2005

* Oxford's chronic homelessness problem is among the worst in the country, with 1,000 families living in temporary accommodation.

* The Oxford-built Mini continues to go from strength to strength – buyers are snapping them up as used cars as well as new models.

1995

* Zillah Richards, of Blewbury, described how she escaped a poison gas attack on Tokyo’s subway, which left eight people dead and 5,000 injured.

* Twenty villagers have protested about Garsington Opera’s 1995 programme to be staged in the grounds of Garsington Manor – they say the noise will be intolerable.

1985

* The Harcourt Arms at Stanton Harcourt and the Lord Nelson at Brightwell Baldwin have been praised for their superb food in the latest Egon Ronay pub guide.

* John Aldridge ended his goal famine to take Oxford United storming back into the Division II promotion race with a 4-0 win over Wimbledon at the Manor.

1975

* A public inquiry will be held into a plan to make permanent the bus lanes in Banbury Road, Woodstock Road and Botley Road, Oxford, after 22 objections.

* Prime Minister Harold Wilson became a grandfather when his daughter-in-law, Joy, gave birth to twin girls at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

1965

* Buses in Oxford jerk too much and are more difficult to use than anywhere in the country, a pensioner wrote in the Oxford Consumer magazine.

* Despite opposition from the mayor, Abingdon Borough Council has decided to allow a women’s wrestling match between ‘Naughty’ Nancy Barton and ‘Mitzie’ at the Corn Exchange.

1955

* Police and fire officers are investigating the cause of a fire which severely damaged Rose Hill community centre in Oxford – arson is suspected.

* There is likely to be considerable delay before Cornmarket Street, Oxford, is resurfaced – the Ministry of Transport is still considering whether to make the one-way system permanent.