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  • Elderly woman tricked

    A YOUNG boy and two men conned their way into the home of an 86-year-old woman in Woodstock. The pensioner opened her door to a man who claimed he needed to turn off her water supply. He told her his father was having a washing machine installed and they

  • Radon in new cancer scare

    NEW research led by an Oxford professor shows that one in 20 deaths from lung cancer in England is caused by radon gas in homes. The naturally occurring radioactive gas, which is colourless and odourless, affects homes in several parts of the country

  • Fury over more nuclear waste

    GREEN campaigners lashed out at plans to bring more radioactive waste to store at Harwell. The Ministry of Defence wants to dispose of waste from the decommissioning of a nuclear reactor at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in time for the Millennium

  • Oxon lad Keown's crowning glory

    HE'S got to be the proudest sportsman in Oxfordshire. Martin Keown was reflecting today on the crowning moment of his career - when he lifted the FA Cup at Wembley on Saturday as part of Arsenal's Double-winning side. The 31-year-old Oxford-born defender

  • Oxford City sack boss Brock

    KEVIN Brock's seven-month reign as Oxford City manager has ended with the sack. The 35-year-old player-boss, one of Oxford United's 1986 Milk Cup-winning heroes, has paid the price for City's poor league form which saw them relegated from the Ryman League

  • Village wins independence battle

    A TINY parish has won a battle to stop itself from being swallowed up by Oxfordshire's biggest village. Kidlington parish councillors voted to leave its neighbour alone after residents in Gosford and Water Eaton kicked up a fuss about a future merger.

  • Girl to aid fellow cancer sufferers

    TEENAGE cancer victim Sophie Watson has set her heart on making hospital life more bearable for fellow sufferers by raising cash to buy them creature comforts. Next week, 16-year-old Sophie will undergo painful chemotherapy at John Radcliffe Hospital

  • Comic Coogan spills the secrets of his characters

    By the Oxford Mail's GEORGE FREW... THE Calfs are naff and the Partridge is truly pitiful - and they are three of the funniest comic characters to have emerged for a long, long time. All of them, along with many others, are played to perfection by comedy

  • Helping kids cope with death

    CLAIRE St Louis Little should have felt elation when she landed an important job illustrating a children's book when she was fresh out of art school. Instead, the 32-year-old felt emotionally drained. Not only was she tired because of the amount of work

  • Government cash fuels IT jobs boom

    COMPUTER company RM is taking on an extra 100 staff between now and September to cope with an influx of orders from schools spending the Government's £100m handout for Information Technology, writes Maggie Hartford. Announcing half-yearly results, chief

  • Drive ban for soccer star Garry

    SOCCER star Garry Parker was today banned from driving for 15 months after police caught him drink-driving. Parker, 32, of Foxdown Close, Kidlington, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess alcohol at Bicester Magistrates Court. The midfielder

  • Drugs firm boss is to quit post

    KEITH McCullagh, the chief executive of beleaguered Oxford drug development company British Biotech, is to resign, it was announced today. After 12 years in charge, Dr McCullagh will step down at the company's annual meeting on September 23. His move

  • Young mum relives copter crash

    A YOUNG mother relived the horror of a helicopter crash in which she and her son narrowly escaped death. The helicopter smashed into the ground near Noke, when returning to Oxford from a day trip to Wales. Now Caroline Clasper, who has been left permanently

  • Mum tells of rape ordeal

    DRUNKEN Oliver Ward raped a middle-aged mum-of-three just yards from a city centre street after going on a wild stag night with pals, a jury heard. Ward, 29, of Toot Baldon, near Garsington, allegedly told his terrified victim he would "throw her in the

  • Raiders make off with Rottweiler

    TYTUS the Rottweiler failed to live up to his reputation when burglars broke into the garage he was guarding. The six-year-old big softy ended up as part of the thieves' loot during the raid on the lock-up at Milton Common, near Thame. Not that his owner