A SCHEME to refund bus passengers affected by poor service has been proposed by giant bus company Stagecoach which last year took over Oxford bus firm Thames Transit. Passengers would get at least twice the fare paid under the scheme, which is part of
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Witney couple Peter and Gwenda Dixon have found a shotgun which may hold clues to the killing. The 51-year-old marketing manager and his wife were enjoying a camping holiday near Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, in 1989
A TERRIFIED family fled from their home after an arsonist set fire to a toddler's pushchair. The attacker struck at a house in Iffley Road, Oxford, in the early hours of this morning. The pushchair in the hallway of the house - which is divided into flats
PUPILS at an Oxford school were today holding their own tribute to old boy Colin Sanders, who died in a helicopter crash. Magdalen College School in Cowley Place, Oxford, was holding a memorial service for pupils and staff. Mr Sanders, a self-made millionaire
CENTRAL TV newsman Andy Bevan has been bailed without charge after being questioned on suspicion of gross indecency. Mr Bevan, 34, was arrested at an address in Ormond Road, Wantage, on Wednesday and taken to Newbury police station in relation
ENGLAND speedway international Paul Hurry is joining new signings Jason Crump and Steve Schofield in the Oxford Cheetahs line-up for the new season, writes JOHN GAISFORD. Promoter Steve Purchase says he has reached agreement to bring the young England
MALCOLM Shotton has swooped to make his first Oxford United signing by taking Sheffield Wednes-day forward O'Neill Donaldson on a month's loan. The lanky 6ft striker will go straight into United's attack alongside Nigel Jemson in tomorrow's Div-ision
TRAGIC Sarah Bartlett was being buried today in her best pink party dress - just days after wearing it to celebrate her first birthday. Hours before her death, little Sarah enjoyed the happiest day of her life among family and friends. Mum Jan told the
MORE than £100,000 will be pumped into providing new CCTV cameras for Oxford City Centre. Oxford City Council plans to spend £125,000 on cameras to reduce crime and the fear of crime. But the Green party has slammed the proposals, saying what is really
SHARON and Alan Woodley and their son Jack used the months and days of their birthdays to scoop nearly £100,000 on the National Lottery. House husband Alan, 30, was born on January 14, Sharon, 31, on June 22 and their four-year-old son, Jack, on April
THE news in Oxfordshire is now available across the globe after the launch of the Oxford Mail's own Internet web site. Oxford Mail editor Chris Cowley made history when he became the first to access the county's first ever Internet news service this week
THANKS to Jennifer Rowsell, Adrian is a normal, bright, cheerful, awkward, cocky, well-spoken teenager. But when the north Oxford teacher first set eyes on him three years ago he had no bladder and was doubly incontinent. He had not, at the age of 13,
