Council leader John Tanner has issued a challenge to fellow councillors: Let's get on with the Junction project for the homeless before it's too late. Revised £3.8m plans for the project at Abbey Place, which will include 30 one-bedroom flats for homeless
City councillors have been asked to find £10,000 to help stop motorists avoiding speed cushions by driving in cycle lanes. The request has infuriated members of Oxford's strategy and resources committee, who believe the traffic-calming measures were not
Police raided a pub in Coventry following a tip-off about Oxford's stolen Cezanne painting - but found a copy painted by the landlord instead. The painting was the work of Nigel Ashby, of Coventry's Malt Shovel pub, who was inspired by a photo he saw
Life should be jest one big laugh - according to Oxford's first ever recorded jester, Justin Time. Justin, 29, from Summertown, Oxford, has shunned more conventional careers for the time-honoured tradition of making people laugh. Dressed in traditional
In nature's great story they used to be bit-players, overlooked by wild-life lovers and film-makers alike. But that was before David Macdonald's one-man mission to uncover the secrets of the meerkat. For Prof Macdonald, of Oxford University, can claim
Somewhere in a New York public library a baseball fan spends his days reading old magazines, trying to find words that aren't in the Oxford English Dictionary. It's a curious hobby, but one that is shared by people all over the globe, according to the
PUPILS could soon learn about history by being transported into a virtual medieval kingdom via a computer link. Immersive Education, based in Paradise Street, Oxford, is displaying its pioneering computer programs at the BETT education technology exhibition
Wycombe Wands Res 4, Oxford Utd Res 2 WYCOMBE gained a small consolation for their dramatic penalty shoot-out defeat by Oxford United at the Manor on Tuesday when their reserves beat a very young United side at Adams Park yesterday. Defensive naivety
The jailed owner of a private residential home for the elderly may be stripped of his licence to operate the business. Moves are under way to strike Souren Ramdoo from Oxfordshire's social services department register. He is one of 130 residential home
Plans to build 19 new houses on the site of a former old people's home have been rejected - after county planning officials ignored a request for social housing. Oxford City Council's planning committee asked that 30 per cent of the homes built on the
Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam has been given the go-ahead to build a five-storey hotel next to the club's new stadium. However, councillors said the half-built Minchery Farm stadium must be completed and in use before the hotel can be used. Members
OXFORD speedway's SOS campaign gathered momentum following an appeal meeting at Oxford Stadium last night, writes John Gaisford. Save Our Speedway organiser Brian Hamilton, who is assistant treasurer at Christ Church College, told around 250 fans that
OXFORD referee Rob Harris, at the centre of the storm over the Tranmere v Sunderland FA Cup tie, is to face an FA commission. Harris, fourth official David Unsworth and assistant referee Tony Green are accused of breaching referees' regulations - the
A bus driver has been hailed a hero after taking his passengers on a journey for justice to corner a dangerous driver. The have-a-go hero used his bus to block the driver, then teamed up with passengers to hold him down until police arrived. The drama
