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  • Firm hit by gap in cash funding

    A HI-TECH aluminium welding company has discovered a gap in the market that is bad news for the boss. Techno Weld, of Aston, near Witney, needs £300,000 to hit the big time and exploit a product that customers are ready to queue up and buy. But boss Graham

  • 'Love tangle' of shot surveyor

    A surveyor gunned down in a village street was working on a major Oxfordshire town centre redevelopment scheme. David Tomkins, 51, who police believe could have been involved in a love triangle, worked for South Oxfordshire District Council and was working

  • Travellers given marching orders

    Travellers accused of turning a lay-by into an eyesore have been given their marching orders. The travellers, parked in lay-bys between Berinsfield and Nuneham Courtenay, were given 24 hours to leave on Tuesday after being accused of dumping large amounts

  • New club for town backed

    Saturday night fever could be coming to Bicester with plans for its first nightclub. A derelict site on Sheep Street is being targeted for the up-market nightspot, which would open on a members-only basis for about 300 clubbers. The ambitious plan has

  • Flood protection to be overhauled

    A major overhaul of flood protection and early warning systems is to take place following the Easter wash-out which left hundreds homeless. A public meeting at Banbury Town Hall last night heard that some householders have still not returned to their

  • Blues' pack hold all the aces

    Oxford Univ 32, Northampton 12 By MICHAEL KNOX IN a remarkable reversal of traditional roles, Oxford University's forwards destroyed a club side's pack to set up a convincing victory over Northampton at Iffley Road last night. The convention in such games

  • Shotton cagey over spying mission

    OXFORD United manager Malcolm Shotton was today playing it cagey over his spying mission to watch Oxford City's hot property Jermaine McSporran. Shotton was at Court Place Farm along with representatives of 23 other league clubs on Tuesday night to see

  • Meet the real Mrs Furby

    He's cute, cuddly, 6in tall, is going to be all you'll hear about this Christmas - and a certain Mrs Furby loves him and wants to take hime home! Far from wanting to throttle the manufacturers of the much-hyped Furby toy, Linda Furby is lapping up the

  • Dexter struggles with his last Morse

    The next Inspector Morse book will be the last - if author Colin Dexter ever finishes writing it. "I just don't get much of a chance to make much progress. I go out so often. If I ever finish this book, I don't think I will start another," he said. The

  • Tower block in high drama

    It looked like a scene from a disaster movie: the workman's cradle, suspended high up on Forester's Tower, at Wood Farm, Headington, seemed in danger of crashing to the ground. But firemen were quick to reassure residents of the 14-storey tower that the

  • Chaos fears as A34 closes

    Stay away, find another route - or better still, go by bus, train or bike - that's the message from experts who predict chaos when part of Oxford's ring road is shut from midnight tomorrow. The A34 between Botley and Peartree roundabout will be closed

  • Children's slide 'intrusive'

    A retired judge's complaints about a giant slide in a playground opposite his home have been backed by planners. Henley Town Council said the frame, at Rupert House School, should go. The planning committee agreed it was "unneighbourly, intrusive and

  • Trick or treaters steal from OAP

    Cruel trick or treaters snatched a pensioner's purse after she turned her back to get them a prize. The elderly woman became the first victim of Hallowe'en wrongdoing in Oxford after answering her door to two youngsters, in Woodstock Road. She went to

  • Students hit by bus cutbacks

    A dad is angry that his daughter could miss lessons due to a cutback in school transport. Ever since Leonard Jackson's daughter Leah, 17, began her A-level course in September, she has had problems getting from her home in Middle Barton to Chipping Norton

  • Film pioneer collects award

    Retired scientific film-maker Gerald Thompson has received a prestigious wildlife award from Sir David Attenborough. Mr Thompson, 81, travelled from his home near Long Hanborough to receive the Wild Screen Trust award for outstanding achievement at a

  • Accused 'lied as to where he was'

    A man accused of killing two youngsters in an arson attack lied to police about his whereabouts on the night of the fire, a court heard. Anum Khan, nine, and her brother Majid, 15, died in the blaze at their home in Magdalen Road, east Oxford, in August

  • Students hit by bus cutbacks

    A dad is angry that his daughter could miss lessons due to a cutback in school transport. Ever since Leonard Jackson's daughter Leah, 17, began her A-level course in September, she has had problems getting from her home in Middle Barton to Chipping Norton

  • Doubts cast on reservoir plan

    Plans for a massive new reservoir could be shelved if Thames Water solves its leakage problems, the Environment Agency has claimed. The Agency, which launched its Local Action Plan this week, has also vowed to investigate all future water resource requirements

  • Cash to fund crucial research into cancer

    A scientist has been awarded a £90,000 grant for research that could improve cancer treatment. Dr Myles Axton, of Oxford University, has been given a three-year grant to study the way cells behave under the 'stresses' that can damage their genetic information

  • Prize was third time lucky

    Novelist Ian McEwan admitted he had felt a pang of guilt at scooping literature's top accolade, writes GILL SMITH. The north Oxford author came from behind to snatch the Booker Prize at the third attempt for his novel Amsterdam. But like the bookies,

  • Don's worry about 1066 and all that

    The Mail's REG LITTLE on why Oxford University's history syllabus has become an academic joke... Here's your starter for ten: Is 1215 the date of the Magna Carta or the opening time of the Oxford Union bar? Now you might imagine that such a poser wouldn't

  • Fire alert at new Bhs store

    Shoppers at the new Bhs in Queen Street, Oxford, were evacuated yesterday after fire alarms went off in the store. It was a false alarm, believed to have been caused by building work on the roof. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 30

  • Prepare for the nightmare

    It is the nightmare on A34 street - and it will continue long after Hallowe'en is over, write MATT CHILDE and JO HILLIER. The western by-pass in Oxford will be closed to all northbound traffic, between the Botley and Peartree interchanges, for five weeks

  • Exam cheat student leader is replaced

    Oriel College student Josh Bell has been elected new president of Oxford University Students Union. His selection follows the expulsion of Katherine Rainwood, 22, who stepped down two days after taking up the post after she was found to have cheated in