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  • AUNT SALLY: George so close to record

    George Littlemore came agonisingly close to setting a new single leg world record in their home Premier Section clash with Three Pigeons. They looked set to pass Cricketers' milestone of 41 in leg two after their first seven players scored a remarkable

  • ATHLETICS: Dominant City wrap up title

    Oxford City's young athletes wrapped up the overall boys and girls' titles in the Fit-2-Run Oxfordshire Track & Field League after the final round at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. The meeting, from which they emerged with eight of the 12 possible trophies

  • SPEEDWAY: I'm no quitter says Lanney

    OXFORD promoter Aaron Lanney says he is still determined to make a success out of his time at Cowley despite a trying first season in charge. He said: "I'm no quitter and I have absolutely no regrets about taking over the club. It's been an amazing

  • CRICKET: Skipper's ton edges Oxford clear

    Oxford captain Salil Oberoi led the way with a century as his side edged into a 12-run lead in The Parks. Oberoi's fluent 115 off 148 balls was in contrast to much of the scoring on a day of attritional cricket. But with four wickets in hand, it is

  • Local share prices

    On Wednesday, July 5, the local share prices were as follows: AEA Tech 103 BMW 2664 Electrocom 234 Isoft Group 69.25 Oxford Bio 25 Oxford Inst 210 Reed Elsevier 544.5 RM 162 RPS 214 Torex Retail 64

  • Lakes battle faces defeat

    Save Radley Lakes campaigners have suffered a blow in their fight to prevent RWE npower from filling Thrupp lake with millions of tonnes of spent fuel ash from the coal-fired Didcot power station. Oxfordshire County Council planning officers have recommended

  • River swimmers risk infection

    Swimmers are risking infection and injury if they take a dip in Oxfordshire's rivers to cool down this summer. A range of conditions can be picked up in rivers - from the deadly Weil's Disease found in rats' urine, to heart attacks caused by swimming

  • Local share prices

    The local share prices at close of business on Wednesday, July 5, were as follows: AEA Tech 103 BMW 2664 Electrocom 234 Isoft Group 69.25 Oxford Bio 25 Oxford Inst 210 Reed Elsevier 544.5 RM 162 RPS 214 Torex Retail 64

  • Thames Water told to pay up

    Thames Water's customers will not have to find the money to cover the extra £150m the firm must spend to repair leaks after escaping a fine from Ofwat. Yesterday, water regulator Ofwat announced that instead of fining Thames Water up to £66m for exceeding

  • It's boiling enough to fry an egg

    While Oxfordshire continued to sizzle in the summer heatwave, some places were literally frying. Temperatures peaked at 30C in Oxford yesterday as the heatwave gripped. And the bonnet of an Oxford Mail delivery van was hot enough to cook up a tasty

  • The life lottery

    A postcode lottery of wealth in Oxford means babies born in the north of the city will live more than six years longer on average than those in Blackbird Leys, new figures show. The Oxford Mail has obtained average life expectancy figures for each area