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  • Wednesday's closing share prices

    The latest local share prices on Wednesday, April 27, are as follows: AEA Tech 114 BMW 3134 Electrocomp 272.5 Isoft Group 143.5 Oxford Bio 28.75 Oxford Inst 214.75 Reed Elsevier 551.5 RM 196.75 RPS 193.75 Torex Retail 94

  • Easter surprise

    Thank you for all the lovely Easter eggs that you donated to the children's wards. The children were thrilled to find that the Easter Bunny had remembered them and had managed to find them in hospital. As you can imagine, the eggs didn't last very

  • Sentences was an insult to us all

    Two weeks ago, Angela Dublin was sentenced to 24 months behind bars at Oxford Crown Court for four counts of causing death by dangerous driving at Oxford Crown Court. One of the innocent victims was my son, Marshall. I have not made public my feelings

  • Asylum scam raked in £500,00

    A respected Oxford businessman ran an asylum benefits scam which netted him and his family more than £500,000, a court heard yesterday. Mohammed Faruq, 56, of Whitson Place, East Oxford, was at the centre of the conspiracy in which he and 15 of his

  • Lorry crashes on M40

    A lorry driver was taken to hospital after crashing on the M40 early today. The driver crashed into the embankment on the southbound carriageway at 5.20am, between junctions eight at Oxford, and junction nine at Weston-on-the-Green. He was taken to

  • It's time to end NHS uncertainty

    It is nearly a month since we revealed to our readers the extent of the financial crisis gripping the NHS in Oxfordshire. Yet still no decisions have been made on where the redundancy axe will fall and what cuts in services are proposed. All the time

  • Pearson outclasses opposition

    Didcot racer Ian Pearson dominated the Club Class field in the opening round of the Formula Renault BARC Championship at Silverstone. The reigning champion finished an impressive seventh overall, beating several FR2000 Class drivers, who race in more

  • Bristow celebrates successful Mini switch

    Gavin Bristow switched from rally driving to circuit racing to take a brace of eighth places in the opening rounds of the 2006 Mini Challenge at Snetterton. Driving a Works Cooper S, Bristow, from Cholsey, who has only previously competed in British

  • Hodge makes successful swap

    Rally driver Dominic Hodge, of Bampton, successfully swapped to the co-driver's seat last weekend, when he navigated his own Telserve and Redstone Telecom-backed Peugeot 205 to second overall at the BP Motors 'Get It Sideways' Stages Rally, with former

  • BILLIARDS: Wright wraps it up for Witney

    Witney sealed the Oxford & District League's Division 1 title after a 2-1 home win over Thame B. Victory saw them hold off County A in second, while HCC A took the Division 2 crown ahead of Ashton. Tom Fletcher (+80) gave Thame B an encouraging start

  • Today's local share prices at 10.30am

    AEA Technology 114 BMW 3088 Electrocomponents 271.5 Isoft Group 158 Oxford Bio 29.5 Oxford Instruments 213 Reed Elsevier 552 RM 196 RPS 193 Torex Retail 94

  • FOOTBALL: Roberts is hero for Appleton

    Appleton lifted the North Berks league's War Memorial Cup after battling back to beat Wootton & Dry Sandford in the final at Wantage Town,. Third Division champions Wootton took the lead on six minutes through Jonathan Weir's 25-yard shot into the

  • FOOTBALL: Donnington lift Junior Shield

    Donnington Old Boys won the Oxfordshire Junior Shield after a thrilling 3-2 victory against Banbury side Cropedy. Liam Gurdev fired them in front early on, before Chris Douglas equalised for Cropredy after the break. Rory Barrett restored Donnington's

  • FOOTBALL: Bardwell turn up the heat

    BCS Bardwell boosted their hopes of winning the Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division crown by beating leaders Oxford University Press 2-0. However, second-placed Bardwell, who trail OUP by one point, having played one game more, got off to the

  • SPEEDWAY: Lanney remains upbeat

    Aaron Lanney's first season in charge as a promoter has been tough to say the least. But despite Cheetahs' disastrous start to the season, the south-coast businessman has remained upbeat and determined to make a go of things in a bid to cement the future

  • SPEEDWAY: Cheetahs mauled by Panthers

    Oxford Cheetahs' season of struggle continued in East Anglia last night as in-form Peterborough cruised to a comfortable 63-31 win in the Elite League last night. Four home riders completed paid maximums and Oxford were unable to provide a single heat

  • FOOTBALL: Chairman rescues Thame!

    Thame United's chairman, Jake Collinge, came on in the last few minutes he was sponsored £250 to do so and helped his side earn a rare win, as the beat Rushall Olympic 3-1 in Southern League Divvision 1 West last night. He caused problems in the visitors

  • FOOTBALL: Banbury win Oxfordshire Senior Cup

    Banbury United lifted the Oxfordshire Senior Cup for the second time in three seasons with a hard-fought victory against Hellenic League side Carterton at the Kassam Stadium last night. Victory was particularly sweet for Banbury striker George Redknap

  • RUGBY: Benson treble not enough

    CHINNOR Under 13s finished in fourth place at Aylesbury's ten-a-side tournament after a strong start. Their first three matches saw victories over the hosts (19-0), Drifters (24-0) and Leighton Buzzard (17-0). With tries from Jack Benson (3), Dan

  • RUGBY: Premiership trio enter Henley Sevens

    THE 12th International Henley Sevens looks like having its strongest entry for years with three Premiership clubs already signed up. Last year's runners-up Northampton Saints will hope to go one better at Dry Leas on August 7, while Bristol Shoguns

  • RUGBY: Littlemore milestone

    LITTLEMORE RFC celebrate their 30th anniversary this weekend with festivities including a ten-a-side tournament. A dinner dance takes place on Friday night, while the tens event, featuring two Oxford University teams, kicks off at 12.30pm on Saturday

  • RUGBY: My top team has Chinnor spine

    CHINNOR dominate my inaugural Oxford Mail team of the season with no fewer than seven players making the starting XV. After their excellent campaign, this may not be surprising, but all have consistently delivered the goods. Alongside them are three

  • Dublin sentence faces review

    Prosecutors want to appeal against the two-year jail sentence for Oxford Eastern Bypass driver Angela Dublin because they think it is too lenient. The Crown Prosecution Service has asked the Attorney General to apply to the Court of Appeal to increase

  • Card clone anger

    Fraud victims have criticised the police and a supermarket for doing nothing to prevent skimming machines being placed on cash machines. Following yesterday's coverage in the Oxford Mail, many more people have come forward to say that their cards have

  • NHS denies MP's jobs cut claim

    NHS managers have denied they are keeping cost-saving job cuts across Oxfordshire secret until after next month's local elections. Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals (ORH) bosses insist they still have no concrete proposals to prevent a forecast £82m deficit

  • Butler wins big college payout

    A former butler has received a substantial sum in compensation after he took an Oxford college to court. Exeter College made the undisclosed out-of-court settlement after an employment tribunal found that Stephen Slade, had been unfairly dismissed,

  • Pupils join the fight against rubbish

    Schoolchildren traded in textbooks for rubbish sacks to launch a new cleaner estate campaign. Answering the call from Blackbird Leys Parish Council, pupils from Pegasus Primary and Windale Primary Schools helped launch the Keep Blackbird Leys Tidy campaign

  • Gas blast closes A34

    One of Oxfordshire's busiest roads was closed for two hours yesterday morning after three gas canisters exploded in a Transit van and set it on fire. The accident happened at about 8.30am at a layby on the northbound A34 between Abingdon and Hinksey

  • 'Save this wall'

    Neighbours are concerned that their Victorian garden walls will be knocked down by developers working next door. Rectory Homes has started to take apart the brick wall which surrounds the former Windmill School in Margaret Road, in Headington, Oxford

  • 'Ring the death knell for toll'

    Campaigners have started an online petition to try to abolish the tolls at historic Swinford Bridge. West Oxfordshire district councillors David Rossiter and Brenda Smith want the 5p charge to cross the bridge near Eynsham, used by 10,000 vehicles a

  • Travellers face a ring of rocks

    Boulders and mounds of earth have been formed into a ring of defences around an Oxford estate to prevent it being invaded by trespassing travellers. The artificial barriers have been built on grass verges along Grenoble Road and Watlington Road that