A WAITING list crisis in Oxfordshire hospitals has led to one of the worst breaches of the Patient's Charter since it began. About 500 patients had their operations cancelled on the day they arrived in hospital, but 300 of them waited more than a month
COMPUTER technician Jamie Davey walked free from court after being cleared of the rape of a 16-year-old girl at a party in Wantage. Minutes after a jury returned its not guilty verdict yesterday he told the Oxford Mail "It's been a nightmare - I'm glad
KARAOKE king Johnny Plump is hoping England hit the high notes at this year's World Cup - and he's penned a song to help them on their way. Johnny, alias John Hill, of Banbury, hopes his tune could become the official team anthem for France 98. John,
MALCOLM Shotton said he would have dropped virtually anything to have taken the Oxford United manager's job. "If you could have picked a club to be your first club as manager . . . well there's no doubt Oxford would have been mine," he said. "The club
AN ASTHMATIC who says he was seriously ill when his phone bill came through is demanding an apology after the phone was cut off for not paying. John Webb, 51, said he could not get out to pay ComTel's £22.84 bill at his sheltered home in Wallingford because
A SKI trip organiser should face the music over the £36,000 he was paid by parents for a trip he then cancelled, a detective said today. Tim Green disappeared from his home in Farmoor, near Oxford, after the £300-a-head trip for 120 Oxford and Abingdon
CASH-STRAPPED Oxfordshire County Council has uncovered a 'windfall' £1.1m - but it may stick it in the bank rather than use it to ease cuts. County treasurer Chris Gray wants the cash - found from unexpected savings, increased interest payments and a
FANS of Oxford United got their wish last night when one of their great heroes, Malcolm Shotton, was appointed the club's new manager. The 40-year-old former centre half and skipper succeeds Malcolm Crosby, who stepped down earlier in the week. He was
A MAMMOTH fundraising campaign is under way as little Katie James begins her fight against cancer. Katie, two, of Evans Lane, Kidlington, has a rare tumour in her spinal cord and starts six weeks of intensive radiotherapy on Monday. Family and friends
