Veteran landlord dies of tumour

6:43pm Friday 10th July 2009

A long-standing pub landlord who was given a police bravery award has been remembered for his practical jokes and love of Oxford United.

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Awards will never forget battler Jake

6:41pm Friday 10th July 2009

A children's award has been renamed in memory of teenage cancer victim Jake Spicer, who died earlier this week.

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Unity is carnival theme

5:52pm Friday 10th July 2009

RESIDENTS are being urged to join the fun at Bicester’s carnival tomorrow.

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Join playgroup celebrations and share memories

5:49pm Friday 10th July 2009

VOLUNTEERS celebrating the 40th anniversary of a South Oxford playgroup are asking former pupils and staff to share their happy memories of the past four decades.

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Oxford teen told: Car too dirty for L test

5:05pm Friday 10th July 2009

A LEARNER driver has been driven to despair after an examiner refused to test him — because his dad’s car was too dirty.

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1,150 on late-night stroll for city hospice

5:11pm Friday 10th July 2009

IF YOU spot a trail of hundreds of people purposefully striding through Oxford city centre in the dead of night this weekend, don’t be alarmed.

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Festival helps charities to tune of £2,500

4:31pm Friday 10th July 2009

An Abingdon music festival organised by a couple whose child was born with severe heart defects has raised £2,500 for two charities.

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Retiring teacher not ready to walk away

4:26pm Friday 10th July 2009

Economics teacher Tony Drake may be retiring at the end of this term after 33 years at Oxford School, but pupils have not seen the back of him just yet.

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Friends to scale heights for kids

4:29pm Friday 10th July 2009

A pair of paediatric physiotherapists have set their sights on scaling three British peaks in just 24 hours.

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Public get a say on plans to close city loos

4:13pm Friday 10th July 2009

PUBLIC consultation into plans to cut the number of public toilets in Oxford will run until the end of August.

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Art project makes music from old Rose Hill house

4:15pm Friday 10th July 2009

A CONDEMNED former council house in Rose Hill, Oxford, has been turned into an unusual musical instrument for the public to play this weekend.

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Playtime returns to Old Marston

5:05pm Friday 10th July 2009

NEW life is to be breathed into a well-used Oxford play area.

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Fire and police investigators search torched pub

10:09am Friday 10th July 2009

Fire and police investigators have this morning started their fingertip search inside the torched Fox & Hounds pub on the corner of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane in Oxford.

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Funeral date set for tragic Ty-Ree

9:11am Friday 10th July 2009

The funeral of 11-year-old Larkmead School pupil Ty-Ree Partridge, who was killed in a cycling accident in the town on July 2, will be held on Wednesday at St Helen’s Church, Abingdon.

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