Archive
-
Date
NHS 'must consult over closure of unit'
Health watchdogs are warning NHS managers that they must consult the public before going ahead with plans to close a mental health unit used by 3,500 patients a year. Although Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust wants to close the Isis Centre, in Little
-
Date
Students taught in cabins and huts
Pupils at 128 Oxfordshire schools are being taught in unsatisfactory mobile classrooms, according to the latest Government figures. Headteacher Paula Taylor-Moore in one of the temporary buildings Oxfordshire has 291 schools in total, meaning that 44
-
Date
'Marina needs better slipway'
IMPROVEMENTS to the public slipway at Abingdon Marina have been carried out to make it easier to launch large craft -- but a town councillor says more safety measures are needed. Peter Fulk, the member for Caldecott, said he was frustrated at the lack
-
Date
Cricket: Students' bowlers plumb new depths
Oxford UCCE's bowlers gave one of the most inept performances ever witnessed in The Parks yesterday as Somerset 2nd beat them by ten wickets in the second of two one-day matches. The trouble started in Mali Richards's first over when the visitors began
-
Date
Delving into the bare bones of academia
Seated comfortably in her East Oxford house, author Jan Mark tells me that she sees herself as a speculative writer rather than a science-fiction writer. Her writing is not the stuff of fantasy, but rather an educated guess about where progress will take
-
Date
Rugby: Henley facing crunch
Henley Hawks face one of the most important games in their 74-year history tomorrow (3pm). They must beat Bedford Blues at Dry Leas to guarantee a place in National League 1 next season. If Hawks fail to win, then the outcome of the game between Wakefield
-
Date
Kill Bill 2 (18)
The second half of Quentin Tarantino's eagerly anticipated martial arts epic begins with a whimper and ends with a bang. Uma Thurman opts for gun power this time Unlike the frenetic and relentlessly violent first instalment, Volume 2, which runs to 136
-
Date
Party Fun at Bistro
It was a proper ladies' night out at Witney's newly opened Bistro 35 restaurant where we arrived on our first visit - I am sure it won't be the last - to find a party of no fewer than 30, with nary a lad among them, ranged along each side the balloon-bedecked
-
Date
Football: Brock sets sights on play-off dream
Banbury United boss Kevin Brock has told his players to forget about next week's Oxfordshire Senior Cup final against Oxford United - and concentrate on beating already-promoted Folkestone in tomorrow's Dr Martens Eastern Division clash. A win would cement
-
Date
A silent but sticky protest
Workers at a car parts supplier in Oxford are taking part in a 'sticker demonstration' rather than going on strike over union recognition. Union official Adrian Jones is pictured with one of the stickers In January, staff at Cowley-based UYS - formerly
-
Date
City towers to be floodlit
Historic buildings in Cornmarket will soon be floodlit with funding secured for a scheme to light up many of the city's best known sites. Oxford City Council will invest £20,000 in the scheme, with Oxfordshire County Council expected to announce a substantial
-
Date
Fund helps girl's wish take root
Young Abingdon girl suffering from a life-threatening illness has had a dream come true - her garden is undergoing a makeover so that she can play in safety and enjoy her pet dog. Leah Jeacock, seven, of Buscot Drive, Peachcroft, suffers from cystic fibrosis
-
Date
Muslim teacher will share faith at Eton
A muslim who fought to try to save single-sex education in Oxford will take up a historic appointment at Eton College. Monawar Hussain, who runs a garage business in Clifton Hampden, has been appointed to counsel Muslim Etonians. He will be the first
-
Date
Football: U's must get back on track
Former Cambridge captain Paul Wanless faces his former teammates at the Kassam Stadium tomorrow desperate for a win to kick-start the team as they begin a new era under Graham Rix. Stand-in boss Rix has now been confirmed as United's manager on a two-year
-
Date
Review: Fox in Boars Hill
Was it undercooked? Was it overcooked? Eventually, I concluded that the reason the white flesh of my fillet of baked cod was rather dry and wouldn't part easily from the dark grey skin was probably that the fish had been cooked from frozen. But this couldn't
-
Date
Speedway: Travis is revved up for Belle Vue
Oxford Silver Machine's Australian ace Travis McGowan is raring to go for tonight's Skybet Elite League encounter with Belle Vue at Oxford Stadium (7.30). Promoter Nigel Wagstaff was handed a boost with the news that McGowan will be fully fit for the
-
Date
Football: Didcot all fired up for final title push
Didcot Town manager Pete Foley says tomorrow's home clash with Highworth Town is the biggest game in the club's history. The Railwaymen's superb 2-1 win at Slimbridge in midweek has put their Premier Division title challenge right back on track, as they
-
Date
Asylum contract to be signed soon
A contract to build and run a controversial accommodation centre for asylum seekers could be signed soon, but construction cannot start until the legal wrangling is complete. The Home Office has confirmed it expects to announce the centre's operator shortly
-
Date
Fixtures: All the week's sporting fixtures
SATURDAY FOOTBALL NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Oxford Utd v Cambridge Utd. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Dunstable Tn v Thame Utd, Tilbury v Oxford City. Div 2: Abingdon Tn v Witham Tn. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Banbury Utd v Folkestone Tn. UMBRO ISOTONIC
-
Date
Bella Pasta, George Street, Oxford
Mama mia - a dish to cry over before the opera A night at the opera, and Rosemarie is in tears even before we get there - not over the coming demise of the hapless heroine but because of the heat of the dish she is trying to eat next door to the Oxford
-
Date
Bath Place Hotel and Restaurant, off Holywell
The refined Bath Place belies its odd description in top guide... MORE SEDATE THAN SIZZLING While I am the first to applaud owners Kathleen and Yolanda Fawsitt on the award of the accolade of Oxfordshire Restaurant of the Year to their historic Bath Place
-
Date
Haven to hell and back
It's a long way from Penzance to Los Angeles. And it takes a special kind of talent for a group of indie-hopefuls from deepest Cornwall to sell out one of coolest venues in town. For Haven, though, it is all part of the crazy rollercoaster ride which
-
Date
THE STRAITS:
Review: The Straits (Corn Exchange, Newbury) It is May 2, 1982. Three teenage boys laze languidly in Speedos beside the sea in Gibraltar, talking big, talking dirty, talking patriotically of approaching war far away, where (as the Sun has yet to gloat
-
Date
Bridge party could break city records
Oxford's traditional May Day celebrations will be held on Magdalen Bridge for the third year running - and the turnout could be bigger than ever. The bridge will be open to revellers, although, like last year, there will be a drinking ban as it falls
-
Date
Authorities will crack down on students' finals celebrations
Oxford University is devising a code of conduct to clamp down on rowdy antics by students celebrating the end of their final exams. Thames Valley Police recommended the move after being shocked by the behaviour of students last year. On-the-spot fines
