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Stories for 28 January 2000

Oxfordshire Business

Smart money put on bright ideas

TWO Oxfordshire companies have won Government awards to develop ground-breaking medical instruments.  more...

Oxfordshire News

Lab wins £175m scientific project

Oxfordshire has won the battle for a new £175m scientific project, write Bill Jacobs.  more...

Will Tyson be roaring tomorrow?

The voice on the end of the telephone was full of outrage and the language was as salty as ever, writes George Frew.  more...

At 13, schoolboy Martin is the man of the house for his mum

Martin Prescott is the man of the house, writes Zahra Borno. He takes his duties seriously and a weighty sense of responsibility sits on his young shoulders. But at 13, Martin is still a child.  more...

Seen through the eyes of a Victorian, the last century was a complete disaster

It was a century when we lost the Empire, slipped from worldwide pre-eminence and sacrificed countless numbers in two almighty wars, write Madeleine Pennell.  more...

Clash on rail signal safety

The first skirmish over the safety of signals at the centre of the Paddington train crash has been lost by Railtrack, writes Paul Harris.  more...

Plan for a 'super library'

Didcot's two-storey library building may be sold to help pay for a new 'super library' planned as part of a £30m redevelopment, writes Michael Hambleton.  more...

Teachers call for full training

Teachers are pressing for a full training package to take place before controversial proposals to abolish Oxford's middle schools go ahead, writes Madeleine Pennell.  more...

Oxbridge joy is record for boys' school

A school is celebrating after a record number of pupils received offers to Oxford and Cambridge universities, writes Roseena Parveen.  more...

OTS 'bringing more into city'

More people are visiting Oxford since the introduction of the controversial transport strategy, it will be revealed today, writes Mark Templeton.  more...

BMX site on track

A new £170,000 BMX and skateboarding track will be built due to popular demand, writes Paul Warner.  more...

Patrol car stolen at accident scene

Police officers dealing with a serious car crash were stunned when a man jumped into their patrol car and drove off.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Todd signs for Cheetahs

By John Gaisford OXFORD Cheetahs' Australian speedway ace Todd Wiltshire has signed on for a third successive season and will form a powerful spearhead along with Sweden's Jimmy Nilsen.  more...

Jemmo back on old Manor

NEW signing, old face ... Oxford United last night re-signed their former striker Nigel Jemson from Ayr United in a desperate bid to stay in Division 2.  more...

Jemmo in at the deep end

NIGEL Jemson will come straight into the Oxford United team at Oldham tomorrow - and coach Mickey Lewis also has Mark Watson and Paul Powell available again.  more...

Neglected Watson looks set to move

OXFORD United's top player Mark Watson admits he will probably leave the Manor in the summer because the club have been slow to make him an offer.  more...