With only two weeks to go before the biggest race of her life, Oxford triathlete Sophie Whitworth couldn't have dreamt of a better result. She stormed to victory in the women's Olympic distance race at the London Triathlon, proving she is on top form
Young triathlete Robert Bowles is on a high after collecting two prestigious medals in the past month. The highlight for the talented 16-year-old, from Grove, came in the European youth relay championships where he helped the Great Britain team to the
Minster Lovell won an extraordinary Section A encounter at North Cotswold by four wickets in the Oxfordshire Under 17 League. Batting first, North Cotswold were bowled out for 116, and ten-man Minster appeared to be cruising at 50-1, skipper Nathan
Local match records continue to be broken almost weekly as anglers cash in on this summer's good weather and our excellent local match venues. The latest Carp League 2006 match was fished by 19 anglers at Lower Court, producing a new match record for
Champion trainer Nick Colton is leaving Oxford at the end of the month. There have been rumours of his departure cirulating around Oxford Stadium for weeks, and only last month, Colton stated he was not going anywhere. It is understood Colton applied
Oxford City's Nathan Douglas will have to raise his game if he is to feature among the medals in today's triple jump final, which gets under way at 2.50pm. The 23-year-old was again well adrift of his season's best of 17.42m - set in Geneva two months
Oxford's Carol Penson saw her dream of capturing the English Women's National Champion of Champions crown crash when she fell victim to a whirlwind finish in the semi-finals at Royal Leamington Spa yesterday. The City & County ace was poised for victory
11/08/2006pm AEA Technology 112.25 BMW 2624 Electrocomponents 227 Isoft Group 50.25 Oxford Bio 24.25 Oxford Instruments 211.25 Reed Elsevier 559.75 RM 168.25 RPS 224 Torex Retail 61.75 Courtesy Redmayne Bentley
BAR owner Regent Inns, which is planning a new Walkabout bar in Oxford, has bought the Old Orleans chain from Punch Taverns. The £26m takeover gives Regent two venues in Oxford's 'clubbing' district, since it now owns Old Orleans in George Street and
BAR owner Regent Inns, which is planning a new Walkabout bar in Oxford, has bought the Old Orleans chain from Punch Taverns. The £26m takeover gives Regent two venues in Oxford's 'clubbing' district, since it now owns Old Orleans in George Street and
AEA Technology 112.25 BMW 2624 Electrocomponents 227 Isoft Group 50.25 Oxford Bio 24.25 Oxford Instruments 211.25 Reed Elsevier 559.75 RM 168.25 RPS 224 Torex Retail 61.75 Courtesy Redmayne Bentley
Cherie Blair's personal bodyguard has saved an Oxford boy from choking on a piece of bacon in a luxury Barbados holiday resort. The Scotland Yard officer, on the island to provide close protection to the Prime Minister's wife and family, dislodged the
Local share prices on Friday, August 11, were as follows: AEA Technology 113.25 BMW 2655 Electrocomponents 226.5 Isoft Group 53.25 Oxford Bio 24.25 Oxford Instruments 210.5 Reed Elsevier 554.25 RM 167.25 RPS 223.75 Torex Retail 59.75 Courtesy
AEA Technology 113.25 BMW 2655 Electrocomponents 226.5 Isoft Group 53.25 Oxford Bio 24.25 Oxford Instruments 210.5 Reed Elsevier 554.25 RM 167.25 RPS 223.75 Torex Retail 59.75 Courtesy Redmayne Bentley
Once upon a time, there was a filmmaker called M Night Shyamalan, who proved it was still possible to wrong-foot audiences with his 1999 supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense. The daring final twist captured the public imagination and propelled the
Stepping into La Dolce Vita, an Italian restaurant in Summertown, is like stepping back in time. Sadly, when we phoned the proprietors they were too busy to agree a time for our photographer to take interior shots. But the feel is very 1970s, with red
Thirty-seven years after the release of folk-rock's most influential album, Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings tells Tim Hughes, the band are being honoured for their achievement Picture the scene: it's 1969, London is swinging, and flower power
The Sassenbergs were just one among many families whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by yesterday's terror alert. Jan and Karoline Sassenberg and their children Talita, 20 months, and Eliah, eight weeks, travelled to Heathrow to find airline
Families with two carscould be charged £400 to park outside their Bicester homes in one of the most expensive permit schemes in Britain. The Tory-run Cherwell District Council project mirrors what is being proposed in Oxford by Conservative-controlled
The county has just enjoyed - or endured - the hottest July on record, but that didn't stop people doing their bit to save water during the drought. A grateful Thames Water has said that water use dropped by 10.5 per cent during July in the Thames Valley
Youngsters from an Oxford estate are spending their summer playing sports on a free school holiday activity scheme, thanks to funding from the city council. This is the first year that Oxford Active, which runs after-school and holiday activities for
Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital is the first in the county to go totally smoke-free. To tie in with the completion of extensive rebuilding work at the Windmill Road site, two smoking areas were scrapped on August 1. The NOC has stolen a march
This is believed to be the face of a robber who brandished a large kitchen knife to threaten a shop assistant in Oxford. The man raided Bridge Stores, in Meadow Lane, near Donnington Bridge on Wednesday, August 2, at 6.30pm. He had ordered the 39-
Elderly people in East Oxford were woken in the middle of the night by the sound of thieves ripping lead from their roof. At least 30 metres, worth an estimated £60, was ripped from the roof of Atkyns Court, in Atkyns Road, Wood Farm. Thieves also
Dozens of bin bags overflowing with rotting rubbish were left in a bin store at a prestigious new housing development. Residents said the refuse stank, was attracting swarms of wasps, would soon attract rats and was a health hazard. People living
The stupidity of attempting to traffic drugs from one country into another is perfectly highlighted by the six-year term handed out to Oxford teenager Eleanor Taylor. She was jailed in Australia for trying to smuggle 100,000 amphetamine tablets into
Oxford pensioners contacted me some time ago about the perceived unfairness of their only being allowed to travel free within the city's boundaries, while pensioners in other districts are allowed free travel to places further afield. I explained that
I am very much saddened to read your headline and news report 'Barbaric' (Oxford Mail, August 9) about a well-loved dog who was seriously injured by a reckless individual on a motorcycle. I sincerely hope that the owner has recovered and that the dog's
Hot hatches have dominated the desire stakes in the small family hatchback market since Volkswagen brought out the Golf GTi way back in 1977. Since then, there have been at least 70 diminutive performance cars produced by 15 or so major manufacturers
SHE'S an addict, unashamed and unrepentant, a slave to the lure of the charity shop. "It's all my grandma's fault," said this tall, elegantly dressed woman in her mid-fifties as she trawled the racks of the Cowley Road Oxfam shop. "When I was small
Hyundai's Accent, Getz, and Coupe ranges each get an Atlantic special edition model to add some summer value. The Atlantic editions provide a host of extra features at no extra cost, and there is a three-year free servicing offer going with some of
The iconic Smart fortwo will be available as an electric version in the UK later this year. The UK has been selected to run a market trial for the introduction of a fully electric version of the popular two-seater car. The car will be made available
Japan's tiny so-called K-cars have been around for more than half a century, but they are a rare sight here and all too few have really been that special. Created following the Second World War, when most Japanese were too poor to buy a full-sized car
OXFORDSHIRE'S hopes of a first Championship victory in 2006 were cruelly dashed at Banbury on Tuesday as Dorset edged home by one wicket. A close finish looked on the cards after the visitors made a good start chasing 327 to win and the tension only
Crime in a part of Bicester has been halved since new police dispersal powers came into force. Latest figures for the King's End and Greenwood areas show recorded crime has been cut by 50 per cent compared with last year. In July last year, the areas
THERE was success for locals in the 50-nation World Junior Championships in Amsterdam and the Commonwealth Regatta in Scotland last weekend. In Amsterdam, Headington School pupil Lottie Howard-Merrill was in the Great Britain junior lead boat, the coxless
Photographs of troublemakers banned from Oxford pubs and clubs have been included on a new website. Members of Oxford's Pub Watch forum can see the pictures of the people who are banned from the city's pubs and clubs on a private members' area included
PAUL Cole certainly discovered a strategy for success at Glorious Goodwood, writes Russell Smith. The master of Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, saddled Strategic Prince and the unrelated Strategic Mount to land a big-race double under Eddie Ahern on
KIDLINGTON'S roller-coaster season continued with a sound thrashing by fourth-placed Burnham in Division 2 West. The visitors started brightly enough reducing Burnham, who elected to bat, to 64-4. But an exhilarating 124 from Amir Khan took the game
People waste 273 days in a lifetime stuck in queues - and people in Oxford could be losing even more time if research by the Oxford Mail is anything to go by. After hearing from readers about some of the lengthy queues in city centre shops and businesses
A mother wept as her teenage daughter was jailed for smuggling thousands of pounds worth of drugs into Australia to pay off her debts. Beauty student Eleanor Taylor, 19, of Sandfield Road in Headington, Oxford, was described as "naive and impressionable
THAME Town moved 16 points clear in second spot with a thumping six-wicket win over Basingstoke at Church Meadow in Division 2 West on Saturday. Bowling first, Thame restricted the visitors to 85-4 off 35 overs. After lunch, spinners Haresh Dabhi
'I think Bullingdon is a well-ordered and controlled prison. It has a high population and we manage that population. I would not for one moment say we're in crisis' Governor Phil Taylor Overcrowding has been highlighted as his biggest challenge by the
BANBURY, who started the season so strongly, slipped into the relegation zone following a five-wicket defeat at home to Finch- ampstead. They always looked like coming off second best after losing the toss. Openers Chris Smith and Benji Hector went
SPINNERS Shami Mendis and Rupert Evans led the way as Oxford eased their relegaton fears with a convincing five wicket-win over derby rivals Henley at Rover Cowley on Saturday. Henley were routed for 131, and Oxford eased home after a few early wobbles
Two schoolboys have passed through Oxford on a 150-mile charity walk in memory of family members who died. Twelve-year-old George Cotterell is the son of the late Carolyn Cotterell, who died of cancer, and was the best friend of the Duchess of York,
BETH Simmons produced a shock result in the British Open Deaf Championships - beating her sister, Alex, in a thrilling quarter-final clash. Beth, seeded No 6, came from behind in both the first and third sets to beat Alex, seeded No 3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-
OXFORD City's top two pairs dominated their match with Woodstock in Mixed Division 1 of the 3-Pair League. o Shozeb Haider and Karen Last were unbeaten at No 1 pair, while Eamonn Deeley and Jo Love also won all three rubbers at No 2. There were no
Two years ago, Bicester schoolboy Luke Dickety had a golf ball-sized tumour removed from his skull. The 11-year-old, from Halifax Road, had the Schwannoma tumour removed by the craniofacial team at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary. It was one of two major
FORMER Oxford United star Chris Allen, who commanded a fee of £500,000 when he moved to Nottingham Forest in 1996, has signed for his local club North Leigh. Allen, 33, is the major signing for the west Oxfordshire outfit as they look to land the Premier
BANBURY captain Benji Hector said more than half of Division 1 could still be relegated ahead of tomorrow's trip to basement boys West Herts. Hector, who saw his side slip into the drop zone after last week's defeat to Finchampstead, believes Banbury's
OXFORD City's Nathan Douglas kept alive his hopes of winning a medal when he qualified for the final of the men's triple jump in Gothenburg last night. The 23-year-old produced a leap of 16.84m with his second jump to secure a place in tomorrow's final
