Stories for 4 January 2000

Oxfordshire Business

Dome visitors led by the nose

VISITORS to the Millennium Dome are set to be hit by the full blast of a volcano - thanks to an Oxfordshire company.  more...

Oxfordshire News

County streets among safest

Violent crime in the Thames Valley is among the lowest in the country, according to a new survey of police figures.  more...

Killing the speckled monster

They used to call it the Speckled Monster, for it was a bigger killer than heart disease and cancer are today.  more...

Treatment lottery

Share and share alike - that principle used to guide the NHS. Suddenly it's location, location, location, just like the property market. Where you live could determine if you live.  more...

I shall not be moved

Green-fingered Roger Smith turned down the chance to splash out on Millennium celebrations to keep his vegetable patch.  more...

Health boss takes on fresh challenge

Nursing shortages, bed closures and casualty crisis levels should give David Highton the "fresh challenge" he is looking for as he takes charge at Oxfordshire's acute hospitals.  more...

£3m art theft took 'only ten minutes'

The theft of a £3m Cezanne painting from Oxford's Ashmolean Museum was a professional, one-man job which took just ten minutes, according to police.  more...

Hopes rise to end of cycle route row

Hopes are high that the row over a section of a national cycle network can be resolved by the spring.  more...

Meet-your-victim scheme expanded

Oxfordshire has been chosen to pilot a new scheme bringing young offenders face to face with their victims.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Henley's bold battlers make Bristol sweat

Bristol 23, Henley 9  more...

Prop Fuller goes AWOL

HENLEY RFC coach Nigel Dudding issued an SOS after loose head prop Rowan Fuller failed to turn up for their Tetley's Bitter Cup tie at Bristol.  more...

Watson boosts United

By Jon Murray TOP defender Mark Watson has given Mickey Lewis the perfect New Year present by declaring he wants to help Oxford United beat Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup rather than play for his country.  more...