Planners have put the brakes on moves to sell a disused old people's home to housing developers. Cash-starved Oxfordshire County Council shut down Cutteslowe Court, in Wyatt Road, north Oxford, more than a year ago so it could sell the land to developers
A labourer who took a potentially lethal dose of morphine died from multiple injuries after swerving into the path of an oncoming lorry. Oxford Coroner's Court heard yesterday that Mark Strong, 20, was driving home on the A418 Oxford Road, west of Tiddington
Plans for the first-ever car-free residential development in Oxford could be axed due to a row over providing a footbridge to serve the site. Developers have put forward proposals to build 87 two-bedroom flats on a strip of land beside the railway, just
BRENDAN Flaherty of Oxford YMCA took less than a minute to book his place in the All-England Schoolboy Championship 57-70 kilo semi-finals to be held at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, on March 6. Boxing against Adam Simpson of Devonport Police ABC at Bristol
KIRTLINGTON footballer Wayne Langridge has been banned for 26 weeks and fined £100 by the OFA after assaulting a referee in a Lord Jersey FA match. The player gave evidence at an OFA hearing but was found guilty. He started his 182-day suspension from
Devoted couple Bernard and Denise Leach thought their world had fallen apart when tragedy rocked their lives. Denise, now 71, was left unable to speak, read or even walk unaided after requiring emergency brain surgery to relieve pressure on her brain.
Paul Harris looks into claims that Oxford author Lewis Carroll had a more sinister alter ego - Jack the Ripper Author Lewis Carroll once wrote: "The proper definition of 'Man' is an animal that writes letters." Now a deeply disturbing image of the Oxford
Rain will move south-eastwards through the night. Tomorrow Central and southern England will start cloudy and damp, but brighter weather will move in later. Outlook More rain in the south east. Story date: Thursday 25 February Converted for the new archive
Education authority guarantees that school menus were free from genetically modified foods were worthless, it was claimed yesterday. Green Party councillors said, despite Oxfordshire County Council's ban on GM foods in school meals, there was no way to
OXFORD United have sold out of seats for the historic pay-per-view fixture against Division 1 leaders Sunderland at the Manor on Saturday. There are also less than 100 London Road terrace tickets left for the all-ticket Sky TV game. United are expecting
A student clutching a replica machine gun in a role-playing game was "busted" by armed police. Officers in bullet-proof vests swooped on Ian Yeung, a 20-year-old medical student, after he was spotted on a stairway in his Trinity College hall of residence
A care worker, who 'excelled' at his job, gassed himself to death after being traumatised at finding a housemate who had committed suicide, an inquest heard. Paul Trapnell, 30, of Bowness Avenue, Didcot, was found slumped in his car in remote woodland
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs boss Steve Purchase has refused to deny or confirm that he has added former Swindon and Poole star Alun Rossiter to his 1998 line-up. Rossiter, a bubbly character on the speedway scene for many years, was granted a testimonial
Rising rock star Simon Williams nearly lost an eye in a drive-by shooting in Oxford. Simon, from Harwell, was hit by an airgun pellet fired from a car. He believes his eye was only saved by his soft contact lenses absorbing some of the impact. The vocalist
