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On this day: Oxfordshire Archive

Oxfordshire Archive

• MEP to talk at forum

  Caroline Lucas, Green MEP for south east England, will be a guest speaker at the annual Chilterns Forum. read more

• Plans for old school unveiled

  Plans to transform a former Victorian school in Wantage into a nursery and education centre have been unveiled. read more

• Old stones to be sold

  Generations of children at Fir Tree School in Wallingford have enjoyed playing around a series of huge stones in their playground. read more

• Basement boys Hawks slip up again

  Hockey, English League: Oxford Hawks stay rooted to the bottom of Division 2 following a 3-2 defeat at home to Barford Tigers. read more

• Football: City hit by Abbasi injury

  Oxford City have suffered a big blow with Kamran Abbasi ruled out for a month with a knee injury. read more

• Rugby: Veteran Matthews back to lift Chinnor

  Simon Matthews takes another step out of 'retirement' when he plays for Chinnor in their South West 1 game at Clifton tomorrow. read more

• Memorial garden considered

  Bicester town councillors are considering creating a commemorative rose garden for people to scatter loved ones' ashes. read more

• Football: North Leigh hit by injuries for big test

  Cherry Red Records Hellenic League North Leigh have major injury problems going into their big Premier Division clash with Didcot Town at Eynsham Park tomorrow. read more

• Baldry in running for accolade

  Bicester MP Tony Baldry has been nominated for a unique award. read more

• Fixtures: All the week's sporting fixtures

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• Violet Webb

  A joint funeral was held for Violet Webb, founding secretary of East Oxford Community Centre's senior citizens' club, and her son. read more

• Intolerable Cruelty(12A)

  Those irascible Coen brothers, the twisted geniuses responsible for Fargo and The Big Lebowski, put their own distinctive spin on this Double Indemnity-esque thriller about an erotically charged battle of the sexes. read more

• Nigel earns the plaudits

  The curtain comes down on another speedway season at Oxford Stadium on Friday, and although there are no trophies in the cabinet, it will be seen as a rather successful campaign for Oxford Silver Machine. read more

• Police find man's body

  A body has been found by villagers and police searching for a missing man. read more

• Roadrunners ready

  Eynsham Roadrunners hold their annual 10k race on Sunday, November 30, starting at Bartholomew School (10.30am). read more

• Author who tackles tricky subjects

  Jacqueline Wilson is a phenomenally successful children's writer. Her books have sold more than ten million copies in the UK alone - without any of the hype that accompanies the publication of certain other children's books. read more

• MP persuades minister to study crowded A40

  West Oxfordshire MP David Cameron has won a promise from a Government minister that the Highways Agency will study congestion on the A40 between Witney and Oxford. read more

• Bright future ahead for Oxford University

  Oxford University RFC received a boost this week by securing a three-year sponsorship deal with Aggregate Industries plc. read more

• Pupils 'back on one site'

  Children at a north Oxford primary school are to be re- united after the school was given permission to teach all its pupils on one site. read more

• Arson fears prompt school security call

  Fears that an empty Oxford school will be targeted by arsonists have prompted calls for action. read more

On this day: Oxfordshire Archive