Gerry Reed won the annual England Youth Flyfishing Association fundraising match held at the Farmoor II reservoir, near Oxford. Despite a bitterly cold north easterly wind, 51 anglers caught 128 fish between them, with Reed taking seven fish for 10lb
A series of four free fly-fishing training sessions being run by members of Farmoor Fly Fishing Club start later this month. The sessions, which are being run on Wednesday evenings at Darlow Water, near Hardwick, start on May 17. Club committee member
World champion Fernando Alonso expects McLaren to be a bigger threat than Ferrari in this weekend's European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. Alonso and his Enstone-based Renault F1 team have been the class of the field so far in 2006, but met their match
A widow was devastated to find plants and mementos left on her husband's grave had been destroyed. Staff intend to patrol Botley Cemetery after the latest outbreak of vandalism. Tracy Jarvis, 39, was distressed to find flowers uprooted and a light
Travellers camped illegally on an Oxford recreation ground have been told they can stay for the weekend but will be forced to leave on Monday. Nine caravans have parked next to a children's playground and football pitch on Oatlands Road Recreation
He was banned from auditioning for the X-Factor for being out of tune, but now Big' John Humphries hopes success in the 'Ox Factor' will put him back on song. Mr Humphries, 51, of Sorrell Road, was laughed out of the X-Factor when his rendition of I
Organisers of Oxford's Gang Show have suffered their latest setback after their headquarters was set alight for the second time. Fire crews were called to the Scout hut in William Kimber Crescent, Headington, at 2.20am on Thursday after the hut was
The Queen looked in the pink as she delighted Royal watchers by officially opening the £40m Oxford Castle development in glorious sunshine. The 11th century site was packed for the occasion, with 500 guests waiting to greet her yesterday. The site off
Oxford United's desperate fight against relegation was given a boost last night with a message of support from new England supremo Steve McClaren. Speaking exclusively to the Oxford Mail, McClaren, who both played for and coached the U's in the early
Talks will start today to decide which political party will run Oxford City Council after Labour lost control at the local elections. The Labour group was running a minority administration, and after losing four seats at the polls on Thursday night,
