Police chased a Vauxhall Astra which had been reported performing wheel spins and other manoeuvres around Headington and Barton.

The car chase started at 3.37am yesterday morning. It ended a short time later when the Astra was abandoned in Wood Farm.

Police are looking for two white men in their mid-20s wearing baseball caps who were in the car.

There were also reports of a Peugeot 405 being driven dangerously by joyriders in Underhill Circus, Barton, at 4.19am and of a stolen Vauxhall Nova being set alight by arsonists in nearby Brome Place at 4.45am.

Anyone with information should contact Oxford police on 01865 266333 or the anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111.