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  • FOOTBALL: Brilliant Brooks hammers treble

    Ryan Brooks hammered a hat-trick as Ardley United moved up to third in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division with a storming 6-0 win at Cheltenham Saracens on Saturday. Striker Steve Howkins headed Ardley in front from Jon Gardner’s free-kick

  • Armed police called in at Faringdon housing estate

    ARMED police were called to a Faringdon housing estate today over an alert a man was driving “erratically” and may have had a gun. Officers were called at 3pm and stopped a vehicle in Palmer Road, where the driver ran off, Thames Valley Police

  • MOTORSPORT: Smith crashes out

    Oxfordshire MotoGp rider Bradley Smith saw his involvement in the Czech Grand Prix finish early as he crashed out on turn nine while in seventh place. The race was won by championship leader Marc Marquez.

  • MOTORSPORT: Oxfordshire teams out of luck

    Oxfordshire's teams were out of luck in the Belgium Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. Romain Grosjean, driving an Enstone-based Lotus, produced the best result with eighth place as Sebastian Vettel took the honours for Red Bull. Fernando Alonso

  • Woman taken to hospital after A34 caravan smash

    A woman was taken to hospital and two others suffered minor injuries after a caravan jack-knifed in a collision with a car. The caravan collided with the Rover 75 estate car on the A34 northbound near the Islip junction shortly after 2.15pm on Saturday