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Stories for 18 October 2001

Abingdon News

Culture scheme bidders line up

Three consultancy firms are bidding for the job of helping to create a new culture and entertainment complex at the Old Gaol sports and leisure centre in Abingdon.   more...

Banbury News

Village has its own post office again

A new sub post office opens in Blewbury today - 18 months after the village's previous post office closed.   more...

Work recorded

People who took part in a conservation project, recording the countryside iin words and photographs, will have their work displayed in Chipping Norton town hall on Saturday betweeen 10am and 4pm.   more...

Didcot News

Children swap leaking hut for social club

Organisers of a playgroup forced to move when its hut was condemned as unsafe say they are frustrated that nothing is being done to find them a permanent home.   more...

Oxford News

Faulty car park pay machines face axe

Faulty payment machines at Oxford's Westgate car park need to be replaced at a cost of £130,000.   more...

More shelters for bus passengers

Bus shelters and improved waiting areas for passengers will be provided in central Oxford thanks to a £150,000 cash boost.   more...

Rugby: Blues beaten again

Gloucester 28, Oxford University 22   more...

Bowls: Oxford claim top cup scalp

Oxford and District produced a magnificent performance to see off Whiteknights, Reading, in the first round of the Denny Cup.   more...

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

£114,000 handout shared between 39 projects

A gymnasticS class and the teaching of traditional Zimbabwean music, are among 39 Oxfordshire projects to benefit from almost £114,000 in National Lottery cash.   more...

Billiards: Young Boone gets Forum off to flying start

Kidlington Forum B made a fine start to their new Oxford and District League Division 1 campaign by securing maximum points with an 8-2 victory over Morris Motors A.   more...

Bowls: Resullts

OXFORD CITY & COUNTY INDOOR LEAGUES   more...

Speedway: Cheetahs ready for the big party

Stand by for flying champagne corks and balloons galore as JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs receive the Sky Sports Elite League trophy at Oxford Stadium on Friday (October 19).   more...

Oxfordshire Education

Difficult pupil centres 'must escape cuts'

A former teacher has criticised a decision by Oxfordshire County Council to close two centres for difficult students.   more...

Students help choose own building design

Student architects will help decide on plans to revamp their ageing university building.   more...

Students learn to fit seats

Childcare students at Banbury's North Oxfordshire College are being taught the correct way to fit child car seats.   more...

Magdalen College old boy wins Nobel Prize

A former pupil of a top Oxford school has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his contribution to cancer research.   more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Dancers' tricks of the trade

Student dancers have been taught some of the tricks of the trade -- by one of the country's top dance companies.   more...

McEwan beaten by Carey in Booker climax

Australian author Peter Carey pipped Oxford writer Ian McEwan and four other short-listed candidates to win the Booker Prize last night.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Difficult pupil centres 'must escape cuts'

A former teacher has criticised a decision by Oxfordshire County Council to close two centres for difficult students.   more...

Children swap leaking hut for social club

Organisers of a playgroup forced to move when its hut was condemned as unsafe say they are frustrated that nothing is being done to find them a permanent home.   more...

Vintage car driver died after time-trial crash

A 65-year-old vintage racing car driver died when his 1949 Bentley careered off a course after crossing the finish line and crashed into a tree, an inquest heard.   more...

Faulty car park pay machines face axe

Faulty payment machines at Oxford's Westgate car park need to be replaced at a cost of £130,000.   more...

Mayor pledges to fight proposal

Health managers have revealed plans to move Wantage Hospital out of the town, despite a £160,000 refurbishment.   more...

Students help choose own building design

Student architects will help decide on plans to revamp their ageing university building.   more...

Village has its own post office again

A new sub post office opens in Blewbury today - 18 months after the village's previous post office closed.   more...

More shelters for bus passengers

Bus shelters and improved waiting areas for passengers will be provided in central Oxford thanks to a £150,000 cash boost.   more...

The end of our town hall as we know it?

Reg Little reports on big changes to the way we are governed locally introduced this week   more...

Democratic dawn or bureaucratic nightmare?

Reg Little looks at how the new parliaments/area committees for city government will work . . .   more...

Care in crisis: Independence under threat

Alison Bartlett looks at how the financial crisis in the county's social services department will affect disabled people striving to live in their own home   more...

Care in crisis: Will care support be taken away?

Alison Bartlett reports on fears that cuts to the social services budget will hit home care   more...

Care in crisis: Learning to dispel hostel myths

Two decades ago people with learning disabilities were either hidden away in large institutions or cared for by their families.   more...

Grants error denies needy

Disabled and elderly people have been refused grants for vital repairs to their homes after Oxford City Council mistakenly spent the money - despite being legally entitled to the cash.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

U's fight red card

OXFORD United boss Mark Wright has confirmed the club will appeal against the sending-off of Wayne Hatswell at Lincoln on Saturday, but has admitted they will not try to get Martin Thomas's red card overturned.   more...

Billiards: Young Boone gets Forum off to flying start

Kidlington Forum B made a fine start to their new Oxford and District League Division 1 campaign by securing maximum points with an 8-2 victory over Morris Motors A.   more...

Bowls: Resullts

OXFORD CITY & COUNTY INDOOR LEAGUES   more...

Speedway: Cheetahs ready for the big party

Stand by for flying champagne corks and balloons galore as JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs receive the Sky Sports Elite League trophy at Oxford Stadium on Friday (October 19).   more...

Speedway: Lukas beats the odds to book GP passage

Lukas Dryml defied the odds with a superlative performance in Slovenia at the weekend to reach next year's Grand Prix.   more...

Ice hockey: Stars denied a double

Oxford City Stars started their double header weekend with a 10-2 victory over Flintshire Freeze on Saturday, but were foiled the next day when their match at Basingstoke Buffalo was abandoned due to dangerous ice conditions.   more...

Rugby: Blues beaten again

Gloucester 28, Oxford University 22   more...

Ice hockey: Hole stops play

Sunday's Oxford Stars match at Basingstoke Buffalo was abandoned after a hole was discovered in the ice.   more...

Bowls: Oxford claim top cup scalp

Oxford and District produced a magnificent performance to see off Whiteknights, Reading, in the first round of the Denny Cup.   more...

Wantage News

Mayor pledges to fight proposal

Health managers have revealed plans to move Wantage Hospital out of the town, despite a £160,000 refurbishment.   more...

Witney News

Vintage car driver died after time-trial crash

A 65-year-old vintage racing car driver died when his 1949 Bentley careered off a course after crossing the finish line and crashed into a tree, an inquest heard.   more...

  
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