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Stories for 11 November 2002

Oxfordshire Business

Harley-Davidson dealership planned

American motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson has announced another major commitment in the Oxford area. more...

Service matches firms with suppliers

Oxfordshire companies looking for advice to help them do business are being offered a helping hand. more...

Saliva drug to undergo trial

A drug created from the saliva of ticks is to be tested on people with hay fever. more...

Orchid in crisis over share price

A US biotech company which owns a DNA-testing business in Abingdon is facing a crisis over its plummeting share price. more...

Oxfordshire News

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Precinct receives security boost

Security gates to protect an Oxford shopping precinct from vandals and thieves could be installed within a month after a two-year campaign by residents and traders. more...

Shock as workers secretly move car

A driver was left baffled after police threatened to impound her car because it was parked illegally. more...

Receptionist leaves after 35 years

Patients and medical staff have all bid a sad farewell to a receptionist who has worked at an Oxford GP surgery for the last 35 years. more...

Student rescued after plunging into river 'for a bet'

An Oxford student who jumped into the River Thames 'for a bet' is lucky to be alive, according to a senior firefighter. more...

Royal date for Miss England

Miss England, Daniella Luan, from Oxford, joined 90 other Miss World contestants for a Royal dinner attended by Prince Edward. more...

Work really can be stupefying

A group of A-Level students have been given a knock-out tour of Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital to mark National Anaesthesia Day. more...

Funding plea for books scheme

A popular free book scheme for children is in crisis because a sponsorship deal is due to run out. more...

Stray firework damages roof

Firefighters helped repair a roof, following an accident caused by a stray firework. more...

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Mother admits possessing amphetamines

A single mother who admitted possessing a large quantity of illegal drugs was given a conditional discharge. more...

Asylum dispute: `public pays bill'

A Banbury councillor has called the row over a proposed asylum seekers centre at Bicester a taxpayers' scandal. more...

Traffic queues built up on the southbound M40 early today (November 11) between junctions 10 and 11 -- between Banbury and the Cherwell Valley services at Ardley -- as drivers slowed down to look at a lorry on fire on the northbound carriageway. more...

Officers warn of cashpoint fraud

Cashpoint users in Oxford have been warned to be on their guard after a series of distraction thefts in the city. more...

Flats 'would increase danger'

Residents are complaining that a housing development would make a stretch of road dangerous for pedestrians. more...

Royal date for Miss England

Miss England, Daniella Luan, from Oxford, joined 90 other Miss World contestants for a Royal dinner attended by Prince Edward. more...

Wine benefits rainforest

The great-nephew of the late former Prime Minister Sir Antony Eden visited Oxford to explain that drinking a glass of wine can be good for the environment. more...

Health alert over fake whisky

Counterfeit whisky contaminated with dangerous levels of methanol could be on sale in Oxfordshire. more...

Pay to sleep at home

People who do not want to join the Oxford Big Sleep-Out can stay in their own beds next Saturday night (November 23) -- for a small fee. more...

Appeal for information about missing pensioner

An Oxford pensioner who went missing last week has still not returned home. more...

Railway questions

A meeting of the Rail Passengers' Thames Trains Committee is to be held in the Town Hall, Oxford, tomorrow (November 12). more...

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Solider sets off for cooking 'World Cup'

A Bicester-based soldier has set off for Luxembourg to take part in a world championship catering competition. more...

Soldier chef wins silver medal

A part-time soldier walked away with a silver medal at a cooking competition. more...

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Former prisoner missing

David Blagdon, who served 24 years in prison, has still not returned to a police bail hostel after going missing. more...

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Thief takes charity box from shop

Witney baker Gerald Stokes has condemned a thief who stole a box used to collect money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. more...

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Pupils collect gifts for refugees

Children at a Wallingford school have been working hard to help make Christmas a happier time for refugee children in eastern Europe. more...

Army officer in blanket appeal

A Territorial Army officer is appealing for blankets and bedding to help refugees in Bosnia. more...

City pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Veteran uncovers wartime relic

A war veteran who took part in an assault on Nazi positions in 1945 returned to the site in Germany 57 years later and was stunned to unearth a Sten gun in a muddy field. more...

New bus routes link with centre

Bus services are being introduced to link residential areas of Abingdon with the town centre. more...

Officers' success praised

The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Peter Neyroud, is to commend officers who successfully cracked down on robberies in Oxfordshire. more...

Police continue search of river for boy, 12

Hopes of finding a 12-year-old boy alive after he slipped into the River Thames while fishing with a friend are rapidly fading. more...

County pays tribute to fallen heroes

Silence fell across Oxfordshire yesterday, as people stood to remember those who lost their lives in war. more...

Only parents can save city school

An Oxford school will close unless a sharp decline in pupil numbers can be quickly reversed. more...

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