Oxfordshire | Archive | 2005 | June
Before the First World War, a man joining the police had his own bike. more...
It saddens us to read your views on the Rev Christopher Walker, of South Moreton, near Didcot (Oxford Mail, June 25). more...
More detainees at Kidlington's Campsfield House are joining a hunger strike in support of Zimbabweans facing deportation, according to campaigners. more...
A junior school in Abingdon has won two accolades - one from the FA for its football and another from a member of the public for pupils' good behaviour. more...
An 85-year-old man with Parkinson's Disease decided to give up driving after being caught speeding -- and landed himself in court. more...
A lengthy battle to recover outstanding rent debts has been won by Oxford City Council. more...
A travel agent thought Christmas had come early - but it was six months late. more...
Builder Andy Russell has just completed a five-year labour of love by publishing a book detailing how all the 118 men recorded on Wallingford's war memorial met their deaths. more...
If proof were needed that the law is an ass, you have only to consider the case of Gordon Stables. more...
It may come as a surprise to many city and county council taxpayers that there are a large percentage of properties in the city that pay no council tax. more...
So, £5m later, we have a 'Conmarket' with brownish asphalt instead of black, new traffic lights at one end (but no pedestrian crossing), complete confusion if it is one-way or not, an even more chaotic Carfax (again without pedestrian crossings), in-built conflict between buses and cyclists who wish to enter Queen Street or Cornmarket Street between 6 and 10am, 'no cycling 10am-6pm' signs, but no workable alternative during the day, and still nowhere to leave a bike. more...
A solution to traffic problems in the London Road, Headington Hill and St Clement's corridor will be one of Oxford's biggest challenges. more...
The Rev Christopher Walker can count himself lucky to have escaped with a community service order for lying in court. more...
I think Barry Lovell (Oxford Mail, June 18) may not be aware that Oxford's Eastern Bypass, from the Old Road flyover to Horspath Road, is the only stretch of ring road which doesn't have a crash barrier. more...
Thousands of tickets for the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park will be up for grabs in Oxford tomorrow. more...
The number of pupils being expelled from Oxfordshire schools has fallen dramatically this year, bucking the national trend. more...
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