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  • Police called in to council row

    A PARISH council chairman decided to get tough when a fellow councillor failed to declare an interest in a new sports centre - by calling the police! Peter MacGregor, 70, told parish councillor Bill Morris he should not be allowed to take part in discussions

  • Oxford Traffic chaos alert

    OXFORD will face up to three weeks of traffic chaos after the new transport strategy goes into action - then experience a sharp improvement, one transport expert has predicted. Prof Phillip Goodwin, Professor of Transport Policy at University College,

  • Witney duo are British champs

    WITNEY kick-boxers Sue Reed and Laura Marshall have been crowned the best of British - and now they are ready to take on the world. Sue, 20, of Curbridge, destroyed the opposition in the women's under 70k class at the WKA British Open Championships in

  • Happy Chinese New Year, Tiger!

    MORE than 800 people from Oxford's Chinese community met for an afternoon of ribbon dances and folk songs to celebrate the New Year. The festivities were not a month late but right on time - for the Chinese New Year that is officially ushered in tonight

  • Rover sales hit ten-year high

    RECORD breaking export performance today led Rover Group to publish its best worldwide sales figures for ten years, writes David Duffy. Rover Group sold more than 290,000 vehicles outside the UK in 1997 - the highest export total in its history and a

  • Lecturers in boycott vote

    OXFORD lecturers are to vote on boycotting extra work caused by rising student numbers. The Association of University Teachers (AUT), which represents 850 lecturers at Oxford University, 60 at Oxford Brookes and others at local further education colleges

  • Hundreds say farewell to stab victim Rachel

    THE sound of gentle pop music filled Wantage parish church yesterday as family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of stab victim, Rachel Long, 21. The "bubbly and gorgeous girl", who was knifed to death at a 21st party in Grove a fortnight ago

  • Oxford's pop stars scoop top title

    OXFORD band Radiohead scooped another major award for their smash hit album OK Computer last night. The band, all originally from Abingdon, won the Best Album category at the NME awards, held at the Brixton Academy, London. The awards, voted by readers

  • United fans slam £20-a-ticket Forest

    MALCOLM Shotton's hopes of getting a big away support for his first official game as Oxford United's new manager have been dealt a blow by the "rip-off' admission prices at Division 1 leaders Nottingham Forest. Scores of fans who would normally have gone

  • Library campaigners win the day

    PEOPLE power has won the day - all Oxfordshire's libraries will stay open. The county council's museums, arts, libraries and leisure committee demanded an extra £300,000 to save every one of the county's 43 libraries at yesterday's key meeting. It was