Burford

Dr Jackie Sturt

BACKGROUND Jackie Sturt completed her nurse training at St James Hospital, Leeds. She worked as nurse practitioner at the Burford Nursing Development Unit, Oxfordshire until 1992 when she began her formal research training....

Martine Brant: I took liberties with The Devil's Whore

Co-creator Martine Brant says there's no harm in using a heart-throb to inspire a love of history 'Why are we doing the Russian Revolution and not our Civil War?' This was my teenage daughter Miranda, coming home from school...

Dom Joly: I'm sick of mingling with the rich and famous

Finally, the breakthrough. After six years slogging away on the Cotswolds social scene desperately trying to avoid Ruby Wax and Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, I get the call. I'm going to meet the kingpin, the head of the social...

Town sets up cash saving oil club

Residents in West Oxfordshire have found a money saving scheme to help them cut down on their fuel bills. People in Burford said they had saved hundreds of pounds by setting up an oil syndicate with over 150 members. Instead of...

Cybit: Further Health and Safety Legislation To Drive Telematics Uptake

The Health and Safety (Offences) Act, the brainchild of Labour MP Keith Hill, gained royal assent on 16th October 2008 and will come into force in January 2009. Under the new Act, employees, managers and company directors who...

The close-up: Amanda Beale, retired

What are you wearing today?My jumper came from the Oxford Shirt Company in Burford, where I live. The boots are from Russell & Bromley. The jeans are by a brand called Michelle and the scarf, though I hate to say it, is from...

Residents flee Ridgefield fire

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (November 24, 2008) Nov. 24--RIDGEFIELD -- An electrical short sparked a fire that sent 14 residents of a Route 35 condominium complex fleeing into the freezing darkness early Sunday. None of...

The ultimate Christmas gift guide

Compiled by Charlotte Philby & Harriet Walker The traditionalist Silk handkerchief, £40, Liberty of London; jumper, £150, Johnstons Cashmere for John Lewis; dress shirt, £79, Gieves and Hawkes; tie, £70, Liberty of London;...

Wind farm foes mull fight

ESSEX - Citizen groups fighting wind turbine projects are considering appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board after county council passed the final version of its alternative energy zoning bylaw Wednesday. Councillors were told...

Democracy's dark side to be discussed at UQ

The cover of Professor Keane's latest book, The Life and Death of Democracy One of the world's leading political thinkers, Professor John Keane, will hold a free public lecture on the history and future of democratic rule at UQ...

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