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  • RUGBY UNION: The numbers game

    Oxford Harlequins couldn’t hold on to a large lead at home to Coney Hill. Here is the numbers game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: South West 1 Score: Oxford Harlequins 20, Coney Hill 24 Oxford Harlequins player

  • Two arrests in shotgun incident

    Firearms officers, dogs units and negotiators were called to Didcot yesterday following reports of a man behaving erratically with a shotgun. Police were called to the property in Wessex Road at 10.30pm, and closed the road while firearms officers dealt

  • Joe Swash has been crowned king of the jungle.

    Joe Swash has been crowned king of the jungle. The former ‘EastEnders’ star beat tennis legend Martina Navratilova and ex-‘Star Trek’ actor George Takei to be named the winner of this year’s ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ last night (05.12.08

  • Athlete goes back to school

    Mara Yamauchi, the Oxford woman who jointly holds the record for the best-ever finish by a Briton in the Olympic marathon, returned to her former school yesterday to inspire future athletes. Mrs Yamauchi, who finished sixth in the event at

  • Hip op girl to dance in panto

    A little girl who could barely walk before Oxford Mail readers helped pay for a life-changing operation will be starring in a pantomime on Monday night. Nine-year-old Gulshat Kadyrova was born without hip sockets and came with her mother from Turkmenistan

  • Feel justifiably proud

    Every one of our hundreds of readers who donated money for little Gulshat Kadyrova’s hip operation can justifiably have a sense of pride at her appearance in a pantomime on Monday. For any child to get up on the stage at Christmas is a moment

  • Street attack is a disgrace

    You may look at the injuries Francis Delaney suffered and think them not that serious. It is true Mr Delaney could be considered relatively fortunate, but the attack on this cerebral palsy sufferer in the middle of Oxford is a disgrace. He is a 33-year-old

  • Farmers' market abandoned

    WET weather has caused stallholders to abandon a weekly farmers’ market after just two events. Persistent rain, cold winds and even snow have conspired to keep crowds away from the City and Country Farmers’ Market at Oxford United’s Kassam

  • Gang attacks disabled man

    A disabled man was shoved off his bicycle and kicked in the head by a gang as he lay helpless on the ground. At least two men in the gang of six, who were all in their late teens or early 20s, launched an unprovoked attack on Francis Delaney