A COMPANY developing wafer-thin screens for the next generation of mobile phones, electronic organisers and games has raised £5.3m from investors. Opsys, an Oxford University spin-off company, will use the money to equip state-of-the-art laboratories
THE sun came out moments before the Princess Royal arrived in Oxfordshire by helicopter today, to visit a home for people with learning difficulties. The Princess, wearing a tweed coat trimmed with green velvet, was greeted at Milton Heights, near Didcot
MURDER suspect Mark Numms boasted of throttling homeless teenager who was found dead in an Oxford meadow, a court heard. Numms allegedly showed the body of Richard Jackson to friends and went drinking in nearby pubs before calling police to say he had
IT hardly ranks alongside the Great Train Robbery, but snowdrop rustling is the latest way for opportunist thieves to make a fast buck, writes Richard Abbott. While villagers sleep at night, rustlers are clearing their churchyards and woods of wild flowers
WORCESTER College Old Boys have leapt to the defence of substitute Paul Cox after his challenge left Oxford City midfielder Justin Lee badly injured, writes RUSSELL SMITH. Lee was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital after being caught by Cox during
WITNEY Town have been fined £200 by the Football Association after being found guilty of making an illegal approach for Oxford City wing back Terry Morrisey. The penalty comes after Witney, who were also warned about their future conduct, put in two seven-day
AFTER the huge success of our campaign to raise £1,000 to buy little Joe Smith a revolutionary computer, writes Katherine MacAlister, we meet another Oxford mum whose daughter's life was transformed by similar equipment. FIVE-year-old Emma-Louise Dunkley
The last time Richard Branson tried to get his hands on the National Lottery and didn't, he was a bitterly disappointed man, writes George Frew. This time, it's personal - so it's hardly surprising that the recently-enobled Sir Richard is coming out of
DENIS Smith has a major balancing act on his hands to haul Oxford United above the Division 2 drop zone. The new U's boss has highlighted the squad's imbalance as a major reason for them struggling this season. After seeing the players first-hand in their
FIRMS want compensation after being left without phone lines for nearly a week, writes Karen Rosine. Four communications companies on the site of the former MG factory at Abingdon were forced to work from mobile phones and claim they lost thousands of
Have-a-go gran Kathy Muldoon fought off a knife-wielding robber - by kicking him where it hurts. Mrs Muldoon, 55, was attacked on her doorstep after collecting her pension and walking to her home in Westfield Road, Harwell. After holding a knife to the
PUB customers and neighbours held up busy traffic for nearly half-an-hour in their campaign to move a pedestrian crossing where two boys were injured., writes michael Hambleton. Martyn Coxhead, nine, is still in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital with a
A GRIEVING councillor who lost her husband in the latest horrific A40 road smash has told how she had campaigned for the junction to be made safe, writes Victoria Owen. But new traffic signals and an island crossing planned for the junction with Cassington
MUCKING in with the soldiers of the Territorial Army can be a revealing experience, writes Richard Abbott. For underneath the helmets and combat gear, leading a remarkable double life, are office workers, postmen and factory hands. For many of us, the
FORGET our plan to change little Joe Smith's life in seven days - thanks to you we reached our appeal target yesterday in a staggering TWO HOURS. Now the four-and-a-half-year-old will soon have the computer he needs to help him communicate with the outside
