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Stories for 07 March 2003

Oxfordshire Business

Firm rewarded for investment

A company in Oxfordshire which managed to raise £4.2m at one of the toughest times for hi-tech investment has won a national award. more...

Oxfordshire News

Conversion leaves locals feeling flat

Council officers have been accused of "rushing through" an application to turn a north Oxford house into flats despite opposition from residents. more...

Spate of accidents alarms police

A junction joining two busy roads in centre of Oxford needs to be made safer before a cyclist or pedestrian is killed, according to the city's police commander. more...

Firm rewarded for investment

A company in Oxfordshire which managed to raise £4.2m at one of the toughest times for hi-tech investment has won a national award. more...

Future of skate park site remains in doubt

The future of a north Oxford skate park which closed after tests found noise levels were illegally high will remain uncertain for at least another three months. more...

Ruskin drops controversial plan to move

Ruskin College has abandoned plans to move to the old Unipart site in north Oxford after the collapse of its controversial partnership with Berkeley Homes. more...

Mast plan prompts legal action threat

Campaigners are ready to mount a legal challenge against Network Rail's plan to put up a 100ft mast in Wolvercote, Oxford. more...

MP joins fight on sewage

Villagers have enlisted the help of their MP in their fight to stop raw sewage being pumped in a stream. more...

Gas leak forces residents indoors

Residents in an Oxford street were warned to stay in their homes for an hour on March 6 after workmen ruptured a gas main. more...

Villagers win fight to keep pub open

Villagers are celebrating after a Government inspector ruled that time should not be called on their local pub. more...

MP Evan does his bit to clean up politics

Dry cleaning is a pressing matter for MP Dr Evan Harris. more...

Second visit by orchestra

Didcot's new £2m Willowbrook Centre will be hosting a concert by Oxfordshire Youth Orchestra. more...

Furniture maker to cut 220 jobs

Up to 200 workers will lose their jobs at a west Oxfordshire furniture factory. more...

Bottle attack leads to jail

A man who attacked a man who threatened to shoot him has been jailed. more...

Anti-war protesters target MP

Anti-war protesters are urging residents to lobby Oxford East MP Andrew Smith at his surgeries on March 7. more...

Block would be `unneighbourly'

Plans to build a block of six flats in Cowley, Oxford, have been rejected as unneighbourly. more...

Company accused over death

A senior police officer accused a motorcycle accessories manufacturer based in Kidlington of killing his daughter. more...

Charity to rely on reserves

Oxfam will refuse to accept Government funds for aid work in Iraq if British forces attack the country. more...

Instructor persuades surgeon to jump

An RAF parachute instructor has raised £1,000 for the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign by jumping 12,000ft from an aeroplane with the surgeon who treated his daughter. more...

Engineers give charities a lift

Three charities shared £1,000 after a fundraising raffle by Oxford-based engineering contractor Isis Accord. more...

£11m centre opens

Oxford's new £11m diabetes centre has opened its door to patients for the first time at the Churchill Hospital site in Headington. more...

Repairs to towpath 'on stream' at last

Work has begun to repair anti-erosion measures along the River Thames in Oxford, nearly a year after they began to fail. more...

New children's hospital plans sent to council

Final plans for the Radcliffe Infirmary move to the John Radcliffe Hospital site -- and the £20m Oxford Children's Hospital -- have been submitted to city councillors for approval. more...

Car jam leads to traffic ight call

Residents on a Bicester housing estate are calling for traffic lights at a roundabout to cut chronic congestion in the morning rush hour. more...

Shop set for new look to welcome fresh tenants

A new era beckons for a village shop which is set for a major revamp with a fresh couple at the helm. more...

Driver closes gap on dream

A garage technician from Grove has taken a step closer to achieving his lifelong dream of becoming a professional racing driver. more...

College is fined for 'poor' work

Damages have been awarded to six former students who claimed course content at a college in Thame was incomplete. more...

Council rejects housing schemes

Plans to build more than 1,000 new houses in the town should be rejected, Thame Town Council says. more...

Club seeks support

Sport and social club members attacked their town council for leaving them uncertain about their future. more...

Revised flats plan agreed

A development of one-bedroom flats in Chipping Norton has been given the go-ahead by West Oxfordshire District Council. more...

Pub turns 400

Soldiers from the days of the Civil War helped celebrate the 400th anniversary of a Witney pub. more...

Injured in bag theft

A disabled woman was injured after being knocked to the ground as her handbag was stolen in Wallingford. more...

GPs outperform other counties

Patients in Oxfordshire get an appointment with a GP quicker than those in neighbouring counties, new figures have revealed. more...

Government cuts homes discounts

Discounts for council tenants who purchase their own homes under the right-to-buy scheme are to be slashed in Oxford and the Vale of White Horse. more...

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