St John Ambulance has started a major recruitment drive after admitting it does not have enough first-aiders to cover all events it is asked to attend. The 900th anniversary of the Order of St John sees the launch of Project 900 to recruit enough volunteers
A hospital patient probably died after a minor blow which he may not even have noticed, an inquest was told. Oxford Coroners Court heard yesterday that Geoffrey Clarke, 49, was admitted to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, in October for an operation
SPIDERS are being used to wage war on deathwatch beetles in a green form of pest control at the Old Bodleian Library in Oxford. The deathwatch beetles, Xestobium rufovillosum, were discovered in 1995, when the Old Bodleian, the oldest major public library
Rover car sales slumped last month as the effects of the new twice-yearly registration plate change bit for the first time. As buyers waited for the introduction of T-registration this month, overall UK car sales in February fell by 52.6 per cent, compared
A student underwent emergency surgery after being stabbed in the heart. Ben Frost, 19, from Oxfordshire, was stabbed as he walked home during the early hours yesterday. The attack in Stanhope Street, Newcastle, took place shortly after midnight when Mr
Some schools in Oxfordshire are struggling to offer pupils more than one foreign language at GCSE level because of a shortage of cash. The news was revealed to county councillors in a report on modern foreign language teaching. It said that at GCSE level
She's the most talked about woman in the world. Newspapers and TV channels have bid hundreds of thousands of pounds to speak to her. But we're giving readers an exclusive chance to quiz Monica Lewinsky themselves. We're inviting you to submit your own
Clerk Richard Smith is under siege as thousands of Americans clamour for the answer to a quiz question. One question has stumped thousands of US radio listeners - and they believe 35-year-old Richard, sitting at his desk in an open-plan office in Worcester
Residents are living in fear of youngsters from two Oxfordshire children's homes who are "running riot." Alf Kenchington, 59, of Foxdown Close, Kidlington, told how he was threatened by a knife-wielding youth who allegedly vandalised his new £22,000 car
