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Oxfordshire | Archive | 2003 | September

Stories for 20 September 2003

Oxfordshire Business

On course for cash

Businesses are being asked to support a charity golf tournament organised to boost funds for redeveloping the Old Free Library in Wallingford as a church and community centre. more...

Oxfordshire Education

Broad St plans to be unveiled

Oxford University college heads and bursars are to be given a preview of plans for Broad Street recommended by a £35,000 flagship study. more...

New head faces big expectations

The new headteacher of one of Oxfordshire's best-performing state schools has a hard act to follow. more...

Oxfordshire Local Info

Alec Gammon

Alec Gammon, a veteran parish councillor and bellringer, has died, aged 87. more...

John Halliday

A cheerful Scotsman who was an active member of the Red Cross in Wantage for more than 50 years has died, aged 89. more...

Tony Peet

A well-known figure in Oxford's legal circles, Tony Peet, has died, aged 81. more...

Oxfordshire News

We have anarchy, says Martin

Norfolk farmer Tony Martin was a special guest at Thame Show, talking about the problems of rural crime. more...

Sell-off considered for council homes

Oxford City Council is to consider selling its housing stock, after a survey revealed it needs millions of pounds of investment. more...

Lord Mayor rewards effort

Hundreds of award-winning gardenders attended the awards ceremony for this year's Oxford in Bloom competition. more...

Call to clean up students' rubbish

People in east Oxford are calling for action to tidy up abandoned supermarket trolleys and road signs stolen by students. more...

Jury told of DNA 'match'

Genetic material on the clothes of a towpath sex attack victim was a match for the defendant's DNA, Oxford Crown Court heard. more...

Police fear attacker may strike again

A man held a knife to a woman's throat and attempted to rape her in woodland. more...

Police hunt three flashers

Three indecent exposures took place around Oxford on the same day. more...

Shop raid worker lobbies PM

A shop worker who was the victim of an armed robbery met Prime Minister Tony Blair, as part of her union's Respect for Shopworkers campaign. more...

Free travel extended

A free travel scheme for street wardens has been so successful in Banbury that it is being extended to Oxford. more...

Vandals desecrate ancient windows

Vandals have smashed ancient stained glass windows at a village church. more...

Car dispute hopes rise

Striking workers at luxury car maker Aston Martin are hopeful the dispute can be resolved. more...

Fears grow over hospital funds

Fears are growing that Bicester's new 30-bed community hospital -- estimated to cost between £10m and £13m -- will not be built, leaving the town with a small and out-dated hospital. more...

Silks and visions go on show

An exhibition of painted silks has gone on show at the Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage. more...

A Feast for small eyes

Hundreds of people flocked to The Leys on Monday and Tuesday in perfect weather to enjoy the thrills at the Witney Feast, in a tradition dating back to the 13th century. more...

On course for cash

A charity golf tournament is being organised to boost funds for redeveloping the Old Free Library in Wallingford as a church and community centre. more...

In court over assault

An Abingdon man is among a trio who have appeared in court facing charges arising out of Oxford United's home match with York City at the end of the last football season. more...

'Jekyll and Hyde' mugger is jailed

A "Jekyll and Hyde" drug addict who broke an 82-year-old woman's hip during a spate of attacks on vulnerable people in Oxford was beginning a five-year jail sentence on Friday. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Brave new world for local lass Lisa

Lisa Channon is blazing a trail by becoming one of the first English girls to be awarded a football scholarship at an American University - and she's only 16. more...

Alsop has last laugh

Oxford United had the last laugh with Julian Alsop's second suspension - because he wouldn't have been able to play anyway. more...

Alex strikes for old brigade!

Alex Gavrilovic struck a blow for the older generation when he won the Club Championship at Frilford Heath. more...

Judy's a Euro star

Oxford City's Judy McCairns was a member of the English Ladies' B team who won the secondary event at the European Senior Amateur Championships in Germany, for the first time. more...

Football fixtures

Matches scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2003 more...

Football fixtures

Matches scheduled for Sunday, September 21, 2003 more...

Cold shoulder

Ian Atkins knows he's getting things right with the Oxford United squad - because some of the players aren't speaking to him! more...

Stanbridge boost

Banbury United midfielder Ollie Stanbridge is set to make a dramatic comeback less than two months after having emergency surgery to save his right leg. more...

Freak injury

FA Vase preview: Abingdon Town have suffered a major blow with new goalkeeper Joe Cockerhill ruled out for six weeks by a freak training injury. more...

Holder's tough draw

Holder Phil Adams faces in-form Dave Sawyer for the men's singles title at the Greene King Oxford & District League finals night at Rover Cowley Sports & Social Club on Friday, October 24. more...

Male hits form to lift crown

Headington's Steve Male secured the Oxfordshire 10-Mile Championship in excellent conditions at the Cotswold Classic road race at Witney. more...

Gill grabs the glory

Rebecca Gill, from the Bicester-based Blue Fins Tristars, was crowned champion at the final round of the British Triathlon Association Southern Regional Series at Thruxton Race Circuit. more...

Matt's finish is just the job

Matt Nathanielsz stole the show when Abingdon visited Nuneaton for their final Heart of England League meeting. more...

Academy in the spotlight

Oxford Silver Machine Academy take centre stage at Cowley for the next three Fridays. more...

Freak injury

FA Vase preview: Abingdon Town have suffered a major blow with new goalkeeper Joe Cockerhill ruled out for six weeks by a freak training injury. more...

Hockey fixtures

Fixtures scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept 20-21, 2003 more...

North Oxford champs again

North Oxford ensured they retained the Men's Division 1 title with a 6-3 victory over Oxford Sports in the OLTA Wilson Inter-Club 3-Pair League. more...

Chinnor shuffle pack

Chinnor ring the changes with a completely changed front row for Saturday's Powergen Intermediate Cup first-round game at home to Oxfordshire rivals Grove. more...

Rugby fixtures

Matches scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2003 more...

Castle joins Skolars

Oxford Cavaliers' hooker Mike Castle has become the second player to leave the rugby league club for the professional game within the space of a few weeks. more...

Rowant get thumbs-up

Aston Rowant have been given the green light to join the Home Counties Premier League. more...

Standlake nudge out opposition

The Standlake Nudge and Spin team swept the opposition aside, as they raced to yet another emphatic victory in the fifth and final SEGTO Championship round of the season at Standlake Arena on Sunday. more...

Sharpe leaves rivals standing

Oxford's Adam Sharpe hit top form as he set a new Formula Palmer Audi lap record at the Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire. more...

Walker roars in

Team JLR driver James Walker claimed victory in both of the HarrierZeuros UK Formula Ford series Scholarship Class races at Donington Park, finishing fifth overall in each race. more...

Oxfordshire Whats On

Review: The Ocean Railway

Stephen Fox (Harper Collins, £25) The 19th-century growth of commercial sea travel between Europe and North America was steered by the canny business acumen (and uncanny luck) of Samuel Cunard, as well as the engineering genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and others involved in the development of ocean-going liners. more...

Review: Upon Dark Waters

Robert Radcliffe (Little, Brown, £14.99) This is that rare thing, a novel on the Second World War that should appeal to both male and female readers. Radcliffe's novel not only shows the hellish life of those on the Atlantic convoys, when the German Enigma code was unbroken and their U-boats easily picked off targets, but also delivers a rich sub-plot concerning the life and loves of one of the main characters. more...

Review: The Play What I Wrote

Last Thursday was, it seemed, a thoroughly appropriate day to see the West End hit The Play What I Wrote (now on tour and at the Oxford Playhouse until September 20). more...

On course for cash

A charity golf tournament is being organised to boost funds for redeveloping the Old Free Library in Wallingford as a church and community centre. more...

Review: The Italian Job (12A)

It won't exactly blow your bloody doors off, but director F Gary Gray's reinterpretation of the classic 1969 Michael Caine vehicle is a solid enough modern crime caper. more...

Review: Janey and Me

Virginia Ironside (Fourth Estate, £16.99) This book raises the question all women encounter at one time or another -- do we inevitably become our mother? It explores the uncomfortable truths of the relationship of journalist Virginia and her mother, fashion designer Janey Ironside. more...

Review: A Star Danced

The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor 'That's what I said last time, never again," exclaims Ben, as he dresses to go to the annual reunion dinner. So what is it that pulls these eight people together each year? They have little in common, and certainly don't spend the evening discussing property prices or private school fees. more...

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