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Closing prices on August 2, 2006: AEA Technology 101.25 BMW 2712 Electrocomponents 229.75 Isoft Group 60.5 Oxford Bio 23.25 Oxford Instruments 213.25 Reed Elsevier 539.5 RM 174.5 RPS 221 Torex Retail 57.25

Local closing share prices on August 2, 2006, were as follows: AEA Technology 101.25 BMW 2712 Electrocomponents 229.75 Isoft Group 60.5 Oxford Bio 23.25 Oxford Instruments 213.25 Reed Elsevier 539.5 RM 174.5 RPS 221 Torex Retail 57.25

Our sympathy goes to the relatives of the family of four who lost their lives in the latest A34 crash. It is bad enough losing one loved one, but to have a whole family wiped out in a crash, the grief of those left behind must be absolutely devastating

I was disappointed by your lukewarm report of the Newsnight debate on the use of animals in experiments (Oxford Mail, July 28). It stated that "Mike Robins used his own affliction (Parkinson's disease) in an attempt to show the benefits of Tipu Aziz's

I see hat from October, the British passport will cost up to 29 per cent more. One excuse given for this is the inclusion of a digital photograph. I have recently left the custodial services and was told that digital photographs could not be taken of

You report the proposed development by Exeter College in gardens in Iffley Road, Oxford, College homes 'will ruin land' (Oxford Mail, July 14). A huge accommodation block for postgraduate students was built near my home. I can unequivocally state that

Motorists can expect more misery on the A34 through Oxford with congestion increasing but "little or no scope for absorbing it". A day after a family of four from the Midlands was killed on the road near Bletchingdon when their car was crushed between

The Grove-based Williams F1 team have secured a three-year supply of Toyota engines which they believe will propel them back to the front in Formula 1. The former world champions have struggled this year with Cosworth engines after splitting with BMW

AEA Technology 103.5 BMW 2778 Electrocomponents 230.5 Isoft Group 60 Oxford Bio 23.25 Oxford Instruments 216.5 Reed Elsevier 532.5 RM 174.5 RPS 216 Torex Retail 57.25

AEA Technology 103.5 BMW 2778 Electrocomponents 230.5 Isoft Group 60 Oxford Bio 23.25 Oxford Instruments 216.5 Reed Elsevier 532.5 RM 174.5 RPS 216 Torex Retail 57.25

George's Kevin Giles suffered heartbreak as he missed out on a maximum 18-doll haul by a whisker in the Greene King Oxford & District league Giles looked odds on for the magic 18 as he clanged off his first 17 dolls, only for his final stick to skim

Witney Roadrunners' John Atyeo was the first Oxfordshire runner home in third place as Mark Hall (Northern Vets) took the honours in the inaugural running of the MEL Leafield 10-Mile Road Race. Atyeo, the first senior man home, completed the course

Sprinter Luke Chown posted a treble for Abingdon Amblers at the Heart Of England League Division 2 meeting at Banbury. Chown stormed home in the 100m in 11.2secs and the 200m in 22.8, and also took the long jump. Becky Turner slashed ten seconds off

Oxford City's Hannah England, fresh from booking her place at the World Junior Championships, produced another cracking run to finish second at the Norwich Union London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace. The 19-year-old University of Birmingham student was

The Oxford Mail Cross Country League which attracts hundreds of runners to its races each winter is in danger of folding after 20 years. Kit Villiers' retirement as league co-ordinator after 12 years has sparked the crisis with no volunteer prepared

Oxford Cheetahs' Czech reserve Lubos Tomicek finished eighth in Saturday night's European Championship semi-final held at Wiener Neustadt in Austria. The meeting was won by Greg Walasek with a 15-point maximum with Robert Koscieacha on 13 and Damian

Teenage sensation Tai Woffinden, who is riding at reserve for Scunthorpe in this year's Conference League, has been named in the Oxford Gresham Academy team that will contest their first away match in Southern Area League Junior League at Swindon tomorrow

Oxford Cheetahs have not had much luck this season, but will be the first to admit they had a slice of it when Poole's Jason Doyle was excluded in heat 14 on Monday and it made the difference between winning and drawing. From high in the press box,

Oxford Cheetahs will be looking to move off the bottom of the table for the first time when they visit fellow Elite League strugglers Arena Essex tonight. Cheetahs drew level on points with Arena after Monday night's exciting win against Poole, and another

The crisis surrounding The Oxford Times Cherwell League appears to be over after the last of the dissenting clubs agreed to toe the line. The Cherwell called off next week's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) after Wallingford one of four rebel clubs

A QUICKFIRE 49 from Dave Freeman and a stylish unbeaten 50 from 14-year-old Josh Smith took leaders Great & Little Tew 2nd to a seven-wicket win over Abingdon Vale 2nd in Division 6. Vale mustered 160 all out, which Tew passed in just 30 overs. f=Helvetica

THE top-of-the- table clash between hosts Bledlow Village and Stokenchurch ended in a draw. Stokenchurch slumped to 116-5 against Andy Witney (4-51), before rallying to 202-9 as Chris Prime finished unbeaten 64. Bledlow recovered from a slow start

GRAHAM White hit a century, while teammate Nat Watkins fell agonisingly short of a ton as Bicester & North Oxford 2nd piled on the runs at Didcot in Division 4 White was out for 102 and Watkins for 97 in Bicester's formidable 252-6 dec off 49 overs.

A MAGNIFICENT 166 not out from youngster Matthew Baggs set Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts on their way to an easy win over Cumnor 2nd in Division 3. Baggs hit one six and 27 fours, while Ian Mead cracked 51 not out from 49 balls as the pair added

AN unbeaten 137 by Australian Craig Cullen proved the difference between Abingdon Vale and Great & Little Tew, as the latter kept up the pressure on Division 2 leaders Cumnor. Cullen starred as they passed Vale's 208-9 to clinch a six-wicket win with

TIM Morgan hit 72 for Aston Rowant, who beat Milton Keynes Park with four balls to spare to return to the top of the Division 1 table on Saturday. Park had posted 204-5 from their 50 overs, in which stand-in skipper Graham Simpson top-scored with 52

A survivor of Oxford's Eastern Bypass crash has spoken for the first time about how he rebuilt his life and devoted his University degree to his best friend. Daniel Orme's life changed forever when, as a passenger, he was hit by an out-of-control car

A pilot scheme in Oxfordshire which resulted in thousands of pounds worth of drugs being seized in police raids is to be rolled out across the UK. Police told of their success using information from the Thames Valley Crown Prosecution Service antisocial

David Reid has been banned from stepping foot on an Oxford estate for two years, days after a similar order was overturned. Reid, 37, right, of Green Hill in Greater Leys, Oxford, was sentenced to five months in jail after pleading guilty to one count

A school is to undergo a multi-million pound renovation to expand and improve its classrooms. Gosford High School in Kidlington has been given permission by Oxfordshire County Council to spend £1.8m on a new design and technology block. The project

The headteacher of Peers School, which was placed in special measures last October, has pledged the school is on its way to becoming "the rising star of Oxford" after getting a positive follow-up report from Ofsted. Lorna Caldicott said she had been

A pile of cut straw and bales went up in flames in a field near Freeland. Three fire engines were called to the field, off Cuckoo Lane, on Monday at about 6pm after flames were seen. Passer-by Peter Leigh captured this image, right, on his camera. A

Oxfordshire author Sheila Kitzinger has branded a High Court judge "outdated" after he rejected her daughter's fight to have her gay marriage legally recognised in Britain. The 77-year-old feminist pioneer and author, from Standlake, near Witney, spoke

Animal rights activists claim they have conducted a series of attacks against firms working for Oxford University as they continue their campaign against its new animal laboratory. The Animal Liberation Front claims to have glued and disabled card swipe

Swear words and a Nazi swastika were daubed on a disabled woman's car in Oxford the fourth vandalism attack she has suffered in 18 months. The woman, who lives in Stubbs Avenue, Headington, and is too frightened to be named, was shocked to find her

Police eported a quiet night as dispersal orders came into effect on Oxford's Rose Hill estate and at Iffley Lock. The orders which give police the power to move groups of two or more people away from a designated area and order them not to return

County councillors should decide by the end of the year whether to push forward with Witney's Cogges Link Road or an alternative scheme. But it will be years before work on the second phase of the West End Link Road, in the town centre, starts and

A team from Oxford's Bodleian Library triumphed in the final of University Challenge: The Professionals. Millions of BBC2 viewers tuned in last night to watch the Oxford University librarians beat the Royal Statistical Society 230-125 in the match,