AN OXFORDSHIRE woman is lucky to be alive after her glider clipped a house and smashed into a tree. The 35-year-old pilot, who comes from Thame, suffered a fractured pelvis in the accident which happened in the Booker area of High Wycombe. It is believed
HEALTH union bosses have condemned proposals to privatise part of Oxfordshire Ambulance Service, claiming the move could cut jobs and endanger lives. A consortium of NHS Hospital Trusts in the region has hired a consultancy company to draw up plans to
A SIREN should be installed at a psychiatric hospital to alert people to missing patients, says a parish council chairman. Cllr David Weaver made his plea following a series of escapes from Fair Mile Hospital in Cholsey, the latest of which happened at
IT was an all Oxfordshire affair when tennis star Tim Henman presented a top award to leading sports writer John Parsons. Parsons, tennis correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, who lives in north Oxford, was honoured at the Association of Tennis Professionals
A £350,000 restoration of Sir Winston Churchill's grave is a waste of money, claims a priest who officiated at the war leader's burial. The intervention comes as the Churchill family were gathering in Oxfordshire for the re-dedication of Churchill's grave
A WITNEY factory could lose out to the designer fashion firm Kangol in a major contract for the armed forces. C. W. Headdress at Newland stands to shed a quarter of its 80-strong workforce if it is no longer required to make military berets for the Army
A CONFIDENTIAL hotline for people to blow the whistle on banned drivers in the Thame area has been set up by police. People ringing 01296 396166 will be able to give the name and address of drivers who drive even though they have been banned by courts
A BOTCHED hold-up at an Oxford newsagents failed when the would-be robber lost his nerve and fled yesterday. Police said the scruffy man walked into Martin The Newsagent, in Banbury Road, Summertown, and demanded cash from a shop assistant at about 8.45am
BUS passengers will at last be able to use the same ticket on trips with both Oxford's bus companies. The new 'Plus Pass' will offer people unlimited travel on more than 200 buses when it is finally introduced on Sunday, after years of pressure from city
A CAMPAIGNING war veteran's attempt to meet the Emperor of Japan has been given the cold shoulder. Former prisoner of war Arthur Titherington believed the get-together could have helped in the ongoing row over compensation for victims of Japanese PoW
HEADTEACHERS have thrown their support behind a new offensive on drugs in the county. The Oxford Mail is joining forces with Rotary Club members in Oxfordshire to set up a mobile anti-drugs classroom to tour primary schools. The Life Education Centre,
ABERDEEN have opened the way for Oxford United to move for £400,000 rated midfielder Dean Windass - if they want to. Dons boss Alex Miller took Windass into his office and told the 29-year-old he was prepared to let him go, even though he has a year left
