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Stories for 16 January 2004

Oxfordshire News

Driver gets jail term for PO assault

A factory worker kicked and racially abused a post office manager after trying to buy a tax disc with a forged insurance document, a court heard.   more...

Drug counsellors go on the road

Drugs counselling and treatment is being taken straight to those who need it by a team working on Oxford's estates.   more...

Tolkien estate wins case

The estate of JRR Tolkien has won a cyber-squatting case against a company that had registered the Oxford author's name as a web address.   more...

Ice leads to spate of crashes

Black ice on the county's roads led to Oxfordshire paramedics' busiest morning of the year on Thursday.   more...

Court bans thief from town's shops

A man has been banned from shops in Banbury after he assaulted a security guard during a robbery.   more...

Centre seeks owner of lost cat

An animal rescue centre is seeking the owner of a cat found in a Banbury car park.   more...

'Boost security' call after vandals strike

A charity shop manager has called for more security in a quiet shopping precinct after her store was targeted by vandals for the second time in six months.   more...

Work on sewage scheme begins

Work has begun on a £2.2m scheme to upgrade Witney sewage treatment works.   more...

Nursery fears axe

The future of a Wallingford pre-school could be in jeopardy unless the town council hurries up with its planned refurbishment of the Regal Centre, it has been claimed.   more...

Waste schemes boost play plan

Rubbish is helping finance two recreation projects in the village of Sutton Courtenay, near Abingdon.   more...

New limes provoke bitter row

Villagers in Binsey say one of its most romantic corners has been ruined by trees better suited to a supermarket car park.   more...

BREAKING NEWS: NOC suffers status blow

The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre could face delays in its bid to become a foundation hospital by April after failing to get the green light to press ahead with its application.   more...