MIDFIELDER Peter Fear, left out of the Oxford United team for the last two matches, has taken it on the chin and volunteered for extra training in a bid to get back his place. Fear was former manager Malcolm Shotton's big summer signing from Premiership
A bright idea means children will be safer when they walk to school. Pupils at North Hinksey Primary School, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, and Faringdon Infants School, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, have been given bright-yellow luminous footprints to make
CAR mechanic Malcolm Richards was riding his high-powered motorbike at 120mph shortly before a double collision which killed him. The 51-year-old, of Napier Road, Cowley, had bought the 1100cc Honda Super Blackbird for £7,000 and had been out with a friend
Wondering what ultimate present to get your biker friend for Christmas? How about a big boy's (or girl's) toy - a track day motorbike? Then again, you could always treat yourself! And no spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend can really complain as the money
Oxford University 15, Racing Club Paris 22 By MICHAEL KNOX THAT was better! Oxford University may have slipped to their third successive defeat, but they produced a display of both skill and commitment to take this leading French club to the wire at Iffley
BUSINESSMAN David Gibson has warned that hundreds of jobs could be at risk unless planners quickly sort out the future of a former USAF air base. Mr Gibson, managing director of vehicle marketing support company Keddy Services, said the continuing debate
Children exercised their right to let their voices be heard to mark a UN convention. This month marks the tenth birthday of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It states that every child has the right to be heard on issues which affect them
Conservatives have claimed the TV savaging given to the Oxford Transport Strategy was fully justified. Although county officers believe the strategy has been good news for the city, the Tories have backed BBC's Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson, who
A PRINTING firm was fined £10,000 after polluting a pond with linseed oil. Altovar, based in Thorpe Way, Banbury, was prosecuted after a complaint was received about pollution in water near the firm in July last year. It was reported to the Environment
Retired roadsweeper Fred Skinner, 87, is still suffering panic attacks more than a month after he was kicked and punched to the ground on his own door- step. Now police have launched a fresh appeal to catch the thugs responsible. Mr Skinner is now nervous
One of the most explicit movies to get the go-ahead by the British Board of Film Classification will be shown in Oxford from tomorrow. The provocative French film, Romance, which tells the story of a young woman embarking on a sexual odyssey to test her
By Jon Murray RICHARD Burns believes this year's Network Q British Rally, which starts in Cheltenham on Sunday, will be like no other. The Kidlington driver is expecting a titanic Battle of Britain showdown with Scot Colin McRae as he bids to win the
OXFORD City's epic three-match FA Cup tie against Wycombe Wanderers is set to bring the Ryman League club the equivalent of two years' gate money. City, who bowed out 1-0 on Tuesday after pushing the Division 2 club all the way, can expect to make more
Life has never been better. We're living longer, getting richer and even the weather is better than it was 100 years ago. If the figures - published last week in a Government survey - are to be believed, life in the closing stages of the 20th century
A grant of more than £1m has been given to a HIV research project involving Oxford scientists. The cash from the Wellcome Trust will be used to find ways in which the immune system can be bolstered so it can fight the virus. The results could lead to
The widow of a heroin victim made an impassioned plea today to young people in Oxford - get off the killer drug. After an inquest into the death of her husband Martin, 27, Tracey Meredith said he was just one of "five or six people" she knew had died
