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Stories for 28 January 2006

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We cope very well

I have read your reports about proposals for collecting non-recyclable items fortnightly in Oxford.   more...

Such hypocrites

Animal rights demonstrators -- they are hypocrites.   more...

Crash barrier work to begin

Work will begin on Monday to build a crash barrier where three teenagers and a motorist were killed on Oxford's Eastern Bypass.   more...

Survey reveals unhappiness with police

More than half of crime victims and witnesses dealt with by Thames Valley Police are unhappy with the way they are kept informed about their case, a survey has revealed.   more...

Hard choices in quake zone

Salman Khan heads out on his mercy mission today armed with £45,000 he has raised, hoping it will build 300 homes for 3,000 people.   more...

Family pay tribute to young cancer victim

The parents of a boy who lost his battle against cancer have paid tribute to their caring and courageous son.   more...

Bankrupt gran faces jail term

A bankrupt grandmother who was £35,000 in debt has been told she could face jail for fraudulently claiming benefits while working.   more...

Friends mourn river death victims

The family of a Polish man found dead in the River Thames is being supported by Tesco in Poland while his work colleagues in Abingdon are being offered counselling.   more...

No substitute for exercising

Your comment on slimming youngsters (Oxford Mail, January 17) should have emphasised the advantages of exercise a lot more.   more...

`Let us double traveller site'

Owners of a campsite trying to help stop travellers pitching illegally at the roadside are frustrated plans to double their area have stalled for almost two years.   more...

Victim stabbed and suffocated

The woman whose body was found in her north Oxford flat had been stabbed and suffocated to death, it was revealed last night.   more...