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  • Today's closing local share prices

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  • Today's closing local share prices

    AEA Technology 102.5 BMW 2631 Electrocomponents 235 Isoft Group 58.25 Oxford Bio 22.75 Oxford Instruments 213.5 Reed Elsevier 525.5 RM 177 RPS 224.75 Torex Retail 52 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • Burst main caused traffic delays

    A burst water main near one of Oxford's roundabouts caused major delays for drivers yesterday and more than 100 homes lost their water supply. At 4.15am, Thames Water noticed water levels at Shotover reservoir were dropping and discovered a leak.

  • RESULTS: July 22

    THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 1 (All matches abandoned unless stated) Milton Keynes Park 20-0 v Oxford 2nd. Oxford Downs 47-2 v Dinton. Banbury Twenty 47-2 v Buckingham Town. Banbury 2nd 43-0 v Aston Rowant. Challow & Childrey

  • SPEEDWAY: Bold Cheetahs fall to Eagles

    Oxford Cheetahs, in their first meeting since Czech Republic star Ales Dryml's horrific crash, battled hard before going down to defeat at Eastbourne yesterday. However, they have given themselves a fighting chance of securing all three points, including

  • CRICKET: Lowly Eynsham stun Tetsworth

    Division 2 basement boys Eynsham stunned Division 1 title favourites Tetsworth by edging to a three-wicket victory in the OCA's Airey Cup semi-final yesterday. They were indebted to 15-year-old Umair Ghozali, who hit a six to bring the scores level

  • Weekend results July 22-23

    CRICKET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Western Division (1st day of 3) Oxfordshire 120 (J Hewitt 42, A Senneck 4-37, J Hibberd 3-26), Wiltshire 183-3 (L Dawson 46no, P Dennett 44, T Hawkins 39). CCS HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury

  • CRICKET: Another struggle for Oxon

    Oxfordshire paid a heavy price for losing the toss on the first day of their Western Division match against Wiltshire at Salisbury yesterday. With the ball moving around in the air on a difficult day for batting, they were dismissed for just 120 in 60.2

  • CRICKET: Mason shines againsrt former club

    An excellent spell of fast bowling against his old club by Lee Mason was all in vain for Bicester & North Oxford in Division 2 West at Beaconsfield on Saturday. The home side won the toss and elected to bat, reaching 105-4 at lunch before torrential

  • CRICKET: Tauqeer has them hopping about

    For the second time this season, rain intervened between Kidlington and Wokingham but not before Tauqeer Hussain had provided some fireworks in the Home Counties League Division 2 West game at Wellington Road on Saturday. The Pakistani strike bowler

  • CRICKET: Hail halts Banbury

    A hailstorm which made the ground look more like a snowscene in winter brought a dramatic end to Saturday's Home Counties Premier League Division 1 derby between Banbury and Henley at White Post Road. Henley won the toss and put the home side in on

  • CRICKET: Storm denies Oxford

    Relegation candidates Oxford were denied the chance of a much-needed win when a thunderstorm washed out their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 clash at Falkland when they were well on top. Great spells of bowling from Stuart Hole, Graham Charlesworth

  • CRICKET: Dhabi boost for Thame

    Thame Town defied the elements to pull off a stunning 46-run victory at North Maidenhead in Division 2 Westof the Home Counties Premier League on Saturday. And with leaders Farnham Royal going down to Gerrards Cross, Thame closed the gap to 28 points

  • FOOTBALL: Parrot flies in for Didcot

    A late Andy Parrott header gave Didcot Town a deserved 3-2 win against Banbury United in a pre-season friendly at the npower Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday. Banbury had opened the scoring in the first minute when ex-Puritan Andy Wallbridge hit a woeful

  • Billy goat became butt of the joke

    When student pranksters dragged Ernie, a live billy goat, to the top of Merton College tower in Oxford, the college knew exactly what to do call in RSPCA inspector John Ambrose. He recalls: "The billy goat had been taken up the 167 stone steps of a

  • Mayhem over missing music

    The show went on, but not without a lot of heartache beforehand. When Peter Bridges, founder of the North Oxford Junior Dramatic Society, chose Lionel Bart's musical Blitz! for its 1984 production, he knew there would be problems. He couldn't possibly

  • Camping it up

    On A balmy night at the end of a blistering day, I sat in a beautiful garden in the evening sunshine a glass of chilled white wine in my hand enjoying what is perhaps the funniest play in the language. Perfection? Not far from it, for here was Oscar

  • A lost cause

    Ian Rosser's complaint about the 'namby pamby' treatment of criminals anyone from a petty thief to a raving psychopath seems odd considering that britain imprisons more people per head of population than any other country in Europe (oxford mail, july

  • Our councils do need fixing

    In his comments on the possibility of a unitary council, Oxfordshire's Tory leader and his boss at Westminster are at one "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The problem is that, for people in Oxfordshire, the two-tier system is very much broke. We

  • We must adapt to weather

    Anyone who is still sceptical about the alarming change in our climate must have been lucky enough not to get caught in Saturday's monsoon-like downpour over Oxford. Our weather patterns have definitely gone continental, with scorching hot weather interspersed

  • Postal van stolen

    A Royal Mail van was stolen from Blackbird Leys, Oxford, while a postman was collecting letters. The van was taken from outside the post office in Balfour Road and later ditched in Falcon Close where a couple found it in their private parking space.

  • No mail angers former postie

    West Oxfordshire's postal strike may be over but ex-mailman Derek Honey is furious he has only had one letter in a fortnight and that was delivered by a neighbour. Retired postman Mr Honey, 68, has lambasted his former employer after discovering at

  • Weather fails to dampen festival spirit

    Thunder, lightning and torrential rain failed to dampen the spirits of 4,500 music lovers at Oxfordshire's ninth annual Truck Festival. Festival goers from across the country descended on Hill Farm, Steventon, near Didcot, for two days of live music

  • Call to halt ambulance merger plan

    West Oxfordshire District Council wants the Government to halt its plans merging Oxfordshire's Ambulance Trust and four others into one 'super' trust. The council is writing to Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt stating that the merger is not "in anyone's

  • Conman jailed for food scam

    A conman who cheated pensioners out of their Christmas turkeys has been jailed for two months just after his partner and partner-in-crime was released. Ian Lockyer, 42, and Helen Pitson, 41, went door to door around Oxford taking orders for Christmas

  • Seven people held after city drug raids

    Police arrested seven people during a clampdown on drug dealers in Oxford city centre, called Operation Bumpkin. Officers, including armed and mounted police, joined the operation last week. Four were held for drugs offences and three were detained

  • Police ban lab campaign demo

    Animal rights protesters were banned from holding a demonstration in Oxford city centre after a late decision by police. Hundreds of people had been planning to meet at Carfax at lunchtime on Saturday to continue their campaign against the building

  • Floods hit county as a month's rain falls

    Just 72 hours after the hottest July day on record, Oxfordshire was hit by a torrential rainstorm which brought chaos across the county. One month's worth of rain 40.8mm fell in just under two hours, with flash-flooding and lightning strikes as Oxfordshire

  • Woman has trapped leg freed

    A woman had to be freed from her car by firefighters after trapping her leg in the door while vacuuming it. The woman had been cleaning the inside of the saloon car when it began to roll forward down her driveway in Beechcroft Road, Oxford. Before

  • Now Lisa lives the fairytale

    Oxford girl Lisa Armstrong finally got her own Pop Idol when she walked down the aisle with TV star Ant McPartlin at the weekend. Lisa, 29, who grew up in Cowley, met Ant half of TV comedy duo Ant and Dec 11 years ago when she was an up-and-coming

  • Fifty evacuated as fire rages

    Families were yesterday returning to their homes 24 hours after being evacuated over fears a gas cylinder would explode in a factory fire. The blaze, which broke out at the height of Saturday's torrential downpour, gutted Richens Care in Windmill Road