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On this day: Oxfordshire Archive

Oxfordshire Archive

• Police chief attacks role-play test

  A controversial role-play exam for police has left Oxfordshire with too many acting inspectors and sergeants and short of fully qualified officers. read more

• Top ten batting performances

  Top ten batting performances from the weekend, July 28-29, 2003 read more

• Crash course on beat

  Primary school pupils swapped their school uniform for black trousers and white shirts to become police officers for a week. read more

• Youths prove business savvy

  Enterprising young people at Chipping Norton School have been given a special £500 award by Oxfordshire County Council. read more

• All Blacks on top of world

  New Zealand lifted the Under 21 World Cup with a 21-10 win over Australia at the Kassam Stadium on Sunday. read more

• Road crash kills cafe owner

  Steve Fox, enthusiastic motorbiker and owner of Fox's Diner, a biker rendezvous near Berinsfield, was killed in Italy on June 21. read more

• Cricket results

  Results from June 28-29, 2003, in the University Match, Minor Counties, Oxford Times Cherwell League and club matches . . . read more

• Dark Blues cruise home by an innings

  Oxford University duly completed an emphatic victory over Cambridge in the Varsity Match at Fenner's on Saturday. read more

• Road crash kills cafe owner

  Steve Fox, an enthusiastic motorbiker from Abingdon, was killed in Italy on June 21. read more

• Motorist faces jail

  A man who drove dangerously on roads between Oxford and Abingdon has been warned to expect a jail sentence. read more

• Top ten bowling performances

  Top ten bowling performances from the weekend, June 28-29, 2003 read more

• Powell weighs up options

  Paul Powell, who was released by Oxford United at the end of last season, is facing a tough decision on his future. read more

• Streets of shame

  The stench of stale urine, broken bottles and discarded cans of super-strength beer -- not to mention the discarded syringes -- are all-too familiar features of central Oxford. read more

• View offered over castle's redevelopment

  People in Oxford are being offered a grandstand view of the day-by-day redevelopment of one of the city's most historic sites. read more

• Don says sorry for rejection

  An Oxford professor who faces the sack after rejecting an application from an Israeli student has apologised. read more

• Council to send old appliances to special plants

  30,000 disused fridges to be recycled More than 30,000 disused fridges are being sent off by Oxfordshire County Council for reprocessing and recycling. read more

• Woman attacked and robbed

  A woman was beaten and her handbag stolen in the early hours of June 29. read more

• Ramble highlights problem of neglected paths

  Ramblers staged a walking protest to highlight the problems of neglected footpaths in the countryside around Banbury. read more

• Smooth Machine miss out on bonus

  Oxford 50, Swindon 40 (agg 88-87): The Silver Machine, boosted by maximums from Andy Smith and Jan Steachmann - his first since 1993 for Oxford - saw off the Robins in style, but just missed out on the bonus point in Friday's British League Cup derby at Oxford Stadium. read more

• OCA League results check

  Results from June 28-29, 2003 read more

On this day: Oxfordshire Archive