Archive
-
Date
Widower couldn't bear loss
A grief-stricken widower hanged himself because he could not cope with the approaching anniversary of his wife's death, an inquest heard. Oxford Coroner's Court was told Stanley Nash, 77, of Elms Drive, Marston, Oxford, was found hanged from his loft
-
Date
Pressure builds on JR as accident rate soars
Doctors are being forced to discharge the equivalent of four wards full of patients to make room for a daily influx of 60 to 80 emergency admissions at an Oxford hospital. And during the past month the crisis at the John Radcliffe has soared, with 80
-
Date
Trust bids to guard historic prison site
A move is under way to secure the ancient monuments at the Oxford prison site for the people of the city. Oxford Preservation Trust wants to become the guardian of the Norman and Saxon buildings after a controversial decision to turn the former prison
-
Date
Tonight: It will be damp with rain and hill snow before midnight, frosty and icy by morning.
Tomorrow: It will be dry and sunny with a hard frost early and late. Outlook for Monday and Tuesday: Dry and sunny on Monday with hard overnight frost and fog patches. Dry, bright and very cold on Tuesday. Story date: Saturday 18 December Converted for
-
Date
Benefit claimants stunner in survey
One-in-six people in Oxford lives in a household claiming benefits for low income, a report has revealed. A University of Oxford study into poverty also found above-average levels of children aged under five living in one-parent households and a high
-
Date
County highways grant tops £10m
The Government has given Oxfordshire County Council £10.6m to spend on the region's roads. The annual grant is part of an £80m funding package announced by transport minister Lord MacDonald for local authorities in the South East. Last year, the county
-
Date
Hospital on danger list may be revived
Moves to salvage a future for one of Oxfordshire's axed community hospitals are under way. Campaigners who fought to save the 11-bed Burford Hospital from closure are now putting together a package to use the building for community care. A small group
-
Date
Cheeky Tories play the red card
Tories are ho-ho-hoping to promote some festive cheer this Christmas - with a tongue-in-cheek card about the Oxford Transport Strategy. The bright red card has been a talking point in county hall and has raised wry smiles from all parties. The front cover
-
Date
The world is all ready to celebrate
So you've bought the little black party frock, dusted down the DJ and buffed up the bow tie. Unless you've spent the past 12 months in hiding with Lord Lucan on a remote island somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle, you will be aware that there is a bit of
-
Date
There's lashings of sauce on show
Isn't is strange, if we pick up a girlie magazine which has pictures of nudes on every page - it's considered "naughty", yet if we stand in front of Rembrandt's Bathsheba, or any other nude painted by a great master - we call it art. There seems to be
-
Date
Family warned over truancy
A couple are facing heavy fines for not sending their teenage daughter to school as education chiefs carry out their threat to get tough on truancy. Magistrates at Wantage told them that unless the 15-year-old girl's attendance rate rose above 85 per
