THE deadline for entries to this year's Oxfordshire Business of the Year awards has been extended to Friday March 24. The co-ordinator of the awards Alex Gould said: "We have decided to extend the deadline to allow companies more time to get their entries
A former accounts worker is continuing her fight to prove her claim that she was humiliated and bullied by a new boss. Patricia Carpenter quit her job of 17 years at Pembroke College, Oxford, after losing her parking place and being graded on the same
THREATS of a vote of no confidence and a walk-out proved unfounded as the Oxfordshire FA emerged largely unscathed from last night's EGM at Rover Cowley Sports Club. The OFA Council were prepared for a rough ride as they faced around 200 representatives
OXFORD United manager Denis Smith said that the team had to give the fans "something to cheer about', after learning that there are more passengers on the team bus than on the supporters' coach for tonight's match at Bury. With United struggling both
The dust covers have come off and the showcases are once again gleaming to show off the fascinating collection of cultural treasures housed in the Pitt Rivers Museum, writes Phil Clee. The exhibits go on view once again in South Parks Road this weekend
Heart disease is still the biggest cause of premature death in the UK, but there are signs that the figures are improving. A newly appointed 'heart tsar' Dr Roger Boyle needs to reach the Government's target of cutting deaths by 40 per cent within ten
OXFORD weighed in at an average of nearly 11lbs more than their Cambridge counterparts when they came face to face at London's Hurlingham Club for the official weigh-in yesterday for this Saturday's University Boat race. The Dark Blues have two returning
WAR destroys countries, economies and lives, yet every day, somewhere in the world, serious conflict rages, writes Anna Melville-James. The aggression is the first blow, the resulting damage to a country's infrastructure is the second, and can cause aftershock
MULTI-millionaire John Madejski is to buy Goodhead, the Bicester-based printing group he saved from collapse in 1993. He already owns two thirds as a result of the money he poured in then. Mr Madejski, who made a £173m fortune when he sold his Auto Trader
A quarter of all UK doctors are logging on to an Oxfordshire-based website, making it Europe's largest online medical site. Doctors.net.uk has proved so popular that 30,000 registered medics are using the site, with another 700 joining every week. The
A headteacher has thanked his staff after their work was praised in an Ofsted report. Inspectors told John Hawkins, headteacher of Edward Feild Primary School, in Kidlington, that his school had "a clear sense of purpose and direction" and provided value
A £1m bid to buy canalside land for a community centre has failed. But urgent talks are now to be held in an attempt to keep the scheme alive. British Waterways, which owns the site near the Oxford Canal, turned down the £1m offer by the Jericho Canalside
Hoax callers are costing Oxfordshire Fire Service a staggering £250,000 a year. And the county's chief fire officer warns they are putting lives of firefighters and others at risk, as crews race to the scene. During weekends, crews across the county are
More than 300 residents met last night to protest against plans to use a former old people's home as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers. Last August, Oxfordshire County Council closed Oseney Court in Botley Road, Oxford, moving out 38 elderly
Sixteen-year-old Nathan Cox is the latest victim of the drugs crisis gripping Oxfordshire. The student was found dead at a house in Abingdon at the weekend after a suspected overdose. Today, his distraught father Francis said he knew Nathan had smoked
