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Stories for 19 January 2006

Oxfordshire Education

Pass rates in gcse improve

Oxfordshire's GCSE pass rate rose last year for the first time in four years, with several schools making dramatic improvements -- but the county is still bottom of a league of similar authorities. more...

Oxfordshire News

Charity plea for unwanted gifts

A charity shop chain is looking to raise funds from unwanted Christmas presents. more...

Bin delay is no hardship

I am writing in response to John Mankelow's letter about refuse collections over the Christmas and New Year holiday period (Oxford Mail, January 11). more...

Lib Dem cynicism

Gerald Samson (Oxford Mail, January 11) is over-generous in his defence of Charles Kennedy. Certainly, alcoholism is a human failing. more...

Unfair criticism

I was appalled to read what Sarah Morris wrote about my brother and sister-in-law, Family of nine is nothing to be proud of (Oxford Mail, January 11). more...

Rifleman killed in warzone

A Oxford soldier serving in Iraq was killed when his head struck a bridge girder as he was driven beneath it, an inquest heard. more...

Make history

Oxford has been used as the backdrop for a new DVD/video guide helping people discover secrets of their family history. more...

Visits to sex clinic slump

The number of teenagers using Oxford's family planning service has slumped by nearly 50 per cent since it moved from Cowley Road to the city centre. more...

Estate bikers may get track

Teenage mini motorbike riders who drive illegally through streets and car parks on an Oxford estate could get a race circuit. more...

Councils aim to take control of street parking

Council wardens could be dishing out parking tickets to motorists in streets across Oxfordshire instead of police. more...

Drive to recruit 18 firefighters

Fire chiefs have warned there is a burning need for more retained firefighters, or response times to accidents and emergencies could be seriously affected. more...

Traffic diverted after bus gets trapped

Traffic had to be diverted after a bus got stuck in a street because of badly parked vans. more...

District races to spend park £1.4m

An eleventh-hour £1.4m deal has been struck to buy parkland as part of a Didcot housing development. more...

January 19: Patients come first, not last

It doesn't take a genius to work out that if you put public services in out-of-the way places, people won't use them. more...

Use Lottery to ease NHS debts

Your report on Stephen Eeley whose operation was cancelled to save the 'great God' money (Oxford Mail, January 4), moves me to write to you. more...

Skills help for sufferers

People in north Oxfordshire with long-term medical conditions are being given the chance to learn new skills to help them live more independently. more...

Court awaits crash verdict

A judge was due to give his verdict today (Thurs) on whether a tractor driver who was involved in a collision with a school bus is guilty of careless driving. more...

Story helps track cycle

An Oxford Mail paperboy's dream bike, which was stolen, has been found and returned -- partly thanks to our publicity. more...

Allotments to be tidied up

A tidy-up of Thame's allotments is on the cards thanks to a £500 grant from the Midcounties Co-operative. It will buy two new mowers to replace old and shabby equipment. more...

Help offered to axed call centre staff

A hundred employees who have lost their jobs have been promised help to find alternative work with the help of their local council. more...

'I'm going here'

A teacher who has raised thousands of pounds to help poor children is to make the trip of a lifetime to meet one of them. more...

Town tax rises to pay for outdoor pool

Abingdon residents are steeling themselves for a 15 per cent rise in the town council's share of council tax to help pay for the reopening of the outdoor swimming pool and the new visitor information point. more...

A disservice to the cause

As much as I am outraged by the use of animals in testing human medications, I am even more saddened to see a minority of people use a supposedly 'peaceful' demonstration in Oxford on Saturday as an excuse to battle authority (Oxford Mail, January 16). more...

Lib demo leader

Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Chris Huhne admitted he was one of the ringleaders in a heated student protest at Oxford University in November 1973. more...

Raving mad

An Oxfordshire raver is the first in the country to be banned from organising illegal parties anywhere in England and Wales under the terms of a unique Asbo. more...

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