EMPLOYMENT Minister Andrew Smith welcomed the opening of a £23m factory in Cowley as a major boost for manufacturing jobs in the region. The Unipart Yutaka Systems plant, Mr Smith, MP for Oxford East, cut a celebration cake at the Cowley factory's formal
Landlords John and Denise Hamlet have been rewarded for pouring the perfect pint - after their pub became one of the first in the country to win a prestigious new award. John and Denise, who run The Broad Face pub in Bridge Street, Abingdon, are among
Celebrities rubbed shoulders at Oxford's social bash of the season at Le Petit Blanc in Jericho. They were out in their hordes at the lunch to support CLIC, Cancer and Leukaemia In Childhood. They mingled with model Yasmin Le Bon, TV personality Anneka
A driver swerved round a woman screaming for help in the street after she had been followed and robbed. The 38-year-old was held round her face and forced down on to the road as her attacker demanded money. As he ran off the woman tried to flag down a
Hundreds of stunned listeners called BBC Thames Valley when they heard that presenter Sue McGarry had been found hanged. The Oxford Mail revealed yesterday how Sue was found by her partner, fellow DJ Danny Cox, at their home near Witney on Wednesday.
Noel Robb is a very luck-key boy. Noel, four, of Station Approach, Banbury, got his finger trapped in a key ring and was freed after an eight-hour struggle involving 31 people. Noel's mother Mary Robb, his sister and brother, a friend and her daughter
A young couple proved the heights of their love by having their marriage blessed in a hot air balloon. Brian Hatton, 32, and Clare Hollings, 33, of Reading Road, Cholsey, got married in church before being whisked off in a balloon for the blessing in
Teenager Stephen Young was convicted of threatening to turn himself into a human firebomb and blow up police and on-lookers. The 18-year-old made the threats in May when he held a box of matches and stood, dripping with petrol, next to two gas cylinders
BANBURY'S discus medal hope Perriss Wilkins finished seventh behind gold medallist and England teammate Bob Weir at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Marius Hardiman, a member of Morris Motors weightllifting club and representing Wales, finished
A psychic is on the trail of a missing dog after being called in by the hound's despairing owner. Medium "Lillian" was recommended to Simon Tavener by a friend, David Nicholls, who used her when he lost his cat. "He got the cat back within four weeks,
Cow passports may sound daft but they could rescue farming. REG LITTLE reports... The idea of passports for cattle might seem to bear the stamp of a Beaujolais-swilling Brussels bureaucrat. But desperate livestock farmers in Oxfordshire are this week
Columnist Michael Davies imagines how it might have been... Everyone knows Bill Clinton was a student at Oxford University in his youth. The beleaguered President of the United States came to this side of the Pond as a Rhodes Scholar in the late 1960s
Baker Edward Wright pleaded guilty to three counts of contravening food safety regulations, magistrates heard yesterday (TUES). Thame magistrates' court was told that Wright, of Thame's Wrights Bakery, in High Street, pleaded guilty to three counts of
Research by Oxford scientists published today reveals chemotherapy can be effective in the early stages of breast cancer - before the disease has spread. The news comes after the largest random study of chemotherapy for cancer led by a team based at Oxford
A popular Morrells pub has closed in mysterious circumstances. Villagers were shocked to see the Berinsfield Arms, at Berinsfield, boarded up. But Morrells Brewery immediately denied rumours that the closure was linked to the company's sale. Morrells,
The team responsible for the disastrous re-fit of Banbury's open-air swimming pool have been told repairs must be carried out at no extra cost to taxpayers. Engineers Mouchel Consulting, along with contractors Interclass and FebMBT, met with Cherwell
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs travel to Belle Vue tonight for their final away clash of the speedway season - but under protest. And they must undertake probably their most important meeting of the season without influential No 1 Jason Crump, who was the star
Women's Editor FIONA TARRANT reports on why women are keeping them... Anthea Turner may have tried to change her man and failed, but there's one thing she won't have to change if and when she and estranged husband Peter Powell finally hit the divorce
FOR the first time this season Oxford United manager Malcolm Shotton looks set to name an unchanged team for tomorrow's visit to Sunderland's Stadium of Light. It will almost certainly be the one that finished last week's 3-3 draw with Ipswich. But it's
But illness forced designer Emma Hardie to move into massage. She tells her story to GEMMA SIMMS... Emma Hardie painted hotel suites for pop stars and worked with top interior designer Jocasta Innes. Then she was struck down with toxic poisoning. Her
Denman College, in Marcham, is the bustling centre of the Women's Institute and on Sunday it celebrates its golden anniversary. So what's the secret of it's success? KATHERINE MacALISTER went to find out... With everything from car maintenance to advan
Bars, bars and more bars continue to open up in Oxford. As more leisure groups announce their plans, MATT CHILDE asks is our city centre in danger of losing its identity? The year is 1996 and you take a stroll into Oxford city centre. You pick up a bottle
A town mayor has been fined £200 after charging a learner driver for lessons - even though she was not an authorised instructor. Now Jeanette Rickus-Prosser, the 49-year-old mayor of Abingdon, has been told she will never achieve her ambition of becoming
