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Stories for 01 September 2003

Oxfordshire Business

Sale hope for stores

Workers at beleaguered Oxfordshire-based electrical retail firm PowerHouse may keep their jobs, as the company that owns Argos and Homebase emerged as contenders to buy the chain.   more...

Oxfordshire Education

£1m claim for 'unfit' degree course

Students at Oxford Brookes University are claiming up to £1m compensation after enrolling on a course that is not professionally recognised.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Market sale has been debated

Councillor Bob Price's stinging criticism of your reporting of the Oxford Covered Market issue (Oxford Mail, August 21) is intemperate and wholly unjustified.   more...

Outrageous comments

Chief Constable Peter Neyroud meets a group of Oxfordshire hunters led by Lord Hurd and says it is not his business to police a hunting ban (Oxford Mail, August 26). That is an outrageously political statement, clearly outside his remit and reflects on his objectivity.   more...

Smith urged to hold public Iraq debate

Peace protesters are calling on Oxford East MP Andrew Smith to take part in a public debate on the Iraq war.   more...

Father of twins killed in car crash

A Kidlington man suffered serious injuries and memory loss in a head-on collision which killed a father.   more...

Pop stars take stage in park

Tens of thousands of Oxfordshire music fans will flock to Oxford's Party in the Park on August 31.   more...

War declared on rowdy tenants

Rowdy residents in Oxford who have committed serious acts of anti-social behaviour could be denied access to council housing under proposals being discussed today.   more...

Hospital's future to be discussed

Wallingford councillors fearful that the town's hospital is again under threat of closure should get some answers from the top next month.   more...

Fathers urged to get involved

Community workers helping families in Didcot are trying to contact dads -- young dads, old dads, stepfathers, even grandads.   more...

September 1: Peace and harmony

Oxford City Council is right to crack down on troublesome tenants who make their neighbours' lives a misery.  more...

Sheep dip 'led to my son's death'

A farmer believes his son committed suicide after sheep dip chemicals left him with depression.   more...

Learn life-saving skills

People will be able to learn life-saving skills as part of an open evening hosted by Bicester St John Ambulance.   more...

Friends' pleas prompt actress into action

An actress will pass on her skills when she launches drama classes in Bicester.   more...

Two on bail over street attack

Two men arrested after a man was found lying unconscious in a street in Grove have been bailed again without charge.   more...

Football club hit by burglars

Burglars fled with an undisclosed amount of cash following a burglary at Thame United Football Club.   more...

Village club bans cricketer for punching player

A cricketer has been banned from his club after "unprecedented" on-pitch violence left a 17-year-old player needing hospital treatment.   more...

August 29: Going off the rails

THE case for a guided busway system to ease congestion in Oxford is becoming increasingly weak.   more...

August 30: No mercy for low life

Many criminals stoop low, but none so far as those who attacked a woman just hours from giving birth.   more...

Council acts to revamp pavilion

Wallingford town council is taking action to cut vandalism at the pavilion in the town's Bullcroft park.   more...

Mother leads fight to halt rogue drivers

An Oxfordshire woman is helping lead a national campaign to cut the number of deaths and injuries caused by hit-and-run drivers.   more...

Mural brings seaside indoors

Twelve members of the Abingdon Crabtree arts group have been busy painting a large mural.   more...

Hospital needs link to bypass

Just what the local authority hopes to achieve by the recent modification to the roundabout approach to the John Radcliffe Hospital via Headley Way at Headington, Oxford, is unclear.   more...

New man heads fusion project

An international project to develop a safe and plentiful source of energy by harnessing the power of the sun has a new director.   more...

Children help to settle priorities for £3m fund

Children across Oxfordshire have played a key role in deciding how £3m should be spent to support them.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Saints snap up Dexter

Oxford United's exciting young star, Dexter Blackstock, today joined Premiership club Southampton.   more...

Wise hits double as City cruise in

Oxford C 5, Farnham 1: Oxford City eased into the next round of the FA Cup with a comfortable win over Farnham Town of the Combined Counties League, but they had to come from behind.   more...

Hancock climbs Grand Prix rankings

Oxford Silver Machine ace Greg Hancock moved up to fifth in the Grand Prix rankings after just missing out on a final slot in the re-staged Scandinavian GP at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg on Saturday.   more...

Weekend football results

Oxfordshire football results for the weekend of August 30 and 31   more...

Evans steers Oxford out of danger

Home Counties Premier League: Oxford are safe. A four-wicket win at Basingstoke & North Hants on Saturday banished their Division 1 relegation fears.   more...

Abingdon end four-year wait

Abingdon Tn 3, Chichester City Utd 1: Abingdon made it through an FA Cup round for the first time in four years when they saw off their Sussex County League opponents in a tough game in front of a good crowd at Culham Road.   more...

Stewart bags a treble

Egham Tn 1, Thame Utd 8: A Superb hat-trick from Alex Stewart paved the way for an excellent away display at Egham.   more...

Weekend cricket results

Oxfordshire cricket results from August 30 and 31   more...

Seacole ton dents Tetsworth hopes

OCA League: Jason Seacole smashed an unbeaten century as Witney Swifts upset Division 1 title hopefuls Tetsworth with a 43-run victory.   more...

  
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