Oxfordshire motorists are facing long delays before taking their driving tests because of a shortage of examiners. Learner drivers have been told that the next available test dates are not until January 2004 -- a 16-week wait. The target set by the Driving
Oxford City 2, Hillingdon Borough 1: A late goal from defender Kamran Abbasi gave Oxford City a dramatic victory in Tuesday's FA Cup first qualifying round at Court Place Farm. City's win over a resolute Hillingdon side earns them an away tie against
Matt Nathanielsz stole the show when Abingdon visited Nuneaton for their final Heart of England League meeting. The youngster, who will be 14 this week, achieved a National Grade (NG) 1 standard in the 100m with a time of 11.8secs, a NG 2 in the 200m
Rebecca Gill, from the Bicester-based Blue Fins Tristars, was crowned champion at the final round of the British Triathlon Association Southern Regional Series at Thruxton Race Circuit. She took the honours in the 13/14 year girls' section at the Thruxton
Headington's Steve Male secured the Oxfordshire 10-Mile Championship in excellent conditions at the Cotswold Classic road race at Witney. Male came second in Sunday's event, run on a scenic and hilly course in hot weather, finishing behind Bourton Road
Holder Phil Adams faces in-form Dave Sawyer for the men's singles title at the Greene King Oxford & District League finals night at Rover Cowley Sports & Social Club on Friday, October 24. Dave and Paul Townsend will be bidding for a fifth successive
Witney & District FA: Defending champions Brize Norton started their Premier Division title defence with a 1-1 draw against Freeland, who only ensured their survival on the final day of last season. Mark Jewell put Brize ahead, only for Joe Crocker
Judges in Oxford are getting wired with technology as part of a courtroom modernisation project. They are being issued with laptops and their rooms -- at the Oxford Combined Court Centre, in St Aldates -- will be linked to a secure communication network
Oxford lecturer Chris Foley travelled 12,500 miles to the Solomon Islands to help erect a war memorial to his grandfather who died there as a PoW during the Second World War. Mr Foley was among a party of relatives, which included his uncle Bill Boswell
Students in Oxford pay through the nose for poor quality accommodation and spend all their spare time drowning their sorrows in the pub, according to a new survey. The unflattering portrait of student life in the city is painted in a poll by insurance
A hi-tech police radio system which is more than a year behind schedule is finally to be introduced at the end of this year. Thames Valley Police's new Airwave radio system will be introduced from November. Officers in the Northern Oxfordshire police
Two Oxford authors suffered a disappointment yesterday as the shortlist was announced for Britain's main literary awards, the Man Booker Prize. But the bookies were pleased --William Hill had a run of bets backing Mark Haddon, 40, who lives in Bullingdon
Didcot Town made it four Premier Division wins out of five in the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League with a 3-0 victory at home to Henley Town on Tuesday. Ian Concannon opened the scoring with a penalty, with the other goals coming from Paul Bedwell and
Oxford United boss Ian Atkins hailed his "outstanding" players after they took their unbeaten run into double figures by holding Cheltenham to a 0-0 draw in Tuesday's derby. Although they lost top spot in Division 3 to Swansea, who beat Macclesfield 3
Oxfordshire Senior League: HOrspath upset the odds as they sent Premier side OUP spinning out of the President's Cup at the first-round stage with a 3-1 defeat. A shock was on the cards when Horspath took an early lead through Paul Cooper who rifled home
Oxfordshire County Council is drawing up controversial plans for a temporary travellers site on land between Witney and Ducklington once used as a refuse tip. The county council has not yet lodged the plans with West Oxfordshire District Council but is
