TROUBLED drug development firm British Biotech is making more than 40 people redundant - as the firm's chief executive announced his resignation. Keith McCullagh, the chief executive of the Oxford company, will step down at the firm's annual meeting on
HORRIFIED mum Faye Whistler is furious with baby food makers Milupa after she found slivers of metal in powdered food as she prepared a meal for her eight-month-old son. Mrs Whistler, of Southwold, Bicester, was spooning out a portion of Milupa's Sunshine
POLICE believe armed men who grabbed £250,000 of jewellery from an Oxford shop may have fled on the train. Officers found a blue Vauxhall Astra Merit car abandoned in Woodbine Place, near Oxford railway station, and were checking to see if the criminals
STATE Secondary Wheatley Park School is making an ambitious bid to become Oxfordshire's first specialist arts school. If successful, the new status as a centre of excellence would mean an extra £500,000 for the school over the next three years. The school
VILLAGERS whose homes were wrecked by the Easter floods told a Government minister how their lives are still not back to normal. Diane Hill, 38, of Cherwell Avenue, Kidlington, who has no carpets and had to have her kitchen ripped out, spoke to Elliot
TWO brothers are having to leave behind a house full of memories because they are being forced to move. Douglas and Timothy Timms have been told that the local council needs their three-bedroom home in Witney for a family on its waiting list. "It is not
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
MIKE Ford's ten-year spell at the Manor Ground is over after Oxford United's long-serving skipper was handed a free transfer in the retained list announced today. The 32-year-old defender is one of three players to be released by manager Malcolm Shotton
IT has been branded the silent killer. Odourless, colourless, it seeps into homes leaving no tell-tale signs. And now a new study has blamed it for one in every 20 deaths from lung cancer. The substance just described is the radioactive gas radon, which
RUZIA Calley used to feel sick with fear whenever she had to write a note to excuse one of her six boys from school. She would panic and spend most of the time checking how to spell every word - not just the difficult ones. Ruzia, who's 40, suffers from
A MOTORCYCLIST was caught in a police speed trap near Kidlington travelling at 127mph. The crackdown followed complaints about bikers gathering at a pub and using roads as race tracks on Monday nights. Radar checks were set up in a lay-by on the A4095
TROUBLED drug discovery firm British Biotech hopes to have a new chief executive in place by August. The move comes after the decision by Keith McCullagh to quit after 12 years at the helm of the Oxford-based company. He said he was stepping down because
TEENAGER Lee Burden has been jailed for 90 days for roasting a hedgehog in a microwave oven. The 18-year-old was sentenced by Henley magistrates yesterday TUESDAY after admitting burning a hedgehog with intent to cause unnecessary suffering. Burden, who
CAMPAIGNERS waved banners today as they protested against the closure of three of Oxfordshire's community hospitals before a meeting to discuss the proposals. They gathered outside Towler Hall at Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre where Oxfordshire
Talks give campaign a boost MG enthusiasts and traders have been given fresh hope that a museum demonstrating Abingdon's links with the famous car could be opened - six years after campaigning started. Talks are about to re-open between MG enthusiasts
OXFORD City chairman Mick Woodley has hit back at claims made by sacked manager Kevin Brock. City's chief accused Brock of double standards over 'sacked' midfielder Jason Caffel, who has now been placed on the transfer list, and totally refuted the axed
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.
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
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
THOUSANDS of new jobs will be created in Oxfordshire with the launch of Rover's new Cowley-built executive car. Around 1,000 will be taken on at Rover's Cowley car plant with another 5,000 jobs being created among component suppliers - an estimated 2,500
