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Stories for 7 September 2006

Abingdon

Town's new waterway

A SMALL part of Abingdon's long-forgotten canal history has been revived with the opening of a new 140-metre cut named the Jubilee Junction.  more...

Walker gets society baton

A NEW conductor has been appointed by the Abingdon and District Musical Society.  more...

New shops boost town centre trade

ABINGDON'S retail sector has received a boost.  more...

Tribute paid to 1930s aviator

A SPECIAL aerial tribute has been paid to a daring woman pilot of the 1930s by one of today's most famous female flyers.  more...

Town takes runner-up spot again

FOR the second year running, Abingdon has won a silver gilt award in the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition - described by Abingdon in Bloom chairman, Pat Hobby, as a "remarkable" achievement.  more...

Reservoir bid in spotlight

THE full details of the design, size, volume, appearance and leisure use of Thames Water's proposed reservoir between Abingdon and Wantage will not be known until early next year.  more...

Deal 'close' on precinct

AGREEMENT is close on a major refurbishment of Abingdon's Bury Street shopping precinct.  more...

Deal 'close' on precinct

AGREEMENT is close on a major refurbishment of Abingdon's Bury Street shopping precinct.  more...

Abingdon News

Hopes rise on revamp

Agreement is close over a major refurbishment of Abingdon's rundown Bury Street shopping precinct.  more...

Sid aims to cut speeding cars

Speeding drivers will be targeted by police in the Abingdon and Wantage areas after residents flagged up the issue as one of the main problems blighting communities.  more...

Art

GREAT IMPRESSIONS, BAMPTON PRINTMAKERS

A varied group of printmakers are celebrating their work (until September 24) with charm and expertise.  more...

Business

Today's local share prices

AEA Technology 100.5 BMW 2651 Electrocomponents 241 Isoft Group 48.5 Oxford Bio 30.25 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 129 Reed Elsevier 566.25 RM 181.75 RPS 237.5 Torex Retail 46.75   more...

Today's local share prices

AEA Technology 100 BMW 2638 Electrocomponents 239.25 Isoft Group 45 Oxford Bio 30 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 126 Reed Elsevier 566.25 RM 181.5 RPS 231.5 Torex Retail 45.25   more...

Today's local share prices

AEA Technology 100 BMW 2638 Electrocomponents 239.25 Isoft Group 45 Oxford Bio 30 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 126 Reed Elsevier 566.25 RM 181.5 RPS 231.5 Torex Retail 45.25   more...

Cinema

WHO'D BE A TEENAGER THESE DAYS?

They say that childhood is getting shorter all the time. Judging by the number of knowing jokes inserted into the latest batch of summer blockbusters, it certainly seems as though innocence has gone out of style where kidpix are concerned. Even the censors appear more relaxed when it comes to swearing, sex and violence.  more...

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE AND PULSE

Little Miss Sunshine is a joyous celebration of 21st-century family life in all of its perplexing, dysfunctional glory. Screenwriter Michael Arndt uses the familiar structure of a road movie to probe social mores and reveal the intense emotional bonds, which unite even the most misfit and fractured of families. He arms the cast with an embarrassment of stinging one-liners yet still manages to make the characters seem very real, and all the more loveable for their quirks and eccentricities. Husband and wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris make a seamless transition from directing music videos to the vast canvas of big screen, finding intense moments of human drama during the epic journey.  more...

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE AND PULSE

Little Miss Sunshine is a joyous celebration of 21st-century family life in all of its perplexing, dysfunctional glory. Screenwriter Michael Arndt uses the familiar structure of a road movie to probe social mores and reveal the intense emotional bonds, which unite even the most misfit and fractured of families. He arms the cast with an embarrassment of stinging one-liners yet still manages to make the characters seem very real, and all the more loveable for their quirks and eccentricities. Husband and wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris make a seamless transition from directing music videos to the vast canvas of big screen, finding intense moments of human drama during the epic journey.  more...

PRESERVING FILMS THAT MUST NEVER BE LOST

This is exactly what the BFI should be doing. Its two DVD releases this week present films that would otherwise be lost for ever and prove that there's more to a special edition than a few deleted scenes, some uproariously unfunny outtakes and a commentary by the editor's grocer.  more...

Columns

The Insider: September 7, 2006

NO DOUBT several glasses of something expensive and alcoholic will be raised at the Oxford University Conservative Association, when they next convene, on hearing the news that Margaret Thatcher, was the most effective Prime Minister of the 20th century.  more...

The Insider: September 7, 2006

NO DOUBT several glasses of something expensive and alcoholic will be raised at the Oxford University Conservative Association, when they next convene, on hearing the news that Margaret Thatcher, was the most effective Prime Minister of the 20th century.  more...

Cricket

CRICKET: Oxford 2nd face drop after rules blunder

An administrative blunder has left Oxford 2nd in severe danger of relegation from Division 1 of The Oxford Times Cherwell League.  more...

CRICKET: Duo face drop

BOTH Oxford and Banbury face the serious threat of relegation after falling into the bottom two positions on Saturday - with just one match to play.  more...

Didcot

IT centre is to be closed

DIDCOT'S popular IT learning centre will shut at Christmas.  more...

Show goes on in vintage style

DESPITE the threat of the worst weather in its 12 years' existence, the Hendred Family Show went ahead on Sunday as the organisers crossed their fingers.  more...

Reservoir bid in spotlight

THE full details of the design, size, volume, appearance and leisure use of Thames Water's proposed reservoir between Abingdon and Wantage will not be known until early next year.  more...

'Vision 2030' scrapped

A MAJOR project to create a 'vision for Didcot' has been scrapped by South Oxfordshire District Council.  more...

Division 1

CRICKET: Title goes to last day

THE title race will go down to the last weekend of the season, with Aston Rowant still favourites, despite suffering a shock defeat in Division 1 on Saturday.  more...

Division 2

CRICKET: Cumnor are champions

CUMNOR are the champions after they pulled off an impressive run chase in the wind and rain to defeat Bledlow Ridge in Division 2.  more...

Division 3

CRICKET: Three in a row for Horspath

HORSPATH won their division for the third year in a row when they beat Wolverton Town by four wickets, while their only rivals Morris Motors Exiles lost in Division 3.  more...

Division 4

CRICKET: Didcot have hope

DIDCOT gave themselves every chance of avoiding the drop by beating Division 4 promotion-chasers Chearsley.  more...

Division 5

CRICKET: Bledlow on brink

BLEDLOW Village need 15 points from their final match to secure top spot in Division 5 after beating Thame Town 2nd by five wickets.  more...

Division 6

CRICKET: Oxford miss opportunity

OXFORD 3rd closed the gap at the top of Division 6, despite suffering a three-wicket defeat against Leighton Buzzard Town 2nd.  more...

Eating Out

Make mine a double — a brewery tour and pub lunch

Now the nights are drawing in, I decided to take one more holiday jaunt before autumn arrives with a vengeance, which is why today's pub, The Sun Inn, Hook Norton, calls for a day trip outside the southern Oxfordshire area.  more...

Editorial Comment

Don't trust the log-on lynch mob

The Internet perverts who prey on underage children are to be despised.  more...

Entertainment

Dame Felicity at the abbey

THE Orchestra of St John returns to Dorchester Abbey on Friday, September 15, under the direction of conductor John Lubbock, to stage their ninth Music in the Abbey festival.  more...

Just the time to catch Time of Your Life

THE curtain has gone up on local playwright Sharon Stone's latest play, Time of Your Life, which she wrote especially for members of the Oxford-based Studio Theatre Club.  more...

Food

ONDER OF A WATERSIDE FARM SHOP

Jane Fanner-Hoskin and her husband, Vyvyan, re-entered my life at 6am one warm Sunday in August, when the last thing I expected to hear on Radio 4's early morning farming programme was Jane's voice describing their farm, which butts the Oxford Canal.  more...

MINIATURE APPLE PIES

ane Fanner-Hoskin never lets any of her fruit and vegetables go to waste. Everything that can't be sold or eaten now is pickled, bottled or frozen into something useful for later. This recipe is to encourage all those with apple trees to pick up the falling apples and create something tasty with them, rather than leave them to rot. Obviously, Bramley apples are best, but some eating apples are fine too.  more...

Football

FOOTBALL: King hits 500-goal landmark

STEVE King grabbed his 500th goal as Sandman trounced newly-promoted Cross Keys 11-1 on the opening day in Autotype UTV Division 1, writes TIM SIRET.  more...

FOOTBALL: Banbury miss chance to go top

Banbury Utd 1, Cheshunt 1 BANBURY United's hopes of going to the top of the table were dashed in Tuesday night's Premier Division match at Spencer Stadium.  more...

FOOTBALL: Banbury miss chance to go top

Banbury Utd 1, Cheshunt 1 BANBURY United's hopes of going to the top of the table were dashed in Tuesday night's Premier Division match at Spencer Stadium.  more...

FOOTBALL: Spence is City's hat-trick hero

RAY Spence struck a hat-trick to send Oxford City through to the first qualifying round of the FA Cup with a 4-3 victory over Abingdon United on Tuesday night - five goals coming in extra time.  more...

FOOTBALL: Spence is City's hat-trick hero

RAY Spence struck a hat-trick to send Oxford City through to the first qualifying round of the FA Cup with a 4-3 victory over Abingdon United on Tuesday night - five goals coming in extra time.  more...

Golf

GOLF: Andrews keeps North in hunt

MARK Andrews holed a 20-foot putt to keep alive North Oxford's hopes of landing the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League Section 2 title.  more...

GOLF: No repeat for Dave

DEFENDING champion David Summers finished joint fifth in the Boddington Trophy at Royal Ascot.  more...

GOLF: Results round-up

f=Helvetica s=5.5CHIPPING NORTON Ladies' Edward Douglas Medal: 1 M Bradburn 91-22=69, 2 K Brown 101-29=72, 3 S Barguss 93-18=75 (cb).  more...

GOLF: Results round-up

CHIPPING NORTON Ladies' Edward Douglas Medal: 1 M Bradburn 91-22=69, 2 K Brown 101-29=72, 3 S Barguss 93-18=75 (cb).  more...

Headlines

Source of donation questioned

WITNEY MP David Cameron is under pressure to identify the members of a 'shadowy' organisation which has given thousands of pounds to his local party.  more...

Headteacher denies all charges

A HEADTEACHER broke into tears at a disciplinary hearing where he blamed accusations of bullying on a minority of staff who did not like his managerial style.  more...

Ghostly guide stalks street

Tales of ghosts lurking in the shadows of Oxford's streets can be heard in a new theatrical ghost trail.  more...

A top-10 finish for Emma-Kate

Oxford Star reporter Emma-Kate Lidbury battled through the pain barrier to win a top 10 place in the World Triathlon Championships in Switzerland.  more...

Leader

Will a makeover meet challenge?

We will have to wait and see what comes of the negotiations over the revamp of Abingdon's Bury Street precinct. We are not encouraged by the noises coming out of the Vale council.  more...

Ridiculous rules

We trust Oxfordshire County Council will quickly realise how ridiculous it is being about chairs outside The Dolphin pub in Wallingford.  more...

Letters

Pedalling cycle safety message

In reply to Brian Fisher's comments on cyclists using footpaths (Oxford Mail, August 28), he implies it's all the cyclists' fault that they have resorted to riding on pavements. This is not entirely true.  more...

It wheelie works

Jean Fooks, the city council's executive member for a cleaner city, quotes Cherwell District Council's method of recycling as 'successful' because it has blue, green and brown wheelie bins (Oxford Mail, August 19).  more...

Saddened by district council action

Sir, I was shocked and saddened by the action of the Vale of the White Horse in insisting on the removal of the progress notices of the fundraising for the nursing home which Wantage so badly needs.  more...

Is it worth it?

Sir, I was surprised to read in The Herald last week that materials for the Thames Water pipeline are being delivered by road from the continent (Lorry crush hits village).  more...

Learn to listen

Sir, You report (August 31) that the Vale is complaining that public consultation on the new reservoir etc will require considerable resource both in senior officer time and finance.  more...

Protest praised

Sir, The protesters outside Drax Power Station are to be applauded for drawing attention to the CO2 pollution caused by coal-fired power stations.  more...

The goal was . . .

Sir, Councillor Service seems determined, over the issue of Didcot Town Council's sponsorship of a couple of matches by Didcot Town's FC, to play political football (if you pardon the expression).  more...

Green Belt

Sir, Councillor Anne Purse is wrong about the vote at the county council meeting on November 1 last year (Letters, August 24). She stated the named Conservative councillors voted against protecting the Green Belt - me being one of them.  more...

Thanks a lot!

Sir, I would just like to thank the young man who refused me the use of the toilet at Georgetown Post Office and Garage on Friday evening, 7.30pm, August 25. I just hope, young man, that when you become a senior citizen and you need the toilet, someone refuses to let you use it.  more...

News

Horton's human circle

MEN, women, and children stood side by side on Sunday to form a human circle around Banbury's Horton Hospital in another massive show of public opposition to cuts in services.  more...

Street star set to switch on lights

SINGING Coronation Street star Andy Whyment will be in Banbury on Sunday November 26 to switch on the town's Christmas Lights.  more...

Plea for anti-flood cash fails

A FLOOD-prevention scheme for Banbury has failed to secure vital Government funding and the project will not go ahead.  more...

Warning over farm firebugs

FARMERS have been warned to be vigilant against arsonists looking to target barns and outbuildings full of recently-collected crops.  more...

Racing driver in court over death

A YOUNG racing driver has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a 53-year-old Oxfordshire woman by dangerous driving.  more...

Pick-up planned for your kitchen waste

HOUSEHOLDS across Oxfordshire face fortnightly rubbish collections as part of a new county-wide approach to reducing waste.  more...

Headteacher accused of bullying

A HEADTEACHER broke down in tears at a disciplinary hearing where he blamed accusations of bullying on a minority of staff who did not like his managerial style.  more...

Spies and defectors convene at college

AN OXFORD college is set to rival Cambridge University in the public imagination as a nest of spies, defectors and double agents.  more...

Former planning man's 'major breach'

A FORMER council planning committee chairman is guilty of "probably the biggest breach of planning laws in recent years".  more...

Blooming brilliant! That's Oxford

OXFORD, Woodstock and Bicester won top awards in the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition.  more...

Paedophile site critcised by police

SUSPECTED paedophiles are being 'named and shamed' on a Witney-based website in a move which police say could drive sex offenders underground.  more...

University to knock down Victorian house

DORSET HOUSE, a large Victorian property in Headington, could be demolished to make way for accommodation blocks for 363 students.  more...

Radio Oxford apologises for background music

RADIO managers have apologised to listeners after playing a track entitled Jump during a news report on a man who fell from a hotel window, killing his son.  more...

Miss England's luggage goes missing

OXFORD's Miss World finalist Eleanor Glynn beat her fear of flying to travel to Poland - then discovered her luggage had been stolen at the airport.  more...

Council's £4m repair bill for melting roads

THIS summer's heatwave has left Oxfordshire County Council's highways managers with a £4m repair bill for damaged road surfaces.  more...

Now Mark Haddon offends Peterborough

MARK Haddon, the Oxford author whose children's book became a worldwide bestseller, has angered the residents of Peterborough with his new novel.  more...

Brothers retire from city shoe store

BROTHERS George and Stephen Purves have retired as director-managers of one of Oxford's oldest businesses - shoe shop Ducker and Son.  more...

Cameron under pressure to reveal donors to local party

WITNEY MP David Cameron is under pressure to identify the members of a "shadowy" organisation which has given thousands of pounds to his local party.  more...

Football clubs angered by new council rules

CHILDREN'S football clubs claim they are being forced off their home grounds because of new rules introduced by Oxford City Council.  more...

man bit nose after release from jail for manslaughter

A MAN has been jailed for biting another man's nose just three months after he was released from prison after serving time for manslaughter.  more...

Man bit nose after release from jail for manslaughter

A MAN has been jailed for biting another man's nose just three months after he was released from prison after serving time for manslaughter.  more...

Staff swamped with requests for end to junk mail

STAFF at a Royal Mail office in Oxford have been inundated with requests from residents across the country to stop their junk mail.  more...

Campaign to save Churchill's last carriage

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save the railway carriage that carried Sir Winston Churchill on his journey to his final resting place in Bladon, near his birthplace of Blenheim Palace.  more...

Local faces who make world better place

OXFORD faces feature heavily in a list of 50 British men and women who are making the world a better place.  more...

Faith school involved in tribunal

AN ENGLISH teacher who converted to Islam when she joined a Muslim faith school was horrified when the owner asked questions about her virginity, a tribunal was told.  more...

North Oxford post office set to close

RESIDENTS in North Oxford are being warned that the post office serving the busy Summertown shopping centre is being closed.  more...

Opinion

THE BATTLE OF THER BIOGRAPHERS

Writer A.N.Wilson is perhaps regretting the spiteful review he gave in the autumn of 2002 to the second volume of Bevis Hillier's biography of Sir John Betjeman. It was, he told readers of the Spectator, "an uncooked dinner slapped down unappetisingly on the plate in front of you". For good measure he added that Hillier was "not really a writer" and that his material could only be said to have been made into a book "in the sense that a child might make a book by cutting up pictures from a magazine and gumming them into a scrapbook". Ouch!  more...

Other Sport

BOWLS: Earl dashes hopes of Comley double

Earl dashes hopes of Comley double CHRIS Earl denied husband and wife Paul and Davina Comley a notable double at Rover Cowley's finals day.  more...

Bowls: Borough duo's national joy

Banbury Borough duo Gary Lucas and Greg Moon were thrilled to end the year on a high note with a dramatic success in the Waitrose English National Pairs Championship at Worthing.  more...

BOWLS: Oxon capture short mat crown

Oxfordshire are celebrating their first success in the English Short Mat Association Summer Inter-County Competition.  more...

Oxford News

Website trap for perverts

Suspected paedophiles are being 'named and shamed' on a Witney-based website in a move which police say could drive sex offenders underground.  more...

Kids tuck intohealthy lunch

Gone are the turkey twizzlers, burgers and chips for school dinners, now that Oxfordshire County Council's new catering plan 'Food for Thought' is being gradually implemented.  more...

Bloomin' fab!

Flower power has won Oxford, Woodstock and Bicester honours in the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition.  more...

Baldrick, BA

Baldrick is to get an honorary degree from Oxford Brookes University - but it nothing to do with cunning plans or turnips.  more...

Wannabe star gets tv chance

An aspiring pop singer and artist is hoping to be propelled to fame and fortune after appearing on a Channel Five TV design show tonight.  more...

City park finds friends (at last)

Blackbird Leys Park is the least loved in Oxford after an open day to attract members of a friends group brought only one response.  more...

Vandals told: we'll get you

Police have launched a campaign to crack down on vandals who commit criminal damage.  more...

'Boss asked if i was a virgin'

An English teacher who converted to Islam when she joined a Muslim faith school said she was "horrified" when the owner asked questions about her virginity, a tribunal was told yesterday.  more...

Meltdown will cost a cool £4m

This summer's heatwave has left Oxfordshire County Council's highways managers with a £4m bill to repair damaged road surfaces.  more...

Man admits taking couple’s £9,000

A man has admitted withdrawing £9,000 which had been dishonestly transferred to him from bank accounts belonging to an elderly couple.  more...

Recipes

What to do with all those courgettes

THE Australians call them zucchini, in Italy they are referred to as zucchino, whereas over here we call them courgettes.  more...

Restaurants

NEW INN AND VALLEY RESTAURANT, MINSTER LOVEL

Let's hear it for the kitchen team! The tireless workers who play a crucial role in the success of any catering establishment don't always receive the credit they deserve from restaurant reviewers - though I hope recognition of their effort is always implicit in this column. But today we venture into the engine room of the New Inn at Minster Lovell in a photographic salute to chef Mat Tucker and some of his hard-working crew.  more...

Share Prices

Today's local share prices

AEA Technology 100.5 BMW 2651 Electrocomponents 241 Isoft Group 48.5 Oxford Bio 30.25 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 129 Reed Elsevier 566.25 RM 181.75 RPS 237.5 Torex Retail 46.75   more...

Today's closing local share prices

AEA Technology 100 BMW 2638 Electrocomponents 239.25 Isoft Group 45 Oxford Bio 30 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 126 Reed Elsevier 566.25 RM 181.5 RPS 231.5 Torex Retail 45.25   more...

Speedway

SPEEDWAY: Brave Cheetahs give Pirates a fright

Poole Pirates 49, Oxford Cheetahs 42Oxford guest Adam Shields and captain Todd Wiltshire starred as spirited Cheetahs pushed Poole all the way at Wimborne Road last night.  more...

Theatre

The Kingfisher: Everyman Theatre, CHELTENHAM

Tea and sympathy: that is what Lady Evelyn hopes to receive when she calls at Sir Cecil's country house. Tea is certainly on offer, but sympathy is not. For Evelyn is on her way home from her husband's funeral - the husband that she chose instead of Cecil 50 years previously. The wound still festers: "I'm standing by for death without ever having had experience of life," Cecil observes mournfully.  more...

THE OVERWHELMING, OXFORD PLAYHOUSE

Set in Rwanda in 1994, The Overwhelming - from the National Theatre in association with Out of Joint -depicts one outsider's harrowing personal experience of the unfolding genocide. Jack Exley (Matthew Marsh), a struggling academic, uproots his family from Illinois to Kigali to research a book about his friend Joseph Gasana (Jude Akuwudike), a Tutsi paediatrician, specialising in HIV. Before the play is even half-way through, it is clear that Jack's visit is as much about his own failure as a father, husband, academic and human being, as it is about Joseph, who has mysteriously disappeared from public life.  more...

THE OVERWHELMING, OXFORD PLAYHOUSE

Set in Rwanda in 1994, The Overwhelming - from the National Theatre in association with Out of Joint -depicts one outsider's harrowing personal experience of the unfolding genocide. Jack Exley (Matthew Marsh), a struggling academic, uproots his family from Illinois to Kigali to research a book about his friend Joseph Gasana (Jude Akuwudike), a Tutsi paediatrician, specialising in HIV. Before the play is even half-way through, it is clear that Jack's visit is as much about his own failure as a father, husband, academic and human being, as it is about Joseph, who has mysteriously disappeared from public life.  more...

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, STRATFORD

Had he been around at the time, would President George W.Bush have involved the United States in a war between the Greeks and the Trojans? It's a thought that keeps nagging away during Peter Stein's production of Troilus and Cressida. For this is a war that seems out of all proportion to the events that started it, and a war that seems unending.  more...

Travel Features

Coasts boast fun for all

The trip to the seaside is a genuine British obsession and many of us have memories of shivering under a towel in a sandstorm during our childhood. Ed Mezzetti and Caroline Hyland visited two resorts to see what has changed.  more...

Wallingford

BunkFest fun hits top note

WALLINGFORD came alive to the sound of music last weekend as 51 dance groups, scores of folk musicians and several youth bands went into action during the annual BunkFest.  more...

Clash over pub tables

WALLINGFORD publicans Jacqui and Brian Howard are digging their heels in over demands that they remove the four tables outside their pub in St Mary's Street.  more...

Wantage And Grove

Broken water pipe hits takeaway trade

A COUPLE who have set up a flourishing fast food business at Wantage found their taps ran dry after workmen broke a water pipe close to their premises.  more...

Show goes on in vintage style

DESPITE the threat of the worst weather in its 12 years' existence, the Hendred Family Show went ahead on Sunday as the organisers crossed their fingers.  more...

Reservoir bid in spotlight

THE full details of the design, size, volume, appearance and leisure use of Thames Water's proposed reservoir between Abingdon and Wantage will not be known until early next year.  more...

Mill Street blues

NIGHTMARE in Mill Street - that's the gloomy verdict of local traders in Wantage who claim they are struggling to survive the knock-on effects of the current large-scale redevelopment in the town.  more...

Witney News

Claims reduce head to tears

A headteacher broke into tears at a disciplinary hearing where he blamed accusations of bullying on a minority of staff who did not like his managerial style.  more...

Abingdon Herald News

Poor backing for new music festival

POOR support from British companies for the new Dorchester Abbey-based English Music Festival has disappointed organisers - and kept ticket prices high.   more...

Bicester Advertiser Sport

HOCKEY: Players needed

Bicester are hunting players for the new season.   more...

Oxford Mail Business

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Oxford Mail News

Website trap for perverts

Suspected paedophiles are being 'named and shamed' on a Witney-based website in a move which police say could drive sex offenders underground.   more...

Kids tuck intohealthy lunch

Gone are the turkey twizzlers, burgers and chips for school dinners, now that Oxfordshire County Council's new catering plan 'Food for Thought' is being gradually implemented.   more...

Hopes rise on revamp

Agreement is close over a major refurbishment of Abingdon's rundown Bury Street shopping precinct.   more...

Bloomin' fab!

Flower power has won Oxford, Woodstock and Bicester honours in the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition.   more...

Sid aims to cut speeding cars

Speeding drivers will be targeted by police in the Abingdon and Wantage areas after residents flagged up the issue as one of the main problems blighting communities.   more...

Baldrick, BA

Baldrick is to get an honorary degree from Oxford Brookes University - but it nothing to do with cunning plans or turnips.   more...

Wannabe star gets tv chance

An aspiring pop singer and artist is hoping to be propelled to fame and fortune after appearing on a Channel Five TV design show tonight.   more...

City park finds friends (at last)

Blackbird Leys Park is the least loved in Oxford after an open day to attract members of a friends group brought only one response.   more...

Vandals told: we'll get you

Police have launched a campaign to crack down on vandals who commit criminal damage.   more...

'Boss asked if i was a virgin'

An English teacher who converted to Islam when she joined a Muslim faith school said she was "horrified" when the owner asked questions about her virginity, a tribunal was told yesterday.   more...

Meltdown will cost a cool £4m

This summer's heatwave has left Oxfordshire County Council's highways managers with a £4m bill to repair damaged road surfaces.   more...

Claims reduce head to tears

A headteacher broke into tears at a disciplinary hearing where he blamed accusations of bullying on a minority of staff who did not like his managerial style.   more...

Man admits taking couple’s £9,000

A man has admitted withdrawing £9,000 which had been dishonestly transferred to him from bank accounts belonging to an elderly couple.   more...

Oxford Mail Sport

BOWLS: Earl dashes hopes of Comley double

Earl dashes hopes   more...

Bowls: Borough duo's national joy

Banbury Borough duo Gary Lucas and Greg Moon were thrilled to end the year on a high note with a dramatic success in the Waitrose English National Pairs Championship at Worthing.   more...

BOWLS: Oxon capture short mat crown

Oxfordshire are celebrating their first success in the English Short Mat Association Summer Inter-County Competition.   more...

Oxford Star News

Fair proves a real scream

Screams of fear and delight were heard resounding around Oxford as the annual St Giles Fair got under way this week.   more...

Ghostly guide stalks street

Tales of ghosts lurking in the shadows of Oxford's streets can be heard in a new theatrical ghost trail.   more...

A top-10 finish for Emma-Kate

Oxford Star reporter Emma-Kate Lidbury battled through the pain barrier to win a top 10 place in the World Triathlon Championships in Switzerland.   more...

The Oxford Times News

County set to preserve Trap Grounds

COUNTY councillors look set to back a House of Lords ruling which suggests a patch of scrubland in North Oxford should be registered as a Town Green.   more...

Pick-up planned for your kitchen waste

HOUSEHOLDS across Oxfordshire face fortnightly rubbish collections as part of a new county-wide approach to reducing waste.   more...

Headteacher accused of bullying

A HEADTEACHER broke down in tears at a disciplinary hearing where he blamed accusations of bullying on a minority of staff who did not like his managerial style.   more...

Spies and defectors convene at college

AN OXFORD college is set to rival Cambridge University in the public imagination as a nest of spies, defectors and double agents.   more...

Former planning man's 'major breach'

A FORMER council planning committee chairman is guilty of "probably the biggest breach of planning laws in recent years".   more...

Blooming brilliant! That's Oxford

OXFORD, Woodstock and Bicester won top awards in the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition.   more...

Paedophile site critcised by police

SUSPECTED paedophiles are being 'named and shamed' on a Witney-based website in a move which police say could drive sex offenders underground.   more...

University to knock down Victorian house

DORSET HOUSE, a large Victorian property in Headington, could be demolished to make way for accommodation blocks for 363 students.   more...

Radio Oxford apologises for background music

RADIO managers have apologised to listeners after playing a track entitled Jump during a news report on a man who fell from a hotel window, killing his son.   more...

Miss England's luggage goes missing

OXFORD's Miss World finalist Eleanor Glynn beat her fear of flying to travel to Poland - then discovered her luggage had been stolen at the airport.   more...

Council's £4m repair bill for melting roads

THIS summer's heatwave has left Oxfordshire County Council's highways managers with a £4m repair bill for damaged road surfaces.   more...

Now Mark Haddon offends Peterborough

MARK Haddon, the Oxford author whose children's book became a worldwide bestseller, has angered the residents of Peterborough with his new novel.   more...

Brothers retire from city shoe store

BROTHERS George and Stephen Purves have retired as director-managers of one of Oxford's oldest businesses - shoe shop Ducker and Son.   more...

Cameron under pressure to reveal donors to local party

WITNEY MP David Cameron is under pressure to identify the members of a "shadowy" organisation which has given thousands of pounds to his local party.   more...

Football clubs angered by new council rules

CHILDREN'S football clubs claim they are being forced off their home grounds because of new rules introduced by Oxford City Council.   more...

Man bit nose after release from jail for manslaughter

A MAN has been jailed for biting another man's nose just three months after he was released from prison after serving time for manslaughter.   more...

Staff swamped with requests for end to junk mail

STAFF at a Royal Mail office in Oxford have been inundated with requests from residents across the country to stop their junk mail.   more...

Campaign to save Churchill's last carriage

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save the railway carriage that carried Sir Winston Churchill on his journey to his final resting place in Bladon, near his birthplace of Blenheim Palace.   more...

Local faces who make world better place

OXFORD faces feature heavily in a list of 50 British men and women who are making the world a better place.   more...

Faith school involved in tribunal

AN ENGLISH teacher who converted to Islam when she joined a Muslim faith school was horrified when the owner asked questions about her virginity, a tribunal was told.   more...

North Oxford post office set to close

RESIDENTS in North Oxford are being warned that the post office serving the busy Summertown shopping centre is being closed.   more...

The Oxford Times Sport

Harvey scores in Scotland

Oxfordshire racing driver Tim Harvey scored a fine victory during rounds 15 and 16 of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at the Knockhill circuit in Scotland.   more...

Witney Gazette News

Source of donation questioned

WITNEY MP David Cameron is under pressure to identify the members of a 'shadowy' organisation which has given thousands of pounds to his local party.   more...

Headteacher denies all charges

A HEADTEACHER broke into tears at a disciplinary hearing where he blamed accusations of bullying on a minority of staff who did not like his managerial style.   more...

  
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