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Oxfordshire | Archive | 2005 | December

Stories for 22 December 2005

Oxfordshire Business

Unwins owners decide to sue

THE former directors, shareholders and auditors of collapsed off-licence chain Unwins are to be sued by its owners. more...

Oxfordshire Education

Good, but you can do better

Education leadership in Oxfordshire is "strong and visionary" but some services for children need some crucial improvements, says education watchdog Ofsted. more...

History gets off the shelf

School pupils are taking part in virtual tutorials with Oxford University dons as part of an outreach project by the university's history faculty. more...

Oxfordshire News

Dickens fans need not despair after the final instalment of the BBC's Bleak House was aired last week because an Oxford radio station has plans to air A Christmas Carol over the festive season. more...

Needy cats

The west Oxfordshire branch of Cats Protection has a number of cats and kittens which will need homes in the new year. more...

Singing in the frost

I thought you would like to share this adventure of an old retired lady. more...

Please help cats

Can I again appeal to your readers to help provide a little extra for our elderly cats at Christmas? more...

Boat accident victim mourned

The family of a man who died at the weekend while on a boat trip on the Oxford Canal have paid tribute to a husband and father who will be greatly missed by his family and friends. more...

Lottery payout helps refugees

Oxford-based charity Refugee Resource has won a £300,000 Lottery grant to extend its work over the next three years. more...

Fishy goings-on

An impromptu fish market has proved such a massive hit with customers that the organisers want to do it again. more...

Good, but you can do better

Education leadership in Oxfordshire is "strong and visionary" but some services for children need some crucial improvements, says education watchdog Ofsted. more...

Gay? We're overjoyed!

Beaming with joy, Brenda Chandler and Lynn Moody became one of Oxfordshire's first gay couples to legally tie the knot yesterday (Wed) in what they called a joyous and momentous occasion. more...

Listeners needed

The Samaritans in Oxford have launched a recruitment drive to help cope with an increase in calls for help over Christmas and the New Year. more...

Unwins owners decide to sue

The former directors, shareholders and auditors of collapsed off-licence chain Unwins are to be sued by its owners, it was revealed yesterday. more...

Drive-by catapult attacks on cars

Yobs armed with catapults have been smashing car windows across south Oxfordshire in a spate of drive-by attacks. more...

Illegal immigrant has jail term reduced

An illegal immigrant expelled from the UK for plotting break-ins only to return and handle stolen goods has had his sentence cut. more...

Homes campaign 'lost'

New plans have been tabled for the 3,200 home Great Western Park development set to transform the face of Didcot. more...

When cuts aren't cuts

County council leader Keith Mitchell says he is looking forward to the day in April when we at the Oxford Mail are forced to eat humble pie. more...

District beats recycling target

Recycling in north Oxfordshire is running at almost twice the national average, the latest figures show. more...

Arsonists blamed for huge hay blaze

Arsonists torched 500 tonnes of hay in a field in Bicester, closing a main road for more than 12 hours. more...

Toy shops bid by fundraiser

Charity champion June Keep expects to reach a new target this year in her quest to raise cash for kidney patients. more...

Seats to stop illegal parking

A plan to reclaim Market Place in Wallingford for the people rather than illegally parked cars has been devised and backed by the town council. more...

Car dealers to shut site

Jobs will be lost when Abingdon's oldest motor business, the Cross Roads garage closes at the end of the month after 25 years in the town. more...

She deserves to stay here

After reading Saturday's edition, I just had to write and say how sorry I feel for Eleonora Suhoviy, the Oxford University graduate, who has had her application to stay in the UK turned down by the Home Office and the High Court. more...

Don't switch off over planning

People have been urged not to switch off when it comes to planning issues. more...

How bus crash killed pupil

A schoolboy died when a metal arm protruding from a 23-tonne tractor punctured his school bus window, a court heard yesterday (Wed). more...

Tiny but deadly

Oxfordshire's major hospitals had more than one case a day of deadly Clostridium difficile, but health bosses say they follow guidelines to combat its spread. more...

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