Stories for 13 July 2004

Oxfordshire Education

School is taken off special measures

A school for pupils with social emotional and behavioural difficulties has been taken off special measures after two years.   more...

Fish oil pills improve pupils' concentration

A school taking part in a national study to establish whether a daily dose of fish oil improves concentration in the classroom has reported positive results.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Travellers say they will move

Travellers who moved on to the Oxford Retail Park at Cowley over the weekend promised to leave last night following complaints from traders.   more...

Measures give some the hump

A controversial traffic calming scheme in Wheatley has provoked a mixed reaction from villagers.   more...

Funeral met Green's ideals

More than 200 cyclists and pedestrians formed the funeral procession for Oxford City Council's Green group leader, Dr Mike Woodin, who died last week.   more...

Hospital welcomes clean-up campaign

Managers at Oxfordshire's largest NHS trust have backed Government plans to clean up dirty hospitals to stamp out killer superbugs.   more...

Travellers prepare to leave retail park site

Travellers who moved on to the Oxford Retail Park at Cowley over the weekend promised to leave last night (July 12) -- following complaints from traders.   more...

Blind pilot finishes first leg of mission

A blind pilot has completed the first leg of his bid to become the first visually impaired person to fly around the UK.   more...

Gifts collected

A Didcot teacher is collecting pencils and paper for children in one of the world's poorest countries.   more...

Blind pilot finishes first leg of mission

A blind pilot has completed the first leg of his bid to become the first visually impaired person to fly around the UK.   more...

A trim too far

A pensioner was upset to discover two huge willow trees near her home had been cut back to their trunks.   more...

Barn repaired

Lains Barn near Wantage, converted in the 1970s for use as a community building, is undergoing a £50,000 refurbishment.   more...

Lions king

A new president of Witney Lions Club, John Cook, has been appointed.   more...

Anniversary tributes to brave airmen

Three commemorative plates have been made to mark the 60th anniversary of the deaths of two airmen who saved Wallingford by crashing their plane away from the town.   more...

'Spam' firm wins award

SOPHOS, an Abingdon company which protects businesses against e-mail 'spam' and viruses, has received the Queen's Award for International Trade.   more...

85-year-old starves to make her point

A pensioner will starve herself for 48 hours in protest against the building of an animal experimentation laboratory at Oxford University.   more...

Boy of 11 dies after swimming accident

A boy of 11 has died after apparently drowning during a school swimming lesson at Thame Leisure Centre.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Athletics: Nathan's in dreamland!

Athens-bound Oxford City triple jumper Nathan Douglas is still on cloud nine after the leap of his life earned him the Olympic qualifying standard of 16.95m at the AAA Championships final in Manchester.   more...

Darts: Promoter pulls plug on Phil 'The Power'

Oxfordshire's darts community have suffered a blow after Friday night's invitation tournament at the Kassam Stadium involving 11-times world darts champion Phil "The Power" Taylor was cancelled due to poor tickets sales.   more...

Swimming: Double joy for deadly Hawtin

Melissa Hawtin cruised to a double victory as City of Oxford finished second in the second round of the Milton Keynes Junior League at Temple Cowley on Saturday.   more...

Rugby: Quins get set for cup opener

Oxfordshire Cup winners Oxford Harlequins have been drawn away to Worthing, from Sussex, in the qualifying round of next season's Powergen Cup on Saturday, August 28.   more...

Cricket: Struggling Oxon in need of a miracle

Oxfordshire go into the final day of their Western Division encounter against Herefordshire at Bicester & North Oxford today needing a miracle to avoid a fourth successive defeat.   more...

Oxfordshire Whats On

Review: Cornbury Festival

When organiser Hugh Phillimore told the Oxford Mail he was hoping Cornbury would resemble a "microcosm of Glastonbury", the heavens promptly opened, Wet Wet Wet re-formed and I began to fear the worst.   more...

Challenge cast sing out

Performers took to the city's streets to drum up support for a show that will staged in just 48 hours next weekend to raise money for Oxford Children's Hospital.   more...

Fun event marks lottery milestone

The Sobell Lottery celebrates its fifth birthday on July 17 with a entertainment extravaganza at Oxford's Westgate Centre -- and the chance to win £1,000.   more...