Students at Burford School will be dancing the night away to raise money for the school's link with a college in Uganda. About 200 pupils will be taking part in the Dancethon on Friday starting at 8pm and finishing at 8am on Saturday. Last year the event
Danny Shurmer struck twice in the last ten minutes to give Long Wittenham a 3-1 win at Lambourn Sports and stretched their lead at the top of Division 1 to 11 points. Wittenham had taken the lead through Ian Ferris, but Adrian Mooney equalised before
AFC Jericho went goal crazy at North Oxford in the Premier Division to run out 8-2 winners. Peter Webb and Marvyn Reed scored two apiece and there were single strikes from Dennis Williams, Laurrent Innocent, Mathew Lohize and Darrel Green. Keven Horabu
Keith Bonner's second-half strike was enough to give Division 1 side Kingham a shock 1-0 win over Premier outfit Hailey in the Senior Cup first round. Wayne Beauchamp hit the winner from the penalty spot as Chadlington scraped past Carterton Rangers 2
There's everything to play for at the top of Division 1 of the Oxford & District League, with three teams sharing the top spot. Newtrim, leaders before the latest round of matches, were beaten 2-1 at home by Eynsham, with only Bob Chivers (-10) winning
Headington Road Runners' women pulled off one of the best results in the club's history on Saturday, when they claimed fifth place in the South of England Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill in London. Led home by Kirstie Anderson in 31st,
Lee Ashworth's brace helped Islip beat Cutteslowe 4-3 and reach the Mid Oxon Cup semi-finals. Neil Holloway and Robin Kabwebwe were also on target with Paul Edwards, Rupert Downer and Spencer Palmer replying. Neil Tattersall hit a hat-trick as Bakels
A bumper record field of 417 finishers completed last Sunday's Bicester AC-organised Andy Reading Memorial 10km race. Several of the leading Oxfordshire runners were missing from the sharp end of the race, having competed in the previous day's Southern
A man arrested in November by police in connection with home-made bombs found near Witney and in Gloucestershire has been cleared of any involvement. The 35-year-old Banbury man was held for questioning and released on bail. He was due to report back
A man found hanged from a tree is believed to be that of advertising executive Manuel Aguierre, who disappeared last month. The body was found in Bagley Wood near Kennington yesterday afternoon by a woodman. The death is not being treated as a suspicious
Supermodel Caprice, whose bra-clad pose on thousands of advertising hoardings sent male pulses racing, had the same effect again yesterday. During a 30-minute live radio broadcast on Oxford's newest station, Fusion Radio, the 29-year-old Californian swore
A mother of two was jailed for three years after admitting dealing Ecstasy and cannabis. Samantha Lucas, 28, of Evenlode, Banbury, had a bar weighing 453.97g of cannabis, loose lumps of cannabis, 488 tablets of Ecstasy and 16.1g of amphetamine at her
Korean car-maker Kia has added two upmarket accessories to the range. All models in the line-up can now be fitted with an in-car video system and satellite navigation. Mounted on to the roof, the 6.8in colour video screen folds away when not in use. The
A controversial motorway bus lane scheme backed by deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, but opposed by motoring organisations is to stay. The green light for the 1.9m pilot scheme on the M4 west of London came after a Transport Research Laboratory report
Honda unveiled a sports coupe prototype and a sports utility concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this month. Honda's premium US brand Acura unveiled the striking RS-X, a prototype version of the Integra replacement due to
Oxfordshire Under 20s suffered a narrow defeat by Surrey in their final warm-up match for the County Championship. In what was really a training game at Gosford All Blacks' Stratfield Brake ground, Oxon, who used 24 players, lost 15-6. Oxon, who open
In 1969, the idea of using a park and ride system instead of relief roads to serve people travelling into Oxford was thought to be unworkable. City engineer Tom Morris told a public meeting: "It seems nice in theory to tell people to park their cars and
A man's life was saved by his padded leather jacket when a robber tried to thrust a knife into him. The 20-year-old man was walking home with a 19-year-old woman work colleague along Wheatley Road, Cuddesdon, at around 9.30pm on Monday night. A silver
Protesters were jubilant today after county councillors put off controversial plans to cut vital night care services for elderly and disabled people. Many of those affected joined a protest demonstration as councillors made their way into county hall
For years, biker John Sedwards has dreamed of crossing the Sahara on a motorcycle - and he hopes it will come true next month. John, a project manager at the Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell, is planning a 5,000-mile solo round trip to Dakar in Senegal
David Highton, chief executive of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust has issueda statement on the scandal. Here is the full text: "This trust carries out post mortems on behalf of the coroner and also where relatives have not objected, in order to establish
Hospitals across the country were today expecting a flood of calls from worried families after the full scale of the NHS organs scandal was revealed. More than 100,000 hearts, lungs, brains and other organs are being held, many of them taken from patients
One of the leading lights of Oxford's new Islamic Centre says he has received racist hate mail. Dr David Browning, registrar of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, claims to have received abusive letters with racist overtones from people who do not
Police are convinced that the string of arsons which has caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage to Witney is the work of a small group of youths. They say there are three prime suspects in a band of children, all aged under 16, several of whom
Skateboarders can look forward to a state-of-the-art rink at Sunnymead recreation ground in North Oxford. Oxford City Council's leisure services committee agreed to allocate £50,000 towards the project. The skate park, which could be ready by March next
A family called today for the prosecution of Oxford doctors who removed their dead son's brain and threw it away as medical waste. Paul and Barbie Clynes spoke out after it was revealed that Oxford hospitals had the second highest number of human organs
Chipping Norton have failed in their bid to have this Sunday's David Charles Oxfordshire Cup quarter-final tie at Littlemore switched to a later date. Chippy put in this request because four of their players have been picked in Oxfordshire's squad for
When teacher Margaret Thompson lost a camera film containing cherished snaps of a friend's wedding, she sadly accepted she would never see it again. Mrs Thompson, who teaches religious studies at St Mary's School, in Wantage, dropped the unmarked film
Toyota's common-rail diesel engine technology is moving up from the Avensis and Corolla to the rugged Land Cruiser Colorado off-roader. The Colorado will be available with a new 3.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine, which Toyota says delivers
Ford is planning to introduce new technology on its new model Explorer off-roader that automatically shuts the engine off when the vehicle is stationary, writes David Duffy. Called an integrated starter-generator (or ISG), the system will allow the engine
Mercedes-Benz has launched the ultimate sports utility vehicle, the ML55 AMG, which can outperform many sports cars. The flagship 347 horsepower 5.5-litre lass accelerates from 0 to 62mph in a breathtaking 6.8 seconds and has a maximum speed of 145mph
The willingness of car drivers to use public transport has slumped to an eight-year low, says the RAC, writes David Duffy. In a report based on replies given before the Hatfield rail crash in October, interviewers revealed that only 36 per cent of regular
Grove reached the Oxfordshire Under 13 Cup final when they came from behind to beat Chinnor 19-17 on a tacky pitch. Chinnor led 17-7 at half-time with tries from Thaddeus Cooper, Edward Dixon and Tristan Hickey plus a conversion from Cooper In the second
Prolific try-scorer Jamie Supple, from Magdalen College School, Oxford is to be featured in next month's edition of Rugby World. The No 8 has earned a nomination for the Mizuno schools' player of the month award in the sport's leading trade magazine following
Brett Robinson's first task after being elected captain of Oxford University will be to lead them against a powerful Pernguins invitation side at Iffley Road tonight (7.15). The Australian international flanker, who helped the Dark Blues beat Cambridge
Millions watched on TV as Headington Roadrunners' James Bowler, switching to indoor track running, just failed to win a medal in the men's 1500m at the AAA Championships at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, last Saturday. Oxford Brookes student Bowler
You would never let a priceless Ming vase roll around on the back seat of a car -but an unrestrained child standing on the back seat and waving out of the window is still a common sight on our roads. Children are one of the most precious things in our
The Witney-based Four Pillars Hotel Group has added a hotel near Bristol to its growing collection. Tortworth Court, which is close to the M5, is a Grade II listed building and is due to open in June. All six hotels in the group in Oxford, Abingdon, Witney
Pre-tax losses at gene therapy company Oxford Biomedica grew to 5m last year, from 4.2m the previous year. But turnover rose from £400,000 to £700,000. On December 31, the Oxford University spin-off company had £11.6m cash in the bank, nearly four times
Firms that want to encourage more women graduates to apply for jobs are being urged to set up a partnership with Oxford's remaining women's college, St Hilda's. Contractor Leadbitter, of Eynsham, has already started work on the Christina Barrett Building
An internet service company in Radley, near Abingdon, has been bought by Netscalibur, one of the largest private-equity telecom ventures in Europe. FDD, of Clockhouse Barn, Sugworth Lane, is one of Britain's top five Internet Service Providers in the
A couple whose baby son's brain was removed by the John Radcliffe Hospital and thrown away as "medical waste" is demanding court action and a full inquiry. Paul and Barbie Clynes whose three-week-old son, Marc, was buried without his brain, called for
Contractors in Abingdon have been criticised for the mess they left behind. Work has just been completed on fibre-optic telecommunication cable laying in Northcourt Road, but residents are angry at the condition of the work scene. They say grass verges
More park and rides in and around Oxford city centre have not been ruled out. But county council staff devising a transport system for the future believe they are now reaching saturation point around the city boundaries. The next new park and ride is
David Kemp likened his freefalling Oxford United team to an old banger after they crashed 4-2 at Peterborough last night. "We're like an old car. You think you've got one part mended and then the bumper falls off." Boss Kemp managed to find a cure for
Abingdon Town Council is stepping up its campaign to move the town museum from the old county hall to the Old Gaol leisure centre when it closes later this year. The 17th century county hall in the middle of town has been home to the museum for more than
