A mild night with some drizzle followed by more persistent rain spreading in from the north. Tomorrow Mostly cloudy and wet, although rain may clear for a while later. Outlook Colder with rain moving in from the west. Story date: Friday 19 February Converted
Very mild but wet with the rain turning heavy before starting to ease off in the west by dawn. Tomorrow Overnight rain will soon clear to leave southern England mostly dry with spells of sunshine. Outlook A biting wind will bring showers Story date: Friday
Hard-pressed schools should see their financial position improved by this week's budget settlement. Roy Smith, deputy chief education officer, said the county council's budget - set on Tuesday - was "good news for education." Members of Oxfordshire County
OXFORD United goal machine Dean Windass was brought down to earth yesterday - when he was booted out of training with the first team and ordered to train with the kids. The 29-year-old striker, renowned like Paul Gascoigne as as a player who enjoys a
MAZDA is unveiling its new small multi-purpose vehicle, called the Premacy, at the Geneva Motor Show. When it is launched it will have a choice of two versions with a 1.8-litre, 16-valve engine. Automatic transmission will be available and a turbo diesel
Rover is to be directly controlled by BMW bosses in Munich, it emerged today. It is understood that the Germans are fed up with their British subsidiary's losses and quality control problems. They want to end duplication of two management teams and an
SCHOOLBOY Mark Farrell, 13, is following in his father Peter's tyre-tracks as king of the track at Standlake Arena. Mark, who is a paper boy and part-time Oxford Mail delivery boy of Ickford Road, Tiddington, near Thame, comes from a family once dubbed
CONFESSION time. I have been a secret van fan for years. As a youngster struggling to cart about ridiculously large amounts of angling gear on a bicycle, I envied those with four wheels. But the one vehicle I really coveted was a red van which appeared
The wife of a former European show-jumping champion has admitted her part in smuggling £2m of cocaine in a consignment of asparagus. Patricia McMahon, 50, of Church Lane, Fringford, near Bicester, was second only to the 'Mr Big' of a gang who imported
THAME United are boosted by the return from injury of centre back Martin Brown and striker Keith Holmes for their FA Carlsberg Vase quarter-final at Suffolk side Woodbridge tomorrow. Holmes and skipper Brown have been nursing niggles, and boss Andy Sinnott
Despite big changes in our eating habits - traditional fish and chips is as popular as ever, as Helen Peacocke discovered in National Chip Week More than 320 million fish and chip meals are sold from fish and chip shops up and down the country each year
You'd imagine life was a bit of a headache for John Evans - especially on the days he balances a Mini car on his head! The father-of-two holds 17 world records for balancing a variety of objects on his bonce, from house bricks (101 to be exact) to 225
Few children in Oxfordshire are likely to benefit from new legislation giving local authorities power to set new 20mph speed limits near schools. Highways chiefs say that the widespread introduction of new 20mph zones could not be afforded within their
A REFIT at an Oxford motor dealership was a real Italian job. The Motorworld Volkswagen site at Iffley Road, Oxford, has been transformed to create a bright and spacious showroom and service reception. Motorworld is one of the first Volkswagen sites nationwide
The friend of an Oxford climber who died on a blizzard-ravaged Alpine peak, has had his hands and feet amputated. Doctors had battled for two weeks to save 29-year-old Jamie Andrew's badly frost-bitten limbs. His flatmate Jamie Fisher, 27, of Harpes Road
JAGUAR is looking to women to drive up sales of its new S-type, which will be in showrooms next month. At present, women make up only about five per cent of buyers of the Midlands-based company's cars. But chairman Nick Scheele said he expected women
A mother of six began dealing heroin to raise enough money to buy Christmas presents for her children. Rosemary Williams, 47, a long-term heroin user from Barton, Oxford, was jailed for 27 months at Oxford Crown Court. She pleaded guilty to possession
An enraged boyfriend was jailed after kicking his partner so savagely in the groin she had to stay in hospital for four days. Philip Carver, 35, attacked his partner of ten years, with whom he had three children, after she began shouting at him, Oxford
More than a century of kissing has come to an end at a romantic spot which has acted as a magnet for generations of smooching couples. They were simply doing what came naturally to lovers for decades by heading for one of the city's most famous trees,
Oxford scientist Martin Harris is hoping to keep balloonists Andy Elson and Colin Prescot on track for the first successful round-the-world balloon attempt. The crew of the first all-British bid to fly around the world by hot-air balloon were today waiting
STUART Cassidy, arguably the best scrum half in the county, could find himself playing out of position for Bicester in their Morrells Oxfordshire Cup rugby quarter-final at home to Chipping Norton on Sunday (2.30). Cassidy, who has just returned after
A teenage rugby player has died after a rare reaction following surgery on a broken leg. Rob Tagg, 19, of Woodperry Lane, Beckley, developed complications after undergoing routine treatment for the injury, which he suffered in a friendly rugby match at
