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Stories for 06 December 2001

Abingdon News

Model town down under

Miniature versions of Abingdon's historic buildings are being crafted in Australia as part of a model theme park. more...

Table tennis: Stevenson is the star

Jim Stevenson starred for DPS A in their 8-2 win against RAL A in Division 1 of the Didcot & District League. more...

Banbury News

Gipsies on verge of being evicted

Travellers who have left rubbish, including old cars, on a grass verge between Wootton and Sandford St Martin will be evicted. more...

Relatives are found

Police searched for two days in an attempt to trace the relatives of a man who was found dead on Monday evening. more...

Bicester News

A spectacular family affair

When anyone in the Andrew family needs new glasses advice is not far away. more...

Accident after call for lower limit

Two cars collided on a busy Bicester road less than a week after its dangers were highlighted by residents. more...

Magic of princess

Mother Goose transforms herself into a princess at the end of the pantomime by Arncott Players. more...

Bicester Salvation Army needs volunteers to help with its annual Christmas Day lunch. People are needed to drive guests to and from the hall at Hart Place, Bicester, and to come along to chat to guests before lunch. The day starts with morning service at 11am. Anyone who would like to volunteer or make a donation towards costs should call 01869 322891 or 01869 369160 more...

Festive fair

Bure Park Primary School, Lucerne Way, Bicester, holds a Christmas fair tomorrow December 7 from 6 to 9pm. Santa will be in his grotto and stalls include tombola, mince pies and refreshments, Christmas gifts and a raffle. Admission is 50p for adults, free to children. more...

Give blood

Nurses will be visiting the Methodist Church Hall, Victoria Road, Bicester, on Thursday, December 13, between 10.30am and 12.25pm, and 2pm and 3.55pm, to take blood. more...

Didcot News

Town challenges CCTV plan

A town council says funding plans for CCTV cameras proposed for south Oxfordshire's four main towns are unfair. more...

Burglars spin doorstep tale

A gang of burglars distracted an elderly woman by telling her a tale about an injured deer to steal thousands of pounds worth of jewellery. more...

Projects shelved as cash runs out

Seven major projects in south Oxfordshire must be shelved until April because the district council has run out of money to fund them. more...

Chairman's message

South Oxfordshire District Council chairman Eleanor Hards struck a serious note with her Christmas message to residents. more...

Safety class

Students studying leisure and recreation at Didcot Girls' School were attending a health and safety workshop at Oxford United Football Club's Kassam Stadium today. more...

Table tennis: Stevenson is the star

Jim Stevenson starred for DPS A in their 8-2 win against RAL A in Division 1 of the Didcot & District League. more...

Oxford News

Amnesty to combat car dumping

New moves are being made to clear Oxford streets of abandoned cars. more...

People power to keep rink open

The Oxford Ice Rink could be saved from closure thanks to the enthusiasm of a new users' group. more...

Historic buildings' sale

Cash-strapped Oxford City Council is to sell three of its historic city centre properties. more...

Prescription for great service

Kidney patients are being offered a drug delivery service to cut down long waits at an Oxford hospital pharmacy. more...

Baton links Queen's Jubilee and games

Oxford and surrounding towns will form part of the Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay to mark the launch of the Commonwealth Games. more...

Imitation shotgun found at address

A balaclava, a claw hammer, a knife and steel tubes stuck together to resemble a shotgun were seized from the home of men accused of three armed raids on massage parlours in Oxford. more...

Free parking spaces return

Shoppers taking advantage of restored free parking in Broad Street, Oxford, were welcomed by traders giving out £10 gift vouchers. more...

Council deal spirals by £150,000

Oxford city council officers have been asked to keep councillors better informed after a property deal cost £150,000 more than the original estimate. more...

Marine makes grade

An Oxfordshire teenager has successfully completed the demanding 30-week training course to become a Royal Marine Commando. more...

New look for store with past

A convenience store that has served an Oxford community for 65 years has re-opened its doors after a major refurbishment. more...

Ride out road jams

Christmas shoppers are being reminded to take advantage of Oxford's Park-and-Ride sites as the city centre becomes busier in the run-up to the festivities. more...

Big switch-on

Kidlington's Christmas light display in Oxford Road, Banbury Road, and High Street will be turned on tomorrow Friday, December 7 at 7.15pm. The honour of turning on the lights has fallen to Elinor Smith, ten, a pupil at Tackley Primary School. more...

Group closes

Members of Cumnor Mothers' Union group met for the last time on Tuesday for communion at St Michael's Church, having voted last month to close the branch due to falling numbers and lack of interest. more...

Greyhounds: Tomorrow's Oxford Card

11.26 450m A8 more...

Golf: Super Stewart is Welsh junior

Oxford City junior Stewart Hamilton has rounded off a wonderful season by being selected for the Welsh under 18 squad. more...

Football: Wiley hits target

Morrells Oxford Sunday League more...

Rugby: Hounds are tethered

Oxford Greyhounds 20, more...

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

Bowls: Ace Gillett bows out

Oxfordshire's No 1 bowler Les Gillett has suffered another blow in the early stages of the national indoor championships. more...

Golf: Bubbly Boulter fires ace

Champagne celebrations were the order of the day after Veronica Boulter holed in one on the par three 127-yard second at Magnolia Park. more...

Football: Sandman's clinical success, plus other matches

UTV Autotype League more...

Football: Dove shatters Burford, plus other matches

OFA Sam Waters Cup more...

Oxfordshire Business

Energy giant workers' jobs still in doubt

Oxford workers at energy giant Enron Direct are still in doubt about the future of their jobs, despite the firm being bought by Centrica subsidiary British Gas Trading. more...

County move for national firms

Two national technology-transfer organisations have chosen Oxfordshire as the site for their offices. more...

Power of computer grid is amazing

A revolutionary system that is likely to change the world of computers was explained to businesses in Oxfordshire by Government scientists. more...

Stationery firm expands

Retailer WH Smith is to create 3,000 jobs and open 120 new stores over the next three years. more...

Developers win

Wallingford retirement home developer Beechcroft has won a gold award at the What House? Awards ceremony held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. The company's Allcourt development in Lechlade won the Best Retirement Development prize. Managing director Christopher Thompson received the award from Olympic rower Mathew Pinsent. more...

Charitable gift

Laing Property's development at Trade City, off Purchas Road, has given £250 to Sobell House Hospice. The company has a policy of giving to charities close to its developments. Kate Dean said: "We are pleased to donate money to the hospice. Its commitment to improving the life of patients is invaluable." more...

Oxfordshire Education

Elves' magic raises £1,000

Santa's helpers were worth their weight in gold when they lent a hand at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Primary School's Christmas fair. more...

Marine makes grade

An Oxfordshire teenager has successfully completed the demanding 30-week training course to become a Royal Marine Commando. more...

Pantaloons' panto

Humpty Dumpty staged his great fall in Cholsey, near Wallingford, at the weekend. more...

Pupils aid appeal

The driving enthusiasm of village schoolchildren is helping raise money for the elderly. more...

First-class event

Students taking maths and English classes provided by Kumon, the private tutorial service, will gather to celebrate their achievements at the University Museum's lecture theatre in Parks Road at 5pm on Saturday 8th. Certificates and medals will be awarded to high-achieving pupils by the Lord Mayor Cllr Peter Moss. more...

Festive fair

Safety class

Students studying leisure and recreation at Didcot Girls' School were attending a health and safety workshop at Oxford United Football Club's Kassam Stadium today. more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Baton links Queen's Jubilee and games

Oxford and surrounding towns will form part of the Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay to mark the launch of the Commonwealth Games. more...

Library turns a new page

Book lovers in the Wychwoods have been rewarded with a new library. more...

Victorian festivities

Wallingford is winding back the clock for tonight's annual Victorian Evening. more...

Notable success

The Wantage Silver Band was placed second in the Buckinghamshire & District Contest, winning the Knoeckner-Mueller Cup. This was the band's last contest in a year in which it won three first places as well as a second and a third place in events across the country. Sections of the band are providing music for the Dickensian evening tomorrow and the mayor's carol concert next Thursday December 13. more...

Helpers plea

Animal aid

Carterton vet Joe Inglis, who featured in the TV series Vets In Practice, is taking a celebrity spot to help an animal charity. He is drawing the prizewinning tickets in the Christmas raffle for theOxford Animal Sanctuary. The draw takes place at the sanctuary's shop in Corn Street, Witney, on December 14. more...

Festive fair

Big switch-on

Time to party

Members of Witney's branch of the University of the Third Age will be holding their Christmas party on Thursday, December 20, starting at 2pm in the Langdale Hall. more...

Santa's tour

Father Christmas will be touring the streets of Chinnor in the evenings between Monday and December 21, raising funds for the Village Centre. more...

Farmers' Market

Thame's next Farmers' Market, held in conjunction with the street market, will be on Tuesday, December 11, between 8.30 am and 1.30pm. more...

Craft show

A Christmas craft fair will be held on Friday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15, in Burford Methodist Hall from 10am to 5pm. more...

Lunch date

Towersey pensioners are having a special lunch party in the Memorial Hall on January 6, at 12.30pm more...

Grotto visit

Santa's Grotto will be at the Cotswold Wildlife Park from December 15 to 24. more...

Magic of princess

Mother Goose transforms herself into a princess at the end of the pantomime by Arncott Players. more...

Drama club needs help

A youth theatre group with 100 members is calling on volunteers to come forward and help out. more...

Oxfordshire News

Model town down under

Miniature versions of Abingdon's historic buildings are being crafted in Australia as part of a model theme park. more...

Amnesty to combat car dumping

New moves are being made to clear Oxford streets of abandoned cars. more...

Intoximeter is accurate

Claims that breath-testing devices used by Thames Valley Police are flawed have been thrown out by the High Court. more...

Historic buildings' sale

Cash-strapped Oxford City Council is to sell three of its historic city centre properties. more...

Prescription for great service

Kidney patients are being offered a drug delivery service to cut down long waits at an Oxford hospital pharmacy. more...

Baton links Queen's Jubilee and games

Oxford and surrounding towns will form part of the Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay to mark the launch of the Commonwealth Games. more...

Imitation shotgun found at address

A balaclava, a claw hammer, a knife and steel tubes stuck together to resemble a shotgun were seized from the home of men accused of three armed raids on massage parlours in Oxford. more...

Burglars spin doorstep tale

A gang of burglars distracted an elderly woman by telling her a tale about an injured deer to steal thousands of pounds worth of jewellery. more...

MP's home in limelight

Planners will visit the estate of former Witney MP Shaun Woodward before deciding whether to grant planning permission for stables and barns to be converted into business units. more...

Rowing back to our roots

When rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave won his fifth Olympic gold medal last year he put rowing well and truly on the map. Until then it had been seen as the preserve of the privileged few -- a sport where the class divide ruled. more...

Relatives are found

Police searched for two days in an attempt to trace the relatives of a man who was found dead on Monday evening. more...

Axe looms for rural buses

One of Oxfordshire's leading bus companies is to pull out of running key rural routes. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: Anxious United fix up Millwall friendly

Oxford United have set up a friendly match with Millwall today after being thwarted by the weather in their latest attempt to give players returning from injury the chance to improve their fitness. more...

Bowls: Ace Gillett bows out

Oxfordshire's No 1 bowler Les Gillett has suffered another blow in the early stages of the national indoor championships. more...

Greyhounds: Tomorrow's Oxford Card

11.26 450m A8 more...

Cricket: Rowant's tribute to loyal servant

When Peter Lambourne first walked to the wicket for Aston Rowant in the summer of 1942, he recalls the pitch was covered in buttercups, a sight long departed from the English cricket scene. more...

Football: Dove shatters Burford, plus other matches

OFA Sam Waters Cup more...

Golf: Super Stewart is Welsh junior

Oxford City junior Stewart Hamilton has rounded off a wonderful season by being selected for the Welsh under 18 squad. more...

Thame News

Cricket: Rowant's tribute to loyal servant

When Peter Lambourne first walked to the wicket for Aston Rowant in the summer of 1942, he recalls the pitch was covered in buttercups, a sight long departed from the English cricket scene. more...

Town challenges CCTV plan

A town council says funding plans for CCTV cameras proposed for south Oxfordshire's four main towns are unfair. more...

Projects shelved as cash runs out

Seven major projects in south Oxfordshire must be shelved until April because the district council has run out of money to fund them. more...

Peace flame's journey in doubt

Churchgoers in Chinnor fear a Christmas tradition may be affected by unrest in the Middle East. more...

Hope for German twin town

A successful trip to Germany could soon give Thame another twin town. more...

Drama club needs help

A youth theatre group with 100 members is calling on volunteers to come forward and help out. more...

Chairman's message

South Oxfordshire District Council chairman Eleanor Hards struck a serious note with her Christmas message to residents. more...

Church cash

An appeal letter sent to houses in Aston Rowant and Kingston Blount netted almost £5,500 for restoration work at Aston Rowant Church. The fund stands at more than £114,000, about £5,000 more than the budgeted costs. Work is being done on the tower and the porch is to be redecorated. more...

Toy appeal

Staff at Travelcare in High Street, Thame, have launched an appeal for gifts and toys for children who will spend Christmas in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. They are asking local people to help them fill Santa's suitcase, which is in the shop. more...

Building plans

Atlet is asking South Oxfordshire District Council for permission to build a new service yard storage and plant room at its new premises on the industrial estate behind Jane Morbey Road, Thame. more...

Santa's tour

Father Christmas will be touring the streets of Chinnor in the evenings between Monday and December 21, raising funds for the Village Centre. more...

Farmers' Market

Thame's next Farmers' Market, held in conjunction with the street market, will be on Tuesday, December 11, between 8.30 am and 1.30pm. more...

Lunch date

Towersey pensioners are having a special lunch party in the Memorial Hall on January 6, at 12.30pm more...

Wallingford News

Town challenges CCTV plan

A town council says funding plans for CCTV cameras proposed for south Oxfordshire's four main towns are unfair. more...

Villagers fear health risks over mast plans

Plans to put up a large telecommunications mast in the heart of Cholsey, near Wallingford, have provoked opposition. more...

Projects shelved as cash runs out

Seven major projects in south Oxfordshire must be shelved until April because the district council has run out of money to fund them. more...

Elves' magic raises £1,000

Santa's helpers were worth their weight in gold when they lent a hand at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Primary School's Christmas fair. more...

Pantaloons' panto

Humpty Dumpty staged his great fall in Cholsey, near Wallingford, at the weekend. more...

Victorian festivities

Wallingford is winding back the clock for tonight's annual Victorian Evening. more...

Chairman's message

South Oxfordshire District Council chairman Eleanor Hards struck a serious note with her Christmas message to residents. more...

Ban on cyclists

Cyclists in Wallingford's Bullcroft park will soon be deterred by Pedestrian Only signs. more...

Cash award

A grant of £383 from South Oxfordshire District Council will be spent on a facilities for Ewelme village hall. more...

Wantage News

Projects shelved as cash runs out

Seven major projects in south Oxfordshire must be shelved until April because the district council has run out of money to fund them. more...

Chairman's message

South Oxfordshire District Council chairman Eleanor Hards struck a serious note with her Christmas message to residents. more...

Notable success

Christmas talk

A talk entitled Preparation for Christmas takes place in the Holy Trinity Church, Charlton, next Wednesday, at 2.30pm. more...

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