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  • 100mph rail link set to boost prices

    A NEW high speed rail link between Banbury and London is expected to boost house prices throughout north Oxfordshire. The new 100mph service is expected to cut the journey time to the capital to just 67 minutes and reduce it further still within a year

  • Hurry a big hit

    GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs' young England star Paul Hurry put up a spirited performance to take the bronze medal in the British speedway final at a sweltering Coventry Stadium yesterday. However, there was no luck for Cheetahs' other hopeful Lawrence Hare

  • Gems raid on city store

    TERRIFIED shop staff were ordered to lie down on the floor while armed men stole jewellery worth £250,000 from an Oxford city centre shop. The raid, which happened at Rowell Silversmiths in Turl Street at around 9.20am is one of the biggest to hit the

  • Oxford fun run is huge success

    MORE than 1,500 runners braved soaring temperatures to make the Oxford Mail Town and Gown Fun Run another searing success. The 10k race in the University Parks yesterday is expected to raise at least £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Group. St John Ambulance

  • Man loses his leg as accident injures two

    SURGEONS had to amputate a man's leg after an elderly driver ran into his Land Rover and horsebox as he was changing a flat tyre near Wantage. The accident happened outside The Volunteer pub on the A338 at Grove at 10.15am yesterday. The Land Rover had

  • Boy cuts mouth on hook in gum

    BUBBLE-GUM chewer Matthew Chambers had a nasty surprise when he bit into a piece of bubbly - and was stabbed in the mouth by a hook. Matthew, nine, who lives in Marston, Oxford, bought the 5p Bubbaloo from Marston Road post office and popped it into his

  • Mayor Carole to defy her critics

    OUTSPOKEN councillor Carole Roberts plans to defy her critics by becoming Oxford's first political Lord Mayor. The Labour councillor served notice that she does not want the Mayoral chain to be a political gag - and she angrily hit back at political opponents

  • Crooked coroner jailed for three years

    DISGRACED coroner Lionel Skingley has begun a three-year jail sentence for plundering nearly £1m from clients to fund a champagne lifestyle in Oxfordshire. Skingley, 53, who lives at Deddington, hung his head in shame as he was sentenced at Knightsbridge

  • Young winners WILL go to the ball!

    ELEVEN-year-old Kirsty Ryan will be the belle of the ball when she appears on the Oxford Mail float as Cinderella. Kirsty, of Brambling Way, Blackbird Leys, was chosen ahead of a clutch of hopefuls to be the panto queen for the day, riding on the float

  • Darts duo set record for the longest game

    A HUGE cheer from drinkers greeted the moment the world record for the longest game of darts was broken after a non-stop marathon at an Oxford pub. The Ampleforth Arms, Collin- wood Road, Risinghurst, reverberated as John Goble threw the last dart of

  • Clarke reigns at The Oxfordshire

    IT was another Sunday to forget for Colin Montgomerie, but a memorable weekend for Ryder Cup teammate Darren Clarke. The Scot has horrific memories of final day Benson and Hedges International calamities at The Oxfordshire and he won't want to reflect