Tomorrow: There will be a fair amount of patchy cloud, but also some good breaks which will allow a few sunny spells in places. Outlook for Thursday and Friday: Thursday will start fine and dry with some good spells of sun. Friday will be very disturbed
Furious coach operator Peter Whitehead is claiming £600 compensation from police after two of his coaches were ordered off the road in a spot safety check on school buses, writes Suzanne Huband. The coaches, used to transport pupils to schools in Witney
A businessman and his accountant were paid more than £125,000 from false VAT claims, a jury was told. Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday, that Christopher Gates, 49, of St Agnes, Cornwall, set up Flycatcher Gibraltar Ltd, to market fly-traps in Spain
The editor of an Oxfordshire-based health magazine was branded a prostitute by her sexist boss, it was claimed at an industrial tribunal. Sandra Bisp, editor of Charlbury-based Healthy Eating magazine, told the employment hearing she had been forced to
BANBURY West End men's tennis team put themselves in pole position to earn a place in the final of the National Club League after recording their best result yet in the Premier Division yesterday with a 4-2 win at Edgbaston Priory. In a match that began
TIM Henman is looking forward to the day when no-one wants to play the Brits on clay. The Oxfordshire star and Greg Rusedski became the first British double act to battle through the first round of the French Open for 20 years yesterday. Henman, Britain's
Former England Rugby Union captain Lawrence Dallaglio today admitted experimenting with drugs in his late teens. But Dallaglio, who resigned as England captain last night, insisted that in his adult life he had become "passionately" opposed to drug use
THAMES Water is proving itself a fount of wealth for chief executive Bill Alexander who has seen his pay spurt up by 18 per cent to £219,000 a year. Thames publishes its accounts for 1998 today. City analysts were expecting it to report about £410m pre-tax
OXFORD United's list of pre-season friendlies is now complete with the addition of a home game against Walsall, the side which has been managed so successfully by their former winger and assistant boss Ray Graydon. The match against the Saddlers, who
An inspectors' report has criticised the performance of magistrates courts in Oxfordshire. Inspectors found that many areas of the courts' work were poor. Clerk to the Justices Jim Biggin, based at Oxford Magistrates' Court, said: "I think the report
A war of words has broken out between an MP and a peace group, writes Nick Evans. The Oxford Stop the War Coalition has criticised MP Evan Harris for giving evasive answers. Members of the campaign group met Dr Harris at the West Oxford Community Centre
Lord Lieutenant Hugo Brunner was collared by Dutch customs officials during his first official overseas trip - for carrying an enormous sword, writes Paul Harris. Mr Brunner, the Queen's representative for Oxfordshire, was unaware his 4ft-long sword would
A Crown Court judge is calling on Health Secretary Frank Dobson to explain why there is no room at any of Britain's high-security mental institutions to house a dangerous robber, writes Andrew Ffrench. Jamie Staley, 21, of Marsh Road, Cowley, was facing
Elaine Anstead's body was in plaster and she was in terrible pain as a result of a rare spinal condition, writes Rebecca Smith. But she never gave up hope of making a recovery - and is now running her own bridal shop. Elaine, 46, of Mayfield Close, Chalgrove
A man who helps psychiatric patients with their gardening has landed a dream job, working for the likes of Ulrika Jonsson and Dale Winton, writes stephen Deal. Aiden Spackman, 23, of Droveside, Cholsey, has been hired by the BBC to come up with new ideas
