Stories for 28 April 2006

Banbury News

Help families, says MP

Banbury MP Tony Baldry wants more to be done to help families in north Oxfordshire find homes.  more...

Books

Money man porobes dark side of life

Like many authors who try various careers before they become full-time writers, Yves Bonavero has an eclectic CV. In his case, however, you can't really see the writing replacing the other careers it probably wouldn't be as lucrative or as interesting.  more...

Business

Friday's share prices

AEA Technology 110 BMW 3012 Electrocomponents 268 Isoft Group 139.75 Oxford Bio 30.5 Oxford Instruments 209 Reed Elsevier 544.5 RM 195 RPS 193.75 Torex Retail 94  more...

Local closing share prices Friday

AEA Technology 108 BMW 3007 Electrocomponents 267.25 Isoft Group 122.25 Oxford Bio 30 Oxford Instruments 208 Reed Elsevier 546 RM 198 RPS 197.25 Torex Retail 93.5  more...

Cimena

Review: 16 Blocks

Unfolding almost in real time, 16 Blocks dusts off the plot of the 1977 Clint Eastwood chase thriller The Gauntlet in order to enact an exhilarating game of cat and mouse across New York City.  more...

Review: Slither (15)

Tongue firmly in cheek, Slither resurrects the schlock horror movie with unabashed glee, pitting hillbillies against an invasion of body-snatching molluscs.  more...

Cinema

16 Blocks (12A)

Unfolding almost in real time, 16 Blocks dusts off the plot of the 1977 Clint Eastwood chase thriller The Gauntlet to play an exhilarating game of cat and mouse on the streets of New York City. The mouse or more correctly mice are a grizzled detective and his fast-talking prisoner; the hunters are the city's corrupt cops, who will stop at nothing to conceal their guilt, even if it means executing one of their own.  more...

Freedomland

Simmering racial tensions boil over with terrifying consequences in Freedomland, a gritty thriller based on the novel by Richard Price. Unfortunately, the build-up to this explosion of pent-up emotion is rather pedestrian, despite the casting of Samuel L.Jackson, who has never been one to deliver a quiet, introspective performance.  more...

Columns

Cabbages and Kings

A paediatric psychologist was giving the world the benefit of his knowledge. The radio volume was high. It was impossible to ignore him in that Cowley snack bar.  more...

Cabbages and Kings

A paediatric psychologist was giving the world the benefit of his knowledge. The radio volume was high. It was impossible to ignore him in that Cowley snack bar.  more...

Cricket

CRICKET: Clubs back Cherwell chiefs

Clubs backed The Oxford Times Cherwell League's much-criticised executive committee at an extraordinary general meeting at Bicester & North Oxford CC last night.  more...

CRICKET: Horley ready for top flight

Horley captain Dan Campbell is confident that his side can stay in Division 1, following last season's promotion to the top flight.  more...

CRICKET: Arnold rocked by riding fall

Veteran seamer Keith Arnold could be ruled out of Oxfordshire's opening Minor Counties KO Group game against Wiltshire at Westbury on Sunday by a horse-riding accident.  more...

CRICKET: Hutton and Compton shine

History was made in The Parks on Saturday, when the grandsons of two England all-time greats made centuries.  more...

Editorial Comment

A-Level axe will create division

After more than 50 years of setting the gold standard for education worldwide, the A-level may finally be forced to retire.  more...

Food

Ready to sizzle on summer barbecue

An award-winning Oxford butchery business whose roots can be traced right back to the creation of Oxford's Covered Market, in the 18th century, now boasts state-of-the art technology which puts them in the forefront of 21st-century developments in the meat industry.  more...

Ready to sizzle on summer barbecue

An award-winning Oxford butchery business whose roots can be traced right back to the creation of Oxford's Covered Market, in the 18th century, now boasts state-of-the art technology which puts them in the forefront of 21st-century developments in the meat industry.  more...

Football

FOOTBALL: Tricker is doubt

Banbury United will be at almost full strength when they host Gloucester City in their final Premier Division game of the season.  more...

FOOTBALL: Pilling to miss decider

Oxford City will be without suspended skipper Adam Pilling when they host Holmer Green in their final Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division game tomorrow.  more...

FOOTBALL: Chippy sweat it out

Chipping Norton Town will be at virtually full strength when they make the trip to Shortwood in a game which may well decide their future in the Premier Division.  more...

FOOTBALL: Supermac has last laugh

Former Oxford United coach Steve McClaren may have lost out on the England job, but last night he steered Middlesbrough to their first European final.  more...

FOOTBALL: Supermac has last laugh

Former Oxford United coach Steve McClaren may have lost out on the England job, but last night he steered Middlesbrough to their first European final.  more...

FOOTBALL: Supermac has last laugh

Former Oxford United coach Steve McClaren may have lost out on the England job, but last night he steered Middlesbrough to their first European final.  more...

FOOTBALL: Banbury become double victims

Lethargic Banbury lost a disappointing affair as Northwood became the first club to complete the double against Kevin Brock's men in the Premier Division on Saturday.  more...

FOOTBALL: North Leigh suffer blow

NORTH Leigh's promotion hopes were dealt a crushing blow on Saturday as Bishops Cleeve scored twice in three minutes at Eynsham Park to secure the runners-up spot in the Premier Division.  more...

FOOTBALL: City on the brink

A hat-trick by Ray Spence moved City to within one point of the Premier Division title on Saturday with a 3-0 win against Leverstock Green.  more...

FOOTBALL: Thame have rare win

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 Division 1 West win on Tuesday night against Rushall Olympic.  more...

FOOTBALL: Redknap makes up for lost time

Banbury United lifted the Senior Cup for the second time in three seasons with a hard-fought 3-0 victory against Hellenic League side Carterton at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday night, writes Nick Farrant.  more...

FOOTBALL: Fowler fires up troops

BicesterTown boss Tim Fowler says his troops will go out 'all guns blazing' as they look to cement promotion in their final Division 1 East game of the season at Bisley Sports.  more...

FOOTBALL: Bardwell turn up heat

BCS Bardwell boosted their hopes of winning the Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division crown by beating leaders Oxford University Press 2-0.  more...

Headlines

Sixty years of happy life together

JOAN and Tom Williams were both serving in the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War when they met, and married in 1946.  more...

Leader

Testing times

This week's revelation that independent schools in Oxfordshire could drop A-Levels in favour of a new examination being developed by a board connected to Cambridge University has caught us by surprise.  more...

Gesture politics

We are not surprised to see that the decision to allow free on-street parking in Oxford in the evenings has had little impact on traffic.  more...

City is moving

Things have always moved slowly in Oxford. The redevelopment of the Westgate Centre has been talked about for 20 years and is only now becoming a realistic prospect.  more...

Letters

Society is falling apart

"KIDS swim free and run riot."  more...

I'm voting Tory

I must agree with John Bullivant (Oxford Mail, April 12). It is most unfair that none of the 48 members of Oxford City Council is a Conservative.  more...

Two-wheeled treat in store for Lord Mayor

Sir, Some Lord Mayors of Oxford couldn't have cared less about the city's cycling heritage but not the outgoing Lord Mayor. In fact, councillor Bob Price has so transformed the office of Lord Mayor into that of cyclists' champion, that Cyclox has forked out for a special mayoral bicycle.  more...

Wholly wrong

Sir, Any date with online 'calenders' (Weekend, April 21) is bound to be full of holes!  more...

Wholly wrong

Sir, Any date with online 'calenders' (Weekend, April 21) is bound to be full of holes!  more...

Wholly wrong

Sir, Any date with online 'calenders' (Weekend, April 21) is bound to be full of holes!  more...

Highest praise

Sir, I was recently in the John Radcliffe Hospital for ten days. I am extremely grateful for the wonderful care I received, day and night, from every member of staff. Their job is so demanding, but they carry it out magnificently. They deserve the highest praise.  more...

Contentious proposals

Sir, I was concerned to read of the proposals by Oxford City Council to fine citizens who misplace the collection of their refuse at any time.  more...

Tragic failures

Sir, Sarah Brown says that advocates of animal testing deceive the public with their unsubstantiated claims (Letters, April 7). The Advertising Standards Authority agrees: they recently ruled that the claim "Some of the major advances in the last century would have been impossible without animal research" is misleading and should not be repeated. Yet this is the very mantra of Pro-test supporters, who repeat it constantly.  more...

Appropriate action is taken on the buses

Sir, I'm happy to reassure your correspondent Peter Lewis (Letters, April 14) that we take all complaints seriously. In fact we've checked through our files and can't find any correspondence between him and the Oxford Bus Company over the last two years.  more...

Anniversary hunt

Sir, I am looking for a woman whose name was Jane Lardner (probably she has a different name now). She had a brother David, and her mother was named Pat. Her father sadly died in an accident in 1972, his name was Pete. They lived in Jeune Street in Oxford around the late 1960s-early 1970s.  more...

Royal affront

Sir, While supporting John Linton's suggestion that the Martyrs' Memorial "be re-dedicated to include all who suffered for their faith, whatever their religion" (Letters, April 21), I must take issue with his judgement on Elizabeth I.  more...

Political executions

Sir, John Linton's idea of converting the Martyrs' Memorial into a memorial for all martyrs (Letters, April 21) may or may not be a good one.  more...

Stunning evening

Sir, In the same week that we all learned of the disgraceful behaviour of a number of the city's children in our public swimming pools, it was a pleasure to be witness to the contributions of another three dozen or so of the county and city's young people.  more...

Embellishing record

Sir, While not wishing to overly prolong the debate about Mr Percival's comments at the Fitzharry's Conference concerning the state of Matthew Arnold School, I feel I should add my own remarks.  more...

Intimidating graffiti

Sir, Is there anyone else in Oxford who finds the graffiti above the shops in Leopold Street and Bullingdon Road, in Cowley Road and also on the Old Police Offices opposite Leon Close, ugly and offensive and also quite intimidating?  more...

Focus energy

Sir, Fewer tiers of local government is an attractive thought, indeed we should start with the abolition of the South East Region organisation based in Guildford.  more...

Far less to protest about

Sir, I read your excellent article on Nicaragua (Feature, April 21) with great interest because I and other members of Abingdon Amnesty Group have campaigned on Central America for ten years.  more...

Criminal rights

Sir, The Government is always claiming to be fighting anti-social and criminal behaviour, but it's all mouth and no trousers; the rules appear to make it hard for police to take effective action.  more...

Take next step

Sir, May I swiftly assure Bill Leonard (Letters, April 21), that in no way am I advocating "huge expenditure" at the cost of the Oxford ratepayer, for the re-opening of the now filled-in terminal section of the Oxford Canal to provide safe moorings for visiting boats which would, of course, bring in additional custom beneficial to the city. To state that the plan would involve "flooding" of the area, as Mr Leonard states, is surely somewhat misleading and dramatic, especially as he then goes on to talk about the plan involving the creation of "a small pond" on the car park!  more...

Community focus

Sir, Bill Leonard's letter (April 21) deserves a response from FOXCAN (Friends of the Oxford Canal Basin). The cost of reinstating the canal basin is not going to be borne by "the Oxford ratepayer". It will be part of the overall cost of the West End Development, which will be funded from independent sources.  more...

Added congestion

Sir, Alex Hollingsworth, leader of the city council, wants Oxford to be a unitary authority. He says, "The issue is all about accountability . . . people in Oxford cant hold to account people who make decisions about their lives."  more...

Backwards on planning

Sir, Your front page article on April 21 highlights the fact that the flats at Abbey Place are in the way of the new Westgate development.  more...

Motors

Second generation TT takes a bow

AUDI has unveiled the second generation of the TT sports coupe.  more...

Second generation TT takes a bow

Audi has unveiled the second generation of the TT sports coupe.  more...

Peugeot adds a lighter touch

The latest model to join the Peugeot 307 range is the new lightweight aluminium 1.6-litre HDi diesel.  more...

Volvo unveils S80 prices

Volvo has announced prices and specifications for the all-new Volvo S80 luxury executive saloon ahead of the new model's arrival in showrooms in July.  more...

Land Rover celebrates past

The annual Heritage Land Rover Weekend will take place during the May Day Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30), at the Heritage Motor Centre, in Gaydon, Warwickshire.  more...

Saab offers sporting upgrade

Oxford Saab has announced a number of initiatives and special offers, available for a limited time only, to make buying a Saab more pleasurable even easier.  more...

Seven-seater Santa Fe raises sales hopes

Hyundai believes its all-new Santa Fe, launched in both five- and seven-seat formats, is set to storm the UK sports utility vehicle market.  more...

Mini GP arrives with £22,000 tag

The first Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works (JCW) GP Kit (already dubbed the Mini GP) will be delivered in July.  more...

Seven-seat Jeep arrives

This month saw the arrival of a big new off-roader with a good, old-fashioned look the Jeep Commander.  more...

Mapping Ireland

Navteq, a global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation, has completed a detailed digital map of the entire Republic of Ireland stretching from Dublin to Galway and Donegal to Kerry.  more...

Comfy cars put drivers at risk

MANY motorists are putting lives at risk by driving for long periods while tired, according to a survey from the RAC.  more...

Roadtest: Clio proves classy act

The biggest surprise from Renault's latest version of the Clio is that it is a smidgen over 13ft long.  more...

Motorsport

Prodrive celebrate joining F1 elite

David Richards toasted his return to Formula One, claiming his Banbury-based Prodrive company have earned their move into motorsport's elite.  more...

Music

Out of left field

Like all great inventors, Nick Peill got the idea for his band while sitting in his shed.  more...

Numan at Brookes

Few artists have such a fanatical following as Gary Numan.  more...

Riverside festival cancelled

The annual summer Charlbury Riverside Festival has been cancelled.  more...

News

Marking history

THE events of an important day in 1606 were being re-enacted in Chipping Norton last weekend as the town celebrated the 400th anniversary of the granting of its charter.  more...

Home pack anger

BANBURY MP Tony Baldry is demanding the Government drop plans he claims could push up the cost of house selling.  more...

Golf plea rejected

PLANNING officers in north Oxfordshire are claiming they were right to reject plans to build a hotel, clubhouse, and other buildings at a golf course near Adderbury.  more...

Woman died after plunge into lava

A PUB landlady died after falling into a volcanic pool full of red-hot lava while on a sightseeing trip with her 64-year-old husband in the Azores, an inquest was told.  more...

Bankside: protesters refuse to give in

PROTESTERS against a massive housing development south of Banbury are asking Cherwell District Council to call a public inquiry.  more...

Town show is called off

MYSTERY surrounds the future of the Banbury Show the town's annual family day out in Spiceball Park.  more...

Call for killer probe

ONE of the survivors of killer nurse Benjamin Geen has called for an independent investigation to discover why it took so long to discover there was a murderer working on the ward.  more...

West End regeneration gathering pace

THE people of Oxford are to have their say in the summer on a multi-million pound scheme to regenerate a quarter of the centre of the city.  more...

Local schools could abandon A-Levels

SEVERAL top independent schools in Oxfordshire have revealed they may drop A-Levels within two years for a tough new continental-style diploma.  more...

Lord Mayor gets official bicycle

FUTURE Lord Mayors of Oxford will have good cause to turn to pedal power when they accept the chain of office. For from now on they will have a mayoral bicycle at their disposal alongside the Lord Mayor's 'green' Toyota Prius.  more...

City businessman is jailed

A RESPECTED Oxford businessman ran an asylum benefits scam which netted him and his family more than half a million pounds, a court heard this week.  more...

Oxford Inspires seeks new chief executive

THE man in charge of Oxfordshire's millennium celebrations is standing down as chief executive of Oxford Inspires.  more...

Unitary talk is 'destabilising'

LOCAL government across Oxfordshire is being destabilised by renewed talk of the county council being scrapped.  more...

Unitary talk is 'destabilising'

LOCAL government across Oxfordshire is being destabilised by renewed talk of the county council being scrapped.  more...

Oxford is country's second hottest property zone

OXFORD is the number one hotspot in the country for property investors outside London, according to TV experts.  more...

Police out to stop May Morning mayhem

MAGDALEN Bridge will be cordoned off to stop students jumping off and injuring themselves on May Day.  more...

Free parking in city likely to stay

FREE on-street parking in Oxford is likely to stay after "doom and gloom" opponents were told they had been wrong about the scheme.  more...

Call for crash driver to get sterner sentence

PROSECUTORS want to appeal against the two-year jail sentence for Oxford Eastern Bypass driver Angela Dublin, because they think it is too lenient.  more...

New heart statistics welcomed by surgeons

NHS watchdogs will continue investigating heart surgery at an Oxford hospital despite publishing survival rates which show no cause for alarm.  more...

City-wide drink ban will not be zero-tolerance

POLICE say they will not adopt a zero-tolerance approach to enforcing Oxford's new city-wide alcohol ban.  more...

'Daughter's boyfriend cut my brakes'

A MOTHER whose daughter's boyfriend was jailed this week for cutting the brakes on her car said she was not looking for revenge.  more...

Cash machines in city hit by 'skimmers'

CLONERS using skimming devices at an Oxford cash machine have stolen thousands of pounds from unsuspecting victims.  more...

'No' to Brooklyn twinning with Blackbird Leys

THE New York borough of Brooklyn has rejected the chance to twin with an Oxford estate.  more...

City comes to standstill

ANIMAL rights campaigners brought Oxford to a standstill as they staged their biggest protest march through the city.  more...

'No cover-up over NHS job losses'

NHS managers have denied they are keeping cost-saving jobs cuts across Oxfordshire secret until after next month's local elections.  more...

Butler wins claim against college

A FORMER butler has received a substantial sum in compensation after he took an Oxford college to a tribunal.  more...

City council disputes district auditor's findings

THE Audit Commission, the public spending watchdog, appears to have told Oxford City Council it has so far failed to prove it got the highest price for land on which the Kassam Stadium was built.  more...

Tyred eyes?

MOTORWAY service station customers can get their eyes tested and their car tyres checked for free near Bicester this weekend.  more...

Charity golf

A CHARITY golf day is being organised at Waterstock Golf Club by members of the Islip Freemason Lodge.  more...

Website launch

A COMPANY set-up by a Bicester mother has launched a new website to attract career-minded people who want to work with autistic children.  more...

Fairtrade fashion

A FAIRTRADE fashion show will be held in Bicester on Saturday, May 20.  more...

Tea party

THE BICESTER branch of the National Childbirth Trust is celebrating the organisation's 50th birthday with a special tea party.  more...

CHOX fancy dress

A FANCY dress party to raise money for Oxford Children's Hospital is being organised in Bicester.  more...

M40 lorry crash

A LORRY driver was taken to hospital after crashing on the M40 early on Wednesday.  more...

Daffodil appeal

MARIE Curie Cancer Care raised £720.72 during its annual daffodil appeal collection in Bicester on March 11.  more...

Ambrosden history project

AN APPEAL for memorabilia is being made by the organisers of a festival celebrating the 900th anniversary of Ambrosden and its parish church this year.  more...

Door appeal

A DISABLED woman who refused to pay a court fine over her plastic front door has applied for permission to appeal.  more...

Official birthday party invitation

BICESTER residents celebrating their 80th birthday during the next three months are invited to a town tea party to celebrate the Queen's birthday.  more...

Opinion

Poor folk suffer to keep Ross in clover

Among the thieves and thugs, the robbers and rapists, the prostitutes, pimps and perverts, the local magistrates' courts occasionally offer the spectacle of offenders of a different sort, TV licence dodgers. In my reporting days, they came in batches of 20 or more the detector vans had been in the area again. I rarely stuck around to hear the cases, although sometimes one sat through them, waiting for a more newsworthy matter further down the list. Thus one saw conveyor belt 'justice' dispatched. At Woodstock Magistrates' Court now alas no more the Duke of Marlborough, the chairman of the bench, used briskly to dispose of the cases and announce the penalty a £90 fine, say, with £15 costs. "Fifteen pounds what?" asked one bemused defendant, unable to fathom the upper-crust accent in which his financial obligation was revealed. "Corsts!" thundered His Grace.  more...

Other Sport

BADMINTON: Leys pip rivals in close finish

Leys B and Oxford University are the last two division winners to be decided in the Oxford & District League.  more...

MOTOR SPORT: Prodrive make Formula 1

David Richards toasted his return to Formula One, claiming his Banbury-based Prodrive company have earned their move into motorsport's elite.  more...

MOTOR SPORT: Prodrive make Formula 1

David Richards toasted his return to Formula One, claiming his Banbury-based Prodrive company have earned their move into motorsport's elite.  more...

ANGLING: Farmoor catches improve

Fishing at Farmoor II reservoir has been improving with daily rod averages of more than four fish per person.  more...

Oxford News

Inquiry into 'forged' forms

Police have launched an investigation into election fraud over the campaign of a student standing for Oxford City Council.  more...

'Woman raped', court told

A man raped a woman in a pub car park after offering her and a friend a lift home, a jury heard at Oxford Crown Court.  more...

Here we glow

First it was the iconic Royal Albert Hall now a choir of amateur singers formed for a television documentary have performed a little closer to home.  more...

Car crime can kill

Car crime kills that's the message from police following a crash at the weekendapr22 which left the passenger dead and the driver seriously injured.  more...

Car crime can kill

Car crime kills that's the message from police following a crash at the weekend, which left the passenger dead and the driver seriously injured.  more...

Schools may ditch A-Levels

Several top independent schools in Oxfordshire have revealed they may ditch A-Levels within two years for a new diploma.  more...

Court told man had bird in trap

A carpet fitter was yesterday apr 27convicted of using a homemade trap to illegally catch goldfinches in Oxford.o At Oxford Magistrates' Court, Gavin Wilkinson denied attempting to take a wild bird and possessing a trap.  more...

Sentenced for dog attack

A former Big Issue seller who repeatedly kicked a dog in the stomach after an argument with his then girlfriend has been ordered to take an anger management course.  more...

Sentenced for dog attack

A former Big Issue seller who repeatedly kicked a dog in the stomach after an argument with his then girlfriend has been ordered to take an anger management course.  more...

Inquiry into 'forged' forms

Police have launched an investigation into election fraud over the campaign of a student standing for Oxford City Council.  more...

'Woman raped in car park'

A man raped a woman in a pub car park after offering her and a friend a lift home, a jury heard at Oxford Crown Court.  more...

Plan for 1,200 homes

The multi-million-pound scheme to regenerate a quarter of central Oxford will create a new community in the heart of the city.o A West End Area Action Plan, setting out how Oxford's West End would be developed from "an under-utilised backwater" into a vibrant redeveloped area, moved forward this week with a detailed planning timetable.  more...

Bid is 'upsetting staff'

Local government across Oxfordshire is being destabilised with renewed talk of scrapping the county council.  more...

Thieves target sheds

Thieves have been on the rampage in West Oxfordshire burgling 23 garden sheds and outhouses in the past fortnight.  more...

Paramedics among fastest

County paramedics are getting to life-threatening emergencies quicker than almost anywhere else in the country, five years after having the UK's worst performance.  more...

Fraud prompted suicide

An entrepreneur who alleged he had lost more than £30,000 to a notorious fraudster killed himself by stepping out in front of a train at Grove.  more...

Narnia bench unearthed

A brick bench where CS Lewis saw Narnia in his mind's eye has been uncovered at the author's old home in Risinghurst.  more...

Hands that do dinosaurs

Dinosaur were brought to life by children at Rose Hill Primary School, Oxford, as part of a year-long art project.  more...

Hands that do dinosaurs

Dinosaur were brought to life by children at Rose Hill Primary School, Oxford, as part of a year-long art project.  more...

Treated to a night out

Pupils at Wheatley Park School treated their teacher to a surprise night of speedway at Oxford Stadium.  more...

Student caught smuggling drugs

An Oxford beauty school student faces a potential life sentence after pleading guilty to smuggling more than 10,000 amphetamine tablets into Australia.  more...

Student caught smuggling drugs

AN Oxford beauty school student faces a potential life sentence after pleading guilty to smuggling more than 10,000 amphetamine tablets into Australia.  more...

Student caught smuggling drugs

An Oxford beauty school student faces a potential life sentence after pleading guilty to smuggling more than 10,000 amphetamine tablets into Australia.  more...

Restaurant Reviews

Chewing the fat at friar hotspot

Rob Miller flees the tourist hordes to sample a fry-up without chips: First, a confession. When it comes to this particular Oxford pub, I am a bit biased. If, feeling brave on a Saturday, I've bazooka'd (if only) my way through the hordes in Cornmarket Street, and feeling a little frazzled, it is to this pub where I have been known to administer a pint or two of, as I believe it is officially known, self-medication.  more...

Results And Fixtures

FIXTURES: The week ahead

FIXTURES: The sporting week ahead SATURDAY SATURDAY FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Wrexham v Oxford Utd.  more...

FIXTURES: The week ahead

SATURDAY FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Wrexham v Oxford Utd.  more...

FIXTURES: The week ahead

SATURDAY FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Wrexham v Oxford Utd.  more...

Rugby

RUGBY: Chinnor in mass call-up

Oxfordshire coach John Brodley has chosen 12 Chinnor players in his starting line-up for tomorrow's opening Pool 3 clash with Hampshire at Kingsey Road (3).  more...

RUGBY: Oxon face Yorkshire

Oxfordshire Under 20 manager Tim Boycott-Brown says his team face their toughest test yet in Sunday's National Championship semi-final against Yorkshire.  more...

RUGBY: Bannister is play-off doubt

Flanker Sean Bannister is an injury doubt for Banbury's Midlands 3 East play-off match at Ilkeston.  more...

RUGBY: Banbury blow title

Banbury blew the title for the second time and again it was poor kicking that cost them dear in Saturday's 19-18 defeat at Daventry.  more...

RUGBY: Agony for Bicester

Bicester turned on the style to defeat Swindon College 54-24, but it was not enough to secure promotion from the Berks, Bucks & Oxon League Premier Division.  more...

Share Prices

Friday's share prices

AEA Technology 110 BMW 3012 Electrocomponents 268 Isoft Group 139.75 Oxford Bio 30.5 Oxford Instruments 209 Reed Elsevier 544.5 RM 195 RPS 193.75 Torex Retail 94  more...

Friday's closing local share prices

AEA Technology 108 BMW 3007 Electrocomponents 267.25 Isoft Group 122.25 Oxford Bio 30 Oxford Instruments 208 Reed Elsevier 546 RM 198 RPS 197.25 Torex Retail 93.5  more...

Speedway

SPEEDWAY: Lowly Cheetahs roar back

Basement boys Oxford Cheetahs ended a miserable run of two successive 30-point defeats in style with a shock 47-43 victory against Skybet Elite League champions Coventry Bees on Wednesday night at Sandy Lane.  more...

Tennis

TENNIS: City held in thriller

Oxford City, who beat North Oxford to top place in Mixed Division 1 of the OLTA Wilson Inter-Club League last year, were involved in another titanic match at home to their big rivals.  more...

Theatre

Romeo and Juliet at the RSC Stratford-upon-Avon

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre echoes with the sound of noisy crickets as you take your seat, with the stage bathed in warm light.  more...

Witney News

Trek aids research

A woman who lost her mother, stepmother and husband to cancer is to trek the Great W all of China to raise money for Cancer Research.  more...

  
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