THAMES Valley Police officers are to get an extra 2,000 a year to offset the cost of living in the region. The allowance, which Police Federation bosses said would 'ease the pain' of high rent and housing costs, will be paid to all officers who joined
JON Richardson returns to the United line-up for today's Division 2 game at the Manor, but fit-again midfielder Paul Tait will probably have to make do with a place on the bench. Manager David Kemp may be tempted to bring back the pacy Chris Hackett.
FOR six Horspath cycle speedway riders, the 2001 season starts six weeks early when they fly from Heathrow Airport tomorrow to take part in a British Lions tour of Australia. New signing Dave Murphy, back with the club after a season at Poole, Steven
OXFORD Under 11s seven-a-side footballers are on the glory trail again. The city association, who went all the way to Wembley in the ESFA Adidas Predator Premier Trophy, have done it again. Oxford, who shared the trophy beneath the Twin Towers with Chester-le-Street
OXFORD Stadium are laughing all the way to the bank after staging another highly-successful live Sky TV greyhound meeting. The William Hill Trafalgar Cup final on Tuesday saw attendances climb a third on last year, with the tote alone taking 20,000. The
With original music by Matthew Smallwood this promises to be a compelling evening's entertainment. Based on real events, this play is set in Stratford-on-Avon during the summer of 1613. It tells the story of Shapkespeare;s daughter, Susanna, married to
OXFORD United striker Andy Scott is eager to get off the mark for his new club against Wycombe Wanderers in today's Division 2 derby at the Manor Ground after experiencing his leanest spell of the season! Scott hit 15 goals for Brentford, including 13
Gillian Stratton is so impressed with her beatiful amaryllis, she wanted to share it with This is Oxfordshire readers. Mrs Stratton, of Wood Farm Road, Headington, was given the plant by a friend who had to go into hospital just after Christmas. She has
RICHARD Burns, the Kidlington driver, and Scot Colin McRae lost all chance of winning the Swedish Rally when they got stuck in snowbanks on the first day yesterday. Spain's Carlos Sainz, who has never won the rally, leads the way
YOUNGSTERS Harry Bowerman and Josh Andrews, from the Salle Oxford club, struck gold at the Berks, Bucks & Oxon fencing competition at Earley, Reading. Bowerman led home a clean sweep for the Rye St Antony School-based club in the under 14 foil event
LONDON Broncos rugby league players attended a supporters' club meeting this week at Oxford Rugby Club in Hinksey where they answered questions about their skills, training programme, fitness and diet. Among them was 19-year-old Darrell Griffin, a former
OXFORD City Stars, who have just reached the English National League ice hockey play-offs, take on Oxford University at Oxford Ice Rink in the annual Town v Gown challenge next Sunday, February 18 (7.15pm). All proceeds from ticket sales, programme sales
CHESS players from Magdalen College School, Oxford continued their domination of The Times British Schools zonal final by securing their seventh title triumph in the last eight years. The Oxford school's victims this time were Dr Challoner's School, Amersham
As the time of flowers, secret love messages and candlelit dinners draws near, the Internet race to cash in on that Valentine's feeling is escalating. Feeling romantic: Have an online Valentine In the lead-up to the big day, websites are offering everything
Sitting in a traffic jam must be the biggest waste of time imaginable. By the time you've resorted to phoning a friend on the mobile, making your face up, and checking out your diary for the day, there's not much more you can do. Traffic analysts say
A NEW chief executive has been appointed by Oxfordshire County Council. He is Dr Richard Shaw, the environment director at Surrey County Council, and a former Private Secretary to three Government ministers. Dr Shaw, who is married with three children
A MOTHER who put her baby's life in danger by injecting him with muddy water has been jailed. The 25-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was put under a 24-hour watch by nurses at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital after her nine-month-old
