Stories for 22 February 2000

Oxfordshire Business

Cancer vaccine hope for pets

CATS and dogs could benefit from cancer treatments being developed by gene therapy company Oxford Biomedica.  more...

Oxfordshire News

Major backtrack on trains safety

Plans to strip Railtrack of its safety role in the wake of the Paddington train disaster have been ditched by the Government, writes John Chipperfield.  more...

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Inquests open on Paddington crash

Inquests into the deaths of the 31 people killed in the Paddington rail crash began in London yesterday.  more...

Car is clue to store raid

A stolen car used in a dramatic ram-raid on a jewellery shop may have been driven around by the thieves for a week before the break-in.  more...

Rent battle residents win in court

Residents on a council-owned mobile home park are claiming victory in a battle over rent rises.  more...

Former dealers' haven 'will stay drugs free'

Police have promised they will continue to keep a former haven for dealers a drugs-free area.  more...

No flights of fancy for an RAF actress

Flying is in Helen Woods's blood. In real life she directs pilots through the skies as an air traffic controller at RAF Brize Norton.  more...

Villagers say no to rat fees

Residents are relieved that proposals to make them pay to rid their village of rats have been dropped.  more...

Thinner burglar is jailed for break-in

A drug addict took part in a series of burglaries because an accomplice was too fat to squeeze through windows, a court heard.  more...

'I will not be bullied' says pubs boss

A brewery boss said he will not be bullied by football fans threatening to boycott pubs.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

The long and the short of it

OXFORD cox Kajsa McLaren, from Pyrton, faced a tall order when the crews for the 146th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on March 25 were announced in Putney.  more...

Cheetahs chosen for Sky opener

OXFORD have been chosen to launch this year's Elite League speedway coverage on Sky Television.  more...

Bath chase City defender Thorp

By Russell Smith OXFORD City centre back Michael Thorp could be on his way to Bath City.  more...

Powell is jewel in the crown

By Jon Murray FIFTEEN months after nearly prising Paul Powell away from the Manor Ground, Denis Smith now says the last thing he wants is for the left back to leave Oxford United.  more...

Arendse's efforts can't save United

Norwich City Res 2, Oxford Utd Res 0 UNITED'S reserves found Norwich City too strong in the Avon Insurance Combination - despite a fine display from keeper Andre Arendse at the Canaries' windswept training ground yesterday.  more...

Smith's loan chase

UNITED boss Denis Smith was today stepping up his bid to sign a defender on loan, but he has all but ruled out Mark Watson from this Saturday's game against Wrexham.  more...