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We don't live in a 'sin city'

Following several articles recently in the Oxford Mail about prostitution, I would like to reassure members of the community that the police do share their concerns about such issues, and particularly the welfare of those involved. However, I feel it

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Bereaved son warns of fire danger

The son of a couple who died in a fire at their home has urged householders to get out, call firefighters and stay out in the event of a blaze. It is thought pensioners Robson and Pam Makepeace died after trying to tackle the blaze themselves at their

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Three towns set to share £300,000

Wallingford, Thame and Henley are in line to have £100,000 each spent on them in improvement schemes. But the money will be handed over by South Oxfordshire District Council only if the improvements are real and not just cosmetic, said district council

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Have your say over future plans

People keen to have their voice heard in discussions about the future of the Vale of White Horse district have until early in the new year to get involved. Members of the public are being invited to comment on the district council's draft Statement of

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FOOTBALL SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd v Team Bath. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Under 18: Oxford Utd Under 18 v Plymouth. GLS FOOTBALL HELLENIC LEAGUE GLS Football Challenge Cup 2nd round: Abingdon Utd v Tytherington

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Protest wins some relief

Councillors have agreed to help the Banbury Young Homeless Project survive after a protest featuring pop star Richie Neville. But a formerly homeless man, Vic Collett, criticised Oxfordshire County Council's decision yesterday to cut funding to the project's

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£109M HOSPITAL CANCER CENTRE

Building work has started on a new £109m cancer centre at the Churchill Hospital in Headington, Oxford. The centre, which will bring together cancer services from the Radcliffe Infirmary and John Radcliffe Hospital as well as the Churchill, is set to

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Shortfall means services chopped

Thames Valley Police bosses will have to make tough choices as they slash up to £18.8m from the force's budget for the next two years. They are set to call on the Government to rethink its funding, amid fears the cash shortfall will mean they will not

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Coroner advises restraint advice as alcohol deaths rise

Oxfordshire coroner Nicholas Gardiner urged drinkers to take a walk after it emerged alcohol-related deaths more than doubled in seven years. Twenty-one deaths in Oxford were related to drinking last year, compared to nine in 1997, the Office of National

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Bishop battles to stop deportation

The Bishop of Oxford last night branded the High Court's decision to deport a Ukrainian graduate "absurd". The Rt Rev Richard Harries hit out after Oxford University graduate Eleonora Suhoviy's application to stay in the UK was turned down on Thursday

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Nowhere to sit

All the decent benches in Grandpont Park in South Oxford, where I used to enjoy sitting occasionally, were removed some time ago, presumably to deter the consumption of alcohol. I note that certain seats in neighbouring Whitehouse Road have now undergone

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A champion for race relations

I was very saddened to see that Rolston Williams had died (Oxford Mail, December 8) and would like to pay a tribute to him. I first met Rolston as a teenager in the sixties, playing informal cricket games with friends on Cowley Marsh. Rolston saw us and

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West End link road now open

Witney residents can expect to see a reduction in traffic congestion after the opening of the town's long awaited West End link road. Work began on the £1.24m single carriageway road, named Woodford Way, in June and was officially unveiled by Oxfordshire

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Family: we need a bigger house

A Thame family in severe housing need is in despair about the future. Amanda Castle, 34, and her partner Andrew Smith, 41, have five children between them and are cramped into a two-bedroom house in Youens Drive. Four people, aged between 20 and seven

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The police must be cock-a-hoop at the conviction of Oxford University caretaker Ian Bartlett.

Catching such a prolific burglar will mean a huge boost to the woefully low Thames Valley crime detection figures. Bartlett committed 115 burglaries in 18 colleges during a two-year crime spree. But the question must be -- how did he get away with it

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Trial Pcs will need retraining

The police officers cleared of the manslaughter of Robin Goodenough will have to undergo retraining if they are to return to front-line duties. The Oxford Mail revealed yesterday (December 16) that Pcs Paul Summerville, 26, John Shatford, 33, and Robin

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Cannabis grower freed from prison

A judge has set free a man who admitted cultivating more than 100 cannabis plants in two homes in Oxford. Paul Standen, 31, of Kestrel Crescent, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, had pleaded guilty to charges of cultivating and producing a class C drug. At Oxford

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'1000 publishing jobs could go'

More than 1,000 Oxfordshire publishing jobs could be at risk if proposals to alter the way scientific journals are published become reality. Bosses at major Oxford employers, including Reed Elsevier, Oxford University Press and Blackwells, are alarmed

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Global sailor nears equator

Oxfordshire yachtsman Adrian Flanagan is sweating it out as he sails towards the Equator. Mr Flanagan who has now been at sea for a month and 19 days has sailed out of the Doldrums and is off the coast of Sierra Leone in western Africa. Strong winds have