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AEA Technology 110.25 BMW 2747 Electrocomponents 248.5 Isoft Group 86.5 Oxford Bio 28.25 Oxford Instruments 202 Reed Elsevier 526.5 RM 176.75 RPS 207.5 Torex Retail 83.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

AEA Technology 110.25 BMW 2747 Electrocomponents 248.5 Isoft Group 86.5 Oxford Bio 28.25 Oxford Instruments 202 Reed Elsevier 526.5 RM 176.75 RPS 207.5 Torex Retail 83.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

AEA Technology 110.25 BMW 2747 Electrocomponents 248.5 Isoft Group 86.5 Oxford Bio 28.25 Oxford Instruments 202 Reed Elsevier 526.5 RM 176.75 RPS 207.5 Torex Retail 83.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

Reigning champions Railway Club made an impressive start to the defence of their Men's Premier Section title with a 7-2 victory at home to Shelley Arms C. In a high-scoring match containing seven maximums, Railway stormed into a 3-0 lead with wins

Vic Barney, a former Headington United captain who became one of the first Englishmen to play league football in Italy, has died at the age of 84. Barney, who lived in Farmers Close, Witney, died at the John Radcliffe Hospital on Friday. It was in

Witney took runners-up slot against 15 teams from many of the Midlands top clubs who competed for the Premier Warehousing Trophy at Coventry's 50 metre pool on Saturday. Their consistency in posting times close to their personal bests brought Witney

Oxford Cheetahs are still looking for their first away win of the season after this 53-37 Sky Sports Elite League defeat against Wolverhampton at Monmore Green last night. They could just not cope with the powerful spearhead of Billy Hamill and Peter

Bosses are being urged to sign up a student in a bid to boost their business. The Shell Step programme wants to hear from Oxfordshire employers who have projects that could be tackled by an ambitious undergraduate. And it also wants students looking

The identity of a company which has taken on one of the biggest empty properties in Oxford can now be revealed. Medical technology firm Becton Dickinson UK (BD) will move into the Danby Building on the Oxford Science Park next year bringing its 80 staff

A former fish farmer has netted a new career running what he believes is the first milk shake bar in Oxford for half a century. Jason Lowe has opened Moo-moos in the city's Covered Market and is hoping to cash in on trade from students and shoppers

Bosses are being urged to sign up a student in a bid to boost their business. The Shell Step programme wants to hear from Oxfordshire employers who have projects that could be tackled by an ambitious undergraduate. And it also wants students looking

The identity of a company which has taken on one of the biggest empty properties in Oxford can now be revealed. Medical technology firm Becton Dickinson UK (BD) will move into the Danby Building on the Oxford Science Park next year bringing its 80 staff

A former fish farmer has netted a new career running what he believes is the first milk shake bar in Oxford for half a century. Jason Lowe has opened Moo-moos in the city's Covered Market and is hoping to cash in on trade from students and shoppers

Thames Water, the company that supplies Oxfordshire, is under investigation for failing to compensate its customers for missed appointments. Each time an appointment to read a meter or carry out repair work is missed, customers should be given £20.

One of the first people to be given an Asbo in Oxfordshire has said it helped turn her life around. Mother-of-three Nicola Francis, from Sandy Lane, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, was given a three-year Antisocial Behaviour Order in 2003, after she and her

A mother is furious after she was prevented from breast-feeding her baby in a store's changing room. Staff at Zara, a clothing shop in Oxford's Clarendon Centre, told mother-of-two Jenny Hall that she would not be able to feed her eight-week-old son

It's back to the day job for physiotherapist Roger Weddell, who has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. The 28-year-old Territorial Army officer, who is a member of the 202 Field Hospital based at the Slade Park Barracks in Headington, Oxford

Oxford's new Lord Mayor, Jim Campbell, was grateful it did not rain on his parade yesterday but he was prepared in any event. Mr Campbell, who took up office earlier this month, toured the city in an open-top bus in the annual tradition. And although

CRAIG Burrows hailed his team's effort and challenged them to go one better in next season's county competition. The Oxon skipper said: "I'm really proud of the boys. We battled really hard, and in the last five minutes it could have gone either way

Singer Zo Mace and 500 Oxfordshire children are urging sponsors to help with a massive concert next month to raise £15,000 for a range of young people's charities. The musical extravaganza at the New Theatre, Oxford, is being held to help the Oxford

A driver died after his car left a country road and crashed into a tree on Sunday night. The accident happened at around 7.30pm on the A417 between Upton and Blewbury, near Didcot. The 58-year-old driver of the green Vauxhall Vectra was declared dead

OXFORDSHIRE failed to erase the ghosts of 2003 as they fell to a 21-17 County Championship Plate final defeat at the home of rugby yesterday. This was a far closer game than three years ago when they were convincingly beaten 27-8 by Northum- berland

MP DR Evan Harris has defended the 'abortion pill' after new figures revealed a record 10,000 women had terminations at home last year. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) said nearly a third of the 32,000 terminations it provided to women

Friends of the Earth has claimed Oxfordshire County Council, the county's waste disposal authority, will not meet Government targets to reduce the dumping of waste at landfill. And the environmental pressure group said documents distributed to potential

A task force set up to fight the crimes people fear the most has said it is already exceeding its targets. The Oxford Safer Communities Partnership (OSCP) says burglary has fallen by 1.3 per cent, car crime by 24 per cent and theft from a person by

Plans for a new railway station have not been abandoned, according to the county's transport boss. The denial has come after Oxfordshire County Council made a station for Wantage and Grove a lower priority in the coming year at a recent cabinet meeting

OXFORDSHIRE full back James Hewitt was left devastated after being ruled out of yesterday's County Championship Plate final by a freak injury. The 20-year-old Chinnor player was due to start at Twickenham, but suffered an horrific leg break in the

Residents living on a Bicester estate plagued by antisocial behaviour have given the thumbs up to new police dispersal powers. People living and working in the area said problems with antisocial behaviour were much better since the new police powers

There have been church services to bless cats, dogs, rabbits and farm animals in Oxfordshire. Such services mean a lot to children and animal lovers, but what about some other much-loved creatures that are dear to many hearts the humble Teddy Bear?