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Stories for 21 May 2005

Oxfordshire Business

Postmen get £1,000 bonus

Stuart Baker at East Oxford sorting office during the Christmas rush last year Postal workers in Oxford, who last year delivered one of the worst services to customers in the country, have each received a £1,000 reward after national profits rocketed. more...

'Bosses lied to remain afloat'

Bosses of a stricken software company lied to advisers and investors to stave off a looming cash crisis and possible receivership, a court has been told. more...

Oxfordshire Cars

Audi's A4 tribute to tour car winner

A new road-going A4 sports Saloon developed by the Audi division responsible for the RS 4 and RS 6 quattros is to commemorate a landslide championship victory for Audi in the 2004 German Touring Car Masters (DTM). more...

Clamping down on cowboy clampers

Measures to crack down on cowboy wheelclampers have taken effect. more...

Subaru special edition scorcher

Subaru is continuing its tradition of introducing coveted special editions with the launch of the new Impreza WRX 300. more...

One grand idea

Grand adj & n. 1 splendid, magnificent, imposing, dignified. Those four words neatly sum up all the best aspects of Mitsubishi's majestic people mover, the aptly-named Grandis. more...

Citroen in focus

The new Citroen C4 2.0 My father, owner of a couple of Citroens in recent times, was quick to offer a positive opinion on the styling of the C4. "It looks rather like a Ford Focus," he said. more...

Oxfordshire News

Convoy control test run on M40

A new convoy control method of traffic management is being piloted on the M40 near Oxford this week. more...

Antisocial drivers

When are Thames Valley Police and the new Tory-controlled Oxfordshire County Council going to tackle the problem of antisocial car drivers? more...

Stop this parking

Well done to the council for putting up wooden stakes by Our Lady's School at Cowley, Oxford, to prevent mothers picking up their children. more...

Partnership targets yobs

Tackling violent crime and antisocial behaviour with more law enforcers on the streets will be the focus of the city's crime and safety partnership. more...

Drivers hog disabled bays

A man with rheumatoid arthritis has criticised selfish drivers who park illegally in disabled spaces at an Oxford hospital, making it difficult for him to get to his appointments. more...

`City is failing estate teens'

Teenagers from Oxford's troubled Wood Farm estate may be offered summer activities after a city councillor called for more action to curb antisocial behaviour. more...

Gun threat driver gets six months

A man who pointed an airgun at a driver he believed had threatened him during a road rage incident has been jailed for six months. more...

Man attacked `for supplying cigarettes'

A father is alleged to have beaten a 60-year-old man unconscious, believing he supplied his daughter with cigarettes. more...

Nurse in court on murder charges

A former nurse at The Horton Hospital, in Banbury, has been charged with murder following the deaths of two elderly patients. more...

Jail is the best place

You would have thought that Paul Coombes was in enough trouble without asking for it. more...

Priorities are wrong

Reader Lucy Brett is absolutely right -- the police do seem to have strange priorities (Oxford Mail, May 16). more...

Town acts like a banana state

Here we go again, the Woodstock mafia, or town council, call it what you will, cock stabbing and feuding in a manner worthy of a banana republic, not an historic town like Woodstock (Oxford Mail, May 12). more...

Driver is held up by three gunmen

Three armed youths held a Banbury taxi driver at gunpoint after a fake call to book a ride. more...

New station

Radio fans in Banbury will soon have another station to tune into after Ofcom issued a new commercial radio licence in the area. more...

'Pay up for parking'

RESIDENTS in Bicester are fuming after being told they may have to pay up to £200 a year to park in their own street. more...

Soldier 'falsely cried rape'

A soldier based in Oxfordshire has gone on trial accused of falsely claiming that a Fijian fellow serviceman raped him after returning from a night out. more...

Biker crash

A motorcyclist was left in a critical condition following a crash near Bicester. more...

Man dies in holiday hotel blaze

A man from Wantage has died while on holiday in Malta after a fire swept through the hotel where he was staying. more...

Walkers aim to boost appeal

People from across the Vale of White Horse will be striding out in a sponsored walk in aid of the Poppy Appeal. more...

Sex assault in alleyway

A woman was sexually assaulted in Wantage in the early hours of May 8. more...

'New cemetery is safety risk'

Mike Griffin and Trish Bowman at the cemetery entrance in Oxford Hill, Witney Mourners say their lives are being put at risk because of poor access to Witney's new cemetery -- but the problem may not be solved until 2008. more...

Rivals objections hold up store bid

A decision over whether to approve major expansion plans for Sainsbury's Witney store has been deferred for the second time -- after rival supermarkets raised concerns. more...

Confusion on right of way

A council has removed signs telling pedestrians they cannot use a new Witney town centre path a month after they were erected -- because of confusion over access rights. more...

We'll hold you to that

Politicians of all parties are not exactly noted for keeping their promises. more...

MAY 13: OUR FAILURE TO INVEST

The report into the state of our roads and pavements makes depressing reading. more...

Floral memorials

Flower arrangements in memory of loved ones will be a feature of the Charter Flower Festival in St Mary's Church, Wallingford, at the end of July. more...

Nuclear waste up for discussion

People in and around Wallingford have a chance to make their voices heard over nuclear waste. more...

Square focus

Wallingford town councillors are relying on cameras to prove that more protection is needed in Market Place. more...

Burglar took pensioner's cash

Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Wootton, near Abingdon, when a man walked into the home of a pensioner and stole money from her purse. more...

Quiet surface is not enough

The campaign for noise-reduction measures on the A34 has resulted, at long last, in a programme which the Highways Agency is due to start in August to replace the worn-out and always faulty concrete surface with a quiet asphalt surface (Oxford Mail, May 10). more...

New sculpture unveiled

Hugo Brunner unveiled the sculpture A film spool carved in stone forms part of a specially commissioned art work at the Neave Mews building in Abingdon to mark the completion of a major new development on part of the old Regal cinema site. more...

No complaint over assault

The victim of what an eyewitness described as a "vicious assault" in Abingdon has not come forward to report the incident to the police. more...

Bury dead on top of old graves, says MP

Graves at a cemetery near Oxford could be dug up and then reburied much deeper to allow the first new burials at the site since 1969. more...

Didcot reign but it pours

Storm clouds gathered over Didcot last night but failed to dampen the town's soaring spirits and pride in their football team which seven days ago won the FA Vase. more...

Oxfordshire Sport

SPEEDWAY: Magical Machine go out on high

OXFORD Silver Machine took revenge for a first-leg drubbing to clinch a superb 49-41 victory in last night's Knock-Out Cup clash at Oxford Stadium against Belle Vue Aces. more...

FOOTBALL: Jamie signs up with a promise

JAMIE Brooks says he intends to start next season off with a bang after yesterday signing a new one-year contract with Oxford United. more...

Golf: Chippy are new basement boys

Chipping Norton slipped to the bottom of Section 1 in the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League after drawing with Burford. more...

Football: Arbour look set to miss out on treble

Double cup winners Cold Arbour completed their Premier Division season with their unbeaten record intact as they won 3-0 at Mansfield Road. more...

Football: Ace Wes hammers hat-trick

Autotype UTV League: Wheatsheaf Didcot wrapped up the season with a 5-2 win over a spirited White Horse, Abingdon, to claim runners-up spot in Division 3B. more...

Football: Nomads join forces with City

There will be a new name in the Hellenic League next season after Oxford City agreed a partnership with Division 1 West side Quarry Nomads. more...

Oxford League Aunt Sally results check

Latest results as at May 18, 2005. more...

Pollard's 16-dolls can't save Kings

Colin Pollard was in devastating form as he clanged of 16 dolls for Kings Arms Kidlington in Section 2. more...

Athletics: Results from County Championships

The key winners and times from Tilsley Park.. Under 13 girls - 80m: 1 R Littlewood (OCAC) 11.1, 2 D Anderson (OCAC) 11.6, 3 R Hussey (OCAC) 11.7. 200m: R Littlewood (OCAC) 29.5, 2 J Gregory (AAAC) 29.9, 3 E Carstairs (OCAC) 31.1. 800m: 1 D Anderson (OCAC) 2.26.6, 2 M Hawtin (OCAC) 2.27.0, 3 B Swords (OCAC) 2.38.0. 70m hurdles: 1 G Taylor (RAD) 12.6, 2 R Hussey (OCAC) 13.0, 3 E Moore (OCAC) 15.4. 4x100m Relay: 1 Oxford City 57.9, 2 Abingdon Amblers A 61.9, 3 Abingdon Amblers B 66.4. Long jump: 1 D Anderson (OCAC) 4.29, 2 S Dutton (RAD) 4.19, 3 J Gregory (AAAC) 3.83. Shot: 1 H Cooke (OCAC) 7.37, 2 S Dutton (RAD) 7.08, 3 R Littlewood (OCAC) 6.61. High jump: 1 S Dutton (RAD) 1.35, 2 G Taylor (RAD) 1.35, 3 R Littlewood (OCAC) 1.30. Javelin: 1 D Anderson (OCAC) 28.97. more...

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