RJN Motorsport, of Stanford in the Vale, has unveiled the first photograph of its 2006 GT2 Nissan 350Z sports car. A development of the 2005 car with the engine moved back and lowered in the chassis, it also incorporates a new front bumper splitter
Women drivers will now have their chance to prove that they can beat the men at their own game thanks to the Silverstone Rally School's 'Lady-Quest'. Silverstone Rally School (www.silverstonerally.co.uk) was one of the first companies to champion women
An investigation is under way to discover the cause of a blaze which almost destroyed three helicopters at two storage hangars outside Oxford. Helicopters had to be removed from the hangars Fire crews were called to the 40m x 45m units in Bayswater Road
Patients in Oxfordshire could lose all NHS dental care from April because dentists are rebelling against the Government's new deal. Brett Sinson, a spokesman for the county's Local Dental Committee, last night warned that although his colleagues have
Chief Supt David McWhirter, Oxfordshire's police commander, is right when he says we need a national debate on the use of drugs. The problem is that the Government's recent policy has sent out mixed messages to drug users. The downgrading of certain substances
Southern League - Ashford Tn 5, Thame Utd 0: When these teams met in August, Thame secured a 2-2 draw. Since then, their respective fortunes have varied enormously and Thame, firmly entrenched at the bottom of Southern League Division 1 West, proved no
There are always two sides to every argument. So it was heartening to see a demonstration in Oxford on Saturday which bore that out. After years of acrimonious protests by campaigners against Oxford University's new animal research lab in South Parks
A man was injured by a flying glass during a brawl in a Bicester pub this weekend. Two groups of men began fighting at the Penny Black pub, Sheep Street, at 8.40pm on Saturday. Acting Sgt Steve Willis, of Bicester police, said: "We are still trying to
A woman pensioner challenged a burglar after he walked into her home in Oxford. Police are appealing for information following the incident at the 69-year-old woman's home in Barton Lane, Headington. At 2.40pm on Saturday the victim was by the back garden
A man was slashed across the throat at an Oxford bus stop yesterday in a racist attack. The man, who is white, was waiting for a bus at the corner of Cowley Road and Leopold Street when he got into an argument with two Asian men. He was hit in the throat
They came, they marched and they shouted. And about the only common ground between the 800 protesters from both sides of the animal testing divide was their confident claim they had won the day. March organiser Laurie Pycroft leads the Pro-test supporters
Times are tough for bullies and the badly-behaved at one Oxfordshire secondary school. Pupils Michael Smith, 12, Nadiya Ali, 14, Gemma Northcott, 14, and Tom Wellstead, 12, with some of the sports equipment Pupils at Larkmead School in Abingdon, have
Students at Oxford's last-remaining all-female college have voted to allow the boys in. St Hilda's College had been warned it could no longer afford to continue teaching all of its subjects if it remained single-sexed. As a result, the issue was put to
More council tenants are paying their rent on time in Oxford meaning less repossessions and evictions, according to the city council. Latest figures show that the city's housing team has collected more than £21.1m in rent since April last year -- 98 per
GLS Football Hellenic League - Wantage Tn 1, Abingdon Utd 5: Mark Simms struck a quickfire hat-trick in just nine minutes to help Abingdon United record a convincing victory over Wantage in Saturday's Premier Division match at a freezing Alfredian Park
Thank God somebody is seeking to curb the way Messrs Blair and Brown are picking the pockets of the English taxpayers. Tom Waterhouse, of the Campaign for an English Parliament, is right to point out the dreadful treatment of English students relative
Spartan South Midlands League - St Margaretsbury 0, Oxford City 3: Oxford City surged back to the top of the South Midlands League Premier Division with a resounding victory in Hertfordshire on Saturday. City are now two points clear of Harefield, who
Southern League - Banbury Utd 3, Bedford Tn 2: Banbury United strengthened their push for a play-off place in Southern League Premier Division by claiming their second major scalp of the week on Saturday. Four days after beating leaders Salisbury, Kevin
GLS Football Hellenic League - Ross Town 1, Headington Amateurs 4: Headington cemented second place in the Division 1 West table when they recovered from a tentative start to score three quick goals and run out comfortable winners. Headington took the
COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Wycombe Wands 2, Oxford Utd 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd 3, Bedford Tn 2. Div 1 West: Ashford Tn (Middx) 5, Thame Utd 0. GLS FOOTBALL HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Abingdon Tn 1, Shrivenham 2; Bishops Cleeve 4, Ardley
Banbury School has retained its Sportsmark Gold Award. The school received the sought-after status three years ago, and last week was granted an extension of the award for the way it promotes sport and physical activity. Karl Wade, head of PE and community
The parents of a brain damaged nine-year-old boy are desperately raising money so he can swim with wild dolphins - a therapy they hope will alleviate his condition. Denise Boussin with Benoit, and holding her other son, Xavier Benoit Doussin suffers severe
For 20 years pensioner Norman Boardman has looked after his village's ducks. Norman Boardman, who looks after the ducks, is planning to erect an enclosure to protect the flock And now the 'Duckmeister', as he has been dubbed by his fellow villagers in
A dad told last night how the MRSA superbug ate almost a quarter of his skull -- but he doesn't blame the medics. Mark Wilson, 25, had a tennis-ball sized lump grow out of his head after brain surgery and had to have his skull opened up three times to
Plans to knock down a house and build nine new homes in Headington, Oxford, should be rejected because it would create a "cramped, congested" development. City council planning officers are recommending that Thomas Homes is refused planning permission
Tommy Mooney had the last laugh on Oxford United by scoring Wycombe's winning goal on Saturday. But the veteran striker refused to slam the U's fans who gave him stick throughout the match. "It was all light-hearted stuff," he said. "I don't think there
So our County Hall bosses want to charge the residents of Oxford for parking their cars in the streets. I can understand why they want to do this, as a large proportion of homes in Oxford are terraced properties and the only place to park is in our streets
Liz Brighouse (Oxford Mail, February 20) made extravagant claims for the Labour budget she presented to Oxfordshire County Council. Her claims that Labour is the only party to be standing up for the most vulnerable members of our community are hollow
Composer Nikki Yeoh is one of the leading names appearing in Oxford Contemporary Music's forthcoming spring season of concerts which underlines the variety of styles and strong individual performance that we have come to expect. Apart from their expertise
Tommy Mooney had the last laugh on Oxford United by scoring Wycombe's winning goal on Saturday. But the veteran striker refused to slam the U's fans who gave him stick throughout the match. "It was all light-hearted stuff," he said. "I don't think
A regular reader and I need hardly add admirer of this column emailed to tell of two recent visits to Dinton, just over the county border in Buckinghamshire. This beautiful village, at the southern end of the Vale of Aylesbury, has some claim to gastronomic
An Oxford biotech firm is one of two in the UK set to land a £33m Government contract to make a vaccine against bird flu in humans. Chiron, which has its UK headquarters at the Oxford Science Park, along with fellow pharaceutical specialist Baxter,
Shrove Tuesday another day in the calendar which is marked by food. In the Christian calendar, Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, which in turn marks the beginning of Lent. The word originates from the archaic English verb to shrive, which
Sparrowhawks have had a chequered relationship with man. In the Middle Ages, they were prized by falconers, while Victorian gamekeepers persecuted them to such an extent that O.V.Aplin, who was no stranger to the idea of shooting birds, made a vigorous
Nature lovers are being offered the chance to take a more active interest in Oxford's country parks and nature reserves. Volunteers are needed to work alongside the city council's rangers in return for training and experience in countryside management
All the results from the games involving Oxfordshire clubs at the weekend. ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Powergen South West Div 1: Oxford Harlequins 11, Weston-Super-Mare 8. Berks Bucks & Oxon Div 2 South: Oxford 2nd 21, Grove 3rd 31. OXFORDSHIRE
Thames Water is to spend £2.5m improving the River Cherwell through Banbury to encourage wildlife and plant growth. The improvements, which have been welcomed by the Environment Agency and local anglers, will see clean water from the town's Spital Farm
With a serpentine plot that twists and turns so violently that it ends up tying itself in knots, Lucky Number Slevin is a stylish exercise in deception and misdirection that is almost too clever for its own good. Screenwriter Jason Smilovic takes obvious
Proof, a slow-burning meditation on love and mathematics based on David Auburn's award-winning stage play, doesn't sound like the most gripping or engrossing proposition. However, as with the complex algebraic hypotheses and deductions which underpin
All the results from last weekend's action involving Oxfordshire clubs. COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Wycombe Wands 2, Oxford Utd 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd 3, Bedford Tn 2. Div 1 West: Ashford Tn (Middx) 5, Thame Utd 0. GLS FOOTBALL HELLENIC
Witney were celebrating reaching their first Oxfordshire Cup rugby final after their 17-3 victory at home to Henley Wanderers yesterday. Tries by fly half Matt Watts, who also added seven points with his boot, and lock Jez Hicks gave Witney an upset
Frances Hardinge herself cuts a slightly odd figure in her hat and long coat as we talked over lunch. Her debut novel, Fly By Night, is set in alternate 17th and early 18th-century worlds and features rebel presses, a lovable rogue heroine called Mosca
GLS Football Hellenic League: Chipping Norton 2 Fairford Town 2 New signing Julian Spalding struck a spectacular overhead goal as Chipping Norton fought back from 2-0 down at half-time to secure a draw in a game dominated by the strong wind. Chippy
Eric Lax's True Story of the Penicillin Miracle, widely acclaimed when it appeared in 2004, is now available in paperback. Here is a book that can't (quite) be judged by its cover, which shows a montage of grubby white lab coats. The title refers to
It's summer in the Lake District, and torrential rain uncovers a tattoed body on a hillside. But that is not the only thing to come to the surface: centuries-old tales involving the legendary Pitcairn Massacre are being told again. Did Fletcher Christian
GLS Football Hellenic League: Wantage Tn 1, Abingdon Utd 5 Mark Simms struck a quickfire hat-trick in just nine minutes to help Abingdon United record a convincing victory over Wantage in Saturday's Premier Division match at a freezing Alfredian Park
Of all the books designed to fit snugly into Christmas stockings, this is surely the one that will spread festive cheer throughout the year. Simon Hoggart is back with a new treasure-trove of Christmas round robins. This time, the bete noire of the annual
I vividly remember my first visit to the Watermill. It was in the early 1980s, soon after Jill Fraser and her husband, James Sargant, had bought the theatre. As I parked the car, a procession of ducks waddled across the path in front of me. Birds sang
A dad told last night how the MRSA superbug ate almost a quarter of his skull but he doesn't blame the medics. Mark Wilson, 25, had a tennis-ball sized lump grow out of his head after brain surgery and had to have his skull opened up three times to
GLS Football Hellenic League: Didcot 3 Kidlington 2 Only a late strike from Stuart Beavon earned Didcot maximum points against lowly Kidlington, who almost caused a shock at the Loop Meadow Stadium. Kidlington took the lead in the seventh minute
The 2006 Slade Professor of Fine Arts is Tom Phillips and the exhibition at the Ashmolean forms an integral part of the argument of his lectures, Making Art Work. He embarked on the series in January at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Southern League Division 1 West: Ashford Town 5 Thame United 0 When these teams met in August, Thame secured a 2-2 draw. Since then, their respective fortunes have varied enormously and Thame, firmly entrenched at the bottom of Southern League Division
They came, they marched and they shouted. And about the only common ground between the 800 protesters from both sides of the animal testing divide was their confident claim they had won the day. Despite fears of confrontation as two rival groups took
It's always a great bonus to go to a concert and be bowled over by a piece you don't know. Such was the case with the Christ Church Festival Orchestra's performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, a work I have somehow never heard before. But in the hands
Much as we all "love a good thriller", the opportunity to savour one on stage comes all too rarely. Jump at the chance, then, to see Brian Clemens's Strictly Murder, which is being given its world premiere at the Mill at Sonning until March 25. This pretty
Southern League Premier Division: Banbury United 3 Bedford Town 2 Banbury United strengthened their push for a play-off place in Southern League Premier Division by claiming their second major scalp of the week on Saturday. Four days after beating
Not justice, but judgement; punishment, not pity. The Duke departs, leaving Angelo ruling: Claudio is imprisoned; from a convent, his sister Isabella comes pleading and catches Angelo's eye nun so fair? (sorry) and moral compasses spin: her virginity
Spartan South Midlands League: St Margaretsbury 0, Oxford City 3 Oxford City surged back to the top of the South Midlands League Premier Division with a resounding 3-0 away victory on Saturday. City are now two points clear of Harefield, who won in
Why Smaller? My first thought was that the title of this play a vehicle for the talents of Dawn French and Alison Moyet had something to do with the impressive dimensions of its stars, perhaps a comedy on the subject of slimming. It is nothing of the
'The young Kristina Terentieva is clearly destined for stardom" I wrote last year of one of the attendant fairies in this company's Sleeping Beauty. How pleasing to have one's predictions realised and so quickly! On Monday evening Terentieva turned
At the relatively young age of 42, Jimmy Osmond has attained the kind of showbiz status normally reserved for performers twice his age. But then, like his equally famous older brothers, 'Jimbo' has been performing since he was barely out of nappies and
Paul Lewis, of Oxford, wrote on Tuesday's Guardian letters page: "I am becoming increasingly alarmed by the proliferation of Paul Lewises in the media and arts world. There was a time when I felt somewhat special but now I find doppelgangers in the Guardian
I feel pretty sure I never saw the guitarist and singer Nick Drake (above) perform though I know someone who did. Such people are rare, for Drake's performances were few. That was a big part of his trouble he hated appearing in front of crowds, or at
A notorious paedophile kicked out of Australia has fled the quiet Oxfordshire village where he had been living. Residents of East Hanney, near Wantage, spoke of their shock last night after learning that Robert Excell who spent 37 out of 39 years in
Patients in Oxfordshire could lose all NHS dental care from April because dentists are rebelling against the Government's new deal. Brett Sinson, a spokesman for the county's Local Dental Committee, last night warned that although his colleagues have
