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  • Developers invited to bid for labs site

    A TOP level meeting of leading private developers was called to boost progress on building a world-class science and technology business centre in Oxfordshire. Planning permission has already been granted for 300,000 sq ft of new space as part of a drive

  • Family homeless after fire

    A FAMILY were gathering together their few remaining belongings todayafter fire ripped through their home. Ian Crook returned from walking his two dogs to find flames leaping from the kitchen window of his family's semi-detached house in London Road,

  • Pupil power will keep bullies in their place

    PUPILS at an Oxford school are fighting back at bullying - thanks to an initiative imported from Canada. Pupils from Milham Ford Girls' Upper School, Harberton Mead, Headington, will take part in a special conference with staff and experts to draw up

  • Crisis centre will stay open, say managers

    MANAGERS of an Oxford community centre were today reassuring members after revelations of a financial crisis. The Oxford Mail revealed yesterday how the Donnington Community Centre has been bailed out using taxpayers money after £1,000 went missing from

  • Triallists star

    Southampton Res 2, Oxford Utd Res 2 TRIALLISTS Jean-Claude Pagal and Peter Holcroft both impressed as United's reserves earned an excellent Avon Insurance Combination point on the south coast last night. Cameroon World Cup star Pagal and fellow midfielder

  • Holiday jinx hits yet again

    BRITAIN'S unluckiest holiday-makers Dennis and Mary Dakin revealed today how they finally sailed away on a luxury liner - only for it to be hit by engine trouble. Last year the retired couple from Drayton, near Abingdon, had plans for three luxury cruises

  • Animal fanatics raid prof's home

    A MASKED gang of animal rights fanatics caused terror at the home of Oxford Professor Colin Blakemore. They hurled bricks and bottles through windows and attempted to smash down the front door with a block of stone. Prof Blakemore's wife Andree, 52, and

  • United face the music

    Oxford United directors face a grilling from the fans about the current financial state of the club at an Open meeting in the Supporters Club tonight (7.30). It's the first forum for United supporters for more than a year, since construction work embarrassingly

  • I would not change my gymslip baby...but I don't recommend it

    AT 14 years old, Jessica was living a life typical of many teenagers . She enjoyed visiting friends' houses in the evening and going to the pictures. But all that came to an abrupt halt when she found out she was pregnant. She conceived after sleeping

  • Atlantic rowing joy for mum and son

    Intrepid mum and son Jan Meek and Daniel Byles stepped on to dry land for the first time in more than 100 days after rowing the Atlantic. Jan asked for a cold beer and a hot shower as she told family and friends: "I feel absolutely as high as a kite."