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Oxfordshire | Archive | 2001 | April

Stories for 05 April 2001

Abingdon News

Scientists to seek fuel of the future

The world headquarters of a new company researching and developing oil lubricants and additives is to be established in Oxfordshire. more...

Traveller upset at rail refund

A train journey that was never made cost a family more than 60 per cent of the original fare when they claimed a refund. more...

Tax advice

Members of the public will be able to quiz the Inland Revenue when its mobile advice team visits the Tesco store in Marcham Road, Abingdon on Tuesday, April 10 from 9.30am to 2.30pm. more...

Banbury News

Nursery needs are met

A new nursery has opened its doors to the first of about 100 children of Land Rover employees at Gaydon, near Banbury. more...

Banks to open late today

Barclays Bank branches in Cornmarket Street, Oxford and Banbury will stay open until 10pm today to allow people to make last-minute applications for Individual Savings Accounts. more...

Hook Norton Community Education Centre's summer programme includes golf lessons, computer skills for beginners, 55-plus word processing, map reading for walkers, beginners' drawing, desk top publishing, web design, aromatherapy, reflexology and a look behind Oxford's city walls. more...

School reunion

Jean Buzzard (nÈe Mold) is organising a reunion for people who started at Banbury Grammar School in 1951. more...

Bowls: Gillett's Chippy four fall at first hurdle

Oxfordshire's world pairs champion, Les Gillett, crashed to a shock first-round defeat in the Greengauge EBA fours at Melton Mowbray. more...

Bicester News

Golf: Old-timer Jack calls it a day

One of the oldest club professionals in the country has decided to retire at the age of 71. more...

Table tennis: Haddenham win title

Haddenham B were crowned Division 3 champions after a 6-4 win over Bicester B in a nail-biting top-of-the-table clash. more...

Steve's a phoney, Tony

Tony Blair look-alike Steve Webber is hoping for a busy time in the run-up to the General Election. more...

Familys warned to stay alert after pensioner is robbed

Relatives of a pensioner robbed by youths are warning elderly people to be on the alert. more...

Didcot News

Abortion sparked attack

A man punched his partner in the stomach after she told him she had had an abortion, a court heard. more...

Cheated husband threatened police officer

A man enraged after his wife admitted having an affair threatened a policeman with a baseball bat and an iron, magistrates heard. more...

WI to celebrate with flour and flowers

Oxfordshire WI members are to be treated to a day of flour and flowers. more...

Easter closing

Didcot Volunteer Centre, which provides transport for the elderly and infirm, will be closed from noon on Thursday next week until Tuesday, April 17. more...

Oxford News

Residents pack floods meeting

Oxford residents who fear more severe flooding packed a public meeting to confront Environment Agency officials about how they plan to ease the situation. more...

New champion to fight cause of elderly

Pensioners in Oxford could soon have their own champion to fight for their rights - if new Government proposals are agreed by councillors. more...

New train stations are on track

Plans to build two new railway stations in the county are back on track, with work expected to start within three years. more...

Concern grows for shopper

Concern is growing for a 50-year-old man who has not been seen since a shopping trip to Oxford more than two weeks ago. more...

'Noisy traffic gives us the hump'

Residents of an Oxford street say they are being kept awake at night by traffic racing over speed humps. more...

Flaming bottle hits garden

A Molotov cocktail has been thrown into the back garden of a house in North Hinksey. more...

Raffle to aid charity

Motor dealer Oxford Saab has launched a campaign to raise money for Whizz-Kidz, a charity that gives disabled children independent mobility. more...

Murder remand

A 16-year-old boy charged with murder will remain in custody until he next appears before city magistrates on May 2. more...

River rescue

A 27-year-old man had to be pulled from the River Thames by the emergency services after falling in. more...

Writer shortlisted

Oxford Mail journalist Reg Little has been shortlisted in the BT South East & Eastern Media Awards 2000. more...

Killing charge

A man appeared before magistrates yesterday charged with the manslaughter of Peter Sawyer, 20, in Chalgrove on February 3. Steven Ruffall, also 20, of Monument Road, Chalgrove, was remanded in custody to appear at Oxford Crown Court on Monday. more...

Football: Rose Hill stunned by young North

Youth triumphed over experience as young Morrells Oxford Sunday League Division 2 side North Oxford CC caused a shock by knocking Rose Hill out of the Presidents Cup. more...

Football: Trades owe it to Paul's KO blow!

Trades Athletic proved themselves the kings of Oxfordshire Sunday football when they beat Six Bells Kidlington to win the Sam Waters Cup for the third time in four years. more...

Bar Billiards: Magical Masons

With two rounds left in the Morrells Oxford League, the race is on for the Section 1 title after Masons Arms A pulled off a brilliant 3-2 away win at Royal Standard. more...

Golf: Oxford captains make history

It may have been April Fools Day, but that did not stop a number of club holding their new captains' drive-ins on Sunday. more...

Table tennis: Anxious wait for Oxford

Oxford are anxiously waiting to see if they have clinched promotion in the Midland Veterans League after drawing their final fixture 5-5 against Leamington. more...

Bowls: Oxford quartet face Cambridge

Oxfordshire hopes will be pinned on the Oxford & District club in the final of the London and Southern Counties single rink competition on Saturday. more...

Football: High fives for charity

The third charity five-a-side football match in aid of the Oxford Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit '5eize the Day Appeal' is being staged tomorrow night (7pm). more...

Oxford,Abingdon,Banbury,Bicester,Didcot,Thame,Wantage,Wallingford,Witney News

Plug pulled on net health aid scheme

A scheme using Internet technology to monitor pregnant women at community hospitals has been halted due to funding problems. more...

Cancer ad has plenty of cheek

A hard-hitting poster campaign has been promoted in Oxford to help combat Britain's second biggest killer cancer. more...

Easter roadshow brings fun for the children (April 10-20)

A roadshow of activities for young people is to go on tour over the Easter holidays. more...

Bishop asks for alternatives to cull

The Bishop of Oxford has warned that the policy of mass slaughter of animals could be almost as bad as foot and mouth disease itself. more...

Football: Five-goal Craig is star of the show for Quarry

Striker Craig Wootton hit five goals as Quarry Rovers swept aside Steventon 6-0 in the Oxford Mail Boys' Under 16 B League. more...

Table tennis: Oxon youngsters crowned champs

Oxfordshire's juniors completed a magnificent season by defeating Northants 2nd 7-3 to win the County Championship Division 3D (Southern) title for the first time in 12 years. more...

Oxfordshire Business

Scientists to seek fuel of the future

The world headquarters of a new company researching and developing oil lubricants and additives is to be established in Oxfordshire. more...

Brothers taste net success

The Internet has brought the sweet smell of success for Oxfordshire traders Chris and Kevin Hurdman. more...

Banks to open late today

Barclays Bank branches in Cornmarket Street, Oxford and Banbury will stay open until 10pm today to allow people to make last-minute applications for Individual Savings Accounts. more...

Jason hosts media forum

Jason Kingsley, chief executive of Oxford computer software company Rebellion, is one of the panel members at an annual media forum being held today in Brighton. more...

Oxfordshire Internet

Brothers taste net success

The Internet has brought the sweet smell of success for Oxfordshire traders Chris and Kevin Hurdman. more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Easter roadshow brings fun for the children (April 10-20)

A roadshow of activities for young people is to go on tour over the Easter holidays. more...

WI to celebrate with flour and flowers (June 1)

Oxfordshire WI members are to be treated to a day of flour and flowers. more...

Sale for Tory funds (April 7)

A bring and buy sale is being held in Blackthorn village hall on Saturday, April 7, from 2pm to 4pm. more...

Oxfordshire News

No need to tell of sex case, GP says

A doctor found guilty of rape and sexual abuse in Holland has told a court he did not believe he was required to declare the convictions when applying for a job in England. more...

New champion to fight cause of elderly

Pensioners in Oxford could soon have their own champion to fight for their rights - if new Government proposals are agreed by councillors. more...

Divorcee killed himself after row with girlfriend

A 36-year-old man took his own life by gassing himself with carbon monoxide following a disagreement with his girlfriend, an inquest in Oxford heard. more...

Plug pulled on net health aid scheme

A scheme using Internet technology to monitor pregnant women at community hospitals has been halted due to funding problems. more...

Court fines hare coursers

Two men who travelled from Wales to Oxfordshire to go hare coursing without permission were fined by magistrates. more...

New train stations are on track

Plans to build two new railway stations in the county are back on track, with work expected to start within three years. more...

City tourist office to be moved

Visitors to Oxford are to benefit from a new tourist information centre. Tourism is worth £250m a year to the city and the expansion is a key part of the industry's development locally. more...

Amazing Grace 'just fine' at 102

One of the county's oldest residents is 102 today (Thursday) and she says she feels "just fine." more...

Steve's a phoney, Tony

Tony Blair look-alike Steve Webber is hoping for a busy time in the run-up to the General Election. more...

Death of student shrouded in mystery

Mystery still surrounds the death of a post-graduate student who had been found hanged by his dressing-gown cord. more...

A deafening silence

When Clive Hawes looks across his 300 acres of farmland he can barely believe his eyes. It's more than a month into the foot and mouth crisis and still the end is nowhere in sight. more...

Band's hall is demolished

Demolition wrokers are making short work of tearing down a band's rickety practice hall. more...

Cheated husband threatened police officer

A man enraged after his wife admitted having an affair threatened a policeman with a baseball bat and an iron, magistrates heard. more...

Buses won't return to Cornmarket

Cornmarket Street in Oxford will not be reopened to traffic during urgent sewer repairs in George Street, the county council has confirmed. more...

Concern grows for shopper

Concern is growing for a 50-year-old man who has not been seen since a shopping trip to Oxford more than two weeks ago. more...

Flaming bottle hits garden

A Molotov cocktail has been thrown into the back garden of a house in North Hinksey. more...

A deafening silence

When Clive Hawes looks across his 300 acres of farmland he can barely believe his eyes. It's more than a month into the foot and mouth crisis and still the end is nowhere in sight. more...

Sanctuary due to open again

An animal sanctuary forced to close because of the foot and mouth crisis is due to open its gates again this weekend. more...

Market cheers farmers

Farmers hit by the foot and mouth crisis have been given a boost with the launch of a meat-free farmers' market. more...

Student protesters criticise fines after Bodleian sit-in

A student disciplined for his part in an occupation of the Bodleian Library has criticised Oxford University for imposing fines on hard-up students. more...

Bishop asks for alternatives to cull

The Bishop of Oxford has warned that the policy of mass slaughter of animals could be almost as bad as foot and mouth disease itself. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Hackett hernia shocker

Chris Hackett will almost certainly not play a full game for Oxford United again this season. more...

Speedway: New Leigh is No 1

New No 1 Leigh Adams, who has taken Oxford by storm so far this season, showed he has another side rather than just grinding the oppostion into the dust. He invited the Dryml brothers Ales and Lukas to his workshops in Swindon last week to give them some help with their engines. Nice one. more...

Golf: Oxford captains make history

It may have been April Fools Day, but that did not stop a number of club holding their new captains' drive-ins on Sunday. more...

Golf: Barnes-stormer at Waterstock

A spectacular hole-in-one was the highlight of the popular Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust charity tournament at Waterstock. more...

Speedway: Fans are flocking in

Cheetahs attracted their biggest attendance for over 18 months against Wolverhampton last Friday, as 1,446 fans came through the turnstiles. more...

Bowls: Gillett's Chippy four fall at first hurdle

Oxfordshire's world pairs champion, Les Gillett, crashed to a shock first-round defeat in the Greengauge EBA fours at Melton Mowbray. more...

Football: Five-goal Craig is star of the show for Quarry

Striker Craig Wootton hit five goals as Quarry Rovers swept aside Steventon 6-0 in the Oxford Mail Boys' Under 16 B League. more...

Speedway: Cheetahs backing Todd to come good

The big mystery so far this season for JT/FOX Oxford Cheetahs is the poor form of Aussie ace Todd Wiltshire, but promoter Vanessa Purchase promisies we will be seeing a different man from now on. more...

Table tennis: Rampaging Vikings held at bay

Vikings B drew 5-5 with Haddenham A in a real see-saw Oxford & District League Division 1 match, which saw the lead change no less than four times. more...

Golf: Frilford off to flier in title defence

Frilford Heath opened the defence of their Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League title with an impressive 2- victory away to Hadden Hill in Division 1. more...

Football: Rose Hill stunned by young North

Youth triumphed over experience as young Morrells Oxford Sunday League Division 2 side North Oxford CC caused a shock by knocking Rose Hill out of the Presidents Cup. more...

Football: Hendry seals final spot for Hendred

Outsiders Exiles 2000 looked like springing a surprise when they led East Hendred 2-1 at half-time in their Autotype UTV League Devenney Cup semi-final. more...

Table tennis: Oxon youngsters crowned champs

Oxfordshire's juniors completed a magnificent season by defeating Northants 2nd 7-3 to win the County Championship Division 3D (Southern) title for the first time in 12 years. more...

Football: Trades owe it to Paul's KO blow!

Trades Athletic proved themselves the kings of Oxfordshire Sunday football when they beat Six Bells Kidlington to win the Sam Waters Cup for the third time in four years. more...

Football: Vikings right on course

Witney Vikings Under 13s, champions for the past three seasons, look set for a fourth successive crown after beating nearest Giles Sports Witney more...

Thame News

Table tennis: Rampaging Vikings held at bay

Vikings B drew 5-5 with Haddenham A in a real see-saw Oxford & District League Division 1 match, which saw the lead change no less than four times. more...

Youth football: Thame lose in injury time

Garden City's Luke Holden hit an injury-time winner from 30 yards to see off Thame 2-1. more...

School hopes history will provide more funds

Council officers are delving into the archives to see if they can get hold of more cash from Oxfordshire County Council for Lord Williams's School, Thame. more...

Death of student shrouded in mystery

Mystery still surrounds the death of a post-graduate student who had been found hanged by his dressing-gown cord. more...

Village welcomes its ancestors

A village is playing host to more than 100 people whose ancestors were part of the community 250 years ago. more...

Volunteers needed to ring the bells

Church bells which have rung out in a tiny village for 450 years have fallen silent. more...

Curry boost

A devilishly hot curry will help fuel church funds in Chinnor. more...

Wallingford News

Football: Hendry seals final spot for Hendred

Outsiders Exiles 2000 looked like springing a surprise when they led East Hendred 2-1 at half-time in their Autotype UTV League Devenney Cup semi-final. more...

Estate plans threaten traders

Traders and community groups face an uncertain future following the unveiling of plans to redevelop an industrial estate in the heart of Wallingford. more...

Divorcee killed himself after row with girlfriend

A 36-year-old man took his own life by gassing himself with carbon monoxide following a disagreement with his girlfriend, an inquest in Oxford heard. more...

Cheated husband threatened police officer

A man enraged after his wife admitted having an affair threatened a policeman with a baseball bat and an iron, magistrates heard. more...

Band's hall is demolished

Demolition wrokers are making short work of tearing down a band's rickety practice hall. more...

Sanctuary aid

A recent jumble and table-top sale raised £508 for the Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary in Brightwell, a charity that looks after sick donkeys and rare breeds of sheep and goats. more...

Cancer cash

A concert by the Reading Phoenix Choir, at St Mary's Church, Wallingford organised by Wallingford Rotary Club, raised £400 for The Prostate Cancer Support Association. more...

Wantage News

Court fines hare coursers

Two men who travelled from Wales to Oxfordshire to go hare coursing without permission were fined by magistrates. more...

New train stations are on track

Plans to build two new railway stations in the county are back on track, with work expected to start within three years. more...

Dancers honour charitable Helen

Party-goers danced the night away in memory of a Wantage woman who was renowned for her charity dances. more...

Football: Hendry seals final spot for Hendred

Outsiders Exiles 2000 looked like springing a surprise when they led East Hendred 2-1 at half-time in their Autotype UTV League Devenney Cup semi-final. more...

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