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Stories for 17 June 2003

Oxfordshire Education

Popular choice for conference

Students in Woodstock are raising money to organise a conference about how music, fashion and sport affect society.   more...

Attitudes help to improve standards

Pupils at Tower Hill Primary School in Witney make good progress and have a good attitude, according to Ofsted inspectors.   more...

Proud pupils display their new library

Pupils Todd Giles, five, and Laura Osbourne, six, show Oxfordshire Councy Council's director of learning and culture, Keith Bartley, the new library at their school.   more...

Throwing light on wordplay

Schoolchildren's imaginations and language skills were given free rein during a writing week at a primary school in Carterton.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Garden jobs look easier

A project to make life easier for elderly and disabled gardeners is being launched in Oxfordshire on June 18.   more...

Backlog of claims builds up again

Staffing and computer problems have led to a fresh backlog of housing benefit claims at Oxford City Council.   more...

Exposing incidents linked

Two indecent exposures in Iffley are being linked by police.   more...

Chelsea faces finals test

Chelsea Clinton joined Oxford University students taking their finals on June 17.   more...

Jail term likely for assault

A man has been told to expect a jail sentence after he admitted kicking a man in the head.   more...

Measures proposed to improve city's poor air quality

Government air quality targets are still not being met in Oxford city centre.   more...

Pilots urged to reduce noise

Military and light aircraft are disturbing Oxford residents enjoying the warm weather in their gardens, according to city councillors.   more...

Asylum policy 'causing HIV pressures'

Asylum seekers are bringing a higher rate of HIV infection into the UK, according to an Oxford doctor.   more...

Assault case man in court

A Didcot man who denies indecently assaulting a girl and a boy is to face Oxford Crown Court.   more...

Fridge-fixing conman gets three years

A fridge fixer who left customers with faulty equipment has been jailed for three years.   more...

Company breaches safety rules

A Bicester company has been ordered to clean up its act over radioactive materials.   more...

Attitudes help to improve standards

Pupils at Tower Hill Primary School in Witney make good progress and have a good attitude, according to Ofsted inspectors.   more...

Meet me half-way, councillor asks

West Oxfordshire district councillor Gareth Epps has resigned from a committee in a row over what time of day they meet.   more...

Sun will power Agency centre

The latest technology for harnessing solar and water power will be used in a £250,000 project for a new Environment Agency centre.   more...

'I thought I was going to die'

Bricks and a broomstick were used to beat an accountant who remonstrated with two men he saw throwing stones outside his Oxford home.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Orient join the chase for Savage

Leyton Orient are reported to have joined the chase for Oxford United's supporters' player-of-the-year Dave Savage.   more...

Shoes walking on air after Section 1 success

Three Horseshoes A marked their debut in Section 1 of the Greene King ODDA Summer League by beating Rowing Machine 6-3.   more...

Hosts ring changes

Former Oxford schoolboy Henry Barratt has been included in the England side for their crucial pool match against Japan at Newbury tonight (Tues, 7.30pm).   more...

Walker roars to victory

Oxford's James Walker roared to his third UK Formula Ford Scholarship victory on the trot, and also clinching a fine third place overall at Silverstone.   more...

Testing start for Tim

Oxfordshire's Tim Henman faces a tough start to his Wimbledon campaign after being handed a showdown with Spaniard Alex Corretja in today's first-round draw.   more...

Wildcats sign up Griffin

Oxford Cavaliers rugby league forward Darryl Griffin has been signed up by Wakefield Trinity Wildcats after two trial matches.   more...

Proton celebrate

Banbury's Team Proton KR rider Nobatsu Aoki claimed the new V5 four-stroke prototype racer's first finish in a punishingly hot Catalunyan GP, to finish just one place out of the world championship points.   more...

  
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