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ALCOHOL REPORT: Dying for a drink

9:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

MEN in Oxford are dying 10 months early because they are drinking too much alcohol, it has been revealed.

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ALCOHOL REPORT: Findings surprise coroner

9:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

County coroner Nicholas Gardiner said he was surprised by the number of people who are reported to have died directly as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.

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Pakistan floods stun county aid workers

7:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

AN Oxfordshire emergency team has just arrived home after a dramatic week helping victims of the Pakistan floods.

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Fun fills the street as St Giles Fair takes over Oxford

7:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

OXFORD’S historic centre will be transformed into a brightly-lit fairground when St Giles’ Fair rolls back into town next week.

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Swift response to bird appeal

5:10pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

SWIFTS in Oxfordshire have been given a helping hand on to the property ladder after volunteers built them new homes.

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Boy hopes to lap up miles

4:35pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A five-year-old boy is taking part in a sponsored bike ride around central London for the second year running — but this time he wants to lap it twice.

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Drivers flout 20mph limit

9:26am Thursday 2nd September 2010

Drivers are still ignoring Oxford’s controversial 20mph speed limits 12 months after they were introduced, a speed check has shown.

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Drivers desert the city

8:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010

Stay-away motorists are adding to Oxford City Council’s mounting financial worries, with a big drop in car park use costing the council hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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Alice hopes to stub it out

6:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010

AFTER 30 years and almost 500,000 cigarettes, nurse Alice Churchill has decided to kick the habit for good.

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Oxford coffee drinkers wanted for Macmillan

7:40pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

A CANCER charity is busy brewing support in Oxfordshire for a fundraising coffee morning.

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GREAT NORTH RUN: Oxford fields fundraisers

12:10pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

VETERAN runner Sir Christopher Ball should have no problem completing the Great North Run half-marathon to raise funds for an autism charity.

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