A father-of-two has been jailed after taking more than £11,000 from the Oxford GP surgery where he worked. Practice manager Wayne Hamilton, known as Richard, 51, of Calais Dene, Bampton, bought computer games, a digital camera and an iPod, and paid off
A new Oxford play area that was designed by children has been officially opened by councillors and the children who helped. The last parts of the play equipment, worth £50,000, were installed last week, and the area off Ashurst Way in Rose Hill was opened
An Oxford woman looked on in horror as a car careered towards her and smashed her own car into her living room. Jackie Hearn, of Edgecombe Road, Barton, was standing at the front of her home after hearing a commotion outside when she saw a car, which
Frank Sobott asks why the City Council is doing nothing to provide more cycle parking in the city centre (Oxford Mail letters, August 15). I fear that this is another case of the muddle caused by the two councils -- installing new cycle parking is the
Motorists face at least another decade of misery on the A34 through Oxfordshire. Drivers using the road are used to delays caused by congestion and crashes, but the Government has today (August 15) been accused of sweeping the problems under the carpet
Phillip Anderson completely misses the point in his letter regarding Castlemill boatyard (Oxford Mail Letters, August 11). His accusations of selfish protectionism by Philip Pullman and others are groundless and highly misinformed. Yes, our city does
People living near three Abingdon pubs have complained to the town council about the licensees' plans to apply for longer hours. The Broad Face, in Bridge Street, wants to open from 11am-1am seven days a week, but some people living in nearby Thames Street
The A34 presents central and local government with a significant and expensive problem -- but where is the political will to solve it? It has evolved into a major north-south artery for trade and is now bursting at the seams with quantities of traffic
A call has gone out to introduce a code of conduct for street canvassers for charities in Didcot. It comes a month after residents described the teams of charity workers who campaign in The Broadway as "bully boys". Sue Such, of St Peter's Road, Didcot
An Oxford woman, involved in a dispute over an 8in strip of land, has had her garden fence razed to the ground Amanda Reay and her neighbour Christopher Nellins, of Coppock Close, Headington Quarry, have been involved in the dispute for five months. The
Attempts to punish parents' abusive sideline behaviour by sending their children from the pitch has been red-carded by the Football Association. The Witney and District Youth Football League proposed to bring in a new law for this season and dismiss players
A developer has won its battle to build new homes in north Oxford on the private estate once segregated by the notorious Cutteslowe Walls. Plans for the three-storey block of flats adjoining 8 Wentworth Road were rejected three times by city councillors
Regulars at a canalside pub in west Oxford will have to take a detour to get a pint at their local following the closure of a footbridge for vital repairs. The bridge, linking the Osney Mead industrial estate and the towpath at Osney lock, is closing
I am pleased David Williams (Oxford Mail, August 12) supports two of my road safety suggestions: lowering the speed limit to 20mph around schools, and cars should be more pedestrian/cyclist friendly. He would expect me to defend my proposal that "we should
An Oxford University spin-off company has raised £7m to finance the worldwide sale of its revolutionary test for diagnosing tuberculosis. Oxford Immunotec, which launched its blood-test kit last year, is exploiting inventions by Dr Ajit Lalvani, Wellcome
