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  • Weekend results march 28 & 29

    SKY BET LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Carlisle Utd 1. VANARAMA CONFERENCE NORTH Hednesford Tn 0, Oxford City 2. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd 0, Paulton Rov 1. Div 1 South & West: Cinderford Tn 5, Wantage

  • Banbury United in big trouble after losing to late goal

    Banbury United's chances of avoiding the drop from the Premier Division of the Evo-Stik Southern League look remote after they lost to a late goal to Paulton Rovers at the Spencer Stadium on Saturday. With seven games left, they are 12 points away

  • RUGBY: London Welsh relegated after Bath defeat

    London Welsh 14 (tries Reynolds, Fonua; cons Roberts, Robinson) Bath 29 (tries Webber, Houston 2, Burgess, Faosiliva; con Homer 2) LONDON Welsh have been relegated from the Aviva Premiership with four games still to play, after a 29

  • Nick Clegg launches Lib Dem election campaign in Abingdon

    DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg visited Abingdon this afternoon to launch the Liberal Democrats' campaign for the General Election. The Oxford West and Abingdon constituency is a marginal seat - lost to the Conservatives in 2010 - and party officials

  • Low power reported in Cumnor and Marcham

    PEOPLE have been left with reduced electricity this afternoon after power problems hit Cumnor and Marcham. Spokeswomen for Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) Emily MacDonald said residents in Cumnor were experiencing reduced power due to low voltage

  • Ukip opens first Oxfordshire office in Abingdon

    THE UK Independence Party (Ukip) opened its first Oxfordshire office in Abingdon this morning. The party's prospective parliamentary candidates for the county were joined by UKIP South East MEP Diane James at the East Saint Helen Street building

  • Rail delays between Didcot and Reading reported

    DELAYS of up to 25 minutes are being experienced by rail passengers travelling between Didcot Parkway and Reading this morning. First Great Western has reported that a broken down train on the line is the reason for the problem and that more updates

  • FOOTBALL: Wantage hit hard by horrendous half-hour

    Wantage Town paid for a nightmare first half-hour as they crashed 5-1 at Cinderford in Evo-Stik Southern LeagueDivision 1 South & West on Saturday. The visitors found themselves 4-0 down after 30 minutes, before they consolidated and avoided

  • MOTORSPORT: Bradley Smith lands eighth spot

    Oxfordshire's Bradley Smith secured a top-ten finish in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP. The 24-year-old from Forest Hill, near Oxford, who started seventh on the grid, ended up eighth, one place ahead of his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 teammate, Pol