday to show their opposition to Oxford University's planned biomedical research lab. Anti-lab protesters in Oxford yesterday Marshalled by 100 police officers from several forces, including

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Club wants to end bickering

Your article, Let us vote on our social club's future (Oxford Mail, January 13), implies that the present steering committee of Morris Motors Athletic and Social Club in Oxford is obstructing an annual general meeting. This cannot be further from the

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Waterside plan will go before inspector

Campaigners behind plans for a waterside community at Grove will take their case to a planning inspector after failing to win council support for their "enlightened" scheme. The Grove and Waterside campaign group had been fighting to get their plans for

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Football: City's unbeaten run comes to abrupt end

Burnham 2, Oxford City 0: Oxford City's eight-game unbeaten run in Southern League Division 1 West came to a halt in disappointing fashion with defeat at Burnham on Saturday. City were a shadow of the side who had been performing so impressively of late

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Football: Wantage slam Bicester for six

GLS Hellenic League - Wantage Tn 6, Bicester Tn 0: Wantage plunged bottom club Bicester to the depths with a one-sided victory in Saturday's Premier Division match at Alfredian Park. The visitors held their own for much of the game, before being destroyed

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Football: Banbury slip nearer the relegation zone

Hednesford Tn 1, Banbury Utd 0: Banbury United slipped closer to the Southern League Premier Division relegation zone following defeat at Hednesford on Saturday. United, who were without key striker Howard Forinton through injury, came under early pressure

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Football: Clarke leads Chippy home

Supplementary Cup - Chipping North Tn 4, Adderbury Park 1: A brace of goals from Jamie Clarke helped Chipping Norton record an easy victory in Saturday's first-round clash. Clarke netted twice in the first half and set up the other for Mark Dennis as

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COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO

Oxford Utd 3, Bristol Rov 2. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Hednesford 1, Banbury Utd 0. Div 1 West: Brackley 0, Clevedon 2; Burnham 2, Oxford City 0; Corby Tn 5, Thame Utd 2. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 2: Chertsey Tn 1, Abingdon Tn 0. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE

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Demand for civil funerals is rising

Demand for funerals without religious wording has resulted in civil funerals being made available across Oxfordshire. Civil or non-religious funerals were piloted in the county last year, and the response has been so great from bereaved families that

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Bypass in limbo over lack of project cash

Design work on the Marcham bypass is nearly finished but Oxfordshire County Council is still waiting to hear why the Government has not allocated the scheme any money. In December, the Oxford Mail revealed the setback for the long-awaited bypass and the

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Sir Winston remembered

A service of thanksgiving marking the 40th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's death has been held at the Oxfordshire church where he is buried. Members of the Churchill family gathered yesterday at St Martin's Church, Bladon, to commemorate Sir Winston's

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Troubled computer centre set to reopen

A community computer centre forced to stop most of its sessions when the manager left following harassment from yobs is set to reopen next week. Barton IT Hub was forced to cancel its daytime sessions when Judy Dykes left her job as manager in December