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Stories for 21 February 2002

Abingdon News

Trailers scheme

South Oxfordshire District Council is being asked to approve the use of Sandpits Covert, Baldon Lane, Marsh Baldon, for residential use of mobile homes and storing fairground equipment, vehicles, trailers, machinery and other materials. more...

Table tennis: Drayton looking doomed

Drayton A look doomed to relegation from Division 1 of the Didcot & District League after a 9-1 defeat by Didcot Power Station A. more...

Banbury News

Bicester News

Golf: Cheers as City celebrate title

Oxford City led the celebrations when the Shaw and Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League held their presentation evening at Drayton Park GC. more...

District prepares hi-tech upgrade

Cherwell is set to spend half-a-million pounds upgrading security cameras in the district. more...

Didcot News

Councillor registers disapproval

A parish councillor has threatened to resign rather than complete a new register which details personal and financial interests. more...

Traders angry at council veto

Shopkeepers in Didcot are angry that its council has rejected proposals to install CCTV cameras in the town. more...

Special appeal for arts centre

Thame wants its planned arts centre to be considered a special case to get millions of pounds out of South Oxfordshire District Council. more...

Break-up led to killing

A barman claimed a traumatic break-up with his girlfriend propelled him into a cycle of depression and substance abuse that culminated in him beating a drunk to death outside a pub. more...

Football: Palfrey's late strike seals point

Autotype UTV League more...

Table tennis: Drayton looking doomed

Drayton A look doomed to relegation from Division 1 of the Didcot & District League after a 9-1 defeat by Didcot Power Station A. more...

Oxford News

Train trips power literary tourism

Fans of Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland will steam into Oxford aboard the Orient Express next week as a new era of literary tourism is launched. more...

Penicillin pioneer, 91, is still fighting to save lives

Nearly 60 years after an Oxford biochemist played an instrumental role in discovering penicillin, he and his wife are sending a donation of the antibiotic to Iraq. more...

Next cut on menu is town hall tea

City councillors attending lengthy meetings could be forced to go to McDonald's -- because their regular cooked meal is about to be axed. more...

Landmark restaurant up for sale at £250,000

A restaurant which has been one of Oxford's most popular places to eat for more than 40 years has been put up for sale for £250,000. more...

'Don't axe bus route'

People in Jericho, Oxford, are pressing for their popular local bus service to be kept when the contract comes up for renewal. more...

Scientists examine cannabis treatment

Cannabis could be used as a painkiller by 2004 if Government regulators allow it to be prescribed on the NHS. more...

Wrongfully arrested trio win pay-out

A cameraman and two other journalists who covered an animal rights protest in Oxford have won £18,000 compensation after being wrongfully arrested by Thames Valley Police. more...

Backing for pavement cafes

Pavement cafes could soon be seen on the streets of Oxford city centre after councillors agreed in principle for them to be introduced. more...

Festival celebrates cultural diversity

Young people from across Oxford will celebrate the city's cultural diversity with a festival of music, dance and food. more...

Non-profit firm to run city centre

Business leaders said setting up a not-for-profit company to run Oxford city centre could give it an edge over rival shopping centres. more...

Bravery honoured

An Oxford Royal Marine has won a bravery award for carrying an unstable bomb down a rock face and disposing of it safely at sea. more...

Thieves steal Jenny's six pets

Schoolgirl Jenny Bulstrode was devastated when she found thieves had stolen six of her pets. more...

Family to wait for will verdict

The family of a retired teacher who left most of her £1.5m fortune to her Portuguese housekeeper must wait for the outcome of their bid to prove her will invalid. more...

Street parking increase

More on-street pay-and-display parking spaces are being provided in Oxford city centre, following requests by city businesses. more...

Ministerial Mini boost

The award-winning Mini received Government approval as it gears itself up to sales success in the US and Japan. more...

Five arrested in house raid

Five men were arrested in a police raid on a house in Cowley on Friday. more...

Hunt for robber

Police are hunting a man who robbed Ladbrokes bookmakers in Hollow Way, Cowley, last night at about 5pm. more...

United launch

Oxford United players will help the local launch of Tesco's 'charity of the year' campaign at its store on the Oxford Retail Park on Thursday, March 21, when the company pledges to support the Cystic Fibrosis Trust for the coming year as part of a nationwide initiative. more...

Housing plan

Oxfordshire County Council has unveiled plans to demolish buildings at the Bernwood School site, in North Way, Barton, and replace them with housing. The playing field would be kept as a public open space. more...

Greyhounds: Tomorrow's Oxford Card

11.26 450m A9 more...

Football: Sizzling Simpson bags four-timer

Oxford Morrells Sunday League more...

Bowls: Latest club results

Leonard Denny Memorial more...

Kassam holds rugby talks

Pressure is growing on Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam to clear his debt to the city council, after reports suggested he was planning to buy a Birmingham rugby union club. more...

Table tennis: Brown stars for Begbroke

Begbroke shared the spoils in a 5-5 draw against leaders Haddenham A in their Oxford & District League Division 2 top-of-the-table battle. more...

Golf: Cheers as City celebrate title

Oxford City led the celebrations when the Shaw and Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League held their presentation evening at Drayton Park GC. more...

Football: Darren's back in groove

Nobody is wearing a bigger smile today than Oxford United's Northern Ireland defender Darren Patterson. more...

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

Hundreds of nursing staff quitting our hospitals

Hundreds of nurses are leaving Oxfordshire's major hospitals despite expensive attempts to reduce vacancies. more...

Our men can expect to live longer

Men in Oxfordshire are among the healthiest in England, according to new public health figures. more...

High organ donation rate

Oxfordshire donates the third highest number of organs for transplantation in England, according to new health statistics. more...

Family charity gets cash support

Hundreds of families in Oxfordshire will benefit from a £23,720 Government grant announced this week. more...

Children's Society organises reunion

People brought up in five Oxfordshire children's homes are being invited to a reunion in London. more...

Be prepared for flooding

A leaflet providing advice on flooding has been produced by Oxfordshire County Council's emergency planners. more...

Golf: Club results check

Chipping Norton more...

Cricket: Umpire to the Rescue?

Oxford Rescue Cricket Club are searching for a new umpire to officiate at OCA League matches for the forthcoming season. more...

Oxfordshire Business

Businesses pay the price for lung disease

Lung disease, the UK's biggest killer, causes more than 25 million working days to be lost in the UK each year, according to a survey by the British Lung Foundation. more...

Morrells could be target for bid

Uncertainty surrounds the future of pub company Morrells of Oxford, following reports that it is up for sale. more...

Photo website in focus

Amateur and professional photographers have a new website to help them to get to grips with the digital revolution, thanks to an Oxfordshire firm. more...

B-Line sets standard

The B-Line Business Centre, in Bletchingdon, has achieved a key step in its plans for growth -- an ISO 9001 certificate, given to firms which meet international standards for management. more...

Stage deal

HSBC bank has agreed a £2,000 sponsorship deal with Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company for its production of The Tractor Girls, now on a national tour which includes performances at the Pegasus Theatre, Oxford, tonight and tomorrow. more...

Research boost

The Oxford branch of Debenhams has raised £1,219 from bra, magazine and lipstick sales for the Breast Cancer Campaign to support scientific research in the UK. more...

In charge

Stephen McCarthy, who comes from Bicester, has been appointed area manager for Prime Time Recruitment's industrial recruitment division in Southampton. more...

Oxfordshire Education

Schools join together to start science week

Hands-on design challenges, drama productions and talks from scientists are just some of the events that will bring science alive for pupils in Wantage next week. more...

Children's Society organises reunion

People brought up in five Oxfordshire children's homes are being invited to a reunion in London. more...

Pupils get in the swing

Two VIPs visited the Blake Church of England Primary School in Witney to learn how pupils are helping to improve a play area at Wadard's Meadow. more...

School work under way

Work has begun to build a new primary school in Carterton. more...

Open evening

Our Lady of Lourdes primary school, Witney, is celebrating the completion of a new extension with an open evening for children to show off their work. more...

School bingo

The Friends of Fitzwaryn School, Wantage, are holding a spring bingo session at the school, in Denchworth Road, on Friday, March 8. more...

Oxfordshire Internet

Church is just a click away

An Oxfordshire church has gone on-line with the construction of its own website. more...

Be prepared for flooding

A leaflet providing advice on flooding has been produced by Oxfordshire County Council's emergency planners. more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Train trips power literary tourism

Fans of Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland will steam into Oxford aboard the Orient Express next week as a new era of literary tourism is launched. more...

Repairs force closure of pool

Swimmers in Wantage will have to stay out of the water for up to ten days while urgent work is carried out to repair the town's pool. more...

Children's Society organises reunion

People brought up in five Oxfordshire children's homes are being invited to a reunion in London. more...

Karting aid

A charity based in Witney hopes to make more than £2,000 from a sponsored karting event at Oxford Stadium. more...

Pub panto

Regulars at The Tite Inn, Chadlington, are staging their annual pantomime from March 14 to 16 in the pub, in aid of Chadlington Primary School. more...

United launch

Garden shop

A shop which serves gardeners will re-open on Saturday, March 2. more...

School bingo

The Friends of Fitzwaryn School, Wantage, are holding a spring bingo session at the school, in Denchworth Road, on Friday, March 8. more...

Screen chance

Film company Unicorn Productions is seeking adults, children and pets to be film and television extras. more...

Society speaker

Janet Copley will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's Horticultural Society meeting in the Corn Exchange, Witney. more...

Oxfordshire Marketplace

Ministerial Mini boost

The award-winning Mini received Government approval as it gears itself up to sales success in the US and Japan. more...

Businesses pay the price for lung disease

Lung disease, the UK's biggest killer, causes more than 25 million working days to be lost in the UK each year, according to a survey by the British Lung Foundation. more...

Bravery honoured

An Oxford Royal Marine has won a bravery award for carrying an unstable bomb down a rock face and disposing of it safely at sea. more...

Oxfordshire News

Train trips power literary tourism

Fans of Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland will steam into Oxford aboard the Orient Express next week as a new era of literary tourism is launched. more...

Our men can expect to live longer

Men in Oxfordshire are among the healthiest in England, according to new public health figures. more...

Councillor registers disapproval

A parish councillor has threatened to resign rather than complete a new register which details personal and financial interests. more...

'Radical' help for twins

A therapist who has designed a radical form of massage is using it to help muscular dystrophy patients. more...

Festival celebrates cultural diversity

Young people from across Oxford will celebrate the city's cultural diversity with a festival of music, dance and food. more...

Break-up led to killing

A barman claimed a traumatic break-up with his girlfriend propelled him into a cycle of depression and substance abuse that culminated in him beating a drunk to death outside a pub. more...

Bravery honoured

An Oxford Royal Marine has won a bravery award for carrying an unstable bomb down a rock face and disposing of it safely at sea. more...

Family to wait for will verdict

The family of a retired teacher who left most of her £1.5m fortune to her Portuguese housekeeper must wait for the outcome of their bid to prove her will invalid. more...

Ministerial Mini boost

The award-winning Mini received Government approval as it gears itself up to sales success in the US and Japan. more...

Kassam holds rugby talks

Pressure is growing on Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam to clear his debt to the city council, after reports suggested he was planning to buy a Birmingham rugby union club. more...

Next cut on menu is town hall tea

City councillors attending lengthy meetings could be forced to go to McDonald's -- because their regular cooked meal is about to be axed. more...

Wrongfully arrested trio win pay-out

A cameraman and two other journalists who covered an animal rights protest in Oxford have won £18,000 compensation after being wrongfully arrested by Thames Valley Police. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Kassam holds rugby talks

Pressure is growing on Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam to clear his debt to the city council, after reports suggested he was planning to buy a Birmingham rugby union club. more...

Football: Palfrey's late strike seals point

Autotype UTV League more...

Football: Darren's back in groove

Nobody is wearing a bigger smile today than Oxford United's Northern Ireland defender Darren Patterson. more...

Greyhounds: Tomorrow's Oxford Card

11.26 450m A9 more...

Bowls: Latest club results

Leonard Denny Memorial more...

Boxing: Danny's the boy as he reaches semi

Danny Nevin, Thame BC's young prospect, is through to the semi-finals of the National Schoolboys Championship. more...

Table tennis: Brown stars for Begbroke

Begbroke shared the spoils in a 5-5 draw against leaders Haddenham A in their Oxford & District League Division 2 top-of-the-table battle. more...

Golf: Club results check

Chipping Norton more...

Bowls: Chippy trio sent crashing in final

Disaster struck Les Gillett's Chipping Norton side as they were blown away by Slade in the Oxon and Bucks area triples' final of the EIBA National Championships at Oxford City & County. more...

Cricket: Umpire to the Rescue?

Oxford Rescue Cricket Club are searching for a new umpire to officiate at OCA League matches for the forthcoming season. more...

Thame News

Boxing: Danny's the boy as he reaches semi

Danny Nevin, Thame BC's young prospect, is through to the semi-finals of the National Schoolboys Championship. more...

Special appeal for arts centre

Thame wants its planned arts centre to be considered a special case to get millions of pounds out of South Oxfordshire District Council. more...

'Radical' help for twins

A therapist who has designed a radical form of massage is using it to help muscular dystrophy patients. more...

Co-op backs skateboarders

Skateboarders are to open Thame's newly refurbished Co-op shop. more...

£1.22m estate

Olive Routledge, formerly of Hempton Field Nursing Home, Chinnor, has left an estate valued at £1.22m net, mostly to relatives. more...

History talk

A talk by historian John Fox of Wheatley on Holton Park and Holton Hall will be given to members of Great Milton's local history society in the pavilion on Monday February 25 at 7.30pm. more...

Fresh air

The Aga Shop, in Upper High Street, Thame, wants South Oxfordshire District Council's permission to install air conditioning units at the rear of the premises. more...

Wallingford News

Football: Palfrey's late strike seals point

Autotype UTV League more...

Table tennis: Drayton looking doomed

Drayton A look doomed to relegation from Division 1 of the Didcot & District League after a 9-1 defeat by Didcot Power Station A. more...

Compromise could end row over cost of system

Wallingford is hoping for a compromise deal with South Oxfordshire District Council which will get CCTV cameras on its streets without having to pay £17,500 a year. more...

Spedding will

Spy chief Sir David Spedding, formerly of Church Street, Henley, has left an estate valued at £635,931 net. more...

Garden shop

A shop which serves gardeners will re-open on Saturday, March 2. more...

Barns bid

A proposal by TI Engineering to use barns at Pancroft Farm, Cholsey, for light industry has been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council. more...

Wantage News

Schools join together to start science week

Hands-on design challenges, drama productions and talks from scientists are just some of the events that will bring science alive for pupils in Wantage next week. more...

Mayor calls meeting over hospital move

The mayor of Wantage has called a public meeting over concerns that the town's hospital will move to neighbouring Grove. more...

Repairs force closure of pool

Swimmers in Wantage will have to stay out of the water for up to ten days while urgent work is carried out to repair the town's pool. more...

School bingo

The Friends of Fitzwaryn School, Wantage, are holding a spring bingo session at the school, in Denchworth Road, on Friday, March 8. more...

Table tennis: Drayton looking doomed

Drayton A look doomed to relegation from Division 1 of the Didcot & District League after a 9-1 defeat by Didcot Power Station A. more...

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