Tomorrow: Heavy rain will spread but it will ease to wintry showers with increasing fine periods in the afternoon. Outlook for Saturday and Sunday: Chances of rain, but it should stay dry. Story date: Thursday 02 December Converted for the new archive
By Jon Murray KEVIN Francis successfully came through his first 45 minutes of football this season in last night's Avon Insurance Combination game at Portsmouth. The 6ft 7in striker, who has been on the sidelines since May when he ruptured his Achilles
Hounds caused chaos on the A34 when they chased a fox on to the busy road during a hunt. Drivers braked as the fox and up to 30 hounds from the Old Berks Hunt ran on to the road near the A415 junction to south Abingdon yesterday afternoon. Police said
Trading standards officers are warning business people to be on their guard against postal fraud, writes Chris Koenig. Businessman Clive Loxton, who runs Building & Electrical Services in Abingdon, was surprised by an offer from Nigeria to deposit
A trio of thieves who targeted foreign students were caught red-handed by a CCTV system, writes Mark Templeton. The teenagers - dubbed 'dippers' because they stole from rucksacks and bags by dipping their hands in - had been stealing from overseas students
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch last night told an Oxford audience that the students of the future could be studying at a "cyber" university on the Internet, writes Madeleine Pennell. Speaking at the Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, he gave the last
Two sisters were stunned when a double-glazing firm arrived at their house and removed the front door and three other doors, writes Stephen Deal. Margaret Turner and her sister, Jane Green, were left with gaping holes and phoned the police who arranged
COURAGE Combined Counties League clubs have voted unanimously for the formation of another division. The decision was taken because the league are worried that clubs could leave them as they improve their facilities up to Ryman League level and would
If the thought of sleepless nights and stretchmarks makes you think twice about motherhood, then do not despair, writes Cate Wilson. You will soon be able to have a virtual baby instead.The cyber youngsters are programmed to make the same demands as a
BUSINESS leaders in Oxfordshire are urging the Government not to press ahead with plans to tax employee car parking spaces. At a meeting with Andrew Smith, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and MP for Oxford East, members of the Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce
A woman who was blacklisted by temping agencies in Oxford because of her criminal activities began a 15-month jail sentence yesterday, writes Colin Fenton. Viola Sander, 35 of Brookside Court, Oxford, was jailed for theft, deception and breach of a suspended
A retired Oxford doctor told today of his lucky escape from an Australian train crash thought to have killed 12 people, writes Andrew Ffrench. Sixty-five people were also injured when a commuter train carrying 1,000 passengers ploughed into the back of
If wondering what happens to the water when you flush the loo is driving you round the bend - a transparent lavatory bowl could be the answer, writes Tim Hughes. The unusual bathroom device is one of several "hands-on" attractions planned for a new £1.7m
Two years ago Oxford University started a trailblazing summer school to attract pupils from families who do not traditionally apply to degree courses, write Madeleine Pennell. The idea quickly spread to Cambridge, Bristol and Nottingham universities and
Shamed grandfather David Latimer's life is in ruins after he was convicted of indecently assaulting a teenage pupil at the school where he was a caretaker, writes Phil Clee. The 50-year-old, who was site manager at an Abingdon school, knows his crime
Police traffic officers will no longer patrol large sections of the M40 motorway as part of a drastic campaign to cut fuel bills, the Oxford Mail can exclusively reveal, write Andrew Ffrench. A leaked memo from Thames Valley Police's regional traffic
