Oxfordshire | Archive | 2005 | June
Doctors and surgeons at an Oxford hospital are taking part in a study to pinpoint why kidney transplants fail, forcing patients back on to time-consuming dialysis treatment. more...
I see that county council leader Keith Mitchell is confused about the difference between the Green and Labour groups (Oxford Mail, June 4). more...
phones I have a bee in my bonnet about the mobile phone company Orange. more...
New records were set at this year's Ox5Run in aid of the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign. more...
One of Oxford's busiest bus routes is to be split in two to combat congestion. more...
Tv personality Anna Ryder-Richardson entertained the crowds at Oxford's Ideal Home Show. more...
Centres for asylum seekers in Britain are to be scrapped by the Government -- except for the one planned in Oxfordshire. more...
A funeral service to rememember "a true gentleman with a Hollywood smile and wide circle of friends" who died in the Eastern Bypass tragedy will be held this week. more...
Cowley Road was a sea of sounds, smells and colour as thousands took to the street to enjoy the carnival. more...
A squadron from RAF Brize Norton missed out on battle honours for serving in Iraq because of a technicality. more...
Ten-year-old singer ZoÎ Mace has reached number five in the official classical album charts just one week after releasing her album Songs for My Sister. more...
A teenage boy was killed after the motorbike he was riding collided with a parked car in Faringdon. more...
The headteacher of a Didcot primary school has praised his pupils after a successful Ofsted report. more...
The Government's decision to perform a 180 degree U-turn on asylum centres is both welcome and baffling. more...
A girl who has invented a new character for Harry Potter could win the chance to meet the boy wizard's creator, JK Rowling, in Edinburgh. more...
Women are invited to spring clean their wardrobes, while making money for charity -- and themselves too. more...
Two Abingdon men and a woman narrowly escaped from a fire started after a smoker fell asleep with a lit cigarette in their hand. more...
In the event of another accident on Oxford's Eastern Bypass, where Keith Brooks (Oxford Mail, June 4) was severely injured and the young people tragically died, Oxfordshire County Council would undoubtedly face serious charges. more...
A police car answering an emergency call veered across incoming traffic after a collision with another car before smashing into a row of bicycles, hitting a tree, colliding with parked car and crashing into a shop. more...
A pile of clothes and a suicide note were found by a lock keeper at a popular beauty spot on the River Thames. more...
Tony Rickardsson took a massive step towards equalling the legendary Ivan Mauger's record six world titles when he won an incident-packed British Grand Prix meeting in front of a 38,000 crowd at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday. more...
The love-hate relationship between top speedway riders Nicki Pedersen and Oxford Silver Machine skipper Greg Hancock reared its ugly head again at the British Grand Prix in Cardiff on Saturday. more...
MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP more...
Dave Prosper hammered a brilliant undefeated 131 as Oxford Caribbean saw off Witney Swifts by four wickets in Division 1 on Saturday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: The top-of-the-table clash between Banbury and High Wycombe petered out into a tame draw at White Post Road on Saturday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: The spin of Shami Mendis and the pace of Dave Angove gave Oxford a resounding 60-run victory over early pacesetters Slough at Roman Way on Saturday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Darryl Woods and Alex Jewell both scored centuries as Bicester and North Oxford routed hosts Aston Rowant by 140 runs in a one-sided contest on Sarturday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Seven days after his dad, Steve, turned in a match-winning bowling display for Thame Town, it was birthday boy Luke Merry's turn on Saturday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: Henley paid for dropped catches in their 55-run dedfeat away to Basingstoke and North Hants on Saturday. more...
Craig Haupt was Oxfordshire's unlikely bowling hero as they won through to the quarter-finals of the Minor Counties KO Cup on a bowl-out yesterday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Seven days after his dad, Steve, turned in a match-winning bowling display for Thame Town, it was birthday boy Luke Merry's turn on Saturday. more...
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: Henley paid for dropped catches in their 55-run dedfeat away to Basingstoke and North Hants on Saturday. more...
© Newsquest Media Group 2008