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Stories for 23 January 2006

Oxfordshire News

Try composting

Oxford City Council is proposing to give wheelie bins to residents and undertake alternate weekly collections of general rubbish and recycled materials (Oxford Mail, January 13).   more...

Gateway to riches

Is Russia flexing its muscles again to the West with the recent events in the Ukraine?   more...

Morse spin-off looks good for business

Tourism in Oxford is expected to get a boost from "set jetters" - people who visit film and television locations - when the new Inspector Morse spin-off starts.   more...

Estate's singers try out for TV talent show

Amateurs, experts and the downright awful were put through their paces at the first audition for a fly-on-the-wall documentary transforming ordinary singers into a classical choir yesterday.   more...

City-wide alcohol free zone is 'almost inevitable'

The streets of Oxford could become alcohol-free zones as problems with drinking hotspots in certain parts of the city spiral out of control.   more...

Fears pet dog Charlie was taken by animal rights militants'

A dog owner whose pet has gone missing from her Oxford garden claims animal rights protesters may have stolen it.   more...

Fence blocks shortcut across dual-carriageway

A new 10ft fence has put an end to people dicing with death by taking a short cut over a busy stretch of the A40 in Oxford.   more...

Social services accused of dumping' youngsters on city

Social services has defended the way it cares for vulnerable youngsters after it was accused of "dumping" them on Oxford City Council.   more...

Site of historic divide to get blue plaque

The notorious Cutteslowe Walls which once divided a north Oxford housing estate are to be commemorated with a Blue Plaque.   more...

Monday, January 23: They're the shame of the game

Oxford United have got enough problems on the pitch without so-called fans like the ones featured on our front page today making matters worse.   more...

Delay `would be risk to theatre'

Wallingford's Corn Exchange Theatre faces closure if a £500,000 refurbishment project does not go ahead, it has been claimed.   more...

Women escape fridge blaze

Two elderly women had a lucky escape from their smoke-filled home near Abingdon after a fridge caught fire.   more...

Smokers have human rights too

How sad to see that your paper has stooped to using Government spin towards a group of your readers you obviously despise and detest.   more...

Fighting fans disgrace club

Nine Oxford United supporters have been banned from attending football matches anywhere in England and Wales after clashing with rival fans.   more...

Clovers boss robbed by bandits in Brazil

An Oxfordshire shopowner claims he is lucky to be alive after being held up and robbed by gun-toting bandits while on holiday in South America.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: FRUSTRATION FOR U'S

Oxford United's players, management and fans felt a massive sense of injustice at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday as their wretched home form continued.   more...

Football: Larman brace boosts Town

GLS Football Hellenic League - Abingdon Town 4, Fariford Town 2: Tom Larman struck twice as Abingdon Town eased their Premier Division relegation worries with an important victory over fellow strugglers Fairford at Culham Road on Saturday.   more...

Football: Poor Banbury lose to bottom team

Southern League: Banbury produced their worst performance of the season as they crashed to defeat at Cheshunt, who are firmly rooted to the bottom of the Southern League Premier Division.   more...

WEEKEND RESULTS CHECK

Scores from around the county COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO   more...

Football: TEN-MAN OUP STUN CHIPPY

Oxfordshire Senior Cup - Oxford Univ Press 3, Chipping Norton 2: Oxford University Press completed a giant-killing act when they claimed the scalp of Hellenic League side Chipping Norton in Saturday's third-round tie.   more...

Football: Purple nets do the trick for Letcombe!

GLS Football Hellenic League - Letcombe 2, Pewsey Vale 1: Letcombe's new purple nets worked wonders as they ended their goal drought to return to winning ways in Division 1 West on Saturday.   more...

Football: Young Thame losing touch

Thame United 0, Bedworth United 2: Thame are cut off nine points adrift at the bottom of the Southern League Division 1 West table after slipping to their fourth successive defeat.   more...