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Stories for 19 July 2004

Oxfordshire Business

£234,000 in bond prizes unclaimed

More than 4,000 Premium Bond prize winners in Oxfordshire have left a total of £234,000 unclaimed.   more...

Oxfordshire Education

University wins £3.2m funding

Oxford Brookes University has been awarded more than £3m to promote enterprise across the university and to extend its work with regional businesses.   more...

Oxfordshire News

£234,000 in bond prizes unclaimed

More than 4,000 Premium Bond prize winners in Oxfordshire have left a total of £234,000 unclaimed.   more...

Simple solution

Sir -- Being familiar with Glasgow, I would be intrigued to know the reactions traders there received when they told customers that they wouldn't sell them chewing gum because it was a bad thing (Oxford Mail, July 14).   more...

Right to condemn

Sir -- How right Fran Briggs is to condemn the stereotyping of the "homeless" (Oxford Mail, July 1).   more...

University wins £3.2m funding

Oxford Brookes University has been awarded more than £3m to promote enterprise across the university and to extend its work with regional businesses.   more...

Hospital site bought by university college

A university college has bought the Acland Hospital for £10.75m to develop cheap digs for students who currently have to pay for expensive private housing in Oxford.   more...

Dentist scheme faces delays

Efforts to improve crisis-hit NHS dentistry in Oxfordshire have been set back at least six months, the Government has admitted.   more...

Activists damage 'lab firm'

Animal rights activists claim they have caused £250,000 of damage to a company supplying concrete to the new Oxford University animal research laboratory.   more...

Yours for £450,000: one derelict cottage

Characters from Wind In The Willows would need a large bank balance to take up residence in a derelict Oxfordshire riverbank cottage.   more...

Show time

Hundreds of performers began a hectic rehearsal timetable in Oxford on Saturday morning, preparing for last night's Showtime Challenge.   more...

Milky water leads

to flood of compaints Thames Water has been flooded with calls from Oxford residents worried about milky-looking water coming out of their taps.   more...

Waste eyesore 'contains message'

Ten tonnes of rubbish is being dumped in the middle of Oxford today -- and the authorities will not bat an eyelid.   more...

Dead man may have been hit by vehicle

A man whose body was found near an Oxford road may have been hit by a vehicle, police say.   more...

Police foil attempt to snatch cash machine

Police foiled a Keystone Cops-style raid in Didcot when thieves tried to drag a cash machine from a convenience store by tying it to a car.   more...

Market aims to get medieval

A Saturday farmers' market in Wallingford could become a real medieval market to help the town celebrate the 850th anniversary of its Royal Charter.   more...

Car and bus drivers hostile to cyclists

Sir -- I cycle to work every day, and am regularly subjected to the dangerous and actively hostile behaviour of Oxford's car and bus drivers.   more...

Traders outraged by rubbish stunt

Traders in the heart of Oxford were furious today when 10 tonnes of reeking rubbish was dumped without warning outside their shops.   more...

Confess or else

Criminals have been given the chance to own up to offences without risking a longer prison sentence as part of a police drive to solve more crime.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: U's give jose the blues!

Jose Mourinho admitted that the superb performance of Oxford United in Saturday's pre-season friendly caused him some major headaches.   more...

Results: All the weekend's results

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Cricket: Tetsworth put dent in Caribbean hopes

Oxford Caribbean's title challenge suffered a setback as they lost by 21 runs against Tetsworth in an exciting Division 1 encounter at Horspath Road.   more...

Cricket: Banbury grab draw in last-over thriller

Banbury and Finchampstead, the first two champions of the Premier League, battled out a high-scoring draw in a pulsating match on Satur- day.   more...