By Mark Edwards Oldham Athletic 2, Oxford United 0 IF Oxford United are to continue playing second division football next season, they must start taking their chances. It was the same old story at Oldham's Boundary Park on Saturday, when the U's should
Former Oxford United star Martin Aldridge has been killed in a horrific head-on car crash. Mr Aldridge, 25, suffered serious head injuries following the smash on the A45 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Police say his Peugeot car shot across the town's
A village postmaster is telling his customers to sign up and save their local shop. Chris Lyden said he is under threat because of the Government's plan to switch the issuing of pensions and family allowances to banks. He will lose about 40 per cent of
Keep-fit fanatics were out in force at the Oxford Health, Beauty and Fitness Exhibition. Almost 2,000 people visited the Oxford Thames Four Pillars Hotel in Sandford-on-Thames to see stalls set up by 32 exhibitors, including demonstrations and workshops
A pensioner has told how she was left lying in agony by a group of dog owners after their animals broke one of her legs. Patricia Cole said the three women left her near the lake at Witney Country Park, saying they would get help. They never returned.
Music from the golden age of rock hits the airwaves today as Oxford's newest radio station - MORE 106.8 FM - goes on air. The station, based at the Oxford Mail's head office in Osney Mead, Oxford, will be on air from today until February 27, seven days
Sisters Linda Bosher and Susan Beard have always been close. The Bicester pair have always shared everything together but over the past few months they have grown even closer as they have shared the unusual experience of having a kidney transplant within
BUSINESSES are being urged to play their part in a new drive to bridge a "rich and poor" learning gap in Oxfordshire. A new study shows about 70,000 adults in the county - 19 per cent of the population - have low literacy and numeracy skills. The survey
By Mark Edwards IT was triple torture for Oxford United at the weekend. Not only did the 2-0 defeat at Oldham on Saturday leave the U's in relegation trouble, but they also learnt that they will be without Neil McGowan and Ross Weatherstone for the rest
Citizens' Advice Bureaux are being told to work within budgets - or go out and get money from somewhere else. South Oxfordshire District Council is concerned about the rising cost of running the area's three bureaux - up from £23,000 to £86,000 this year
Oxford University's vice-chancellor is one of the lowest paid in Britain. Dr Colin Lucas is paid £90,915 a year - £12,000 less than the vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, Prof Graham Upton. A survey of university vice chancellors' pay shows
Sainsbury's has beaten rivals Tesco in the race to build a new town centre supermarket. Planning permission for a supermarket, seven shops, a petrol station and parking for more than 400 cars at the site in Limborough Road, Wantage, has existed since
Whyteleafe 0, Thame Utd 1 THAME United produced a performance of the highest quality on Saturday to go top of the Ryman League Division 1 table. On a surface that bore more resemblance to a beach at low tide than a football pitch, both sides found it
By George Frew HE'D warned us not to go and put the kettle on during the Tyson-Francis fight or we might miss it. Last week, in an interview with the Oxford Mail, Paddy Monaghan, former Abingdon bare-knuckle fighter and great friend of the The Greatest
It has to be said that I didn't get very many gold stars for my ability in maths when I was at school. But at least I wasn't the only dunce in the class. Maths must be top of the league table for being the nation's least favourite subject. Government
Today marks the 25th anniversary of successful kidney transplants in Oxfordshire. And longest surviving patient Allen Newey was back at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, to meet the team who saved his life. The 56-year-old is fighting fit and enjoying life
