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  • ATHLETICS: Sprinters steal the show

    Sprinters Charlotte Cole and Dorcas Wright produced the top performances at the North Oxon Schools Athletics Trials at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. The pair posted national entry times in the intermediate girls' competition despite unfavourable weather

  • ANGLING: Guppy beats weather and rivals

    Torrential rain and very windy conditions failed to put off the 21 anglers who fished the Carp League 2006 match at an in-form Rissington. Just eight ounces separated the first two anglers, Rob Guppy taking the honours with 139.12.0 of carp. He fished

  • TRIATHLON: Whitworth to the fore at Blenheim

    Oxford triathletes have started the season with a promising set of results at home and abroad. More than 30 members of the Oxford Triathlon Club were in action at the Blenheim Triathlon. Rain and wind made the bike course even more challenging, but

  • CYCLE SPPEDWAY: Clinical Karol is Horspath hero

    A last-heat win from Polish rider Karol Szymanski helped Horspath Hammers move clear at the top of the British Premier League with an 87-84 home win over Leicester Monarchs. Torrential rain didn't help the riders but made for some thrilling racing.

  • GREYHOUNDS: Bookies take a caning

    Oxford Stadium saw its biggest gamble of the year after Brave Propect landed his heat of the Half-Grand 450 on Tues- day. Carol Ford's Poole runner opened at 3-1 and was quickly laid £1,500 to £500, before going down to 5-2, 9-4, 7-4, 5-4 and eventually

  • FOOTBALL: United to face Rooney & Co in friendly

    Sir Alex Ferguson will be bringing a Manchester United XI to play Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday, August 8. o It is the second of two glamorous pre-season home fixtures announced by the U's, and has come about largely through United boss

  • Friday's closing local share prices

    AEA Technology 110 BMW 2832 Electrocomponents 256 Isoft Group 92.75 Oxford Bio 28 Oxford Instruments 202.25 Reed Elsevier 528.5 RM 173.25 RPS 205 Torex Retail 83.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • Friday's closing local share prices

    26/05/2006 pm AEA Technology 110 BMW 2832 Electrocomponents 256 Isoft Group 92.75 Oxford Bio 28 Oxford Instruments 202.25 Reed Elsevier 528.5 RM 173.25 RPS 205 Torex Retail 83.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • University wins court battle over lab exclusion zone

    OXFORD University today won an extension of its existing injunction against animal rights activists. Mr Justice Holland's ruling was the latest round in the battle over the new £20m biomedical research laboratory site in South Parks Road. The judge

  • University wins lab ban battle

    Oxford University today won an extension of its existing injunction against animal rights activists. Mr Justice Holland's ruling was the latest round in the battle over the new £20m biomedical research laboratory site in South Parks Road. The judge

  • Trafficking must be the target

    However hard we try, we are never going to stop prostitution. But when it comes to trafficking and forcing women into the trade, it is a different story. We report today that during a two-month investigation codenamed Operation Pentameter, police

  • MP calls for hospital fight

    More than 200 people in Abingdon heard their MP tell them to "fight, fight and fight again" to save their community hospital. Dr Evan Harris, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, was the main speaker last night at a packed public meeting in the town's Guildhall

  • Cabbages & Kings

    Ever since the doctor ordered me to see a specialist at the Churchill Hospital, an appointment I must keep this week, I hadn't been myself. Fear of the unknown is the worst kind. The Dark Side had triumphed. I had become short both in tolerance and

  • Comic Ben doesn’t spare the Rod

    Stand-up comedian, novelist, playwright, lyricist and compere of the Royal Command Performance (an unexpected twist if ever there was one), Ben Elton's pretty much done the 'dahling' lot. But for those of you who can't get enough, Tonight's The Night

  • Fayre Wych project

    While free spirits are sobbing into their pear cider, lamenting the lack of a Glastonbury Festival this year, there is no shortage of al-fresco bashes waiting to take its place, from established events to cheeky young upstarts. Some, like Cropredy,

  • X-Men: The Last Stand (12A)

    Let's face it, the third X-Men film had some pretty big boots to fill. With the first two movies, director Bryan Singer had managed to walk the tightrope between keeping both the rabid comic book fans and the casual cinema-goers happy and in the process

  • Family charts hospital work

    When Heather Barlow was seven doctors discovered a tennis ball-sized tumour on her kidney. Her condition led to a year's chemotherapy at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington where she and her family watched the Oxford Children's Hospital take shape

  • Man found bleeding in city centre street

    A 42-YEAR-OLD man was found bleeding in the street after a suspected late-night brawl in Oxford city centre. The man, who has not been named, suffered head wounds following an alleged attack on the corner of New Road and Worcester Street at 1.15am today

  • Alonso set for Monaco guessing game

    World champion Fernando Alonso admits he must rely on guesswork as he bids for a first Monaco Grand Prix win this weekend. The Enstone-based Renault F1 team driver arrives in the principality with a 15-point lead over Michael Schumacher in the standings

  • RUGBY: Oxon's glory bid

    Oxfordshire coach John Brodley says Notts, Lincs and Derbys will have plenty to worry about when the two sides clash at Twickenham on Monday. And having had such an impressive run to the final, he believes Oxon are in great shape to avenge their defeat

  • CRICKET: Krol is upbeat

    Thame Town captain Adam Krol says his side are in confident mood ahead of tomorrow's Division 2 West clash at Farnham Royal. And with Chris Wynd and Luke Merry (pictured) both returning, he believes they are strong in all departments. Krol said: "

  • CRICKET: Henley skipper breaks leg

    Henley captain Bjorn Mordt could be ruled out for up to eight weeks after breaking a leg playing football. But he believes his absence may actually work in the team's favour as they travel to Falkland tomorrow. Mordt said: "I broke my leg on Sunday

  • FOOTBALL: Forinton returns

    BANBURY United manager Kevin Brock has spoken of his delight after former Oxford City striker Howard Forinton rejoined the club from Southern League Premier Division rivals Halesowen Town. o In his last spell at Spencer Stadium in the 2004-5 season,

  • Men stop suicide attempt from M40 bridge

    TWO passers-by who stopped a man jumping off a motorway bridge have been praised by police. Nightclub owner Reg Howe and judo champ Roland Newson risked their own lives to prevent the 52-year-old local man from taking his own life. Mr Howe kept the

  • Health trusts to be merged in shake-up

    OXFORDSHIRE'S into a single giant trust in a massive reorganisation of health care. All of the county's health services will be delivered by Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust from October 1. At the moment, health services are delivered by five PCTs

  • Fears over NHS cuts

    CUTBACKS to the NHS in Oxfordshire could have far-reaching consequences for Banbury's Horton Hospital, MP Tony Baldry has warned. The cuts, to overcome a £33m debt, are due to be announced today, though staff at the Horton were told yesterday. Mr

  • £1.9m cheap homes boost

    CHERWELL District Council has agreed to fund 46 new affordable housing units at a cost of £1.9m. The council's executive met last week to set aside funding of £1,925,580 for the new homes, which will be built in five separate schemes. Forty-two of

  • School menus to get healthy look

    LESS chips and more veg will be on Oxfordshire's school menus from this autumn, as the Government tries to stamp out the 'junk food generation'. New guidelines, introduced this week by Education secretary Alan Johnson, include chips being limited to

  • Empires that divided a continent

    This picture of Powhatan's mantle, a deerskin with shell decoration, now preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, appears in Empires of the Atlantic World (Yale, £25), by Oxford professor Sir John Elliott. The two empires are those of Spain in Mexico and the

  • Fly-tipping on the increase

    ILLEGALLY-dumped waste in Oxfordshire has soared by a staggering 60 per cent in a year, an average of 16 incidents a day. Fly-tipping is now such a problem that teams of council enforcement officers are acting on public tip-offs and conducting covert

  • Rappers' reward

    THE winners of a Cherwell District Council "write-a-rap" competition have performed their winning entries to a specially-invited audience. The competition was organised to raise awareness of recycling. More than 230 young people, aged between seven

  • Police: 'Give us Tasers'

    THAMES Valley Police officers would rather use a Taser stun gun than a firearm in violent incidents, new research has found. A nationwide study by the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, revealed 90 per cent of officers in Thames

  • Crash kills doctor

    POLICE investigating a death crash near Deddington last Thursday, have carried out a road check close to the accident site. A woman described as an "exceptional doctor" was killed when her Citron and a blue Vauxhall Nova collided. Police were in Deddington

  • Getting up to speed

    RENAULT'S Enstone-based F1 team spent two days last week at the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France preparing for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most traditional and exciting events on the F1 calendar. The Monaco Grand Prix, round seven

  • City with a past and an incredible future

    We visit Berlin _ home of culture, history, and, oh yes, the World Cup final. I must admit that what I knew about Berlin could have been written on the back of a postage stamp before my visit. One of my recollections was the visit of President Kennedy

  • Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell

    David Mitchell's reputation as an experimental novelist may have scared off some potential readers in the past, but they are likely to be pleasantly surprised by his fourth novel, which focuses on 13 months in the life of 13-year-old Jason Taylor in a

  • In search of the real Knights Templar

    If Oxford-based medieval historian Karen Ralls was on TV's Mastermind, her special subject would be the Knights Templar. Knowing that they were surrounded by inaccurate myths, three years ago she wrote a book, The Templars and the Grail, to correct some

  • Back to the Victorians

    I used to work as a university lecturer, but left the profession because of the low pay and job insecurity of working in higher education. I was therefore outraged to read of Oxford Brookes University's threat to deduct 100 per cent pay from lecturers

  • NHS told to do the impossible

    As a former senior manager at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, I feel I must comment about our local hospitals. The present situation stems from the actions of successive Governments, firstly the Tories when they meddled with health care and forced

  • At least 225 nurses will lose their jobs

    THE worst fears of hospital staff were realised yesterday as the scale of planned job cuts was spelt out by Oxfordshire health chiefs. Nurses have been told that at least 225 of their posts are to go, raising the spectre of a deterioration in patient

  • Foxy newcomer larger and cheaper than Lupo

    Volkswagen's new entry-level model, the Fox, has gone on sale priced from £6,590 on the road. Volkswagen says the Fox is designed to give customers exceptional space in a high-value, high-quality package. At 3.83 metres, the Fox is longer than the Lupo

  • Antara marks Vauxhall's off-road revival

    Vauxhall has released the first pictures of the car which will replace the Frontera and mark Vauxhall's return to the booming 4x4 market the Antara. The five-door, five-seat sports utility vehicle will make its world show debut at the Mondial de l'

  • Renault ready for street race

    Renault's Enstone-based F1 team spent two days last week at the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France preparing for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most traditional and exciting events on the F1 calendar. The Monaco Grand Prix, round seven

  • World beater

    Best car in the world? It's the new BMW 3 Series, which was recently given the title of 2006 World Car of the Year at the New York International Auto Show. A jury of 46 international automotive journalists narrowed title hopefuls down to three the

  • C3 coasts into summer

    With summer just around the corner, Citroen has announced the introduction of a special edition of its fun and funky C3 Pluriel convertible supermini the evocatively named Cote d'Azur. With an eye-catching interior and exterior look, the C3 Pluriel

  • Tailgating is 'top cause of road rage'

    Tailgating is the biggest cause of road rage on motorways, a survey said The problem is so bad that in more than two in five cases, motorists react by slowing down or braking sharply to annoy the tailgater, a survey from insurance company Direct Line

  • Button rules out Monaco hopes

    Jenson Button has written off his chances of breaking his Formula One duck in his own backyard in Monaco this weekend. The Honda driver's real home race comes in two weeks' time at Silverstone, but he said he had no chance of arriving back in Britain

  • University accused over rent rises

    OXFORD University has been accused of discouraging applicants from poor backgrounds by pursuing "aggressive" rent rises. The cost of staying in halls of residence has risen by 35 per cent in five years taking the average bill for an academic year to

  • Fly-tipping rises by 60 per cent in year

    THE true extent of fly-tipping in and around Oxford has been revealed after The Oxford Times found enough rubbish in an hour to create a living room, albeit a rather down-at-heel one We decided to investigate the problem of illegal dumping after new

  • Body Shop franchise owner loses out

    THE Body Shop has told its long-standing Oxford franchisee to quit after she missed a renewal deadline while in hospital recovering from a cancer operation. Dinny Pagan has owned the High Street shop since 1983, when she was offered the franchise by

  • Thousands flock to palace for triathlon

    OLLY Freeman, British medal hopeful for the 2012 Olympics, stormed to victory in the 2006 Blenheim Triathlon. Set in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the second staging of the event, supported by The Oxford Times, last Saturday and Sunday attracted more

  • Woman set fire to flat in pagan ritual

    A WOMAN who set fire to her own flat in a pagan ritual that went wrong has been jailed for three years. Patricia Swift caused £50,000 damage at her Cherwell Housing Association-owned home in Iffley Road. The 50-year-old admitted arson with recklessness

  • Mobile masts put on city pubs

    RESIDENTS in Oxford are angry that mobile phone masts are being erected on pubs which are close to primary schools. Mobile phone firm T-Mobile is building masts on the roof of the Marlborough House pub in Western Road, a short distance from St Ebbe's

  • Twelve brothels uncovered and one woman 'rescued'

    A CHINESE prostitute thought to have been a victim of human trafficking has been rescued after police swooped on 12 brothels in Oxfordshire. The woman was taken away by specialist officers from a brothel in Oxford as part of an eight-week operation

  • City council election fraud probe

    POLICE have launched a fraud investigation after a batch of voting registration forms submitted to Oxford City Council contained "irregularities". The forms, some 60 in total, were applications to register on the city electoral roll, which entitles

  • Oxfam sells Summertown site for £3.5m

    THREE of the largest buildings which made up the former headquarters of Oxfam in Oxford have been sold in a multi-million-pound deal. Oxfam House in Banbury Road, Summertown, and Milford House behind it, have been bought by developer Tilbe Land for

  • Land will be fenced off for grazing

    WOLVERCOTE Commoners' Committee has received permission to fence off Wolvercote Green for the first time. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has given the green light for the five-acre stretch of land separate to Wolvercote

  • Climate change evident in Wytham Woods

    ENVIRONMENT minister David Miliband saw at first hand this week how climate change is affecting the delicate balance of life in Oxfordshire's woodlands. Mr Miliband braved the wind and rain for a walk in Wytham Woods where he was told the woodland had

  • Roadworks will not be moved to night

    COMMUTERS frustrated by massive delays at Oxford's Green Road Roundabout have been told congestion will not be alleviated by doing the work at night. Motorists stuck in traffic jams will have to continue to queue as the county council insists it will

  • Back in court

    The long legal battle over the future of the Trap Grounds appears to be over. Thousands of pounds in legal fees have been spent by both sides. So where are we now? The answer is: right back where we started. The ball has been lobbed straight back into

  • Roundabout costs

    Highways managers always face a barrage of criticism when major roadworks take place. Inevitably, there is congestion. The work at Green Road roundabout is being carried out to benefit us all. When it is finished it should ease congestion. It is legitimate

  • Wasted time

    Sir, I had meant to ask whether any of your readers knew what was being done in the centre of the stationary traffic round the Thornhill car park junction, but I see from your piece on page three (May 19) at least what is being done, although I am unclear

  • Meters needed

    Sir, Why do the water companies and planners continue to pussyfoot around the whole issue of water. Water meters need to be installed in all properties, not just new properties. Our son lives in Cambridge. For years Cambridge has supplied water meters

  • Improve performance

    Sir, I can assure your readers that the Liberal Democrats are totally committed to an expansion of recycling in Oxford, to improve substantially on the very poor record of the previous Labour administration. Our first pledge is to expand the current very

  • Anachronistic move

    Sir, Yet another Royal visit to our fair city (Report, May 12) and still no sign of an unbiased article. How much money did this little excursion of Mrs Windsor cost the Oxfordshire taxpayers (police and security costs, local council employees being allowed

  • Superstitious tosh

    Sir, In expressing his views on euthanasia, your regular columnist Christopher Gray describes the concept of the immortal soul as 'superstitious tosh'. Thus in a sentence he refutes centuries of ancient wisdom and all the authentic religions of the world

  • Why a pye shoppe?

    Sir, Shame, shame, shame on the Co-op for backing down on their original plans and then cooking up a retrospective dog's breakfast as a replacement for the store in West St Helen Street (Report, May 19). Just for once this town was going to get an innovative

  • Look to future

    Sir, Congratulations to our parish council on putting up the first of the 'Welcome to Blackbird Leys' signs. We do welcome almost all who come to live in our bit of Oxford. It is a pity that some can't move on from what happened 20 years ago and look

  • Serious problems

    Sir, Local people have been very generous to the power station owners, RWE npower, in allowing them to turn our environment into an ash dump. Perhaps we should consider how generous they plan to be in return. They kindly promise us restoration of the

  • Smaller class sizes

    Sir, I would be grateful if you would print this letter to put the record straight about class sizes at SS Philip & James' Primary School. In your article (May 19) on class sizes in Oxfordshire you incorrectly report that in January 2006 there were two

  • £20-a-week costs rise predicted

    Weekly motoring costs for some households could rise by as much as £20 a week by 2010 if the Government introduced road pricing without cutting fuel taxes. The £20 increase would be in Greater London, with the average British car-using household seeing

  • Braving rain for Town and Gown

    AROUND 3,000 runners braved torrential rain in the Town and Gown fun run in Oxford, on Sunday, to raise £75,000 for muscular dystrophy sufferers. The 10k race, which started in the University Parks and followed a course through the city centre, was

  • Low-cost supermarket wins fight for city store

    LOW-COST supermarket giant Lidl has won a public inquiry into building its first store in Oxfordshire, despite opposition from Oxford City Council planners. The store, in Watlington Road, Cowley, Oxford, is expected to open early next year and provide

  • Village clergyman denies child sex claims

    AN OXFORDSHIRE priest who has helped raise thousands of pounds for a South African hostel for homeless teenagers is facing child sex charges in the country. Father Tony Hogg, of St James the Great church in West Hanney, was arrested and charged with

  • Unions in threat to Brookes over lecturers

    LECTURERS' unions are threatening to take Oxford Brookes University to an employment tribunal, as the increasingly bitter pay dispute took a new turn. With the university ready to suspend the pay of staff who fail to provide examination marks, unions

  • Former benefits officer jailed for benefit fraud

    A FORMER benefit fraud investigator has been jailed for swindling nearly £20,000 in benefits while living with a police officer. Rachel Wilce, 33, of Lansdown Road, Faringdon, admitted three charges of failing to inform Vale of White Horse District

  • Husband's murder appeal thwarted

    A HUSBAND who murdered his wife in a cottage fire to pocket £250,000 life insurance has failed in his latest bid to prove he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Jong Rhee, 42, was jailed for life at Chester Crown Court in April 1998 after he

  • Victory claimed over Trap Grounds

    ENVIRONMENTALISTS are claiming victory in their bid to register the Trap Grounds, Oxford, as a town green. The Law Lords this week delivered a 62-page ruling on the land near Port Meadow in the test case between The Friends of the Trap Grounds and Oxford

  • Bowls clubs face rent rises

    THE peaceful atmosphere of Oxford's bowling clubs has been replaced by a mood of seething discontent on the greens For instead of looking forward to a long and relaxing summer, the city's bowlers say they are preparing for a battle for survival. Clubs

  • Politics in the way

    As we suspected, the Liberal Democrats have formed a minority administration to run Oxford City Council. It is disappointing that two of the parties could not get together to form a coherent administration with an agreed agenda for at least the next 12

  • County has no desire to overhaul local government

    Sir, I was disappointed at the lack of balance in your reporting of the county council's position on threatened local government reorganisation. Perhaps because no reporter attended our May 16 cabinet, your resulting coverage will have left an impression

  • Why can't roadworks progress round clock?

    Sir, When leaving Witney at 4pm during the week, one would normally expect to reach Marble Arch well before 6.30pm, even in heavy rush-hour traffic. However, where did we find ourselves on Monday last week at 5.30pm Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Notting Hill

  • Wasteful scheme

    Sir, Councillor Bob Price describes the Liberal Democrats as "cavalier in their approach to budgeting" (Letters, May 19). He is referring to their pledge to re-think the outgoing Labour group's proposals to introduce green wheelie bin collections. As

  • Half-hearted efforts

    Sir, I was incensed by the first paragraph of your article headed "Oxford's recycling must improve". It said: "Oxford's residents have been told to recycle more after the city was labelled the worst in the South East". Many of us are only too well aware

  • Clubs face closure

    Sir, Following the massive increase in rental fees for bowling greens suddenly announced by Oxford City Council's leisure and parks department on May 19, a number of Oxford's bowling clubs are now facing closure. This desperate move by the council to

  • Headington United?

    Sir, Now that Oxford United has dropped out of the Football League, may we hope that the club will revert to its former name of Headington United or perhaps Cowley United and leave the city's name to the University, with which it is indeed synonymous

  • Lexus boosts 4x4 power

    The revised Lexus RX 300 luxury off-roader is on sale in Britain, priced from £31,890. Key change to the range is the addition of a new 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine, which develops 272 horsepower and has a zero to 62mph time of 7.8 seconds. Lexus says

  • Twin turbo tweaks up power for coupe

    BMW launches the new 3 Series Coupe in the UK in September, marking the introduction of the first twin-turbo, petrol-powered engine in a production BMW. Two models will be available at launch the 325i SE Coupe, priced at £28,090 and the £33,420 BMW

  • Green changes 'too slow'

    Average carbon dioxide emissions from new cars in the UK are falling, official figures showed. But progress towards "greener" cars is far too slow, environmental groups said. New cars in 2005 emitted 169.4 grammes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometre

  • Ford voted most loved brand

    Ford has been named as the UK's most loved car marque, according to an influential brands survey. The US carmaker received a 13.5 per cent share of the vote to find the nation's most loved brands, a study by Marketing magazine found. Vauxhall was second

  • Roadtest: Versatile Verso is family favourite

    At the end of a hard working day sometimes you feel like flopping into a comfy seat and relaxing. Toyota has brought that feeling to the office car park. Hop on board the Corolla Verso and wherever you are you feel instantly at home. Comfortable seats

  • Micra goes for gold

    Nissan has teamed up with Breakthrough Breast Cancer to mark the tenth anniversary of the charity's flagship campaign, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, and designed a one-off Micra C+C in glittering gold to mark the occasion. The 1.6-litre Sport model

  • Signs target car crime hotspots

    Signs warning motorists to be vigilant are to be put in car crime hotspots across Oxford. The initiative comes as figures released by Thames Valley Police show that the amount of car crime has already been reduced this year. Compared to crime figures

  • Rubbish spoils public garden

    This mountain of rubbish is the sight that greeted visitors to a once picturesque public garden in the city centre. Local photographer Mark Bassett spotted the rotting waste in Wellington Square during a walk in the city centre and again later the

  • Brothel girl rescued

    A Chinese prostitute who is a victim of human trafficking has been rescued after police swooped on 12 brothels in Oxfordshire. The woman, rescued from a brothel in Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, was one of 18 prostitutes from 12 countries quizzed by police

  • Police probe death crash

    Police stopped hundreds of motorists in Deddington yesterday in a bid to find out how a young doctor died. Drivers heading north and south on the A4260 were asked if they were on the road a week earlier when Margaret Davidson was killed. Her Citroen

  • Uni pay threat sparks anger

    Lecturers' unions are threatening to take Oxford Brookes University to an employment tribunal, after the increasingly bitter pay dispute took a new turn. With the university ready to suspend the pay of staff who fail to provide examination marks, unions

  • Cost cuts will delay surgery

    Patients waiting for operations at Oxfordshire's major hospitals will have to wait at least five months for their treatment even if it can be done earlier. To help balance their own books, the county's five primary care trusts - who pay for patient

  • Prison blunder revealed

    Sensitive paperwork to deport foreign criminals held at Bullingdon Prison has been sent to a Bicester home by mistake. Roger Booker of Lawrence Way, has received almost 20 deportation orders on his home fax over the last two years even though he has

  • Police hunt sex attackers

    Lost in a foreign city, this German student wandered the streets of Oxford for four hours until she was hauled inside a house by two men and violently raped, say police. The 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named, was trying to get back to her host