Police are linking two incidents of conmen preying on elderly people. In the first incident, a man and his accomplice escaped with a handbag from an elderly couple in Ruscote, Banbury. A handbag was taken from the house. The man had claimed to be working
Holly the dog bit off more than she could chew after swallowing an ice-cream - stick and all. And her owner Angela Robinson could have been left with a very sticky problem after the 90-minute operation to remove the offending stick cost £400. Mrs Robinson
Twenty jobs are to go in an international shake-up at book company Blackwell's. Reorganisation of the Oxford firm's UK and USA library bookselling operations has resulted in the concentration of the work at its base in Portland, Oregon. The change will
Car crash hero Duncan Bridge dragged an injured driver out of his car after it burst into flames. Mr Bridge, 43, then tried to give the driver, Michael Amon, heart massage but his efforts failed. Mr Amon of London Road, Milton Common, near Thame, was
Anne Diamond's nine-year marriage is over and her husband is moving out of their 14-bedroom Oxfordshire mansion, it was reported today. Anne, who won fame as the host of morning TV in the 1980s and early 90s, bought the £1.5m dream home in Cuddesdon,
A group accused of murdering two teenagers in an arson attack swore each other to silence, a court heard. Anum Khan, nine, died in the fire at her home in Magdalen Road, east Oxford, on August 26 last year. Her brother Majid, 15, died two days later.
THE manager of Oxford City athlete Carl Afilaka is threatening to take legal action against the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. The sprinter arrived In Malaysia to represent his country in last month's Commonwealth Games, but was told when he got
Oxford University 27, Bath 53 By MICHAEL KNOX THEY may have conceded more than 50 points, but Oxford RFC emerged with great credit from their entertaining match against Bath at Iffley Road last night. There were seven internationals in Bath's second-string
Human rights come under the spotlight in Oxford this week when members of Amnesty International mark the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, writes ROY COOPER. A film festival is being staged in the city and members of the Oxford branch
Furby has a face that only a mother could love, but despite his Gremlin looks he is expected to win the hearts of a whole nation of little would-be parents, writes SARAH BROWN. And long-suffering mums and dads in Oxford will be the first in the country
A long-awaited bypass will finally open on Friday with a cavalcade led by six vintage cars. Tingewick, near Banbury, is the last village on the A421 to be bypassed, and the £13.25m link, which has taken two years to build, is part of a proposed route
A football club has been "robbed" of a lucrative TV deal because of an animal rights demo, writes Suzanne Huband. Witney Town chairman Brian Constable says his club is missing out on a £15,000 bonanza after switching Saturday's FA Cup clash with Stevenage
BANBURY'S new Castle Quay shopping centre could be the centre of a retail boom, say its new developers, who are selling another seven of their shopping centres. Sarah Hodges, a spokesman for retail property group Pillar said: "Castle Quay is going to
Mountain bike owners are victims of choosy thieves - but police say most of them have only themselves to blame. Twelve of the machines, collectively worth about £3,000, have been stolen in Witney in a matter of weeks - and nearly all were left unlocked
Musician Linus Burdick bought a £700 bar of cannabis so he could make drug-filled flapjacks for himself, a court heard. Police found the block, which could make 1,000 joints, as well as a few smaller pieces, scales and other equipment when they searched
A couple who spent £1,200 on a dream holiday to Cuba are now claiming compensation after they were flown into the path of Hurricane Georges, writes Andrew Ffrench. John Saunders, 47, and his wife Sue, 44, of Grundy Crescent, Kennington, booked a two-week
Drunken pensioner John Keyes tried to hold up three banks in Oxford city centre within half an hour, a court heard, writes Jo Hillier. Adrian Higgins, prosecuting, told Oxford Crown Court yesterday that the 68-year-old, of Hockmore Tower, Oxford, left
OXFORD United's leading scorer Dean Windass has suffered a training-ground injury which makes him doubtful for Saturday's visit to unbeaten Bolton. The former Aberdeen striker, who hit his sixth goal of the season for the U's against Tranmere last Saturday
JOEY Beauchamp's proposed move from Oxford United to Division 2 big spenders Fulham is off. The 27-year-old winger gave permission to his agent to have talks with officials of the Craven Cottage club after a fee for him had been agreed between the clubs
Three women and a baby have crossed the Atlantic for the first-ever meeting of five generations of their family, writes SARAH BROWN The quartet travelled to the home of the senior member of their clan, Mary Lines, 88, who lives in Kestrel Crescent, Blackbird
There was hardly a street party going on at Bicester North railway station when we arrived on a grey and dank post-rush hour morning, writes GEORGE FREW. Floral baskets hung like damp, dripping colourful tributes. Tears of rain trickled down the blue
Oxford United's training complex has been vandalised for the fourth time this season. Now club bosses have put out a call for another ground to use until the problems are solved. The complex at Magdalen School grounds in Sandford-on-Thames has been repeatedly
