OXFORD United have reacted with dismay to the news that they can't appeal against Peter Fear's red card - even though television pictures indicate the referee got it wrong. Replays show that Fear took the ball when trying to tackle Wycombe's Andrew Baird
Family doctors are expected to take risks with patients when hospitals reach crisis levels, a GP has claimed. Dr Tony Martin believes practitioners are being wrongly blamed for making unnecessary emergency referrals to the John Radcliffe's over-stretched
A terminally ill pensioner chained himself to railings in protest at the council's failure to rehouse him and his sick ex-wife. Angina sufferer David Hall, 59, applied to Oxford City Council to move from his two-bedroom house in Kidlington 12 years ago
A primary school has received a scathing Ofsted report which highlighted 'disgusting' toilets and bad behaviour among pupils. Neithrop Junior School, in Prescott Close, Banbury, has been put on special measures after an inspection in November. The school
Everyone knows that, to buy a house in Oxfordshire these days, you need to shell out a small fortune. A typical 1930s semi-detached house in Oxford itself is very likely to set you back up to £160,000 - add another £20,000 or £30,000 if you live in north
Whether it was whispering during hymns or trying not to giggle during prayers, millions of adults remember the hours spent at Sunday school as an important part of childhood. But it is a habit that is not being passed down to successive generations. A
A barrister held up a Crown Court trial for half a day because he left his wig, robe and papers in his car. Khandakar Quddus had travelled to Oxford by train after dropping his daughter at school in London. But when he arrived at court the red-faced lawyer
Mother-of-two Emine Osman is starting a four-year jail sentence today for trying to smuggle heroin into Bullingdon Prison. Osman, 26, was arrested when she tried to enter the prison, near Bicester, to visit her brother, Shanar, who is serving a sentence
West Oxfordshire Conservatives are about to start the search for a new candidate following sitting MP Shaun Woodward's spectacular defection to Labour. The Witney MP stunned the Tory faithful last month when he announced he was switching parties just
A plan to transform a doomed community hospital into a £5m care centre was unveiled last night. The idea is to launch a private trust to develop hospice and hospital services. Qualified nurses and carers would treat patients in their homes, while Burford
Social services staff have threatened to walk out if mobile phone masts are erected on their office building. Angry employees at the Oxfordshire County Council offices in Cowley Road, Oxford, fear risks to their health. Staff voiced their concern at a
OXFORD speedway boss Steve Purchase can see light at the end of the tunnel following a hectic week of fund raising to keep Oxford Cheetahs afloat. Although they are not out of the woods yet, Purchase said: "Everybody is pretty enthusiastic and that has
It is a Saturday night favourite that usually comes with a health warning because of the high fat content - but new research reveals that curry is now thought to be good for us. Doctors in the Midlands believe that the spicy ingredient curcumin, which
