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Firefighters tackle bathroom blaze
12:21pm Saturday 5th July
Firefighters put out a blaze in a bathroom in Oxford this morning.
Hundreds at United fun day
12:15pm Saturday 5th July
Hundreds of Oxford United fans were given their first glimpse at next season's home shirt this morning.
Murdered teen 'forced to drink petrol'
10:18am Saturday 5th July
A 17-year-old originally from Banbury died after being made to drink petrol, pathologists believe.
Former vicar beat up wife in rage
8:34am Saturday 5th July
A retired Oxfordshire clergyman, who beat up his wife in a drunken rage after a row over what was for dinner, has been jailed.
Leisure, arts and sport
 | United sign Carruthers
11:21am Saturday 5th July
Oxford United boss Darren Patterson has made his second capture of the summer after signing experienced left back Chris Carruthers. |
 | Burnell aims to hit target
8:00am Saturday 5th July
Oxford United's new midfielder is determined to add to a new facet to his game - by getting some goals. |
Fans out to put U's on the spot
8:00am Saturday 5th July
Oxford United supporters will try to put one over the first team when they take part in a penalty shoot-out at the club's Open Day today.
Fixtures 'done by hand'
7:29am Friday 4th July
THE Blue Square Premier fixtures broke new ground in more than one way.
| Cinema | Motors |
Kung Fu Panda and Hancock 8:18am Thu 3 Jul 08
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson's computer animated comedy Kung Fu Panda does exactly what it says on the tin, spinning a familiar story of triumph against the odds around a rotund bear with a passion for martial arts. Jack Black is perfectly cast as the voice of the eponymous guzzler, who sees himself as "a legendary warrior whose fighting skills were the stuff of legend". | Mondeo estate pulls off towcar triumph 6:24am Fri 4 Jul 08
THE Ford Mondeo Estate 2.0 TDCi Titanium auto has beaten tough competition to be awarded overall winner in the second annual Towcar Awards, as judged by experts from What Car?, Practical Caravan and The Camping and Caravanning Club. |
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The Visitor, Death Note: The Last Name, My Winnipeg and Chop Suey 8:16am Thu 3 Jul 08
Sixty-one year-old Richard Jenkins has made more than 50 movies since debuting in Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado (1985). You probably wouldn't know him by name, but he's become a familiar face in films by the Coen and Farrelly brothets and such TV outings as Six Feet Under. Finally, however, he has found a leading role to prove he's more than just another dependable character actor and he seizes his opportunity with unassuming assurance in Thomas McCarthy's engaging mid-life drama The Visitor. | Sport Tourer offers more space 6:23am Fri 4 Jul 08
RENAULT'S new Clio Sport Tourer has arrived in showrooms priced from £12,095 to £14,495. |
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