Wallingford scored five tries in an impressive home victory. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: South West 1 East Score: Wallingford 37, Buckingham 20 Wallingford player ratings: 15. Henry Venners 9
EXPLORING the Pacific coast of North America in 1792, a Royal Navy expedition encountered Spanish sailors on a similar mission close to the mouth of what is now known as the Fraser River, in western Canada. The name of the city that eventually
A flood watch for the River Thames in the Abingdon area was lifted today. The alert had been in place for areas between Abingdon down to and including Little Wittenham. Other rivers in the county remain on flood watch.
A young man from Abingdon died early yesterday. The 20-year-old, who has not been named by police, was pronounced dead by an ambulance crew at a private address in Stratton Way. Police were called at 5.30am and said they were treating the death
CONSERVATIVE Party leader David Cameron will today effectively kick off his campaign for the general election with a New Year speech describing 2010 as the "year for change". The speech in Woodstock, part of Mr Cameron's Witney constituency, is expected
A WOMAN who died on Christmas Eve following a car crash has been named as English teacher Ellie Bongers. Mrs Bongers, 32, of North Oxford, died at the John Radcliffe Hospital after suffering serious head and leg injuries in a head-on crash with another
WE hope RH Buses is successful with its two new hospital services for the west and south of the city. The company has launched them without any subsidy from the hospitals or county council so they will either thrive or die on the basis of passenger numbers
IT is hard to believe the Oxford Children’s Hospital celebrates its third birthday this month. In that time, well over 150,000 patients have been treated and the hospital will reach the 200,000 mark some time this year. It was a mammoth fundraising
Chris Wilder said he felt sorry for the fans after Oxford United’s New Year’s Day match at Rushden was called off less than two and a half hours before kick-off. And to make the day even more frustrating for the U’s, they lost top spot for
OXFORD Children’s Hospital has begun to reap the benefits of last year’s record-breaking OX5 Run. The hospital, which this month celebrates its third birthday, has already received one baby transport pod as a result of the Oxford Mail-backed fun run.
WHEN 82-year-old George Dearlove popped into the bookies on his way home from the pub, the last thing he expected was to be caught up in an armed robbery. But the two machete-wielding masked men who burst into Coral in Wallingford may have had a bigger
