Congratulations to the winners of our National BBQ Week competitions The goodies went to: 1. Mrs V Burden, of Southdale Road, Oxford 2. Mrs G Hawes, of Ickford Road, Tiddington 3. Mr C E Challis, of Boxhill Road, Abingdon 4. Mrs S Wiggins, of Owlington
Four-year-old Stacey Evans sparked a river rescue after climbing into a boat to retrieve a plastic toy. The boat came adrift when her sister Michelle, eight, lost her grip. Stacey drifted alone down the River Thames towards Culham Weir. Sailors in dinghies
BBC bosses have strenuously denied stealing confidential correspendence from an Oxford academic while he was being interviewed at Radio Oxford. Anthony Smith, the President of Magdalen College, criticised the corporation of "shameful" behaviour in the
Geoff Townsend was in tip-top form as Cricketers B clinched a 2-1 victory over Garsington Sports in the Morrells Oxford and District League Premier Section. Townsend rattled off 6, 3, 6 to seal the triumph. John Weller was another double sixer as his
Your guide to the week's sporting action in Oxfordshire. =======WEDNESDAY, May 31======= SPEEDWAY, May 31 Elite League B: Oxford Cheetahs v Belle Vue. RUGBY, May 31 Mark Young Memorial Rugby Sevens (Marston Ferry Road, Oxford). BOWLS, May 31 Club matches
Wide receiver Steve Belcher scored a hat-trick of touchdown catches in the first half as unbeaten Domino's Oxford Saints recorded their third victory of the season with a 26-8 triumph over Plymouth Admirals at Oxford RFC. Belcher has now scored eight
Barry Huish fired off a brilliant 15-dart leg with a stunning 160 finish (60-60-40) - the best in the Morrells ODDA Summer League this season - as Shelley Arms beat Woodstock Arms A in Section 2. Woodstock took an early lead before Shelley roared back
How they finished on Tuesday night at the Oxford Stadium . . . 6.22: 1 MUSCUN DEZ 3-1 jt fav, 2 Burwood Lena 6-1. Win: 6.30. Pl: 1.01. FC: 54.76. Trio: (4x6x1) 131.24. Trainer: Magnasco. Time: 28.11. Security Wizard 3-1 jt fav. 6.38: 1 DAWNS DILEMMA 7
Abingdon professional Mark Cairns has been voted player-of-the-year for the title-winning Maesteg team in Wales. Cairns picked up the award after winning 29 of his 30 Professional Super League matches over the course of the season. He also led Maesteg
An exhibition about the life of John Hampden the Patriot will be held in the Masonic Hall, High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June 2000. Opening times are from 10 am to 4 pm each day. Organised jointly by the John Hampden
A COMPUTER company which says its new programming language will revolutionise the industry has raised 11.8m to boost its expansion plans, writes Maggie Hartford. Embedded Solutions Ltd, a spin-off from Oxford University's Computing Laboratory, received
Villagers in Chalgrove have formed an action group to fight for their threatened post office. They are planning to deluge Post Office Counters with protest letters about the lack of help they have received. Residents have also signed two highly-critical
An introduction agency, designed to help single golfers find friendship on the fairway, has gone nationwide after just eight months. The Golf Circle agency was set up by Valerie Wolsey, 64, of Goldsmith's Lane, Wallingford, and Shirley Curtis, 64, from
Drug addict Nicholas Byrne has become the second victim to die after taking a killer batch of heroin, writes Paul Warner. The 24-year-old died on Saturday evening six days after being rushed to The Horton Hospital in Banbury. Mr Byrne, of Middleton Road
Mickey Lewis has accepted an offer from Oxford United manager Denis Smith to be his No 2 after thinking it over for a week, writes Jon Murray. Smith returned to the Manor Ground yesterday after a week's holiday in Malta and then watching the play-off
MP Evan Harris, who had to fight for his own place at Oxford, has blasted the Government's 'first class degree in hypocrisy' over university admissions. Dr Harris, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, failed to win a place at University College in 1984
Oxford and Cambridge University bosses were today warned by John Prescott that they will face a cash penalty unless they admit more students from state schools. But the Deputy Prime Minister also offered financial incentives to academic institutions which
Headington Roadrunners' multi-terrain double bill produced good wins for the home club in both the men's and women's events. On Saturday evening, Oxford City's Nic Russell won a close race in the 5km Cutteslowe Cracker held over three laps of the Peace
Gary Harris led home a consistent display by Oxfordshire runners in the Inter-Counties 5K road race at Stevenage on Sunday, writes Jon Murray. On a flat, three-lap course and in a high-class field, Kenyan Julius Kimuti won in 13 mins 44 secs from Commonwealth
King's Lynn Knights 49, Oxford Cheetahs 40 - report by Leon Hill JT\FOX Oxford Cheetahs narrowly missed out on picking up more Elite League points in a thrilling match against the leaders at Saddlebow Road on Monday, writes LEON HILL. It was a miracle
Recent results from the Morrells Oxford and District League Premier Section 1: Kid Spts B 1, Saddlers 2; Cricketers B 2, Garsington Spts 1; Highfield A 2, Royal Sun B 1; BBLSC A 1, Cricketers A 2; George A 2, Plough A 1. Section 2: NLFC A 0, Tiddington
Thursday's card at the Oxford Stadium 7.35 450m A9 Scotts Miss (Angie Kibble) Tuckeys Max (Ron Bicknell) Roman Rampage (John Annett) AHA (Jim Morgan) Fairoaks Quest (W) (Steve Davis) True Tex 3 (W) (Paul Walden) 7.50 450m A8 Nice Stroller (Tony Magnasco
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Robin Cook might look like busy men, but they have got nothing on Oxford East MP Andrew Smith. While senior ministers are missing votes in the House of Commons to carry out other duties, Mr Smith's attendance
From: Mrs WA coles, of Lee Park Estate, Thame (wendicoles@aol.com) I run a support network for families with a special needs child/ADULT in Oxfordshire - called Support Network 2000. I have started a library of books on specialised subjects on autism,
From: Tony Brett, of Church Cowley Road, Oxford My local phone mast is on Hockmore Tower and it ensures good mobile phone reception for many Cowley residents and workers. Your campaign entitled "Menace of the Masts" is highly irresponsible as it is simply
Archaeologists from Oxford believe they have unearthed Britain's first-ever roadworks. Rush-hour traffic jams may be a pain in the neck for the 21st century commuter, but members of the Oxford Archaeology Unit have proved they are nothing new. They say
Five people were taken to hospital after a three-car pile-up. Three people, including a 70-year-old woman, were trapped in their vehicles and had to be released by paramedics and the fire service after the accident at Curbridge, near Witney, yesterday
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to an Oxford Brookes University graduate whose body lay undiscovered for 24 hours after a mystery car crash. Computer whizz David Moore, 23, was found by his father last Friday evening after he failed to return
Former pub landlady Lily Burson, who lived in three centuries, has died at the age of 102. Mrs Burson took on the tenancy of the Griffin pub in Swerford, near Chipping Norton, in 1935 and continued to run it until 1961 when it was closed. Mrs Burson moved
Second World War veterans from the county are travelling to Normandy to watch the Prince of Wales open a new museum honouring them and their comrades. Members of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry's airborne glider battalion were the first
Residents have signed a petition demanding that a teenage tearaway is removed from their neighbourhood, writes Rebecca Smith. Tenants in Mary Whipple Court, Wantage, say furniture and bins have been set alight, the playground ruined with graffiti, stones
Oxford's first farmers' market is taking place tomorrow, in response to demand from customers for fresh farm produce. Thirty farmers from Oxford and surrounding areas will be selling home-grown goods including meat, fruit and vegetables, bread and cakes
BBC bosses have strenuously denied stealing confidential correspendence from an Oxford academic while he was being interviewed at Radio Oxford. Anthony Smith, the President of Magdalen College, criticised the corporation of "shameful" behaviour in the
Anna Melville-James visits the Weegee exhibition at MOMA, Oxford A corpse lies face down on the street. A close-up of his crumpled spectacles shows him painfully human. This is just one recording the depths of depravity in the Big Apple during the 1930s
