Stories for 16 May 2000

Oxfordshire Education

IT boom in UK schools

Computer company RM is confident that the market for linking schools to the Internet will continue to grow, with its order book topping 100m, writes Maggie Hartford.  more...

South too pricey for students

Fears over the high cost of living in Oxford are hampering the University's efforts to attract more students from the north, writes Madeleine Pennell.  more...

Oxfordshire Internet

IT boom in UK schools

Computer company RM is confident that the market for linking schools to the Internet will continue to grow, with its order book topping 100m, writes Maggie Hartford.  more...

Contest looks for e-leaders

Companies in Oxfordshire are storming ahead in the race to become the country's e-commerce company of the year.  more...

Oxfordshire Leisure

Art for all, in action

Take 600 artistic people, 270 locations and the population of Oxfordshire and mix them together. Katherine MacAlister did and reckons Artweeks is well worth a closer look . . .  more...

Three for 2000

Three special events have been organised by the churches in Bicester organisation to help celebrate the Millennium year.  more...

Town and gown fun run

There are just days left before this year's Town and Gown Fun Run.  more...

Bun fun for Millennium

It will be raining buns in Abingdon in June.  more...

Dancing home

Katherine MacAlister talks to top dancer Hope Muir about eating disorders, success and why Oxford is still the place she calls home  more...

Preview: Russell Maliphant Company, Oxford Playhouse

The top dancers who make up the Russell Maliphant Company perform the highly-acclaimed Liquid Reflex at the Playhouse tonight, writes Chris Gray.  more...

Interview: Rusty Bernstein

Philippa Boston talks to Rusty Bernstein about his role in the struggle to win freedom for black, Indian and coloured people in South Africa  more...

Paperbacks w/c May 12

Maggie Hartford checks out the latest crop of top titles in paperback . . .  more...

Review: Children's books

Philippa Logan looks through the latest crop of books for children   more...

Oxfordshire News

Mum's advice in war on meningitis

The mother of a toddler who spent eight days fighting meningitis is urging other parents to vaccinate their children against the deadly disease, writes Victoria Owen.  more...

Asylum teenager sues over camp pregnancy

An asylum-seeker who became pregnant in an Oxfordshire detention centre at the age of 15 is suing the Government for 50,000 in damages.  more...

I was cursed, claims thief

A thief turned to drugs after claiming he was under the curse of a Pakistani witch doctor, a court heard, writes Nick Evans.  more...

Councillors call for probe into finances

THE two parties that won control of Oxford City Council in the May 4 elections are demanding an investigation into its finances, writes Mark Templeton.  more...

Mercy student's Iraq trip

Student Kirsty Gathergood told how she risked a prison sentence to take medicine to sick and starving children in war-torn Iraq.   more...

South too pricey for students

Fears over the high cost of living in Oxford are hampering the University's efforts to attract more students from the north, writes Madeleine Pennell.  more...

Dancing home

Katherine MacAlister talks to top dancer Hope Muir about eating disorders, success and why Oxford is still the place she calls home  more...

Mother knows breast

Page three favourite Melinda Messenger has decided not to follow the example of hundres of Oxfordshire mothers by choosing to bottle feed new son Morgan after giving birth in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital recently, writes Katherine MacAlister.  more...

Mother knows breast

Changing and feeding facilities in the city include . . .  more...

'Nobody told us mum was dead'

Doting son John Holtom arrived at his mum's flat to find it empty and padlocked because she had died three days earlier, writes Victoria Owen.  more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Cricket LIVE! Wales -v- Oxfordshire

Oxon crash final match report  more...

Cricket: Thame make Merry to shatter Nondies

Classic Press Cherwell League Division 1 round-up  more...

Swimming: Bracknell gala

KIdlington and Gosford came third in a C-grade gala at Bracknell where ten swimmers were penalised for exceeding time restrictions.  more...

Tennis: Tim's model display on clay

Tim Henman may not fancy the early wake-up calls but his morning start failed to prevent him turning in one of his finest performances on clay yesterday.  more...

Cricket: Magical Melksham snatches it for Tew

Classic Press Cherwell League Division 2 round-up  more...

American football: Defence steals show for Saints

Domino's Oxford Saints defenders not only kept a clean sheet but also contributed a pair of touchdowns in Saturday's 44-0 rout of Staffordshire Surge at Oxford RFC.  more...

Rallying: Burns praises winning team

Richard Burns praised his Banbury team after extending his world championship lead with victory in the Rally of Argentina.  more...

Greyhounds: Tuesday's card

The card for the Oxford Stadium, Tuesday, May 16, 2000 . . .  more...

Rugby League: Jets grounded by Cavaliers

Oxford Cavaliers overcame biggest rivals Crawley Jets 28-12 in a Rugby League Conference South game full of hard-hitting defence and determined running at Marston Ferry Road on Saturday.  more...

Football: Chase is on for Joey!

Joey Beauchamp says he has no idea at this stage whether he will still be at the Manor Ground in August.  more...

Swimming: Trask is up to the task

Witney's juniors won a friendly gala hosted by Maxwell at Aylesbury on Saturday.   more...