Stories for 17 February 2000

Oxfordshire Business

Matchmaking for companies

A NEW matchmaking scheme for companies to use student placements to improve their competitiveness was launched in Oxford.  more...

Oxfordshire News

Worst health cash crisis in a decade

ACUTE care in Oxfordshire's health service is heading towards the worst cash crisis in a decade.  more...

Eating disorders don't just affect women

THIS week is International Eating Disorder Week and the Eating Disorder Association is focusing on raising awareness about male sufferers of conditions such as anorexia and bulimia.   more...

Now all I need is a

black and white cat!  more...

Beeb sees the way the wind blows

THE BBC must embrace the sweeping changes of the media world if it is to survive. That was the message of Alan Yentob, the BBC's Director of Television, to an audience in Oxford.  more...

Peace of village is at threat

THEY currently live in a sleepy village surrounded by picturesque fields. It has little more than a pub for entertainment - and that is the way the residents of Chesterton like it.  more...

Police chiefs vow to weed out racism

POLICE chiefs and other organisations were today pledging themselves against racism at a conference held one year after the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.  more...

Club cries 'foul' on deliveries

TRADESMEN and football players keep getting a town's two football clubs mixed up.  more...

Woodward to lead school drugs war

TORY defector Shaun Woodward is to lead the Government's war on drugs in schools.  more...

Extra security demand after ram-raid

RA"AIDERS escaped with hundreds of items of jewellery.  more...

Kebab van man can stay for now

KEBAB king Mahmood Akhtar can keep his pitch in an Oxford street - after 300 punters backed his plea to the council.  more...

Ten years for rapist

PERVERT David Floyd was today starting a ten-year jail sentence after being convicted of raping a teenage girl and a woman.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

STADIUM: Kassam fights on

OXFORD United chairman Firoz Kassam is set to battle on in his bid to complete the club's half-built new stadium at Minchery Farm despite a setback, writes Russell Smith.  more...

FIGURE-SKATING: Nerves take toll on Tammy

OXFORDSHIRE'S British figure-skating champion Tammy Sear came home from the European Championships in Venice this week and admitted her first taste of international skating was 'a real eye-opener', writes Niall Jeger.  more...

JUDO: Landmark as Lee aims for big time

A 15-YEAR-OLD from Abingdon has become only the second junior from Oxfordshire to win a Brown Belt in judo.  more...

Stadium: Kassam fights on

OXFORD United chairman Firoz Kassam is set to battle on in his bid to complete the club's half-built new stadium at Minchery Farm despite a setback, writes Russell Smith.  more...

Big Kev gets the all-clear

GIANT striker Kevin Francis was due to be back in training today with Oxford United after being given the all-clear by a specialist on his troublesome hamstring injury.  more...