A NEW service to help police crack crime through forensic investigation has been launched by Oxfordshire scientists, writes David Duffy. The Forensic Alliance, aiming to help police find and analyse vital evidence, has been set up by Harwell-based AEA
A field of crops in Oxford was deliberately set ablaze yesterday, police believe. Ten acres of standing crops off Bayswater Road, Headington, were destroyed by the fire. Farm machinery was used as a break to stop it spreading. A fire service spokesman
Busy Botley Road in west Oxford will be closed as work begins on a new pedestrian bridge. The bridge is being built to link Oxford station with the nearly completed station car park in Becket Street, on the other side of Botley Road. Two giant cranes
An animal rights campaigner struck a policeman during a demonstration outside Hillgrove Farm, Minster Lovell, where cats are bred for medical research. Julie Moore, 40, of Station Road, Earls Colne, Essex, denied assaulting Pc Richard Hogan on February
Theatrical bride Anita Baker was every inch the leading lady in her own Restoration wedding drama. Her gold and silver gown was once worn by Caesar's wife in the Old Vic's production of the Restoration play All For Love. "I like to be a bit different,
Catriona has your number the moment she sees you. GEMMA SIMMS reports... Catriona Cusick Riley can tell plenty about people she hasn't met before - just by looking at their faces. The 34-year-old natural health practitioner, who teaches at the holistic
Medical experts claim nine-year-old Lexie McConnell died after being given a "massive" dose of steroids that were not thoroughly tested on children. Two specialists have criticised the treatment given to Lexie and their evidence - published here for the
Shoplifter Mark Hankinson tried to steal two legs of lamb from an east Oxford supermarket by stuffing them down his trousers. Hankinson, 29, of Lydia Close, Barton, Oxford, was arrested after a security guard noticed the hunks of meat bulging through
A Crimewatch UK TV re-enactment of an armed jewellery raid in Oxford produced potentially vital information, say police. Detectives investigating the robbery on the Turl Street jewellers received a number of calls immediately after last night's crimebusting
Jet-ski accident victim Faye Grundy has given the gift of life to two babies through hospital transplants. Faye, 17, died after the accident almost a year ago, but two of her heart valves have been used in operations to save the lives of two boys, aged
Protesters gathered outside Oxford Town Hall today in a last-ditch bid to stop the old LMS railway station being dismantled. City councillors were being recommended to agree to the removal of the Grade II listed building to a railway centre at Quainton
The family of a pilot whose Red Arrows jet crash landed just after take-off, told today of their relief that he was safe. Flt Lt Dave Stobie, 34, formerly of Bucknell Road, Bicester, aborted his take-off after a bird was sucked into the engine of his
OXFORD United triallist Junior Mendes seems certain to return to Scotland unless his club St Mirren agree to slash their asking price. Mendes, formerly at Chelsea, has been training with United for the past week but is unable to play in any matches at
Before you set off on your summer holiday with a massive, overflowing suitcase, here's a tip from expert Val Stoner: take half the clothes and twice the money. We're all guilty of it. At the very last minute you open your wardrobe and chuck it into a
IF goalscoring records are anything to go by, Oxford United under Malcolm Shotton will have one of their most potent strike forces since the days of John Aldridge and Billy Hamilton when the new season kicks off. The signing of Dean Windass for a club
THREE Oxfordshire students are among the pick of Britain's most brilliant young inventors. Ben Young, at 13, reckons he can ease the parking misery of millions of drivers. And it won him top prize at the regional final of the Young Engineers for Britain
Peter Stringfellow caused outrage when he banned fat women from his glitzy London nightclub. What message does this send to women everywhere? Gemma Simms reports... Tamar Altman weighs 100 kilos (220lb) and people have made fun of her size since she was
When nine-year-old Lexie McConnell was hit in the eye during a school sports day, she was unwittingly placed on a conveyer belt of care that ended in her death, writes Paul Harris. Evidence from two specialists and leading medical texts suggests she was
