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Stories for 27 June 2003

Oxfordshire Education

Council making an 'eyesore' of college

An Oxford University college says its historic High Street frontage is being used as a "dumping ground" by the city council. more...

Oxfordshire News

'No-one helped after our dog savaged

A couple whose dog was savaged by an Alsatian have complained about the lack of help after the attack. more...

Gas blast injures woman

An investigation has been launched after an Oxford woman suffered serious burns in a gas explosion. more...

Pledge to fight 1,000 homes

Moves to build 1,000 homes on Green Belt land near the Kassam Stadium will be bitterly fought by South Oxfordshire District Council. more...

Drink driver gets jailed for killing

A binge drinker who drove 140 miles from Kidlington to Derbyshire during an all-day session and killed another motorist on the return journey has been jailed for five years. more...

Raiders target golf club shops

Golf clubs across Oxfordshire are being targeted by gangs who force their way into equipment shops to steal high-value equipment. more...

Council making an 'eyesore' of college

An Oxford University college says its historic High Street frontage is being used as a "dumping ground" by the city council. more...

Joint crackdown clears up abandoned cars

Police and council staff in Oxford have joined forces to clear abandoned vehicles from residential streets, in a bid to stop arsonists setting them alight. more...

Stylist puts down local roots

An American woman who came to Didcot 14 years ago has opened her own hairdressing salon. more...

Group rob 'helper'

A man who stopped to give a group of men directions was punched in the face and robbed. more...

Artists share exhibition

Artists Maxine Heenan and Kathy Foster are exhibiting their work at a museum in Wantage. more...

Flowers help pensioners

Summer flowers will help fund a Christmas party for Tetsworth's pensioners. more...

Capital bike ride

Thame schoolboy Chris Wilcox is planning to visit five capital cities in two days to raise £5,000 for children living on the streets of Latin America. more...

Recycling woes upset resident

Frustrated Carterton resident Andrew Wise has been trying for five months to get black recycling containers for residents at a mobile home park. more...

Terrorist fear hits friendship link

Fear of flying because of concern over terrorist attacks has more than halved the number of Americans coming to Wallingford next month. more...

Charity toddle proves to be doddle

The Big Toddle was a bit of a doddle for members of Hadland Pre-school in Abingdon. more...

Violent prisoner escapes at JR

A prisoner with a history of violence is today on the run after he slipped past prison guards and security staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

United seek switch to Wednesday

Oxford United have made an application to the Football League to switch their midweek home night to a Wednesday. more...

Machine look to get back on track

The Oxford Silver Machine will be looking to turn the corner following a miserable seven days when they take on derby rivals Swindon Robins in a British League Cup clash at Oxford Stadium tonight (Friday, 7.45). more...

Classy North Oxford march on

North Oxford continue to march relentlessly towards a third successive Men's Division 1 title in the Wilson OLTA Inter-Club 3-Pair League. more...

Rowant duo out of the running

Oxford Times Cherwell League: Aston Rowant will be without Dave Ridgley and Pete Swainson as they bid to maintain their lead at the top of Division 1 when they entertain lowly Dinton on Saturday (June 28). more...

Tons put Oxford in charge

Sparkling centuries from skipper Jamie Dalrymple and Neil Millar put Oxford in firm charge on the first day of the University Match against Cambridge at Fenners on Thursday. more...

Final tickets left

There are plenty of tickets left for Sunday's final of the IRB Under 21 World Cup at The Kassam Stadium when children accompanied by an adult will be allowed in free. more...

Henman's mission

Tim Henman last night pledged to do his bit to lift British tennis out of the rut it finds itself in once again. more...

Family ties costly for Watlington

Watlington were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw with Banbury West End in Ladies Division 1 of the 2-Pair League when one of their players had to retire from the crucial deciding set to collect her children! more...

Arnold in rallying call

Oxfordshire skipper Keith Arnold will try to pick his troops up ahead of their three-day Minor Counties Championship clash away to Herefordshire, starting on Sunday (June 29). more...

Thame shock Oxford

Thame Town, who upset Banbury in the Bernard Tollet Oxfordshire Cup first round, added Oxford & Horspath's scalp with an emphatic eight-wicket win in Thursday night's quarter-final at Roman Way. more...

Oxfordshire Whats On

Review: A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, £20)

Bill Bryson's wide-eyed 'gee-whizz' style, which characterises his travelogues, is not to everyone's liking, writes Paul Stammers. more...

Review: Slipstream: A Memoir Elizabeth Jane Howard (Pan, £7.99)

These memoirs offer a fascinating glimpse of mid-20th century literary life from the point of view of a woman born before the arrival of feminism. more...

Review: The Server, Spencer Vignes (Pitch, £7.99)

This book was inspired by the Burt Lancaster film The Swimmer, in which an executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown swims his way through the swimming pools of his neighbours in California. more...

Review: Gaveston, Stephanie Merritt (Faber, £7.99)

This is a clever remake of the story of Piers Gaveston, gay lover of Edward II. more...

The Matrix Reloaded (15)

It's been four years since The Matrix burst onto our cinema screens. So was it worth the wait for The Matrix Reloaded? more...

Review: X-Men 2

There has been a lull before a cinematic storm in recent weeks. more...

Review: Identity (15)

It seems almost obligatory these days to climax any thriller with an almighty twist designed to bring about much forehead slapping and jaw dropping from audience members. more...

Learning lines

Geraldine James is 52 and looks 10 years younger, but despite her prestigious reputation, two BAFTA nominations, packed CV and magnetising presence, she is coming to understand what Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn have been harping on about, writes Katherine MacAlister. more...

View to the top

Longview do not believe in doing things gently. New on the scene, the band are pulling out all the stops to let the great British gig-goer know who they are and what they can do, writes Tim Hughes. more...

Review: Bruce Almighty

A Homespun Hollywood philosophy lesson about how the world would be a better place if we all stopped thinking about ourselves so darn much... yep, that outta do it. Suddenly, wars end, the hungry are fed, the homeless housed. And Jim Carrey's comedy caravan is back on course. more...

Writing on war and peace for children

Mother-daughter relationships are notoriously difficult, but Rhiannon Lassiter and her mother Mary Hoffman are exceptionally close. They not only see eye to eye about the war in Iraq -- they also joined forces to produce an anthology of war stories and poems for children, Lines in the Sand. more...

Tragedy and tears in opera treble bill

Welsh National Opera arrive for a summer season at the Oxford Apollo next week, with three lavish productions. more...

Creation whip up a storm

If you were one of the thousands of people flocking to Creation Theatre Company's production of Twelfth Night in Headington Hill Park, to roar uproariously at hakespeare's most popular farce, then you'll be pleased to know the second open-air production of the summer season is being introduced on July 1. more...

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