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Stories for 25 January 2006

Oxfordshire News

New cycle safety campaign launched

Male cyclists in Oxfordshire are more likely than women to crash into parked cars while overtaking, a new campaign on bike safety has revealed.   more...

Where's the evidence?

Tony Anchor's extremely bigoted letter, Blair's police (Oxford Mail, January 16), reveals the ignorance and, dare I say, prejudice at the heart of much that is written regarding immigration.   more...

Happiest days

How pleasing to read the letters in support of the happy family of nine -- my thoughts exactly.   more...

Club's plans forge ahead

Building work on the new Morris Motors Athletic and Social Club in Oxford is due to begin next month.   more...

White paper won't add up

School leaders in Oxfordshire have called on the Government to abandon its controversial education White Paper -- warning it could create admissions chaos.   more...

Bridge saved

Residents of a village near Oxford are celebrating after a long battle to save a historic railway bridge ended in victory.   more...

Millions of litres leak out during row

A summer water crisis may loom but a leaking pipe has spewed out almost 100,000 litres a day for seven months -- and no-one would fix it.   more...

'Bigger acts in better venue'

Bigger bands, better facilities and more variety are promised when one of Oxford's largest live music venues begins its £1.5m expan- sion in the summer.   more...

Drinkers wise to ban zones

Oxford's police chief believes it is only a matter of time before there is a citywide ban on street drinking.   more...

Wednesday, January 25: PM should learn how to listen

As he battles to stem the growing opposition to his education reforms, Tony Blair has questioned the role of government.   more...

Superstore gets tough on car park commuters

A Witney supermarket is getting tough with people overstaying its two-hour free parking limit because of increasing pressure on town centre spaces.   more...

Fine words and nothing more

Your article on the rejection of the retrospective planning application for the new housing development in Kings Cross Road, Summertown, Oxford (Oxford Mail, January 12), raises serious issues about the whole system of planning control.   more...

Trust confirms hospitals plan

NHS bosses have announced plans to scrap services at a number of Oxfordshire's community hospitals in a bid to improve services for elderly patients.   more...

'I feared thief would shoot'

A supermarket worker has spoken of the moment he thought he was going to be killed by a gang of gunmen who tied him and 12 other colleagues up during a robbery.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: A FRONT MAN AT LONG LAST

Brian Talbot looked set to get the new striker he wanted after Oxford United had a £120,000 bid for Stockport County's Jermaine Easter accepted last night.   more...

Football: Palmer four-timer lifts Ducklington

Witney & District FA: Ducklington kept up the chase at the top of the Premier Division with a 9-0 thrashing of Milton.   more...

Athletics: RIDLEY GETS WALES CALL

Witney Roadrunner Elysia Ridley has been rewarded for her fine cross country form with a call-up to the Wales team for Saturday's Celtic Championships in Dublin.   more...

Athletics: England finishes third in Seville

Oxford City's Hannah England finished third for England in the Cross International de Italica in Seville, Spain.   more...

Football: LEWIS RED CARD SOURS SPORTS WIN

Oxfordshire Senior League: Launton Sports' Wes Lewis turned from hero to villain as he was sent off in their 3-0 victory at Premier Division rivals Adderbury Park.   more...

Football: Underdogs Botley pull off big shock

North Berks League: Kieran Ellis was the hero for Botley United as his second-half strike helped the Division 4 side send Division 1 outfit Grove Rangers spinning out of the North Berks Charity Shield with a 1-0 victory.   more...

Athletics: Hawtin strikes gold in Cardiff

Burgeoning talent Melissa Hawtin added yet another prestigious title to her ever-growing haul as she won the gold medal at the Cardiff Cross Challenge.   more...