Doctors' practices in east Oxford are so swamped with demand that only two out of nine are enrolling new patients. The area has suffered from a shortage of places since the beginning of the year. NHS managers claim this has been caused by problems common
RD RACING, new sponsors of the greyhounds Cesarewitch stayers event, which makes its bow at Oxford in November, have put up a superb special annual trophy. The race, which was previously held at Belle Vue and latterly Catford, will be run over the 645
OXFORD & Horspath produced a record-breaking batting display to win the Critchley's Ron Maudsley Trophy Under 13 KO competition. Oxford amassed a total of 323 runs in their two matches, setting a new record for the finals, held at Bicester & North
TALENTED all-rounders Carly Austin and Rachel Brenton won silver medals for Oxfordshire at the English Schools Combined Events regional final at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. Austin, from King Alfred's, Wantage, rattled up an impressive 4,006 points in the
Savage researched the genesis of punk rock - clothes, drugs, sex, fanzines as well as the music- to produce this readable account. It has been revised and updated, with new research, exclusive interviews and rare photographs of the Sex Pistols and their
On one level, this is a moving family saga and love story set in Burma - on another it is a searing indictment of colonialism and what it has done to the countries who still suffer the fallout from its legacy. It is a sweeping story, taking in Burma's
Matthews, by all accounts a true gentleman, was the most famous of all English footballers, and perhaps the greatest of all wingers. In his heyday, his presence in a side could add 20,000 to the gate for a match. During the last 18 months of his life,
Tony Baldry held Banbury for the Conservatives with an increased majority, despite a lower turn-out. Mr Baldry, who is in his 18th year as an MP, won with a majority of 5,019 - compared to 4,737 at the 1997 election. Tony Baldry with wife PippaMr Baldry
The Conservatives lost one of their leading Oxfordshire county councillors as the party's election gloom continued. Douglas 'Choppy' Spencer, the Tory education spokesman, was ousted after 16 years serving Bicester North - the first time the seat has
Boris Johnson has won Henley for the Conservatives with 20,466 votes. Mr Johnson, the editor of The Spectator, saw off the challenge from the Liberal Democrat candidate Catherine Bearder, with 12,008 votes, and Labour's Janet Matthews, with 9,367. Boris
Great ideas never come singly, and in the last three years two major additions to Oxford's musical scene have taken wing - the Oxford International Piano Festival, in 1999, and the Oxford Chamber Music Festival, whose second year starts with a concert
A Tory candidate in the county council elections has apologised to supporters targeted by vandals who stole, smashed and defaced his posters. Conservative Charles Langton is battling for the Wantage division with Lib Dem Jim Moley, who is the sitting
A controversial traffic-calming scheme for Banbury has become a pre-election party political issue. A Conservative councillor has accused Labour councillors of toeing the Government line on transport and ignoring the wishes of local people. Kieron Mallon
More than 3,000 missing Oxfordshire postal vote forms have been found by the Royal Mail in a sorting office - in Reading. The mix-up could have left thousands of people across the Oxford West and Abingdon and Wantage constituencies unable to vote. Election
American singer Jason Downs - who broke the UK Top 20 with his debut single White Boy With A Feather - couldn't get a decent record deal in the States. So the 27-year-old, who is currently on tour in Britain, was delighted when London-based Pepper Records
The live music line-up in Oxford this week Friday, May 4: Borders Bookshop, Magdalen Street, Oxford: Live jazz. Every Friday in the licensed cafe, 7-9pm 01865 203901. The Mitre, High Street, Oxford: Oxford Jazz Club. Sessions every Friday 01865 552131
TEMPLE Cowley continued their domination of the Oxfordshire final of the Lord's Taverners National Primary Schools Kwik Cricket competition by notching their third success in four years. Temple Cowley, runners-up to Freeland 12 months ago having triumphed
ST Edward's School Junior 15 rowing squad struck double gold in the Thames Valley Park Regatta at Reading. Steve Urwin followed up his win at Bedford by leading from start to finish for a three-length victory in the J15 single sculls final. The fast-improving
Oxford Cheetahs 59, Ipswich Witches 31 By John Gaisford THE Oxford scholars remain top of the class as they gained the perfect mark of ten out of ten with this victory over a much depleted Ipswich in their Sky Sports Elite League clash at the Stadium
Big-haired bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is back and she is on good form. Fellow bounty hunter Ranger is on the run and the other man in her life, vice cop Joe Morelli, is after him. But as if that wasn't enough - Grandma Mazur moves in, and then all hell
Another popular thriller writer on top form. A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station in 1958. America is about to launch its first satellite in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet Sputnik and win the space race. As
Shaar Murray is one of the best writers on rock, and his classic account has been revised with a new introduction. He tells how Hendrix suffered as a black rocker in a predominantly white pop-music elite and uses it as an example of the tension and prejudices
Even before Romeo and Juliet, literature has struggled to illustrate the difference between love and infatuation. Nigel Nicholson has another stab in his contribution to this book. The first section is the autobiography of his mother Vita Sackville-West
The people of east Oxford gave Andrew Smith his fourth term as their MP. Mr Smith was first elected as Labour MP for the constituency in 1987 and, at 2.30am today in Oxford Town Hall, he was declared the winner again. Just before 3am, Mr Smith was delighted
Dawn was breaking today as Wantage MP Robert Jackson learned he had escaped the fate of so many of his Conservative colleagues in a second election night slaughter. But his tenure of the seat he has held for the past 18 years is now a slimmer one, his
Liberal democrat Dr Evan Harris has held on to his Oxford West and Abingdon seat - with a significantly increased majority. Conservative candidate Ed Matts was forced to admit defeat after winning 15,485 votes, compared to Dr Harris's 24,670. Evan Harris
The Conservatives have regained the Witney seat - once held by turncoat MP Shaun Woodward - with an increased majority. David Cameron gives his victory speechThe party's new candidate, 34-year-old media executive David Cameron, polled 45 per cent of the
With summer just around the corner, motoring thoughts turn to soft-top driving. Carmakers have learned how to develop reasonably priced soft-tops from the same engineering base as hatchbacks. And other manufacturers are stepping up the development of
The Bold and Saucy Theatre Company have been staging Shakespearian productions in Oxford college gardens for many years. Their venue this year is Wadham College Gardens, where they will be staging The Taming of the Shrew from Monday to Saturday, August
By using the picturesque gardens of Magdalen College School as a backdrop, the Creation Theatre Company is able to give new twists to the Shakespearian productions they stage during the summer months. Creation productions have taken place in the gardens
Joel Schumacher has committed countless crimes against cinema-going decency - Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, 8MM, Flawless and so on, writes David Parkison. With Tigerland, he atones for some of those sins. But it will take a great deal more than
The Oxford Mail has launched a campaign to turn old mobile phones into funds for a new children's accident and emergency centre in Oxford. Readers are being encouraged to support the fundraising initiative by handing in unwanted mobiles at recycling points
Tory leader William Hague has visited Abingdon to help support Conservative candidate Ed Matts and tell voters that he was still in the business of winning the election, dismissing suggestions that tactical voting could scupper his party's chances of
A row has broken out between politicians after a candidate jokingly told a public meeting that he might have been tempted to dupe his mortgage company when buying his house. The Liberal Democrat candidate for Wantage, Neil Fawcett was replying to questions
A double dose of blistering noise from The Lost Prophets and fellow band Skindred made for another mega metal night at The Zodiac, writes Kate Hartshorn. First on the bill Skindred blew me away. In previous incarnations, they were known as Dubwar, a band
It was billed as one of the largest one-day music festivals in the country, with ninety of the world's hottest DJs and dance acts playing ten giant arenas, writes Tim Hughes. And with tens of thousands of 'up for it' clubbers turning out for18 hours of
The end of the UK tax year - April 5- is only a couple of days away. Many people do not use the opportunities to minimise their tax bills each year, so here are some helpful ideas. Annual exemptions Everyone has an annual exemption for capital gains tax
OXFORD United boss Mark Wright appears to have been foiled in his attempts to sign Swansea goalkeeper Roger Freestone. Wright, who currently has only one professional keeper on his books in Richard Knight, was also linked with Yeovil stopper Tony Pennock
