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Stories for 03 January 2003

Oxfordshire Business

Gloomy predictions for business year

This year has started with a range of gloomy predictions.   more...

Amey chief to leave company

Struggling services company Amey will part company with its chief executive at the end of next month.   more...

Administrators will try to sell F1 team

Receivers have been appointed to the Arrows Formula One team, which last month made 250 staff redundant.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Standards group urges consumers to be vigilant

Trading standards advisers are warning people to be on their guard for dodgy deals which could leave them out of pocket.   more...

Commuters hit out at 'disguised' rises

Commuters have accused Thames Trains of disguising fare price rises of up to 20 per cent.   more...

Sex traps instill fear in fishy foreigners

Scientists in Oxfordshire are using the pulling power of chemical 'sex traps' to catch foreign crayfish taking over British watersways.   more...

Security fears force Scouts to alter plan

Teenagers from Oxfordshire taking part in an international Scout camp in Thailand have been forced to cancel a visit to the Philippines due to security fears.   more...

Recreation ground to get makeover

Work to transform a dilapidated Kidlington recreation ground into a modern and safe play area is set to start within weeks.   more...

Vandals caused crash, say police

Vandals who smashed the control box of traffic lights in Oxford could be responsible for causing a serious car crash.   more...

Repaving work to begin

Shoppers will soon face more major disruption in Cornmarket Street in Oxford when a £3.3m repaving scheme gets under way.   more...

Scouts line up rail show

Hordes of rail enthusiasts are expected to gather in Kidlington this weekend as the village scout group hosts a two-day model railway exhibition.   more...

Thief took purse and telephone

A robber attacked a woman as she bent down to tie her shoelace in Oxford at about 6pm on New Year's Day.   more...

Worshippers push for prayers centre

Sikhs want a permanent place of worship in Oxford but the city council says it cannot afford to help financially without increasing council tax.   more...

Gas leak shuts road

A road was closed following a gas leak yesterday morning.   more...

Son waits for news of missing mother

The son of missing grandmother Greta Verdin spent an anxious Christmas hoping for news of his mother's whereabouts.   more...

Drum corps duo go to the Devils

Trumpet players Steven Blakeley, 20, and Mark Dearlove, 19, have been following in each other footsteps since they joined the Boys Brigade more than 10 years ago.   more...

Three held over death

Three women have been arrested in connection with the death of a man found unconscious outside an Oxfordshire pub early on New Year's Day.   more...

Fire destroys thatch

A couple watched as fire badly damaged their thatched cottage.   more...

Future looks bright for troubled social club

Members of a social club in Bicester celebrated the New Year knowing they had put all their troubles behind them and could look forward to a bright future.   more...

Pitch project poised to proceed

A village football pitch project got a surprise Christmas present -- a £35,000 cash boost.   more...

Towns and parishes raise tax demands

Town and parish councils in west Oxfordshire are putting an average 5.7 per cent increase on their council tax levies for the coming year.   more...

Two village venues branch out

January is the 'Month of the Tree' in the village of Bampton.   more...

Woman in court over drugs cash

A heavily pregnant woman appeared in court at Witney charged with possessing money connected with drug trafficking.   more...

Hold-ups ahead

Motorists are being warned of delays on the A4095 Witney to North Leigh road from Monday.   more...

Roadworks warning

Motorists are being warned of delays on the A415 between Witney and Standlake from Monday as work aimed at reducing accidents on a dangerous bend gets under way.   more...

Student aims for peak fitness

Crowmarsh student Jennifer Pearce plans to tackle Britain's three highest peaks in 24 hours to raise money to help her teach children in Africa.   more...

Villagers net faster access

Computer users in three south Oxfordshire villages can look forward to faster Internet access after 450 people pledged to subscribe to a faster service.   more...

Walk on the wild side

More than 70 people welcomed in the new year with a six-mile sponsored walk in and around Abingdon.   more...

School 'reunion' boosts charities

Pub customers who took part in a series of school uniform fancy dress races have raised more than £1,500 for charity.   more...

County braces itself as the sandbags pile up

The start of the year brought chaos for hundreds of people as heavy rainfall flooded homes and roads.   more...

Pub bulldozed by its owner

An Oxfordshire farmer who bulldozed his own pub because he could not get served was still being sought by police today.   more...

Man stabbed 24 times, jury told

Two Didcot teenagers stabbed and bludgeoned a homeless friend to death because they thought he had grassed on a mutual friend for shoplifting, a court heard.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Underdogs prepare for a grand day out

At a time of the year when everyone around them has let their hair down, tomorrow is Oxford United's turn.   more...

Class gap worries Crozzer

Andy Crosby admits that Oxford United will go to Arsenal with this thought at the back of their minds - let's not get tonked!   more...

Saturday fixtures

Football matches scheduled for Saturday, January 4, 2003   more...

Underdogs prepare for a grand day out

At a time of the year when everyone around them has let their hair down, tomorrow is Oxford United's turn.   more...

Class gap worries Crozzer

Andy Crosby admits that Oxford United will go to Arsenal with this thought at the back of their minds - let's not get tonked!   more...

Boss Gee keeping fingers crossed

Cherry Red Records Hellenic League preview   more...

Boss Brock asks for more!

Banbury United boss Kevin Brock has praised the efforts of all his players and asked them for more of the same in the second half of the season.   more...

Lamont's line-up fears

Abingdon Town boss Pete Lamont is sweating on the fitness of Anthony Burden, Luke Beauchamp and Mark Scanes ahead of their game at fellow Ryman Division 2 high-fliers Hungerford.   more...

McIntosh back up front

Kelvin McIntosh is set to lead the line for Oxford City at Yeading in Ryman League Division 1 North on Saturday.   more...

Smith shakes off injury

Rob Smith has recovered from injury for Thame United's Ryman Division 1 North game at Berkhamsted on Saturday after shaking off an ankle problem.   more...

Brave Ben can race again

Ben King, the Garsington amateur jockey who had a brush with death after being kicked in the head in an horrific fall last April, is set to complete a remarkable recovery by returning to race-riding on Sunday.   more...

Sunday fixtures

Football matches scheduled for Sunday, January 5, 2003   more...

Bramley signs up for Hawks

Henley Hawks have signed former England Under 21 and Cambridge University skipper Richard Bramley.   more...

Saturday fixtures

Rugby matches scheduled for Saturday, January 4, 2003   more...

Fixture switched

Oxford Harlequins' South West Division 2 East fixture against Wimborne has been switched to Chipping Norton School (Saturday, 2pm) because the Horspath Road pitches are waterlogged.   more...

  
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