Blustery with scattered heavy showers in the evening and the possibility of thunderstorms. Most of the showers will die away during the night with clear spells developing. Tomorrow Another breezy day with sunny spells and isolated showers in the morning
A Oxford student has been elected to the new Welsh National Assembly. Mother-of-three Jocelyn Davies, who is reading law at Harris Manchester College, secured a seat as a candidate for Plaid Cymru, the Party of Wales. She said: "It has been a real honour
MIDFIELDER Martin Gray warned supporters not to think the second division will be an easy ride. Gray, one of those who had insisted all along that United would stay up, was devastated by the team's relegation and, along with manager Malcolm Shotton and
MALCOLM Shotton issued a veiled threat that he might walk out on Oxford United unless he is given a clear picture on which way the club is going. The United boss spelled out his frustration after a heartbreaking afternoon at the Manor Ground yesterday
Oxford Utd 5, Stockport County 0 By JON MURRAY ASTONISHING scenes marked Oxford United's final game of the season at the Manor Ground yesterday when Malcolm Shotton's team got the goals they thought might be enough - but weren't. The U's biggest victory
A drug dealer collapsed in the dock when he was found guilty of conspiring to supply £12,000 of heroin. Mahmood Iqbal, 32, of Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, wept as the jury at Oxford Crown Court gave their verdict. The court heard Iqbal set up the deal
A popular beauty spot has become a virtual no-go area after travellers invaded a nearby car park, residents have claimed. The riverside "bathing place", on the edge of Port Meadow, in Wolvercote, attracts thousands of visitors and tourists every year.
An investigation into the Maxwell pension scandal has run up an £8.8m bill - with no end in sight. Labour backbenchers urged Trade Secretary Stephen Byers to publish the inspectors' findings into the disgraced Oxford tycoon's business dealings. Conservatives
The distraught brother of an Oxford anthropologist missing after a plane crash today spoke of his fading hopes that he would be found alive. Richard Gray said the family had been waiting desperately for news of Dr Andrew Gray, of St Anne's Road, Headington
The Prince of Wales is to pay £50,000 to an Oxford woman who claimed she was sexually harassed by one of his senior aides. Former Royal secretary Juliet Franks, whose family home is in Five Mile Drive, north Oxford, resigned in March after making a complaint
ONE of Oxford's oldest shops, Shepherd & Woodward, is passing into a third generation of family management. The present company chairman, John Venables and his brother Peter, company accountant, are retiring this year after more than 80 years between
Schools in Oxfordshire have been awarded more than £100,000 of Government cash to work together to boost standards. The Education Partnership Programme, announced by school standards minister Estelle Morris today, rewards initiatives which improve standards
Farmer Neil Datson has received an apology over a passport wrangle involving one of his best bullocks. Mr Datson complained to the Oxford Mail after the beast was refused a passport because no-one knew the animal's exact whereabouts during a week back
ONLY a no ball prevented 17-year-old seamer Philip Evans from making a dream debut for Oxfordshire in their cricket friendly against Bucks at Dinton yesterday. With his second ball, the son of former Oxon captain Rupert Evans bowled Bucks opener Matt
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs will be pushed to the limit to keep their excellent away record going when they travel to Monmore Green to take on Craven Shield speedway leaders Wolverhampton tonight (7.30). Fresh from victories at Eastbourne and Poole, they
THIS year's Benson and Hedges International Golf Open is just two days away and organisers are predicting bumper crowds. Tournament director Jim Elkins said the greens were looking far better than last year and predicted that around 50,000 spectators
