Oxfordshire | Archive | 2002 | January
An Abingdon eyesore -- the derelict Regal cinema in the High Street -- could be demolished within months as work on the long-awaited redevelopment begins. more...
Residents of a Didcot old people's home can now look forward to better viewing following a chance remark to the Oxford Mail. more...
Cherwell District Council is helping village promoters provide live entertainment in rural areas. more...
Banbury's East Street Centre is one of nine new Early Excellence Centres for childcare which have been announced by the Government. more...
The Banbury Cross duo of Dennis Booker and Alan McColl are through to the men's over 60s national pairs. more...
Morrells Oxford Sunday League more...
A small extension is planned to improve Bicester Community Hospital, pending major plans to build a new £5m hospital on another site in the town. more...
Bicester Young Farmers' club is looking for new members. The club, for young people aged 16 to 26, meets every Wednesday, at Bucknell Village Hall at 8pm and organises weekend events and competitions. more...
Angry motorists say they were caught out when barriers went up, closing Didcot's Cow Lane Bridge underpass without proper warning. more...
When it comes to computer websites, Didcot Girls' School can teach other schools a thing or two. more...
Home-grown arts and craftwork will be incorporated into the design of a £6.3m arts centre planned for Didcot. more...
Residents of a Didcot old people's home can now look forward to better viewing following a chance remark to the Oxford Mail. more...
Parents taking or collecting pupils to Didcot Girls' School have been reminded not to drive into Sherwood Road to avoid congestion and problems for householders. more...
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Sutton B stayed top of Division 1 of the Didcot and District League, despite slipping to a 6-4 defeat at the hands of their own A team. more...
A comprehensive school pupil is having a wasted year after missing out on a place at Cambridge University because of exam board mistakes. more...
Bailiffs are being employed by Oxford City Council in a bid to get council tax dodgers to pay up. more...
Street wardens in Oxford will be a top priority for a new city centre management company. more...
Shoppers are being invited to grill their local councillors while stocking up on groceries. more...
A 19-year-old Oxford man needed 30 stitches to cuts on his face after he was assaulted after an argument on a bus. more...
Detectives are questioning a man following the stabbing of two people in Oxford city centre on Tuesday. more...
Oxfordshire's tartan clans are limbering up to celebrate Scotland's most famous poet, Robert Burns. more...
Oxford author Colin Dexter returned to the haunt of his world-famous fictional sleuth Inspector Morse yesterday to open a new footbridge near one of his hero's favourite watering holes. more...
A 73-year-old woman was robbed in the car park of Sainsbury's in Heyford Hill. She was pushed to the ground by a man who then stole her handbag. After the attack, which happened at 4pm on Monday, the man ran off towards Littlemore. The woman was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with minor injuries and was later released. more...
Police are hunting three teenagers who were seen lighting fires in the stairwell of a block of flats in Bartlemas Close, Cowley, at 11.30pm on Monday night. more...
Two men have been released on police bail after they were arrested on suspicion of theft. They aged 35 and 32 and were stopped by police in Blackbird Leys, on Monday. Both have been bailed until February 4. more...
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The Banbury Cross duo of Dennis Booker and Alan McColl are through to the men's over 60s national pairs. more...
The Crown House A trio of Ray Powell and brothers Andrew and Ian Packford are back in pole position in Oxford and District League Division 1 following a 7-3 victory over their B team clubmates. more...
Morrells Oxford Sunday League more...
Autotype UTV League more...
Oxford Univ 33, Army 12 more...
Oxford University don Baroness Greenfield is to head a Government taskforce aiming to attract more women into science and engineering by giving mothers a better deal after career breaks. more...
A pioneering development charity has thrown down a challenge to businesses to tackle global poverty. more...
An Oxfordshire hotel has linked up with a national charity to promote the personal safety of women staying away on business trips. more...
Mobile telephone retailer Carphone Warehouse has warned its full-year earnings could fall ten per cent below predicted levels, despite taking more of the UK market. more...
The Queen's bank, Coutts & Co, has appointed a new senior private banker at its Oxford branch. more...
Express parcel carrier Initial City Link has launched a new service, Next Afternoon, allowing customers to specify delivery for any time during the afternoon of the day following a package's despatch. The option brings the total number of services offered to customers by the company to 16. more...
Suffolk House, a Grade II listed office property in Banbury Road, Kidlington, has been sold by Gannett Properties through the Thomas Merrifield Commercial agency. Private investors have acquired the freehold of the three-storey property, which had an asking price of £200,000. more...
Andrea Brown, of the Ripples shop, in Banbury Road, Summertown, has won the Young Designer for Bathrooms award from Bathrooms and Kitchens magazine. Judges praised 20-year-old Ms Brown's entry for its innovative style, which created a Japanese ambience. more...
A comprehensive school pupil is having a wasted year after missing out on a place at Cambridge University because of exam board mistakes. more...
Banbury's East Street Centre is one of nine new Early Excellence Centres for childcare which have been announced by the Government. more...
Thame town council member Lionel Morbey has been elected a governor of Barley Hill C of E primary school. more...
When it comes to computer websites, Didcot Girls' School can teach other schools a thing or two. more...
Oxfordshire's tartan clans are limbering up to celebrate Scotland's most famous poet, Robert Burns. more...
Cherwell District Council is helping village promoters provide live entertainment in rural areas. more...
One of the giants of modern art, Paul Klee, will be the subject of a study weekend run by Wallingford School of Art. more...
An Amnesty International group is spearheading a worldwide tree planting movement to remember those killed by the Pinochet regime in Chile, more...
An animal charity will have a fundraising stand at the West Oxford Animal Rescue Antiques and Collectors fair at Exeter Hall, Kidlington, on Saturday January 12. more...
Bicester Young Farmers' club is looking for new members. The club, for young people aged 16 to 26, meets every Wednesday, at Bucknell Village Hall at 8pm and organises weekend events and competitions. more...
The National Blood Service will be inviting donors to join them tomorrow January 25 at the Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Witney, between 2pm and 3.55pm, and 5pm and 6.45pm. more...
Alan Peever will give a demonstration and talk on lettering and sculpture when Charlbury Arts Society meets in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, February 13, starting at 7.30pm. more...
A quiz night will be held at Tower Hill Primary School, Witney, on Friday, February 1, starting at 7.30pm for teams of eight. Call 01993 702599. more...
Graduate salaries in Oxfordshire have risen by 5.5 per cent over the past year -- almost double the national average. more...
A retained firefighter who has given 33 years of service is to step down from his post. more...
At an age when most women have been retired for 20 years, Mary Rafferty is still working five days a week in a Witney factory. more...
Graduate salaries in Oxfordshire have risen by 5.5 per cent over the past year -- almost double the national average. more...
Reassurances from health secretary Alan Milburn over NHS cost-cutting have failed to win over an Oxfordshire patients' group. more...
A 19-year-old Oxford man needed 30 stitches to cuts on his face after he was assaulted after an argument on a bus. more...
Detectives are questioning a man following the stabbing of two people in Oxford city centre on Tuesday. more...
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson, has said he cannot help a charity for the blind and partially sighted. more...
Two Didcot racing drivers are revving-up for this year's Mini 7 UK Championship. more...
A group of five illegal immigrants was found in the back of a lorry at Witney's Windrush industrial estate. more...
The word 'feminism' appeared for the first time in 1895 in the weekly journal Athenaeum. more...
A comprehensive school pupil is having a wasted year after missing out on a place at Cambridge University because of exam board mistakes. more...
Bailiffs are being employed by Oxford City Council in a bid to get council tax dodgers to pay up. more...
Medical research groups and academic institutions have been left millions of pounds in the will of an Oxfordshire resident. more...
The Crown House A trio of Ray Powell and brothers Andrew and Ian Packford are back in pole position in Oxford and District League Division 1 following a 7-3 victory over their B team clubmates. more...
Lyneham Golf Club in west Oxfordshire are to change their name because of confusion with their better known Wiltshire namesake. more...
Joey Beauchamp has set his sights on pulling on an Oxford United shirt before the end of the season, after being told his toe injury - which he thought would be better before Christmas - would need more rest. more...
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The Banbury Cross duo of Dennis Booker and Alan McColl are through to the men's over 60s national pairs. more...
Talented all-round sportsman Roy Kirby added to his list of honours by driving into office as the new captain of Lyneham. more...
Autotype UTV League more...
Sutton B stayed top of Division 1 of the Didcot and District League, despite slipping to a 6-4 defeat at the hands of their own A team. more...
Oxford Univ 33, Army 12 more...
Lyricist Sir Tim Rice is spearheading an appeal to get Thame Players' development plan off the ground. more...
The Chiltern Sculpture Trust is asking South Oxfordshire District Council to let it put up a sculpture which will also act as a public information point at the Chiltern sculpture trail in Cowleaze Wood, Lewknor. more...
Dr Christina Cunliffe has been given planning permission by South Oxfordshire District Council to set up a chiropractic clinic at 51-53 High Street, Wheatley. more...
A commemorative edition of Thame's town guide is to be produced as the town council's contribution to the Queen's golden jubilee. more...
Hutchinson 3G UK Ltd can set up a 50ft telecommunications mast at Chinnor Rugby Club's ground in Kingsey Road, Thame. more...
Andy Gunn has been elected chairman of Thame town council policy committee with Peter Cockayne as his deputy. more...
Thame town council member Lionel Morbey has been elected a governor of Barley Hill C of E primary school. more...
Thame town council is already getting ready for Christmas 2002 and is planning to buy new lights. more...
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Seven Wallingford businesses, fearing their premises could be demolished and replaced by houses, have made a last-ditch plea to councillors to block the plan. more...
More than 120 pupils and staff at Wallingford School are facing an anxious week-long wait to see if they have contracted TB. more...
The flag at South Oxfordshire District Council's offices will be flown at half mast to mark Holocaust Memorial Day tomorrow, January 25. more...
One of the giants of modern art, Paul Klee, will be the subject of a study weekend run by Wallingford School of Art. more...
Vandals wrecking crops and damaging sheds on allotments are worrying Wallingford town councillors. more...
A plan by Hutchison 3G UK Ltd to put up a 50ft mast at the BT Exchange in Wallingford Road, Cholsey, and install dishes and antennas on it has been turned down by South Oxfordshire District Council. more...
Goring tennis club is seeking permission from South Oxfordshire District Council to put up a single-storey pavilion on the Shepcot recreation ground in Gatehampton Road. more...
Farm buildings at Grange Farm, Badgemore, Rotherfield Greys, could be changed to offices if a plan before South Oxfordshire District Council is successful. more...
Taxi drivers are calling for radical changes to parking arrangements in Wantage town centre. more...
A retained firefighter who has given 33 years of service is to step down from his post. more...
Walnut trees could soon multiply in Grove as a private landowner has agreed to donate seedlings to help increase the number of trees. more...
Autotype UTV League more...
Talented all-round sportsman Roy Kirby added to his list of honours by driving into office as the new captain of Lyneham. more...
Lyneham Golf Club in west Oxfordshire are to change their name because of confusion with their better known Wiltshire namesake. more...
Autotype UTV League more...
At an age when most women have been retired for 20 years, Mary Rafferty is still working five days a week in a Witney factory. more...
Police in the Chipping Norton area have taken delivery of a new-look vehicle. more...
The National Blood Service will be inviting donors to join them tomorrow January 25 at the Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Witney, between 2pm and 3.55pm, and 5pm and 6.45pm. more...
Alan Peever will give a demonstration and talk on lettering and sculpture when Charlbury Arts Society meets in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, February 13, starting at 7.30pm. more...
A quiz night will be held at Tower Hill Primary School, Witney, on Friday, February 1, starting at 7.30pm for teams of eight. Call 01993 702599. more...
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