RED-faced tax collectors have admitted that their computer crashed as millions of potential tax payers dashed to return their tax forms in a last-minute bid to ward off a £100 fine, writes Chris Koenig The crash came to light when Oxford accountants Neville
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Witney couple Peter and Gwenda Dixon were questioning a man about the double shooting on a Welsh cliff-top nine years ago. The 51-year-old marketing manager and his wife were enjoying a camping holiday near Little
TEENAGE thug Thomas Pancott has been told he will face prison after being found guilty of forcing a motorist to hand over £230 during a cashpoint robbery. A jury at Oxford Crown Court yesterday convicted 19-year-old Pancott of the offence, which was carried
OXFORD University should introduce sweeping changes to attract more working class students, an internal inquiry has concluded. The biggest review of the University for 30 years says Oxford must also do more to attract ethnic minorities and disabled students
PROTESTER Cynthia O'Neill was arrested at a cat breeding farm, near Witney, and charged by police under a new anti-stalking law, she revealed today. Mrs O'Neill, 59, has been protesting for years at the farm in Minster Lovell, where cats are bred for
MILLIONAIRE businessman Colin Sanders was killed when his helicopter crashed in a field and burst into flames. Motorists on the M40 motorway watched in horror as the chopper plunged to the ground and tumbled across a field in a ball of flame. More than
CENTRAL TV presenter Andy Bevan was being quizzed by police today after being arrested on suspicion of gross indecency. Mr Bevan was arrested at his home in Ormond Street, Wantage, at 7.30am yesterday and taken to Newbury police station after
SIMON Weatherstone proved that lightning can strike twice as Oxford United beat a skilful Arsenal side 3-1 in the Avon Insurance Combination at The Manor Ground last night. It was only the leaders' second defeat of the season and Weather-stone, who scored
OXFORD speedway boss Steve Purchase has signed top Australian star Jason Crump. The young Aussie, son of the legendary Phil Crump, will spearhead Oxford Cheetahs' challenge in the Elite League which gets under way in March. Purchase has also snapped up
CRIME has fallen in the Thames Valley for the fourth year in succession. But the force remains near the bottom of a national league table for catching criminals, according to a report out today. Crime fell by six per cent in 1997 compared with the previous
PLANS to close Oxford's High Street to through traffic will create transport nightmares, Covered Market traders have warned. David Walker, owner of Stroff's Sausages in the market, said unless he and other market traders were allowed through the bus gate
