Abingdon Town's Division 3 game with Wingate & Finchley looks extremely doubtful as the Culham Road pitch is under an inch of water. If it does go ahead, then Town centre back Martin Shepherd will be looking to avoid an unwanted hat-trick of sendings-off
A farm shop has suffered a 60 per cent fall in trade - despite remaining open throughout the foot and mouth crisis. Customers have stayed away in droves from The Royal Oak Farm Shop, on the B4027 at Beckley, near Oxford. Shop owner Nathalie Soanes said
Education minister Estelle Morris has praised school staff after they won a national education award. The Achievement Award was given to John Watson Special School,Wheatley, which caters for handicapped youngsters, for getting better results last year
Wallingford Museum is extending its popular exhibition on the history of the town's castle for a second year. On display are recently-discovered maps, new historical research and the story of of the castle site after its demolition by Cromwell's forces
Abingdon United, who entertain Didcot Town in a keenly contested derby, are still without the suspended Wayne Harbert and Mark O'Hara. Saturday's line-up: Abingdon Utd (v Didcot Tn, home) from: G Morton, Riley, Ridley, Hooper, Larman, Parsons, Van De
Letcombe have switched their Cherry Red Records Hellenic League match to Ardley United, who will give late fitness tests to Adam Hodgson and Spencer Warr. *Saturday's line-up: Ardley Utd (v Letcombe, home) from Tassell, Durrant, Wright, Bedford, Goldthorpe
Ski-ing again affects the composition of the Clanfield team who entertain Cirencester United in Division 1 West. This time it is goalkeeper Paul Woolford who is on the piste. Saturday's line-up: Clanfield (v Cirencester, home) from: McPherson, Lock, Bell
Eynsham Community Education Centre starts its summer term on April 30, offering a variety of courses including computing for beginners, yoga and tai chi. Call 01865 880380 for details.
Villagers have set up their own company to safeguard the future of a local shop. The Chadlington Village Shop Committee has reached an agreement with the owners of Slatters Quality Foods to buy the shop. The committee at the store Two years ago the owner
Burford is boasting a trio of firefighters with six decades of service between them. The threesome of Charles Williams, David Hemming and Steve Edginton are now all proud possessors of 20-year good conduct and long service medals. On April 19, they will
Centre back Andy Wallbridge is a slight injury doubt for Banbury United's home game with Sittingbourne. Wallbridge has a thigh strain which kept him out of Banbury's 3-2 defeat at Rothwell on Tuesday. Les Phillips returns for Banbury United Former Oxford
Collections from church services during Lent in Chinnor, Aston Rowant, Kingston Blount and Crowell will be given to the landmine advisory group which is working worldwide to rid countries of landmines.
Banbury West End and North Oxford men begin their National Club League campaigns on Sunday. Banbury West End, former winners, are in the West Midlands division and they open with a trip to Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Others in their section are Cardiff
Life is almost back to normal at The Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford. For more than five weeks, the normally bustling 120-acre park has been closed to visitors because of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease. After a full risk assessment and consultations
The present wall and entrance gates to The Red House in Kingston Blounts conservation area could be demolished to make way for new ones and the garage could be converted into extra living space if South Oxfordshire District Council agrees.
The summer programme at Thame community education centre, based at Lord Williams's Lower School in Towersey Road, includes creative writing, woodturning, poetry, jewellery making, ceramics and alternative therapies. Details from 01844 213400/213114.
Jazz saxophonist and composer Duncan Lamont, who has played alongside Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Paul McCartney, is to perform with his quartet at Goring Village hall on April 13.
Clock hands may have moved forward an hour to mark the start of spring, but one landmark time-keeper failed to chime in the new season. The Jubilee Clock on the tower of SS Peter and Paul Parish Church in Wantage has chimed every quarter of an hour since
Carterton Town's Complete Music Challenge Cup third round tie against Brackley Town - which finished 2-2 after extra time - has been declared null and void. The League took the decision after it was discovered that Brackley fielded an ineligible player
All Oxfordshire weekend tennis fixtures WILSON INTER-CLUB LEAGUE 3-PAIR LEAGUE Ladies Div 1: Abingdon v Oxford Spts. Div 3: Kings Sutton B v Oxford Spts C. Men's Div 2: Abingdon B v Banbury, Oxford City B v Banbury West End B, Thame v Bicester B. Div
Plans to extend the Tesco supermarket in Pingle Drive have been called in by the Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions. Tesco wants to increase the size of the store by about 50 per cent. The plans are now expected to be sent before a planning
Business leaders have criticised the handling of the former American airbase at Upper Heyford. Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Cherwell District Council was guilty of missing an opportunity by trying to limit development at the airfield
More than 4,000 people have sent a message of objection to plans for a huge housing development on the edge of Bicester. In an unprecedented move, opponents to proposals for 1,400 houses being built, galvanised opinions from people in Bicester, Chesterton
Soldiers from Bicester have been drafted in to help in the cull of animals with foot and mouth disease. Thirty soldiers from St David's Barracks, Graven Hill, are already at work helping with culls. Another 30 are being given specialist training. But
Headington Amateurs manager Phil Major has to juggle his resources for the local derby at home to Old Woodstock Town. With goalkeeper Richard Allen unavailable, Ricky Barrett and Gavin Brandram suspended and Ben Wales out with flu, Tony Williams deputises
Banbury West End and North Oxford men begin their National Club League campaigns on Sunday. Banbury West End, former winners, are in the West Midlands division and they open with a trip to Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Others in their section are Cardiff
The Oxfordshire Summer League gets under way tomorrow, with the title races arguably the most open for years. Bicester won the 3-Pair Men's Division 1 title for the first time last year, and are one of five teams who are expected to be fighting it out
Gosford Hill C are the champions of Mixed Division 3A of the Oxford & District League after an 8-1 win against Woodstock. Gosford dropped only one rubber against Woodstock to win Division 3A. Thame A, hot favourites from the start, completed an unbeaten
Berinsfield have secured second place in Division 2 of the Wallingford and District League, following an 8-1 win over Wallingford. Harwell have claimed second spot in Division 3 behind Evenlode B with a 7-2 win over Wantage B.
Combined Counties League AFC Wallingford continue their demanding programme of eight games in 17 days with the visit of Chessington and Hook to Hithercroft tomorrow. Wallingford's run of 17 successive victories, earlier in the season, began with a 4-1
The Ashmolean Natural History Society and Oxford University will hold a series of one-day courses on the Valley Fens of Oxfordshire at the Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham, in June. Call 01865 270380 for more details.
A pub customer suffered a broken jaw when he was head-butted by a teenager who had drunk ten pints of beer, a court heard. Lee Jones, who was attacked by Markus Ingram while drinking with friends at Broadways pub, Didcot, underwent an operation at the
The first meeting of the Chipping Norton family history group will be held in the museum on Wednesday, April 11 at 7.30pm.
Gordon Laird, whose son has been treated for leukaemia at the John Radcliffe Hospital, is running the London Marathon for Malcolm Sargent Cancer Care for Children. To sponsor him, call Michelle Levan, Sargent's sports events co-ordinator, on 020 8752
North Oxfordshire College students Robert Chaplin and Layla-Jade Williams have won places to study at the prestigious Conti Italia Academy in London for BA Honours Degrees in Acting .
A 27-year-old man was rescued from the River Thames in Oxford yesterday after falling into the fast-flowing water near Folly Bridge. He was swept downstream but pulled to safety by emergency services at the University Rowing Club. The man, who was in
The Lawrence Home Nursing Team, which nurses terminally-ill people, is holding its second annual meeting at Chipping Norton town hall on Wednesday, May 9, at 7.30pm. The speakers will be Andrew Langford of the Katherine House Hospice, Adderbury, and MacMillan
A council could refuse to maintain a badger sett until assurances are given that town taxpayers will not foot the bill. The sett was discovered on the new Hanwell Fields development in Banbury during an ecological servey. It has to be protected under
Evenlode A were crowned champions of Division 2 of the Five Disciplines League - despite a heavy defeat in their last match. The Abingdon-based team of Katharine Tustain, Rob Prior, Judy Bendall and Mark Sheldon went down 137-93 to hosts Banbury in the
All Oxfordshire weekend tennis fixtures WILSON INTER-CLUB LEAGUE 3-PAIR LEAGUE Ladies Div 1: Abingdon v Oxford Spts. Div 3: Kings Sutton B v Oxford Spts C. Men's Div 2: Abingdon B v Banbury, Oxford City B v Banbury West End B, Thame v Bicester B. Div
All Sunday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides MORRELLS OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE Premier Div: Mansfield Rd v Rose Hill, AFC Jericho v Six Bells Kidlington, Wheatley v Oxford Supps, Star Wands v Highfield, Star Royal v Blackbird Sunday. Div 1: Wolvercote
All weekday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides MONDAY, APRIL 9: CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Tuffley Rov v Cirencester Acad. Div 1 West: Witney Acad v Cirencester Utd. _______________________ SUBURBAN LEAGUE Premier Div: Hendon Res
All Saturday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 2: Oxford Utd v Oldham. _________________________ RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Ford v Oxford C, Thame Utd v Romford. Div 3: Abingdon Tn v Wingate & Finchley. _________________________
To be able to get up in time to do the job he loves, Tony Noble goes to bed before the theme from Coronation Street has faded from his living room. Some five-and-a-half hours later, in the deep Oxfordshire darkness of Charlbury, he loads up his twin-battery
Homeless people will be helped back on their feet when a new day centre opens in Oxford in June. The Steppin' Stone centre, in Magdalen Road, east Oxford, will offer support to help homeless people integrate back into the community. The new centre will
Rebecca Morris has joined international purchasing specialists ADR, in Wallingford, as marketing manager, responsible for all aspects of ADR's public relations and marketing and co-ordinating new business development. Previously she was an account manager
A healthcare company is pioneering a new service that will change the way people look at their health. Oxford Medical Knowledge, based at the Oxford Centre for Innovation in Mill Street, is launching the service to businesses in Oxfordshire before it
Four pubs in Oxfordshire are joining a campaign to press for a national bank holiday on St George's Day. The Bystander, in Wootton, near Abingdon, the Magic Midget, Abingdon, the Ladygrove, Didcot, and the Tandem, Kennington have started petitions asking
Burford is boasting a trio of firefighters with six decades of service between them. The threesome of Charles Williams, David Hemming and Steve Edginton are now all proud possessors of 20-year good conduct and long service medals. On April 19, they will
A pub chain has been ordered to remove CCTV cameras and lighting fixed to an old dovecote in a pub car park. Bass Leisure Retail has been told it could face prosecution unless it takes down the equipment at the White Hart at Wytham. The cameras and lighting
An £18m scheme to redevelop the Oxford Prison and Castle site has been praised by the Government's architectural watchdog. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has delivered a glowing verdict on plans for a 74-bedroom hotel, heritage
A farm shop has suffered a 60 per cent fall in trade - despite remaining open throughout the foot and mouth crisis. Customers have stayed away in droves from The Royal Oak Farm Shop, on the B4027 at Beckley, near Oxford. Shop owner Nathalie Soanes said
Moves to re-create an ancient crossing over the River Thames have received an enthusiastic welcome. The project, which was championed by former Cumnor Parish Council chairman Frank Cheeseman, was given a boost when people packed a public meeting to signal
Filming has begun on a feature movie about the life of Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Dame Judi Dench, starring in the title role in Iris, appeared in scenes shot at Brasenose College and the High Street, Oxford. Jim Broadbent is playing the writer's husband
The choir from Oxford's twin town of Grenoble will join forces with a city choir for a concert in Merton College. The 40 members of the East Oxford Community Choir have been working hard rehearsing for the joint concert with the French choir, Interlude
A timber company has been granted permission to build new premises. Timbmet now plans to knock down three existing stores and put up a new storage area, improve its drying kilns and build a new boiler, at its Cumnor Hill site. Once work is completed later
Twelve past and present Lord Mayors of Oxford have joined forces to condemn plans to scrap the city's middle schools and replace them with a two-tier system. Seven Labour and five Conservative Mayors set out their opposition to the schools reorganisation
Carterton Town's Complete Music Challenge Cup third round tie against Brackley Town - which finished 2-2 after extra time - has been declared null and void. The League took the decision after it was discovered that Brackley fielded an ineligible player
Oxford United's players have set themselves a new goal for the remaining eight games of the season. Resigned to the drop from Division 2, their target now is to overhaul Swansea City so that they don't finish bottom of the table. David Kemp's team will
Thame United will look to get their Ryman League Division 1 promotion bid back on track at home to struggling Romford tomorrow, writes . Andy Sinnott's men have managed just two points from a possible 21, and have slipped from first to third place in
Filming has begun on a feature movie about the life of Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Dame Judi Dench, starring in the title role in Iris, appeared in scenes shot at Brasenose College and the High Street, Oxford. Jim Broadbent is playing the writer's husband
Four pubs in Oxfordshire are joining a campaign to press for a national bank holiday on St George's Day. The Bystander, in Wootton, near Abingdon, the Magic Midget, Abingdon, the Ladygrove, Didcot, and the Tandem, Kennington have started petitions asking
Passengers can now buy tickets for Chiltern Railways over the Internet. Tickets will be sent by first class post. Would-be buyers can visit www.chilternrailways.co.uk
Business leaders in Oxfordshire said the Bank of England's cut in interest rates was a vital first step in making sure the UK economy was not pulled into recession by the downturn in America. The Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is
Scores of guest house owners across the county rely on visits from walkers trekking across the countryside but as the foot and mouth crisis deepens, many are beginning to fear for their livelihood. The crisis is not expected to have subsided by Easter
Abingdon United, who entertain Didcot Town in a keenly contested derby, are still without the suspended Wayne Harbert and Mark O'Hara. Saturday's line-up: Abingdon Utd (v Didcot Tn, home) from: G Morton, Riley, Ridley, Hooper, Larman, Parsons, Van De
Evenlode A were crowned champions of Division 2 of the Five Disciplines League - despite a heavy defeat in their last match. The Abingdon-based team of Katharine Tustain, Rob Prior, Judy Bendall and Mark Sheldon went down 137-93 to hosts Banbury in the
The decline in village services and problems in farming are prompting a council to appoint a rural supremo. West Oxfordshire district councillors want a new rural business support officer to find ways of helping struggling shops, services and farmers.
Community hospitals in Oxfordshire are set to take a major role in acute care for the elderly, less than 18 months after suffering bed closures. The elderly will soon receive vital treatment in the small hospitals dotted around the county to free up beds
Scores of guest house owners across the county rely on visits from walkers trekking across the countryside but as the foot and mouth crisis deepens, many are beginning to fear for their livelihood. The crisis is not expected to have subsided by Easter
Life is almost back to normal at The Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford. For more than five weeks, the normally bustling 120-acre park has been closed to visitors because of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease. After a full risk assessment and consultations
Soldiers from Bicester have been drafted in to help in the cull of animals with foot and mouth disease. Thirty soldiers from St David's Barracks, Graven Hill, are already at work helping with culls. Another 30 are being given specialist training. But
A new multi-media exhibition is being launched at The Oxford Story, Broad Street, Oxford. 'Innovate', which concentrates on Oxford University in the 21st century, opens on April 7, focusing on how the University's research will affect life in the new
A pub chain has been ordered to remove CCTV cameras and lighting fixed to an old dovecote in a pub car park. Bass Leisure Retail has been told it could face prosecution unless it takes down the equipment at the White Hart at Wytham. The cameras and lighting
Rebecca Morris has joined international purchasing specialists ADR, in Wallingford, as marketing manager, responsible for all aspects of ADR's public relations and marketing and co-ordinating new business development. Previously she was an account manager
Work commitments prevent John Kennedy playing for Wantage Town against Pegasus on Saturday. The Cherry Red Records Hellenic League match has been switched to Alfredian Park because of foot and mouth restrictions. Saturday's line-up: Wantage Tn (v Pegasus
A lecture by Prof Mitchell Hart, of Florida International University, on Franz Boas as German, American and Jew, will take place on May 23 at Yarnton Manor.
A family's wanted posters for their missing pet cat have paid off after he was recognised from his picture. Wouffer, a black and white neutered tom, decided to go on his travels at the ripe old age of 12. As the days went by and he failed to return to
The decline in village services and problems in farming are prompting a council to appoint a rural supremo. West Oxfordshire district councillors want a new rural business support officer to find ways of helping struggling shops, services and farmers.
People in Chinnor, Emmington and Sydenham have raised £1,880 for the Children's Society during the past twelve months.
Green-fingered pensioner Ron Hathaway has been awarded a special shield by a town's mayor, for the work he done for local allotment holders. Mr Hathaway, 83, of Hailey Road, Witney, has been an allotment holder for 50 years or so - and still has four
Profits from Thame civic ball are likely to be about £1,500. The proceeds will be split equally between the town's Evergreen club for the elderly and the Phab Club, which integrates physically handicapped and able-bodied people.
To be able to get up in time to do the job he loves, Tony Noble goes to bed before the theme from Coronation Street has faded from his living room. Some five-and-a-half hours later, in the deep Oxfordshire darkness of Charlbury, he loads up his twin-battery
Town councillors are going public on the countdown to get Thame its swimming pool after an 80-year wait. Residents will be able to see plans of the pool and hear a step-by-step outline of the work being undertaken. All will be revealed at the annual meeting
Education minister Estelle Morris has praised school staff after they won a national education award. The Achievement Award was given to John Watson Special School,Wheatley, which caters for handicapped youngsters, for getting better results last year
The Oxfordshire Summer League gets under way tomorrow, with the title races arguably the most open for years. Bicester won the 3-Pair Men's Division 1 title for the first time last year, and are one of five teams who are expected to be fighting it out
Witney Town manager Brian Hughes has admitted that the uncertainty surrounding the club's future is having an unsettling effect on his players. Town hold a crisis meeting on Monday (7.30) when they are hoping that someone will emerge to either take over
JT/FOX Oxford Cheetahs will be busting for three Sky Sports Elite League points when they face champions Eastbourne at Sandy Lane tonight (7.30pm). And they will never have a better chances of clipping the Eagles wings after their storming 45-45 draw
Oxford City's Ed Renwick warmed up for this weekend's Oxonian Open 10 with a close-fought win in Wednesday's ten-mile time trial at Eynsham. Paul Granger was once again the first finisher without the benefit of tribars. Times: 1 E Renwick (OCRC) 24:54
Oxford Hawks will be hoping for a helping hand from their already-relegated neighbours on the final weekend of the English League Division 2 season. Oxford University's eight-year term in the league came to an end last weekend when they lost 3-1 at Bromley
All Sunday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides MORRELLS OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE Premier Div: Mansfield Rd v Rose Hill, AFC Jericho v Six Bells Kidlington, Wheatley v Oxford Supps, Star Wands v Highfield, Star Royal v Blackbird Sunday. Div 1: Wolvercote
All weekday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides MONDAY, APRIL 9: CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Tuffley Rov v Cirencester Acad. Div 1 West: Witney Acad v Cirencester Utd. _______________________ SUBURBAN LEAGUE Premier Div: Hendon Res
All Saturday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 2: Oxford Utd v Oldham. _________________________ RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Ford v Oxford C, Thame Utd v Romford. Div 3: Abingdon Tn v Wingate & Finchley. _________________________
In Cherry Red Records Hellenic League division 1, East, Quarry Nomads will be without three first-choice players, due to work commitments at Southall Town. Paul Kimber, Lee Bastable and Declan Cuddy are the missing men. Saturday's line-up: Quarry Nomads
Nigel Emsden, out for six months with glandular fever, returns to the Oxford City squad for their trip to Ford in Ryman League Division 1. Also back in for Paul Lee's men are defender Richard Peirson (flu) and midfielder Andy Smith (ribs), who both missed
Oxford Hawks will be hoping for a helping hand from their already-relegated neighbours on the final weekend of the English League Division 2 season. Oxford University's eight-year term in the league came to an end last weekend when they lost 3-1 at Bromley
Letcombe have switched their Cherry Red Records Hellenic League match to Ardley United, who will give late fitness tests to Adam Hodgson and Spencer Warr. *Saturday's line-up: Ardley Utd (v Letcombe, home) from Tassell, Durrant, Wright, Bedford, Goldthorpe
The Oxfordshire Summer League gets under way tomorrow, with the title races arguably the most open for years. Bicester won the 3-Pair Men's Division 1 title for the first time last year, and are one of five teams who are expected to be fighting it out
The North Cotswold Chamber Choir will be performing Handel's Messiah at St Mary's Church, Chipping Norton on Saturday, April 21. Call 01295 721153 for tickets.
Poetry is promised to be fast-moving, fun and funky in a performance called Stanza and Deliver at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on May 27 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £4.
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals needs donations, and especially bric-a-brac, for its charity shop and fundraising tombola in May. Items can be delivered to the shop in Upper Bar, at the Templars Square shopping centre, Cowley, or arrangements
Cllr Jo Graves will be taking over as Chipping Norton town mayor from Cllr Graham Beacham who is stepping down after two years. Lawrence Jones has been elected unopposed to the town council following the resignation of Cllr Ron Stares.
Barbara Neville, who is working at international finance company Alex Lawrie, was named as temp of month as part of a scheme to reward its temporary workers for their reliability and commitment to the Banbury companies where they have worked. Premiere
Oxfordshire's Les Gillett and Dale Hall from Chipping Norton are through to the EBA national pairs final at Melton Mobray. Les Gillett They saw off Essex County's Steven Cooper and Paul Maynard 23-16 in the quarter-finals and then toppled Gary Smith and
Centre back Andy Wallbridge is a slight injury doubt for Banbury United's home game with Sittingbourne. Wallbridge has a thigh strain which kept him out of Banbury's 3-2 defeat at Rothwell on Tuesday. Les Phillips returns for Banbury United Former Oxford
Lechlade Trout Fisheries are reporting good returns from their Lechlade and Bushyleaze waters. Last month, 300 anglers caught 802 fish from Lechlade Lake averaging 13lb 7oz, 593 of which were more than 10lb. Best reported bag was 64lb 5oz, with a best
Clubs across Oxfordshire are opening their courts for a morning of free tennis activities for children over six years old. Oxfordshire's Festival of Tennis will take place tomorrow from 10am-1pm. There are seven local clubs hosting events, and more details
All weekend fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides SATURDAY, APRIL 7 ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Southern Counties North: Drifters v Chipping Norton. Berks Bucks & Oxon Div 1: Pennanians v Littlemore. Berks Bucks & Oxon Div 2: Henley Wands v Didcot
Victoria Owen looks at how Peter de Bruijn managed to work as a GP in Oxfordshire despite a rape conviction, and, below, at what action the authorities plan to take in the wake of the case Dutch GP Peter de Bruijn worked at nine Oxfordshire doctors' surgeries
A £12m hotel being built at the Peartree roundabout, Oxford, is one of 79 Posthouse hotels being bought by leisure group Bass in an £810m deal with catering company Compass Group. Compass, which was formerly part of Granada, has raised more than £1.1bn
Barbara Neville, who is working at international finance company Alex Lawrie, was named as temp of month as part of a scheme to reward its temporary workers for their reliability and commitment to the Banbury companies where they have worked. Premiere
Business leaders in Oxfordshire said the Bank of England's cut in interest rates was a vital first step in making sure the UK economy was not pulled into recession by the downturn in America. The Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is
A timber company has been granted permission to build new premises. Timbmet now plans to knock down three existing stores and put up a new storage area, improve its drying kilns and build a new boiler, at its Cumnor Hill site. Once work is completed later
Business leaders have criticised the handling of the former American airbase at Upper Heyford. Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Cherwell District Council was guilty of missing an opportunity by trying to limit development at the airfield
Scientists in Oxford have launched new computer software that will help search for a cure for cancer. People with home computers can help the vital research by downloading the free screensaver from the Internet. While the machines aren't being used, specially
A new multi-media exhibition is being launched at The Oxford Story, Broad Street, Oxford. 'Innovate', which concentrates on Oxford University in the 21st century, opens on April 7, focusing on how the University's research will affect life in the new
Green-fingered pensioner Ron Hathaway has been awarded a special shield by a town's mayor, for the work he done for local allotment holders. Mr Hathaway, 83, of Hailey Road, Witney, has been an allotment holder for 50 years or so - and still has four
Scientists in Oxford have launched new computer software that will help search for a cure for cancer. People with home computers can help the vital research by downloading the free screensaver from the Internet. While the machines aren't being used, specially
A workshop which employs disabled people to make wooden products using recycled timber has been awarded a £38,000 grant. The Government cash from the Environmental Action Fund is the second year the Pathway Workshop, which is based in Dunnock Way, Blackbird
Two men in a gang that carried out a vicious attack with cricket bats and stumps when a family feud escalated into violence have failed in an Appeal Court bid to clear their names. But another member of the group's conviction for assault causing actual
Elderly people have been urged to get together and "speak with one voice". Rodney Hutchen, development officer for Help The Aged, spoke to a meeting of Oxford City Council's pensioners' forum about forming independent local lobby groups. He said: "This
An £18m scheme to redevelop the Oxford Prison and Castle site has been praised by the Government's architectural watchdog. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has delivered a glowing verdict on plans for a 74-bedroom hotel, heritage
Witney Town manager Brian Hughes has admitted that the uncertainty surrounding the club's future is having an unsettling effect on his players. Town hold a crisis meeting on Monday (7.30) when they are hoping that someone will emerge to either take over
Moves to re-create an ancient crossing over the River Thames have received an enthusiastic welcome. The project, which was championed by former Cumnor Parish Council chairman Frank Cheeseman, was given a boost when people packed a public meeting to signal
A workshop which employs disabled people to make wooden products using recycled timber has been awarded a £38,000 grant. The Government cash from the Environmental Action Fund is the second year the Pathway Workshop, which is based in Dunnock Way, Blackbird
Twelve past and present Lord Mayors of Oxford have joined forces to condemn plans to scrap the city's middle schools and replace them with a two-tier system. Seven Labour and five Conservative Mayors set out their opposition to the schools reorganisation
Wallingford Museum is extending its popular exhibition on the history of the town's castle for a second year. On display are recently-discovered maps, new historical research and the story of of the castle site after its demolition by Cromwell's forces
Fathers across Oxfordshire who want to give up smoking can get support from a new quitline. The service also offers help for dads-to-be who want to support their pregnant partners. Children who grow up with non-smoking fathers are twice as likely than
Children in Oxfordshire suffering from kidney disease could be in line for a national award. The National Kidney Research Fund is searching for youngsters to enter its annual Young Hero Awards which acknowledge the spirit and bravery of children living
Four pubs in Oxfordshire are joining a campaign to press for a national bank holiday on St George's Day. The Bystander, in Wootton, near Abingdon, the Magic Midget, Abingdon, the Ladygrove, Didcot, and the Tandem, Kennington have started petitions asking
