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  • 'Good row' could help businesses

    A GOOD row can be the secret of success for many businesses, according to a new book,. writes David Duffy. The challenge, however, is to manage the conflict and use it as a catalyst for positive change. Writing in The Family Business Guide, Dr Caryn Solomon

  • Gas-power buses are just the ticket

    A revolutionary eco-friendly bus is being piloted on the streets. The Oxford Bus Company is this week starting trials in the city with two liquid petroleum gas-powered buses, which are thought to cause less damage to the environment than conventional

  • Rescuers flock to free trapped baby

    Good Samaritans flocked to help mother-of-two Corinna Taylor after she accidentally locked her baby in her car. A routine trip to the garage went horribly wrong when she left the keys on the dashboard and locked the door, shutting seven-month-old Daniel

  • Lottery cash to pay for wetlands

    A cash boost of £378,800 has been awarded to three heritage projects in Oxfordshire, courtesy of the Heritage Lottery Fund. The biggest grant of £273,000 has been awarded to the Otmoor Nature Reserve Foundation in Oxford. Otmoor was once part of England's

  • Court told of drugs jailing

    T older brother of two youngsters who died in an arson attack was jailed for drug dealing, a court heard. Anum Khan, nine, and brother Majid, 15, died following the blaze at their home in Magdalen Road, east Oxford, on August 26 last year. Birmingham

  • Humphries starts for Blues

    WINGER Nick Humphries, who scored two tries as a replacement in the 49-12 victory over London Scottish last week, is included in the starting line-up for Oxford University's rugby union match against Northampton at Iffley Road tonight (7.30). Humphries

  • Groom sees stars at his stag do

    Pop musician Paul Mellin was in for a surprise when the other members of his band turned up for his stag night. They all came dressed as characters out of Star Wars before hitting the town for a meal and a few drinks. But, then, it's the sort of joke

  • Meet the real Mrs Furby

    He's cute, cuddly, 6in tall, is going to be all you'll hear about this Christmas - and a certain Mrs Furby loves him and wants to take hime home! Far from wanting to throttle the manufacturers of the much-hyped Furby toy, Linda Furby is lapping up the

  • Don's worry about 1066 and all that

    The Mail's REG LITTLE on why Oxford University's history syllabus has become an academic joke... Here's your starter for ten: Is 1215 the date of the Magna Carta or the opening time of the Oxford Union bar? Now you might imagine that such a poser wouldn't

  • Man ordered to stop harassing wife

    Magistrates ordered a man to stop harassing his wife after they split up. Paul Parrington, 35, formerly of Faringdon but now living in Swindon, was bound over after a court heard he pestered his wife with phone calls and kept turning up at her home. Parrington

  • Ant quizzed after decking in street

    Children's TV star Ant McPartlin was arrested after a punch-up outside an Oxford nightclub. The 21-year-old, of the Geordie pop duo Ant and Dec, was quizzed at St Aldate's police station after the brawl outside the Park End Club. The fight broke out when

  • Forklift sparks fire at factory

    A faulty forklift truck has been blamed for a fire which threatened to engulf a huge warehouse at a food factory. A forklift truck driver was forced to flee the finished goods warehouse, at the Kraft Jacob Suchard plant, in Ruscote Avenue, Banbury, after

  • Disabled woman burgled

    A disabled woman has been left distraught after burglars ransacked her flat. Jean Anson, 57, of Westholm Court, Bicester, suffers from arthritis and tuberculosis, which means she can only walk slowly using a stick. She was shopping in Oxford on Monday

  • Prison to become hotel and offices

    A controversial scheme, which would see an historic prison site turned in a hotel, offices and a restaurant, has been approved by county councillors. But the Oxford project, which has been criticised for lacking imagination, sparked bitter opposition

  • League clubs queue up to watch McSporran

    ALL eyes were on Jermaine McSporran last night - and Oxford City's hot property did not disappoint, scoring twice in the 2-2 draw with Ryman League Division 1 leaders Bognor Regis. No fewer than 24 representatives from League clubs were at Court Place

  • Author scoops highest award

    Oxford novelist Ian McEwan is celebrating winning Britain's top literary prize - at last. Mr McEwan pipped bookies' favourite Beryl Bainbridge to the £21,000 Booker Prize for his novel Amsterdam. After collecting the prize at a ceremony in London last