A NEW store in Oxford spells the second major city centre jobs boost in a month. Just four weeks after Bhs opened its new store in Queen Street, Gap is opening a new store with 170 new jobs. Gap will open its 100th UK shop, in Cornmarket, on Friday. The
A teenage pupil played truant almost as many days as he attended classes, magistrates were told yesterday. The 15-year-old boy was said to have managed only a 53 per cent attendance rate between the beginning of March and the end of the summer term. Judith
Any remaining rain in the southeast will soon move away to leave most of England and Wales dry with clear spells and light winds. However, it will turn cold with some patchy frost and pockets of dense fog by morning, particularly in central and eastern
A train is to make an extra stop to help passengers who have switched to rail to avoid the A34 roadworks in Oxford. The Hereford to Paddington train will stop at Hanborough station, on the Cotswold line, at 8.47am all this week. Rail chiefs hope the extra
A senior hospital manager claims patients would be better off if two community hospital closed, infuriating campaigners fighting to keep them open. Oxfordshire Community Health Trust chairman Jenny Kirkpatrick said keeping Watlington and Burford Hospitals
Heroic pensioner Albert Jones has been commended for his bravery by firefighters after rescuing his neighbour from a blaze in her flat. Mr Jones was visited by firefighters at his home yesterday so they could thank him. The 81-year-old, of Barton Road
A group of builders proved they were true grafters by vowing to carry on working, despite scooping more than £200,000 each on the National Lottery. The 15 men from the Wantage area said the windfall would not go to their hard-hatted heads and vowed to
Motorist Ian Falk was locked in the boot of his Ford Mondeo for 13 hours after he was kidnapped by two members of a gang, a court heard. Mr Falk had to hand over his wallet and reveal his bank card number after the Wantage men jumped into his car at the
DERBY County boss Jim Smith is adopting a wait-and-see policy before making any move for Oxford United's Paul Powell. While United are desperate to sell a player as soon as possible to pay their staff, and to be able to pay the players their November
OXFORD-based driver Richard Burns tightened his grip on the Network Q Rally of Great Britain after the opening three stages of today's final day. Burns, of Kidlington, who was boosted when his nearest challenger, Alister McRae, joined his brother Colin
What do you get when you mix 3,503 pupils, a raft of orchestral instruments and a top conductor? A record breaker, writes KAREN ROSINE. Pupils from schools across Oxfordshire took part in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest orchestra
Two years ago Joanna Castle used to have a beef herd of 500 animals - now just six head of cattle remain on her farm, writes REG LITTLE. It is easy to understand why today she is in no mood to celebrate the lifting of the export ban on British beef. Joanna
Three people have been found guilty of murdering Oxford brother and sister Majid and Anum Khan in an arson attack. Anum, nine, died in her Magdalen Road home on August 26, 1997. Her brother Majid, 15, died two days later. A jury at Birmingham Crown Court
Garden centre owner Brenda Bennett attacked foxhunters after a pack of hounds ran riot on her land. Mrs Bennett , 51, owner of Acorn Nursery in Stadhampton, watched as hounds from the Vale of Aylesbury Hunt caused chaos among her frames and plants. She
James Costello has no memory of being viciously mugged while riding his bike home after a night out. Mr Costello, 38, can only remember waking up the next morning in a hospital bed with a fractured cheek bone, a black eye and bruised ribs. The dad of
More than 500 letters protesting over plans to close community hospital beds have been handed over to an MP. Letters to Health Minister Frank Dobson were collected in Witney as part of the Deluge Dobson Day organised by the Save our Community Hospitals
Inspectors highlight improvements in English, maths and the quality of teaching in their exemplary report on a primary school. Stephen Freeman School, Didcot, has overcome most of the major weaknesses pointed out in its last inspection in 1995, according
What do you get when you mix 3,503 pupils, a raft of orchestral instruments and a top conductor? A record breaker. Pupils from schools across Oxfordshire took part in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest orchestra yesterday - and succeeded
FORMER Oxford United midfielder Eddie Denton is plotting his own FA Cup giantkilling when Slough Town take on Sammy McIlroy's Macclesfield Town in a first-round replay at Wexham Park tonight. Denton, 28, is one of those who have proved that combining
