Police are on the alert after a fifth letter bomb, from suspected animal rights protesters, was received - this time by Chipperfield's circus. The package was made safe by Army bomb disposal experts yesterday after it was delivered to the circus's winter
A man has been ordered to curb his temper after assaulting a former girlfriend during an arg- ument. Robert Stewart, 36, of Springfield Oval, Witney, dragged Tracy Clark into his car before speeding off. Judge Anthony King put the divorced self-employed
British High Commissioner Peter Penfold, at the centre of the Sierra Leone arms affair, has returned to a hero's welcome in the capital Freetown. Mr Penfold, of Fisherman's Wharf, Abingdon, was carried on shoulders and in a hammock through the streets
EIGHT youngsters, who have shown immense bravery in often tragic circumstances, flew the flag for the youth of Oxfordshire in a special ceremony last night. They picked up prizes in the Oxford Mail Young Person of the Year Award, at County Hall, in New
BRITISH au pair Louise Woodward should have been cleared of killing the baby in her care, her lawyer said in Oxford. Barry Scheck, who led Louise's defence team in the United States, said: "Anyone who saw the evidence will be confident in my opinion that
A REMARKABLE international effort saved the life of a ten-year-old with a diseased heart, it has been revealed. The boy was kept alive with an artificial heart at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for almost a week. He has since had a transplant and
CABLE company ComTel, which covers Oxfordshire, has been taken over in a £550m deal. The firm, the fourth largest cable operator in the UK, has been bought out by NTL, one of the principal telecom companies in the country. NTL also bought out the UK's
A driver had a lucky escape after his van was wrecked in a crash with a 17-ton lorry on the A34, near Oxford. The Ford Escort van flipped on to its roof after hitting the lorry, which was parked on the edge of the road, yesterday afternoon. The driver
Prince William has NOT been lined up for Oxford's Magdalen College. That's the official line from college president Anthony Smith after claims in a national newspaper yesterday that plans were being made for the Prince to continue his education in the
More than 100 postal staff in Abingdon will be balloted over possible strike action within the next week - after a sacked colleague failed to win his bid to be re-instated. Kevin Tunstall was dismissed in March after a dispute over the non-delivery of
CONFIDENCE and confusion ran hand in hand when Perriss Wilkins raised his British discus record at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium. The Banbury Harriers star had warned the previous week that he would throw much, much further in 1998, but expected the
OXFORD United manager Malcolm Shotton is hoping a pedigree upbringing with Premiership giants Tottenham will allow midfielder Danny Hill's talents to blossom at the Manor Ground. As reported in yesterday's later editions, the 23-year-old became Shotton's
