CAR makers Rover and BMW are hunting for 12 young people to take part in a pioneering European apprenticeship scheme, writes David Duffy. The fortunate few will be the first to join the European Engineering Development Scheme, Rover Group's latest 16+
BARBER John Preece is hanging up his scissors after cutting hair for nearly 70 years. Mr Preece, 83, started lopping people's locks back in 1928 and says he has trimmed thousands of customers since. He has run his own barber shop in Honey Lane, Cholsey
FIREFIGHTERS rescued two boys from a burning flat in Wantage Market Place on Saturday night. Fire crews broke into the flat to rescue a six-year-old boy and used ladders to reach a 15-year-old who had escaped through a window on to a roof. The flat, above
OXFORD United overcame the body blow of losing Stuart Massey to a terrible injury after just six minutes to record a magnificent 2-0 win against Manchester City at Maine Road. Regrouping and then striking like a lethal dart through top-scorer Joey Beauchamp
GROOVY Su Page is a marvel when it comes to a bit of J-cloth, sequins, string and wood. In fact she can produce fabulous pieces of art from any scrap which comes her way and nothing gives her more pleasure than coming across a box of old bubble wrap which
AN AP-PEAL has been launched for bell-ringers to see in the Millennium in Oxfordshire. Oxford has the highest concentration of bells in one area, with 106 bells in 13 towers and in the county there are more than 170 towers. The plan is to ring the church
A TRAFFIC policeman who hit the bottle after his wife ran off with the next-door neighbour was banned from driving for three years and given 150 hours community service today. Former Pc Desmond Smullen, 39, of Isis Avenue, Bicester, was nearly four times
AN OXFORD circus boss says the Government must intervene to avoid further tragedies with wild animals. Martin Burton, proprietor of Zippo's Circus, says successive Governments have dragged their feet over introducing a proper circus training qualification
THOUSANDS of shoppers signed a petition as part of a town's battle to save its community hospital. A hospital bed and demonstrators dressed as patients and nurses greeted shoppers in the centre of Wantage on Saturday to draw attention to plans to cut
A TACTICAL masterstroke from manager Malcolm Shotton helped bring Oxford United a magnificent fourth away win of the season at Manchester City on Saturday. Shotton designated Martin Gray to do a man-marking job on England's Peter Beardsley, and the midielder
FAMILIES are shunning costs at Oxford Crematorium and bringing ashes back for cheaper rates in their home town. Witney Town Council's cemetery manager Henry Westbury says there has been a rise in requests for memorial plots at the town's Tower Hill cemetery
