Stories for 18 February 2000

Oxfordshire Business

Safety Net gets £7.5m

A SCHEME designed to safeguard customers who do business over the Internet has been backed with funding of up to £7.5m, writes Maggie Hartford.  more...

Oxfordshire News

Death threats to top city bosses

DEATH threats sent to two high-profile Oxford bosses are being investigated by police.  more...

Behind social services

MARY Robertson is ready to lay her cards on the table. The Oxfordshire social services boss pulls no punches as she says: "My staff are exhausted and demoralised. They're reaching a point where they have had enough and feel they can't take any more - and I can't blame them."  more...

Top Gear under fire again over OTS

TV show Top Gear was under fire again today after a second programme was slammed for being unfair.  more...

Hospitals face balancing act

BALANCING the books in the money maze of healthcare is a major headache for the managers of Oxfordshire's acute hospital services.  more...

Scout leader jailed for attacking wife

FORMER scout leader Stuart Pearson attacked his estranged wife with a rounders bat because he suspected she was seeing another man, a court heard.  more...

Cash to improve danger roads

DANGEROUS roads are likely to be improved as part of a £760,000 programme to bring highways up to scratch.  more...

Museum in line for new wing

THE Ashmolean Museum is planning to construct a new wing as part of an ambitious £25m building scheme.  more...

Bus depot victory for protesters

RESIDENTS have won a victory against plans for a 24-hour Stagecoach bus depot after a unanimous vote by councillors last night (Thursday, February 17).  more...

Teeth grind as Top Gear reviews OTS

TV SHOW Top Gear was under fire again today after a second programme was slammed for being unfair.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Den looking for home comforts

OXFORD United are looking for some home help in their crunch relegation clash against bottom club Chesterfield tomorrow, writes Jon Murray.  more...

FOOTBALL: Thame sign striker Cort

THAME United are set to sign Harlow Town striker Wayne Cort - the brother of Wimbledon star Carl - on a month's loan in a bid to boost their promotion challenge from Ryman League Division 1.  more...

SPEEDWAY: Czech-mate for happy Cheetahs

OXFORD Cheetahs have almost completed their team building after the signing of the Dryml brothers, writes John Gaisford.  more...

Den looking for home comforts!

By Jon Murray OXFORD United are looking for some home help in their crunch relegation clash against bottom club Chesterfield tomorrow.  more...

FOUL calls for brewery boycott

OXFORD United supporters pressure group FOUL (Fighting for Oxford United's Life) are calling on all football supporters to boycott outlets owned by Morrells Brewery of Oxford.  more...

Joey 'best of decade'

JOEY Beauchamp has won the Rage Online award for Player of the Decade - beating Matt Elliott by just one vote - and will be presented with a trophy before tomorrow's game at the Manor. The decade, incidentally, refers to the 1990s, not the current one!  more...

No return for Crosby

UNITED boss Denis Smith has ruled out a return to the Manor Ground for former No 2 Malcolm Crosby.  more...