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Oxfordshire | Archive | 2004 | January

Stories for 12 January 2004

Oxfordshire Business

Tourist centre will stay open

Plans to save money by closing Burford Visitor Information Centre have been rejected. more...

£28m bid for firm

The boss of air-filter maker McLeod Russel is upbeat about job security following a £28.1m takeover bid from an American company. more...

Store move put on hold

A supermarket in Witney will stay open for another four months. more...

Oxfordshire Education

University looks at bursaries

Oxford University is to re-examine its system of bursaries for poorer students in the wake of Government concessions on top-up tuition fees. more...

University: we are not racist

A Government minister has accused Oxford University of prejudice and said it needed to do more for black and disadvantaged communities. more...

Oxfordshire News

We want to avoid nasty surprises

I am responding to your front page article and editorial about the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford (Oxford Mail, January 8). more...

We should be proud of multiplex cinema

I feel I must write to you to express my utter disbelief that the fire alarm incident at the Ozone Cinema in Oxford on Saturday was thought to warrant headlines (Oxford Mail, January 5). more...

Couple aid poor in Third World

An Oxford aid worker is helping people in one of the world's poorest countries find a better life -- by setting up a school teaching practical skills. more...

University: we are not racist

A Government minister has accused Oxford University of prejudice and said it needed to do more for black and disadvantaged communities. more...

Scheme helps the homeless

A family of five told how a new Oxford City Council rent deposit scheme helped them find a new home. more...

Publican upset by mud

A pub owner claims building work to transform Oxford's castle site is thwarting attempts to run his new business. more...

Park festival plan worries residents

A two-day music spectacular headed by pianist Jools Holland is being planned as a major attraction in Oxford City Council's 2004 events programme. more...

I'm flattered says film 'star' Branson

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has described plans to make a blockbuster film about his life as "flattering". more...

Cash running out for town manager post

Didcot may lose its town centre manager because of a funding crisis. more...

January 12: Our hero is home-grown

There is nothing wrong with a little hero worship. more...

Robber caught in police loos

A woman who stole a mobile phone during a street robbery was caught when she went to use a police station toilet. more...

Bowled over

Bowlers at Banbury's indoor green at Woodgreen Leisure Centre enjoy attractive surroundings thanks to club member Reg Boscott. more...

Lesbian framed, court told

A woman was framed by her managers when they altered documents on her computer's hard drive after discovering she was a lesbian, a court heard. more...

Campaign group fears for road safety

Campaigners have lost their fight to prevent maintenance of a major road being switched from the Highways Agency to Oxfordshire County Council. more...

Vandals wreck pavilion

Hooligans caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a sports pavilion. more...

Council awaits asylum ruling

Cherwell district councillors are still waiting to hear if the High Court will agree to a judicial review of the plan for an asylum seekers' accommodation centre at Bicester. more...

Money handout manager wins unfair sacking case

A manager who was sacked after he handed out foreign currency found in a machine to staff has won compensation for unfair dismissal. more...

Search for alley flasher

Police are searching for a man who indecently exposed himself to two women in Thame. more...

Tourist centre will stay open

Plans to save money by closing Burford Visitor Information Centre have been rejected. more...

Fight for survival

It will be a devastating blow if the Oxford Nursery is forced to close -- devastating for the 83 children and their families, and for the 17 workers who would lose their jobs. more...

January 9: Fight for survival

It will be a devastating blow if the Oxford Nursery is forced to close -- devastating for the 83 children and their families, and for the 17 workers who would lose their jobs. more...

Young offenders face 'barbaric' strip cells

Young people at Huntercombe Young Offenders' Institution near Wallingford have been kept in solitary confinement naked and without light, ventilation, sanitation or furniture. more...

Gay group sad over bishop row

The co-founder of a movement supporting diversity within the Church has welcomed the selection of the new Bishop of Reading, who will oversee parish work in Wallingford. more...

Blair 'will not duck' Kelly inquiry report

Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged not to duck any criticisms in the report into the death of Oxfordshire weapons expert Dr David Kelly. more...

Why we object to low-cost slums

What splendid, almost saintly, sentiments Oxford city councillor Mick McAndrews expresses on low-cost housing (Oxford Mail, January 6). more...

Gay group sad over bishop row

The co-founder of a movement supporting diversity within the Church has welcomed the selection of the new Bishop of Reading, who will oversee parish work in Abingdon. more...

Name dropping

World Cup rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson would give his name to an Oxford hospital if some staff had their way. more...

I'm flattered says film 'star' Branson

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has described plans to make a blockbuster film about his life as "flattering". more...

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