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Stories for 20 April 2002

Oxfordshire News

City teachers first to get help with buying homes

Teachers are being helped to buy their own homes, as part of a scheme to tackle Oxfordshire's recruitment crisis.   more...

River sport complex scheme founders

A £2M river sports complex in Oxford has been dealt a fatal blow after the clubs involved failed to agree on how the project would be run.   more...

Blackwell's row goes on in secret

THE Blackwell family row is set to simmer on behind closed doors after the postponement of an extraordinary general meeting.   more...

Hospitals will look brighter

A rainbow of colour is being introduced at Oxfordshire's major hospitals to brighten up wards and corridors.   more...

Police search for mother and daughters

Police are no closer to knowing the whereabouts of a mother and her two young daughters who are missing from their Oxfordshire home.   more...

Woman jailed for pub attack

A woman who attacked an RAF worker with a pint glass after a drinking session has been jailed for six months.   more...

£35m hospital plan given green light

A finance deal has been struck for the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre's new £35m hospital, allowing construction to start next month.   more...

Schools fear Budget could cost them jobs

Schools could be forced to cut staff in order to pay the increased National Insurance contributions ann- ounced in this week's Budget.   more...

Housekeepers win £15m court battle

The devoted housekeepers of an elderly Oxford heiress can keep the £1.5m fortune she left them in her will, a High Court judge has ruled.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Kassam pledge to boss Atkins

FIROZ Kassam says Ian Atkins will have the money to bring up to around five new players in during the summer, writes JON MURRAY.   more...

United go for youth

OXFORD United boss Ian Atkins will again have a young side out for the final match at home to Darlington today, because none of the players who are being released will figure.   more...

Thomas back to Swansea?

MARTIN Thomas could be set for a move back to his old club Swansea City, writes JON MURRAY.   more...

Ace Adams can't save Cheetahs

Oxford 44, Coventry 46   more...