I refer to your story, Rise in stamp price provokes criticism (Oxford Mail, April 11). It doesn't surprise me to read that the doom and gloom merchants of the Oxford Consumer Group are having another pop at the postal service. I'm tired of these whingeing
A car driver died in a head-on collision with a lorry near on April 26. The B1430 link road from the A34, near Didcot, was closed for several hours after the incident, which happened shortly after 3pm. The car was travelling towards Didcot when it collided
A drunk was jailed for five years for the manslaughter of a Bicester man who was visiting his newborn step-grandson in hospital. Richard Griffiths was trying to steal a plate of sausage and chips when he lashed out at security guard Bob Robinson. Mr Robinson
I was incensed to read of the treatment by South Oxfordshire Housing Association (Soha) of pensioners at Badger's Close, Forest Hill, and Windows Court, Wheatley by forcing them to leave their homes (Oxford Mail, April 22). I am appalled that elderly
Pollsters Mori have been paid £14,000 to find out what Oxfordshire children's "priorities" are. Pupils at a handful of county schools were quizzed about the areas in which they live. The majority of children, aged between 10 and 16, said the environment
Soul star James Brown will not be performing in Oxfordshire this summer after another concert planned by the Very Impressive Party Company -- the firm responsible for the doomed Andrea Bocelli event -- was shelved. James Brown Mike Dandridge, of Vipco
Chris Parrott -- the Morris Motors steward who was viciously attacked by a gang of teenagers -- is to take the first steps towards emigrating. Mr Parrott, who has been attacked in the line of duty before, said he and his wife are going to Tenerife to
Try convincing Chris Parrott that we live in a civilised society. The picture of his battered face, after he was attacked by a gang of ruthless thugs outside the Morris Motors club at Cowley, still haunts us. He and his wife Marilyn had already thought
A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a van driver who may have passed and noticed her before he struck. The attack happened in Thame on April 26 as the 16-year-old was at the corner of Southern Road and Mitchell Close. Her attacker was a white man
Former Labour MP Brian Sedgemore, who defected to the Liberal Democrats, attacked Tony Blair in an address to the Oxford Union on April 26. Mr Sedgemore said: "To my former comrades I say sorry, but all nightmares have to end. Tonight I'm renouncing Tony
A farmer says he is living in fear after a third attack by a gunman left another 12 of his lambs dead. In the past month Colin Badger's Manor Farm in Horton-cum-Studley, near Bicester, has been targeted by someone using a rifle to shoot more than 50 lambs
A manhunt has been launched after a 13-year-old girl was stabbed as she walked along a street. The teenager was stabbed in the arm after being pushed into an alleyway off Upavon Way, Carterton. She had been walking alone along the residential street when
A grieving widow left her hospital bed to say a final farewell to her husband Michael 'Pecker' Woodward who died after a workout. Mr Woodward Mr Woodward, 38, from Overmead, Abingdon, suffered a brain haemorrhage after exercising at the Vale of White
I have read with concern the letters from residents and the reporting and speculative editorial comments in the Oxford Mail over the past week after the flooding in Risinghurst, Oxford, on Sunday last week. With relatives, friends and neighbours of Knights
