BMW is set to launch another financial shake-up at Rover to turn around the loss-making brand. BMW's chief financial officer Helmut Panke said while Rover sales were beginning to pick up as new models came on stream, fundamental changes were needed to
Oxford Utd 1, Wycombe W 1 (aet, Oxford win 5-3 on pens) By JON MURRAY GOALKEEPER Paul Lundin was Oxford United's goalscoring hero on an amazing night at the Manor Ground last night. The giant Swede saved the crucial spot-kick in a penalty shoot-out after
A robber who threatened a newsagent and an elderly tourist with a 10in knife has been jailed for four years. Michael Oraw, 23, of Pond Close, Risinghurst, Oxford, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to one charge of robbery and one of attempted robbery
Mugging victim Kathleen Shentall wept tears of joy after learning big-hearted Oxford Mail readers were giving her back the £200 stolen from her. The pensioner said the three Good Samaritans had restored her faith in human kindness. The men said they were
A military investigation has been launched after a parachutist plunged 3,000ft to his death during a training exercise in Oxfordshire. Sgt Paul Robert, 30, of the 11th Explosive Ordnance Depot Regiment, based at Vauxhall Barracks, in Didcot, was killed
LAND Rover has won double honours in the Fleet Excellence Awards 2000, organised by Fleet Management and Business Car magazine. The Freelander was voted the Best Small 4x4, while the Discovery won the Best 4x4. The Range Rover was also highly commended
A magazine which offered students tips on how to commit suicide has been forced to apologise for the article. The free publication, in lads' mag FHM, was banned by both Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University after the guide - published in October
Patients waiting for routine operations have been hit by yet more cancellations as Oxfordshire hospitals battle with emergency flu admissions. Staff at the John Radcliffe, the Churchill, and the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, and The Horton Hospital,
Our Medibike Appeal is gathering momentum as we near the target total of £15,000. We are raising the cash to buy the Medibike which will transform fast-response healthcare in this county. The bike will be a 200mph Suzuki Hayabusa, the fastest production
With the future of fox hunting in the balance, the Government inquiry into a ban on hunting with dogs has just begun its work. So we invited Sam Butler, chairman of the Campaign for Hunting and senior partner with the Burford estate agents Butler Sherborn
The tearful father of Mary Dalton expressed his "intense delight" after hearing that the mother-of-two is safe, well and ready to be reunited with her family. James Dalton and his wife, Caroline, were today due to see their daughter for the first time
By Jon Murray OXFORD United hero Paul Lundin admitted he volunteered to take the decisive fifth penalty in last night's astonishing shoot-out win over Wycombe - because, he says, he thrives under pressure. In one of the most eventful and dramatic games
Rural bus routes in Oxfordshire have received a £1m boost. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced the funding as part of an overall £17m package for better services and to create more access to local transport. Oxfordshire's slice will fund four
LEARNER drivers across the UK have given a warm welcome to changes to the driving theory test that came into force this month. Candidates were faced with almost 100 recently revised questions - many of them focusing on the use of mobile phones in cars
Widower Prof John Bayley, whose marriage to award-winning novelist Dame Iris Murdoch spanned 43 years, spoke today of his love for a family friend - and how he plans to marry her this summer. After devoting many years to nursing his wife through Alzheimer's
By JON MURRAY BUNGLING Rob Harris is unlikely to get another FA Cup appointment this season after his embarrassing foul-up at the Tranmere-Sunderland tie. But the suggestion that the 42-year-old from Headington should be dropped from the referees' Premiership
When a pack of hunting hounds invaded pensioner Sheila Kirby's garden and ripped one of her cats to pieces it was merely the latest in a series of damaging incidents to tarnish the reputation of local hunts. The attack, at Milcombe, near Banbury, involved
