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Stories for 14 December 2002

Oxfordshire Business

Unipart announces rise in share price

Auto parts and distribution company Unipart, which has its headquarters in Cowley, has announced a three per cent increase in its share price. more...

Sell-off bears fruit for firm

A bumper sell-off of subsidiaries by AEA Technology is beginning to bear fruit, according to the company. more...

Call for broadband

Residents in Goring are calling for broadband access to speed up Internet communications. more...

Area groups lose power

More planning decisions in Oxford are to be taken by the little-used strategic development control committee (SDCC). more...

Company suffers financial setback

Transport and property management company WS Atkins has seen its finances slip into the red. more...

Hytec jobs saved

An information technology business has been bought out by two of its directors, saving the jobs of 25 staff. more...

Business course accredited

The Master of Business Administration programme at Oxford Brookes University Business School has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). more...

Top role

Rameen Firoozan has been appointed managing director of Berkeley Homes (Oxford & Chiltern), at Abingdon. more...

Oxfordshire Education

Discord ahead at music cuts

Music teaching of children in rural areas is set to suffer after Oxfordshire County Music Service announced it was seeking to make cuts to balance its budget. more...

Recruitment problems prevent improvement

Problems in recruiting teachers have prevented the rise in standards from satisfactory to good at Fitzharrys School in Abingdon, according to Ofsted inspectors. more...

Bell chimes in new classroom

The opening of a classroom at a primary school was marked by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire ringing a 19th century school bell. more...

Pupils' film to get big screen showing

Banbury schoolchildren will be watching themselves on the big screen when their own movie is premiered in the town. more...

Sixth form talk is top secret

The power of mathematics to unlock secret codes was the theme of a talk at Gosford Hill School, Kidlington. more...

Oxfordshire Local Info

Sir William Mitchell

Leading international physicist, Sir William 'Bill' Mitchell, has died at the age of 77. more...

Caroline Delfosse

More than 500 mourners attended the funeral of Caroline Delfosse, wife of Didcot GP Dr John Delfosse. more...

Ron Marshall

Ron Marshall, a manager of Abingdon Marina who had twice retired before going back to work, has collapsed and died in his office at the age of 67. more...

The funeral of one of Britain's top scientists, Dr Derek Robinson, who led nuclear fusion research at Culham Science Centre in recent years, takes place on December 14 in his home village of Appleford, near Abingdon. more...

Oxfordshire News

Maxwell pension cut fear

Dozens of people in Oxfordshire are still waiting to hear whether they will be among nearly 1,400 Maxwell pensioners facing a 50 per cent cut in their retirement income. more...

Refurbished pub

offers free beer Free beer is up for grabs at a party to celebrate the re-opening of an Oxford pub. more...

Parents failing to pay for care

A scheme to charge parents whose children are taken into care is proving difficult to implement. more...

Alcohol-free zones help police tackle disorder

Street drinking bans are helping police tackle street crime and antisocial behaviour in Oxford. more...

Glasses raised to brewing library

When it comes to satisfying a thirst for knowledge, few libraries in the world can hope to rival Oxford Brookes University. more...

Top-shelf magazine thief fined

An unemployed man has been conditionally discharged for attempting to steal two top-shelf magazines from a petrol station in Didcot. more...

Asylum site review rejected

A landowner and housing developer have failed in a High Court bid to force the Government to carry out environmental checks before an asylum seekers' accommodation centre can be built near Bicester. more...

Members of public

caught illegal driver An uninsured driver from Didcot who ran from the scene of an accident after driving carelessly has been disqualified for 18 months and fined £250. more...

Members of public caught illegal driver

An uninsured driver from Didcot who ran from the scene of an accident after driving carelessly has been disqualified for 18 months and fined £250. more...

Top-shelf magazine thief fined

An unemployed man has been conditionally discharged for attempting to steal two top-shelf magazines from a petrol station in Didcot. more...

Benefits fraudster given discharge

A Banbury woman found guilty of benefit fraud could have avoided a criminal record if she had talked to Cherwell District Council's investigators, a court heard. more...

Temple `against guidelines'

Objectors to a proposed Sikh temple in Banbury said Cherwell District Council would contravene Government guidelines on open space if it granted planning permission. more...

Asylum site review rejected

Diabetic took his own life

A man took his own life days before he was due to have an operation which would have confined him to a wheelchair, an inquest heard. more...

Help for orphans

The Methodist Church in Wantage is hoping to brighten up the lives of Romanian children. more...

Two injured on A420

Two people were taken to hospital after a crash involving a car and two lorries on the A420 near Pusey. more...

Capital trip

The French group of the Wantage and Grove Twinning Committee is planning a trip to the Vive la France exhibition in London on Saturday, January 18. more...

'Fortunate' family look forward to festive meal

A family of six people with a combined age of 480 years are looking forward to spending Christmas together. more...

Animal rights activist jailed for bombing

An animal rights activist has been jailed for five and a half years for his part in firebombing an Oxfordshire meat factory, causing £40,000 worth of damage. more...

Chips are up for Teasel

Border terrier Teasel is safely back at her home near Charlbury after being found on a motorway hard shoulder by a lorry driver heading for Kent. more...

Hard work pays off for care workers

Two care workers have been honoured for their work at an Oxfordshire old people's home. more...

Two men killed as cars collide

Two young men, aged 18 and 20, have died in a car crash near Witney. more...

Bus doubles up as grotto

A double-decker bus has been converted into an unusual Santa's grotto. more...

RAFA thanks supermarket

Members of the Witney branch of Royal Air Forces Association have presented a plaque to Sainsbury's supermarket to thank it for its assistance during Wings Week. more...

Co-op plans demolition job

The Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op has applied for planning consent to demolish the Kyldane Fieldsports shop at the Spendlove Centre and build a store to relocate from Sheep Street, Charlbury. more...

Homes planned

Cala Homes Ltd wants planning permission to build seven terraced houses and six flats on land at Littlemead in Aston Road. more...

Fitter convicted after raping cancer victim

A fitter has been convicted of raping a cancer patient, brutally beating her and hacking out chunks of her hair - after which he returned to the scene to comfort her. more...

Inquest opens on Nathan

An inquest into the death of 12-year-old Nathan Monaghan, who went missing after falling into the River Thames last month, was opened and adjourned on December 13. more...

Family shocked by `scam' smear

A family who decorated their house with festive lights for charities after their daughter was diagnosed with cancer have been shocked by claims they were pocketing the cash. more...

U's accountants get more than creditors

Accountants brought in to sort out the affairs of Oxford United paid themselves almost twice as much in fees as they raised for the club's creditors. more...

Boys convicted of religious assault

Two Witney teenagers have been convicted of attacking a man because of his religious beliefs under an anti-terrorism law introduced last year. more...

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