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'Bright pupils are losing out'
Thousands of Oxfordshire's brightest pupils are missing out on a national talent programme because schools are failing to put them forward. Only half the county's entitled pupils have been signed up to the National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth
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Squatters cast adrift by court
Protesters campaigning to save an Oxford boatyard were finally sunk yesterday after being given news that they would have to leave the site, as well as face a £2,500 court bill. The boaters have been living at the Castle Mill boatyard in Canal Street,
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City ring road needs rethink
The whole Oxford ring road needs a rethink as it is no longer fit for its purpose. Due to my shifts, I regularly go around the ring road from Botley to the M40 at Wheatley. Almost every night, I get stuck in a queue of traffic trying to get across the
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Massive Mini sales success
The Mini sales boom is continuing - with the Cowley plant again smashing its own record. In the first 11months of the year, 190,401 Minis were sold worldwide, compared with 172,581 last year -- an increase of 10.3 per cent. It mirrors the continuing growth
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Oh Cam all ye faithful
David Cameron escaped Westminster for west Oxfordshire yesterday during his first constituency visit as Tory party leader. Mr Cameron, 39, said his constituency would always come first -- even if he was elected Prime Minister -- and true to his word,
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NHS watchdog fights ward axe
The chairman of a health watchdog has vowed to fight any attempt to close an Oxford mental health ward. Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust says no decision has been taken to temporarily close the 17-bed Cherwell Ward in the Fulbrook Centre at the
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Flourishing market
I refer to your article, Red Tape Kills Off WI Market (Oxford Mail, November 30). It is very sad to learn of the demise of the country market in Bicester this Christmas. However, many country markets, still extremely successful in this county, are now
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One word we'd like to hear
I am the mother of Lisa Harker, the cyclist who survived after being crushed by a lorry in Botley Road, Oxford. I have observed, with great concern and not a little pride, the way my daughter and son-in-law have coped so magnificently with the tremendous
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Gardeners lose hope at thefts
Allotment owners in West Oxford are getting tired of an increasing spate of crime and vandalism. Some plot holders say their greenhouses off Botley Road are also being used as makeshift houses by homeless people. Hayley Hayle and husband Richard, who
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200 old bangers go to crusher
More than 200 dumped or untaxed cars abandoned on an Oxford estate have been removed and crushed in a blitz on illegal vehicles. Police have reported 257 abandoned vehicles in streets and parks in Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys since April -- the equivalent
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Boys groomed through web
An Oxford graduate groomed teenagers over the Internet and ordered a paedophile to take indecent pictures of a young boy. Paul Watson, of Yeats Close, Cowley, Oxford, was caught after police linked him to a man in Wales facing a string of sexual abuse
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No faith in justice
Two months ago, my 19-year-old daughter's car was broken into in Headington, Oxford, and her car stereo/CD player and amplifier ripped out. This was reported to the police, a crime number was given and we were told it was unlikely that we would get the
