A Police Force In Question
This heart-rending image shows the aftermath of Uni Police intervention at an anti-Nazi protest at the Exam Schools. The protests coincided with the arrival of Austrian MEP and member of the far-right Freedom Party, Peter Sichrovsky.
News: Battered
TURBULENT WEATHER CONDITIONS on Sunday night have wreaked devastation across Southern England, killing four people and leaving the country with severe transport and flooding problems, in the worst storm encountered since 1987.
News: Where's Ron?
TRINITY'S JCR PRESIDENTIAL election descended into chaos and a farce late last week following an elementary error on the part of Returning Officer (RO) Judith McGowan.
News: Cops Blasted
AN OXFORD BUSINESSMAN is accusing the University Police of acting illegally. Alan Leicester, who runs a luggage shop in the Covered Market, was threatened with arrest last term, and is pushing for major reforms in the Security Services.
News: Speaker Condemned
PETER SICHROVSKY, EURO MP for the Austrian Freedom Party - notorious for its hard line stance on immigration and alleged Nazi sympathies - received a stormy welcome when he came to Oxford.
News: Kill Your Speed
OXFORD'S PEDESTRIANS AND cyclists can look forward to a safer future as Oxford City Council has finally called time on some of the dangers faced by people in the city centre.
News: Diana Deaths
NEW RESEARCH BY an Oxford professor has revealed that suicide rates rose dramatically as a result of Princess Diana's death in 1997. The study - led by Professor Keith Hawton and published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry - claimed that, in the month after the fatal Paris car crash, there was a 44% increase in suicides amongst women aged 25-45. Overall, suicide rates rose by 17%, from 90 a week to 107....
News: Balliol Don't Meet The Challenge
BALLIOL'S PLANS TO watch the screening of their University Challenge match against UMIST descended into chaos on Monday.
News: We're Back At Balliol!
AFTER A WEEK in the wilderness, the Balliol JCR has re-subscribed to the Oxford Student. An Emergency General Meeting was called on Sunday solely to discuss this volatile and divisive issue in the wake of tension, frustration and even anger in the JCR.
News: Addict Convicted For Cleaning Out Laundry
A DRUG ADDICT has been given a two-year probation after breaking into colleges to fuel his habit.
News: Council Blunder Leads To Car Crime
THIEVES WERE ABLE to break into 40 cars in a city centre car park after the Council failed to provide the money for security staff.
News: Big Screen Gets Bigger
OXFORD'S MOVIE FANS will soon be able to enjoy improved facilities, as new owners Odeon are set to spend £2.5 million on redeveloping their two Oxford based cinemas. Planning permission, applied for in early September, is expected to be granted by the end of the year. As well as totally refurbishing and re-branding the ABC Magdalen and George Street sites, they will also be doubling the number of screens in both locations, from one to two and three to six respectively....
News: Students Dismiss Smith
IN A HEATED debate at the Oxford Union last Thursday, former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Ian Smith, defended allegations made against him of mass genocide against the black majority in the 1970's by his government.
News: Busker Told To Pay His Way
POPULAR OXFORD BUSKER Frei Zinger has been banned from selling his CDs in Oxford as long as he refuses to pay £3000 for a licence.