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Darts: Lyndon's maximums cannot save Shelley
Lyndon Richards threw two maximums for Shelley Arms C, but still finished on the losing side against Angel Bicester in their Premier & Section 1 clash. Angel raced into a 4-0 lead before Richards hit two 180s in defeating Kit Young, who also had a
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Football: United revel in goal spree
Oxford United produced a devastating second-half display to pick up a crucial three points and end their barren run at the Kassam Stadium yesterday. Brian Talbot's side had not won a home league match since October 7 and scored three goals in front of
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Brazen police target stats
Police arrested 77 people, raided seven houses, and stopped and searched 500 people in Oxford during a three-week Christmas clampdown on crime, it has been revealed. Operation Brazen was launched at the beginning of December in a bid to stop the traditional
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'It was like a tv drama'
Nurses and staff have been praised for their calmness after a fire broke out at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital on Christmas Eve. More than 40 firefighters tackled the blaze, which started at about 9pm in the adolescent unit kitchen on level four. Although
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Football: WITNEY SERVE UP LATE TREAT
GLS Football Hellenic League - Milton Utd 0, Witney Utd 3: WITNEY United served up a superb second-half feast to record a convincing victory at Milton in Saturday's Premier Division contest. Witney felt they were denied two penalties in the same incident
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Posters try to stop binge-drinkers
Police posters warning revellers of the consequences of binge drinking have been put up throughout Oxfordshire. The posters are part of Operation Hangover -- a campaign to stop alcohol-fuelled violence in the Thames Valley. It is part of the six-month
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We ain't nothin' but a hound club
About 100 people rode out with the Bicester and Whaddon Chase Hound Club for their traditional Boxing Day meet. The club, which said it is operating within the law by simply exercising the hounds, was monitored by police when it set off from Winslow,
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County celebrates 14 christmas births
The "best present ever" was delivered to 14 Oxfordshire families on Christmas Day. Midwives at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital's womens' centre were kept busy from the early hours of Christmas Day. Marie Powell, 22, of Berinsfield, gave birth to Katie-Marie
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Witness appeal 13 months after fireball attack
POlice have still not found the arsonist who set fire to their main Oxford station. It is now more than a year since the firebug torched the foyer at St Aldate's police station during the early hours of November 29, 2004, causing more than £25,000 worth
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'Bias' claim over westgate plans
Green councillor Sushila Dhall is finalising a complaint to the Ombudsman over the potential demolition of tenants' homes to make way for a new shopping centre. In September it emerged that city council housing officers had visited residents at 16 flats
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Football: CHRISTMAS BASH!
Oxford United boss Brian Talbot is hoping that his luck has finally changed after steering his side to the biggest win of the season yesterday. A superb second-half performance by the U's saw them beat Notts County 3-0 at the Kassam Stadium, their first
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Doctors advise boning up on crippling condition
Bone specialists at an Oxford hospital have produced a GP advice pack to help Oxfordshire's 10,000 osteoporosis sufferers avoid injury, pain and time in hospital. Doctors at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington hope their tips will also reduce
