Stories for 8 December 2003

Oxfordshire Education

Pupils turn to flower power

Children from two primary schools helped to plant a dozen trees and 500 daffodil bulbs in a play area.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Campsfield demo: Police out of order

I felt threatened by police at the 10th anniversary demonstration outside Campsfield immigrant detention centre near Kidlington (Oxford Mail, December 1).   more...

Abysmal ignorance

I have news for Tony Smith (Oxford Mail, November 24).   more...

Sandwich burglary gang jailed

Thieves who developed hi-tech devices to steal £81,000 from 29 sandwich shops, including one in Oxford, have been jailed for a total of 12 years.   more...

Concern rises over attacks on buses

A bus company says it is increasingly alarmed by a spate of attacks in which objects including bricks and billiard balls were hurled at 10 of its vehicles in 11 days.   more...

Top NHS mark is out of reach

Primary care trusts in Oxfordshire will fail to win top marks in the NHS ratings because of a target over which they have no control.   more...

Campaign to cut number of winter deaths

Oxford pensioner Mary McCartney was visited at home by her MP, minister Andrew Smith, as part of a campaign to warn the public about the dangers of cold weather.   more...

December 8: Dentistry in crisis

If proof were needed about the crisis in dentistry in Oxfordshire, single mother Rebecca McArthur-Sully provides it.   more...

Thugs left waiter in a coma

Three men who punched and kicked a waiter in an alcohol-fuelled attack, leaving him with serious brain damage, have been jailed.   more...

Pupils turn to flower power

Children from two primary schools helped to plant a dozen trees and 500 daffodil bulbs in a play area.   more...

Santa gets on his bike

Even Santa needs a little bit of help occasionally, particularly at this time of year.   more...

Focus on the family

Young people and their parents have been given the opportunity to learn together -- and pick up new skills in arts, music and IT.   more...

December 5: Easing the tax burden

Rising council tax bills are proving to be an ever-increasing burden to many.   more...

December 6: Bugged by poor record

So much is said and written about the financial side of healthcare that the issue of hygiene in hospitals is rarely discussed.   more...

Church on schedule to re-open

A £2M improvement project is continuing apace at a church, and is set to re-open on schedule in Easter.   more...

Slade traffic lights are not a priority

Your article, Safety measures refused at junction (Oxford Mail, November 22), did not adequately convey the facts leading to the decision not to introduce traffic signals at the junction of The Slade with Wood Farm Road at Headington, Oxford.   more...

30 dentists turn away mum in agony

A single mother has attacked the shortage of NHS dentistry in the county after enduring days of toothache.   more...

Festive fire warning

Station Officer Paul Waknell, from Rewley Road fire station in Oxford, demonstrated the potential fire hazard posed by a Christmas tree as part of a festive warning to the public.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Football: City rocked as four players join exodus

Oxford City have been left in turmoil after four senior players walked out following the resignation of manager Paul Lee.   more...

Football: North Leigh hit by double blow

CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE   more...

Football: Carterton go through in extra time

Cup matches   more...

Football: Lee's swansong ends in a draw

Oxford City 2,   more...

Football: Banbury stretch run to seven

Banbury Utd 2,   more...

Football: Thame torment shows no end

Thame Utd 1,   more...

Football: Berry is new Town boss

Former Oxford United striker Paul Berry is the new boss of Ryman Division 2 side Abingdon Town.   more...