BUSINESSES in Oxfordshire were warned that failure to take electronic commerce seriously could spell disaster. Companies, especially smaller firms, that failed to take full advantage of what the Internet and e-commerce had to offer could go under. The
DENIS Smith finished Valentine's Day by insisting his Oxford United players were getting far too many cards. The United boss saw red, but there wasn't too much love in the air as he voiced his displeasure at two more bookings in Saturday's 1-0 win at
A MAN was killed after he walked into the path of a high speed train. The middle-aged man, who has not been named, was struck by an InterCity express at Cholsey station, near Wallingford. The man, who was aged between 40 and 50, is believed to come from
OXFORD computer expert Colin Whittall was jailed for nine months for promoting a hi-tech device to 'clock' car mileage readings. Whittall invented a device the size of a calculator which could tap into cars' digital dashboards and alter the odometer readings
NEW laws to curb youths who drink in public places are to come into effect in Faringdon on March 6. People caught drinking in certain streets, car parks and parks in Faringdon could face fines of £500. The new bylaws make it a criminal offence to carry
NIGEL Russell made it an A team debut to savour when he came up against Dutch star Roland Scholton in Oxfordshire's latest Inter-County Championship match against Leicestershire at Berinsfield at the weekend. Russell took the game to five legs, producing
Chipping Norton 40, Oxford 17 OXFORD, once one of the top second-class clubs in the country, face the genuine prospect of falling to the bottom rung of the ladder after losing their Southern Counties North relegation battle at the Greystones on Saturday
ABINGDON'S Darren Wheeler was the best placed local junior rider in Oxford Ixion's St Valentine's Massacre Motocross meeting at a sunny Culham on Sunday. More than 1,500 fans and competitors turned out for the first meeting of the new millennium and Wheeler
IT'S difficult to imagine but within a stone's throw of the bars and restaurants that make up Oxford's busy Cowley Road, there exists an ancient haven of rural tranquillity complete with its own roaming deer, writes Mark Templeton. The deer live in Oriel
LUCY Tong sips tea in the kitchen of her family home in Great Boughton, Banbury. She is a pretty, vivacious teenager, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, who speaks with a self-possession beyond her 17 years. To anyone watching she appears like any normal
TOUGH new targets have been set for Thames Valley Police to reduce burglary and car crime drastically over the next five years. Home Secretary Jack Straw says domestic burglaries should be slashed by 40 per cent in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire
RUSTLERS stunned a bull with a high-voltage gun and then slaughtered it by the roadside, police revealed today. The horrific incident happened at the weekend at a farm in Standlake, near Witney. When the farmer checked his stock on Saturday morning, a
POLICE are still trying to piece together the last hours of an Oxford University student who died after plunging 200ft from a builders' crane, as reported on This Is Oxfordshire yesterday (Monday). A police spokesman said inquiries had been delayed by
Killer Mark Numms calmly walked into the offices of the Oxford Mail and boasted of how he had "found" his young victim's body. In a cruel and cynical attempt to throw police off the scent, he put himself forward as an innocent party who came across the
IF you are looking for a wild night out, forget Oxford, says a new travel guide. Queuing up outside local kebab vans is what passes for late-night action for the young people of the city - just one of the less than thrilling verdicts of the newly published
