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Stories for 21 February 2001

Oxfordshire Business

Net tightens on cybersquatters

Internet name registry Nominet UK is to review its procedures for dealing with the problem of cybersquatting. more...

Now you can sleep at your besk

Is it a bed or a desk? No it's a besk, a new invention from father-and-son team Bob and Antony Dixon. more...

IT boss warns of election 'chaos'

Computer software company boss Christopher Quinton has warned that if Tony Blair calls a snap General Election in April the result could be chaos throughout the country. more...

Nosebag goes up for sale

A long-established Oxford restaurant is on the market for the first time in more than 20 years. more...

Getting into The Spirit

A £1.2m health club will open at the new Oxford Posthouse hotel, north Oxford, in June. more...

Oxfordshire Education

Hayley will be a Guiding light

Student Hayley Nicholls is setting off for Bosnia to comfort deprived children, writes Roseena Parveen. more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Week-long festival curtailed to one day

Thame's annual festival will be shortened to one day this year. more...

Children focus on issues

Teenagers got together to discuss issues relevant to their age group. more...

Drive for funding

Staff at a cash-strapped family centre are pulling out all the stops in a bid for funds. more...

Roll up to Volvo's double fun day

A double bill of entertainment has been lined up for Oxfordshire motorists and their families at Motorworld's showrooms in Botley Road, Oxford, on Saturday and Sunday. more...

Children scale new heights

If it slithers or scuttles, or simply looks scary, you can bet kids love them. more...

Oxfordshire Marketplace

Monkey Bike swings back in a neat blast from the past

Mini it was the buzz-word of the Swinging Sixties. It was the time of the revolutionary Austin Mini Seven, a motoring legend with a cute and cuddly name. more...

Good safe fun for kids and it's educational, too

Parents who worry about their children being glued to the telly, watching videos and playing computer games, may consider investing in a junior motorcycle. more...

Our new models will receive their European and UK launches at the London Motorcycle and Scooter Show, which opens today and runs through until Sunday at Excel, the new exhibition centre in London's Docklands. more...

Dilemma of pure delight

Any nagging worries that the Jaguar S-type is nothing more than a glorified Ford are dispelled the moment you reach a stretch of open road. more...

The new Peugeot

Peugeot 307, the vehicle that replaces the best-selling Peugeot of all time, the 306, will be released in the UK in June. more...

Skoda's quality silences jokers

Skoda has launched an estate version of the award-winning Fabia supermini with prices ranging from 8,400 to 12,950. more...

Merc debuts three in Detroit

Mercedes-Benz made a flying start to 2001 with three world premieres at last month's Detroit Motor Show. more...

Roll up to Volvo's double fun day

A double bill of entertainment has been lined up for Oxfordshire motorists and their families at Motorworld's showrooms in Botley Road, Oxford, on Saturday and Sunday. more...

Oxfordshire News

Road is causing hole lot of trouble

Drivers and cyclists living in an Oxford suburb say that they have to put up with the worst road in the city. more...

Charities granted a charge reprieve

Charity groups and other organisations which faced losing free use of Oxford Town Hall have been given a reprieve. more...

Calls for Special Pcs to be paid

Police chiefs and the organisation representing officers have called for Special Constables to be paid. more...

Residents vow to fight on after homes allowed

A scheme for luxury housing that Oxford planners turned down twice has won approval on appeal. more...

Customs swoop in to arrest four men

Police and Customs officers mounts raids to clamp down on VAT fraud and cigarette smuggling. more...

I did not rape girl, man says

A man accused of raping an 18-year-old after a night out told police she consented to have sex with him. more...

Lecturer lured boy, 14, into a sex trap

A 'Jekyll and Hyde' university lecturer was found guilty of luring a 14-year-old boy into a sex trap through a teenage Internet chatroom. more...

Colourful farmer dies after a long, varied life

Botley and west Oxford has lost one of its most colourful characters with the death of farmer, Bill Grant, at the age of 92. more...

Four out of five want CCTV

Four out of five people in south Oxfordshire want crime-stopping cameras on the streets of the four main towns, according to a survey. more...

Knickers can be claimed

Two hundred pairs of women's knickers which were stolen from washing lines can now be claimed from the police. more...

Cinderella's children

Barton has never enjoyed a good Press. Burglaries, bust-ups, depressed and deprived, it's always been known as Headington's poor relation. Fine, so it isn't Cinderella at the ball. It might be a bit rough around the edges but, as chief feature writer George Frew discovers, it's rich in so many other ways. more...

Theft victim turns private detective

Biking enthusiast Darren Schaefer has turned private eye in his search for his stolen superbike. more...

Back to work for book at bedtime

Parents had no problem in finding a book for a bedtime story when they brought their children to a "sleepover" at their workplace. more...

Post still piled high

The Royal Mail is hiring casual staff to help clear the huge backlog of mail in Oxfordshire caused by the postal strike. more...

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