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AEA Technology 102 BMW 2657 Electrocomponents 233 Isoft Group 58 Oxford Bio 22.25 Oxford Instruments 213 Reed Elsevier 528.5 RM 176 RPS 225.25 Torex Retail 53 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

AEA Technology 102 BMW 2657 Electrocomponents 233 Isoft Group 58 Oxford Bio 22.25 Oxford Instruments 213 Reed Elsevier 528.5 RM 176 RPS 225.25 Torex Retail 53 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

Morris Motors Exiles took advantage of the abandonment of the rest of the league programme to close the gap between them and Horspath at the top of the Division 3. Torrential thunderstorms and hail storms prevented more than an hour's play in any other

Bicester Rugby Club are appealing for more sponsors to back them as they bid to win promotion from the BB&O Premier Division. The club are looking for local businesses to sponsor anything from home matches to advertising hoardings and players' kit.

Jon Jukes hit a maximum, but could not prevent Cowley Community Centre C losing 5-4 to their B team in a thrilling all-Premier clash. Jukes's 180 helped him to beat Peter Rouse. The B team hit back when Percy Brain, Nick Cobb, and Ray Prior all won

Morris Motors Exiles took advantage of the abandonment of the rest of the league programme to close the gap between them and Horspath at the top of the Division 3. Torrential thunderstorms and hail storms prevented more than an hour's play in any other

Formula Renault UK teenage star Will Bratt heads to Donington Park this week confident his Scorpio Motorsport team will provide him with the car he needs to open the second half of the season with a place on the podium. At the Loughborough-based Scorpio's

Banbury driver Darren Turner (left) teamed with Tomas Enge, who was driving with a broken hand, to finish second in the GT1 class at the Portland Grand Prix on Saturday in the Banbury-built Aston Martin DBR9. Their teammates Pedro Lamy and Stephane

Oxfordshire Ladies' suffered a disappointing start to County Week as they lost 6-3 against Buckinghamshire in Group 2 in Worthing. Bucks' first pairing Claire Hamilton and Helen Lawson were in awesome form with three straight set victories, while their

Banbury left-hander Chris Smith starred with a century as Oxfordshire hit back on the second day of their Minor Counties League Western Division match at Salisbury yesterday. The visitors started the day in big trouble, as Wiltshire led by 63 runs with

Oxford building firms are being urged to take on apprentices in a bid to help them cash in on a booming industry.o Figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) show there are 129 young people in the city registered on its books who are

Oxford building firms are being urged to take on apprentices in a bid to help them cash in on a booming industry.o Figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) show there are 129 young people in the city registered on its books who are

Luc Besson once said he that would only direct ten films and he hits his quota with Angel-A, a glorious throwback to his cinma du look past. Riffing on Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire (1988), the story centres

Thousands of people braved the summer storms to enjoy a weekend of activities in Bicester's Garth Park. Dubbed Bicester's Big Weekend, the two-day event organised by Bicester Town Council included a family fun day, a battle of the youth bands and an

A new form of plastic developed in Oxford has received a £500,000 vote of confidence from investors. Dr Mark Moloney and Dr Jon-Paul Griffiths, of Oxford University's chemistry department, have set up a company called ChemOxica to develop their invention

Pixar's seventh full-length computer animated feature may not be as fine-tuned as its most recent models (The Incredibles, Finding Nemo), nor souped-up with as many super-charged thrills and spills, but Cars is nevertheless terrific, high-performance

Families and dignitaries from throughout the community flocked to an open day at the new Central Oxford Mosque. The event, the first of its kind at the mosque in Manzil Way, East Oxford, was organised by the mosque committee to raise awareness of Islam

A new form of plastic developed in Oxford has received a £500,000 vote of confidence from investors. Dr Mark Moloney and Dr Jon-Paul Griffiths, of Oxford University's chemistry department, have set up a company called ChemOxica to develop their invention

I am late for the cinema and cycling like a demented banshee. I am in the middle of the lane heading from Magdalen Bridge into the city centre in the middle of the lane because there are ruts and ripples on the gutter-side of that lane which would give

What is the point of holding consultation if a decision has already been taken? Oxford residents facing the prospect of paying to park outside their homes will no doubt be asking that question. Although a vote has apparently yet to be taken by the

I am afraid my colleague, city council leader John Goddard, is becoming increasingly delusional about the power he thinks he can wield. After the last local elections, when his Liberal Democrats won nine seats out of 24 (including just four outside

Your report, Police ban lab campaign demo (Oxford Mail, July 24), accurately reflects the decision by Thames Valley Police to place restrictions on the planned demonstration in Oxford city centre last Saturday. It might be helpful if I develop our position

Shoppers in Witney are being warned to protect their belongings from opportunist thieves after a woman's purse was snatched from her daughter's pushchair. Tamara Mathias believes her purse was taken from a bag hung on the pushchair while she was shopping

The search for a site to build a new driving test centre has switched from Oxford to Kidlington. For almost six years the existing centre has been operating from a temporary site in James Wolfe Road, Cowley, after the original location in Marston Road

The cracking crime-solving at Oxford's St Aldate's police station has been officially recognised with a plaque. Unfortunately it's not for any of the city's real-life crimefighters. The Inspector Morse Society has erected the plaque to mark the station's

A man banned from his Oxford estate can return home after a court revoked his Antisocial Behaviour Order, branding claims against him as "tittle-tattle". David Reid was banned for life from Blackbird Leys in April and then Greater Leys, where he lived

Fear of retribution by animal rights activists has led Oxford University to withhold information about the number of animal experiments it carried out last year. Statistics released by the Home Office yesterday showed that nationally the number of experiments

Police were last night searching for an injured man who left a lengthy trail of blood along the Thames towpath in Oxford. Police cordoned off a long stretch of the towpath after being alerted to a pool of blood of a bench near Iffley Lock at 8am yesterday

A good Samaritan helped fight off a gang who attacked a man and slashed his face in Oxford. Police want to trace the man who came to the aid of the 21-year-old victim and his partner after they were attacked by around 15 youths in Blackbird Leys.

Controversial plans to charge Oxford car drivers for permits to park outside their homes have prompted one of the largest responses to public consultation in the city. Nearly one in five 5,000 of the 26,000 people who were sent questionnaires by Oxfordshire

A prisoner who walked out of jail and visited his family in Oxfordshire, then handed himself in three days later, has been given an extra two months inside. Sophie Eloquin, prosecuting, told Oxford Crown Court yesterday that James Pearson, of High Street

An arsonist is believed to have started a factory fire which saw 50 people evacuated from their homes in Oxford because of fears a gas cylinder would explode. Richens Care's premises, in Windmill Road, Headington, were burned out on Saturday. The firm

The Ferry Sports Centre in Oxford was left counting the cost of the freak weather yesterday, after flooding forced the venue to close for 48 hours. The centre in Diamond Place, Summertown, only reopened in April after a £3.5m refurbishment. Oxford

Eynsham mother Jacqui Hudson told yesterday of her lucky escape after lightning struck her TV aerial and her ceiling collapsed on her. Mrs Hudson, 46, was lying on her bed talking to a friend on the phone when the bolt of lightning struck at 3pm, at

Oxford City Council "probably" got the best price when it sold the land on which Oxford United's ground was built but it has been panned over how it did the deal. District auditor Andy Burns has been investigating whether the council met its legal duty