RACING car maker Reynard is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a break into grand prix racing. The Bicester-based manufacturer - the world's biggest maker of racing cars and the undisputed champion in Indy Car racing - is to contest the most fiercely
A teenager stepped into his dad's shoes to make sure the show went on. Sixth former Paul Richards knew hardly anything about projection equipment but he learned quickly enough when given the reins at Witney's Screen at the Square in the Corn Exchange.
Oxford University has angered city chiefs by refusing to pay for a public art display at the new £20m Said Business School. City planners want the University to spend £48,000 on public works of art at the new Park End Street business school before granting
Oxfam aid for Central American families devastated by Hurricane Mitch has started to arrive. The Oxford-based charity chartered two planes to fly out essential equipment. One landed in Honduras yesterday and the second was due in Nicaragua tomorrow. Organisers
Round Tabler Robin Gilchrist pocketed at least £1,600 when he stole admission cash from a charity firework display, a court heard. The 40-year-old, of Rose Close, Bucknell, is alleged to have pilfered some of the takings from the Bicester Round Table's
Granmother Christine Knight hopes she has the recipe for success with a celebrity cookbook to raise money for a special school. Christine, of Carterton, cooked up the bright idea and persuaded more than 50 celebrities to send their favourite recipes for
Taxi controller James Barrett tried to smuggle £30,000 worth of cocaine from Jamaica in his shoes. Barrett, 45, of Slade Close, Headington, was jailed for five years after being found guilty by a Crown Court jury. He denied a charge of smuggling. The
Police have promised to crack down on illegally parked taxis in a town centre. Complaints against taxis in Wallingford are on the increase, with residents accusing drivers of blocking roads and damaging flower beds. Insp Duncan Graham, of Wallingford
A man who was rescued from his blazing bed, died in hospital today. A neighbour and a passer-by made a vain attempted to rescue him before firefighters arrived. Rodney Reeves, 58, spotted smoke pouring from his neighbour's ground-floor flat in Banbury
AT 11o'clock today it was exactly 80 years since the guns fell silent, bringing an end to the war that was called The War to End All Wars. As homes and businesses throughout the county ground to a halt, thousands of people in Oxfordshire paused to remember
A troubled Oxfordshire school has advertised for a new headteacher. Donnington Middle School, east Oxford, is seeking a 'dynamic' person to help continue the process of turning the school around from failure to success. The school in Cornwallis Road went
Oxford has been snubbed from a Government list of Britain's most important heritage sites - in favour of Manchester's cotton mills and the Liverpool docks. The city of dreaming spires could have been named among the 500 most important places on Earth
An 87-year-old motorist may be heading for the Guinness Book of Records after spending 50 years with the same insurance company. Former chauffeur Leslie Wear, of Ipsden, near Cholsey, was one of Flint & Co insurance brokers' first clients. Staff at
SHAMED former England rugby captain Will Carling could be in action in Oxford next week. Carling, who led England during their glory years in the early 1990s, has indicated he would like to play for Major Stanley's XV in their annual prestige match against
OXFORD United striker Kevin Francis has undergone another operation on his troublesome knee. But it should only set him back another few days, according to United's assistant manager Mark Harrison. Francis, who has not kicked a ball in a competitive game
George Frew takes to the skies with the Flying Fox copter crew Go and see what hell looks like from the air, they said, so here we are at Oxford Airport in the offices of the Flying Fox - the Bell Jet Ranger helicopter used by Fox FM to report on the
