A MAN was under arrest in a serious condition in hospital tonight after he was shot with a Taser gun by police. Police said the man, in his 40s, was shot with the electric stun gun after he confronted them with a knife in Rose Hill, Oxford, at about
OXFORSHIRE’S St John Ambulance operations director has urged revellers to remain with friends on nights out. Five ambulances and volunteer crews from the charity helped paramedics deal with the aftermath of New Year’s Eve celebrations on Friday night
BENEFIT cheats are being warned there is nowhere to hide. The message was issued by councillors after it was revealed more than £250,000 was being recovered from fraudsters following a crackdown by Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils
THIS time last year the country was teetering on the brink of recession. Like everywhere else, business people in Oxfordshire were plagued by uncertainty. As a result, they battened down the hatches and prepared for the worst. No-one
A LAST-minute surge in donations enabled five car loads of blankets, food and clothing to be shared out among Oxford’s homeless. Pete Bonney, who was formerly homeless himself, collects donations for people living on the streets every year.
Oxfordshire Senior Cup Garsington 0, Kidlington 1 Kidlington edged into the third round after a narrow victory at Garsington as they beat the freeze on Saturday. The Oxfordshire Senior League side’s cause was not helped as they had two players sent
BRADLEY Smith came close to ending Britain's 32-year wait for a motorcycling Grand Prix world champion last year – but has set his sights firmly on bringing home the title in 2010. Smith, 19, was runner up in the FIM 125cc World Championship
FOOTBALL ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd v Hungerford Tn pp; North Leigh v Cirencester Tn pp. FTL FUTBOL HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Ascot Utd 0, Reading Tn 3. OXFORDSHIRE SENIOR CUP 2nd round: Garsington 0, Kidlington
RECYCLING will be the focus of a new group on Oxford’s largest estate to make use of unwanted clutter. People in Blackbird Leys are launching the estate’s first community action group, a volunteer-run scheme to raise awareness and take action
A CLIMATE change project that will see a giant ark built in Oxford city centre has been recognised for embodying Olympic dreams. The Ark Project is an ambitious scheme aimed at getting children and young people passionate about environmental issues.
GADGET lovers have been flocking to an exhibition in Oxford to see a host of weird and wonderful contraptions. Steampunk, at the Museum of the History of Science, shows modern gadgets, including iPods, redesigned as they might have looked had they been
A list of people who have recently been convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county OXFORD Martin Cox, 37, of White Road, East Hendred, was convicted of travelling on a railway without paying a fare on August 9. Fined £30, costs
NEW Freedom of Information figures have revealed Thames Valley Police has spent £6,692,455 on hiring vehicles since 2004. The force spent more than every other force which responded to the Liberal Democrats’ request for the figures, except for London
The Environment Agency today removed flood watch alerts from most of Oxfordshire's rivers. Only the River Thame and Chalgrove Brook remained on flood watch, the lowest level of alert.
POLICE officers used a Taser stun gun to subdue a man this morning. At about 3am officers were called to an address in Westbury Crescent, Rose Hill, following reports of a disturbance. When officers arrived they were confronted by a man, aged in his
Police fired a taser at a man after being called to a disturbance in Oxford today. At about 3am today, officers were called to an address in Westbury Crescent, following reports of a disturbance. When officers arrived they were confronted
TWO fire engines were called to the M40 this morning after a car’s engine caught fire. Fire crews from Bicester received the call just after 8am. The car was alight on the hard shoulder of the southbound carriageway, between Junction 9 Wendlebury
PATIENTS and visitors travelling to the John Radcliffe Hospital will get a double boost tomorrow when two new bus routes are launched from Oxford park-and- ride sites. RH Buses is running new half hourly commercial services from Seacourt and Redbridge
Tests will start next year on cars that "drive themselves" in an initiative which could become a reality within ten years. Co-ordinated by a UK company, the EU project is called Sartre (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) and involves a "carpooling
Heavy snow and ice will continue to cause widespread disruption as the big chill tightens its grip across the UK in the coming week, forecasters said. The freezing weather brought chaos on Saturday as snow created treacherous driving conditions and
