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  • Unipart plans to split from Rover

    CAR parts and logistics company Unipart has decided to make a multi-million pound break from car maker Rover. The BMW-owned car manufacturer currently owns a 19 per cent stake in Unipart - given to it when the Unipart Group of Companies was formed through

  • Super Cooper boosts Mini

    NEW high-performance versions of the Mini Cooper, being built to mark the Mini's 40th birthday, are guaranteed exclusivity. Just 250 of the 102mph Mini Cooper S Works cars are being built by John Cooper. The new S Works, which costs from £12,495 to £14,595

  • Rover marks Mini birthday

    ROVER is marking the Mini's 40th birthday with a new Mini 40 Limited Edition. Just 250 models of the car will be sold in the UK. Sitting on 13in sports alloy wheels with body-colour wheelarch extensions, the Mini 40 LE sports twin spot lamps and a large

  • Audi TT scoops euro accolade

    THE Audi TT Coup quattro has been voted Europe's Auto 1 for 1999 by representatives from the 12 motoring magazines making up the Auto Europe group. The sporting newcomer is Audi's second winning entrant in the awards, the first being the A4 saloon which

  • Steve through to last eight

    OXFORD'S Steve Mullins is the new Western Counties middleweight boxing champion and is through to the ABA quarter-finals after a brilliant display against Paul Brown, of Saxon ABC (Plymouth), in Exmouth. Boxing for the Penhill RBL club from Swindon, Mullins

  • Tonight

    A band of cloud may produce some light rain or drizzle at times through the night, but it will become drier and clearer later. Tomorrow Cloud and some light rain will soon clear to give a bright start to the day, but showers are likely in the afternoon

  • Gray up before the FA

    OXFORD United midfielder Martin Gray must appear before a Football Association disciplinary hearing at Lancaster Gate tomorrow to explain how he has accumulated 11 bookings this season. He will begin a suspension on Saturday, missing the U's trip to Crewe

  • Conference boys Boro chase Jacko

    STEVENAGE Borough boss Richard Hill has made an approach to try to sign Oxford United's FA Cup hero Elliot Jackson. Hill, the former United midfielder, is desperate for a goalkeeper with his current No 1 Chris Taylor experiencing a poor run of form, and

  • Limited edition MGF hits road

    MG Cars has announced a celebration limited edition of the UK's best-selling sports car, the MGF. Restricted to a production run of 2,000, the MGF 75th anniversary LE will be built in both 1.8i and more powerful 1.8i VVC versions. Five hundred will be

  • OFA slap 184-day ban on Owens

    CHRISTOPHER Owens, of Berinsfield Community Association, has been handed a 184-day ban by the Oxfordshire Football Association in their latest suspensions list. Owens was charged with common assault on a referee during Berinsfield's Oxon Senior League

  • Premature baby led to a gem of an idea

    Little did Amanda Fleming realise when her son was born three weeks premature that it would lead to a business venture in handmade baby clothes. Amanda had experienced severe headaches during her third pregnancy and decided to phone the midwife after

  • Green's blunder delays United stadium

    A blunder by Green councillor Mike Woodin has plunged Oxford United's stadium plans into further chaos. Mr Woodin tipped off Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott about plans to build a leisure complex beside the Minchery Farm stadium. His fears over a