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Stories for 13 February 2003

Oxfordshire Business

Bankrupt Arrows to sell off its assets

Bankrupt Oxfordshire Formula One team Arrows will not be bought as a business. more...

Vaccine developer gets cash grant

Research by an Oxford biotech company developing a cancer vaccine for pets has been boosted thanks to a major European grant. more...

Garden centre has leisure plans

A garden centre is being given an £8m expansion to develop a leisure complex. more...

Awards for good eggs

Oxfordshire farms producing free range eggs for fast food giant McDonald's have been praised after the company won a major award. more...

Oxfordshire News

Universities receive millions

Oxford University was given more than £60m from the Government to pay for cutting-edge scientific research on February 13. more...

Bike shop decision delayed

Councillors went against the advice of officers in a new twist to a long-running planning saga in Oxford. more...

Campaigners win fight for crossing

Campaigners in Oxford have won their battle to get a crossing near to where a teenager was hit by a car. more...

Kosovar youths deny burglary

Two Kosovar teenagers accused of holding a boy at knifepoint while burgling his Oxford home said they were set up by a man seeking revenge. more...

Motorist not guilty of disguising car

A motorist accused of disguising his car to escape a speeding fine has been acquitted -- escaping a fixed penalty fine despite admitting speeding. more...

Fairtrade spreads message

Campaigners will present giant Valentine's cards to Oxford cafes on February 14 asking them to 'Have a Heart' and switch to using Fairtrade products. more...

Surveyors aid charity

Staff at an Oxford firm of chartered surveyors came up with a three-way plan to help local charities. more...

Arts groups divided over 'inadequate' centre plan

Arts groups are split over plans for a £6.3m arts centre in Didcot. more...

Division develops between Tories

Conservatives in Banbury are divided after a town councillor was overlooked for nomination as a district council candidate. more...

Villages in line for arts treat

Touring theatre groups have been playing to packed audiences in a series of village arts events -- and villagers still have time to catch the remaining performances. more...

Museum marks birthday

Bloxham Museum was celebrating its 21st birthday on February 13 with a party for pensioners today. more...

Phones taken at knifepoint

Two 15-year-old boys were robbed of their mobile phones at knifepoint in Oxford. more...

Cyclist hit by bus

A cyclist was hit from behind by a bus in east Oxford. more...

Waste sites breach licence conditions

Two landfill sites that deal with dangerous waste breached licence conditions 13 times in nine months. more...

Bringing down the curtain

Brothers Peter and John Shipperley are bringing down the curtain on their soft furnishing shop this week. more...

Prison staff and inmates offer support to Victoria

A two-year-old girl's life has been made easier thanks to kind-hearted prison officers and inmates from across the country. more...

Two people lucky to escape chip pan blaze

Two people had a lucky escape when a chip pan caused a fire at a house in Bicester on February 13. more...

Vandals turn car on side

Police in Bicester are hunting a gang of youths who turned an empty car on its side. more...

Motorist seriously ill after crash

A man was seriously ill in intensive care on February 13 following a crash near Bicester. more...

Poet meets some well-versed pupils

Poet John Foster spent a day inspiring Grove pupils to read more poetry and to have a go at writing their own. more...

Home sets standard

A Witney nursing home has been rewarded with an Investor in People award after spending a year introducing new care standards. more...

Baby on board -- just!

Baby boy Cole Wilkerson has started life in the fast lane -- after being born in his parents' car. more...

Pub allays concerns about violence

Fears that violence could return to Wallingford after a riverside pub was dropped from the town's Pub Watch scheme have been allayed. more...

Hopes for supermarket dashed

Wallingford's hopes of getting a Morrison supermarket in the town have been dashed. more...

Motorists face parking blitz

Motorists in Wallingford have been warned that there will be a blitz on illegal parking in the town. more...

Schools unite in specialist bid

Abingdon's three secondary schools are joining forces in a bid to secure £1.7m -- and a professional fundraising company has been recruited to help the schools achieve Specialist Schools Status. more...

GP swaps medical life for his farm in Spain

A GP is retiring to open a farm in Spain after 25 years in an Abingdon surgery. more...

Conservation project goes back to nature

Europe's biggest university-based conservation research project is to quit Oxford for a country mansion near Abingdon. more...

Romantic writing on the wall

An Abingdon school is celebrating St Valentine's Day on February 14 with a special wall where students can post their messages -- and secrecy is guaranteed. more...

`£125m hospital will cost £600m'

Union leaders fear a private deal to fund a £125m hospital expansion in Oxford could leave NHS managers in deep financial crisis. more...

Police forced to rely on more junior officers

Junior officers are filling in as inspectors and sergeants as Thames Valley Police faces a staffing crisis. more...

Our Job Fair draws crowds

Thousands of people were today flocking to the Oxford Mail Jobs Fair (February 13). more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Fordy exit rocks fans

The majority of Oxford United fans are shocked at the sudden departure of assistant manager Mike Ford. Ford was told that his services were no longer required after a meeting with chairman Firoz Kassam, director Bill Smith and boss Ian Atkins on Tuesday afternoon. more...

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