FOUR-MINUTE mile legend Sir Roger Bannister yesterday paid tribute to Sir Christopher Chataway, the man who was by his side when he broke the historic record in 1954. The Oxford resident, 84, paid tribute to Sir Christopher, who passed away yesterday
SIR Christopher Chataway achieved a great deal in life, moving through politics, industry and professional sport with ease. Yet it will be the mere minutes he spent alongside Sir Roger Bannister on May 6 1954 that will assure his place in history
A WOMAN in her 30s was found hanged from a tree in Shotover Country Park, Headington today. A member of the public raised the alarm and Thames Valley Police were alerted at midday. The force said the woman was from the Oxford area. Her
A 76-year-old man who has gone missing from his Thame home has been found. Alan Battista was reported missing after he was last seen at his Glenham Road home by his wife at 8.30am today. He was later found in Bicester at about 5pm.
TWO men have been arrested over a sex attack on a 19-year-old woman in Oxford in the early hours of this morning. A 23 and 32-year-old were arrested over a sexual assault in a wooded area near Oxford Canal, Hythe Bridge Street at 2.30am. Det
A former 5,000 metres world record-holder, who acted as a pacemaker to help Sir Roger Bannister become the first man to break the four-minute mile barrier in 1954, has died aged 82. Sir Christopher Chataway died at around 7am on Sunday at St John's
POLICE have finished searching a woodland for a missing grandmother. Police started searching Wytham Woods, west of Oxford on Friday for Jackie Gulliford, 61. She has not been seen since she left her Hawthorn Road, Eynsham home on Tuesday morning
POLICE and paramedics were called to Shotover Country Park, Oxford today. The police helicopter was seen landing in the area and a part of the park near a substation was cordoned off, a resident told The Oxford Mail. Thames Valley Police would
TWO people were treated for smoke inhalation after a chip pan fire in East Oxford. Firefighters were called to Craufurd Road on Saturday at 7.09pm and a man and woman were treated at the scene by paramedics. Watch Manager Alan Hutchinson said
ROADWORKS in Botley Road, Oxford which led to long tailbacks are due to finish by the end of tomorrow, electricity bosses said today. Scottish and Southern Electric has been digging at the junction with Ferry Hinksey Road to fix a fault which had
