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The closing prices of local shares on Monday, July 3, were: AEA Tech 103 BMW 2697 Electrocom 231.5 Isoft Group 71.75 Oxford Bio 24.75 Oxford Inst 211 Reed Elsevier 544.5 RM 160 RPS 213 Torex Retail 63

The local share prices at close of business on Monday, July 3, were: AEA Tech 103 BMW 2697 Electrocom 231.5 Isoft Group 71.75 Oxford Bio 24.75 Oxford Inst 211 Reed Elsevier 544.5 RM 160 RPS 213 Torex Retail 63

HEALTH managers in Oxfordshire have been accused of "hiding" a report that suggests ways of preserving paediatric services at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. The report was unearthed by George Parish under the Freedom of Information Act but the Oxford

A FORMER nightspot in Banbury is to become Oxfordshire's first full-time strip club. Cherwell District Council has given Brackley man Ashley Brown planning permission to convert the old Churchill's premises, above shops in Broad Street, into "a gentleman's

WORLD Cup fever could see blood donations in Oxfordshire fall by 17 per cent. Blood donation in England fell during World Cup 2002 as fans' attention moved from donor sessions to the football pitch. In the South East, the average amount of blood collections

PUPILS who were cheated out of World Cup tickets are returning to Germany thanks to the intervention of PM Tony Blair. The 11 Banbury schoolchildren had travelled the first time to Germany but were left without tickets because of an international scam

A WOMAN with an incurable lung disease will demonstrate how she uses Chinese relaxation exercises to stay fit. Linda Fallon, who lives on Banbury's Hardwick estate, will take part in a Tai Chi in the Park event, hosted by the Chiltern Branch of the

AN EXTERNAL review into the actions of killer nurse Benjamin Geen is expected to be completed by September. Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority has asked independent clinical and managerial experts to look into how the 25-year-old casualty nurse

A NEW way of providing youth services has been agreed by Northamptonshire County Council. The decision follows consultation meetings with young people and parents after opposition last year to proposals to close youth centres including Dillons Club

HOLE-in-the-heart girl Nicole Wareing has launched a charity event that will raise money for an organisation that helped save her life. Nicole, nine, of Banbury, has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation to encourage volunteers to take part

MEASLES is back in Oxfordshire and with a sixfold increase this year. Dr Eamonn O'Moore, the county's consultant in communicable disease control, is urging parents to ensure their children have the measles, mumps and rubella jab following the surge

OXFORDSHIRE trading standards officers have warned people they could end up with harmful fakes if they try to buy prescription drugs over the Internet. The county's officers have been buying drugs like Viagra, Tamiflu, Prozac and Valium from foreign

FORMER World Rally Champion Petter Solberg has signed a deal to drive for Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team until at least 2009. The 31-year-old Norwegian and his 42-year-old Welsh co-driver Phil Mills joined Subaru during the 2000 World Rally Championship

Singers who want to hit the right notes will be put through their paces by a man who transformed a group of amateurs into a choir which performed to thousands. Conductor Ivor Setterfield who coached the Blackbird Leys television choir for The Singing

Division 1 Shipton-under-Wychwood 223-6 (S Bates 87, T Foster 3-87), Aston Rowant 224-4 (A Hicks 110, T Morgan 57, D Morris 3-100). Dinton 219-7 (P Atkins 72, D Risden 34, N Brookes 31, K Arnold 3-52), Banbury Twenty 194-9 (J Wright 79, A Grubich

Michael Schumacher revelled in his "beautiful" day after breaking Fernando Alonso's stranglehold on the season with victory in the United States Grand Prix. Schumacher led home team-mate Felipe Massa for a Ferrari one-two which broke a run of four consecutive

nPOWER VILLAGE CUP 1st national round Oxford Downs 257-3 (40 ovs, I Caunce 100, C Sandbach 69, D Lee 54no), Bronwydd 214-8 (40 ovs, M Jenkins 73, W Mitchell 52, S Roberts 3-39. HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury 267 (66 ovs, C Haupt

Airey Cup Quarter-finals Great Horwood 332-4 (M McStraw 140no, S Willet 51, S Parker 35, N Hogston 32), Oxford Caribbean 264 (E Howard 81, G Stevens 43, B Barrett 40, R Mills 31, A Blenheim 30, N Hogston 4-41). Freeland 209-7 (R Howe 66, J Leach

Darren Trinder returned extraordinary figures of 8-8 as Oxford Rescue 2nd thrashed Hanney 2nd by 150 runs in Division 10. Trinder sent Hanney crashing to 66 all out after Rescue had made 216. Adrian Morris smashed 114 not out as East Oxford 3rd thrashed

AEA Technology 101.5 BMW 2675 Electrocomponents 232 Isoft Group 72 Oxford Bio 24.5 Oxford Instruments 211 Reed Elsevier 543.5 RM 163 RPS 215.25 Torex Retail 64.5 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

AEA Technology 101.5 BMW 2675 Electrocomponents 232 Isoft Group 72 Oxford Bio 24.5 Oxford Instruments 211 Reed Elsevier 543.5 RM 163 RPS 215.25 Torex Retail 64.5 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

Dave Prosper scored a glorious 110 as Oxford Caribbean inflicted Tetsworth's first defeat of the season in Division 1 on Saturday. Propser led the way as Caribbean amassed 261, with Ryan Mills smashing a quickfire 65. Tetsworth then collapsed to 151

HCL left hand page OM july 3 CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Thame Town were involved in remarkably high-scoring game at Wokingham and could scarcely believe it as they crashed to an eight-wicket defeat. With prolific run scorer Manoj Parmar

Kidlington picked up their third consecutive victory with a five-wicket success over Bicester & North Oxford on Saturday to leave their derby rivals well adrift at the bottom of the table. It was only in the final ten overs that Kidlington raced to

Spin twins Jimmy Phillips and Luke Ryan (pictured) came within an ace of bowling Banbury to victory at home to Reading on Saturday. The pair, who performed well for Oxfordshire during the week, each took four wickets as struggling Reading finished

A century by John McLean gave Henley a seven-wicket victory over West Herts and kept them in touch with the leaders. West Herts battled hard to reach 208, being bowled out in the 64th over. Henley lost three early wickets in reply before McLean was

It may have been top against bottom, but Oxford came desperately close to beating leaders High Wycombe on their own ground on Saturday. Oxford played above themselves before losing by one wicket after a dramatic final over. Chasing 258 for victory

I had been living in Oxford only a few months when I received a curious flyer in my mailbox. The title was AS-Bop! Come dressed as a Pikey, it read. Someone was throwing a party. But what on earth is an AS-Bop!? And Pikey? This was unfamiliar terrain

Val Faulkner has never lived down the day she was reported missing. Aged just three, she wandered off from her home at Wolvercote, Oxford, leaving her parents and other members of the family frantic. She writes: "During the summer of 1941, I saw my

A clutch of Oxfordshire artists are preparing to follow in the famous footsteps of Rembrandt, as part of Oxford's 60-year link with the Dutch city of Leiden. The group Paul Black, Leora Brook and Tiffany Black, Rory Carnegie, Clare Carswell, Miranda

Pupils and staff wore themselves out by trying out a number of different ways to get healthy and keep fit last week. Children and teenagers at Iffley Mead Special School in East Oxford were speed skipping, playing skate hockey, football, new age curling

A farmer has chugged his way from John O'Groats to Lands End on a tractor. Terry Pope, 58, of Mill Race Farm, Black Bourton, has arrived in Lands End after a 10 day drive from John O'Groats in Scotland, with pal Graham Dell, of Tring, both on 1959 Fordson

As the temperature rises, it is tempting for youngsters to take a dip in the river to cool down. But the death of teenager Hassan Hussain has shown that it can have deadly consequences. An Oxford Mail investigation conducted on the River Cherwell,

I am a long-time customer of Figments shop in Witney and was devastated when I heard the news about the fire which spread through to this lovely shop. I have visited the owner, Alison Edgington, and seen the destruction that the fire and the water has

It might be of interest to Simon Cole, one of the two surgeons being made redundant at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford (Oxford Mail, June 27), that the reduced capacity for, among other operations, hernia repairs might well have something to do

More than 20,000 people chilled out in blazing sunshine at yesterday's Cowley Road Carnival. The theme of this year's carnival was an Eat The World festival with shops and restaurants setting up cafes on the pavement. At the Our World Marquee in Manzil

A community resource centre may be forced to close by the same council that helps pay for its running. The Horspath Road Resource Centre in Cowley, Oxford, has been given a £6,000 rent demand by the city council which, if it paid, would bankrupt the

An ambulance worker whose hernia operation was postponed after a six-hour wait has condemned the sacking of a surgeon at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. William Long, 42, an A&E support worker for Oxfordshire Ambulance Service, suffered an umbilical

Thousands of music lovers descended on Blenheim Palace over the weekend for three nights of live entertainment in glorious surroundings. Chart-topping singer-songwriter James Blunt, boy band Westlife, and pianist Jools Holland attracted gig-goers from

Where once stood thousands of English fans proudly waving St George's flags lay a sea of crushed plastic beer glasses along with any dreams of World Cup glory this summer. As the final kick was beamed to 20,000 people at a Fan Fest on the outskirts

This picture highlights the frightening hidden dangers that lurk beneath the surface of the rivers and waterways of Oxfordshire. The Oxford Mail went out at the weekend to a spot near to where teenager Hassan Hussain tragically drowned while swimming

A teenager was raped and assaulted by four men during a "horrendous attack" in a public park. The 18-year-old victim was sitting on a bench on her own near the Broadway, in Didcot, shortly before midnight on Friday when she was approached by the group