Stories for 10 May 2000

Oxfordshire Business

Boffins get a helping hand

Scientists who want to set up their own companies are being offered a pioneering training scheme over the Internet, writes Maggie Hartford.  more...

Oxfordshire Education

Reorganisation group 'don't know what they are doing'

The people who will decide on the future of Oxford schools do not know what they are doing, a councillor has claimed  more...

Church unveils plans for new school

Plans for a new Catholic secondary school in Oxford have been unveiled by church authorities.  more...

Ofsted awards top marks to doomed school

A school due to be axed under the Oxford schools shake-up has been praised by Government inspectors.  more...

Parent power hits home

Education bosses received more than 1,300 protest letters as parents fighting a shake-up of Oxford schools pleaded again: "Don't do it", writes Mark Templeton.  more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music

Here is your chance to burst into song and join in with your favourite numbers from The Sound of Music!  more...

De Glanville shows off skills

Former England captain Phil De Glanville will be giving instruction at a Nike Rugby Skills Course at Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre Oxford on May 22 (6.30-10pm).  more...

Review: Power Into Art by Karl Sabbagh

Jeannine Alton looks at a book which tells the story of how the Tate's new gallery for modern art has been created in a former power station  more...

Review: Stories to keep the reader guessing

Jan Lee enjoys three crime novels, each latent with anguish  more...

Paperbacks: w/c May 5

Maggie Hartford offers a selection of good reads in paperback  more...

Review: Easter by Michael Arditti

There is definitely something magnetic about a behind-the-scenes view of the Church of England, writes Philippa Boston.  more...

Recent winners

Congratulations to the winners of our World Super Bike Championship, Donington round, contest:  more...

Chrysler's family-size pot of gold

Chrysler's all-conquering Voyager people carrier is the world-beater but the best-seller nearly bit the dust even before it was born, writes David Duffy.  more...

Street cred with the flying Falco

Ask anyone remotely interested in motorcycles to name an Italian big twin sports bike and they are almost certain to come up with the name Ducati, writes John Gilbride.  more...

Motorworld first to open at motor park

The new Motorworld VW dealership at Oxford Motor Park has opened for business ahead of its official launch at the end of May, writes David Duffy.  more...

Why I love my new Rover

Businessman John Penny joined the rush for Rover cars last month and is delighted with his motoring move, writes David Duffy.  more...

It pays to shop around

CAR prices are coming down in the UK, but it still pays to shop abroad according to a new survey by What Car? magazine, writes David Duffy.  more...

Peugeot powers on to 206 triumph

THE 250,000th Peugeot 206 has rolled off the Ryton production line in Coventry just 18 months after its UK launch, writes David Duffy.  more...

Biking briefs

Italian job  more...

Oxfordshire News

Rover reaction

Up in Longbridge, the party apparently started early around 10am yesterday, writes George Frew.  more...

Reorganisation group 'don't know what they are doing'

The people who will decide on the future of Oxford schools do not know what they are doing, a councillor has claimed  more...

Inquiry begins into Paddington crash

A public inquiry into the Paddington rail crash, which claimed 31 lives, was opening in London today.  more...

Nippy nipper sought after cycle pile-up

A small cyclist who sped off after knocking down a Sunday School teacher is being sought by police.  more...

Jury told how head ran abuse campaign

A former headmaster of a special school for children with behavioural problems used his position of trust to run a campaign of sexual abuse against pupils, a court heard.  more...

Police arrest four over rape of girl

Four teenage youths have been arrested after a 14-year-old schoolgirl was raped, writes David Horne.  more...

Crews called to spate of crashes

THE emergency services were kept busy with a spate of minor accidents on the county's roads yesterday.  more...

BMX park on track

A BMX park is on track for its grand opening on July 9. Bicester Town Council announced plans for a new BMX and skateboard park, to be built on land next to the paddock at Garth Park, Launton Road, earlier in the year.  more...

Worker who lost finger keeps cash

Factory worker Martin Casey, who lost a finger in a workplace accident, has been allowed to keep 119,000 in damages after a six-year legal battle, writes Madeleine Pennell.  more...

Pupil, 15, in court on killing charge

A 15-year-old Oxfordshire schoolboy, who was charged with unlawfully killing a teenager, has appeared in court for the first time.  more...

Tarzan quits jungle for a personal Eden

Reg Little talks to Michael Heseltine about his plans for life after politics  more...

After a close scrape . . .

Suffering an injury, then having to endure a long journey into Oxford along the A40, followed by a perhaps even longer wait in the John Radcliffe Hospital's casualty department - it's the stuff of nightmares, writes Penny Studdy.  more...

A giant man for a giant job

Sixty years ago this week, Blenheim-born Winston Churchill was appointed Prime Minister. Peter Unsworth recalls the hero-worship of one of the great leaders of the twentieth century  more...

Cowley race against time

Workers at Cowley face a race against time to produce the new Mini, writes David Duffy.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: Jemmo is shown the door

OXFORD United have released Nigel Jemson, the striker who hit 23 goals in the first season of his first spell with the club, but couldn't find the net in his second.  more...

Greyhounds: Results and runners

Results from the Oxford Stadium meeting on Tuesday, May 9, and runners for Thursday, May 11  more...

Athletics: Harris burns off rivals

Gary Harris and Simon Pritchard led the way home in the first race of the Mota-vation Summer Race Series when 170 runners endured a chilly wind at Charlton-on-Otmoor.  more...

Athletics: Trio in Lanzarote tester

Three triathletes from Banbury are to attempt one of the toughest events in their sport, the ninth Lanzarote Ironman.  more...

Rugby Union: Skipper axed for Cornish trip

Skipper Darren Cassidy has lost his place in the Oxfordshire side for their Tetley's Bitter County Championship quarter-final against Cornwall at Redruth this Saturday.  more...

Football: Groundsman crocked in taxi accident

Oxford United groundsman Mick Moore is on crutches after a bizarre accident on his way to the Professional Footballers' Association dinner in London earlier this month.  more...

Speedway: Staechmann on Cheetahs duty

Jan Staechmann makes a welcome return for JT Commercials/Fox Oxford Cheetahs as they take on Poole Pirates in the first leg of the Speedway Star KO Cup at Wimborne Road tonight (7.30pm).  more...

Football: Danny does it for Hooky

Substitute Danny Clevely grabbed an extra-time winner to give Hook Norton a fantastic double as they added the Charity Cup to their Oxon Senior League championship with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Adderbury Park.  more...

Rugby Union: De Glanville shows off skills

Former England captain Phil De Glanville will be giving instruction at a Nike Rugby Skills Course at Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre Oxford on May 22 (6.30-10pm).  more...