Oxfordshire's two Formula 1 teams completed a tough workout at a rain-soaked Silverstone as they warmed up for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday (May 4). During three days of testing at the Northamptonshire circuit, the Grove-based BMW Williams
A mother-of-three who was found with stab wounds in the car park of an Oxford police station has died. Yvonne Heap died at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, at 12.55pm on Monday, April 28. The 38-year-old woman was found in a blue Citroen car outside
National League 2: Henley Hawks found hosts Newbury too hot to handle as they slumped to a 33-26 defeat in their final match of the campaign. Newbury faced the possibility of relegation if they lost and they played as if their lives depended on it. Hawks
Author Hugo Marsh signs copies of his book on toy railways at an event on Saturday, April 26. Author Hugo Marsh Mr Marsh spent Saturday morning at Millers Bookshop in Mill Street, Wantage, signing copies of Christie's Toy Railways. The book contains more
Rover Oxford Ladies now have it all to do if they are to retain their National League status. They threw away a three-goal lead as they drew 3-3 at North League winners Ben Rhydding, from Yorkshire, in their second Inter-League play-off match at the week
A fine team effort saw Witney take the runners-up spot in Division 1 of the Chiltern League swimming competition for the second year running at Aylesbury on Saturday. The handicap of penalties incurred in nine individual races for swimmers exceeding the
A record 63 teams took part in Rover Oxford's popular festival of youth hockey at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. Rover Oxford's Afzal Khan, left, battles for possessionOn Saturday, the youngest of the age groups competed in a mixed seven-a-side competition with
A sparkling stand between Shahbaz Ali and Robbie Eason set Oxford & Horspath on the way to an emphatic 96-run victory over Enfield Town in the National Club Championship first round at Roman Way. Shahbaz AliOxford looked in some trouble at 79-5 after
The fortnightly blue box waste paper recycling service in Bicester will not be interrupted by the May Bank Holiday on Monday. With the early May Bank Holiday falling a fortnight after the Easter Monday Bank Holiday, some householders would have had to
Oxfordshire 40, Bucks 18: A spectacular try by winger Martin Nutt was the feature of Oxfordshire's comfortable victory over Bucks in their opening Tetley's County Championship clash at Chinnor on Saturday. With Oxon leading 21-11 midway through the second
Slimbridge lifted the Hellenic League Division 1 West title last night, after a 3-2 victory over relegation-threatened Harrow Hill. The victory puts them nine points clear of Chipping Norton, who have only two games left. Clanfield are still in relegation
A Didcot church which used helium-filled balloons to carry its Easter message is receiving labels returned from as far afield as Suffolk, Kent, Nottinghamshire and Gloucestershire. It is the second year children and young people at the English Martyrs
The war in Iraq has boosted recruitment for the Army and air cadets at Didcot. Committee members David Mercer, Paul Haines and Nicky Mercer painting Trenchard Hall Since January, the Didcot detachment of the Oxford Royal Green Jackets' Army Cadet Force
A veteran councillor who is stepping down after more than half-a-century has delivered a withering attack on the state of local government. David Buckle David Buckle, the former chairman of Oxfordshire County Council, local magistrate and trade union
Drugs firm PowderJect has received a takeover approach from an undisclosed bidder. Previous merger talks with PowderJect, based at Oxford Science Park, collapsed last November after it rejected a number of tentative approaches from unnamed parties. They
A judge warned a man he was lucky to escape without a jail sentence after he admitted driving in Oxford at more than 70mph and colliding with another car. Shane Weller, 27, drove away from police officers who wanted to breathalyse him in New Road. He
The Dream Team lived up to their name as they retained the 2.0-litre Banger Team Championship title at Standlake Arena. After three hard-fought heats, on Sunday, the Oxford-based team held a two-point lead over the Outcasts, with just the double points
A pathologist at an Oxford hospital features in a new video for parents whose children have recently died. Dr Waney Squier, a neuro- pathologist at the Radcliffe Infirmary, took part in the programme, launched by the Department of Health to help explain
One of the most daring raids of the Second World War was masterminded at Mongewell Park, near Wallingford. Now local writer Peter Shanks, of Woodcote, wants to talk to people who were there, so he can write about it for the 60th anniversary. Mongewell
Painting sunflowers is Eynsham artist Jane Tomlinon's way of paying homage to Vincent van Gogh. It is the theme of her exhibition for this year's Oxfordshire Artweeks, tying in with the 150th anniversary of the birth of the famous artist. Never tiring
Gary Marsh's title challenge moved up a gear with a dominant win in the second round of the Castle Combe Formula Ford Championship. Gary Marsh The Eynsham driver scorched to pole position in the Pre-1990 class by more than one and half seconds, before
Dave Waterman gave a moving and emotional speech as he collected the players' player of the year award at Oxford United's presentation evening last night. Dave WatermanWaterman, signed from Portsmouth last season, has produced a number of superb displays
Hostile takeover victim Oxford GlycoSciences has declared a £41m loss in its final set of financial results. OGS, of Milton Park, near Abingdon, faces a bleak future after Britain's biggest biotech company, Celltech, won a bidding war to buy it. The Oxfordshire
An outspoken Oxford resident has been cajoled into setting up a new residents' association. Former planning officer Vimal, known as Vim, Rodrigo Vim Rodrigo is well known in Rose Hill for having something to say about almost every item on the agenda at
Hook Norton are preparing for the biggest game in their 100-year history when they take on in-form Oxford City in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup final at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday night (7.30). The match will signal the end of the three-year reign of
Results from matches played on Monday, April 29 CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Div 1 West: Clanfield 2 (Miller, Pratley), Malmesbury Vic 2; Middle Barton 1 (Rigby), Headington Ams 2 (Khan 2); New College Academy v Easington Spts pp; Old Woodstock
