BUSINESSES in Oxfordshire are being warned not to let their heartstrings be tugged by a mystery chain letter about a dying child, writes Chris Koenig. The letters ask firms to send compliments slips to a seven-year-old boy in Carshalton, Surrey, who they
A YOUNG mum who was raped as she walked past a Didcot churchyard fought back against her attacker, detectives have revealed. Officers said that during the brutal attack by the knife-wielding rapist on the 23-year-old single mother, she struck out and
A MAN who lost a toe in a brewery accident is determined to continue working in the industry, his father said today. Steve McCormack, 25, of Pensclose, Witney, was in a comfortable condition after an emergency operation in the John Radcliffe Hospital,
PATIENTS and members of the public will be given a say on the possible closures of three community hospitals in Watlington, Wallingford and Burford. The Oxfordshire Community Health Trust needs to shave £1.5m off its budget over the next four years and
MALCOLM Elias has resigned as Oxford United's youth development officer, writes JON MURRAY. The Welshman is to take up a similar post at his home-town club Swansea City on April 1 after nine years at the Manor Ground. United are considering whether to
IN a month's time the people of Oxford should know whether or not the pedestrianisation of their city centre is to go ahead or not. By then, Government inspector Geoff Brown will decide whether to approve city and county council proposals to close High
A TEENAGER suffered serious injuries when her car was in collision with a police vehicle answering a 999 call. Police have launched an investigation into the cause of the crash and statements were being taken from the officers involved. The roof was cut
AN unborn baby suffered fatal injuries when her mother was involved in a head-on road crash, an inquest was told. Baby Caroline Folkes was delivered by Caesarean section after the accident, but died six hours later from a massive haemorrhage. Caroline's
MALCOLM Shotton made Oxford United's players sit through video replays of their five-goal drubbing at Ipswich rather than relax at home yesterday and declared: "They have to earn their days off." Players normally have a day off following a midweek match
Dear Fiona, The penny is starting to drop as to why there has been so much interest in the Mills family situation, and the bottom line is that to the outside wide world this task is "too big" to think about. Well, it was for me when I first heard it too
The 500lb Bengal tiger ripped off Nigel Wesson's left arm at the elbow after the keeper put his hand back into the cage to close a partition. A spokesman for Chipperfields Circus said Mr Wesson broke an "unwritten rule" by putting his arm into the animal's
