Massive cuts may have to be made in Oxfordshire's health services to avoid £50m debts. Health managers have warned that the situation will worsen unless hospitals restrict the amount of patients they treat. The North Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust Partnership
A dentist claims her profession is not to blame for high levels of rotten teeth among Oxford children. A new report shows that more than a third of five-year-olds in the city have decayed, missing or filled teeth. Dr John spearheads efforts to improve
Abingdon's ancient links with Kensington and Chelsea were reinforced when the mayors took part in a parade and church service at St Helen's in the town. The mayor of Abingdon, Alison Rooke, centre right, accompanied the mayor of Kensington and Chelsea
There are fears that affordable housing on a new estate in Cholsey, near Wallingford, will look like a "ghetto". Residents were commenting on plans to demolish farm buildings at Downside Farm, off Papist Way, and a bungalow in Papist Way, to make way
Work is continuing on two projects to provide community recreational facilities on fields in Wantage and Grove. Vale of White Horse District Council officers are working on plans for the use of Tugwell Field in Wantage -- a piece of land which has been
Oxfordshire's Tim Henman is in buoyant mood as he prepares to face American Robby Ginepri in the second round of the Stella Artois Championship at Queen's Club today. The British No 1, who lives at Aston Tirrold, near Didcot, has been practising on grass
Twenty 20 cricket returns to The Parks tonight with Oxford's students bidding to avenge last year's defeat at the hands of their county rivals. The quick-fire game has proved a big hit with fans across the country and organisers are hoping its second
Hot favourite Greenacre Lin will have plenty of support in tonight's William Hill Cesarewitch decider at Oxford Stadium, but local punters will be looking for a value-for-money bet. Greenacre Lin, who stormed home by seven lengths to claim her final spot
Evan Harris, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, hits the nail on the head when he says that health services in Oxfordshire go from bad to worse. The Government tells us that it is ploughing millions of extra pounds into the NHS every year. Its pledge to
Three Thames Valley Police officers have pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of an Oxford motorist who collapsed after being stopped. Pcs Robin Shane, 31, Paul Summerville, 25, and John Shatford, 32, denied the unlawful killing of Robin Goodenough,
Cyclists are aiming to prove that pedal power is the fastest way to travel, by racing a car and bus along two of the busiest commuter routes into Oxford. The congested A40 will be the main route in the Commuter Challenge, as cyclists and two cars set
A student spent a night in police cells and was fined £80 for making homophobic comments about a police horse. Sam Brown, of Balliol College, Oxford, was arrested for causing harassment, alarm or distress after calling a police horse 'gay' during a night
A man beat his next-door neighbour with a baseball bat after he put glue in his lock and hurled racist abuse at his family, a court heard. Robert Williams, 41, of Shelly Close, Bicester, admitted he attacked Philip Pratt with his children's baseball bat
Police are still hunting a man who sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy in an Oxford alleyway. The Oxford Mail teamed up with Thames Valley Police to produce posters of an e-fit of the attacker, who approached the boy at 4.35pm on April 26. The incident
Homeless people should be helped, not labelled as criminals, says one man who got himself off the streets and is now a city councillor studying at university. As a teenager, Patrick Murray suffered from clinical depression and ended up sleeping rough
Wolverhampton Wolves 55, Oxford Silver Machine 38: Greg Hancock's magnificent 19-point haul was not enough for Oxford Silver Machine to take any reward from the Black Country last night. Hancock won four of his six races on his way to scoring half of
The proposal to remove copies of the Bible from hospital bedside cabinets for fear of offending those of other faiths is unbelievable. Apart from the fact that they may be a source of comfort and strength to the sick (obviously considered of no importance
I must congratulate city councillor Susanna Pressel on being the consummate politician. Her latest letter, NHS targets do work (Oxford Mail, June 4) again demonstrates the spin 'New' Labour desires to inflict upon the electorate over NHS targets. She
Oxford Instruments has promised to return to its roots with a £5m investment in the cutting edge of science. Chief executive Jonathan Flint, 44, who took over the Eynsham-based company in April, said: "I am launching a renewed emphasis on innovation.
I wonder if any of your readers remember the Lord Mayor's Parade of 1991. It was to be cancelled as the Oxford Lions were being charged too much by the city council for the hire of the market stalls. I rang the Bill Heine programme on Radio Oxford to
Shelley Arms A's teenager Nicola Slay was in brilliant form as she won a leg against five-times world champion Trina Gulliver during their 7-2 defeat by Shears, Wantage. The 14-year-old's success came during the pairs competition, where she and Sue Smith
Cowley Community Centre's Nick Cobb held his nerve to win the men's winter singles title with a thrilling victory over College Oak's Bob Pollard at the 79th finals night. Watched by a large crowd, Pollard and Cobb shared the opening two legs. Pollard
Laura Ralph achieved three gold medals and a national qualifying time (NQT) on a successful day for City of Oxford at the Midland District Age Group Championships in Coventry. For those swimmers with their sights on the nationals in six weeks' time, the
Campaigners fighting to save Oxford's Plater College have been given the right to represent themselves in a High Court bid to sue four Catholic Archbishops acting as trustees. The Plater College Foundation, set up in January to oppose the planned closure
An Oxford city councillor described as a 'community stalwart' has died following a long struggle with a brain tumour. Northfield Brook councillor Molly Florey, pictured, died on Sunday at the Michael Sobell House hospice almost two months after having
Women in Headington are being urged to be on their guard against a cyclist who has snatched five handbags as he rode past. Police have issued a warning after a spate of attacks in the past week. The latest was on June 5 at 9.40pm. The robber also struck
Highways engineers have identified nine sections of dual carriageway in Oxfordshire which do not have crash barriers following the fatal Eastern Bypass smash. Four people died in the accident on May 28 and Oxford East MP Andrew Smith has led calls for
Oxford United striker Craig Davies may know little about Charlton's attempts to sign him, but believes the constant references to him in the media are not doing his career any harm. "I've only heard what's been in the papers, I've not had a call or been
