Stories for 6 March 2004

Oxfordshire Business

Aiming to nurture talent

Business training firm InfoBasis, which has expanded into new offices at Abingdon Science Park, is now recruiting staff to join its team in technical resources, consultancy and sales.   more...

Society uses best of old and new values

Older notions of fair play and helping others, combined with modern methods, are the hallmarks of the Co-op movement in Oxfordshire.   more...

Move may lead to job losses

Abingdon's oldest business, the Abbey Press Group, is moving part of its operation to Didcot and there may be job losses.   more...

Oxfordshire Cars

Stilo turns on the style again

Fiat has launched a better looking, better equipped and less expensive Stilo range -- including estate versions.   more...

Citroen rolls out beefy supermini

Citroen is launching a rugged new version of its C3 XTR five-door supermini, with protective bodywork and an electrically-operated panoramic glass sunroof.   more...

Land Rover goes in Pursuit

Land Rover is introducing three new Discovery models named Pursuit, Landmark and ES Premium, replacing the current line-up with what the firm describes as a trio of new 'Definitive' editions.   more...

Picanto picked for UK launch

Kia is launching a new small car in the UK, in time for opening of The Sunday Times Motor Show on May 27, called the Picanto.   more...

The family tale that's a classic

Classic cars are making a comeback, according to an Oxfordshire expert.   more...

Oxfordshire Education

Plans 'pie in the sky,' says union

Union leaders have united in opposition to Government plans to close primary schools with too many vacancies.   more...

Oxfordshire Local Info

Dr John MacLeod

A family doctor in Bicester for 30 years, Dr John MacLeod has died after an illness, aged 79.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Pensioners' flu jab targets met

Doctors across Oxfordshire have met Government targets for giving pensioners flu vaccinations.   more...

Bonn Square: let us look to the future

It was most unfair of you in your editorial comment and article to criticise Oxford City Council for a minor error over the release of the photographs of Bonn Square, Oxford (Oxford Mail, February 9).   more...

Our hands are tied by licensing laws

Contrary to your comment (Oxford Mail, February 10), Oxford has never expressed a desire to become a 24-hour city.   more...

University ignores the planning rules

Michael Wigg, head of projects and deputy director of estates at Oxford University, claimed he was unaware that he did not have planning permission for the electricity sub-station at Old Road, Headington, Oxford (Oxford Mail, January 31).   more...

Why our schools suffer

I read Ken Beames's letter (Oxford Mail, January 31) with interest, especially his criticism of Peers School at Littlemore, Oxford.   more...

Wardens steer riders away from trouble

Young people from Oxford's Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys estates have been learning motorcycling skills, thanks to the city council's team of street wardens.   more...

War protesters form new political party

A new political party, the Respect Unity Coalition, is to be launched in Oxford on March 9.   more...

EU will investigate A34 'rights' claim

The European Parliament has agreed to investigate whether villagers living near a noisy stretch of the A34 have had their human rights breached by the Government's failure to resurface the route.   more...

Plans 'pie in the sky,' says union

Union leaders have united in opposition to Government plans to close primary schools with too many vacancies.   more...

Former clerk will not get pay-off

A bid to give a former parish clerk a one-off payment of £10,000 has been rejected by councillors.   more...

Search is on for stalwarts

A search is under way to find citizens who have made a difference to their communities in the Vale of White Horse.   more...

Railway revival hopes rise after talks

Hopes of passenger trains returning to the line between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Bedford were given a boost when council officials met representatives of the Strategic Rail Authority and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.   more...

Work to start on A44 soon

Work to improve the condition of the A44 through Woodstock is due to start before the end of March.   more...

Vision of new cinema unveiled

An artist's impression has been published, showing Didcot's planned £4.5m cinema.   more...

March 1: Speedy conclusion

The argument over how to tackle speed on our roads needs to be settled once and for all.   more...

Jazzmen to pay tribute

Jazz musicians who last played together in the 1960s will link up again on Tuesday at a tribute concert for a popular musician who died last year.   more...

Drive to find student homes

Homes are needed for about 100 students attending motorsport and engineering courses in Bicester.   more...

Police get tough on Ridgeway abusers

The Ridgeway is to be patrolled by police officers in an attempt to curb the illegal use and abuse of the historic trail.   more...

£1.1m upgrade brings cleaner rivers

A £1.1M upgrade to Thame sewage treatment works will mean cleaner rivers.   more...

February 28: Teach them a lesson

A £3,500 slide is installed at an Oxford park. Two weeks later, arsonists destroy it.   more...

27 February: Use it or lose it

National Pub Week highlights all that is good with that traditional part of English life.   more...

Mayor appeals after park vandalised

Wallingford mayor Betty Atkins has appealed to parents to keep an eye on their teenagers after the latest spate of vandalism at the town's Riverside Park.   more...

Move may lead to job losses

Abingdon's oldest business, the Abbey Press Group, is moving part of its operation to Didcot and there may be job losses.   more...

Council executives are paid too much

I notice that county council leader Keith Mitchell is trotting out the usual myth justifying obscene wages for executives (Oxford Mail, February 24).   more...

Diary of a thug

Can Akcal beat up victims for fun and then boasted about it in his diary.   more...

Gollum fans expected at actor's visit

Lord of the Rings fans will be out in force when the actor who plays Gollum in the film trilogy pays a visit to Oxford.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

U'S out to stop the rot

Oxford United manager Ian Atkins will ask his players for more of the same when they face fourth-placed Huddersfield at the Kassam Stadium today.   more...

Golf: Brothers in groove for title triumph

Brothers Graham and Kevin Reynolds became Chipping Norton Winter League champions, finishing five points clear of the field.   more...

Football fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday, March 6   more...

Football fixtures

Fixtures for Sunday, March 7   more...

United in the cause

Oxford United fans are being asked to hold up red cards at Saturday's Division 3 home match against Huddersfield Town to show their support for kicking racism out of fooball.   more...

Sinnott signals crackdown

Oxford City manager Andy Sinnott has called on his side to tighten up their discipline after "throwing away" five points in their last two games.   more...

Whitehead boosst Abingdon

Oxford City midfielder Matty Whitehead has given Abingdon United's outside chances of promotion a huge boost by signing for the Premier Division club.   more...

Athletics: Radley duo capture bronze medals

Saskia Kalmeijer and Lucy Boggis collected bronze medals as Radley's ladies were well-represented at the National Indoor Athletics Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.   more...

Athletics: Woodstock face Headington bid

The Oxford Mail Cross Country League enters the fifth and final leg this at Drayton School, Banbury on Sunday, with attention focused on the battle for team honours.   more...

Speedway: New-look Machine ready to roar

The excitement is building for Oxford Silver Machine, who are all set to take on the best that the Sky Sports Elite League have to offer in 2004.   more...

'Banned' Wills is back in business

FOLLOWING his brush with sport's authorities, Oxford greyhound trainer Ian Wills is back in business with two runners on the card tonight.   more...

Sodje set for some stick

Don't be alarmed if you hear Huddersfield's black defender Efe Sodje getting more stick from the fans than anyone else on the pitch today - on the day United are trying to kick racism out of football.   more...

IDan aims for half-century

WITH important matches ahead of them in the next month, Oxford City Stars will be keen to avoid injury and disciplinary problems when they visit Bracknell Hornets in their last English National Ice Hockey League South match of the regular season tomorrow (6pm).   more...

Nash gets called up by Wales

GARSINGTON'S Mick Nash is celebrating after being selected by Wales to play in this year's Over-50 Home International Squash Championship at Nottingham on April 16-17.   more...

Hockey fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday, March 6   more...

Devils facing a tough test

BELOW-strength Oxford Devils face a formidable test in tonight's National Basketball Conference clash with Northampton at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre, Abingdon (7pm).   more...

FORMER Oxfordshire batsman Andrew Strauss, the Middlesex captain, has flown out to join the England

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Matthews steps in

Chinnor will be hoping that the naming of Simon Matthews as captain will tilt the balance in their favour when they face familiar rivals Henley Alliance in the Oxfordshire Cup semi-final at Kingsey Road on Sunday (2.30pm).   more...

Quins favourite

Oxford Harlequins will start strong favourites at home to Banbury in the semi-final of the Oxfordshire Cup.   more...

Rugby fixtures

Fixtures for Saturday, March 6   more...

Horspath contest 'unfair' ruling

Horspath CC have appealed to The Oxford Times Cherwell League to review the controversial decision which saw their teams placed in Divisions 5 and 9 this season.   more...

Oxfordshire Whats On

Review: Grease at the New Theatre Oxford

It seems that since it first opened 33 years ago, Grease, the musical that gave us 1950s America in a nutshell, has always attracted young audiences, with the film version holding the record for number of concessions sold.   more...

Stop the War conference

Oxford Stop the War Coalition will hold its second anti-war conference on March 6.   more...

Review: Pizza Express, The Golden Cross, Oxford

Blackheath in London is to parenthood what Fulham is to sloane rangers.   more...

Gardeners meet

Wallingford Gardening Club meeting in the town hall at 7.30pm on March 11 features the Bill Baker Memorial lecture given by former Oxford Botanic Garden director Ken Burras.   more...

Sale arranged

A nearly-new sale is being held at the Methodist Church Hall, Victoria Road, Bicester, on March 13, from 9.30am to 12.30pm, by 2nd Bicester Guides in aid of Bardwell School, in Hendon Place.   more...

  
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