Oxford United have been knocked off the top of the Nationwide Conference table for the first time since September 1 after they could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Crawley Town on Saturday. Dagenham & Redbridge beat Halifax 1-0 at home to take over
TWO men stole a large amount of cash in a daytime raid on an Oxford travel agent. The pair went into the Co-op Travel branch in London Road, Headington, at about 3.50pm on Friday and told staff they were armed, said Det Sgt Steve Clarke. They then
Two men stole a large amount of cash in the hold-up of an Oxford travel agent. The pair went into Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op Travel in London Road, Headington, at about 3.50pm on Friday and told staff they were armed, said Det Sgt Steve Clarke
There was a grim toll of death on the county's roads during 2006 as the number of fatalities soared to a 16-year high of 68. December was the worst month of the year, with an average of four fatalities a week recorded in the days leading up to Christmas
Witney mother Claire Cooper was forced to move out of her home at Christmas because a housing association left her and her family without proper heating. Miss Cooper, 23, reported a problem with the boiler at their home in Fallowfield Crescent last
Pupils at a Didcot school are handing over £6,000 to the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign (Chox). On Friday, pupils at St Birinus School will give another substantial boost to the drive to raise £15m towards the cost of the £30m hospital at the John
Staff and patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford received a late Christmas present - a £1m MRI scanner.o The new state-of-the-art scanner, which weighs 5.5 tonnes, arrived at the new west wing at the Headington site on Thursday. The new
Christmas rubbish has been left to fester in the streets of an Oxford estate for two weeks - for the second year in a row. Black sacks filled with festive waste and rotting food have been littering streets in Blackbird Leys because refuse collections
Revellers were today being warned 'rogue' unlicensed taxis could be on Oxford's streets tomorrow night to take advantage of a lack of New Year night buses. No night services will be running in the city on New Year's Eve - leaving taxis and minicabs
Nursing staff at the Radcliffe hospitals will face disciplinary hearings if they are caught continually flouting a smoking ban from the start of the New Year. From Monday, the ban will be introduced for staff, patients and visitors in the grounds of
A pensioner believes a ghost of Christmas past revealed itself when he and his family were tucking into their turkey on December 25 at Oxford prison-turned-hotel Malmaison. John Buckle, 63, contacted the Oxford Mail after spotting an eerie looking wisp
Oxford United boss Jim Smith says he may look to wheel and deal next month if it would strengthen the side. He has already declared that he wants to bring in a midfielder with some quality to boost his table-topping team - and especially now as Eddie
The British Greyhound Racing Fund decision to change the way they allocate money to tracks will deliver a massive blow to the bigger outfits. As from January 1, there will be no individual allocations to tracks, as was the norm. Last year, Oxford
Local angler Rick Murphy took the top prize in the second Maggots End photographic competition this season. Rick's picture of a carp from Marlborough Pool wins him a Drennan 12ft Super Specialist Duo rod. Young Lewis Fifield was the specimen winner
Carl Pettefer is likely to have a late fitness check on his calf injury to see whether he is fit to face Crawley Town today. Chris Hargreaves is poised to return in place of the injured Eddie Hutchinson. And Yemi Odubade, who made a big impact when
EXTRA trains will be running between London and north Oxfordshire this weekend to help New Year revellers get home from the capital. Chiltern Railways will be running a full service along with extra services on Saturday, December 30 and Sunday, December
WAITING too long for a meal in a pub or losing the house keys is hardly a matter of life or death. But more than a quarter of a million calls - including such obviously trivial matters - made to Thames Valley Police this year have been unnecessary,
TOM Guntrip's love for Scouting has won him a place in the final of the Young Monopoly Designer of The Year competition. Tom, 11, from Willow Lane, Milton, near Abingdon, designed a game based on Scouting and he is one of ten finalists whose ideas will
CHRISTMAS is supposed to be the season of goodwill - and that proved true in one Oxfordshire village. Some homes in Nuneham Courtenay are still uninhabitable and other homeowners have struggled to replace furniture damaged in the downpours. But the
A STUDENT chef at Banbury's Oxford and Cherwell Valley campus has reached the final of a major cookery competition. William Jones will face five other young cooks from across England in the Student Chef of the Year contest - part of The Great Potato
POLICE today warned that 'rogue' unlicensed taxis could be on Oxford's streets tomorrow night to take advantage of a lack of New Year night buses. No night services will be running in the city on New Year's Eve - leaving taxis and minicabs to pick up
OXFORDSHIRE'S retired police chief, a grandmother who has clocked up 49 years of voluntary work and a woman who helped set up a League of Friends tea bar at the Churchill Hospital have today been honoured by the Queen. Maureen Tweney, 67, of Colly Wood
MAUREEN TWENEY, MBE Maureen Tweney was struggling for weeks to keep secret the news she was to be honoured with an MBE in recognition of her 49 years' volunteer work. The mother-of-two, with three grandchildren, has devoted almost half a century to helping
