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  • Knifepoint shock for worker in shop raid

    TWO men threatened a woman shop assistant with a knife before stealing the cash till from an Abingdon shop, police revealed today. The robbers entered the Family Choice store in Parsons Mead at 9pm on Saturday. One man tried to open the till, containing

  • Builder falls from tower

    A BUILDER cheated death when he plunged 30 feet from scaffolding on a factory tower. It took ambulance crews an hour to rescue the 33-year-old man who was left on scaffolding seven feet above the ground after his fall at the Kraft Jacobs Suchard factory

  • Joey makes it a perfect start

    Oxford Utd 1,Portsmouth 0 IT was the perfect script, Boy's Own stuff and all that. Yes, Malcolm Shotton is back. A dramatic last-minute winner from Joey Beauchamp gave new United's new manager the ideal start. And it was as though we were going back in

  • Award winner urges firms to bid for fame

    BUSINESS award winner Tony Harris has appealed to the unsung heroes of Oxfordshire commerce to put themselves in the spotlight. Mr Harris, technical director of the overall 1997 Oxfordshire Business of the Year Award winner Software 2000, said before

  • GPs set up new all-night service

    MORE than 200,000 Oxfordshire patients whose GP night service co-operative collapsed have a new system to treat them. Most GPs outside Oxford city signed up to the OXDOC (Oxfordshire Doctors On Call) co-op at the start of 1996 so each had fewer night

  • Council staff may strike if jobs cut

    UNION members have threatened to strike if jobs are cut as Oxfordshire struggles with the ongoing financial crisis. At an emergency meeting on Saturday, Unison members at Oxfordshire County Council agreed an action plan, including industrial action where

  • Clinton's college flame speaks out

    BILL Clinton's Oxford University sweetheart has spoken out in support of her former boyfriend. Tamara Eccles-Williams, 45, from Cheshire, dated Mr Clinton when he was a Rhodes Scholar at University College in 1969. The lovestruck future US president asked

  • Work starts now, says Shotton

    OXFORD United's new boss Malcolm Shotton has warned his players - you've got to earn your place every match. Shotton, given a magnificent reception by the fans on his return to the Manor Ground on Saturday, says he's not one to have favourites and stick

  • Brad pops the question at Utd match

    OXFORD United fan Brad Harris had a double celebration on Saturday - not only did his team win 1-0 but his girlfriend agreed to marry him in front of 8,000 witnesses. Romantic Brad, 25, popped the question to partner Emma Nightall, 24, on the pitch at