The membership of Oxford City Council's new executive board has been announced. As part of local government reorganisation, which is taking place nationwide, the old committee system is being replaced by a leader and executive board, which is supported
SAFETY checks on electric blankets across Oxfordshire revealed that four out of ten were dangerous to use. Of 793 electric blankets tested at ten centres, 339 passed, 326 failed completely and 128 were safe to use only after repairs were carried out.
OXFORD City Stars will be aiming to do the double when they take on Telford Wild Foxes at Oxpens Road tomorrow (5.45). Stars hold the advantage over Telford, having beaten the Shropshire side 5-1 away in the league cup, the Wild Foxes' only home defeat
IT'S half an hour before the first race at Newmarket, but John Reid's thoughts are far away from the cut and thrust of the day's racing. Shortly after announcing his retirement from the saddle three weeks ago, the 46-year-old Ulsterman is back in the
OXFORDSHIRE'S Tim Henman faded after a bright start to lose 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Germany's Tommy Haas in the quarter-finals of the Masters Series event in Stuttgart last night. Afterwards Henman said he had just been beaten by a better player. In the last
OXFORD Devils aim to inflict more pain on North West London at Oxford Brookes Centre for Sport in basketball's National League Division 1 tomorrow (2pm). Last week, they enjoyed an excellent 89-69 win over the London team and Devils' coach Bill Baker
CREDIT card thieves are phoning their victims claiming to be bank and building society officials to try to get their PIN numbers. Police are warning cardholders to be careful after two incidents last week. In the first attempt, a purse was stolen from
Oxford's only remaining state girls' school looks like being moved into a caretaker's house and three mobile classrooms. Staff and pupils at Milham Ford School, Marston, believed that they would be moving into new purpose-built buildings next year on
PAUL Powell has been told he's got to get fitter, writes JON MURRAY. Writing exclusively in the Oxford Mail, United boss Mark Wright says "it's not right" that Powell appears to hit a brick wall halfway through a match, and suggests there must be something
OXFORD'S greyhound owners and trainers have received an early Christmas box with the news that prizemoney is to be increased from January 1. It's the second increase since the Greyhound Racing Association took over in 1998 when Oxford Stadium was in receivership
Oxford Cheetahs 37, Coventry Bees 53 WHAT a night! The champagne flowed just like it did 12 years ago when Cheetahs last won a major trophy, and the fans turned out in force to celebrate their Elite League title triumph. The atmosphere was tremendous
MARK WRIGHT'S COLUMN OVER the last five league games, we've won one 2-0, we've drawn three - and we could have quite easily won all three - and we've lost one 1-0 when we had the best chances of the game. But what could have been isn't quite good enough
CRICKETERS were shouting "Howzat!" as they got their kit off to raise money for a new ground. The players at Eynsham posed for a club calendar but there isn't a set of cricket whites in sight -- or any other clothes. Fundraisers have taken a leaf out
MANNED payment kiosks could be set up to improve services at Oxford's Westgate car park. Payment machines at the multi-storey car park in St Ebbe's keep breaking down and city council officers have highlighted the problem. Liberal Democrat Cllr John Goddard
THE jobs of more than 130 hi-tech publishing workers are in the balance after WH Smith announced it wants to sell off an Oxford-based multimedia publisher. Helicon, which was one of the first publishers in Britain to embrace the electronic revolution,
ORGANISERS of Oxford's largest annual fireworks display have warned this year's event could be the last. Oxford Round Table said the annual fireworks, bonfire and funfair show at South Park, on October 27, faced the axe because of rising costs. The event
ANGRY parents are campaigning to get rid of a dividing line in an Oxfordshire village which means some children pay for school transport but others get it free. Oxfordshire County Council's education department defends the system and says to bend the
NINETY-NINE per cent of Oxford United's following will be delighted with the news that Paul Moody is set to return in today's Division 3 game against Scunthorpe United at The Kassam Stadium. The one per cent who won't be quite so chuffed are the bookies
