The smell of freshly baked bread has wafted over Osney Island every morning for more than 100 years. But when the last batch of loaves leave the ovens of Woodward's & Sons tomorrow morning it will herald the end of the line for one of Oxford's oldest
Furious residents are demanding parking restrictions after being blocked in their own driveways by students' cars. Residents in Demesne Furze, Headington, claim that students from nearby Oxford Brookes University are using the street as a car park because
A survey of GPs in Oxfordshire has revealed many want more help in dealing with patients with drug problems, writes Karen Rosine. Now doctors are to get better training and support for dealing with drug addicts. The survey was carried out in February
An historic Oxfordshire park has been voted the most beautiful in the region - for the third year running. Wallingford's Castle Gardens have been declared Best Park in the Thames and Chilterns region, beating off competition from Bucks, Berks and the
The death of a surveyor shot outside his home has stunned a village. David Tomkins, 51, was working on a major redevelopment of Didcot town centre when he was shot. Neighbours in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, reacted with shock to the killing on Tuesday
A prestigious car rally, due to be staged in Oxfordshire next month, is getting a less than warm welcome from some. Residents of Charlbury have said they expect disruption and noise while the event takes place. The world's leading rally crews will be
A family has been inundated with sympathy after the death of Norman Bragg - who devoted most of his life to running a town's oldest shop. The 85-year-old, who died after suffering a stroke following a long illness, was just six months old when his dad
Protesters against a 'virtual quarry' today took action to stop workmen entering the site. Campaigners claim Railtrack is defying Oxfordshire County Council and stepping up work to create a 200,000-tonne ballast stockpile at Hinksey Sidings, south Oxford
OXFORD United have cancelled next Monday's open meeting for supporters to ask questions about the club. Club manager Ian Davies said: "It seems most people want to ask about the takeover but we're not in a position to say any more than was said at the
Didn't he do well? Veteran compere Bruce Forsyth has managed to get three sayings included in the new Oxford Dictionary of 20th Century Quotations. His Generation Game phrases "Didn't he do well?" and "Nice to see you, to see you nice" and "I'm in charge
Police today issued a photograph of the man who robbed a building society in Oxford. The thief walked into the Woolwich in Cornmarket at 4.45pm on Wednesday, threatened staff and ran off with cash. He was caught on security cameras. Oxford police are
OXFORD United boss Malcolm Shotton has issued a simple instruction to his players before their crunch relegation battle against Crewe at the Manor tomorrow. "Be more clinical," he ordered, ". . .at both ends." United's manager said: "We're making chances
A former solicitor has been struck off after he admitted 'misappropriating' nearly £2,000 from his employer and clients. Anthony Chiedu Osude, 30, took £1,600 from Marshall and Galpin solicitors, in St Michael's Street, Oxford, and £330 from clients while
Beds are being axed at a hospital because of a shortage of nurses. A staffing crisis at Fair Mile Hospital, Cholsey, near Wallingford, has forced hospital bosses to close beds and turn away patients. The number of beds for acute adult admissions has been
Almost every woman is insecure about some part of her body and would do anything, short of cosmetic surgery to change it. Some even go under the knife in the quest for eternal beauty. But there are so many lotions and potions, machines, exercises and
A HUGE order for mouse mats has been scooped by a Kidlington based manufacturer. Data Private Label, which makes mats featuring The Simpsons, Wallace and Gromit, as well as football and golf motifs, has landed a 100,000 mat order from Marks & Spencer
A FAST growing snack food firm is celebrating its first birthday with a boom in demand and jobs, writes David Duffy. A year ago The Delicious Donut Company was renamed The Fabulous Bakin' Boys with its aim to do for sweet snacks what Phileas Fogg did
A young jockey is celebrating after following in his father's footsteps to race with the professionals. Damien Cox, from Sinodun Road, Wallingford, whose father and grandfather were also jockeys, has set his sights on the big time after landing a new
Winter wouldn't be winter without snow - which is why one firm is busy making it. Didcot-based Air Products won the contract to produce five tonnes of 'PolarSnow' daily to be transported to Olympia, London, to make snowmen and snowballs at the Daily Mail
Police are hunting thieves who are targeting park and garden benches. About 50 benches have been stolen in Oxford since spring. They were taken from parks, bowling clubs, churches and old people's homes. Many have memorial plaques on them and have been
Get on yer bike - that is the message being sent to health workers in Oxfordshire. For NHS staff in the city are gearing up for a healthier lifestyle with the latest additions to their team - a pair of company bikes. The bikes have been supplied by Oxfordshire
Applications are flooding in from job-seekers keen to become town clerk. Wallingford Town Council is seeking a replacement for Patricia Dawe, who leaves in March. Mrs Dawe from Morningford Road, Cholsey, is retiring after holding the post for four years
Lucy Parton was getting ready to go to a family party when she discovered a small lump on her breast, writes GEMMA SIMMS. Being only 24 at the time, Lucy was not worried but showed it to her mum who advised her to go to the family GP to check it out.
There will be bitterness and bewilderment as Oxfordshire beekeepers gather this weekend for their annual honey show, writes REG LITTLE. Instead of sweet reunions with friends, many will be anxiously looking around to see just how many old faces are missing
A project to set up a series of farmers' markets has received backing from the National Farmers' Union. Thame town council wants to start a series of markets next year. The scheme is already backed by South Oxfordshire District Council's Agenda 21 team
A new gas-powered bus was taken out of service - after just one day on the road. Oxford Bus Company bosses were left fuming when the £130,000 bus - powered by liquid petroleum gas - was sent limping to the garage after colliding with another bus in Morrell
Campaigners calling for the closure of Campsfield Immigration Detention Centre say 30 asylum seekers from warn-torn Kosovo are being held inside. A small group of protesters staged a demonstration outside Carfax Tower, in Oxford, last night to raise awareness
A husband paralysed in a car crash has received £750,000 compensation after suing his wife. Kenneth Baxter, represented in court by Cherie Booth QC, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, was left confined to a wheelchair after a two-car accident in January
