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Stories for 07 September 2004

Oxfordshire News

Council sticks head in the sand

Sir - In response to Oxfordshire County Council leader Keith Mitchell's letter (Oxford Mail, August 30), may I make the following points?   more...

Why the Post Office has lost my custom

Sir - For many years, I have walked a quarter of a mile to the Wilkins Road post office at Cowley, Oxford, to draw my pension.   more...

Banish the bingers

Sir - I am delighted to read about the launch of the OxSafe initiative (Oxford Mail, September 3).   more...

Welcome back, Ratty

Sir - I would like to congratulate Mr Dix (warden of the Watercress Beds Nature Reserve in Ewelme) and very likely many, many other volunteers on successfully controlling the predatory mink population and enabling a welcome comeback for 'Ratty', the water vole (Oxford Mail, August 28).   more...

MP Smith quits as Cabinet Minister

Oxford East MP Andrew Smith yesterday resigned from his Cabinet post as Work and Pensions Secretary.   more...

Car park site 'should be used for student homes'

Student accommodation and not affordable housing should be built on St Clement's car park in east Oxford.   more...

Pool project wait continues

Those involved in plans for a multi-million pound swimming pool on Oxford's Barton estate are still waiting to hear if they have been allocated Lottery cash for the project.   more...

Shops gear up to tackle coronaries

Major shopping centres in Oxfordshire are set to receive lifesaving equipment as part of a campaign to prevent people dying from heart attacks.   more...

Vehicle fire prompts debate over garages

A car fire has reignited a debate over whether a set of garages in Rose Hill should be demolished.   more...

Verse competition goes down a storm

Poetry and Oxford have always been inseparable - but forget Matthew Arnold and the dreaming spires, the latest craze is watching poets take to the stage and make up material live in poetry 'slams'.   more...

Women flying high to set new record

Seven Oxfordshire women joined fellow female skydivers to set a new British record.   more...

Vandals strike again at doctors' surgery

Vandals have attacked a Bicester surgery just months after one of its doctors was assaulted by two teenage boys.   more...

Medal winner jumps in for Sophie's fund

Olympic gold medallist Leslie Law will be helping to raise money for children's wards at an Oxford hospital later this week at the Blenheim Horse Trials.   more...

September 7: Waiting for an answer

The grief involved in the loss of a child is impossible to imagine.   more...

Play and pray scheme judged a success

A multi-cultural summer playscheme for Asian families in Banbury has been hailed a success.   more...

September 6: The cyclist's champions

For a city which is supposed to be so cycle-friendly, this can be a pretty hairy place to get around on two wheels.   more...

September 4: Confidence

It seems bizarre that magistrates felt unable to impose an antisocial behaviour order on Anthony Swatton.   more...

Thank Europeans for an M25 picnic

Sir - As a final reply to Justin-Leigh Walden's letters (the last being in the Oxford Mail on August 27), I must state that I am as equally proud to be British as he. I served in the armed forces, thus proving I was prepared to die for my country.   more...

Coroner will not call any suspects

None of the people arrested in connection with the death of Ross Doyle will be questioned by the Oxfordshire coroner at an inquest later this month.   more...

Third of roads need urgent repair work

Almost a third of Oxfordshire's roads need urgent structural repairs, according to a new survey.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Tennis: Henman's birthday joy

Tim Henman celebrated his 30th birthday by reaching the US Open quarter-finals for the first time last night as Nicolas Kiefer withdrew in the fifth set of their clash with a wrist injury.   more...

Football: Luke hits double for Kidlington

GLS Hellenic League   more...

Darts: Oxon kick off in Leicester

Oxfordshire will be aiming for the perfect start when they travel to Leicestershire in their Inter-Counties opener.   more...

Football: Prentice gaffe proves costly

GLS Hellenic League   more...

Football: Banbury eye up Dunlop

Banbury United are hoping to sign midfielder Simon Dunlop from neighbours Brackley Town, writes NICK FARRANT.   more...

Speedway: Ben out of hospital

Ben Barker, Oxford Silver Machine Academy's top prospect, is out of hospital after his horrendous crash at King's Lynn on Sunday.   more...