10 years ago

* Children worried about being knocked down by cars outside New Marston Primary School in Copse Lane, Oxford are campaigning for safety measures.

* Didcot footballers will tour the town in an open-top bus after lifting the FA Vase trophy with a 3-2 victory over Suffolk side, AFC Sudbury.

20 years ago

* Inspector Morse is back in town to crack another unsavoury murder mystery, and look out for a mock version of the Oxford Mail which will feature in the £1.5m film at Christmas.

* Foreign language students are to get advice on the great British art of queuing as part of a new initiative to smooth their visits to Oxford.

30 years ago

* The most controversial tollbridge in Oxfordshire, at Swinford, near Eynsham, which has a 2p toll and is on the market, may be bought by Oxfordshire County Council.

* Vincent's, the exclusive club for top sportsmen and one of the last male bastions of Oxford University, is under attack because it won’t allow women members.

40 years ago

* Police officers in Thames Valley have been ordered to hand in their police whistles, but those with a sentimental attachment to them can buy them for 10p.

* A petition with 1,670 signatures was presented to Oxford United protesting at the rise in admission charges next season of between 40 and 60 per cent.

50 years ago

* Oxfordshire County Council has agreed that Bicester Grammar School and the adjoining Highfield Secondary School should be merged into a comprehensive next year.

* Bright sunshine attracted 14,630 visitors – 1,191 more than last year – to the two-day Oxfordshire Show, featuring show jumping and livestock classes, at Oxford Airport, Kidlington.

60 years ago

* Oxford city and county firemen are to be given a booklet which advises them to stop at traffic lights unless they receive a signal from a policeman to ignore them.

* Five Oxford United players, including Bobby Craig and Johnny Crichton, are in dispute with the club after being told they face a cut in wages.