The Irishman has had his licence withdrawn by the National Greyhound Racing Club for the second time in seven years following a positive urine sample taken from Apple Rambler at Wimbledon in October. The sentence takes effect from February 1 and will
THE Manorettes, the young singing and dancing girls who used to provide pre-match entertainment at the Manor Ground before Oxford United home games, have been brought back by popular demand. The cheerleaders will make their long-awaited return at United's
OXFORD United winger Joey Beauchamp has revealed that he is applying for membership of MENSA, partly to prove to people that he's not stupid, writes JON MURRAY. Beauchamp said that his long injury lay-off this season had given him time to look at things
THE success of haemophiliac Tony David in winning the Embassy World Darts Championship should give hope to fellow sufferers that they too can succeed in sport, says Sutton Courtenay's former Paralympic champion Ian Hayden. And he should know, having won
AN Oxford youngster, who started riding supercross bikes at the age of six, has landed his first national title at 11-years-old. Bradley Smith, a pupil at Garsington Primary School, is celebrating after he scooped the UK Supercross indoor 65cc championship
A man who attacked a customer in a pub, leaving him with a broken cheekbone, has been jailed for a year. Jonathan O'Brien, 22, of Bartholomew Road, Cowley, injured Aaron Massey during a fight at the Original Swan pub, in Oxford Road, Cowley, on October
An Oxfordshire hunt has been condemned for straying on to private land after a hound was killed by a train. Eye-witnesses Judy and Derek Tolman watched as Bicester Hunt, riding with Whaddon Chase, rode across their land and on to the railway line, near
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and AEA Technology have been fined a total of £8,000 over a chemical incident which raised fears of an explosion in Oxfordshire. Oxford Crown Court was told on Friday that a standby state of emergency was initiated
A dustcart was "ambushed" while making its morning rounds by a father-of-two who was sick of making fruitless complaints about his grass verge being wrecked. Stephen Stone decided to take direct action because binmen were constantly tearing up his verge
An investigation has been demanded to try to determine who owns Oxfordshire. Although land is the most valuable asset in Oxfordshire, no one seems to know who it actually belongs to. Now the leader of the county council's Labour group, Brian Hodgson,
A headteacher has suspended a record number of violent and disruptive pupils as part of moves to make his school a safer place. Fixed-term exclusions at Oxford School, in Glanville Road, east Oxford, have risen by 50 per cent as part of a new 'get-tough
AFTER last week's disappointing defeat in Derby, the Oxford Devils will be looking to regroup against the much improved Mansfield Express in today's National Basketball League Division 1 clash at Oxford Brookes (7pm). The Devils, who are currently lying
GREG Rusedski's temper tantrum nearly undid Oxfordshire's Tim Henman in yesterday's 'Battle of Britain' at the Australian Open. Henman, from Weston-on-the-Green, admitted the controversy in the second set had been a "turning point" which made it tougher
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and AEA Technology have been fined a total of £8,000 over a chemical incident which raised fears of an explosion in Oxfordshire. Oxford Crown Court was told on Friday that a standby state of emergency was initiated
Solicitors who employed a struck-off lawyer have been suspended from practising law for a week. Seven partners from Alfred Truman, based in Sheep Street, Bicester, allowed banned solicitor Victor Harris to work for them, a conduct committee was told.
Police are concerned about the disappearance of a 12-year-old boy in Banbury. George Morgan was last seen by his family at their home in Grimsbury Green at 5.30pm on Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, a friend saw him in Bridge Street. George, a pupil at
An RAF officer who shook his three-month-old daughter so violently that she is now disabled has been jailed for six months. Cpl Adrian Boyes, 32, based at RAF Brize Norton, near Carterton, gripped baby Rosie around the ribs when she refused to drink milk
Police are studying two sets of CCTV footage after an armed bank raid and the robbery of a cash-and-carry customer in Oxford. Both incidents happened within 15 minutes of each other but police have not said whether they were linked. The robbery happened
PAUL Tait looks set to return to Oxford United's line-up at Rochdale today as Ian Atkins prepares to alter tactics in a bid to get results away from home. The one disappointment for United's director of football since he arrived last November has been
Fears have been raised about the future staging of the Fox FM Party In The Park music festival. The festival, featuring some of the country's biggest chart-topping acts, takes place annually on the first weekend in September at South Park, Oxford. But
