2005
* Graham Rix, regarded by many as one of the worst managers in Oxford United’s history, has left the club, chairman Firoz Kassam announced.

* A boozed-up burglar from Didcot broke into a Swindon cafe to raid the drinks cabinet, then called police when he got stuck in a window as he tried to escape.

1995
* Up to a dozen former Lord Mayors of Oxford are travelling to London to call for one council, instead of two, to run all services in the city.

* Hard times have brought the kiss of death to the once-booming kissogram industry in Oxfordshire – only one of the seven firms in the county is still in business.

1985
* Children missed lessons at 10 Oxfordshire schools because of a three-day stoppage over pay by members of the National Union of Teachers.

* British Rail’s Western Region has the worst time-keeping record in the country, according to the Government, but rail officials dispute the figures.

1975
* Snow fell in much of Oxfordshire during the night, and a white Easter is a distinct possibility, according to weather forecasters.

* Canon DK Stather Hunt is retiring after 46 years as vicar of St Matthew’s Church in South Oxford and chaplain of Oxford Prison.

1965
* Schoolgirls in Oxfordshire have been warned not to wear fashionable shoes with pointed toes except on their ‘big nights out’ – they risk having deformed feet in later life.

* Sales of the Cowley-built Morris Minor are approaching 1½m after 17 years, and there is still no sign of demand for the popular car drying up.

1955
* Coal is now so scarce that dozens of Oxford merchants have run out of supplies, and the position shows no sign of getting better.

* Members of the Oxford and District Grocers’ Association are concerned at the growing number of mobile shops and are calling for new laws to control them.