Stories for 9 November 2002

Oxfordshire Business

Laser bid to rid lines of leaves

Train delays caused by leaves on the line could become a problem of the past thanks to a revolutionary system being developed in Oxfordshire.   more...

Antibiotic teams join forces

Troubled Oxford firm British Biotech has signed an agreement with a local specialist organisation to help develop a key area of its drug portfolio.   more...

Groups to benefit from £1.3m boost

A firm that invests in property for voluntary groups is celebrating raising more than £1.3m in a month.   more...

BT may miss growth targets

BT has admitted it was "unlikely" to meet its three-year revenue target despite an encouraging rise in its fortunes.   more...

First trials start for new drug

Oxford GlycoSciences has started trials of a new drug to treat rare metabolic diseases.   more...

Mackenzie joins team

Dr Neill Mackenzie has been appointed chief business officer at Oxford University spin-off company Avidex, which is developing a range of treatments including anti-cancer therapeutics.   more...

Speedy recovery

Data recovery specialist firm Vogon is expanding its US operations by opening a new, larger facility in Norman, Oklahoma.   more...

Oxfordshire Education

Call for governors to be trained

Too many school governors are either insufficiently qualified or unrepresentative of their school communities to do an effective job, according to headteachers and education officers.   more...

Oxfordshire Local Info

CHARLIE SIRET

A campaigner against charges levied on drivers using the Swinford toll bridge, near Eynsham, has died.   more...

GLYN SUTTON

Glynn Sutton, a well-known council officer, sportsman and craftsman, has died, aged 75.   more...

LEN KNAPP

The funeral of former railwayman and postman Len Knapp has taken place at St Peter's Church, Didcot.   more...

GWEN HICKS

A service of celebration for Gwen Hicks has been held at Didcot Methodist Church.   more...

Oxfordshire News

No political bandwagon

Far from having "jumped on the political bandwagon" by "blaming" the current infestation of rats in the Covered Market yard on the latest round of cuts to the Labour-run City Council's environmental Health department (Oxford Mail, November 1) my e-mail to your reporter, first alerted the Oxford Mail to the problem.   more...

Poppy symbol was hijacked

It was good to see all the students doing what they do best last Thursday. Protesting.   more...

Accusations of hypocrisy

The chairman of South Oxfordshire District Council, John Griffen (Oxford Mail, October 30) is to be congratulated for reminding us, lest we forget, that the Poppy Appeal is a practical way to help survivors of war and their families.   more...

Much more pleasurable

SIR - My reply to Caroline Thorne (Oxford Mail, October 26) is that I have every sympathy with her regarding the ploughing up of footpaths.   more...

Best part of the night

SIR -- Oxford's big match was on us and the residents of Blackbird Leys had to suffer yet again.   more...

Hall plans win support

Proposals for a new community centre for Jericho in Oxford are likely to being backed by £100,000 of funding from the city council.   more...

Housing schemes ruin skyline, say residents

Oxford's 'dreaming spires' skyline is being ruined by modern housing scheme, according to residents opposed to a new development.   more...

Decaying trees may avoid axe

Part of an avenue of trees in Binsey, Oxford, which was facing the axe could gain a reprieve for the next 10 years.   more...

Race delivers funds

Staff at an Oxford delivery company raced against a Formula 1 team at the Silverstone circuit to help raise more than £2,000 for Childline.   more...

Troubled firm may be sold

Directors of services company Amey are considering selling or breaking up the firm, after its share price dived again.   more...

Furniture recycling scheme could be revived

A voluntary organisation has started talks with Oxford City Council to win back funding withdrawn while the charity was investigated by watchdogs.   more...

Two men charged after match

Two men have been charged following violent scenes at Oxford's Kassam Stadium on Wednesday during Oxford United's Worthington Cup game against Aston Villa.   more...

Plastics recycling arrives

The county's first plastics recycling bank was launched by the county council in Oxford.   more...

County prepares to remember its war dead

Large crowds will gather throughout Oxfordshire on November 10 to watch remembrance parades and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in war.   more...

Parents warned about online porn in libraries

Parents visiting Oxfordshire libraries with young children are being warned that computer users are downloading pornographic images on the Internet.   more...

Pair face sentence over raid

A man and a woman are awaiting sentence following a robbery at a village shop.   more...

Asian radio starts broadcasting

TH of Asians living in Oxfordshire are to have a new radio station.   more...

Fertility trial needs volunteers

An Oxford researcher is searching for women to take part in a study looking at fertility monitors.   more...

Radio 4 to broadcast in Burford

The BBC's long-running radio show Any Questions is coming to Burford.   more...

Guide will detail NHS services

Residents will receive a guide from November 11 giving details of NHS services in their area.   more...

November 8: Callous priorities

We believed the days when couples were separated because of infirmity and old age were gone with the repeal of the Poor Law and the closure of workhouses.   more...

Health spending is millions in red

Managers in charge of Oxfordshire's community health services have overspent their budgets by nearly £3m in the past six months.   more...

Victim praises police

A woman has praised police for tracking down and returning a stolen statue.   more...

Bid to help riders

Two women are hoping to launch a scheme in the Bicester area that will allow horse riders on private farmland.   more...

Dress your tree like Jubilee

Golden Jubilee decorations will re-appear during a Christmas tree festival in Wantage.   more...

New shop welcomed

High street fashion store Dorothy Perkins has opened its doors to Wantage shoppers.   more...

Police name crash victim

A Chinnor man killed in a head-on collision has been named.   more...

Report clears council

For the second year running, South Oxfordshire District Council has been cleared by the local government ombudsman of any wrongdoing.   more...

Whittington to hit lights

Dick Whittington and his cat will switch on Thame's Christmas lights this year.   more...

Take it easy

The Easyriders Cycle Club will be taking part in a circular ride around the Heythrops on November 17, starting from the town hall at 10.30am.   more...

November 6: Dignified optimism

It must have been a disappointment for the Bicester Action Group to learn the Throckmorton site for an asylum seekers' centre had been dropped from Government plans while the Oxfordshire location remained on track for development.   more...

November 7: Spare a thought

IT was perhaps too much to expect Oxford United to beat a second Premiership team in this year's Worthington Cup campaign.   more...

Nov 8: Decision is right one

There will be much disappointment among the skateboarding fraternity that the £32,000 park in Jericho, Oxford will not re-open.   more...

Beekeepers buzzing again

Beekeepers in south Oxfordshire are staging a comeback in their battle against the Varroa mite.   more...

Dedication takes Scouts forward

Fifty years of Scouting stories were swapped at the anniversary celebrations of Longworth scouts.   more...

No account taken of wider picture

SIR -- Alan Bentall accuses Oxfordshire County Council of "pandering to the highly populated areas and forgetting the villages" while failing to justify a possible major rise in council tax next year (Oxford Mail, November 5).   more...

Councillor quits for personal reasons

A Vale of White Horse district councillor has resigned with immediate effect.   more...

Memorial cleaned ready for service

Abingdon's tilting war memorial has had another wash and brush up in time for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony, but a more extensive clean will be undertaken next year.   more...

Patient fears wait could prove fatal

A man at serious risk of a fatal brain haemorrhage must wait more than eight months for an operation because NHS officials will only allow him to be treated at one hospital.   more...

Cortege pays tribute but not toll

Mourners on their way to anti-toll protester Charlie Siret's funeral gave him a fitting send-off when they refused to pay to cross Swinford Bridge.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Lockup Firedice triumphs

It was not a shock to see the classy Lockup Firedice land the McLeans Coaches Oxfordshire Trophy at Oxford Stadium.   more...

Golf fixtures

Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10   more...

Football fixtures

Saturday, November 9   more...

Football fixtures

Saturday, November 2, 2002   more...

Football fixtures

Sunday, November 10, 2002   more...

Harris opens account in style

Giles Sports Witney Boys League round-up   more...

Cherry Red Records Hellenic League preview

Ardley United manager Paul Spittle is ready for a battle as he takes his troops to second-placed Slimbridge on Saturday (November 9) in a crunch Division 1 West clash on.   more...

Atkins 'disgusted' at ban

Oxford United boss Ian Atkins is "disgusted" by the six-game ban and £750 imposed on him by the Football Association - and that opinion has been supported by the person he was found guilty of offending.   more...

Injury-hit United play waiting game

Ian Atkins will wait until the last-possible minute before naming his Oxford United team to face Rochdale at the Kassam Stadium today.   more...

FA Carlsberg Vase preview

Abingdon Town boss Alan Thorne is looking to continue his good record in the competition when they travel to Sussex side Whitehawk in tomorrow's second-round tie.   more...

Kidlington girls tie up sponsor deals

Girls football appears to be flourishing in Kidlington, with two teams tying up sponsorships deals.   more...

Merritt return is boost for Thame

Thame United have received a big boost after midfielder Justin Merritt started his comeback from a serious knee injury.   more...

Cross Country League results

Results from the first round of the new season   more...

Cross Country League report

Witney Roadrunner Mathew Ashton came close to stealing the show in the opening round of the 2002/03 Oxford Mail Cross Country League.   more...

Radley seek talent for National debut

Radley Ladies have put a call out for Oxfordshire's top women athletes to join them as they prepare for their debut in the UK National League next season.   more...

Penfold shines in Reebok Challenge

White Horse Harriers' Tom Penfold finished tenth at the second round of the prestigious Reebok Cross Country Challenge at Senneleys Park in Birmingham.   more...

Craft pipped in thrilling finish

Twenty-four hours before her defeat by Jude Craft in the Oxford Mail League, Ellen Leggate, running for Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow, beat the Headington runner by just two seconds in the Chiltern Cross Country League.   more...

Test for City

Oxford City, beaten only once in their last eight games, face a tough test as they travel to Harlow Town on Saturday (November 9).   more...

Sylla injured

Banbury United are without striker Norman Sylla for their trip to Fisher Athletic in the Dr Martens League Eastern Division on Saturday (November 9).   more...

Riley maul Motors

Morris Motors A slipped into the bottom two of Premier & Division 1 of the Oxford & District Snooker League as Riley A ruthlessly put them to the sword.   more...

Hockey fixtures

Saturday, November 9, 2002   more...

Mick lands 13lb barbel

Brackley angler Mick Coleman has caught a cracking 13lb barbel from the Cherwell, beating my best fish from the water of 12lb 12oz.   more...

Rover are buoyed up by big win

Rover Oxford Ladies travel to Bedford for tomorrow's English League Division 2 contest, fresh from their demolition of Bradford last Saturday.   more...

Scarrot lands a whopper

The Orchid Lake complex over at Dorchester does not only hold some wonderful carp, but also some pretty decent catfish, as local angler Paul Scarrot confirmed this week.   more...

Hockey fixtures

Sunday, November 10, 2002   more...

Slader stars again

Katie Slader achieved the highest score of the day in the FIG level of the Oxfordshire County Gymnastics Individual Apparatus Competition at Maidenhead.   more...

Gina and Lucy win top title

Gina Liverton and Lucy Collinson cruised to victory in the Oxfordshire Ladies' Double Championships, held at Abingdon's White Horse Leisure & Tennis Centre.   more...

Birinus boys finish runners-up

Youngsters from St Birinus, Didcot finished South Under 13 runners-up in the HSBC/British Schools Tennis Team Competition.   more...

Chinnor build towards future

It may not have been officially opened yet, but Chinnor RFC's new £220,000 extension to their clubhouse is already bringing dividends.   more...

Rugby fixtures

Saturday, November 9   more...

Rugby fixtures

Sunday, November 10, 2002   more...

Bletch and Nondies explain merger

Bletchington and Oxford Nondescripts have set out the reasons behind their decision to merge.   more...

Joy for Giles

Richard Giles was the all-round star as Kingston Bagpuize beat Oxford Nondescripts and Horspath in the latest round of matches in the Oxfordshire Indoor Competition.   more...

Eddie fights to get back

Eddie Irvine is fighting to save his career after losing his Jaguar seat to Brazilian Formula 1 newcomer Antonio Pizzonia.   more...

Brothers' car jinx strikes again

The bad luck that has dogged Banbury's Derbyshire brothers throughout their first assault on the Radical Enduro Sportscar Championship, struck again, as a mechanical problem robbed them of a win in the final race of the season.   more...

McWilliams stays firmly on track

Banbury's Proton Team KR rider Jeremy McWilliams claimed his seventh top-ten finish of the season at the Valencia GP on Sunday (November 3), and missed being the top two-stroke, after a bitter struggle in the last laps with sliding tyres and four-cylinder two-stroke Honda rider Jurgen van den Goorbergh.   more...

Weekend action: November 8-10

Motorsport action for the forthcoming weekend   more...

Oxfordshire Whats On

Certificate breakthrough

In an unprecedented move, Inverclyde Council has made the decision to disregard the BBFC awarded 18 certificate given to Sweet Sixteen & re-classify the film as a 15 certificate.   more...

  
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