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  • RESULTS: April 29-30

    COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Wrexham 1, Oxford Utd 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd 1, Gloucester City 0. Div 1 West: Clevedon Tn 4, Thame Utd 1. GLS FOOTBALL HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Abingdon Tn 0, Wantage Tn 0; Bishops Cleeve 3, Pegasus

  • FOOTBALL: Hot-shot Hamp hits Bisley

    Adam Hamp notched a double as Bicester Town cemented second place and probable promotion from Hellenic League Division 1 East with Saturday's 3-2 win at Bisley Victory was sweet revenge for Bisley's 2-1 win against Tim Fowler's men earlier in the season

  • FOOTBALL: McKeon double boosts Chippy's escape bid

    Sean McKeon bagged a brace as Chipping Norton Town boosted their chances of avoiding the drop from the GLS Football Hellenic League Premier Division with Saturday's thrilling 4-2 victory away to Shortwood United. Although the relegation and promotion

  • FOOTBALL: Sub Stanbridge wins it for Banbury

    Substitute Ollie Stanbridge scored the late winner as Banbury completed their Southern League Premier Division programme with a 1-0 victory over Gloucester Cuty at Spencer Stadium on Saturday. Banbury bossed the early exchanges, with striker Andy Baird

  • FOOTBALL: Oxford City champs

    Oxford City won the Spartan South Midlands League championship, thanks to their 1-1 draw against Holmer Green at Court Place Farm on Saturday. But City only clinched the Premier Division title on goal difference after their close rivals Hillingdon Borough

  • CRICKET: Arnold sets up Oxon victory

    Oxfordshire made a superb start to their competitive season when they cruised to a six-wicket victory over Wiltshire in their Minor Counties KO Cup group match at Westbury on Sunday. Star of the show again was veteran seamer Keith Arnold, whose return

  • CRICKET: Horley get off to flying start

    Horley got off to a flying start in OCA Division 1 as they defeated Hook Norton by six wickets on Saturday. Batting first, Hook Norton were quickly rolled over for 122, only Nick Leader (31) getting going. For Horley, Keith Palmer claimed 4-38 and

  • Student death rise fears

    Doctors linked to Oxford's universities fear the closure of an emergency psychiatric unit in the city will lead to an increase in suicides. The College Doctors Association is campaigning against proposals to axe the Barnes Unit, at the John Radcliffe

  • U’s win £50,000 thanks to fan

    Oxford United fan Andy Perrin celebrates his win Oxford United have won £50,000 to spend on new players, thanks to die-hard fan Andy Perrin. Mr Perrin, 51, who has been watching the club since he was nine, appeared live on TV this weekend as it was

  • 'We're fed up with eyesore'

    A half-built house belonging to an Oxford businessman at the centre of a benefits scam has become a magnet for fly-tippers and rats, according to neighbours. The detached house, in Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, is one of 60 in the city belonging to Mohammed

  • More face Leys life ban

    Six more nightmare neighbours and drug dealers could be kicked out of an Oxfrord estate after a gviolent thug was banned from the area for life. The Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys Neighbourhood Action Team has earmarked bans on six persistent thugs

  • Swimmers in hot water

    Scores of extra lifeguards could be drafted in to Oxford's swimming pools this summer after it was revealed that teenagers had been having sex in the changing rooms. Oxford City Council will use today's public holiday to monitor the behaviour of youngsters

  • Vandals target play area again

    Children have been left devastated after a playground they spent months fundraising for was wrecked. Donnington Playgroup in Townsend Square, east Oxford, has been increasingly targeted over the past year by hooligans who have ripped up plants grown