Company to manage leisure centres District's leisure centres run by private company Leisure centres to be run by private firm Tilsey Park Leisure Centre in Abingdon and other centres at Wantage and Faringdon are now being run by a private company in a
Banbury Utd 1, Hednesford 0: Jody McKay's sixth-minute goal gave Banbury United victory at Spencer Stadium last night - and took them off the bottom of the Southern League Premier Division. Chris Potter had already gone close, before McKay towered above
John Wills was on song as he smashed a hat-trick in Blewbury's 5-1 victory over Division 1 rivals Sutton Courtenay. John Hedges and Des Healy were also on target. Tom Stone hit the injury-time winner as Faringdon Town beat Ardington & Lockinge 4-3
HEADINGTON Roadrunner Jude Craft led from gun to tape as she secured the senior ladies' title in the Mota-vation Series with a convincing victory in the final round at Marston. Craft romped to victory more than a minute ahead of her nearest rival, clocking
Our hearts go out to mother-of-three Sarah Collier and partner Jonathan Phillips over the loss of their unborn child. It is easy to understand why she is so hurt and angry about being turned away for a scan when she went to her GP surgery complaining
SOME of the most exciting cars on the roads these days are Japanese -- and British drivers are among their most enthusiastic buyers. And it's not hard to see why with Nissan's new 350ZX attracting rave reviews, while Mitsubish's Evo VII and Subaru's Impreza
Andrew Smith, the Oxford MP who this week shocked the political world when he resigned from the Government, will not stick the knife into the Prime Minister. The Oxford Mail can exclusively reveal Mr Smith is not planning to make a personal statement
Millions of pounds in taxpayers' money will have to be ploughed into rescuing Oxford County Council's human resources network. More financial misery has been heaped on the authority after it became clear the system used to monitor its payroll and other
THE church in a quiet north Oxford street provides an oasis of tranquillity, but last night the cries of children caught in the Beslan hostage siege were preying on the minds of the congregation. Oxford's Russian and Greek communities had come together
A children's psychiatrist who became addicted to child porn websites was yesterday struck off and branded 'a risk to young people'. Dr Julian Morrell, 41, was exposed as a liar after claiming he only once trawled such a site through a 'misplaced professional
Paul Berry has spoken of his disappointment after he was forced to quit as Abingdon Town manager. Berry said he was asked to leave by club chairman Phil Evans after Saturday's 7-0 FA Cup drubbing by Oxford City. "Basically, the chairman sacked me. He
Peugeot's new 1007 makes its show debut at the Paris Motor Show on a stand which includes no fewer than 52 vehicles and three concept cars. The 1007, which goes on sale here next year, is fitted with two electric sliding doors. A high-performance concept
Sir -- Are the many "Alcohol Free Zone" signs around Oxford politically correct? I stood underneath one on Folly Bridge in Oxford for 10 minutes and nobody came and offered me any free alcohol. Assuming that these signs are trying to say "the drinking
A five-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man died after the car they were in crossed into oncoming traffic and smashed into another car. The A415 has a notorious bend near Cokethorpe School, between Standlake and Witney, and at 4.30pm yesterday a red Peugeot
A woman who lost her unborn baby claims doctors ignored her concerns that something was wrong and refused to send her for a scan. Mother-of-three Sarah Collier, 29, suffered excruciating pain in the early weeks of her fourth pregnancy, but said GPs at
Sir -- It is commonplace now for the media to discuss smoking bans in workplaces, shopping areas, and other public places saying these restrictions are necessary to prevent passive smoking. We know passive smoking kills. Yet, no one seems to regard smoke
MEDICAL manufacturer MediSense, the Oxfordshire-based company that tests and develops medicine for diabetics, is to axe 180 jobs. The American-owned company, which has factories in Range Road Industrial Estate in Witney and Eyston Way in Abingdon, broke
A BAND of male voice singers from Wantage are rehearsing a special tribute to Welsh superstar Dame Shirley Bassey. The singers, members of the South Wales male voice choir, Cor Meibion De Cymru, will perform a medley of her songs including Hey Big Spender
Launton Sports got their Premier Division campaign off to the worst possible start when they were beaten 3-1 at home by Long Crendon. Launton keeper Danny Clifford kept out a Tony Howland effort inside five minutes, but the visitors went ahead when a
Alan Holt (4-5-4) hit a baker's dozen as basement boys Gardiners Arms ended their campaign on a high note and ruined the Fox's chances of winning the Section 2 title with a 2-1 victory. Holt's haul was matched by Keith Alder who also clanged off 13 dolls
A fine start to September has led speculators to cash in on the runaway success of the new Oxford-built Mini Convertible. Some sellers are asking thousands of pounds more than BMW's list prices for the open-top car from punters too impatient to wait six
A trial which has been ready for at least six weeks had to be put back at Oxford Crown Court because three police officers were unavailable to give evidence. Prosecutor Paul Mitchell yesterday told the court that one of the officers was on annual leave
The Football League have set next Wednesday, September 15, as the date for Dean Whitehead's transfer tribunal. The hearing will take place in Manchester, and is one of three set aside for Sunderland players - the other two being Liam Lawrence (from Mansfield
FIAT'S new Multipla is the second generation of the firm's award-winning mid-size multi-purpose vehicle. It remains the only car to combine true multi-purpose vehicle flexibility with full-sized seating for six adults in two rows of three, together with
Sir -- Councillor Jacob Sanders (Oxford Mail, September 4) was not present at the recent county council best value committee meeting from which he misquotes my comments -- so he can, perhaps, be forgiven for getting them wrong. My reference to "rearranging
