2005
* Police and paramedics are searching for hoaxers who have put lives at risk by making a spate of 999 calls in Oxfordshire.
* City councillors were applauded when they rejected plans by Christ Church to demolish the historic Westgate and River Hotels in Botley Road, Oxford.
1995
* Oxford United are on the verge of victory in their long search for a ground – city councillors are being urged to back the club’s bid for a £15m, 15,000-seat stadium at Minchery Farm.
* Protests are growing over plans to close BBC Radio Oxford and merge it with Reading-based Radio Berkshire to save money.
1985
* An inquiry has begun into an explosion in a gas-heated paint oven at the Cowley car plant, in which 26 workers were injured.
* Oxford United face a £500,000 bill to meet new safety requirements at the Manor Ground as they approach their first season in Division 1.
1975
* A further cutback in production of the Morris Marina at Cowley is expected soon, and British Leyland is likely to seek about 1,000 voluntary redundancies.
* A Macaw that escaped from the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford turned up in Grove and led police and villagers a merry dance before it was recaptured.
1965
* A sluice will be raised next week and millions of gallons of water will start to flow from the River Thames into Oxford Corporation’s new reservoir at Farmoor.
* High-speed passenger trains between Oxford and Bicester will stop at Oddington to deliver water to level crossing keeper Doreen Santi, who has no mains supply.
1955
* Magistrates have refused to allow Marlon Brando’s latest film, The Wild One, to be shown in Oxford because they fear it could encourage hooligans.
* Oxford Road Safety Committee is calling for annual checks on bicycles after complaints that many, particularly those owned by car workers and students, are in a poor condition.
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