Oxfordshire | Archive | 2002 | August
A couple due to be married today were shocked when a top Abingdon hotel cancelled their booking just days before the wedding. more...
Abingdon Football Club is launching what it describes as a life-saving weekly lottery competition. more...
A fan of the 1980s motoring flop, the Sinclair C5, will try to ride the three-wheeler from John O'Groats to Lands End -- just 12 months after his last attempt ended in mechanical breakdown. more...
Cyclists in south Oxfordshire are to get a boost when plans are displayed for a new cycle track and path linking Bayworth, Sunningwell and Abingdon. more...
The fundraising appeal for a new St John Ambulance base in Abingdon has topped £7,000 in only seven months. more...
A 20-year-old Abingdon man avoided prison when a judge sentenced him to community punishment for burglary. more...
A Banbury army officer was walking on air as he soared over Wales in the inter-service hang-gliding competition. more...
The M40 north of Banbury remained closed for more than 10 hours after a lorry pile-up in which four people were killed. more...
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car in Banbury yesterday evening. more...
The first of three controversial new asylum centres in Britain could be built in Bicester if protesters fail to win a public inquiry. more...
Temporary repairs are being made to a Victorian bridge damaged by contractors when they were laying pipes. more...
Construction of a £500m world-class research facility creating 200 jobs will begin within two months now that the plans have been approved. more...
An elderly couple are having to pay more than £28,000 interest on a £49,500 loan after falling victim to a forgotten financial scandal. more...
About 50 high-achieving schoolchildren in Didcot started their summer holidays back in a classroom. more...
Young footballers in Didcot put on sunscreen to help raise awareness of the importance of blocking out harmful rays. more...
An Oxford city councillor wants an investigation after it was revealed that foreign language students are being forced to stay in cramped living conditions. more...
A cyclist in Oxford was dragged from her bike and into some bushes by a man who then subjected her to a serious indecent assault. more...
Oxfam has been denied planning permission for a new office block in Summertown after the design was dismissed as "objectionable". more...
Film companies have said they are struggling to find atmospheric jail settings since the closure of Oxford Prison. more...
People who want to comment on the new draft Oxford Local Plan have less than one week left. more...
Triathlon competitors put their stamina to the test to take part in walking, canoeing and cycling events around Oxford. more...
A new fitness programme that gives sporting opportunities to disabled people in Oxford was launched this week. more...
Fox FM listeners are being given the chance to have their say about which pop acts take to the stage at its Party in the Park show in South Park, Oxford. more...
Two NHS workers are being honoured for their long service at Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. more...
A driver was killed in a crash involving a lorry and a car on the A34 in Oxford. more...
Doorstep milk deliveries on an Oxford housing estate have been reduced from August 5 due to a shortage of staff. more...
The return of a free rubbish disposal service in Oxford was marked with the collection of the first item. more...
Doctors in north Oxfordshire have threatened to drop work to improve patient care if proposals to restructure community health are given the go-ahead. more...
A job has been created to tackle the problem of drug abuse in west Oxfordshire. more...
A fan of the 1980s motoring flop, the Sinclair C5, will try to ride the three-wheeler from John O'Groats to Lands End -- just 12 months after his last attempt ended in mechanical breakdown. more...
Cyclists in south Oxfordshire are to get a boost when plans are displayed for a new cycle track and path linking Bayworth, Sunningwell and Abingdon. more...
The fundraising appeal for a new St John Ambulance base in Abingdon has topped £7,000 in only seven months. more...
Plans for a new-look Waitrose store in Wallingford are to be discussed at a town council meeting on August 5. more...
A new fitness programme that gives sporting opportunities to disabled people in Oxford was launched this week. more...
Two RAF men who spent 12 hours on an Oxfordshire golf course totted up more than birdies, pars and bogeys when they handed their cards in. more...
Fox FM listeners are being given the chance to have their say about which pop acts take to the stage at its Party in the Park show in South Park, Oxford. more...
Two NHS workers are being honoured for their long service at Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. more...
A Banbury army officer was walking on air as he soared over Wales in the inter-service hang-gliding competition. more...
Chipping Norton grandmother Hazel Hazelwood has raised more than £1,000 to help cancer sufferers. more...
Doorstep milk deliveries on an Oxford housing estate have been reduced from August 5 due to a shortage of staff. more...
Barn owls, bats and badgers will have to be protected before a development can go ahead at Thame Park. more...
An Oxford city councillor wants an investigation after it was revealed that foreign language students are being forced to stay in cramped living conditions. more...
A cyclist in Oxford was dragged from her bike and into some bushes by a man who then subjected her to a serious indecent assault. more...
A 10-point plan to change the way Thames Valley Police investigates crime has been given the go-ahead. more...
Shipton-under-Wychwood are just one game away from a dream trip to Lord's after beating Werrington by 41 runs in yesterday's National Village Championship quarter-final. more...
Oxford United fans excited by the return of Bobby Ford have been told: 'Don't expect too much too soon'. more...
Headington cyclist Rachel Heal struck Commonwealth Games bronze in a thrilling finish to the women's road race on Saturday. more...
Results from the OCA games played over the weekend of August 3-4, 2002 more...
Saturday's heavy thunderstorms cut a swathe through the OCA programme, but it could not come to the rescue of Hanborough, who lost their unbeaten record to Garsington in Division 1. more...
A superb innings of 177 from Banbury captain Craig Haupt was the highlight of a frustrating draw against Radlett in Division 1 of the Home Counties Premier League on Saturday. more...
Results of games played over the weekend of August 3 and 4, 2002 more...
Zambia international striker Rotson Kilambe was set to have trials with Oxford United and play in Friday night's friendly against Southampton - but he failed to turn up to training on Thursday. more...
The inclusion of former Oxford United defender Ian McGuckin could not stop Oxford City from going down 3-1 in Saturday's friendly at Swindon Supermarine. more...
Thame United drew 2-2 with Unibond League champions Burton Albion at Windmill Stadium. more...
A goal after only three minutes from Jason Thomas was enough to give Abingdon Town a 1-0 victory at Brackley Town - their fifth pre-season win out of five. more...
Barn owls, bats and badgers will have to be protected before a development can go ahead at Thame Park. more...
Plans for a new-look Waitrose store in Wallingford are to be discussed at a town council meeting on August 5. more...
Police in Wantage are stepping up patrols around the cemetery after thieves stole plants left beside graves. more...
A job has been created to tackle the problem of drug abuse in west Oxfordshire. more...
A woman who killed a motorist by driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway walked free from court yesterday. more...
Two RAF men who spent 12 hours on an Oxfordshire golf course totted up more than birdies, pars and bogeys when they handed their cards in. more...
Chipping Norton grandmother Hazel Hazelwood has raised more than £1,000 to help cancer sufferers. more...
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