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Farewell to 'little soldier'
He was the little soldier who fought until the end. More than 200 mourners packed Oxford Crematorium today to say farewell to 24-year-old Matthew Bigden who defied doctors' expectations to overcome a life-threatening heart condition they thought would
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M40 drivers face delays
Motorists faced delays on the M40 in north Oxfordshire this evening. A lorry, that broke down on the inside lane of the northbound M40 between junction nine at Wendlebury and junction ten at Ardley was recovered just before 4pm but queues remain. This
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Customs offices to close
HM Revenue & Customs has announced it is to close two of its Oxfordshire offices after a two-year review into the future of the department. The Crown Buildings in Southam Road, Banbury, and Sterling House in John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park,
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Hoping gym can fix it . . .
A GYMNASTICS club planning to convert a warehouse into a gym hopes to secure a £50,000 grant to make its dream come true. Abingdon Gymnastics Club has applied for a grant from the Norwich Union Community Sports Fund scheme to help create the new gymnasium
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Millionth Mini leaves Cowley
A million Minis have been exported to countries all over the world from BMW's plant in Cowley. Since the new Mini went into production in 2001, the Cowley plant has exported more than 80 per cent of its manufactured cars to almost 80 countries worldwide
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Stadium could be bike test centre
Oxford United's car park could double-up as a motorcycle test centre if plans are given the go-ahead. Following an announcement in April that test centres in Banbury and Oxford are to close, the Driving Standards Agency said it had been unable to find
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Scheme tackles super-bugs
An innovative scheme to give germs like MRSA and clostridium difficile "barcodes" to try to track the sources of infection is being piloted at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. A consortium of doctors and health professionals, led by the John Radcliffe's
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Log on to rate your doctor
A new website has been set up by an Oxford doctor allowing patients to rate and review the experience they get from a visit to their GP. Dr Neil Bacon, a renal specialist at the Churchill Hospital, set up the site to offer patients more information
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A year on from the floods
A year on, anyone wishing to discover how last July's devastating floods changed lives should meet Bill Bowell and his wife, Edna. Like hundreds of others in Oxfordshire, the pensioners had to flee their home as filthy water began pouring into their
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Review could clear way for city growth
A REVIEW of Oxford's Green Belt has been endorsed by the Government, which could clear the way for an urban extension of Oxford. The Government yesterday finally gave its response to the planning inspectors' report on the South East Plan, which
