Stories for 12 September 2006

Abingdon

Woman freed from car after A420 crash

A WOMAN had to be freed from her car after it flipped on the A420 during last night's rush-hour.  more...

Woman freed from car after A420 crash

A WOMAN had to be freed from her car after it flipped on the A420 during last night's rush-hour.  more...

Abingdon News

450 bun salute

One of Abingdon's famous bun throwing ceremonies will be the centrepiece of the Princess Royal's visit to the town on Friday as part of the 450th Royal Charter anniversary celebrations.  more...

70-year bypass delay tops list

A scheme to build a bypass around Marcham, which was first mooted 70-years ago, has been named the most delayed project in the country.  more...

Athletics

ATHLETICS: Double gold for Witney

Witney Roadrunners were celebrating after their men's team landed the gold medal in both the open category and county championship at the Cotswold Classic 10 mile race.  more...

Business

Bookies deal races ahead

Rapidly expanding bookies Stan James is set to continue its growth by taking over part of Oxford-based River Racing's business.  more...

Bookies deal races ahead

Rapidly expanding bookies Stan James is set to continue its growth by taking over part of Oxford-based River Racing's business.  more...

Trekking brothers reap project cash

Two youngsters have completed a marathon fundraising trip to help raise cash for a new project aimed at helping ex-services personnel start up in business.  more...

Flotation a catalyst to success

The boss of university spin-out company Oxford Catalysts has spoken of his delight at the company's rapid development since floating on the stock exchange in the last six months.  more...

Today's local share prices (PM)

AEA Technology 101 BMW 2684 Electrocomponents 237.25 Isoft Group 46 Oxford Bio 30.5 Oxford Instruments 207.5 Oxonica 125 Reed Elsevier 566.75 RM 179.25 RPS 225.5 Torex Retail 48.5   more...

Columns

On Yer Bike: September 12, 2006

he other day I had a bit of a cycling nightmare. I was late leaving work, my pannier was stuffed with vegetables from the organic box scheme I'm part of and I was off on holiday the next day.  more...

Darts

DARTS: White Lion roar back to beat champs

Reigning champions Chinnor FC (formerly Star & Garter) were beaten 6-3 at home by White Lion as the new Oxfordshire Men's Superleague swung into action.  more...

DARTS: Railway shakes up Shelley

Railway Social Club A, from Greene King ODDA Ladies Section 4, caused a major shock in the Margaret Davies Memorial Cup second round with a 4-3 win over Section 1 side Shelley Arms A.  more...

Didcot

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.  more...

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.  more...

Editorial Comment

Why are they still waiting?

Patience is clearly a virtue if you live in the village of Marcham.  more...

Features

Wine club launches next week

THE Oxford Times is teaming up with the award-winning wine writer John Stimpfig and the Oxford Wine Company, one of the UK's leading independent wine merchants, to present a weekly choice of superb and reasonably priced wines - all specially selected for The Oxford Times Wine Club.  more...

Football

FOOTBALL: Witney bow out

Witney United's FA Cup dreams were extinguished in midweek as they went down to Southern League outfit Paulton at Marriotts Stadium in their preliminary round replay.  more...

Headlines

90-year-old dies after collision

AN elderly woman who collided with a car as she crossed a road has died of her injuries, police said last night.  more...

Blue Cross open day

AN open day and fun dog show is being held at the Blue Cross centre, in Burford, to raise funds to help homeless animals.  more...

Police hunt man who sexually assaulted girl, 10

A BALDING middle-aged man wearing running gear groped a ten-year-girl when she was walking home alone in Bampton.  more...

90-year-old dies after collision

AN elderly woman who collided with a car as she crossed a road has died of her injuries, police said last night.  more...

Letters

Time to home in on prices

Your front page headline 'County Is Spaced Out' on September 2 quotes a Government report which appears to show that there will be a shortfall of over 47,000 houses if we develop all available brownfield sites.  more...

Motorsport

Derbyshire misses out on 24-hour repeat

Oxfordshire GT racer Jamie Derbyshire was unable to repeat last year's success in the 2006 Britcar 24-Hour race at Silverstone at the weekend. However, the Spirit Motor Group-backed racer made his mark on the event by setting the fastest lap of the race.  more...

Schumacher set for new role

Michael Schumacher can start planning for life without Formula One but he is not yet ready to contemplate living without Ferrari.  more...

News

Polish man badly beaten in street attack

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Polish man was assaulted in Banbury.  more...

Death-crash driver jailed for four years

A TEENAGE driver was jailed for four years after a crash at Deddington in which a recently qualified doctor was killed.  more...

Anti-crime scheme to be extended

A NEW crime prevention scheme launched on Bretch Hill, Banbury, in May is being extended to other areas of the town.  more...

Plea to boost fire cover

PART-TIME firefighters are urgently needed in north and west Oxfordshire.  more...

Probe launched into river spill

A BLACK spill seeping into the River Cherwell is to be investigated by the Environment Agency.  more...

Man badly beaten in street attack

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Banbury.  more...

Man arrested over A34 death crash

A 59-YEAR-OLD man from Leicester has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in a crash on Oxfordshire's A34 dual carriageway in which a family was killed.  more...

90-year-old dies after collision

AN elderly woman who collided with a car as she crossed a road has died of her injuries, police said last night.  more...

Woman freed from car after A420 crash

A WOMAN had to be freed from her car after it flipped on the A420 during last night's rush-hour.  more...

Man appears on murder charge

A MAN appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, accused of trying to murder a 20-year-old who was stabbed at a party in Blackbird Leys.  more...

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.  more...

Traps Grounds designated town green

COUNTY councillors yesterday backed a campaign to register a patch of land in north Oxford as a town green, following a House of Lords ruling.  more...

Teenage death-crash driver jailed

A TEENAGE driver was jailed for four years after a crash at Deddington in which a recently qualified doctor was killed.  more...

Bookies deal races ahead

Rapidly expanding bookies Stan James is set to continue its growth by taking over part of Oxford-based River Racing's business.  more...

Flotation a catalyst to success

The boss of university spin-out company Oxford Catalysts has spoken of his delight at the company's rapid development since floating on the stock exchange in the last six months.  more...

90-year-old dies after collision

AN elderly woman who collided with a car as she crossed a road has died of her injuries, police said last night.  more...

Woman freed from car after A420 crash

A WOMAN had to be freed from her car after it flipped on the A420 during last night's rush-hour.  more...

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.  more...

Other Sport

SWIMMING: Witney second in Cup

Witney finished runners-up to Ruislip-Northwood in their opening gala of the season for the Richard Early Cup at the recently-refurbished Windrush Leisure Centre.  more...

SWIMMING: Witney second in Cup

Witney finished runners-up to Ruislip-Northwood in their opening gala of the season for the Richard Early Cup at the recently-refurbished Windrush Leisure Centre.  more...

SWIMMING: Witney second in Cup

Witney finished runners-up to Ruislip-Northwood in their opening gala of the season for the Richard Early Cup at the recently-refurbished Windrush Leisure Centre.  more...

TRIATHLON: All-rounder Ridley shines in Lausanne

Witney's Elysia Ridley finished a creditable 12th in her age group at the World Triathlon Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.  more...

WEIGHTLIFTING: Injury forces Middleton out

Witney weightlifter Dan Middleton had a disappointing time at the European Junior Championships in Palermo, Italy.  more...

Oxford News

Choir sings out for new voices

You've seen them on television and heard them sing but now a choir formed on an Oxford estate for a TV documentary is searching for new recruits.  more...

All that jazz on the net

For the first time musicians from two different countries will jam together simultaneously in a concert to be broadcast live on the Internet.  more...

Our woman in Uganda

Oxford Mail reporter Rosalind Miles is to travel to Uganda to report on Bicester artist David Odwar's work setting up an arts centre in the troubled north of the country.  more...

Petition urges action on rats

A pensioner plagued by rats claims Oxford City Council is not doing enough to help.  more...

Sheer murder for our Lewis

Film trucks outside the Ashmolean, which was closed yesterday for filming of the first episode of Inspector Lewis, starring Kevin Whately, and Lawrence Fox, inset A triple murder investigation in Oxford is to be led by a veteran detective who has helped solve more than 20 suspicious deaths in the city.  more...

'Every day is a real bonus'

When 10-month-old Kye Sammons was born specialists told his parents he only had 48 hours to live.  more...

'Perv' website creator quits

One of the creators of a controversial Witney-based website which 'names and shames' alleged paedophiles has distanced himself from the project after being threatened.  more...

Mutiny on the buses

More than 70 pensioners staged a protest outside an Oxford health centre yesterday after changes to a bus timetable left them facing a two-hour round trip to the doctor.  more...

Judge mourns waste of life

A judge was reduced to tears yesterday after reading the heart-rending words of a mother whose daughter was killed by a teenage driver.  more...

Judge mourns waste of life

A judge was reduced to tears yesterday after reading the heart-rending words of a mother whose daughter was killed by a teenage driver.  more...

Three hurt on roads

Three motorists have been taken to hospital in the last 24 hours after collisions on Oxfordshire's roads.  more...

Rugby

RUGBY UNION: Little Justice for Chinnor

CHINNOR let Hertford off the hook as they fell to an agonising 34-30 home defeat in National 3 South.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Quins Mount great fightback

ANDY Henley ran in a hat-trick of tries as Oxford Harlequins came from behind to secure an impressive 34-34 draw at Mounts Bay in South West 1.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Henley romp to victory

HENLEY Hawks ran in five tries in a rampant second-half to defeat Harrogate 39-7 at Dry Leas in National 2.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Campbells seals it

WITNEY battled to a 20-10 victory at Bletchley in Southern Counties North.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Campbells seals it

WITNEY battled to a 20-10 victory at Bletchley in Southern Counties North.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Bicester leave it late

TWO tries in the final 15 minutes gave Bicester a battling 18-10 victory at newly-promoted Abingdon.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Bicester leave it late

TWO tries in the final 15 minutes gave Bicester a battling 18-10 victory at newly-promoted Abingdon in the BB&O Premier.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Banbury upset favourites

BANBURY Bulls opened their campaign with a 15-8 win at Midlands 3 East South title-favourites Towcestrians.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Banbury upset favourites

BANBURY Bulls opened their campaign with a 15-8 win at Midlands 3 East South title-favourites Towcestrians.  more...

RUGBY: Super Witney off to flying start

Witney warmed up for Saturday's west Oxfordshire derby against Chipping Norton with a 20-10 victory at Bletchley in their opening league game.  more...

Share Prices

Today's local share prices (AM)

AEA Technology 99.5 BMW 2656 Electrocomponents 234.75 Isoft Group 45.5 Oxford Bio 30.75 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 125 Reed Elsevier 565.25 RM 177.5 RPS 225.5 Torex Retail 45   more...

Today's local share prices (AM)

AEA Technology 99.5 BMW 2656 Electrocomponents 234.75 Isoft Group 45.5 Oxford Bio 30.75 Oxford Instruments 209.25 Oxonica 125 Reed Elsevier 565.25 RM 177.5 RPS 225.5 Torex Retail 45   more...

Today's local share prices (PM)

AEA Technology 101 BMW 2684 Electrocomponents 237.25 Isoft Group 46 Oxford Bio 30.5 Oxford Instruments 207.5 Oxonica 125 Reed Elsevier 566.75 RM 179.25 RPS 225.5 Torex Retail 48.5   more...

Wallingford

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.  more...

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.  more...

Wallingford News

School dispute girl stays home

A mother who is angry that Oxfordshire County Council has sent her daughter to a school miles out of her home town is keeping the girl at home until a new school can be found for her.  more...

Witney News

Fallen heroes brought home

The grief-stricken families of five soldiers killed in Afghanistan watched sadly as the flag-draped coffins of their loved ones were carried off a plane at RAF Brize Norton.  more...

Abingdon Herald News

Warning over town hospital

WALLINGFORD could lose any chance of getting a major hospital if it keeps on resisting change.   more...

Woman freed from car after A420 crash

A WOMAN had to be freed from her car after it flipped on the A420 during last night's rush-hour.   more...

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.   more...

Reservoir in the spotlight

AFTER 16 years of controversy, Thames Water's plans for the future - including a huge reservoir three times the size of Farmoor - come under public scrutiny today.   more...

Reservoir in the spotlight

AFTER 16 years of controversy, Thames Water's plans for the future - including a huge reservoir three times the size of Farmoor - come under public scrutiny today.   more...

Reservoir in the spotlight

AFTER 16 years of controversy, Thames Water's plans for the future - including a huge reservoir three times the size of Farmoor - come under public scrutiny today.   more...

Farmer's ancestors 'would rise in their graves'

GAZING over the headstone of ancestors buried in Steventon churchyard, farmer Bob Tyrrell said: "They would rise in their graves if they knew a reservoir was to flood the land they had farmed for generations."   more...

Farmer's ancestors 'would rise in their graves'

GAZING over the headstone of ancestors buried in Steventon churchyard, farmer Bob Tyrrell said: "They would rise in their graves if they knew a reservoir was to flood the land they had farmed for generations."   more...

Farmer's ancestors 'would rise in their graves'

GAZING over the headstone of ancestors buried in Steventon churchyard, farmer Bob Tyrrell said: "They would rise in their graves if they knew a reservoir was to flood the land they had farmed for generations."   more...

'No way to school'

A MOTHER who is angry that Oxfordshire County Council has sent her daughter to a school miles out of town is keeping the girl at home until a new school can be found for her.   more...

Orchard Centre has new owner already

DIDCOT's £50m Orchard Shopping Centre is in the hands of new owners - less than 18 months after it opened for business.   more...

Clergyman admits porn charges

AN Abingdon clergyman may be jailed after downloading perverted sex pictures of children.   more...

Banbury Cake News

Firms' fire safety given shake-up

BUSINESSES, the self-employed, voluntary groups and anyone responsible for buildings with public access will soon have to carry out their own fire safety risk assessments.   more...

Toddler group looking for more children

A BABY and toddler group in Aynho has vacancies for its Thursday morning sessions because of a shortage of village children of the right age.   more...

Plea to boost fire cover

PART-TIME firefighters are urgently needed in north and west Oxfordshire.   more...

£8m boost for school

BANBURY School is to get a new £6m 28-classroom block to replace to replace buildings that no longer meet 21st-century teaching standards.   more...

Probe launched into river spill

A BLACK spill seeping into the River Cherwell is to be investigated by the Environment Agency.   more...

Police launch joint probe into arson attacks

POLICE and firefighters have set up a special crime watch in a bid to catch arsonists responsible for nine fires this month.   more...

Man badly beaten in street attack

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Banbury.   more...

Rotary joins Save the Horton campaign

BANBURY Rotary Club has joined the list of campaigners fighting to save Banbury's Horton Hospital.   more...

Gig to buy a new hut

A BENEFIT gig being staged at the Red Lion, Little Compton, on Saturday at 7pm is to try to raise funds for a new wardens' hut at the ancient Rollright Stones - to replace one which was destroyed by arsonists earlier this year.   more...

Judge reduced to tears over crash case

A JUDGE was reduced to tears on Monday after reading the heart-rending words of a mother whose daughter was killed by a reckless teenage driver.   more...

Concert killed off

AN anonymous killjoy has forced the cancellation of a charity music festival that would have raised thousands of pounds, needed to deal with death watch beetle, wet rot, dry rot, and drainage problems at an historic church.   more...

Mobiles 'causing road deaths'

TWO people died and two were seriously injured in crashes thought to be related to mobile telephone use by drivers in Oxfordshire between January and June this year.   more...

Death-crash driver jailed for four years

A TEENAGE driver was jailed for four years after a crash at Deddington in which a recently qualified doctor was killed.   more...

Anti-crime scheme to be extended

A NEW crime prevention scheme launched on Bretch Hill, Banbury, in May is being extended to other areas of the town.   more...

Oxford Mail Business

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AEA Technology 101   more...

Bookies deal races ahead

Rapidly expanding bookies Stan James is set to continue its growth by taking over part of Oxford-based River Racing's business.   more...

Flotation a catalyst to success

The boss of university spin-out company Oxford Catalysts has spoken of his delight at the company's rapid development since floating on the stock exchange in the last six months.   more...

Oxford Mail News

School dispute girl stays home

A mother who is angry that Oxfordshire County Council has sent her daughter to a school miles out of her home town is keeping the girl at home until a new school can be found for her.   more...

Three hurt on roads

Three motorists have been taken to hospital in the last 24 hours after collisions on Oxfordshire's roads.   more...

450 bun salute

One of Abingdon's famous bun throwing ceremonies will be the centrepiece of the Princess Royal's visit to the town on Friday as part of the 450th Royal Charter anniversary celebrations.   more...

Choir sings out for new voices

You've seen them on television and heard them sing but now a choir formed on an Oxford estate for a TV documentary is searching for new recruits.   more...

All that jazz on the net

For the first time musicians from two different countries will jam together simultaneously in a concert to be broadcast live on the Internet.   more...

Our woman in Uganda

Oxford Mail reporter Rosalind Miles is to travel to Uganda to report on Bicester artist David Odwar's work setting up an arts centre in the troubled north of the country.   more...

Fallen heroes brought home

The grief-stricken families of five soldiers killed in Afghanistan watched sadly as the flag-draped coffins of their loved ones were carried off a plane at RAF Brize Norton.   more...

Petition urges action on rats

A pensioner plagued by rats claims Oxford City Council is not doing enough to help.   more...

70-year bypass delay tops list

A scheme to build a bypass around Marcham, which was first mooted 70-years ago, has been named the most delayed project in the country.   more...

Sheer murder for our Lewis

Film trucks outside the Ashmolean, which was closed yesterday for filming of the first episode of Inspector Lewis, starring Kevin Whately, and Lawrence Fox, inset A triple murder investigation in Oxford is to be led by a veteran detective who has helped solve more than 20 suspicious deaths in the city.   more...

'Every day is a real bonus'

When 10-month-old Kye Sammons was born specialists told his parents he only had 48 hours to live.   more...

'Perv' website creator quits

One of the creators of a controversial Witney-based website which 'names and shames' alleged paedophiles has distanced himself from the project after being threatened.   more...

Mutiny on the buses

More than 70 pensioners staged a protest outside an Oxford health centre yesterday after changes to a bus timetable left them facing a two-hour round trip to the doctor.   more...

Judge mourns waste of life

A judge was reduced to tears yesterday after reading the heart-rending words of a mother whose daughter was killed by a teenage driver.   more...

The Oxford Times News

90-year-old dies after collision

AN elderly woman who collided with a car as she crossed a road has died of her injuries, police said last night.   more...

Woman freed from car after A420 crash

A WOMAN had to be freed from her car after it flipped on the A420 during last night's rush-hour.   more...

Man appears on murder charge

A MAN appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, accused of trying to murder a 20-year-old who was stabbed at a party in Blackbird Leys.   more...

Three charged with rape

THREE MEN charged with rape and attempted rape appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.   more...

Traps Grounds designated town green

COUNTY councillors yesterday backed a campaign to register a patch of land in north Oxford as a town green, following a House of Lords ruling.   more...

Teenage death-crash driver jailed

A TEENAGE driver was jailed for four years after a crash at Deddington in which a recently qualified doctor was killed.   more...

Bookies deal races ahead

Rapidly expanding bookies Stan James is set to continue its growth by taking over part of Oxford-based River Racing's business.   more...

Flotation a catalyst to success

The boss of university spin-out company Oxford Catalysts has spoken of his delight at the company's rapid development since floating on the stock exchange in the last six months.   more...

The Oxford Times Sport

Schumacher set for new role

Michael Schumacher can start planning for life without Formula One but he is not yet ready to contemplate living without Ferrari.   more...

Witney Gazette News

90-year-old dies after collision

AN elderly woman who collided with a car as she crossed a road has died of her injuries, police said last night.   more...

Geoff Bonner is leaving

WEST Oxfordshire District Council's chief executive, Geoff Bonner, pictured, is leaving the authority after 'becoming part of the furniture' for almost ten years.   more...

Bin collections to go fortnightly

WEST Oxfordshire residents will soon have their household rubbish collected every fortnight, instead of weekly, as part of a major drive to reduce waste going to landfill.   more...

Witney CAB needs £80,000 to expand

DAVID Cameron MP has made it his mission to raise £80,000 to relocate a Witney-based charity so it can expand its services in a larger office, after 25 years in cramped conditions.   more...

Controversial website to be 'more serious'

ONE of the creators of a controversial Witney-based website which 'names and shames' alleged paedophiles has distanced himself from the project after being threatened.   more...

Police hunt man who sexually assaulted girl, 10

A BALDING middle-aged man wearing running gear groped a ten-year-girl when she was walking home alone in Bampton.   more...

Witney Gazette Sport

TRIATHLON: All-rounder Ridley shines in Lausanne

Witney's Elysia Ridley finished a creditable 12th in her age group at the World Triathlon Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.   more...

WEIGHTLIFTING: Injury forces Middleton out

Witney weightlifter Dan Middleton had a disappointing time at the European Junior Championships in Palermo, Italy.   more...

  
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