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Oxfordshire | Archive | 2001 | July

Stories for 05 July 2001

Abingdon News

Death was accidental

A young man was hit by a car in the early hours of New Year's day as he walked home from work on an unlit main road, an inquest heard. more...

Body identified

The body of a teenager found in the River Thames at Sandford has been identified as 18-year-old Liam Tait, of Radley, near Abingdon. more...

Banbury News

Cemetery is 'going back to nature' - not neglected

Fears that part of Banbury's Southam Road cemetery is being neglected are unfounded. more...

Drivers caught speeding

Thirty drivers were stopped during a police speed check in a 30mph zone in Deddington. more...

Shop robbed

A thief walked into a shop and stole money while the owner was in the back of the store. more...

Theft from house

Camera equipment and a small safe containing jewellery were stolen in a burglary at a house in Oxford Road, Banbury. more...

Bicester News

Jazz festival launched

Bicester will be alive with the sound of music as it launches its first weekend jazz festival. more...

Tempers flare at CND protest

A 75-year-old woman suffered cuts to her arms as tempers flared at a demonstration against the Star Wars project. more...

Farmer holds concert for wife

Farmer Billy Evans is staging a musical concert in memory of his wife. more...

Stolen car found

A Rover Metro car stolen from Dorchester in Dorset on Monday was found abandoned in Chalvey Road, Bicester, at 8pm on Tuesday with the engine running. more...

Didcot News

Rare sheep find homes

A Harwell couple are overwhelmed with offers of homes for their pedigree Shetland sheep. more...

Shelter could help reduce vandalism

Police and councillors hope a vandal-proof youth shelter could help combat the growing trend of petty vandalism in Didcot. more...

Automatic doors work at last

Automatic emergency exit doors at Didcot Parkway Station are working again - after being out of action since last year. more...

Schools get together for arty

Children from schools around Didcot took part in joint workshops ranging from arts and printing to dance and drama. more...

Teacher wins pole position in contest

Pupils entered their go-kart in a national engineering competition - but it was their teacher who came away with first prize. more...

Bloom contest

Judging will take place at East Hagbourne on Saturday, July 14, for the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition. more...

Oxford News

Acland Hospital Manor plan rejected

City planners have unanimously rejected "absurd" proposals to demolish the Manor Ground and replace it with a revamped Acland hospital and 87 flats. more...

Children say farewell to supervisor

A pre-school supervisor who has seen generations of children pass through the school system is retiring after more than 21 years. more...

Powderject offers gain without pain

Vaccine company Powderject Pharmaceuticals is selling some rights to its painless injection system as part of a plan to transform itself into the world's leading pure vaccine company. more...

Punters bet on cancer charity

Betting took a new turn in Blackbird Leys when punters helped raise £458 for cancer research. more...

Bingo hall plans deferred

Plans to transform part of an underused car park into a bingo hall have been deferred after several concerns were raised about the project. more...

Cash stolen from students

Thieves stole £2,000 from language students at St Hugh's College in St Margaret's Road, Oxford. more...

Emmerdale star to open summer fair

Oxsrad sports centre in Marsh Lane, Marston, which caters for both able-bodied and disabled people, will be holding a summer fair and have-a-go day on Sunday, July 8, from 1pm to 5pm. more...

Raffle winner

A customer of the Horse and Jockey pub, Woodstock Road, Oxford, won £1,000 in holiday vouchers. more...

Teen arrested for indecent act

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after he exposed himself to an elderly woman at Iffley Lock just before 9.30am on Tuesday. more...

Bowls: Big four slug it out at the top

It's business as usual in Division 1 of the Kennington Bowls Specialists Oxford & District League, with last season's top four clubs occupying the same positions at the halfway stage. more...

Golf: North pair land top mixed title

The North Oxford pairing of Simon Kimber and Carolyn Sampson are this week celebrating their victory in one of the oldest and most celebrated mixed foursomes competitions in the country. more...

Speedway: Jonno down to reserve

Cheetahs skipper Steve Johnston admits he is pleased with his form, despite now dropping to reserve in the new Green Sheet averages which take effect immediately. more...

Speedway: Life of Brian is not bad

Cheetahs' Danish ace Brian Andersen looked a proud man as he carried the flag for Denmark before their World Cup Group 2 clash against Sweden, Russia and Slovenia in Poland on Monday. more...

Football: Players wanted

The following Oxford Mail Boys League clubs are looking for players for the coming season: more...

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

Police helpers may be paid

Thames Valley Police is considering paying volunteers who give thousands of hours free of charge for the benefit of the force. more...

Bus firm offers new servcies

Improvements to bus services have been introduced despite increasing recruitment problems. more...

Legal hurdles overcome for JR

The final legal hurdle standing in the way of plans to relocate medical services to John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, has been overcome with an investment of nearly £2m. more...

Bowls: Results

Latest club results check - July 5 more...

Bowls: Double chance

The Summertown club have a double chance in the Oxfordshire BA county championship singles semi-finals. more...

Bowls: Oxon gunning for cup glory

Oxfordshire bid to reach the quarter-finals of the country's premier competition for the first time since the 1980s on Saturday when they take on arch rivals Berkshire at Banbury Central. more...

Football: No-confidence vote dismissed

A vote of no-confidence against the officers of the Oxfordshire Football Association was convincingly thrown out at an extraordinary general meeting at Pressed Steel last night. more...

Cricket: Fixture wanted

Abingdon Vale CC are looking for an away fixture this Sunday, and a home or away match the following Sunday. Contact Barry Greenaway on 01235 529873. more...

Oxfordshire Business

THIS WON'T HURT: Powderject's needle-free injection device delivers drug doses painlessly

Firms may bid for needle-free system Powderject offers more...

Powderject offers gain without pain

Vaccine company Powderject Pharmaceuticals is selling some rights to its painless injection system as part of a plan to transform itself into the world's leading pure vaccine company. more...

Queues form for

popular courses WEB-based business and management courses run by Oxford Brookes Business School have been so successful that they have been expanded. more...

David heads east

A young Oxford engineer is to visit Japan to help ensure that his company stays ahead in its field. more...

Justin wins award

Justin Brookes has been named Franchisee of the Year by postal and communications services company Mail Boxes Etc. more...

Oxfordshire Education

Student wins science award

An Oxford University student has won a prestigious science award through his research into animal flight. more...

Schools get together for arty

Children from schools around Didcot took part in joint workshops ranging from arts and printing to dance and drama. more...

Teacher wins pole position in contest

Pupils entered their go-kart in a national engineering competition - but it was their teacher who came away with first prize. more...

Queues form for popular courses

Web-based business and management courses run by Oxford Brookes Business School have been so successful that they have been expanded. more...

Oxfordshire Internet

It's cheaper to access Net in UK

Here is a turn up for the books. Having devoted many inches in this column in the past complaining about the cost of Internet access in this country, a report by watchdog Oftel has revealed that accessing the Web in the UK is cheaper than it is in Silicon Valley. more...

Queues form for popular courses

Web-based business and management courses run by Oxford Brookes Business School have been so successful that they have been expanded. more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Get ready for Radiohead

Nine articulated lorries were needed to bring the stage to South Park, Headington, where Radiohead will headline Oxford's biggest summer rock event. more...

Jazz festival launched

Bicester will be alive with the sound of music as it launches its first weekend jazz festival. more...

Praise on the menu

Top Asian chefs who took part in Oxford's Curry Chef of the Year contest have come in for special praise from one of the judges. more...

JULY 8: Summer fair

Oxsrad sports centre in Marsh Lane, Marston, which caters for both able-bodied and disabled people, will be holding a summer fair and have-a-go day on Sunday, July 8, from 1pm to 5pm. more...

AUGUST 28-31: Holiday club

St Nicholas Church holiday club for children from five to 12 will run from Tuesday, August 28 until Friday, August 31 from 9.15am to 12.15pm in St Nicholas Church hall, Elsfield Road, Old Marston. more...

JULY 14: Church fete

St Clement's Church in Marston Road, Oxford, will open its doors to the public on Saturday afternoons in July from 2pm to 4:30pm. more...

JULY 7: Summer fete

St Barnabas First School PTA is holding a summer fete on Saturday, July 7, starting at noon. more...

JULY 8: Pigeon shoot

The Brize Norton Gun Club is holding a clay pigeon shoot open day on Sunday from 10am to 4pm at Worsham Quarry, Worsham. more...

JULY 29: Wildlife visit

A visit to Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Gloucestershire, is being organised by Didcot Arts Society on Sunday, July 29. more...

World of music in a weekend

Pure enthusiasm for music from around the world led Peter Gabriel, Thomas Brooman and Bob Hooten to the idea of Womad in 1980. more...

Truck tickets on sale

Tickets for Truck 2001 are on sale at £20 each (including camping) and are selling like hot cakes. more...

JULY 28: Jazz festival

Bicester will be alive with the sound of music as it launches its first weekend jazz festival. more...

SEPT 21-23: Tolkien event

Enthusiasts of author J R R Tolkien's work will hold their annual convention from Friday, September 21, to Sunday, September 23, at St Antony's College, Oxford. more...

Give Me My Father's Body - The Life of Minik, The New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper

Fans of Andrea Barrett's magnificent novel The Voyage of the Narwhal will be interested to read the true story on which it was based. more...

The Immaculate Deception by Iain Pears

Oxford-based Pears gathered a new battalion of readers with An Instance of the Fingerpost . more...

Slaves And Obsession by Anne Perry

Elegantly-told historic crime thriller about a London merchant selling arms to the South who faces a moral dilemma when his daughter, in love with a Yankee, insists he reneges on the deal he has struck. more...

Roses Are Red by James Patterson

Patterson's short punchy style and believable homicide detective, black single dad Alex Cross, have taken him to the top of the bestseller lists. more...

West With The Night by Beryl Markham

First published in 1942, this is an episodic account of some 30 Africa years, from childhood to 1936, in the life of an amazing woman. more...

Take It To Heart by Marie Desplechin

This collection of themed stories on modern love reflect on moments of kinship, loneliness, ecstasy and sadness in contemporary Paris. more...

Laura by Larry Watson

Paul is 11 when he discovers Laura Petit standing at his windowsill. more...

Oxfordshire News

Police back all-day drinking

Closing-time violence in Wallingford town centre would be cut if pubs were allowed to open 24 hours a day, according to police. more...

Charity has six weeks to move out

Charity fundraisers fear they could lose vital cash donations unless they find free office space to continue their work in Oxfordshire. more...

Get ready for Radiohead

Nine articulated lorries were needed to bring the stage to South Park, Headington, where Radiohead will headline Oxford's biggest summer rock event. more...

Rare sheep find homes

A Harwell couple are overwhelmed with offers of homes for their pedigree Shetland sheep. more...

OAP's prized plants taken

Pensioner Rhoda Foster has hit out at vandals who stole a prized pot of plants from the front of her home. more...

There's no place like gnome

Green-fingered pensioners Tom and Susan Gould have been left scratching their heads, following a rare garden invasion. more...

Bus firm offers new servcies

Improvements to bus services have been introduced despite increasing recruitment problems. more...

Automatic doors work at last

Automatic emergency exit doors at Didcot Parkway Station are working again - after being out of action since last year. more...

Shelter could help reduce vandalism

Police and councillors hope a vandal-proof youth shelter could help combat the growing trend of petty vandalism in Didcot. more...

Drivers 'put fuel above lives'

A senior county council officer has condemned motorists who drive carefully to save fuel - but not lives. more...

Acland Hospital Manor plan rejected

City planners have unanimously rejected "absurd" proposals to demolish the Manor Ground and replace it with a revamped Acland hospital and 87 flats. more...

Tempers flare at CND protest

A 75-year-old woman suffered cuts to her arms as tempers flared at a demonstration against the Star Wars project. more...

Radiohead fans battle for beds

Every bed in guest houses across Oxford has been booked up as 42,000 Radiohead fans prepare to descend on the city this weekend. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Goran next for Tim the brave

Tim Henman dug into his deepest reserves of courage last night to beat Swiss sensation Roger Federer and lift the roof on Centre Court. more...

Cricket: Club scores

Latest local club cricket scores - July 5 more...

Speedway: Jonno down to reserve

Cheetahs skipper Steve Johnston admits he is pleased with his form, despite now dropping to reserve in the new Green Sheet averages which take effect immediately. more...

Speedway: Jonno down to reserve

Cheetahs skipper Steve Johnston admits he is pleased with his form, despite now dropping to reserve in the new Green Sheet averages which take effect immediately. more...

Football: No-confidence vote dismissed

A vote of no-confidence against the officers of the Oxfordshire Football Association was convincingly thrown out at an extraordinary general meeting at Pressed Steel last night. more...

Speedway: Life of Brian is not bad

Cheetahs' Danish ace Brian Andersen looked a proud man as he carried the flag for Denmark before their World Cup Group 2 clash against Sweden, Russia and Slovenia in Poland on Monday. more...

Football: Players wanted

The following Oxford Mail Boys League clubs are looking for players for the coming season: more...

Cricket: Fixture wanted

Abingdon Vale CC are looking for an away fixture this Sunday, and a home or away match the following Sunday. Contact Barry Greenaway on 01235 529873. more...

Bryony's bid

Windsurfer Bryony Shaw, 18, from Oxford, is off to Brittany's Atlantic coast to compete in the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships this week. more...

Greyhound racing

Oxford bags card, runners and results more...

Golf: Results

Latest local club results - July 5 more...

Bowls: Big four slug it out at the top

It's business as usual in Division 1 of the Kennington Bowls Specialists Oxford & District League, with last season's top four clubs occupying the same positions at the halfway stage. more...

Bowls: Results

Latest club results check - July 5 more...

Bowls: Double chance

The Summertown club have a double chance in the Oxfordshire BA county championship singles semi-finals. more...

Bowls: Oxon gunning for cup glory

Oxfordshire bid to reach the quarter-finals of the country's premier competition for the first time since the 1980s on Saturday when they take on arch rivals Berkshire at Banbury Central. more...

Speedway: Purchase bans all title-winning talk

JT/FOX Oxford Cheetahs are sitting pretty at the top of the Sky Sports Elite League, but promoter Vanessa Purchase is remaining very cautious at the halfway stage of the season. more...

Thomas: Why I said yes to United

Tough-tackling midfielder Martin Thomas says he opted for third division Oxford United rather than second division Brighton because of the impression new boss Mark Wright made on him - and because he is convinced it's a club on the up. more...

Golf: Simmo's tough test

Paul Simpson, from Witney, faces tough competition from 76 professionals, including former Ryder Cup player Paul Way, when he defends his Magnolia Park Classic title this week. more...

Golf: North pair land top mixed title

The North Oxford pairing of Simon Kimber and Carolyn Sampson are this week celebrating their victory in one of the oldest and most celebrated mixed foursomes competitions in the country. more...

Thame News

£500,000 chamber plan scrapped

Plans for a new £500,000 council chamber have been dropped. more...

Market move is now 'a priority' for council

Top priority for Thame Town Council is to get its cattle market moved and to use the site for the community as a whole. more...

Students to conduct car park survey

Students are to be employed by a district council to survey its car parks. more...

Mayor may cut ocean trip short

Thame mayor Don Butler may have to cut short his challenge to sail across the Atlantic in his brother-in-law's yacht. more...

Fire damages stables

A stable block was severely damaged by fire at Aston Rowant, near Thame, on Wednesday. more...

Dance on stage

Thame Youth Theatre members and the Youth Dance section are to stage productions at Lord Williams's Lower School in Towersey Road. more...

£5,000 raised

Despite losing its biggest fundraiser, the sponsored walks and rides, because of foot and mouth disease, Chinnor's Christian Aid organisers still managed to raise £5,000. more...

Scout trip

Scout Chris Simpson, a member of the 1st Haddenham Scouts, is to represent the district at the World Scout Jamboree in Thailand next year. more...

Safety surface

Putting safety surfacing underneath the slide and see-saw on the playing fields in Haddenham will cost £3,500, funded by the parish council and Aylesbury Vale District Council. more...

Wallingford News

Police back all-day drinking

Closing-time violence in Wallingford town centre would be cut if pubs were allowed to open 24 hours a day, according to police. more...

Former Postwoman dies

Margo Cox, a popular postwoman who was one of the first residents to set up home in Berinsfield when an airbase there closed after the Second World War, has died aged 79. more...

Council backs residents over development worries

Residents affected by work on a 142-house development in Wallingford will get town council support when they meet to discuss grievances with the developer next week. more...

£500,000 chamber plan scrapped

Plans for a new £500,000 council chamber have been dropped. more...

Toxic waste fears allayed

Fears that a blue substance found on an allotment site could be toxic have been allayed by environmental health officers. more...

Students to conduct car park survey

Students are to be employed by a district council to survey its car parks. more...

Kebab van can remain

A kebab van that trades in the St Alban's car park, Wallingford, can stay despite disturbing neighbours. more...

Planning inquiry

A Department of Environment hearing into why planning permission was refused for a house adjoining Edgemoor at Turners Green, Britwell Salome, will be held at Crowmarsh on August 8. more...

Spaces planned

Oxfordshire County Council is planning five new car parking spaces at Benson CofE Junior School in Oxford Road, Benson. more...

Wantage News

There's no place like gnome

Green-fingered pensioners Tom and Susan Gould have been left scratching their heads, following a rare garden invasion. more...

Promotion for priest

CHurch-goers have welcomed the promotion of their priest, describing it as a credit to their parish. more...

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