When children at Helen House Hospice were told they were going to spend a day at the Silverstone Rally School, a look of disbelief came over their faces, writes Victoria Owen. But that look was soon replaced by the broadest of grins and shrieks of delight
Home Secretary Jack Straw will publish proposals next month for a new law of corporate killing - a move campaigned for vigorously by the Oxford Mail. Senior Whitehall sources said a major shake-up to make it easier to prosecute company directors for management
NINE-year-old James Harris has won the South of England Cyclo-Cross Championship in his first full season. James, from Bowgrave Copse, Abingdon, took the title in the Under 12 section after chalking up his fourth win in the best-of-nine race series. He
Firefighting has always been seen as a man's job, with hot, smoky conditions, gruesome car wrecks, huge fire engines and macho locker-room banter, writes Rebecca Smith. But four women serving among 15 men at one Oxfordshire station are proving they can
MALCOLM Crosby has admitted he made the wrong decision by leaving Oxford United when he passed over the job of being their permanent manager. Crosby parted company with Derby County on Tuesday after mutual agreement with former U's boss Jim Smith, after
ONE of the stars of Oxford United's Milk Cup victory at Wembley is back helping the club try to recapture some of their glory days. Former U's No 1 Alan Judge is one of the most familiar faces in United's coaching team. He assists Mike Reeve with coaching
Persistent burglar Noel Costello cut phone wires in an elderly couple's home and disabled their stair-lift so he wouldn't be caught, writes Andrew Ffrench. Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday how Costello, 26, of Corn Street, Witney, frightened the elderly
Youngsters in Oxfordshire are to benefit from a £32,000 Lottery cash boost for after-school activities, writes Tim Hughes. The money from the Lottery's New Opportunities Fund will expand out-of-school hours clubs for pupils in Watlington and Abingdon.
News of Mr Kassam's purchase of Heythrop Park came on the same day that he issued another veiled threat that he might walk away if obstacles are not removed from his ambition to complete Oxford United's new stadium at Minchery Farm, writes David Duffy
Library users have been promised a say in how a £190,000 injection into the county's library service should be used, writes Reg Little. The money, announced as part of Oxfordshire County Council's £400m budget, will mean that all libraries will eventually
New parents in Oxfordshire could be unaware that their children are deaf because health chiefs will not fund £13 hearing tests for newborn babies, writes Victoria Owen. Only six health authorities in the UK use a special examination to check a youngster's
The classic Joni Mitchell song Big Yellow Taxi could almost have been about the Oxford Canal Basin, writes Reg Little. "Don't it always seem to go, but you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Well
Air kisses and absurd outfits, champagne and tantrums...Yes, it was London Fashion Week this week, when the fashion pack descended on the capital for parties and shows - and to find out what the well-dressed Brit will be wearing next winter, writes Georgina
Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam has a new manor, write David Duffy and Phil Clee. The hotelier has paid the NatWest Group more than £13m for 18th century Heythrop Park, the mansion used by the bank as a national training centre. The news came only
