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On this day: Oxfordshire Archive

Oxfordshire Archive

• Call for extra flood defence

  Flood defences could be built in Oxford as a result of an Environment Agency investigation into how flooding affects homes in the city. read more

• Rugby fixtures

  Fixtures on Saturday, March 1, 2003 read more

• Concern over asylum staffing

  The Home Office will need to double the number of staff it first estimated to run an asylum seekers' centre, a public inquiry heard. read more

• Late goals steer City into semis

  Chipping Norton Tn 1, Oxford C 3: Three goals in the last half hour saw City move into the Oxon Senior Cup semi-finals at the expense of Hellenic League Division 1 Chippy on Thursday night. read more

• Children saddle up for charity

  Children in Oxfordshire are being invited to take part in a charity cycle ride in May. read more

• Hockey fixtures

  Fixtures for Saturday, March 1, 2003 read more

• Couple lose home after 16 years

  A man is to lose his home in Bicester after a judge ruled his mentally disabled brother did not understand what he was doing when he signed away his property rights. read more

• Football fixtures

  Fixtures for Sunday, March 2, 2003 read more

• Grateful father calls for donors

  A father is appealing for people to become blood donors after his young son was given life-saving transfusions. read more

• Couple lose home after 16 years

  A man is to lose his home in Bicester after a judge ruled his mentally disabled brother did not understand what he was doing when he signed away his property rights. read more

• Dead driver identified

  Police have identified the car driver who died in an accident on the M40 near junction 10 at Ardley on Tuesday, February 25. read more

• Back at work

  The academic accused by US authorities of heading an Islamic terror group said he was determined to carry on "a normal life". read more

• Avery back

  Mark Avery returns for Thame United for their trip to Yeading in Ryman League Division 1 North on Saturday. read more

• More nurses needed

  A recruitment drive to resolve a staffing crisis at Wantage Hospital has resulted in a new nurse being appointed, although more are still urgently needed. read more

• Pervert trio reported by 100

  Bogus officials may have tried to con their way into other Oxfordshire homes in a bid to gain access to young children, it has emerged. read more

• Victim's car found

  A car stolen from the victim of an armed robbery at Drayton Park Golf Club has been recovered in Coventry. read more

• Big break for hospital fund

  Snooker players Karl Walker and Olly Hoeblyn, played each other for 24 hours -- and it proved a big break for the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign. read more

• Fundraisers hit first target

  The biggest fundraising project undertaken by The Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper has hit its first target with the presentation of a £12,000 cheque. read more

• Rival hostile bid for biotech firm

  Britain's largest biotech company, Celltech, has put in a £101m hostile bid for Oxford GlycoSciences. read more

• Willow work

  Children at Fir Tree Junior School in Wallingford got back to nature at the school's own mini reserve. read more

On this day: Oxfordshire Archive