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• CEO of loneliness charity Archway awarded MBE

  14-06-2021 19:17 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire based charity The Archway Foundation, dedicated to the alleviation of loneliness, has announced that CEO Sheila Furlong has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
  
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• Driver arrested after cyclist dies in crash near Henley

  14-06-2021 19:12 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A cyclist died after he was struck by a van near Henley.
  
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• What Oxford businesses think about the delay to Freedom Day

  14-06-2021 18:30 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  OXFORD businesses have broadly welcomed the rumours a more cautious end to lockdown will be announced today.
  
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• Layla Moran says report on Botley Medical Centre is 'deeply concerning'

  14-06-2021 17:56 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A DAMNING report by health experts, which rated a GP practice in Oxford 'inadequate', has been branded 'deeply concerning' by an county MP.
  
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• Covid cases in Oxfordshire more than triple in 24 hours

  14-06-2021 17:39 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  OXFORDSHIRE'S Covid-19 cases have more that tripled in just 24 hours as nationally cases climbed to the highest level since early March.
  
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• Oxfordshire MPs back delay to 'Freedom Day' of June 21

  14-06-2021 17:30 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  OXFORDSHIRE MPs are in support of plans to delay the end to lockdown which the Government is announcing today.
  
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• West Oxford Primary School auction for new playground

  14-06-2021 17:05 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Whisky tasting with river views, a week's holiday in a caravan in Wales, a bookbinding workshop and a delicious range of afternoon teas and local meals are among more than 60 treats up for grabs in West Oxford Community Primary School’s online auction.
  
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• Uber launching in Oxford with its new 'local cab' pilot

  14-06-2021 17:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Uber is launching its new product ‘local cab’, in Oxford, which will enable passengers to book a trip with a local taxi company via the Uber app.
  
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• Help available from Cherwell council for those worried about being made homeless

  14-06-2021 16:57 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  THOSE at risk of homelessness should seek support as soon as possible, a local council has advised.
  
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• Oxford players triumph in first Oxfordshire Rugby Knockout Cup

  14-06-2021 15:10 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Some Oxford rugby players were reluctant to take part when the Oxfordshire Knockout Cup was first introduced.
  
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• Oxfordshire council pays thousands in compensation for potholes

  14-06-2021 15:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire County Council has paid out more than £400K in compensation for potholes from 2018 to 2020.
  
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• Grab your very own Blenheim Palace oak

  14-06-2021 15:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  SAPLINGS grown from Europe’s greatest collection of ancient oaks have gone on sale to the public at Blenheim Palace.
  
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• Appeal to trace 20,000 teddies given to children in Oxfordshire

  14-06-2021 15:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A CHARITY is looking to trace tens of thousands of teddy bears gifted to children in Oxfordshire hospitals.
  
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• Private ambulance driver in court over head-on crash

  14-06-2021 14:49 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A private ambulance driver appeared in court accused of putting another motorist in hospital.
  
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• 6 lockdown rules set to remain in place ahead of Boris Johnson's speech

  14-06-2021 14:09 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson will be accompanied by Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance during today's Downing Street press conference.
  
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• Weather warning for thunderstorms after warm week in Oxford

  14-06-2021 13:11 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued a weather warning covering Oxford from Wednesday to Friday, with thunderstorms predicted.
  
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• Oxford Crematorium gets £50k refurb in bid to modernise site

  14-06-2021 13:09 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxford Crematorium has undergone a £50,000 revamp with new technology installed and reupholstered chairs.
  
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• Traffic lights on Botley Road causes constant delays in Oxford

  14-06-2021 13:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Road works on Botley Road have caused consistent traffic jams for weeks across Oxford.
  
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• Driverless shuttle bus to transport passengers at Harwell Campus

  14-06-2021 12:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  An AUTONOMOUS shuttle controlled by 5G and satellite connectivity is set to transport passengers around an Oxfordshire science park.
  
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• Blood donation rule change for gay men in Oxfordshire and rest of UK

  14-06-2021 12:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  GAY men in Oxfordshire and across the UK will be able to give blood as easily as straight people from today in a landmark change.
  
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• Anneliese Dodds brands Tory MP's comments about travellers 'hateful'

  14-06-2021 11:54 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  AN OXFORD MP has said the Prime Minister should 'throw the book at' a Tory MP who made 'hateful' comments about Gypsies.
  
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• Dorothy Cuninghame obituary

  14-06-2021 11:33 via theguardian.com
  
  My mother, Dorothy Cuninghame, who has died aged 100, was a secretary and housewife but also – as a nurse with the Quaker Friends Ambulance Unit in the second world war – a member of the generation of people who did so much to keep things going during that conflict.Born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, she was the daughter of William Stapleton, who worked in insurance, and his wife, Florence (nee Gazeley). The family were never well off, and Dorothy recalled the younger of her two siste
  
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• Families save their farthings for the Bishop of Oxford

  14-06-2021 11:07 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Farthings – a quarter of an old penny – are now a distant memory but for many years, they were an important source of income for the Church of England.
  
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• PM facing backlash against plans to delay end of Covid lockdown

  14-06-2021 10:50 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is facing a furious backlash from Tory MPs as he prepares to put the final lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England on hold.
  
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• Hole drilled in Didcot door believed to be attempt to 'gain access to property'

  14-06-2021 10:14 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  POLICE believe a hole discovered in the door of a Didcot home was an attempt to use a drill to 'gain access to the property'.
  
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• Early morning Witney car fire 'treated as arson'

  14-06-2021 08:53 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A CAR fire which happened in the early hours of this morning is being treated as arson by firefighters.
  
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• Firefighters appeal after flares launched in Oxford

  14-06-2021 08:49 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  OXFORD's firefighters have appealed for the safe use of flares after a shed was lit on fire by one and another 'narrowly avoided a house'.
  
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• Roads ban for Transit van driver who caused head-on crash

  14-06-2021 06:01 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A TRANSIT driver crashed head-on into another vehicle after swerving across a Burford A-road.
  
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• Cladding to be replaced at John Radcliffe Hospital's trauma building four years on from Grenfell

  14-06-2021 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  EXACTLY four years on from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire which sparked a national review of cladding on buildings, the John Radcliffe Hospital is replacing cladding to its Trauma Building.
  
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• Jordon Brook spared jail for illegal sex with younger girl

  14-06-2021 05:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A TEENAGER carried on having sex with his underage girlfriend despite a police warning.
  
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• 'Oxford team helping us vaccinate the world' Boris Johnson tells G7

  13-06-2021 19:38 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has rejected suggestions that there may be an “unforgivable moral failure” in the supply of vaccine doses to cover the needs of poor nations – saying half a billion doses of the Oxford jab have already been sent around the world.
  
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• 23 new Covid cases recorded in Oxfordshire

  13-06-2021 17:21 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  OXFORDSHIRE recorded zero Covid-19 deaths over the weekend.
  
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• Why firefighters were found in an Oxford river

  13-06-2021 16:33 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS from an Oxford station were photographed during a training session over the weekend.
  
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• Oxford firefighters carry out rescue exercise in Castle Mill Stream

  13-06-2021 16:33 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS from an Oxford firestation entered the water for a training session over the weekend.
  
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• Review: Wilding, Oxford: 'A wall of wine, great steaks and quirky local produce'

  13-06-2021 16:12 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  THERE is no doubt about it, the last year-and-a-half has been uniformly awful, dreadful... hideous.
  
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• Wilderness festival boss confident Oxfordshire music event will go ahead

  13-06-2021 15:06 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  THE man behind one of Oxfordshire’s biggest music festivals – Wilderness – believes the event can still go ahead.
  
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• Police appeal for help to find voyeur who watched girls changing

  13-06-2021 13:16 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information in connection with a voyeurism offence in Thrupp.
  
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• U’s player leads children on walk around Blenheim to raise funds

  13-06-2021 12:21 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  These youngsters were on the march – to raise money for children less fortunate than themselves.
  
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• 'Randolph Hotel's new wallpaper looks like Wetherspoons plates'

  13-06-2021 11:28 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  WHEN Philip Lewis, general manager of the Randolph Hotel, invited Oxford Mail's business reporter Andy Ffrench for a look round, he was delighted to accept his offer.
  
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• Plans to ease lockdown in England expected to go on hold until July

  13-06-2021 10:15 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Plans to end restrictions in England are expected to be put on hold until July following a surge in the Delta variant.
  
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• Midsomer Murders village tearoom in Oxfordshire on sale for £45K

  13-06-2021 10:03 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A FAMILY-RUN tearoom, which first opened in the 1950s and has often been used as a location for the popular detective drama Midsomer Murders, has been placed on the market for nearly £50,000.
  
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• Banbury's Castle Quay shopping centre has 18 empty units

  13-06-2021 10:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A SHOPPING centre in an Oxfordshire town has 18 shop units that are currently shut.
  
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• Driver arrested after testing positive for cannabis

  13-06-2021 09:11 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Police stopped a vehicle in Villiers Road, Bicester, for a defective rear light last night.
  
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• Man arrested for carrying flick knife

  13-06-2021 08:59 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Police conducted a pro-active stop search of a male in Banbury last night and found this flick knife in his pocket.
  
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• Oxford writer welcomes gay blood donor rule change

  13-06-2021 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Writer Wayne Brown welcomes the change after he was turned away from donating last year.
  
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• Police arrest Oxfordshire teenager in drugs probe in Banbury

  12-06-2021 18:46 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A TEENAGER has been arrested after reports of anti-social behaviour and suspected drug supply in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Royal Mail delays in Oxfordshire to be debated in Parliament

  12-06-2021 18:17 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  AN OXFORDSHIRE MP is set to lead a debate in Parliament on the performance of Royal Mail after a year of months-long delays.
  
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• Residents' lucky escape from basement fire near Henley

  12-06-2021 17:54 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  FIRE crews from three stations rushed to a home in South Oxfordshire in the early hours of this morning.
  
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• Sheridan Smith narrates bedtime story to help Oxford residents drift off

  12-06-2021 17:38 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Actress Sheridan Smith has narrated a soothing story designed to help Oxford residents drift off to sleep.
  
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• Rewind 2021: THE 80s festival is back!

  12-06-2021 16:20 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  The country’s biggest 80s music festival is back.
  
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