By Jon Murray DENIS Smith is hoping new signing Craig Russell can invigorate Oxford United - not just for tomorrow's local derby at Wycombe but for the whole of his month's stay at the Manor. The new United boss has managed to sign the former Sunderland
Social housing tenants in Oxford have a worse quality of life than other city residents, a new survey claims, writes Victoria Owen. People living in council property and the unemployed are more prone to bad health - but find it difficult to access health
An ex-fireman told today how he battled to save a man whose face had been blasted away with a shotgun, writes Rebecca Smith. Roger Bartlett, 46, who lives near Didcot, held the man's head and forced his fingers down his throat to keep him alive after
Computer technology touches the lives of us all, every day - but it will literally transform the life of little Joe Smith, writes Victoria Owen. Thanks to your magnificent response to the appeal on This is Oxfordshire and in the Oxford Mail, the four-year-old
DESPITE training with Thame, Terry Morrisey won't sign for the club in time for tomorrow's trip to Braintree in Ryman Division 1. Morrisey's last club, Clanfield, released the player to Thame, but Oxford City hold Morrisey's registration in the Ryman
Martha Lane Fox is on the brink of becoming one of Britain's youngest multi-millionaires. But she admits she is paying a heavy price, writes David Duffy. The former Oxford High School pupil and Oxford University graduate often leaves work at 2am and is
Drug overdoses, prostitution, incest - there are few subjects too sensational to be tackled by TV soap writers. Now Coronation Street is set to break yet another taboo, with a storyline about a 13-year-old who becomes pregnant. The leaking of the plot
High-flying financial adviser Harry Bingham gave up a glittering career that took him all over the world to look after his desperately-ill wife, writes Zahra Borno. The 32-year-old, of Iffley Road, Oxford, has dedicated his life to caring for Nuala. Nuala
A PAN-European effort to make it easier for doctors to detect heart abnormalities is being spearheaded by a new Oxford company. Oxford Medical Image Analysis, the 19th company to spin out of research at Oxford University, is producing computer software
UNITED players past and present paid tribute this week to Martin Aldridge, whose funeral in Daventry on Wednesday was attended by nearly 500 mourners. Les Robinson said: "He was a fantastic lad and I used to travel in with him and play golf with him.
Murder suspect Mark Numms told a jury he was shocked and saddened to find the body of a young friend in an Oxford meadow. Giving evidence yesterday, Numms told Oxford Crown Court he spent the day drinking with Richard Jackson, in Angel Meadow, near Magdalen
Suspended academic Roy Anderson has stood down as a governor of the medical charity the Wellcome Trust. Prof Anderson has told the charity that he will be unable to carry out his responsibilities as a trustee while complaints against him at Oxford were
Burger bar worker Andrew Sawyer was scalded when he slipped over carrying a bucket of hot fat. The bosses of the Burger King outlet in Oxford were fined £25,000 over the incident, in which Andrew suffered ten per cent burns to his stomach and left arm
Morrells publicans have formed a support group after being warned to prepare for tough times ahead, writes Reg Little. Fifteen publicans attended the inaugural meeting of a tenants' group at the Gardeners Arms pub in Plantation Road, Oxford, yesterday
First, this massive pike weighing 44.2.0 was caught by Mike Lawrence, of Great Missenden, Bucks, from Barnes's Trout Lake at Standlake. It was taken during a pike-fishing trial and is the same fish caught by Oxford angler Darren Willingham two years ago
The Burmese python was hungry and rather active when the police arrived. Released into the wild, the exotic pet snake had grown thin and was covered in burn marks from curling around a naked lightbulb, desperate for heat, writes Amanda Castleman. "It
