AN INTERNET company that organises virtual conferences over the Web is planning to float on the stock market next month in a move that could value it at £100m. RMR, based in Eynsham, hosts conferences with online discussions, new research published online
A furious farmer is joining forces with residents to fight plans to install a communications mast on a park he gave to the public. John Greening donated Tilsley park in Abingdon to Vale of White Horse District Council 16 years ago. Like more than 400
County education chiefs today welcomed a Budget promise to channel extra funding directly into secondary and primary schools. But health bosses are treating Gordon Brown's £2bn shot in the arm with caution until they are sure of what the cash will mean
The fight to save thousands of British motor industry jobs is moving to Oxford as Prime Minister Tony Blair and his German counterpart Gerhard Schroeder visit the city. Sources at Westminster say Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers is also planning
Oxford's Baroness Young will tonight "champion the rights of parents to protect their children" by blocking new laws she fears will open the floodgates to the teaching of homosexual practices in schools. Lady Young has condemned Government plans to repeal
THE Britannia Stadium or the New Den it definitely isn't, but Mark Harrison, who until recently was Oxford United's assistant manager, dismisses any suggestion that his move to Dhaka to take over as the Bangladesh national team manager is going down in
TRANSFER deadline day dawned at Oxford United with manager Denis Smith hoping to bring in a player on loan - while at the same time holding on to the ones he's already got, writes Russell Smith. With defender Christian Edwards returning to Nottingham
There's music in the air. From the bouncy tune on the radio to the triumphant swell of a symphony orchestra, music is the backdrop to our lives. But like electricity we may all enjoy it, but few of us really know how it works or how it got here. Channel
So that'll be it, then. After 33 episodes, 66 hours of film, 14 years and Colin Dexter alone-knows how many murders, it's goodbye to all that for John Thaw and Kevin Whately as Inspector Morse and Sgt Lewis. We are sitting in John Thaw's impressive trailer
The 28-year-old defensive midfielder, nicknamed "Steady Eddie", and his agent were locked in talks with United boss Denis Smith today. Smith believes he stands a good chance of landing the experienced defender, who has just been released by first division
One of Oxfordshire's growth towns has been told it cannot have its own fire station. The thumbs-down for Carterton has angered the town's former mayor, Dee Bulley, who has been campaigning on the issue for 16 years. "Another year, another report, another
A high-ranking Army officer with a distinguished military career killed himself as he was about to be arrested for "disgraceful conduct". The day before Col Henry Quinn was due to surrender himself to police, his body was found in empty married quarters
WITNEY Town manager Andy Lyne has been dramatically sacked - just two weeks after announcing he would be resigning at the end of the season. Lyne, 46, was given the news in a hand-delivered letter yesterday following Witney's 2-1 defeat by Chelmsford
One year on from the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report, which accused the Metropolitan Police of institutionalised racism, stamping out racist behaviour is a priority for Thames Valley Police and for local community groups. Andrew Ffrench reports. Thames
Each day there are hundreds of people across Oxfordshire who cannot get out of bed in the morning. There's nothing they would like more than to be able to spring up and get on with the rest of the day, but for many that is an impossibility. Their ill-health
Thames Valley Police needs another £10m in its annual budget, according to the force's Chief Constable. That figure would fund 400 new officers and although the force would not recruit them all at once, more staff are needed to cope with increasing demands
