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Stories for 11 August 2004

Oxfordshire Cars

Bodyshell is Mini Clubman classic

Witney-based British Motor Heritage has added yet another feather to its cap - the Mini Clubman saloon bodyshell.   more...

Sporty additions to BMW 5 Series

BMW Great Britain has announced the launch of Sport models for the 5 Series Saloon and Touring range.   more...

Oxfordshire Education

All change for special needs

School for pupils with learning difficulties is being transformed as part of an overhaul of special school provision in Oxfordshire.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Take a break -- where?

Sir - The latest police campaign implores motorists to take more breaks when travelling long distances, as tiredness causes more deaths than drink driving.   more...

Successful village fete

Sir - My thanks to everyone involved in Sunningwell fete on Saturday - helpers, stallholders, the Sea Cadet band and visitors.   more...

Hospital volunteers clock up 350 years

A group of volunteers have been praised for donating more than 350 years between them to an Oxford hospital charity.   more...

MP's fears over store closure

Work and pensions minister Andrew Smith has contacted Littlewoods expressing concern at the company's decision to close its Oxford branch at short notice.   more...

Firefighters call for councillor to resign

Firefighters in Oxfordshire have called for a leading county councillor to resign from a key post as tension mounts over pay talks.   more...

Women are breaking through 'glass ceiling'

Women are on the brink of overtaking men as the top earners on Oxfordshire County Council.   more...

Shocked residents pay tribute to Kim

Flowers have been piled high around a lamppost in Berinsfield where 13-year-old Kim Knott died.   more...

Prescott orders new Sainsbury public inquiry

The latest plans to almost double the size of a Kidlington supermarket have been called in for a second time by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.   more...

Phone users still cut off after storms

BT telephone customers across Oxfordshire are still waiting to be reconnected after damage caused in last week's storms.   more...

Scientists have a peek at `doughnut'

It covers an area the size of five football pitches and anyone driving past the Harwell and Chilton science centres in south Oxfordshire could be mistaken for thinking a new sports stadium was going up on the site.   more...

August 11: Another fine mess

We all know that Oxford lives on a knife-edge when it comes to traffic.   more...

Lawyer plunges into pool fight

A woman fighting for separate-sex changing rooms at Spiceball Sports Centre in Banbury is celebrating after a solicitor has offered to take up her case free of charge.   more...

Drivers flout ban

Residents are fed up with lorry drivers flouting a ban that stops them driving through a Bicester estate.   more...

Crossing work begins

Work has begun on a new controlled crossing outside King Alfred's Sports and Community College's east site, Charlton Road, Wantage -- after a four-year campaign.   more...

Camera system nets 209 in a year

More than 200 people were arrested in Witney in the last year after being caught on CCTV cameras - but authorities are unable to say how many were charged and prosecuted.   more...

Park to get £400k of refurbishments

Wallingford's Riverside Park, which was in danger of being closed permanently last year, is now to have £400,000 spent on refurbishing it.   more...

Two jailed after street fracas

Two men involved in a violent fight outside an Abingdon nightclub have been jailed for nine months.   more...

Only small parties help the vulnerable

Sir - I was disappointed to read Councillor Tony Brett's attack on the Independent Working Class Association (Oxford Mail, August 3).   more...

'Our monkeys live good life'

Activists should welcome Oxford University's animal research centre because it will improve conditions for creatures used in medical experiments.   more...

`It's rubbish. It'd be quicker to walk it'

City bus commuters claim a five-mile journey across Oxford is taking an hour and 20 minutes because of road repairs.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: Bash is back to give Rix dilemma

Striker Steve Basham has given Oxford United boss Graham Rix a selection dilemma by declaring himself fit for tonight's clash with Mansfield Town at the Kassam Stadium.   more...

Speedway: Rafal returns as Oxford bid to beat the weather

Rafal Dobrucki returns for Oxford Silver Machine as they travel north to Manchester for a Skybet Elite League clash against play-off challengers Belle Vue tonight.   more...

Athletics: Ex-Harrier Penfold powers in at Chippy

With Oxford City's Mark Beerling, winner of the last three races in the Mota-vation series, absent, Birchfield Harrier Tom Penfold cruised to victory in the fourth round at Chipping Norton.   more...

Aunt Sally: Beauchamp on song as Cons cruise home

Former Oxford United winger Joey Beauchamp clanged off 16 dolls for leaders North Oxford Conservatives in their impressive 3-0 demolition of top-of-the-table rivals Cowley Workers.   more...

Athletics: Radley edge to victory

Radley's A team won their Southern Women's League Division 1 meeting at Harrow, edging out the host club by seven points.   more...

Athletics: Double joy for Heath

Alchester's Sarah Heath continued her year of triumph on the track as she struck gold in both the 800m and 1500m in the European Veterans' Track & Field Championships in Arhus, Denmark.   more...