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On this day: Oxfordshire Archive

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• Charity sells craft goods

  A Witney-based charity is selling craft goods this week to raise money for projects in Eastern Europe. read more

• Drumming up interest

  African drumming and a gladiator joust were among 25 activities on offer for young women in Witney on Sunday, November 23. read more

• Family's plight 'is overlooked'

  A Thame couple living with their three young children in overcrowded conditions fear their case is being constantly overlooked. read more

• Review: A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George

  (Hodder, £18.99) Bizarre power game played to the death Elizabeth George's latest multi-stranded thriller, with its complex plotting and multiple suspects, takes a while to get into but the steady pace is rewarding and eventually fascinating. Millionaire Guy Brouard, with any eye for the women, has made his home in Guernsey, where he lives with his sister, who is dying and whose life is built on the trust and love of her brother. A patron and benefactor, he has plans to establish and build a Museum of Occupation to house the Nazi memorabilia left from the Second World War. read more

• Cinema may have to shut

  Wantage's only cinema could be forced to shut because its owners fear it will be impossible to adapt the building for new disability laws. read more

• Queen's Speech prompts fees demo

  Students took to the streets of Oxford yesterday (November 26) to demonstrate against top-up fees. read more

• Changes possible

  Oxford Harlequins may make changes for their trip to second-placed Clevedon in South West 1 following their derby defeat at the hands of Chinnor last weekend. read more

• Charlie dies at 62

  Charlie Smith, the popular former Horspath CC and Oxford XIII Club cricketer, has died after a long illness. He was 62. read more

• Speedway prices frozen

  The Oxford Silver Machine have not increased season ticket prices for next year. read more

• Hockey

  Games to be played on Saturday, November 29, 2003 read more

• Banbury trio set sights on NZ

  Three Banbury athletes are celebrating after they were selected to represent Great Britain at the World Age Group Triathlon Championships. read more

• Oxford trainers scoop three

  Oxford trainers held their heads high as they scooped three of the Jarrad Isherwood open races at the Stadium. read more

• Awesome moment

  Bicester's international rugby star Andy Gomarsall has told of his emotions at winning the World Cup last weekend. read more

• Ted Wheeler

  Dedicated cancer research fundraiser Ted Wheeler, who has died aged 87, was moved to help after his wife and son both died from the disease. read more

• Constructive

  There was a fear that the new scrutiny committees set up by councils would be little more than talking shops. read more

• Crucial encounter

  Struggling Banbury face a crucial game at home to bottom side Nottingham Moderns in Midlands Division 2 East this Saturday (Nov 29). read more

• Rugby fixtures

  Games for Saturday, November 29, 2003 read more

• Show charts barns' decay

  Lovers of the Oxfordshire countryside are being treated to an exhibition charting the heyday and decline of barns. read more

• Local is best for discerning consumer

  When we launched the first Oxfordshire Food Directory last year there was great excitement in the office. Even more was created earlier this year when we learnt it had won a national award for its design and content. The excitement mounts again as we watch those orange covers of the 2003/2004 Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Food Directory, which were tucked into copies of The Oxford Times, for Friday, November 28, 2003. read more

• Oxford calls for student fee rise

  Oxford has joined other leading UK universities in calling for higher tuition fees. read more

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