Questions were being asked about former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's movements today after his plane took off from RAF Brize Norton at 5am. Home Secretary Jack Straw announced the controversial 84-year-old would not be extradited to Spain and was
Proud mum Sonja Cross was overjoyed when baby Leighton was born in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, writes Victoria Owen. But the birth will not be shouted from the rooftops - unlike when Sonja was born in the same hospital almost 25 years ago. At the
Oxfordshire scientists are trying to find a way to stop oil flowing from the wreck of the World War Two battleship, the Royal Oak, writes By Ian Townsend. The British ship was sunk in October 1939 by a German submarine that penetrated the defences at
THREE players were sent off following a fracas in the B-Line Oxford Boys League game between Radley Under 15s and Highfield. Violence erupted after a Radley player was scythed down by a Highfield opponent and the two started fighting. At this point, the
There is a war going on out there and it's all about bollards. Traffic bollards, you understand - those much-abused and put-upon plastic pillars you see everywhere, wrenched from their island moorings, tossed into rivers, chucked over garden walls, hurled
I have gained access to some of Her Majesty's prisons more easily than I got into the Bodleian Library, writes George Frew. First, you are supposed to produce a letter of some kind, or some ID. Then you are ushered forward where Helen the admin lady takes
Pensioner William Sturt was sent a letter by a cigarette company telling him he wouldn't be eligible for gift coupons - four years after he died from lung cancer caused by smoking, writes Karen Rosine. His widow, Kay, 85, was distraught when she opened
OXFORD United are ready to offload some of their strikers in a bid to balance their squad. Boss Denis Smith has sent a circular to all the clubs in the country to alert them that Kevin Francis, Steve Anthrobus, Derek Lilley and Ben Abbey are available
The National Lottery headquarters could move to Oxfordshire if Sir Richard Branson's bid is successful, writes Karen Rosine. The bids for the lottery franchise were submitted this week and the new lottery operator will be announced in June. Sir Richard
An Oxfordshire firm is threatening to move abroad, with the loss of 67 jobs, if it is hit by a new energy tax, writes Madeleine Pennell. Horticulture company Colegrave Seeds, based in Adderbury, near Banbury, reckons the tax will cost it £70,000 a year
A shortage of skilled labour could mean Rover's Cowley plant losing the chance to build the next generation of Rolls-Royce cars, writes By Roseena Parveen. Speculation is growing over which of BMW's car plants will win the contract to make the new luxury
A depressed businesswoman with a tangled love life was found hanged by her belt in an hotel room, an inquest heard. Arts consultant Lorna "Gill" Glynn, 41, travelled from her home in Plater Drive, north Oxford, to Manchester for a business meeting
FORMER European Tour player Mark Litton is hoping to return to the big time with the help of Magnolia Park supremo John Walters. The club, located near Brill, are sponsoring Litton at the opening European Challenge Tour event in Kenya which starts next
