ANOTHER 700 jobs are scheduled to come on line at the former site of Rover's old North and South Works, now Oxford Business Park, writes Chris Koenig. This follow's last week's news that Rover are to take on another 1,000 employees at their new Cowley
BATTLING war veteran Arthur Titherington is keeping up the pressure on British and Japanese governments with a letter of protest in Downing Street today. The 76-year-old Witney man aims to hand in a letter from the Japanese Labour Camp Survivors' Association
OASIS star Noel Gallagher has the world at his finger tips when it comes to choosing a venue to pen his band's next million-selling album. But rather than New York, Paris or London, the Oxford Mail can reveal Noel has chosen Chipping Norton as the ideal
A FORMER top lawyer at an Oxford firm of solicitors has been arrested on suspicion of stealing clients' money. Jeremy Bright, who was a partner at solicitors Challenor Gardiner, has now been released on police bail pending further inquiries by the Fraud
SEX offender Paul Gunning has been badly beaten up by fellow inmates at Bullingdon Prison, it is claimed. A jury at Oxford Crown Court found Gunning, 45, guilty of four counts of indecent assault against an underage girl in a majority verdict. He was
AN Army veteran who went missing during a Second World War battle more than 50 years ago, has turned up - alive and well and living in East Hendred. A shock awaited 81-year-old Les Goodwin's family when they found his name included in a provisional list
PROTESTERS demanding the closure of Campsfield House have accused the Government of a cover-up after the controversial centre was given a prestigious national award. The immigration detention centre, in Langford Lane, Kidlington, has become the only one
War veteran Arthur Titherington said today he was delighted with the support given to his snubbing of the Japanese Emperor. Mr Titherington, 76, of Church Green, Witney, said about 1,500 former prisoners of war and 2,500 military and civilian supporters
CLARE McCarthy has to watch out when she takes her cheerful six-year-old Matthew shopping - because he's far too friendly with strangers. Matthew trusts everyone and has an incredibly sunny disposition. Although he seems like any other happy child, he
Daniel Leggett was so proud of the shining bicycle he had been given for his birthday. At six-and-a-quarter years old he had just been able to cast his stabilisers aside and take to his wheels like an adult for the first time. Then his consultant told
FARMERS in Oxfordshire have been left reeling by the news that Banbury's ancient cattle market is to close. The livestock market - the largest in Europe and boasting a 1,000-year history stretching back to the Domesday Book - will close next Thursday
A BOY aged 16 was recovering in hospital today after he was stabbed in the neck during a fight involving 20 youths. The stabbing happened in the Meadow Lane area of Oxford, near Donnington Bridge, at 6.45pm yesterday. Six youths were arrested in connection
HEROIC son Imran Ahmed has been praised by a judge after he caught a burglar who broke into his mum's house. Oxford Crown Court heard that Mr Ahmed chased heroin addict Robert Taylor, 28, after seeing him running away from his mum's home, in Abingdon
FLOOD damage in Oxfordshire will cost £200,000 to repair and the money will have to come from county council reserves - cash set aside for a rainy day. Members of the council's environmental committee voted yesterday to take the money from the authority's
DRINK-driver Stephen Ivings killed a young motorcyclist in a hit-and-run smash at an accident blackspot, a court heard. Ivings, 37, of Woodlands, Radley, was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he pulled out in front of 17-year-old Thomas Pedley
OXFORD United fans have been reminded that 5pm tomorrow is the deadline for buying season tickets at the reduced prices. It is also the deadline for supporters who wish to buy the season tickets in instalments. United ticket office supervisor Darren Bowler
THE day had a fairytale beginning and a happy ending as crowds took to the streets for the spectacle of Oxford's annual Lord Mayor's parade. Thousands lined the city centre streets to catch a glimpse of 15 colourful floats decorated on the theme of nursery
THE day had a fairytale beginning and a happy ending as crowds took to the streets for the spectacle of Oxford's annual Lord Mayor's parade. Thousands lined the city centre streets to catch a glimpse of 15 colourful floats decorated on the theme of nursery
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs face what looks a near impossible task when they take on unbeaten Ipswich in the Elite League at their Foxhall Stadium fortress tonight. The Witches, boasting three of the world's top five riders, are setting their sights on re-writing
Amanda Cowley finds a place where tormented animals can find sanctuary... A donkey is so loyal that it will work its guts out for the man who beats and starves it half to death. That's the sad conclusion of John McLaren, who has rescued dozens of pitiful
POLICE in the Thames Valley region are on the lookout for more special constables. These volunteers can face exactly the same risks and rewards as full-time officers, but get no pay. GEMMA SIMMS went on the beat... SPECIAL Constable Sylvia Masih is 21
