SUPERMARKET chain Asda wants to open a major store in Oxford - off the Botley Road. The big-name food firm is believed to be interested in the Hartwell car dealers' site for its first outlet in the city. Hartwell won planning permission on appeal last
OXFORD United's newly-appointed manager Malcolm Shotton believes loan signing O'Neill Donaldson can help take some of the pressure off main striker Nigel Jemson. Shotton has taken 28-year-old Donaldson for a month from Sheffield Wednesday and pitched
THE owner of Lawrence of Arabia's former home in Oxford is facing war with his neighbours over a summer house built without planning permission. Residents have accused Terrence Phillips of "desecrating" T E Lawrence's former home in Polstead Road. He
BY DAY Amy Godel takes to her couch, where she uses hypnotherapy to relieve people from the stresses of a hectic lifestyle. By night she thrives on getting her own adrenalin flowing by appearing on TV game shows such as Countdown, 15 to 1 and 100 Per
SNARL-ups will be getting worse on Oxford's Botley Road this summer as the next round of roadworks begins. Commuters can expect long delays on one of the city's busiest roads for up to 16 weeks when stage two of the improvement scheme starts in May. The
POLICE swooped on a house in Berinsfield last night and arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of a drugs offence. Six ounces of a substance suspected to be cannabis resin was seized in the raid, which involved 14 officers, and was taken away for analysis
A MAN who allegedly posed as a lecturer to stay at an Oxford University college for four months has been arrested by police. The 31-year-old fooled staff and moved into accommodation last September, remaining there until earlier this month, it was alleged
BUILDER Richard Elliott is hoping his pet tarantula will take a bite out of burglars who crept into his home during the night and stole £1,000 worth of electrical equipment. The thieves also took the curly-haired Honduran spider Speedy and his worried
NOTHING will close - but every user of social services in Oxfordshire will feel the squeeze after another £2m of cuts to the service were agreed. The county's social services department, with a total budget of about £88m, will suffer cuts worth £5.7m
AUSTRALIAN 'wild man' Steve Johnston is the latest capture by Oxford Cheetahs promoter Steve Purchase. Johnston comes to Cowley on a full transfer from Ipswich and represents another major signing for the Cowley outfit. He follows hard on the heels of
