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AEA Technology 112.25 BMW 2912 Electrocomponents 262.5 Isoft Group 101.25 Oxford Bio 29.5 Oxford Instruments 206 Reed Elsevier 542.5 RM 197.25 RPS 206.25 Torex Retail 97 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

Driver Angela Dublin will not face the prospect of a longer prison sentence over Oxford's Eastern Bypass crash. Dublin, a 46-year-old nurse, of London Road, Headington, was jailed for two years after admitting causing the deaths of three 13-year-olds

Aircrew based at RAF Benson in south Oxfordshire have been named as missing, presumed dead, after a helicopter crash in Iraq at the weekend. Wing Commander John Coxen and Flight Lieutenant Sarah Mulvihill were both in a Lynx helicopter that crashed

KRISTALLNACHT: PRELUDE TO DISASTERt Martin Gilbert (HarperCollins, £14.99) How much do most non-Jewish people, brought up in post-war Britain, know about the events in Germany of November 10, 1938? I suspect that many, like me, believe that it involved

Veronica Stallwood returned to England from Belgium in 1971 "with two children and two suitcases". She was 32 and had left a life of affluence with "a solid but conventional man who didn't believe a wife should need to work". After nine years of marriage

Banbury GT racer Jamie Derbyshire was left frustrated by a lack of grip and pace from his Saleen GT1 car in the opening round of the FIA GT Championship at Silverstone. The Spirit Motor Group-backed driver had been hoping for a solid start to the season

Michael Schumacher won a shoot-out with world champion Fernando Alonso to win the European Grand Prix in front of 120,000 fans at the Nurburgring. Ferrari driver Schumacher harried Alonso for 38 laps before unleashing a volley of fastest laps after

Everyone remembers the day 20 years ago when Oxford United lifted the Milk Cup at Wembley. Not so well remembered is the occasion 40 years ago when Oxford Boys had a hugely successful run in the English Schools' Trophy competition. It was my privilege

Huge crowds turned out to welcome the Duchess of York to Oxford in October 1931. The Oxford Mail reported: "From the moment she smilingly stepped from the train on the GWR station to the time she returned to London later in the afternoon, her magnetic

Oxford Cheetahs take on Belle Vue Aces in an Elite League clash at Kirkmanshulme Lane tonight (7.30), still looking for their first away win this season. Seven trips have failed to produce any points and it looks just as difficult tonight, especially

FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Leyton Orient 3. GLS FOOTBALL HELLENIC LEAGUE GLS Football Challenge Cup final: Didcot Town 5, Ardley Utd (at Carterton) 0. CHERRY RED RECORDS COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE Div 1: AFC Wallingford 2, Hanworth

A clergyman has been told to move his cross or the council will move it for him. The Rev Edwin Clements, parish priest for Hagbourne, Upton and Blewbury, erected the wooden cross at Churn Knob, an Iron Age burial mound, six years ago. The 16ft cross

An undercover operation will be mounted in west Oxfordshire this year to check licensees are not serving alcohol to children. Underage drinkers will be sent into pubs, bars and shops to test the response of staff during the joint exercise between Thames

Division 1 Charlbury v Hook Norton cancelled. Tetsworth 330-2 (H Shallow 213no), Horley 237 (D Taylor 62, N Tarrant 54). Minster Lovell v Oxford Caribbean cancelled Twyford 140-9 (Majid Ansari 40, R Tredwell 3-29 inc hat-trick), Westbury 141

Staff at a sports centre are to keep a diary of antisocial behaviour in a bid to hit back at yobs who vandalised vehicles in the complex car park. The Park, in Holton, near Wheatley, was targeted by teenage vandals who walked and jumped on the bonnets

The local elections were the first chance for the electorate to let the Government know what they think about its plans for 'voluntary' ID cards since it forced the issue through Parliament. I find it strange that Labour candidates were so unwilling

Tetsworth's Hyron Shallow began the OCA campaign with a bang as he crashed an unbeaten 213 in his side's 93-run victory at Horley in Division 1 on Saturday, In a match reduced to 35 overs a side due to rain, Tetsworth rattled up a massive 330-2, with

This year's May Day closure of Magdalen Bridge in Oxford is described as a success, with only a few jumpers and no injuries (Oxford Mail, May 2). However, next year May Day will not be a Bank Holiday. This means that if the bridge is closed again,

So it was not to be. All the hopes expressed last week that Oxford United would survive to fight another season in the Football League evaporated at 4.50pm on Saturday afternoon. No-one could fault the effort put in by the players, who scored two goals

Champions Didcot Town signed off from the GLS Football Hellenic League with a 5-0 victory over Ardley United at Carterton on Saturday to win their third successive Challenge Cup final. After victories over Bishops Cleeve and Carterton in past seasons

More than 100 swimmers who fear a swimming pool could close have launched a protest petition. Oxford City Council is considering if Temple Cowley pool in Temple Road, Cowley, is viable as part of its leisure strategy review. Jane Alexander, 50, who

Oxford Bus Company managers are delighted that its old buses are being used to help schoolchildren in a south east Asian town devastated by the tsunami. Last June, the company donated four of the 100 buses given by the UK bus and coach industry. The

Vodafone has given £150,000 to Oxfam to help avert a crisis in Africa. Vodafone Group Foundation, based in Newbury, has given the cash to help the Cowley-based charity to provide food and water to people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Somalia. Currently

The number of pupils cycling to Sandhills Primary School in Oxford has soared since the recent roadworks started on the A40 so it is just as well it has a brand new £20,000 shed to store all the bikes. Governors have worked for five years to secure

Thirty teams will be competing in this year's Abingdon Dragon Boat races on the River Thames on Sunday. The charity day is organised by the Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper and since it started in 1999, more than £150,000 has been raised for charitable

Millions of pounds has been pledged to save two crumbling tower blocks after a study predicted they could be uninhabitable within 30 years. Tenants of Evenlode and Windrush Towers in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, have suffered from damp walls and poor condition

The new leader of Oxford City Council looks set to be John Goddard after he was confirmed as the Liberal Democrats' group leader at the weekend. Following the local elections on Thursday, the Liberal Democrats have replaced Labour as the largest group

Three teenage boys suffered leg injuries yesterday when a wall collapsed on them at Abingdon Town's football ground as they warmed up for a cup final. The accident happened at the Culham Road ground shortly after noon when boys from the North Oxford

Thousands of football fans poured into the Kassam Stadium to watch one of the most crucial games in Oxford United's history. Amid a sea of yellow, there was hope as well as nerves among United followers as the kick-off approached. United fan Nigel

Seven people were arrested following a pitch invasion at the end of United's defeat by Leyton Orient. Mounted police officers were used to herd fans back into the stands after trouble flared when United were relegated. Officers were also called to

"We'll be back" that was the defiant message from manager Jim Smith and chairman Nick Merry after Oxford United lost their place in the Football League on Saturday. An agonising 3-2 defeat at the hands of Leyton Orient saw the U's relegated to the