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Budding young Hollywood stars take centre stage
HOLLYWOOD hopefuls attended a free drama class in Woodstock. TV and film acting company Inspiring Drama held the session at Woodstock Community Centre on Saturday for seven- to 18-year-olds. Harvey Stokes, eight, said: “I like making my own
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City kebab van faces the chop
KEBAB van owners who were given a final warning over the state of their business face losing their street trading licence. Brother and sister Mehdi and Wadeya Karrouchi, who have run “Mehdi’s” in Oxford’s High Street since 2011, will appear before
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GP suspended after patient complaints
A DIDCOT doctor has been suspended by the Medical Practitioners' Tribunal following complaints from patients. Dr Peter Rubin, formerly of Woodlands Medical Practice, Woodlands Road, has had his licence suspended from the medical register for 18
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Bench to honour pensions campaigner
A MEMORIAL bench will be created in honour of a man Prime Minister David Cameron called “a modern British hero”. Victor John Brooks, known as John, successfully campaigned to get a company pension for himself and 126 other former employees of Early
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FOOTBALL: Clewer seals it
Chalgrove fought back from a goal down to beat Kidlington Old Boys 4-1 at home to reach the semi-finals of the Oxfordshire Intermediate Cup. Billy Truby raced clear of the Chalgrove defence before smashing the ball into the top corner to give his
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FOOTBALL: Rose Hill hit back
Ashrabal Barresso and Jake Belcher bagged a double apiece as Rose Hill fought back from 2-0 down to triumph 6-2 at Fairview in the Oxford City FA. A brace from Sid Mobbs appeared to put the hosts in control, only for Fairview to hit back in style
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FOOTBALL: Deadly duo lift Oakley
Ben Moses and Shayne Almond scored a hat-trick apiece as Oxfordshire Senior League Division 1 leaders Oakley United handed basement boys Enstone Sports a 13-0 home defeat. James Keeble and Aaron Rogers scored doubles with Nick Gurney, Chris Davies
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Blockbuster goes into administration
FILM rental company Blockbuster has become the latest high street chain to go into administration. Adminstrators Deloitte were appointed today, leaving uncertainty for employees across the county. Blockbuster has a number of stores across Oxfordshire
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Gardens can hold key to saving lives
The fabulous sound of a thrush pouring out its song from the top of a tree in my neighbour’s garden heralded the warm sun on New Year’s Day, and reminded me that when the sun shines even wildlife feel better. Gardening is a wonderful way of restoring
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The Sessions (15)
Once in a while, an actor delivers a performance of such raw emotional power that it’s impossible to tear your eyes from the screen. John Hawkes, pictured, who received an Oscar nomination in 2011 for indie drama Winter’s Bone, achieves this in
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Django Unchained (18)
Revenge is a dish best served cold and Quentin Tarantino turns the temperature gauge to subzero in this blood-soaked western inspired by Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 revenge thriller Django starring Franco Nero. Set in 1858, Django Unchained energises
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Theatre Highlights, January 17
Theatre THE MAGISTRATE – NT Live Phoenix Picturehouse, Jericho Tonight at 7pm and February 5 at 2.30pm Tickets: 0871 902 5736 or email phoenix@ picturehouses.co.uk Oscar-nominated actor John Lithgow takes the title role in this fast, furious, brilliantly
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Preview of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at Oxford Playhouse
A rare opportunity to see a play widely judged a classic of the American stage is offered next week at Oxford Playhouse. Student group Fools & Kings is promising gripping, innovative drama in its production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America:
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury
Ugh, look at you! sneers Poison Ivy (Holly Creed). She has just made her first entrance in Banbury Mill’s Jack and the Beanstalk, and is promptly rewarded with a loud round of boos from the rows of schoolchildren sitting in front of her. But what
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Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and the Making of Landscape: The Royal Academy
Landscape painting is so popular a subject for art these days we forget it was not always so. History painting used to be number one in the hierarchy of art, painted in the grand manner awash with rhetoric and high ideals. Portraiture came next, making
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Classical highlights for January 17
City of Oxford Orchestra VIENNESE NEW YEAR CONCERT Sheldonian Theatre Saturday, 8pm 01865 744457 This is the COO’s 40th annual New Year concert, and looks set to be as stunning as ever. Enjoy a magnificent rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in
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Making a Mark with his own record label
‘Directors love the swagger and hints of weirdness he can bring to a role,” wrote Robert Thicknesse in The Times when reviewing opera singer Mark Stone. Not surprisingly, Mark features the quote on his website. But, I suggest when we meet up, “swagger
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West Ox Arts gallery goes digital for modern exhibition
FORGET paints and canvas, a new exhibition is out to show all a modern artist needs is an iPad. For its latest collection the West Ox Arts gallery asked for anyone working in digital media, using a mobile tablet device, to submit their pieces.
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La bohème from the Royal Opera House relayed to the Vue Cinema, Oxford
Rapt audiences in 800 cinemas spread across 21 countries shared in the highs and lows of one of the most compelling love stories in opera in a live relay on Tuesday of the Royal Opera House’s thrilling production of Puccini’s La bohème. For this
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Putting the focus on award winners from Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
YOUNGSTERS at an Oscar award-style ceremony will be filmed to make them feel like stars for the night. Students from Oxford and Cherwell Valley College have been chosen to record the Oxfordshire Youth Awards, which take place in Oxford Town Hall
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On the Horizon, January 17
Art AGIM SULAJ The North Wall, Summertown February 2-March 1, Mon-Fri 10am to 4pm, Sat noon to 4pm Free admission Agim Sulaj is a well-known Albanian painter. His love of painting and art developed from an early age, inspired by the paths
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Preview of Carlos Nunez and Philip Pickett at The Theatre, Chipping Norton
Watch Galician piper Carlos Núñez gyrating to a jig on YouTube, and it looks a million miles from the sometimes rarefied world of medieval and renaissance music. That’s the world where Philip Pickett, who lives just outside Chipping Norton, made his
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Plans stalled on start for Orchard extension
DEVELOPERS have been criticised after refusing to guarantee putting forward plans for a £125m shopping centre extension in 2013. Hammerson, which owns the Orchard shopping centre, transformed Didcot when the first phase of the centre opened in
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New play staged for Pratchett
THE world premiere of an adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett’s latest novel, Dodger, is being staged in Abingdon next week. Bringing the story to the stage only four months after it was published, the production marks the next chapter in a longstanding
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UPDATE: Service station has reopened after suspected gas leak
PEAR Tree service station and Park and Ride have been reopened, following a suspected gas leak. The fire service and police a cordoned off the services and neighbouring Park and Ride at the junction of the A44 Woodstock Road and the A34. The
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Get your pet microchipped
DOG owners are being given the opportunity to get their pet microchipped for free this month in Witney. Last year, West Oxfordshire District Council picked up 236 lost or stray dogs, over a third of which were never reunited with their owners.
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Forum to protect shopping district
THE people of North Oxford have grouped together in an attempt to preserve their shopping district. In a bid to exert greater control over development in their area they have created the Summertown and St Margaret’s neighbourhood forum and one
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Special fundraiser to feature hospice teen
A TEENAGER who has been going to Oxford hospice Helen and Douglas House all her life is to take centre stage at a fundraising event in aid of the cause. Charlotte Myerson, 18, who grew up in Chilson, near Charlbury, first visited Helen House in
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Pilgrims get some progress with Baptist history
AN Oxford University college has received grants of almost £500,000 to help people learn about the history of the Baptist church. Regent’s Park College in Pusey Street, off St Giles, has received £488,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and The
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Fourt hurt as Banbury's Easington Sport Reserves match turns violent
POLICE are investigating after a fight during a football match left four players needing treatment. Officers were called at 3.50pm on Saturday to the incident, during a match between Banbury’s Easington Sports Reserves and Slough Town Reserves
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The disabled space: tough shaking off feelings of melancholy
I have been toying with whether to write this column this week. I wanted to be witty and thought- provoking in 2013 but this column is meant to reflect life as a disabled person. Thus, this one is melancholy, but to be perfectly honest, that
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Decision over future of Bicester Army barracks delayed
A DECISION over the future of a Bicester Army barracks has been put back to the spring. Last July the Ministry of Defence announced 23 Pioneer Regiment, of the Royal Logistic Corps, based at St David’s Barracks, would be disbanded by October 2015
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Chipping Norton Theatre auctions Cinderella props
BIDDERS got a bit of panto magic when they snapped up items used in a recent production of Cinderella. Chipping Norton Theatre auctioned props and costumes from its recent production of the fairytale classic on Sunday. Lots which went under
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Three Wantage schools set to become multi-academy
THREE Wantage schools are hoping to join forces to improve teaching. King Alfred’s Academy wants to take Charlton Primary School and Wantage Church of England Primary School under its wing to form one of Oxfordshire’s first multi-academy trusts
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Repatriation to take place tomorrow
The repatriation of Sapper Richard Walker, 23, from Leeds will take place tomorrow afternoon. The aircraft will land at RAF Brize Norton at approximately 1.30pm. It is estimated that the cortege will pass the Memorial Garden in Carterton at
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End of the road for Oxford United Youth
Oxford United bowed out of the FA Youth Cup at the third round stage as they lost 3-1 at Barnsley on Tuesday night. After three failed attempts to stage the tie at Thame, United agreed to play at Oakwell and they took the lead on 24 minutes. Callum
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FOOTBALL: Banbury undone by Roberts and Abbey
Banbury United were undone by inspired displays from Arlesey’s Drew Roberts and Nathan Abbey as they went down 3-1 in the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division at Spencer Stadiumn on Tuesday night. Striker Roberts set up two goals and scored
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BT worker stole cable to sell for money
A FORMER BT engineer stole metal cables from telephone exchanges around Oxfordshire more than 120 times for two years before being caught. Edward Thomas, a BT operations manager, then sold the loot on for profit. The 60-year-old, from Bagley
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Cheney School becomes an academy
OXFORD’s Cheney School is the latest to covert to academy status. The Headington school became an academy at the beginning of the year, it was revealed yesterday. It is the fourth of Oxford’s secondary schools to become an academy, following
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Date set for rugby player's funeral
The funeral of rugby player Jason Laman will be held on Thursday next week at Oxford Crematorium. Mr Laman collapsed and died while playing for Wheatley Rugby Club on Saturday, January 5. The funeral begins at 11.15am and is followed by a wake
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Inquest begins into fatal Witney crash
An inquest into the death of an RAF serviceman was opened and adjourned by the Oxfordshire coroner’s office yesterday. Jack Alan Webster, 22, died in the early hours of Sunday morning when his silver Peugeot 207 crashed near the B4477 slip road
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Sadness as future of Oxford's HMV looks grim
SHOPPERS flocked to Oxford’s HMV store yesterday as they reminisced about its place in music history. Musicians, industry experts and business leaders last night spoke of their sadness that the music shop had gone into administration. Since
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FOOTBALL: Launton upset leaders
GILES SPORTS WITNEY YOUTH LEAGUE LAUNTON Boys upset Under 14 A League leaders Eynsham Youth 3-0, with Simon Lee, Miguel Zilvetti and Dan Stevens on target. Jack Wood bagged a brace as Tower Hill fought back to beat Deddington Town Colts 4-1
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COMMENT: It's a case of use it or lose it
IF YOU don’t use it, you lose it. Never has this been truer than for our high street shops. One by one over the last decade the big names have fallen. Woolworths, Comet, GAME, and now HMV. It doesn’t take an expert to work out why. The internet
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Lord Mayor investigation held in secret
THE PRESS and public have this morning been banned from a hearing into alleged inappropriate comments made by Oxford's Lord Mayor Alan Armitage. The standards investigation is now being held at Oxford Town Hall in secret. An investigation was
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FOOTBALL: Kogel smashes six of the best
LOUIS Kogel smashed six goals as Abingdon Town booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Under 11 Saturday Cup with a convincing 11-0 win away to Summertown Sharks. Marc Addison and Finn Bryan both bagged braces, with Oliver Poulter getting
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London helicopter crash: Two confirmed dead
Two people have died when a helicopter crashed into a crane in central London and cartwheeled to the ground. The stricken aircraft exploded into flames after hitting the crane, on top of a tower block by the River Thames, before crashing into a
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Broken down train causes delays for commuters
A BROKEN down train caused problems for rail passengers in Oxfordshire this morning. A stationary First Great Western train near the Banbury just before 6am was the source of the delay. Morning rush hour services to Oxford and London Paddington
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COMMENT: Keep it running
FOR more than 50 years Wallingford’s carnival has been entertaining the crowds. So it would be a shame if this was yet another popular community event to call it a day because no-one can be found to run it. People like Theresa Jordan have admirably
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'Don't axe Leys police office - give us more officers'
BLACKBIRD Leys residents have reacted with dismay to news the local police office is to close. Yesterday it was revealed that the building, opened in April 2010 to give police a local base, was being axed to save Thames Valley Police £12,000 a
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Community spirit
AFTER a spate of local purse thefts, I liaised with the local police who had been carrying out a scheme in other areas where an item known as cat bells were given out to the public to attach to their purses, which alerts the owner if a theft is attempted
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RACING: Cole's tribute to Generous
Paul Cole led the tributes to his Epsom Derby winner Generous, who has died at the age of 25. The chestnut colt with the flaxen mane provided Cole’s Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, with an unforgettable summer in 1991. With Alan Munro in the
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MAC THE KNIFE: No Mad Men box set? Then time for a torrid affair
LOCK up your husbands! It’s official, January is rife for adultery. And thank God Christmas Day is over because officially it is the most likely day to discover that your other half is having an affair according to a survey, gleefully reported by a
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SCHOOLS' FOOTBALL: Peake-Pijnen swoops for Oxford
Matthew Peake-Pijnen’s double helped Oxford City Under 15s fight back for a 3-1 win at Cheltenham & District in the Hobbs Cup quarter-final. Cheltenham opened the scoring, but Oxford levelled when Peake-Pijnen ran on to a through ball from
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FOOTBALL: Brooks bonanza
Ryan Brooks scored six goals and made four more to help Oxford Sports and Social Club to a thumping 13-1 win at home to Middleton Cheney Dolphins in the Oxfordshire FA Sam Waters Sunday Cup quarter-finals. Brooks completed a hat-trick inside ten
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FOOTBALL: Woodstock in cup surprise
Woodstock Wanderers finished with nine men as they caused a big upset with a dramatic 3-2 extra-time victory at home to Division 1 side Brightwell in the Critchleys UTV League's Devenney Cup second round, writes TIM SIRET. The Division 3 hosts
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Carnival faces end after 50-year run
A CARNIVAL which has been running for more than half a century is on the verge of collapse because of a volunteer shortage. Wallingford Carnival, which attracts about 5,000 people every year, is in danger of folding because of a lack of organisers
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RACING: Cottage stars for Hiatt
Killimore Cottage completed a hat-trick for Hook Norton trainer Peter Hiatt with a game victory in a Lingfield handicap hurdle under Trevor Whelan yesterday.
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Cut wages of top earners to save £50m at council
IAN Hudspeth says he has to save £50m in council cuts. Here’s a challenge which no doubt he will not answer. How many people employed in Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire county Councils are being paid more than £52,000 a year? What would
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FOOTBALL: Kidlington pair to the fore
OXFORD MAIL GIRLS LEAGUE TAYA McCalmon and Molly Wiggins both scored four-timers to propel Kidlington to a 9-1 victory over Barton United in Group B of the Under 12 League Cup. Nicole Neilson-Pike put Kidlington ahead before McCalmon and Wiggins
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Toilets upgrade a waste
I AGREE fully with councillor Arash Fatemian when he talks about the excessive expenditure on the refurbishment of all our city toilets. Councillor John Tanner claims to have £445,000 for the above work to be carried out. Of course we need
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Conscription is the answer
WE hear of the proposal to use private companies to monitor persistent offenders. Clearly, custodial sentences do nothing to deter criminals from offending again. Perhaps they have too cushy a life while serving time, usually the length of
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Diversity is devalued
ALTHOUGH some politicians are hypocritical careerists, does Ed Miliband’s dubious rethink on immigration, questioning the Blair-Brown ‘open door’ policy, place him in a select class of hypocrite? Not really. Since the 1950s Windrush immigarnts
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Cracks showing in NHS
I HAVE just been in hospital for a week. While all the staff are professional, kind and dedicated and working well beyond the hours they are paid to work, the cracks in the NHS are showing and it angered me to see that staff dedication is not supported
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Rebel help hypocritical
JOHN Monaghan is right by saying that William Hague is wrong on rebels (Viewpoints, January 15), not that I have a case for Assad nor even the rebels. What annoys me is the help that we are giving the rebel/terrorists in Syria – is that a little
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Tracing family ancestors
I’M researching my Hall family tree and wondered if there are any family members still living in Oxford? If the Hall surname and the following were your great-great-grandparents: Henry and Harriet Hall (née Chapman) or great-times-three grandparents
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London helicopter crash: Live updates
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UPDATE: A34 problems caused by two crashes
TWO road crashes in quick succession just metres away from each other caused havoc near Abingdon today. A 42-year-old woman was hurt when her car left the A34 near the Milton Interchange. Minutes later, a short distance away, a four-car crash
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Bullfinch: Girl ‘raped and sold for sex from age 12’
ONE victim said when she was “wasted” on drink and drugs she did not want to wake up and have to face more abuse, the jury heard. The prosecution said the girl, who the jury heard was 12 when the alleged abuse began, was raped and sold for sex
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Demand for inquiry into alleged comments made by Oxford mayor to be open to public
The standards investigation into alleged inappropriate comments made by Lord Mayor Alan Armitage should be held in public, according to city council leader Bob Price. Mr Price said he believed the meeting, at 10am today at the Town Hall, did not
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Bullfinch: Prosecution tells of 'distressing abuse'
VULNERABLE teenage girls were put through a “living hell” by a gang who raped and sold them for sex, a jury heard yesterday. Nine men are on trial at the Old Bailey charged with running a child sex ring in Oxford. The defendants “actively targeted
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Oxford Mail Boys League tables
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Medieval pendant is 'treasure'
A silver gilt pendant of probable medieval origin was found to be treasure at an Oxford inquest yesterday. The coroner’s office could not confirm who made the discovery or the exact location in which it was found, although it was in the Kingston
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Didcot train line death
Rail services between Oxford and Reading were suspended after a woman was hit by a freight train near Didcot Parkway station. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was declared dead at the scene after the incident at 9.15pm on Monday. The incident
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Oxfordshire warned to expect more snow
The county could face further snow this weekend, forecasters warn. Charlie Powell, from the Met Office, said it should stay dry for the remainder of the week with temperatures reaching no more than 4C in the day and -4C overnight. But he added
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FOOTBALL: Chippy brush Rangers aside
CHIPPING Norton Town moved up to second in the Premier Division as five different players got on the score sheet in a 5-0 thrashing of Spartan Rangers, writes ANTHONY BARLOW. Warwick Thompkins, Sam Thornton, James Harri, Rhys Warner-Carter and
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One lane open on A34 after five vehicle crash
ONE lane is now open on the A34 northbound at the Milton Interchange after a five vehicle crash. Police were called to the incident at 6.42am and began the recovery process. Traffic is currently prevented from joining the A34 northbound at
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FOOTBALL: Ashman double seals it for nine-man Benson
BENSON AFC beat hosts Dorchester 2-1 despite finishing with nine men in a thrilling North Berks Charity Cup second-round tie, writes PHIL ANNETS. Adam Hodson picked up two bookings in the first half, while Tom Tuckwell was sent off late on.
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RUGBY UNION: Carter aiming for a Twickenham treble
John Carter has made history by being elected Oxford University rugby captain for a third time. The back-row forward is the first player since the inaugural Varsity Match in 1871 to secure a captaincy hat-trick. Carter, 31, already entered
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Fire in period cottage in Bampton
Three fire crews were needed to put out a small blaze in West Oxfordshire this morning. The fire broke out in a period cottage near Bampton High Street, Bampton. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said the unique positioning of a beam which caught
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Four car crash closes A34 northbound
The A34 is closed near Abingdon this morning following a four car crash. The collision occurred near the Milton Interchange, which has been plagued with delays over the last 24 hours due to a multiple traffic light failure. Ice and freezing
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United fan find
Oxford University researchers say it is not true most Manchester United fans are in the South East. The Oxford Internet Institute looked at the origins of tweets about rival clubs Manchester United and Manchester City this season, noting the traditional
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Rail talk date
The annual meeting of the Oxford-Bicester Rail Action Group will be held tomorrow. Topics include arrangements for alternative rail and bus services while the line is closed for work on Chiltern Railways’ plans for a second Oxford-London rail link
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Yacht club weighs anchor
The new Chipping Norton Yacht Club will meet for the first time at the end of January. The newly-formed group will get together on Wednesday, January 30, at the town’s golf club, in London Road. Acting Commodore Trevor Taylor said: “We have
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Time to lose weight
There are 30 free places available on a weight loss programme for Rose Hill residents. The Rose Hill Lottery programme and NHS Oxfordshire have each funded 15 places on a Weight Watchers course, worth a total of about £1,700. The 12-week course
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School does its homework and gets ‘good’ rating
GARSINGTON Primary School is a good school, says Ofsted. Afters its previous inspection the school received a satisfactory rating — a grade since replaced by ‘requires improvement’. But when inspectors visited in December it was judged good
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Festive tortoise
The film Tortoise in Love has been screened at the Idyllwild Film Festival in California. It was nominated for three awards, Best Original Score, Best Soundtrack and Best Cinematography, and won the Best Original Score Award at the festival, which
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Town and Gown off to a flier
A RECORD number of people have signed up to take part in the Oxford Town and Gown in the first week of registration opening. Already more than 250 people have registered to run the 10km race, which is backed by the Oxford Mail, far exceeding the
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£500k appeal for a new hall
PARISHIONERS in Barton are raising funds to replace a church hall that is falling into disrepair. St Mary’s Church in Bayswater Road is carrying out a feasibility study to decide the best way forward for the church. Options include replacing
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