Oxfordshire | Archive | 2002 | May
Abingdon's most famous church, St Helen's, is to close for six months in September as work gets under way on the first stage of an ambitious £2m restoration programme. more...
An Abingdon teenager who survived 30 weeks of gruelling Royal Marine Commando training has been awarded the coveted Green Beret. more...
A security firm was ordered to appear before a judge today, after the Banbury mother jailed for allowing her children play truant arrived more than three hours late at Oxford Crown Court. more...
Banbury is to have its own radio station, possibly by 2005. more...
Television presenter Jeremy Spake was behind the till at a Banbury bookshop after an employee won a competition. more...
A music teacher died as he sat with a cup of coffee and a cigarette, an Oxford inquest heard yesterday. more...
Train services were disrupted today after a freight train hit a van on the line between Banbury and Leamington Spa. more...
A security firm was ordered to appear before a judge today, after the mother jailed for allowing her children play truant arrived more than three hours late at Oxford Crown Court. more...
Oxford may not boast the most successful football club, but Oxford singer songwriters are hoping their World Cup anthem will soar to number one in the charts. more...
Oxford University's Bodleian Library has spent £600,000 to acquire an important manuscript by the composer Mendelssohn. more...
Mystery surrounds the death of an Oxford University student who died minutes after chatting to a friend. more...
Musicians will entertain sick children in hospitals throughout the south east following the success of a pilot project in Oxford. more...
An arts development fund has been launched by Oxford City Council to provide small grants for arts projects. more...
City councillors are determined to pursue their claim for £494,000 from Firoka, a company owned by Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam. more...
Seven men, aged between 16 and 22, have been arrested in connection with the abduction of a teenager in Oxford. more...
MPs are to launch a three-pronged campaign to save three respite care centres for disabled children in Oxfordshire after meeting a delegation of parents at Westminster yesterday. more...
Oxfordshire's economic boom may soon be over, a new survey warns. more...
Oxford may not boast the most successful football club, but Oxford singer songwriters are hoping their World Cup anthem will soar to number one in the charts. more...
Two mothers who have helped instill road safety awareness in pupils at a Wantage school have received recognition of their hard work. more...
Banbury is to have its own radio station, possibly by 2005. more...
Teacher died of natural causes A MUSIC teacher died as he sat with a cup of coffee and a cigarette, an Oxford inquest heard yesterday. more...
Historical characters ranging from William of Orange to Tsar Peter the Great of Russia will be represented in a colourful procession marking the Queen's Golden Jubilee. more...
A law tutor at Oxford University, whose boyfriend died of epilepsy, looks set to win her 10-year battle to prove that hundreds of people die needlessly from the illness. more...
Musicians will entertain sick children in hospitals throughout the south east following the success of a pilot project in Oxford. more...
Abingdon's most famous church, St Helen's, is to close for six months in September as work gets under way on the first stage of an ambitious £2m restoration programme. more...
Wallingford should resist any large scale development within its boundaries, especially near the bypass, the town council has said. more...
Young village cyclists have been rewarded for their commitment to cycling to school with a new shelter. more...
Cherwell district councillors want to join forces with two other councils faced with Government plans to open centres for asylum seekers. more...
Television presenter Jeremy Spake was behind the till at an Oxfordshire bookshop after an employee won a competition. more...
A boys' independent school near Wallingford has been given a glowing report by Government inspectors. more...
The head of a company which wants to expand in Wallingford and bring in 100 jobs is to meet the town council. more...
An evening of Welsh music will help traumatised children worldwide and give handicapped adults in Wallingford a trip to Legoland. more...
An arts development fund has been launched by Oxford City Council to provide small grants for arts projects. more...
An Abingdon teenager who survived 30 weeks of gruelling Royal Marine Commando training has been awarded the coveted Green Beret. more...
A park created in memory of the former Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman, has been officially opened. more...
City councillors are determined to pursue their claim for £494,000 from Firoka, a company owned by Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam. more...
Train services were disrupted today after a freight train hit a van on the line between Banbury and Leamington Spa. more...
Seven men, aged between 16 and 22, have been arrested in connection with the abduction of a teenager in Oxford. more...
A security firm was ordered to appear before a judge today, after the mother jailed for allowing her children play truant arrived more than three hours late at Oxford Crown Court. more...
MPs are to launch a three-pronged campaign to save three respite care centres for disabled children in Oxfordshire after meeting a delegation of parents at Westminster yesterday. more...
Banbury Town Council has commissioned a commemorative mug to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. more...
Mystery surrounds the death of an Oxford University student who died minutes after chatting to a friend. more...
Historical characters ranging from William of Orange to Tsar Peter the Great of Russia will be represented in a colourful procession marking the Queen's Golden Jubilee. more...
Wallingford should resist any large scale development within its boundaries, especially near the bypass, the town council has said. more...
A boys' independent school near Wallingford has been given a glowing report by Government inspectors. more...
The head of a company which wants to expand in Wallingford and bring in 100 jobs is to meet the town council. more...
An evening of Welsh music will help traumatised children worldwide and give handicapped adults in Wallingford a trip to Legoland. more...
Two mothers who have helped instill road safety awareness in pupils at a Wantage school have received recognition of their hard work. more...
A law tutor at Oxford University, whose boyfriend died of epilepsy, looks set to win her 10-year battle to prove that hundreds of people die needlessly from the illness. more...
Young village cyclists have been rewarded for their commitment to cycling to school with a new shelter. more...
A park created in memory of the former Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman, has been officially opened. more...
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