Oxfordshire | Archive | 2005 | June
So the future for council housing in Oxford is all rosy? Not quite. more...
I don't wish to take anything away from the campaign of the Bicester Action Group against the building of an accommodation centre for asylum seekers near Bicester. more...
Tax dodgers who cheated Oxfordshire councils out of £6m in unpaid council tax last year have been warned they face court, the bailiffs and bankruptcy. more...
Campsfield House detainees are reported to be even more depressed after it was announced another Zimbabwean detainee will be deported -- despite an ongoing hunger strike. more...
Two men who used to work for Andrea Bocelli concert promoters Mike Dandridge and Darren Ward have spoken out about the chaos and incompetence which dogged arrangements for the ill-fated event. more...
Pay-and-display machines could be introduced at four free council-owned car parks in Oxford in a bid to crack down on commuter parking. more...
A Roman archaeological site in Oxfordshire is one of nine to feature in the Big Roman Dig by Channel 4's Time Team. more...
Pupils from Bladon CoE Primary School have been picked as the only school children to take part in special Second World War commemorations before the Queen. more...
A new £80m newspaper printing press is to be built on a brownfield site in Didcot, generating jobs in the area. more...
Why does the Government persist in sending Zimbabwean asylum seekers back to the clutches of Robert Mugabe's horrific regime? more...
Not many people are tough enough to run one marathon - but one Bicester man is running one every day for a week to cover the entire length of the River Thames. more...
A new order banning people from drinking in the centre of Wantage should be in place by the autumn. more...
A new vision for leisure and sport in Wallingford which would see councils, sports organisations, schools and the Castle Leisure Centre working together has been welcomed in the town. more...
In Broad Street, Oxford, a group of students passed by, wearing examination uniform covered in messy gunge. more...
Following the Glastonbury mudfest last weekend, fans in Oxford yesterday braved a fierce thunderstorm to secure their free tickets to Sir Bob Geldof's Live Eight concert in Hyde Park. more...
A ferocious storm brought monsoon conditions to Oxfordshire yesterday for the second time in 24 hours. more...
Oxford United have been handed a major pre-season blow, with the news that physio Neil Sullivan is to leave the club and join former U's boss Mark Wright at Peterborough. more...
Poole Pirates 46, Oxford Silver Machine 44: Oxford Silver Machine were only denied a shock away win at leaders Poole following a nail-biting final heat last night. more...
Oxfordshire clinched their place in the last eight with a 116-105 victory over Middlesex at Ladygate BC, Ruislip. more...
Gladiators A pulled off a shock as the Section 1 side beat Premier Section winners Morris Motors to lift the Group A Knockout Cup at the Winter League finals night. more...
There were mixed fortunes for Oxfordshire players in the NASUWT English Schools Championships at Trentham, Staffordshire on Monday. more...
Oxford University batsmen Salil Oberoi and Dan Fox continued their record-breaking form as the Dark Blues took a firm hold on the Varsity Match against Cambridge at Fenner's yesterday. more...
Betfred, the world's biggest independent bookmaker, will back the Championship of Great Britain Final at Oxford on Sunday, July 10. more...
Oxford City boss Andy Lyne has made his tenth new signing after snapping up keeper Carl Wilkins from Hellenic Premier Division side Abingdon United. more...
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