IT'S a bit disturbing for an old fogey like me to be so much in agreement with those aspiring young writers who make such a good job of football fanzines. But the truth is that I enjoy most of the content of fanzines - largely because they comment on
PUB staff are being paid to play computer games in the bar as part of a revolutionary training programme launched by pub operators Morrells of Oxford. The state-of-the-art computer package - which allows pub staff to learn at their own pace - has been
DEAN Windass seems certain to play his last game for Oxford United in tonight's relegation 'six-pointer' at Queens Park Rangers. United look likely to accept a bid of around £1m from promotion-chasing Bradford City. Bradford boss Paul Jewell confirmed
PAUL Gerrard will be in goal for United at Loftus Road tonight (7.45) after the Everton goalkeeper's loan was extended to a third month yesterday. Gerrard will be able to play up until Easter Saturday and after that, Swedish goalkeeper Paul Lundin is
A man was taken to hospital with burns to his face after a spray paint canister exploded. Fire crews rushed to a garage, in St Luke's Road, Cowley, Oxford, after reports of an explosion at 8.30pm last night. They found a man, in his mid-30s, suffering
The Archbishop of Canterbury praised the compassion of people who set up a doctor's surgery for the homeless in Oxford. Dr George Carey dropped in at Oxford Night Shelter in Luther Street before visiting the new Luther Street surgery. Staff moved into
A suspected thief was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia after he jumped into an icy stream to escape police. Officers were called to Toys R Us, in Botley Road, Oxford, after reports of two men shoplifting at the store, at 7.30pm last night.
Axed beds at an Oxfordshire psychiatric hospital are set to be re-opened following the recruitment of new overseas nurses. Severe staff shortages at Fair Mile Hospital, at Cholsey, near Wallingford, had left services crippled, forcing hospital bosses
Oxford United's new signing, Swedish goalkeeper Paul Lundin, was arrested following a fight on the dance floor of a restaurant in his home town, Vaxjo. The 6ft 3in keeper, who joined United yesterday on an 18-month contract, is alleged to have hit a 24
Intrepid Oxfordshire adventurer Elisabeth Hoff came close to death when her rowing boat capsized in mid-Atlantic. Cold, wet and perching precariously on the upturned keel of her stricken boat, Elisabeth decided it wasn't time to die. In the middle of
OXFORDSHIRE'S rugby referees have voted Chipping Norton as the club they most like to visit. The Max Seymour Shield, for the best organised and most hospitable club, was awarded at the referees' annual dinner on Friday. Chippy, who become the first club
THERE'S everything to run for - well, almost - as the Oxford Mail Cross-Country League reaches its climax with the final round at Drayton School, Banbury this Sunday (10am). Headington's Alison Hirst tops the ladies' overall standings by just one point
PLAYERS from the county's top two rugby clubs - Henley and Banbury - dominate the Oxfordshire squad chosen for their warm-up friendly against Oxford University at Iffley Road tonight (7.30). Eighteen members of the 25-strong squad come from these two
Don't talk about the witching hour to opera singer Nigel Robson - for it takes him a full THREE hours to prepare for his latest role. The top tenor is playing the wicked witch in the Welsh National Opera's new production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
AGAIN! United to keep Gerrard for a third month EVERTON boss Walter Smith last night gave his blessing to Oxford United taking goalkeeper Paul Gerrard for a third month on loan. The 26-year-old former England under 21 keeper is expected to return to the
A vicar is urging his whole community to deluge the Prime Minister and top churchmen with letters pleading for them to drop VAT charges on church repairs. The Rev Chris Denham of Haddenham, near Thame, said churchwardens had written to Tony Blair, the
Relatives were left distraught after a power cut at a crematorium meant they had no lights and no music. Worse still, the curtains could not be closed which meant family and friends had to walk past the coffin on their way out of Oxford Crematorium. Anne
George Frew, the Oxford Mail's own Mr Telly, meets the man of the moment, Jerry Springer, at the Oxford Union It's only the third of March, but in Oxford at least, Springer has already sprung. Jerry Springer, that is, who sprang into the Oxford Union
A hospital consultant crammed 15 months' work into a year so that he could look after his new baby daughter. Dr Philip Hormbrey won three months off under a pioneering scheme allowing specialists to build up holiday credits by working flexitime. He was
