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Stars shine for Childish Things

8:03pm Sunday 21st March 2010

Comedy fans enjoyed two special surprises at this year’s Childish Things fundraising show for Helen & Douglas House.

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Walking miles makes a difference

8:12pm Sunday 21st March 2010

People of all ages donned trainers to take part in Sport Relief Mile runs this weekend.

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Literary festival sets record

6:04pm Sunday 21st March 2010

Book fans flocked to Oxford at the weekend for the chance to speak to some star names at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.

• Our guide to the literary festival

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Ofsted report sparks concern

4:33pm Sunday 21st March 2010

A headteacher has raised concerns about the consistency of Ofsted checks after a linked primary and nursery school inspected weeks apart received wildly different reports.

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Cameron in Sport Relief run

4:37pm Sunday 21st March 2010

Tory leader and Witney MP David Cameron surged ahead of the opposition when he took on runners racing a mile for Sport Relief.

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Oxfordshire dancers win trophies

8:20am Sunday 21st March 2010

YOUNG dancers won so many trophies at their first international competition that they could not fit them all on the plane home.

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Brookes students design shelter to help quake victims

7:40am Sunday 21st March 2010

Architecture students at Oxford Brookes University have helped to develop a prototype shelter for victims of the Haiti earthquake.

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Historian charts passage to liberty

6:30am Sunday 21st March 2010

Historian Michal Giedroyc has written a moving account of his family’s epic journey through wartime Russia.

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Hygiene inspectors close restaurant

10:19am Saturday 20th March 2010

A restaurateur has expressed his shock after environmental health officers shut down his popular restaurant.

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City groups share cash

7:45am Saturday 20th March 2010

Eight Oxford groups are to share a council cash pot which will help with activities including car sharing.

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M Blanc rates hospital food

7:39am Saturday 20th March 2010

Catering staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital could be forgiven a sense of trepidation when they were asked to cook for injured celebrated restaurateur Raymond Blanc.

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Pub plans carnival fund-raiser

6:30am Saturday 20th March 2010

An East Oxford publican is staging a fundraising event to help make sure Cowley Road Carnival returns to its home turf this year.

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Cancer survivor fronts campaign

7:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

A teenage cancer survivor was joined by her former nurse, family and friends to launch a campaign to raise millions of pounds.

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Posthumous awards made

7:05pm Friday 19th March 2010

A soldier killed in Afghanistan in July was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service.

• Highest honours for bravest soldiers

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Attacker's sentence cut sparks anger

6:44pm Friday 19th March 2010

A thief who stole £300 from a 101-year-old war veteran will serve less time behind bars despite failing in an appeal to have his sentence cut.

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