Archive
-
Date
Green award for new hotel design
OXFORD Thames Four Pillars Hotel received one of 13 environmental awards from the Oxford Preservation Trust. The hotel, set in 30 acres of parkland with frontage on to the River Thames at Sandford on Thames, was created from a group of medieval buildings
-
Date
Pillar talk solves a pongy problem
A stack of stinking rubbish, which residents complained about for more than three months, has been removed. The pile of about a dozen foul-smelling bin bags was dumped at the entrance to Eastwyke Farm, off Abingdon Road, Oxford, in June, said residents
-
Date
Prison term for illegal tipping
Bankrupt John Barney was sent to prison for 60 days for illegally dumping waste at his farm in Oxford. Council officers who visited New Manor Farm in Marston in April 1995 - after Barney was declared bankrupt and evicted from the farmhouse - found a five-metre
-
Date
Knock 'em down idea to improve libraries
Run-down libraries could be improved - by knocking them down and redeveloping the sites. The radical plan is being considered by Oxfordshire County Council which would sell part of the sites for shops or flats to fund better libraries. The council's property
-
Date
Plea to improve flooding defences
The Government has been urged to improve flood defences and warning systems in Kidlington after the devastating Easter floods. Oxford West and Abingdon Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris called on Government minister Elliot Morley to announce better measures
-
Date
Squirrel drives cathedral nuts
A young squirrel drove worshippers nuts at an early morning service at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The bushy-tailed sanctuary-seeker caused chaos in the cathedral as he led staff on a merry chase. The cheeky chappie bounded up and down the nave before
-
Date
First married Catholic deacon dies at 71
The Rev Patrick Selwood, photographer, amateur actor and Oxford's first married Roman Catholic deacon, has died aged 71. He began his career as a photographer when he returned to Oxford after serving in the Navy during the war. He made use of the science
-
Date
Brewery ready to call time on beer
The new owners of Morrells say the historic brewery will stop producing beer within weeks. Lager production at the St Thomas's brewery, Oxford, has already been halted. And now the company is close to naming the medium-sized brewer which will be producing
-
Date
'Modest' sum for players, say new buyer
THE leader of the consortium that have signed a contract to buy Oxford United says there will initially be a modest amount of money made available to manager Malcolm Shotton for new players. John Gunn, of London financial consultants John Duncan and Co
-
Date
United pay for Phil's boob
Bury 1, Oxford Utd 0 AN uncharacteristic slip by goalkeeper Phil Whitehead cost Oxford a deserved point at wet and windy Gigg Lane last night. The normally reliable last line of defence spilled Mark Patterson's 68th minute free-kick and Chris Swailes
-
Date
Boss Shott blasts Bury
MANAGER Malcolm Shotton didn't mince his words after seeing his Oxford side fail to break their travel hoodoo. But it wasn't his own players he was having a go at after the 1-0 defeat at Gigg Lane last night - the eighth time this season that United have
-
Date
Gran makes a splash in saucy playgroup stunt
Gran Jane Herbert proved you're never too old to get saucy when she donned a bikini for a public dip - in baked beans, writes NICK EVANS. And while she turned blue, Jane's hair changed to a baked bean orange colour to mark her fundraising bath. Despite
-
Date
Bring the dictator to justice
Alan Angell, Oxford University's expert on General Augusto Pinochet, the former dictator of Chile, has backed calls for him to tried. PAUL HARRIS reports... Gold-braided, spaghetti-western bad guy or saviour of democracy? General Pinochet, the former
-
Date
Fun day in store as Bhs opens
Shoppers will be able to browse round Oxford's latest department store when the new look Bhs opens tomorrow. They can also enjoy a fun-packed day with their children when the store at the corner of Queen Street and St Ebbe's Street puts on entertainment
-
Date
Passenger thrown off bus over 30p
Passenger Clair Johnson-Word was ordered off a bus after offering the driver 30p in coppers. When she refused to get off, the driver called the police. Other passengers watched in amazement as she was ushered back on to the street. Now Clair plans legal
-
Date
Offices too cramped, say council workers
A Union leader appealed to councillors to rethink plans to move council staff into new offices - because they are too cramped. Unison secretary Martin Gregory told Oxford City Council that staff didn't want to move to the purpose-built offices above the
-
Date
Staffing crisis costs town a fire engine
Firefighters are having to serve the whole of Abingdon with just one crew - because there are not enough staff to man their second engine. Colleagues from up to ten miles away are having to be called into the town when a blaze breaks out, leading to serious
-
Date
'Exciting future' for Morrells
Paul Beadle, the new man in charge of Morrells brewery, was in no mood for beer. As photographers urged him to toast the company's future, the new chief executive declined to hold up a pint. Maybe his announcement that Oxford's only brewery is to close
