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  • Tower block guards plan

    Every tower block in Oxford could get a personal concierge to stop crime, because security cameras are too expensive to install. A city tower block Residents of Windrush Tower, in Blackbird Leys, have suffered months of homeless people breaking in to

  • Football: Young Moulder stars for depleted Hooky

    GLS Football Hellenic League Division 1 - Hook Norton 2, TrowbridgeTown 0: Local youngster Pete Moulder was the star as Hook Norton's severely depleted side beat their fourth-placed opponents in Division 1 West . With Richard Northover going down with

  • Football: ABINGDON TAKE A HAMMERING

    GLS Football Hellenic League Premier Division - Shrivenham 7, Abingdon Tn 0: Managerless Abingdon Town's nightmare season continued when they suffered a real hammering in their Premier Division match at Shrivenham on Saturday. Town sacked their manager

  • Results: Scores from around the county

    COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Bury 1. FA CUP 2nd qual round: Brackley Tn 1, Banbury Utd 1; Braintree 2, Didcot Tn 0. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Div 1 West: Thame Utd 1, Beaconsfield SYCOB 4. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE CUP 11st round: Colchester Under 18

  • Football: Gallant Didcot go out fighting

    FA Cup - Braintree Town 2, Didcot Town 0: Didcot's FA Cup dreams were shattered as they went out at Ryman League Premier Division outfit Braintree Town on Saturday. There was little to choose between the sides in the second qualifying round tie for long

  • Monday, September 26: Small price for security

    Tenants in Oxford's four tower blocks have had a rough time. For months, they have had to endure homeless people breaking in to sleep rough in the lobbies and families have had to pick their way through drug needles and other mess as they go about their

  • Trust sends out bed-block alert

    A row has broken out between NHS managers and social services staff in Oxfordshire over the cause of delays in freeing up hospital beds. Staff at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust have warned that treatment waiting times and casualty delays could

  • Tenants claim homes at risk

    Green councillor Sushila Dhall is seeking a meeting today to help residents whose homes could be demolished by shopping centre developers. Vincent McKeown, pictured with Christian Pattison, is worried about his home in Abbey Place Last week, it emerged

  • Custard pie dangers

    Now that we have all enjoyed the 'hilarious' rag week pranks surrounding Jeremy Clarkson's honorary degree, may I inject a bit of sanity with a few observations? According to a recent television programme, Clarkson's forebears were part of the grand manufacturing

  • Balancing interests

    Your coverage of the recent fare increases for some school transport draws attention to some parents' understandable concerns. I should like to take the opportunity to make (and in some cases reinforce) a few important contextual points. Last spring,

  • Cowley Road traders plan their next move

    Cowley Road could grind to a halt in two weeks as traders shut up shop and march on the Oxford Town Hall to show their landlords they mean business. Jewellery shop owner Bridget Wheatley Traders have been fighting against proposed rent hikes by private

  • Children come before drivers

    What on earth do the Tories think they are playing at? You reported that scrapping evening and Sunday car parking fees in the city centre would cost the county transport department up to £700,000 (Oxford Mail, September 19). The next day, you reported

  • Football: City hit rivals for six

    Harpenden Town 0, Oxford City 6: Oxford City got back to winning ways by hitting Harpenden for six in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division on Saturday. City, still smarting following their 1-0 defeat Aylesbury Vale in midweek, stormed into

  • Football: Thame crash back to bottom

    Southern League - Thame United hit rock bottom again in Southern League Division 1 West after crashing to a 4-1 defeat against basement club Beaconsfield SYCOB at Aylesbury United. Goalkeeper Paul Searl picked up an injury in midweek, and it clearly affected

  • Oxford Muslims condemn suicide bombings

    Suicide bombers who kill innocent people in the name of Islam are brainwashed individuals who are misusing the Koran, the Islamic holy book, say Oxford Muslims. Altaf Hussain, chairman of the mosque's management committee That was the message from the

  • Late licensees facing closure

    With fewer than eight weeks to go until Oxford City Council takes full control of the licensing of alcohol in the city, some bars will definitely have to close because of failure to comply with new regulations, according to councillors. About 700 pubs

  • £55k manager's job is 'pointless'

    A new £55,000 post for a Corporate Social Inclusion Manager at Oxfordshire County Council has been rubbished as an exercise to "tick a Government inspector's box" by Keith Mitchell. The county council leader has admitted he does not actually know what

  • Seven hurt in road crashes

    A series of road accidents across Oxfordshire at the weekend left a number of motorists with life-threatening injuries. Medics treat the driver of this Oxford Bus Company vehicle before he was taken to hospital on Saturday Paramedics were called to an

  • Football: Banbury's ten men earn replay

    FA Cup - Brackley Town 1, Banbury Utd 1: Ten-man Banbury fought back from going a goal down and having Ady Fuller sent off to earn a replay in their second qualifying round derby at Brackley on Saturday. After an opening half-hour which saw both sides

  • Football: HACKETT INJURY WORRY HITS U'S

    Oxford United's hard-earned 2-1 win over Bury on Saturday was marred by an injury to key man Chris Hackett. The right winger pulled up near the end with a calf injury. The injury will be assessed today, but he seems certain to miss this week's League