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Stories for 05 May 2001

Oxfordshire Business

£15m sets up Net institute

THE world's first Internet institute will open in Oxford in the autumn, writes Chris Koenig. Dame Stephanie Shirley, one of Britain's richest women, and founder of leading business technology company FI Group, has donated £10m to the project through the Shirley Foundation based in Henley.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Protesters call for better pay

More than 150 Unison union members marched through Oxford in the opening salvo of their campaign for a regional weighting allowance.   more...

`Robber Biggs has come back before'

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has visited Britain several times in disguise during his 35 years on the run, the gang's leader, Bruce Reynolds, has revealed.   more...

Street name left off city bus map

Novelist Brian Aldiss is angry that an Oxford street has been wrongly named on a bus company map of the city.   more...

Don't hang around, join the fun!

Oxford's official jester, Justin Time, practises tightrope walking before the Fun in the Parks season gets under way with a massive free party.   more...

£40,000 paid in Manor deal

The future development of Oxford United's Manor Ground could be dictated by members of Headington Bowls Club.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Notts County 2 Oxford United 1

Oxford United finished their miserable season with another defeat on Saturday - despite having taken the lead.   more...

This could be my year, says Adams

OXFORD Cheetahs' star Leigh Adams, currently the hottest property in British speedway, believes this could be his year in the Grand Prix which gets under way tonight at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium in Berlin, writes JOHN GAISFORD.   more...

PAUL Joyce, Wolvercote's emerging super heavyweight, was denied victory after a dubious decision aga

The 19 year-old Oxfordshire man imposed his authority on his more experienced rival from the bell, but the 30 year-old Limassol veteran took the verdict.   more...

College coaching duo get top awards

BUDDING coaches Adam Claydon and Clare Mattingley, from King Alfred's Community and Sports College in Wantage, have received recognition for their efforts to promote sport in the community.   more...

New tote machines are just the ticket!

OXFORD Stadium are set to introduce an innovation in tote betting on top of the recently announced £1.5m refurbishments at the Sandy Lane greyhound track.   more...

Penalties give the Light Blues a rare victory

Oxford Univ 1,   more...

Devils on Wembley mission

OXFORD Devils go for glory today in the National Basketball League Division 1 play-offs at the Wembley Arena.   more...

Oxford students can't

halt Pakistan charge OXFORD'S representatives Joe Porter and Ja,mie Dalrymple could not prevent the British Universities being overwhelmed by the Pakistan tourists at Trent Bridge yesterday.   more...

BRITISH national champion Sue Wright (left) from Thame claimed the inaugural Prince Grand Prix Final

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