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CRICKET: Sizzling Sandford crush sad Shipton
Sandford St Martin overcame a middle-order collapse to set Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd what turned out to be an unassailable target in Cherwell League Division 3 on Saturday. From 54-1 and 82-2, Sandford slipped to 133-8 before skipper Paul Tanner
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CRICKET: Deadly Darren makes it three tons in a row
Kilkenny batsmen Darren Gordon said there is more to come after he hit his third century in a row. The right-hander, 25, who bats at No 5, smashed 103 off just 50 balls against Stanton Harcourt. Last weekend he made two centuries in two days
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MOTORSPORT: Raikkonen future to be sorted, says chief
The future of Kimi Raikkonen should be clearer by next month, according to Lotus chief Eric Boullier. The Enstone-based team are trying to convince the Finn, who is third in the drivers’ championship, to stay rather than move to Red Bull. Raikkonen
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FOOTBALL: North Leigh stage youth tournament
North Leigh are holding a junior football tournament at their Eynsham Park ground this Saturday, July 20. Tomorrow's event, whichis free to attend, will feature games with the Calor League club's various mini soccer & youth teams from under
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Another welcome move to smarten up town centre
CORN Street in Witney will receive a much-needed resurfacing next year. Oxfordshire County Council has been conducting a survey of the road to check the location of utility pipes beneath the carriageway. The details of the work, including when
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Station car park gets room to breathe
AN EXTENSION to the car park at Hanborough railway station opened last week – but this will be followed by a crackdown on nuisance parking. The 191-space car park, which has cost £400,000 to build, has quadrupled the number of spaces at the station
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Oxfordshire companies showcase new space industry technology
COSMIC Oxfordshire companies have been showcasing space planes and satellite software at the UK Space Conference this week. Companies from the Harwell “space cluster” and Culham Science Centre went to the 2013 event held in Glasgow and organised
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Council proposal to cut free school transport labelled 'an almighty mess'
A CONSULTATION on plans to withdraw free home-to-school transport from hundreds of children has been labelled an “almighty mess”. Plans to save £340,000 by denying free services to parents who don’t choose their child’s nearest school faced criticism
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Police seek man in case of stolen cash in Carterton
POLICE want to talk to this man in connection with the theft of £160 in Carterton. The CCTV image shows a man inside the town's Co-operative supermarket, in Black Bourton Road, at 2pm on Sunday, July 7, minutes after cash was discovered missing
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Time to honour war heroine
Sir – I’ve just finished reading Jeff Clements’s remarkable book Remembered, the stories of the men on the war memorials of Witney, Crawley and Hailey. It was very moving to find out just what happened to the local men who died in the Great War
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Shores Green scheme should be put to test
Sir – Re: Shores Green. Before the Campaign to Protect Rural England and their cohorts get too excited in their orgy of self congratulation, perhaps they should road test their own proposal. Many drivers who would use any new connection to the
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Council team handled market's moves marvellously
Sir – Please convey my hearty congratulations to some wonderful individuals through your newspaper. As a local bookseller, and regular resident of the Witney Saturday market for some years, I cannot speak highly enough of the council and many of
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Proud of young footballers
Sir – On Friday evening, July 5, we were invited as grandparents to the end-of-season presentation for Tower Hill under-14s football team. We were very surprised to learn that most of these boys had played together for nine years and that the manager
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Getting up steam for vintage show
A STEAM and vintage show will aim to transport people back to the ‘good old days’ later this week. The West Oxon Steam & Vintage Show will take place at The Field, off Standlake Road, Ducklington, on Saturday and Sunday. The event will
