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Stories for 23 December 2003

Oxfordshire Business

Warning on scam registration letters

An Oxford businessman is warning people not to be misled by scam letters saying that their company must register under the Data Protection Act.   more...

Safety violations lead to £3k fine

A businessman has been fined £3,000 for breaching health and safety notices issued by South Oxfordshire District Council.   more...

Cinema already aims to expand

Managers at Oxford's new multiplex cinema are already planning expansion more than a week before it opens for business.   more...

Oxfordshire Education

Patten falls out with party on top-up fees

The Chancellor of Oxford University and former Conservative chairman, Chris Patten, has attacked his party's policy of scrapping tuition fees and cutting the number of students.   more...

Oxfordshire Local Info

Keith Vickers

Restaurateur and former footballer Keith Vickers was a well-known figure in Woodstock, where he had run a hotel and restaurant for more than 30 years.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Sisters praised for service

Two sisters who have raised more than £25,000 by serving tea and biscuits every week for two decades are to retire.   more...

Scent of history

A bronze Renaissance perfume burner, the finest of its type in the UK, has taken pride of place in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.   more...

Police chief salutes long-serving officers

Four police officers serving in north and west Oxfordshire have been praised for their long service and dedication to Thames Valley Police.   more...

Patten falls out with party on top-up fees

The Chancellor of Oxford University and former Conservative chairman, Chris Patten, has attacked his party's policy of scrapping tuition fees and cutting the number of students.   more...

Red tape blamed for special needs gloom

More than 90 per cent of special needs nursery places in Wantage will be unfilled by Easter, putting the service under threat, teachers have warned.   more...

Cinema price rises to £4.8m

An extra £300,000 is coming out of council funds to build a planned five-screen cinema at Didcot, pushing the estimated cost to £4.8m.   more...

Hospital set to lose part of laboratory

Banbury's Horton Hospital is to lose part of its pathology department.   more...

New face in charge at depot

A new face has taken over the controls of a Bicester depot that supplies British Armed forces across the globe.   more...

Closure costs carers

More than 30 carers in west Oxfordshire face a bleak Christmas as they are owed hundreds of pounds from a care agency which closed suddenly.   more...

Sporting chance to scoop online gear

Not content with stretching his sinews running the Great North Run for charity, police officer Chris Jones from Abingdon is auctioning items of sporting memorabilia.   more...

Festive bonus for shoppers after meters smashed

Oxford shoppers have an unexpected Christmas present -- from the county council.   more...

We help make mother's Christmas

A soldier in Iraq has sent a surprise Christmas message to his mother through the Oxford Mail.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Atkins slams 'play-acting'

Oxford United manager Ian Atkins said last night that he would never condone feigning injury from one of his players.   more...

Brock accepts red

Banbury United manager Kevin Brock will not be appealing after being sent off for using foul and abusive language in the dying minutes of Saturday's Dr Martens League Eastern Division 1-1 draw at Salisbury   more...

Chinnor exposed

Chinnor 22, Oxford Harlequins 28: Oxford Harlequins leapt up to fourth in the South West 1 table after their backs exposed Chinnor's defensive deficiencies in an entertaining derby at Kingsey Road on Saturday.   more...

Darts results

Latest results from the ODDA Winter League   more...

Buckland is Thame's national champ

Thame boxer George Buckland was crowned the National Class A bantamweight champion following a comprehensive points win in Leeds on Saturday.   more...

Dymond sparkles in Banbury fightback

Midlands Div 2 East: A remarkable surge in the last half-hour saw Banbury storm back from ten points behind to clinch an exciting 41-29 victory at home to Ampthill.   more...

Home win

Bucks, Berks and Oxon: Chipping Norton went down 23-18 at home to Bletchley, who snatched victory with a controversial late try.   more...

  
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