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Oxfordshire | Archive | 2002 | July

Stories for 04 July 2002

Oxfordshire Business

Optics firm cuts 70 jobs as shares rise

Telecoms components maker Bookham Technology is to cut 70 jobs as it closes its factories in Swindon and the US. more...

Firm wins £50m defence deal

Management at an Oxfordshire firm are celebrating after landing a £50m Ministry of Defence contract. more...

Trio win funding from scheme

Three Oxfordshire firms have won funding from a £4m Government grant scheme. more...

Somerfield puts £75m into stores

Supermarket chain Somerfield plans to splash out on luring shoppers back to its stores, after going into the black for the first time in three years. more...

Stobart tests truck security system

A pioneering firm which specialises in lorry security is having its key product tested by one of the biggest players in the industry. more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Oxford Stage Company has turned the clock back at the Oxford Playhouse to the era of flappers, cigarette holders and cocktail shakers for its new production of Hay Fever, one of the most delightful comedies from the pen of 'The Master', NoÎl Coward. more...

Oxfordshire News

Shopping centre clears hurdle

The redevelopment of Didcot town centre cleared another major hurdle this week when the Government approved a compulsory purchase order for the last piece of land needed for the proposed Orchard Centre. more...

Pupils display host of skills

Young painters and sculptors showed off their work at a school exhibition. more...

Street to be named after popular village couple

Popular parish clerk George Ross and his wife Carole are to have a street named after them to mark more than 25 years serving their village. more...

Engineer conquers three African peaks for charity

Athlete Robert Treadwell pushed himself to the limits of physical endurance when he set out to climb not one, but three African mountains in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. more...

Swimmers risk lives at bridge

Calls have been made for a halt to two long standing 'traditions' in Wallingford -- breaking into the riverside pools to swim after hours and jumping from the river bridge -- before someone is killed. more...

Planners speed up after warning

Planners in Oxford -- once labelled the slowest in the country -- have received a vote of confidence from Government minister Lord Rooker. more...

Officers urge council to fight asylum centre bid

Councillors are being advised to object to Home Office proposals for an asylum seekers centre outside Bicester. more...

Women step up for Rotary

Wallingford's two Rotary Clubs have both elected female presidents for the first time. more...

Cooking not scary, star tells pupils

Cookery writer and TV personality Sophie Grigson advised pupils not to be frightened of cookery when she spent a morning at Didcot Girls' School. more...

Holidays delay market negotiations

A meeting between Wantage Town Council and market traders over parking charges was postponed because several traders were on holiday. more...

Cancer victim's cats need homes

The family of a disabled man who is terminally ill with cancer are appealing for new homes for his two cats to set his mind at rest. more...

Women fail in bid to reopen shop

Three women have failed in their attempt to reopen their village shop and post office. more...

Taking adage 'break a leg' seriously

When Eric Leadbetter fell head first down 16 stairs at the Sinodun Theatre in Wallingford the new show Oliver! looked in trouble. more...

Injury training needed

Too few parents have any training in first aid, according to paramedic Malcolm Wilkins. more...

Wantage election hopefuls named

The candidates for a town council by-election in Wantage have been named. more...

Young gymnasts jump up for annual display

About 100 young gymnasts from across the county will be leaping, tumbling and somersaulting their way to Wheatley Park School on July 6. more...

New bus helps JR patients

WALLINGFORD bus passengers wanting to get to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford now have a new service to help them. more...

Slimmers succeed

A slimming club leader has helped 80 slimmers lose 225 stone in her first year. more...

101-year-old to open shop

Watlington's oldest resident will be joined by a newborn baby to open the town's refurbished Co-op supermarket on July 5. more...

Two-tier system better for pupils, say teachers

UPPER school teachers claim the closure of Oxford's middle schools will improve pupil performance. more...

Minister approves £60m cancer unit

A new £60m cancer unit, approved on July 4, will make Oxford a centre of excellence for treatment and research. more...

Memorial honours prison reformer

The great-great-niece of Oxford prison reformer Felicia Skene has unveiled a blue plaque in her honour. more...

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