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Oxford has a long tradition of welcoming people of all nationalities and religions. Some have made their homes here, and the city has become richer with their presence. So it is with great regret that we report today the cowardly attack on Sikh Rattandeep

Cheeky students put Oxford University's Bodleian library and its entire stock of books up for sale on Internet auction website eBay in a protest over debt. The historic building and its contents have a reserve price of £189m the estimated student

Police are investigating a suspected arson attack after a greenhouse was torched early today. Firefighters were called to a blaze in the garden of a home at Bear's Hedge in Rose Hill, Oxford, at 2.30am and have alerted police. No one was injured in

Bering Gifts (pictured, centre) lived up to his name by securing a trophy haul for Aston Rowant owner-trainer Alan Hill and jockey James Tudor with victory at the Berks & Bucks Draghounds Hunt meeting at Kingston Blount, near Chinnor. The 11-year-old's

Witney Road Runners' Nikki Slater took the honours in the ladies' race at the Charndon 5K Road Race near Bicester. She won the event which formed part of the Oxfordshire Road Race Grand Prix Series in 16mins 54secs Headington Road Runners' Allison

Oxfordshire's Hatti Dean recorded a pillar-to-post victory in the 2,000m steeplechase at the CAU Inter-Counties Championships at Bed- ford. Radley's national cross country champion stormed home by around 30m from her nearest rival to win in 6mins 44.9secs

Oxford Cheetahs are gearing up for one of their biggest meetings of the season when they take on Swindon Robins in their Elite League local derby at the Stadium tonight. They will be all revved up in trying to retain the Harley-Davidson Trophy, while

Bradley Smith has been going the extra mile to learn the Mugello track for this weekend's 125cc Alice Grand Prix of Italy. The 15-year-old Wheatley Park School pupil said: "I've been studying Mugello hard on the Sony PlayStation as I've not been there

George, Littlemore managed to clang off 102 dolls as they demolished Gladiators 3-0 in the Premier Section of the Oxford & District Greene King League. Despite the rain, no fewer than five players managed to whip off a maximum, with Steve Walton leading

Ben Harmison, younger brother of England paceman Steve, has been included in the Durham squad to face Oxford UCCE in a three-day match in the Parks , starting today. James Lowe will captain the Durham team which could see four players making their first

Oxford City manager Andy Lyne has agreed a two-year contract with the newly-promoted club. Lyne, 54, took City back to the Southern League after winning the Spartan South Midlands championship, following their relegation at the end of the 2004-5 season

Homeless Thame United should know later today where the newly-relegated club will be playing their Hellenic League Premier Division home matches next season. And it is hoped they will find a temporary base back in Oxfordshire. Last season they played

Quotations from musical legends pepper the programme for Buddy testimony to the huge influence of Buddy Holly, who would have been 70 this year. For George Harrison he was "my first favourite and my inspiration to go into the music business", while

People in Didcot say large silver birch trees overhanging their gardens are causing drains to block and driveways to crack. Pensioner Ina Kent, 82, who lives next door to Didcot Girls' School in Churchill Road, said the school's trees blocked her gutters

Kissing gates, stiles and fences will be installed across the Oxfordshire countryside in a bid to open up new routes for walkers.o Eleven sites of downland will see improvements thanks to a £22,000 grant from the Countryside Agency. The money, together

Unstable gravestones in Bicester's cemetery have been laid flat and could be thrown away if not claimed by relatives within two years. In the past, Bicester Town Council has repaired unsafe headstones, but councillors say it is simply becoming too

Witney's Moorview Hospital is to close, prompting growing concern for the future of local mental health services. Despite a long campaign against the move including a petition signed by 8,500 people the Oxfordshire Mental Health NHS Trust has told

A poet and cancer patient has recorded a CD of his verses to raise money for hospital radio.o Colin Peach, of William Street in Marston, Oxford, decided he wanted to give something back to Radio Cherwell after listening to the station during recent

A rescue team is ready and waiting to fly out to earthquake struck Indonesia and is appealing for donations. Medics and specially trained rescue personnel from Oxfordshire Search and Rescue (Osar) have been packing supplies and equipment and are waiting

A lorry driver who slept with the daughter of a woman he met on the internet has been told he will be going to jail. Gary Crowhurst, from south Oxfordshire, started a sexual relationship with the 18-year-old, even though she has learning difficulties

Oxford University today revealed the true extent of the disruption, violence, intimidation and havoc still being caused by animal rights protesters. Despite work on the controversial £20m research laboratory in South Parks Road progressing swiftly,

Arsonists have caused serious damage to a former school building in Witney. A blaze was started in what used to be Springfield School, in Moorland Close, at about 9.40pm on Monday. More than 40 firefighters from Witney, Burford, Bampton, Eynsham and

Most people buy land before setting up home on it and yesterday Mark Warner learned that lesson the hard way after being evicted by bailiffs. The 30-year-old lorry driver had been living on land between Oakley and Worminghall, for more than six months

Standing in the crypt of Oxford Castle, I am almost grateful for the far-off sound of Bon Jovi on the electrician's radio. But not even that can completely stave off the creepiness of this cold, dark, shadowy place. With only a day to go until Oxford

A man found hanging from a tree in a nature reserve died yards from where children were playing. Samuel Bowles, 20, of Pochard Place in Greater Leys, Oxford, was discovered by walkers in a wooded area of Spindleberry Nature Park in Blackbird Leys, Oxford

Sick children at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital will benefit from former EastEnders star Lucy Benjamin taking part in ITV1's Celebrity X Factor. The 36-year-old is using the week-long Battle of the Stars to boost funds for Rosie's Rainbow Fund, which

Police fined 10 drivers within the first 20 minutes of a 24-hour clampdown on Oxfordshire motorists who refuse to belt up. The operation was planned to coincide with the week following the anniversary of the Eastern Bypass crash. The crash claimed

A Sikh man was verbally abused by two racist thugs and had his turban torn off while up to 40 onlookers stood by and did nothing. The attack on Rattandeep Singh Ahluwalia in Oxford city centre comes a day after 19-year-old student Tom Grant was stabbed

PLYMOUTH defeated a committed Oxford Cavaliers side 44-22 in wet conditions in the TotalRL.com Conference South West and Midlands Division. The visitors won both clashes between the teams last season, but had to work hard to make it a hat-trick. With