THE problems Kevin Keegan faces in finding a winning combination for the national team is now being blamed on 'the foreign legion' who have taken over the Premiership - and much of the Nationwide League as well. Of the top 50 midfield players rated in
A graffiti vandal is causing thousands of pounds' worth of damage to buildings throughout Oxford. So far the vandal - who is believed to be acting alone - has been spray painting on the front of Oxford Ice Rink, the Westgate car park and shopping centre
THOUSANDS of motorists are driving on Britain's roads without being able to properly see where they are going. Research carried out by Aston University established that 16 per cent of the 8,000 drivers they tested were below the legal eyesight standard
A top competition rider was catapulted out of her saddle by her horse, which then landed on her and crushed her to death, an inquest heard. Horse trial officials told how mother-of-two Peta Beckett's bay gelding Twemlows Pathfinder jumped too close to
The founder of Oxford's Helen House hospice has died of a heart attack during a charity cycle ride. Tributes flooded in today for Prof David Baum, 59, who started Britain's first children's hospice with Sister Frances Dominica in the early 1980s. The
Plenty of fine dry weather with mist patches near dawn. Tomorrow Breezy, with one or two showers. Outlook Increasingly windy with a mixture of sunshine and showers. Story date: Wednesday 15 September Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some
SCIENTISTS in Oxfordshire are teaming up with one of the world's leading grand prix teams to help give them a racing edge. AEA Technology has formed a partnership with Benetton to develop new materials and components to improve the speed and performance
A Labour councillor has criticised plans to close a girls' school in his ward. County council member Tom Richardson opposed plans to include Milham Ford Girls' School on a list of schools earmarked for closure. The school, in Marston Road, Oxford, is
OXFORD United's cup heroes were being urged to keep their sleeves rolled up and show the same level of fight and determination in the league after last night's courageous 1-1 draw with Everton. The second division club's patched-up side performed miracles
Oxford Utd 1, Everton 1 By JON MURRAY MICKEY Lewis and Steve Davis rolled back the years at the Manor last night as they kept Everton's £10,000-a-week stars in check. Oxford United's youth team coach and the injury-plagued centre back defied all the odds
A bid to cut speed limits on country lanes was launched today. A poll, commissioned by the Council for the Protection of Rural England, said 87 per cent of people thought the national speed limit on lanes should be 40mph or less. Current speed limits
A teenage soldier was killed when two military vehicles crashed into each other. The 17-year-old private in the 17th Port and Maritime Regiment died on his way to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, as a result of his injuries last night. Six other men
A village shopkeeper has died suddenly at the age of 46. John Kelly, sub-postmaster at Standlake's shop in the High Street, collapsed with heart failure at the weekend. But his widow Linda says it's business as usual. "That's what he would have wanted
ABINGDON Motorcycles, off Marcham Road, has been voted one of the top dealers in the country. A poll by Ride magazine saw readers nominate the Honda dealership on a satisfaction rating. Only CW Motorcycles of Dorchester, and Claremont Motorcycles, of
The power of the Internet is to be harnessed in an attempt to tune young people in to politics. The Oxfordshire Youth Website is designed to encourage young people to get their voices heard. Information on benefits, education, drugs, leisure and health
NISSAN has taken the wraps off its first European-built medium family car - the new Almera. The car, which goes on sale next March, has a distinctive new roof profile designers are already calling 'surf tail'. Nissan says the car has improved ride comfort
Pub regulars raised more than £2,000 for a rugby player who has been left paralysed from the neck down. A rugby ball signed by some of the world's top players fetched £600 alone during the charity auction at The Black Bull pub in Kidlington. The event
Press operator Peter Harms accused cemetery workers of having no respect for the dead - after finding his mother's grave covered in grass cuttings and soil. He claimes Botley Cemetery, Oxford, has been left in a "terrible state" and says it contrasts
CLOSE the door to the Tardis. Hit a few buttons to get the time machine fired up. Set the date that I wish to be zapped back to - somewhere in the mid 1940s, I think. Now pull the lever to commence time travel.... Well, I might not be Dr Who but I certainly
Six community projects have been unveiled as examples of how everyone can help celebrate the millennium. Everything from a photography exhibition to an attempt to collect at least one item from every century are already part of Oxfordshire's Year 2000
The grateful mother of Helen Worswick, whose name the Helen House hospice adopted, today paid tribute to the work of David Baum. Helen sadly died of a brain tumour. But Professor Baum, who co-founded the hospice with Sister Frances Dominica in 1982, had
ALISON Wood became a groundbreaker for women's sport in Oxfordshire when she refereed a men's rugby match on Saturday. The 26-year-old from Botley took charge of Grove 3rd's friendly against Chinnor 5th - and came through with flying colours. "The players
