PROPOSALS that will force all companies with more than 50 employees to set up 'works councils' has been met with disbelief by Oxford business advisers. The proposed European Directive follows a spate of employment legislation and would require increased
A pizza delivery rider was robbed of his takings after making a delivery to a house in Banbury. The 17-year-old, who did not want to be named, was attacked as he returned to his motorbike in Hearthway on Tuesday evening. He was confronted by a young man
A woman was arrested after walking into a bank and telling cashiers she was carrying a gun. The woman, who is believed to have been suffering from a drug overdose, sparked a major alert at the Market Square branch of Lloyds Bank, Witney, just after 3pm
it will become dry in many areas, and the east and south of England will be milder than recently. Tomorrow: Mild but wet for a while. Rain, some of it rather heavy, will move eastwards, but will ease off. Much of England and Wales will end dry, with some
Angry former PoW Arthur Titherington risked arrest by spitting at the Japanese parliament building after a long court battle for compensation ended in defeat. The veteran Witney campaigner said his outburst was a reaction to the "kick in the teeth" he
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs will be competing in the Elite Speedway League next season, according to news filtering through from the BSPA conference in Lanzarote. They will be joined in a new ten-team set-up which includes newcomers Peterborough and Hull.
Sex offenders who pose a risk to the community face tough new laws fromto protect young children that will be enforced next week. The new controls will stop paedophiles like child rapist Rhys Hughes from harassing children or placing them in vulnerable
Thousands of convicted sex offenders are living in the Thames Valley - but legal loopholes mean only 150 are registered and monitored by police. The figures include many paedophiles who have served prison sentences and now live in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire
Hundreds of football fans packed out Oxford Town Hall last night for a public meeting about cash-strapped Oxford United. Foul (Fighting for Oxford United's Life), the group organising last night's meeting, said it was virtually resigned to the fact that
Railtrack's new gravel dump is posing serious flooding risks to homes, the Environment Agency has warned. The agency said urgent measures were needed to protect the area around Hinksey Sidings in south Oxford. In a letter to Oxfordshire County Council
Teenager Amy Hall was found dead in her bedroom after she injected the killer drug heroin, an inquest heard. The 18-year-old was found by her mother, Elizabeth, at her home in Ferry Road, Marston, Oxford, on August 18. Yesterday, an inquest in Oxford
STAY-AT-HOME Joey Beauchamp could be a Premiership player after all by the weekend to rescue crisis club Oxford United. The 27-year-old winger had yesterday stunned United by refusing to hold transfer talks with a Premier League club. But it emerged last
OXFORD United fans are preparing for a "doomsday scenario" and plan to take over the U's if the club goes into administration or receiver- ship. Steve Hanks, the chairman of the supporters group FOUL (Fighting for Oxford United's Life), spoke last night
It's a typical Friday night. People go out, meet their friends in the pub and get raucously drunk on numerous pints of lager - and that's just the women. Surprised? You may be but surely these days women have as much right to drink pints as men when they
It's coming up to that time of year again when tricky decisions have to be made, writes KATHERINE MacALISTER. Which set of parents will you snub this time round? Such is the storm that this question creates that pre-marriage classes now encourage couples
