Oxfordshire | Archive | 2001 | May
Relief could be in sight for a traffic-clogged village, following the announcement of plans to build a £4m bypass. more...
A new rose garden is opening to celebrate more than 100 years of rose growing in Oxford. more...
Banbury began the defence of their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 title with a well-earned win against last year's feeder league champions Slough at their superb new ground on Saturday. more...
Bicester and North Oxford's new Australian import, Rod Davison, marked his Home Counties debut with a sparkling 86 against Reading on Saturday, but it was not quite enough to ensure victory. more...
Nurse Sue Tagg is furious that a man convicted of burning her two cars received 80 hours community service and was allowed to pay her £2,000 compensation over almost eight years. more...
A stolen car hit the front of a house in Ashby Road, Bicester. A youth was seen running from the scene. more...
Didcot Town FC's midfielder Rodney Dorrian has been overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and club members who have raised money to help him while he recovers from a serious leg injury. more...
The Church of England wants to create a new church-aided school on the site of the former Cowley St John School, in Cricket Road, Cowley, Oxford. more...
Television celebrity Anne Diamond has warned that Summertown is fast becoming the hub of Oxford because the transport strategy is driving shoppers out of the city centre. more...
A shopper whose handbag was snatched outside a supermarket by a bicycle-riding thief has called on the store to improve its security. more...
A new exhibition of sculpture will be opening on Thursday, May 16, at Oxford University Museum of Natural History. more...
Oxford University student William Straw, son of Home Secretary Jack Straw, has been fined £55 for taking part in a sit-in protest against student tuition fees. more...
Senior citizens are being invited to Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre on May 15, from 10am to 2pm, to prove that "you are never too old to have a go". more...
Major extension work on the ground floor and in the roof to give extra living space at 11 Manor Drive, Horspath, is envisaged in plans before South Oxfordshire District Council. more...
Eastbourne 50, Oxford Cheetahs 40 (agg 87-93) more...
Oxford, who had to wait until the second week of July last season before finally registering their first win, got off to a flying start this term with a four-wicket victory at Burnham. more...
You don't have to be a member of the emergency services to save a life, according to the National Blood Service. more...
Families with children who are severely visually impaired and between the ages of three and eight are invited to take part in a study that will help develop family care services. more...
Results from May 12 and 13 more...
Results from May 12 and 13. more...
A superb spell by skipper Robin Himpson set up Sunningwell's three-wicket victory over Hanney in the first round of the Steve Dixon Cup on Saturday. more...
Alan Judge heralded the re-run of the 1986 Milk Cup final at the Manor "an absolutely fantastic day". more...
Mark Wright is the man who will revitalise Oxford United and take them back up the Football League. more...
One of the world's leading experts in magnet technology has uprooted his family to join Oxfordshire's growing scientific Russian expatriate community. more...
City centre employers are considering moving out to the ring road to give their staff and customers easier access, say property agents FPD Savills. more...
The two-day Oxford Balloon Fiesta, sponsored by the Oxford Mail, attracted more than 50,000 spectators. more...
Senior citizens are being invited to Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre on May 15, from 10am to 2pm, to prove that "you are never too old to have a go". more...
People are being asked to support the charity CLIC - Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood - in its 25th anniversary year, by joining in its national summer event, the Big CLIC Picnic, between June 9 and 24. more...
The Pitt Rivers Museum will remain open until 9pm on Friday, May 18, to explain more about its Japanese armour. more...
A new exhibition of sculpture will be opening on Thursday, May 16, at Oxford University Museum of Natural History. more...
A new rose garden is opening to celebrate more than 100 years of rose growing in Oxford. more...
List of nominations for the county council elections on June 7 more...
The two-day Oxford Balloon Fiesta, sponsored by the Oxford Mail, attracted more than 50,000 spectators. more...
Nurse Sue Tagg is furious that a man convicted of burning her two cars received 80 hours community service and was allowed to pay her £2,000 compensation over almost eight years. more...
Relief could be in sight for a traffic-clogged village, following the announcement of plans to build a £4m bypass. more...
A shopper whose handbag was snatched outside a supermarket by a bicycle-riding thief has called on the store to improve its security. more...
Didcot Town FC's midfielder Rodney Dorrian has been overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and club members who have raised money to help him while he recovers from a serious leg injury. more...
Parking spaces will be returned to Oxford's Broad Street if the Conservatives win control of Oxfordshire County Council at the forthcoming local elections. more...
A voluntary collection service set up to provide free furniture to needy families has been suspended because of a lack of storage space. more...
South oxfordshire District Council has delivered a "major blow" to Thame's hopes for substantial cash backing for a new health and fitness suite. more...
There's more to Tom Robinson than meets the eye. He writes catchy pop tunes, lends his support to those in need and, for someone who once openly sang about being glad to be gay, talks openly about his love for his wife and children. George Frew picks up the story . . . more...
Photographs. Are they snapshots of history caught on film, records of the past or, depending on the angle and cropping, distorted views of what really happened? George Frew goes to the Pitt Rivers Museum to find out more...
James Simpson drops in on a group of travellers who are doing their best to better their image in the community more...
Three former Lord Mayors of Oxford have confirmed they are aiming to make political comebacks as county councillors. more...
Labour promised to invest in education and public transport at the launch of their campaign for the county council elections on June 7. more...
Two elite rowers struck down in their prime were commemorated at boat-naming ceremony on Saturday. more...
Mark Wright is the man who will revitalise Oxford United and take them back up the Football League. more...
Results from May 12 and 13 more...
Results from May 12 and 13. more...
Eastbourne 50, Oxford Cheetahs 40 (agg 87-93) more...
A superb spell by skipper Robin Himpson set up Sunningwell's three-wicket victory over Hanney in the first round of the Steve Dixon Cup on Saturday. more...
Alan Judge heralded the re-run of the 1986 Milk Cup final at the Manor "an absolutely fantastic day". more...
Bicester and North Oxford's new Australian import, Rod Davison, marked his Home Counties debut with a sparkling 86 against Reading on Saturday, but it was not quite enough to ensure victory. more...
Oxford, who had to wait until the second week of July last season before finally registering their first win, got off to a flying start this term with a four-wicket victory at Burnham. more...
South oxfordshire District Council has delivered a "major blow" to Thame's hopes for substantial cash backing for a new health and fitness suite. more...
Acorn Homes has been given pl anning permission by South Oxfordshire District to convert first floor premises at Middle Way, Chinnor, from offices to one two-bedroomed flat and two one-bedroomed flats. more...
Raynes Park Vale 1, AFC Wallingford 1 more...
Children are being given wrong advice about cycling on the pavement, according to police. more...
A man and a woman, both aged 20, were taken by ambulance to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after a car and a minibus collided outside Fair Mile Hospital in Reading Road, Cholsey, on Friday night. more...
Plans to demolish Lavender Cottage, Lower Shiplake, and build a house there have been lodged with South Oxfordshire District Council. more...
A voluntary collection service set up to provide free furniture to needy families has been suspended because of a lack of storage space. more...
Cirencester Acad 1 North Leigh 0 more...
A family of four had a lucky escape after a fire broke out in their home, a converted barn. more...
More than 200 balloons were released on Saturday at a school to mark a summer fair. more...
Police are looking for two people after a woman's bag was stolen from a shop in Burford. more...
Power tools were stolen from a van parked in Cassington Road, Eynsham. more...
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