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  • Missing mother sends postcard

    A man whose wife went missing after failing to collect their son from nursery believes that she is safe and well. Noreen Mehmood, 45, vanished from her house in Faulkner Street, St Ebbe's, Oxford, last Tuesday after saying she was going to pick-up three-year-old

  • General: Results

    Basketball, ice hockey, swimming BASKETBALL National Trophy: Coventry 71, Oxford Devils 88. ICE HOCKEY English League Div 1: Oxford City Stars 5, Chelmsford Chieftains 1. English Under 19 League South: Bracknell v Oxford City pp. English Under 16 South

  • Football: Results

    October 6 & 7: Ryman League, Dr Martens League, Football League Youth Alliance, Cherry Red Records Hellenic League, Courage Combined Counties League RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Whyteleafe 4, Oxford City 2. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Grantham 4, Banbury

  • Football: Results

    October 6 & 7: Oxfordshire Senior League, John Fathers Oxon Junior Shield, Witney & District FA, North Berks League, Lord Jersey FA OXFORDSHIRE SENIOR LEAGUE President's Cup: Garsington 8, Berinsfield 1; Chinnor 3, BCS Bardwell 2; Adderbury Park

  • New life for lawn fan

    A former car rental firm manager, used to life on the road, has made a career u-turn and set up a lawn treatment service. Jonathan Byron has put away his road atlas and become a lawn expert to launch the GreenThumb treatment service. His is the latest

  • Companies seek motivational key

    Multi-national companies have turned to charities in a bid to discover how to create highly-motivated staff. The Career Innovation Group, an Oxford-based alliance of international blue-chip companies including Unilever, BP and UBS, wants to discover why

  • United are on the up

    Mark Wright believes his Oxford United team are in a false position - and it's only a matter of time before they start climbing up the third division table. Speaking after the U's 1-1 draw with in-form Plymouth Argyle at The Kassam Stadium on Saturday

  • Swedish students' schedule

    Students from the Swedish town of Finspang, 200km south west of Stockholm, discussed alcohol and its problems during joint lessons with health and social care students at Didcot Sixth Forms. For good measure, schools liaison officer Pc Colin Cox explained

  • Rugby: Results

    October 6 & 7 ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE Div 1: Bedford 44, Henley 9. ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Midlands Div 1: Banbury 41, Camp Hill 0. South West Div 1: Chinnor 37, Dorchester 13. Southern Counties North: Chipping Norton 7, High Wycombe 37; Grove

  • Hockey: Results

    October 6 & 7 Men ENGLISH LEAGUE Div 2: East Grinstead 0, Oxford Hawks 2. SOUTH LEAGUE Premier Div 1: Oxford Univ 2, Old Cranleighans 2. Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional: City of Oxford 0, Richings Park 2; Hayes 1, Banbury 1; Ramgarhia

  • Football: Results

    October 6 & 7: Banbury & District League, Sam Waters OFA Cup, Morrells Oxford Sunday League, Autotype UTV League BANBURY & DISTRICT LEAGUE Benevolent Cup 1st round: SA Lesme 1, Hornton 2. 2nd round: Flowing Well 1, Sinclair Utd 9. Banbury

  • Football: Results

    October 6 & 7: Elsevier Youth League, Oxford Mail Boys League ELSEVIER YOUTH LEAGUE Under 18 League: Cumnor 1, Florence Park 2; Oxford City 4, Summertown 2. Under 17: Thame Youth 4, Banbury Utd 6; North Leigh 2, Wheatley Ath 3; Milton Utd B 0, Quarry

  • Debtline predicts increase in calls

    A free national telephone advice service for struggling small businesses has reported a steady increase in calls. For the quarter ended June 2001, Business Debtline received over 1,700 calls, an increase of 17 per cent on the previous quarter. Since the

  • Swedish students' schedule

    Students from the Swedish town of Finspang, 200km south west of Stockholm, discussed alcohol and its problems during joint lessons with health and social care students at Didcot Sixth Forms. For good measure, schools liaison officer Pc Colin Cox explained

  • £52,000 gift to turn plan for children's park into reality

    A grant of £52,000 for a new children's play park in Sutton Courtenay brings to an end a 20-year campaign. The grant has been approved by the Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment and comes from the environment fund of aggregate company Hanson through its

  • Minister takes control at Railtrack

    Rail travellers in Oxfordshire have been assured they will face no disruption after the Government took control of Railtrack. At a special High Court hearing yesterday Mr Justice Gavin Lightman granted an order placing Railtrack in the hands of Government-appointed

  • Grassland cleared by 'gardeners'

    Hundreds of sheep are being put to work as landscape gardeners by an environmental group which is creating a wildlife haven in the Chiltern Hills. English Nature wants to clear a patch of chalk grassland on Shirburn Hill, near Watlington, and has recruited

  • Writer is in running for prize

    An Oxford screenwriter's bizarre script about a pig has been shortlisted for a comedy award. Ewan Kilgour's script, Harold The Amazing Contortionist Pig, is one of four scripts nominated for the Comedy Shorts Initiative 2001. It is the story of a pig