FAMILIES in Oxfordshire are being recruited to help scientists track down the genes linked to the bone disease osteoporosis. Oxfordshire gene research company Oxagen is to co-operate closely with six leading European bone research groups in a bid to spot
A teenager has been killed in a riding accident near Banbury. John Wilson, 14, of Woodway Farm, Sibford Ferris, fell off his pony while riding near Woodway Lane. Police said John, who was wearing a safety hat, was riding with his mother Sue in a field
A driver stopped by police was found to have drugs with a potential street value of £100,000 in the car. Anthony Garlick, 40, of Lockinge Close, Didcot, said he was delivering the drugs for someone else when he was stopped and his car searched in Wallingford
A young Italian lorry driver was last night awaiting release from Bullingdon Prison after being bailed in the sum of £10,000 following a fatal crash near Abingdon. Cyclist Robert Hutchings, 56, of Norman Way, Abingdon, died in the John Radcliffe Hospital
Novice ten-year-old angler Christopher Dunn astonished fellow fishermen when he caught a bream one-and-a-half feet long. The youngster found the seven-and-a-half-pound fish so heavy that it took him almost an hour to haul it in. And, when the fish appeared
Thames Trains was today (FRI) among rail operators told to improve performance in a national report revealing a severe reduction in punctuality. Following the report by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs' recent good form will be put to the test when they visit Manchester tonight to take on second-placed Belle Vue Aces in their Elite League clash. Back-to-back victories over leaders Ipswich and King's Lynn within a week have boosted
OXFORD United hope to have Steve Davis and Andy Thomson back again after injury to face Wolves in tomorrow's all-ticket Division 1 game at the Manor Ground. Davis (Achilles) and Thomson (ankle) missed the 3-2 Worthington Cup win at Luton in midweek, but
Disabled driver David Rickards leaped out of his three-wheeler car in a rage and headbutted a pensioner on the pavement. The 45-year-old orange badge-holder was furious that Frank Terrell, 69, banged on his "pride and joy" as he drove over a road hump
The RSPCA has said it found no cruelty at an Oxfordshire farmer's cat-breeding business. A special team was invited to look at the premises at Hillgrove Farm, Minster Lovell, for two hours following allegations by animal rights campaigners. The team included
Catholic priest Father Ted O'Malley has been charged with nine sex offences including male rape and indecent assault. Father O'Malley was suspended in June as priest of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Banbury, after police said they were investigating
Conservation body English Heritage has agreed that Morrells' historic Lion Brewery in Oxford should not be knocked down. Oxford city planners said this week that a preservation order protecting the buildings from demolition or major alteration had been
More than 250 Oxford residents refused last night to be railroaded into having a mountain of concrete dumped on their doorstep. Railtrack wants to build an industrial depot handling rock at Hinksey Sidings, next to Hinksey Lake in south Oxford. It does
POLICE have warned Oxford United fans that there will be no tickets on sale at the Manor tomorrow for the all-ticket game with Wolves - and there will be no exceptions. The game is all-ticket on police advice after United unsuccessfully appealed against
UNITED'S players will march out to the sound of It's Like That (That's The Way It Is) by Run DMC at the Manor tomorrow, writes JON MURRAY. The Oxford Mail and United received dozens of suggestions after manager Malcolm Shotton said he wanted something
