WELSH water company Hyder has bought the consortium handling Oxfordshire's computer health records in a multi-million pound deal. The former computer centre of the Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority, based at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, was
Calls have been made for more police patrols after a spate of vandalism. About 15 incidents of vandalism in Old Marston, Oxford, including damaged cars, broken windows and arson were reported to police in the last week of August. But the parish council
Radio presenter Sue McGarry was yesterday remembered as "the girl with the smile in her voice". Relatives, friends and colleagues crowded into Blessed Dominic Barberi Church in Littlemore for the Thames Valley FM presenter's funeral. Sue, 35, was found
A couple are busy rebuilding the image of a pub tarnished by its previous landlord. Phil and Hazell Burgess took over the Queen's Own pub in Woodstock three months ago and say they are now putting it back on the map. "The past is nothing to do with us
A ten-year-old girl is set to become a television star on the BBC's annual Children In Need extravaganza. Rhiannon Wilkinson, of Kingsclere Road, Bicester, cares for her mum Helen, who suffers from the blood condition Raynaud's disease, which means she
OXFORD United's bid to string back-to-back wins together tonight has been hampered by a spot of injury trouble to their backs. Malcolm Shotton's team are buzzing after Saturday's 4-1 win over QPR and are hoping to make it two victories on the trot for
Bride Karen Fraser was surrounded by up to 50 friends on motorbikes when she got married - including the groom, writes STEPHEN DEAL. The 35-year-old accountant wore a white wedding dress but husband Bob was done up in leather trousers and after meeting
Former childminder Kay Evans would never beat her three children but she admits she will smack them if they misbehave. Kay, 30, of Coriander Way, Greater Leys, doesn't think it is wrong to smack a child to discipline them. She said: "I don't agree that
...or even a day, if you're the OxfordMail's George Frew! The baby needs new shoes, the bank is on your back because your overdraft is overwhelming, the wife's hinting about a new winter coat, your working suit is becoming shinier than a schoolboy's scrubbed
Motorists in Oxfordshire are being told to brace themselves for more roadworks misery - this time on the A34. The dual carriageway will be closed to all northbound traffic, between the Botley Interchange and the Pear Tree roundabout, for five weeks from
A young nurse who was struck by a taxi after a night out with colleagues, has died in the hospital in which she worked. The 24-year-old woman, who worked in the accident and emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, lost her fight for
Councillors rejected plans to re-open Abingdon's Regal Cinema at a packed planning meeting last night. The decision comes as a bitter blow to supporters of the plans - but will act as a tonic for people in the town who prefer the idea of an eight-screen
Fire chief Tom Carroll has assured the public that the brigade's 999 system can cope with the Millennium bug. But at a meeting of Oxfordshire County Council's public protection committee, Mr Carroll warned that trouble could come from companies whose
Oxford University wants to build a multi-million pound sports complex to restore its days of sporting glory. A major review of sport at Oxford recommends the expansion of the historic Iffley Road ground, where Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile
Beer and burger tycoon Michael Cannon has bought Morrells Brewery for £48m. It will still mean the closure of the historic Oxford brewery, but the new owners hope to keep "the vast majority" of the 77 Morrells staff in work. Morrells beers will now be
FOR the moment, Oxford Harlequins can call themselves the kings of the city after their comprehensive 20-6 victory over Oxford at the Southern Bypass on Saturday. Three tries in the first 25 minutes sewed up this long-awaited derby meeting for Quins,
THE Williams team starts the 1999 season with its most inexperienced Formula 1 driver line-up since it launched into Grand Prix racing in 1978 - but Frank Williams is delighted. Italian Indy Alex Zanardi, 31, has been confirmed as the man who will lead
A ten-year-old girl is set to become a television star on the BBC's annual Children In Need extravaganza. Rhiannon Wilkinson, of Kingsclere Road, Bicester, cares for her mum Helen, who suffers from the blood condition Raynaud's disease, which means she
It isn't often that a 90-year-old gives me a run for my money, but it happened the other day, writes FIONA TARRANT. We were walking up the hill in Chipping Norton, heading from travel writer Barbara Toy's home in Spring Street to the nearby Blue Boar
