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  • Football: Brackley add to City's drop fears

    Brackley 3, Oxford City 1: Oxford City's Southern League Division 1 West relegation worries increased after they slipped to defeat at Brackley, who boosted their own hopes of claiming a promotion play-off spot. Brackley, who gave a debut to on-loan signing

  • Motor racing: Alonso realises a dream

    Oxford-based driver Fernando Alonso realised a dream after roaring into the Formula 1 world championship lead with victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. The 23-year-old dominated the race from pole postiion to beat Jarno Trulli, in a Toyota,

  • Football: Leaders grab late equaliser

    GLS Hellenic League - Abingdon United 1, Bishops Cleeve 1: Abingdon United pushed Premier Division leaders Bishops Cleeve to the limit and were only denied victory by a goal four minutes from time. United took the lead after 62 minutes when Anaclet Odhiambo

  • Results: The weekend's sporting round-up

    COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Boston Utd 0. FA VASE Semi-final 1st leg: Didcot Tn 1, Jarrow Roofing Boldon CA 0. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Aylesbury Utd 2, Banbury Utd 1. Div 1 West: Bedworth 1, Thame Utd 0; Brackley 3, Oxford City 1. RYMAN LEAGUE

  • Football: Banbury fume at penalty decisions

    Aylesbury Utd 2, Banbury Utd 1: Banbury remain just above the Southern League Premier Division drop zone after defeat at Aylesbury, which revolved around two penalty decisions - one which was given and one which wasn't. The Ducks took the lead in the

  • Police website will help teens

    A new website is being launched by Thames Valley Police aimed at providing essential advice and information to teenagers. Called Underzone, it offers tips to under 18s on how to stay safe, get help when needed and keep themselves out of trouble. The new

  • Stars support nurse's appeal

    Singer Phil Collins and photographer Lord Litchfield have both helped a former Oxford nurse buy an ultrasound scanner for a hospital in her homeland of St Vincent. From left, Beverley O'Neill, Phyllis Evans, and Shirin O'Neill Phyllis Evans, of Briar

  • Tenants receive asbestos pledge

    Assurances have been given that asbestos used in about 4,000 Oxford City Council homes will be inspected if residents are worried about it. The pledge was made even though one resident, Josephine Cox, 42, has waited more than six months for officials

  • Trust's mixed sex wards cut by half

    More than half of wards at Oxfordshire's major hospitals are now single-sex, just seven months after the Oxford Mail revealed that all 99 wards in the county were mixed. Managers at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Oxford's John Radcliffe

  • Help us catch his attackers

    The wife of an Oxford club steward has spoken of the moment she saw a gang of youths kick her husband unconscious on a sports field. Marilyn Parrott asked the Oxford Mail to publish the shocking picture on today's front page in a bid to get people to

  • Football: Abingdon let it slip

    Witham Tn 2, Abingdon Tn 2: Abingdon Town let a two-goal lead slip as they picked up a point at high-riding Witham Town in Ryman League Division 2. Jemaine Ferreira gave Abingdon the lead inside 15 minutes, nipping in between a defender and the goalkeeper

  • Football: Brave Bedworth halt Thame run

    Bedworth Utd 1, Thame Utd 0: Thame United's three-match unbeaten run in Southern League Division 1 West came to an abrupt halt as relegation candidates Bedworth exacted swift revenge for their defeat the previous week. It was a lacklustre performance

  • Speedway: Spotlight falls on struggling Dryml

    Lukas Dryml will be under the spotlight when Oxford Silver Machine bid to build on their 47-41 win over Wolverhampton in the return leg at Monmore Green tonight (7.30). The talented Czech Republic rider had a nightmare return to Sandy Lane in the important

  • Football: Didcot owe it to birthday boy

    Didcot Tn 1, Jarrow Roofing 0: If Didcot Town were due a poor performance in this season's FA Vase, then hopefully this was the one. The Railwaymen were certainly below par in front of a record crowd of 1,512 at the Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday. But

  • Council's improved service 'not enough'

    Benefit applications are being dealt with by Oxford City Council in half the time they were three years ago -- but the authority is still on course to be rated weak. Government inspectors visit the town hall next month and although they will be told the

  • The job no-one wants can give gift of sight

    A woman working at an Oxford hospital is thought to be the only healthcare assistant in the UK trained to take out eyes from dead donors. Mari Loli Robles a senior healthcare assistant who removes eyes for use in transplants Mari Loli Robles took up her

  • Football: Diaz & Co spell it out to Kassam

    If the Argentine management are to remain at Oxford United next season, it will be as a complete group. Manager Ramon Diaz's assistant, Jean Marc Goiran, said they would not entertain the idea of reducing numbers to cut costs because, if they are to stay