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Stories for 27 January 2006

Oxfordshire News

County marks holocaust memorial day

The horrors of the Jewish Holocaust and more recent genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur come under the spotlight this weekend, as Oxfordshire marks Holocaust Memorial Day.   more...

Misleading data

Your front-page article, 91% of you say: Ban it now (Oxford Mail, January 14), is yet another example of misleading data.   more...

Proud father

It is a pity Sarah Morris (Oxford Mail, January 11) did not reveal her own or her mother's productive achievements, or lack of them, before criticising the proud mother of nine.   more...

Residents want new post office

Residents in East Oxford are campaigning to get their local Post Office reopened.   more...

Views on GNVQ hinder pupils'

Headteachers are being urged to face the "stark and uncomfortable fact" that in GCSE pass rates, Oxfordshire is being outperformed by deprived areas in big cities.   more...

Choir finalists sing with joy

A singing hopeful with Parkinson's disease has made it through to the final round of Oxford's own X-Factor style reality TV programme.   more...

No-one is too old to learn

Oxford may be recognised worldwide as an ancient seat of learning, but now three of the city's estates have been handed £1.7m to get adults back into education.   more...

Jailed for grooming boys online

An Oxford graduate has been jailed for four years for grooming boys over the Internet and being part of a paedophile ring.   more...

Vital message n the fridge

People living alone are being encouraged to write a message in a bottle as part of a £3,000-a-year scheme to ensure they get rapid help in an emer- gency.   more...

Inexperienced biker dies in smash

An inexperienced motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on his way to an advanced riding course.   more...

Friday, January 27: Flexibility that goes too far

The decision to train some Oxfordshire firefighters as paramedics has paid handsome dividends.   more...

Pupils support scheme to rebuild quake school

banbury Muslim leader Sarfraz Bhatti flew to Pakistan yesterday (January 26) to plan the rebuilding of an Asian school that was wrecked by last year's earthquake.   more...

Volunteers wanted to help autistic children

A woman who set up a company to help autistic children through a new sort of play therapy is appealing for volunteers to become 'playpals'.   more...

Not a flicker in lights row

Has someone got to be killed before something is done about the traffic lights at the Tesco roundabout at Cowley, Oxford?   more...

Boyfriend's safety plea

A teenager whose girlfriend and another girl were killed after he lost control of his car a week after passing his driving test has appealed for people to wear seatbelts.   more...

Concern over care 'lottery'

Paramedics in Oxfordshire have been criticised for relying on firefighters to help save patients' lives in remote areas of the county.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: ENGLAND LAND A DREAM DRAW

England were handed a dream qualifying draw for Euro 2008 in Montreux today.   more...

Football: Odubade signs for U's

YEMI Odubade says he is desperate to prove he can cut it as a Football League player after Brian Talbot gave him a second stab at it this week.   more...

Fixtures: the sporting week ahead

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Rugby: Chinnor target double

CHINNOR coach John Brodley knows tomorrow's trip to South West 1 leaders Clifton will be their biggest test yet this season.   more...

Speedway: Oxford scrap Academy team

OXFORD, the reigning Conference League champions, have been forced to scrap their academy team for this year.   more...

Speedway: Howe leads England

OXFORD Cheetahs skipper David Howe will lead England for the first time in the indoor ice speedway international against the Rest of the World at Telford on Sunday, February 12.   more...

Football: Didcot ace Beavon faces fitness battle

HOLDERS Didcot Town have fitness doubts over Stuart Beavon for their Challenge Cup quarter-final tie against North Leigh tomorrow.   more...

Rugby: Witney in Matts boost

FLY half Matt Watts and prop Matt Brocklebank return to the Witney side as they host a much-improved Amersham & Chiltern in Southern Counties North.   more...

Football: Mitchell eyes City return

STRIKER John Mitchell is set to return for Oxford City as they look to regain top spot in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division at Tring Athletic.   more...