Tomorrow: A mixture of sunny spells and showers. Outlook for Sunday and Monday: Sunday will be bright and fairly warm. It will be wet and breezy on Monday. Story date: Friday 07 May Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting
OXFORD United will be up against Stockport County's second-choice keeper on Sunday as they bid to get the goals which could keep them in Division 1. Malcolm Shotton's team need to score at least four times to have any chance of avoiding relegation and
Oxfordshire Tories were in jubilant mood today after an encouraging night in the local elections. The Conservatives clawed back seats in four of the county's five district councils, mirroring a night of Tory gains nationwide. The party gained more than
A new headteacher has promised to make a failing secondary school turn the corner, writes Paul Warner. Graham Rob, 46, takes over in September at Banbury's Drayton School, which has been on special measures for more than a year after being heavily criticised
LAWRENCE Hare, the speedway rider ditched by Oxford last year, is the first winner of the ASDA Cheetahs Rider of the Month award. Hare takes the trophy for March/April after a superb start to the season that saw his 3.35 average zoom up to 10.40 at one
By RICHARD TILLEY OXFORDSHIRE boxer Daren Fifield has been forced to abandon his planned comeback after failing a brain scan. The former Commonwealth flyweight champion was to have stepped into the ring for the first time since 1996 later this month.
All bereaved dad Geoff Sharp wants to know is how his son Danny got the chance to fire the gun that ended his life, writes Paul Harris. The young bombardier put three bullets in his brain in the guardroom of his barracks five years ago. The day before
One of Britain's greatest heroes of the Second World War has died, aged 86, writes Andrew Ffrench. Major John Howard, who made history when he and his men took Pegasus Bridge from the Nazis in a daring glider raid in the early hours of June 6, 1944, died
BUSINESSMAN David Harber is exhibiting his collection of old-style time-keeping devices - sundials - at the last Chelsea Flower Show of the Millennium. Mr Harber's Sundial Workshop, at Bix, near Henley, is one of 21 exhibitors from Oxfordshire invited
COMMENTS this week by the two high-profile players who left the Manor mid-season have only highlighted the difference between them, and the difference in the way the fans perceive them. While striker Dean Windass was complaining after United's 0-0 draw
PHIL Gilchrist looks set to be rewarded for a season of outstanding consistency by being named Oxford United's Player fo the Year on Sunday. The central defender, who is still only 25, is leading by some way in the supporters' voting and, barring a sudden
MP Evan Harris has criticised proposals to revamp the National Blood Service as "inadequate". And the Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon slammed Labour for failing to reverse cuts imposed on the service by the former Tory government. Mr
A young woman was sexually assaulted while walking across a town common, writes David Horne. And detectives are linking the Witney attack with other incidents of indecent exposure in front of young girls. Police are now appealing to the public with a
A host of stars from sport and showbiz teed off in a charity golf challenge yesterday, writes Karen Rosine. Big names such as England and Spurs star Ian Walker, Bobby Davro, Mike Reid, sports presenter Steve Rider and Olympic rowers Steve Redgrave and
Tributes have been pouring in for family man Malcolm Richards, who died in a motorbike crash, writes Karen Rosine. Neighbours collected money for flowers for his grieving family after Mr Richards, 51, of Napier Road, east Oxford, suffered fatal injuries
A new 'All Saints' CD is building up a strong fan club - but it has nothing to do with the chart-topping girl band, writes Rosie Parveen. Churchgoers at All Saints Church in Marcham, near Abingdon, have compiled their own CD featuring cover versions of
PHILIP Evans, the 17-year-old son of former Oxfordshire cricket captain Rupert, will make his county debut in the friendly with Buckinghamshire at Dinton on Sunday. His selection comes just weeks after his dad announced his retirement from the Minor Counties
Tributes today poured in following the death of war hero Major John Howard, the man whose daring attack on Pegasus Bridge led the way on D-Day, writes Andrew Ffrench. Maj Howard entered the history books by leading 180 members of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Oxford student Richard Mason's first novel, The Drowning People, went to number eight on the bestseller list when it was launched a few weeks ago, writes Katherie MacAlister. It had sold 100,000 copies and is being translated into 21 languages. When I
