PETTER Solberg missed out on a record fifth consecutive win in the Wales Rally GB today finishing third for Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team in the gruelling four-day event. Ford driver Marcus Gronholm overcame some niggling problems on the final day
The Met Office says we just had our warmest Autumn for 347 years - "since records began". (1659, if you can't do subtraction). Good, that makes up for the lack of warm sunny days last winter. The kind with clear bright blue skies, not a cloud in sight
PETTER Solberg, driving for Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team, kept up the pressure as the Wales Rally GB today entered its final leg. The Norwegian, chasing his fifth British title win, was in third place on the 17-stage event with three stages to
A NEW regional news programme for Oxfordshire, set to replace ITV's Abingdon-based Central News South, goes live tomorrow at 6pm. Thames Valley Tonight will be co-presented by Wesley Smith and Mary Green, presenter of ITV's Meridian Tonight. The Central
POSTMEN and women who have got involved in their community or shown bravery can be nominated for an award. Royal Mail have asked customers to put names forward for posties who could be eligible for the 1st Class People Awards for the Midlands. Previous
WHEN Bovril the cat was stuck in a storage unit for nine days, he must have seen his nine lives flash before his eyes. But the one-year-old hadn't counted on the friendship of another cat Harry, who alerted a human rescuer. Bovril had disappeared
LONG delays for drivers caught in tailbacks during roadworks at Oxford's key Green Road roundabout should be over this coming week. Work on the £2.8m 'hamburger' redesign of the roundabout in Headington is almost complete. Five routes converge there
THE memories of relatives will light up a Christmas tree to raise money for the Sobell House Hospice Charity, based in Headington, Oxford. The event, on December 9, will see hundreds of lights placed on the specially-erected Christmas tree; each representing
