POLICE tonight warned that tablets missing from a hospital patient's handbag could be lethal. The 54 small, bright pink, morphine tablets, which were in a blue blister packet, went missing from a patient's handbag at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Another football game in Oxfordshire was abandoned at the weekend due to a confrontation between two rival players. The match between Oxford's Headington Amateurs and Henley Town was brought to an end in the 85th minute because the referee feared for
They followed their noses - and sniffed out the biggest cannabis factory ever found on Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate. Pc Alex Shepherd and Pc Phil Gardiner, of the Blackbird Leys proactive team, were carrying out routine patrols on Saturday morning
Today the Oxford Mail reveals the extent of rubbish dumped on your doorstep - but it is just the tip of the iceberg. In the past year Oxford City Council has investigated and removed waste or warned residents in 158 incidents across the city. Council
POLICE are concerned about the welfare of a woman who has gone missing from her home in Nettlebed. Maria Pereira ,46, of Catslip, Nettlebed, was last seen at 10.30am on Sunday, December 3, at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Henley. She is 5ft 2in
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a woman was knocked to the ground and robbed of her handbag in Cowley. A 64-year-old woman was pushed from behind as she walked along Barns Road, near to Lockheart Crescent, on Wednesday at 9pm. She fell
POLICE have charged a 16-year-old Banbury youth with two burglaries and aggravated vehicle taking. He was held by the town's priority crime team in connection with a burglary in Briggs Close on December 3 and one at Manor Road on December 5. The boy
POLICE today warned licensees to be on their guard after two Bicester pubs were burgled. Between 1am and 8am on Friday, burglars broke into The Centurion and Bure Farm public houses, Bicester, and forced open fruit machines stealing £75 from one and
A LOCK, a ruined mill, three churches, five pubs and a pick-your-own farm are among the images included on a special poster about West Oxford. More than 80 pictures of landmarks, taken by 17 local photographers aged between seven and 77, were used by
MOTORISTS parking on a pavement are avoiding fines because a warning sign has vanished. Oxfordshire County Council said that if the sign, by the BMW Mini plant, in Watlington Road, Cowley, Oxford, had been stolen, then drivers were 'devious'. Where
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help a sailing association provide instruction to thousands of youngsters. The Oxford and District School Sailing Association (ODSSA) is appealing for volunteers to help it provide sailing sessions for school and youth groups
ROUND-THE-GLOBE sailor Adrian Flanagan has visited an Oxford sailing club. Mr Flanagan, 45, who lives at Ludgershall, returned at the end of September after his dream of completing a record-breaking vertical circumnavigation of the globe was shattered
THE prospect of a tough climb up Mount Kilimanjaro has opened the eyes of two Wallingford women to the beauties of the countryside around their own homes. To get into shape for their charity climb next year, neighbours Natalie Jenkins, 21, and Andrea
ONE of Wallingford's best-loved Christmas traditions, the lanternlight carol singing evening, takes place on Wednesday. People congregate round the Christmas tree in Market Place with lighted lanterns to sign carols from 7pm. The town-council sponsored
