Oxfordshire | Archive | 2003 | November
Wantage's only cinema could be forced to shut because its owners fear it will be impossible to adapt the building for new disability laws. more...
It could be all change for Oxfordshire's railways if a bid for a new operating franchise proves successful. more...
Oxfordshire-based schools computer company RM saw pre-tax profits rise 72 per cent this year, despite the crisis in education funding. more...
Land on the edge of Banbury could become known as Motor City if plans get the go-ahead. more...
Students took to the streets of Oxford yesterday (November 26) to demonstrate against top-up fees. more...
Oxford has joined other leading UK universities in calling for higher tuition fees. more...
Dedicated cancer research fundraiser Ted Wheeler, who has died aged 87, was moved to help after his wife and son both died from the disease. more...
Family farming connections with the countryside near Abingdon stretching back almost 300 years have come to an end with the death of Dick Deane. more...
A well-known Wantage businessman who spent more than 40 years as a retained fireman has died. more...
A police investigation is under way after a stretch of road near Wallingford claimed its fourth crash victim in two months. more...
SIR -- Lib Dem city councillor David Rundle (Oxford Mail, November 14) is right to say the Your Oxford city council newsletter is a New Labour house rag. more...
SIR -- On Remembrance Sunday earlier this month, the nation, its allies, service personnel and civilians, with disciplined dignity, reverently remembered the fallen, and, with pride, the preservation of democracy and their role in destroying the most evil regime on earth. more...
A homeless project faces closure because official figures do not reveal the "true" number of rough sleepers in Oxford, it has been claimed. more...
A man has been jailed for six years for imprisoning a 16-year-old girl in her own home and subjecting her to a terrifying sexual assault over several hours. more...
The 10th anniversary of Oxford's controversial Campsfield House detention centre was to be marked on November 29 with the loudest protest to date. more...
The family of Robin Goodenough, who died after being arrested in east Oxford, are considering a police donation of £1,000 towards his funeral costs. more...
Rail passengers in Oxfordshire faced disruption to their journeys on November 28. more...
Mail boxes will be set up in shops around Didcot next week (from December 1) for the Scouts' annual Christmas card delivery service. more...
It might have been a dreary weekend as far as the weather was concerned, but sporting triumphs made it the sunniest in ages. more...
A BUNGLING bank robber whose getaway car was blocked in during a raid in Oxfordshire has been jailed for life. more...
Bicester's international rugby star Andy Gomarsall has told of his emotions at winning the World Cup last weekend. more...
Wantage's only cinema could be forced to shut because its owners fear it will be impossible to adapt the building for new disability laws. more...
A Thame couple living with their three young children in overcrowded conditions fear their case is being constantly overlooked. more...
African drumming and a gladiator joust were among 25 activities on offer for young women in Witney on Sunday, November 23. more...
There was a fear that the new scrutiny committees set up by councils would be little more than talking shops. more...
Wave tests on one of the country's most ambitious arts projects will be done at a research centre near Wallingford. more...
A man involved in a fight outside an Oxford pub after a football match in the city will be sentenced in December. more...
SIR -- As a recent visitor to Oxford, I was interested in visiting the site of Roger Bannister's heroic sub four-minute mile of 1954, the world's first. more...
Police have poured alcohol down the city's drains 300 times since Oxford's street drinking ban came into force a year ago. more...
Intensive care unit patients at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital are being closely monitored after a new outbreak of a 'superbug' affecting the immune system. more...
Rugby has become a family affair for a Wantage couple and their three children who have helped set up Grove's first girls' team. more...
Chief scout Paul Molesworth has walked out on Oxford United, claiming he has not been paid since July. more...
There was a tight finish to the Beaujolais Golf Day held at Magnolia Park, with a countback deciding the winners. more...
Games to be played on Saturday, November 29, 2003 more...
Games due to be played on Sunday, November 30 more...
Chief scout Paul Molesworth has walked out on Oxford United, claiming he has not been paid since July. more...
Thame United boss Mark West is backing young striker Danny Keen to end his barren spell of one goal in his last six matches ahead of their trip to Ryman League Division 1 North strugglers Tilbury tomorrow. more...
Banbury United Ladies' mini revival ended as they were beaten 5-2 by Ross Town Ladies in the West Midlands League on November 23. more...
Witney Roadrunners juniors enjoyed another successful day in the second round of the Oxfordshire Sportshall League in Bicester. more...
Forthcoming events . . . more...
Witney Roadrunner Mathew Ashton is celebrating after he earned his first-ever call-up to the Great Britain team for next month's European Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh. more...
Oxford Silver Machine promoter Nigel Wagstaff is looking forward to next season with renewed optimism following the annual BSPA speedway conference in Tenerife. more...
Oxford trainers held their heads high as they scooped three of the Jarrad Isherwood open races at the Stadium. more...
Three Banbury athletes are celebrating after they were selected to represent Great Britain at the World Age Group Triathlon Championships. more...
Games to be played on Saturday, November 29, 2003 more...
The Oxford Silver Machine have not increased season ticket prices for next year. more...
Charlie Smith, the popular former Horspath CC and Oxford XIII Club cricketer, has died after a long illness. He was 62. more...
Oxford Harlequins may make changes for their trip to second-placed Clevedon in South West 1 following their derby defeat at the hands of Chinnor last weekend. more...
Struggling Banbury face a crucial game at home to bottom side Nottingham Moderns in Midlands Division 2 East this Saturday (Nov 29). more...
Games for Saturday, November 29, 2003 more...
Henley Hawks face a tough trip to promotion-chasing Orrell in National League 1 on Saturday. more...
Airey Cup holders Tetsworth will start the defence of their trophy with a home tie against either Freeland or Marsh Gibbon next season. more...
Charlie Smith, the popular former Horspath CC and Oxford XIII Club cricketer, has died after a long illness. He was 62. more...
Paul Burrell's book A Royal Duty (Michael Joseph, £17.99) hardly needs more publicity. However, this semi-autobiography, semi-love letter to Princess Diana, is not nearly as sensational as I had been led to believe. more...
Now, let's get this straight, The Matrix trilogy is not a documentary. This stuff is not real. There is no actual Matrix. Is there? more...
Following the transfer of Hong Kong from Britain to China, tenacious cop Eddie Yang (Chan) is asked to investigate an international human smuggling ring, reportedly run by warlord Snakehead (Sands). more...
I learned from a fellow reviewer - in the event non-reviewer - that the first night performance of Jack Knife Production's Equus was cancelled for technical reasons. Could it have been these same gremlins that delayed the start for 13 minutes when I went to see the show? more...
Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam has told the Oxford Mail he will open his new cinema before Christmas. more...
Director Peter Weir, who brought us The Truman Show, sets sail with the swashbuckling adventure yarn Master and Commander, torn from the pages of Patrick O'Brian's novels, writes Damon Smith. Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and the 197-strong crew of the HMS Surprise find themselves off the coast of Brazil. It's April 1805, and the British Navy is embroiled in a bloody war with the French under the command of Napoleon. more...
(Hodder, £18.99) Bizarre power game played to the death Elizabeth George's latest multi-stranded thriller, with its complex plotting and multiple suspects, takes a while to get into but the steady pace is rewarding and eventually fascinating. Millionaire Guy Brouard, with any eye for the women, has made his home in Guernsey, where he lives with his sister, who is dying and whose life is built on the trust and love of her brother. A patron and benefactor, he has plans to establish and build a Museum of Occupation to house the Nazi memorabilia left from the Second World War. more...
When we launched the first Oxfordshire Food Directory last year there was great excitement in the office. Even more was created earlier this year when we learnt it had won a national award for its design and content. The excitement mounts again as we watch those orange covers of the 2003/2004 Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Food Directory, which were tucked into copies of The Oxford Times, for Friday, November 28, 2003. more...
Lovers of the Oxfordshire countryside are being treated to an exhibition charting the heyday and decline of barns. more...
A Witney-based charity is selling craft goods this week to raise money for projects in Eastern Europe. more...
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