Oxfordshire | Archive | 2002 | November
Vaccine firm PowderJect is enjoying its "best year ever" despite political controversy, takeover rumours and a major setback with a key product. more...
A start-up firm that uses art to mark major milestones in peoples' lives has won a major award. more...
Mobile phone giant Vodafone smashed City expectations by posting a 41 per cent jump in pre-tax profits for the first half of the year. more...
Sales of the Cowley-built Mini are continuing to flourish. more...
Parents of disabled children say they are devastated by the decision of Oxfordshire county councillors to reduce the number of respite centres. more...
Police have named the man whose body was found in the Oxford Canal, near Hythe Bridge Street, last Friday (November 8). more...
Charges for hiring Oxford Town Hall are to rise from April to raise another £17,000 a year for the city council. more...
Women who drink are at greater risk of contracting breast cancer than teetotallers, according to a pioneering Oxford scientist and his research team. more...
West Oxfordshire district councillor Colin James is suggesting houseboats on flooded gravel pits and 'American-style' caravan parks in a bid to provide homes for people priced out of the housing market. more...
People who use city council leisure facilities in Oxford face a five per cent increase in charges from January. more...
Union officials say working conditions, not pay, are at the root of the dispute at BMW's Mini plant. more...
Traffic police in Oxfordshire are calling for the return of hidden speed cameras. more...
There is a new lesson on the curriculum at the pre-school in Steventon -- composting. more...
A judge yesterday (November 12) threw out a murder charge against a Banbury man and told the jury to consider only a lesser allegation of manslaughter. more...
Police investigating the death of Banbury woman Mandy Rogers say a couple in a car who spoke to her could have important information. more...
A man has been jailed for 18 months for stealing a car from a blind and disabled friend he had known for 14 years. more...
Firefighters cut one casualty from a car following a two-vehicle collision in Banbury. more...
A school extension that was just a vision in 1994 is now a reality, and staff and pupils are preparing to move in officially. more...
Bicester town councillors believe a £30,000 plan to create a cycle path from Caversfield into Bicester would be a waste of money. more...
Friends Annie Hogg and Jessica Scott swam their way to raising £110 for the BBC's Children in Need appeal. more...
Residents in Tackley who are transforming a derelict site into a garden have received £1,000 from West Oxfordshire District Council. more...
First-aiders are looking to a fresh start after a £26,000 revamp of their headquarters. more...
A landmark court case against the Vale of White Horse District Council over sewage services has been postponed. more...
Two police officers escaped serious injury when their car crashed on the way to another accident today (November 13). more...
Efforts to bring new facilities to rural areas demand perseverance and commitment, Gill Bindoff, of Lewknor Parish Council, told the Chilterns Forum. more...
Dick Whittington and his cat will switch on Thame's Christmas lights this year. more...
Witney Liberal Democrats have accused two West Oxfordshire District Council cabinet members and the chief executive of burying their heads in the sand by refusing to attend a public meeting on the future of Marriotts Close, the former football ground which has been empty for more than 10 years. more...
THE iron bridge of Carterton, one of the town's few landmarks, could be demolished because of the cost of repainting it. more...
Melissa Allen's poem about turtles has won a prize in a national competition run by the Cheltenham & Gloucester bank and the Marine Conservation Society. more...
Wallingford Youth Club should re-open by Christmas -- almost a year after it was closed. more...
The Oxfordshire-based Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary received nearly 700 applications from potential recruits to police research centres including Harwell and Culham. more...
The search for the body of 12-year-old Nathan Monaghan is continuing, four days after he fell into the River Thames while fishing. more...
Art teachers in Oxford are divided over an invitation for school pupils to visit a new exhibition by controversial artist Tracey Emin. more...
Firefighters in Oxfordshire will strike from 6pm tonight (November 13) after last-ditch negotiations failed yesterday. more...
Members of the public will choose a new name for the area of Park End Street in front of Oxford's Said Business School. more...
Lucky punter John Fedrick had a birthday weekend to remember when he scooped a whopping £11,023.84 on the horses - after being given some tips by a stranger. more...
Dean Whitehead's form in the last two games has been praised by Ian Atkins and given the Oxford United manager an FA Cup boost for this weekend. more...
HORSHAM 1, ABINGDON TN 1: Peter Lamont gave his chances of taking over the mangerial reins at Abingdon Town a great boost after last night's promising display in the first round of the Ryman League's Bryco Cup. more...
Andy Jamieson hit a hat-trick as Bampton got back to winning ways with a 5-0 thrashing of Spartan Rangers 5-0 in the Premier Division. more...
Garsington continued their revival by making it four wins in a row with a 2-0 victory over Launton Sports in the Premier Division. more...
Marvin Solomon was a four-goal hero for Bakels Crusaders as they squeezed through 5-4 after extra time at home to Morris Motors in the Couling Cup first round. more...
Oxford City's Ryman League Division 1 game at Uxbridge last night (Tuesday) was called off due to a waterlogged pitch. more...
Oxford City's girls collected the under 17 team gold medal at the Eric Andrews Memorial Cross County race at a muddy Banbury. more...
Gary Richards was the first of the competing Abingdon Amblers runners to finish the Sodbury Slog ten-mile multi-terrain event in a time of 1hr 13 mins, 11 minutes behind the winner. more...
Mike Baillie finished as the highest-placed Witney Roadrunners in the Cheddar Half Marathon, coming home in 1.17.29 for tenth place. more...
Grove Rangers ended Ardington & Lockinge's unbeaten record in Division 2 with a thumping 4-1 success. more...
Oxford University may not have won since they returned from their pre-season tour of Japan, but that does not worry skipper Fraser Gemmell in the slightest. more...
There was a big surprise in the Oxford & District Billiards League as CCC B, the second-placed team in Division 2, beat Division 1 contenders Newtrim 2-1. more...
Witney Angels were on cloud nine after romping to a 106-5 victory over Ivel Barbarians. more...
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