OXFORD United were beaten for the first time this season when they lost 2-1 at League Two side Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup first round today. It looked as though the U's were going to bring Wycombe back for a replay when substitute Gavin Johnson
Oxford City stars are hopeful new Slovakian signing Lukas Szabo will be able to get international clearance in time to make his debut against Bracknell in the South Division tomorrow. Szabo, a pacy forward, with great stick-handling skills, is now waiting
FORMULA Renault UK driver Will Bratt made a superb return to the cockpit of his Scorpio Motorsport-run car at Croft Circuit, outpacing the winter championship regulars during testing at the North Yorkshire venue. Although not taking part in this season's
A scissor-wielding attacker who stabbed his victim to "within an inch of his life" in Banbury has been jailed for three years. Andrew Potter, 19, of Marlborough Road, Banbury, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm after
The two people accused of murdering Oxford man Guy Thomas told friends they had punched and bottled him the night before he was found dead, a jury heard. Peter Rous, 32, of Pegasus Road, Blackbird Leys, and Sara Kingston, 33, of Foresters Tower, Wood
Foreign students visiting Oxford's Crown Court have been falling foul of security rules. Since April this year, 246 cameras or recording devices - which are banned by law from being taken into court - have had to be handed in to door staff. The majority
A quick-thinking postman saved a 150-year-old vicarage from being destroyed after he spotted that it was on fire. Andrew Fairhurst, from Wheatley, was on his rounds in Holton, near Oxford, when he heard the smoke alarm going off inside the 19th-century
British servicemen who, between them, have served in every major conflict since the Second World War have spoken about why Remembrance Sunday is so important to them. Territorial Army Lance Corporal Mark Tarling, who has served in Afghanistan, Kosovo
An ultrasonic device which mimics the whine of a mosquito is to be used to stop youths from hanging around in an Oxfordshire shopping arcade. The device, called the Mosquito, will be used at Chipping Norton's Westgate Shopping Centre from next week
Staffing a major anti-terrorism operation has cost Thames Valley Police £5.2m - and this could rise to £7m. Officers from Thames Valley Police, including many from Oxford, have been helping the Metropolitan Police with Operation Overt - a search of
OXFORD graduate Charles Rangeley-Wilson presents a four-part BBC television series fishing in different places around the world. Each 60-minute episode of The Accidental Angler will focus on one location starting with London, then India and on to Brazil
