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  • The Ambassador

    It’s pretty obvious to an ex-footballer that the problems of our national team develop from the incredibly dull songs chanted by our understandably irate supporters. Voicing our everlasting devotion to our dear old Queen hardly inspires. Taking a leaf

  • The Ambassador

    It’s pretty obvious to an ex-footballer that the problems of our national team develop from the incredibly dull songs chanted by our understandably irate supporters. Voicing our everlasting devotion to our dear old Queen hardly inspires. Taking a leaf

  • The Ambassador

    It’s pretty obvious to an ex-footballer that the problems of our national team develop from the incredibly dull songs chanted by our understandably irate supporters. Voicing our everlasting devotion to our dear old Queen hardly inspires. Taking a leaf

  • Nothing to shout about!

    As the business end of the season approaches, it's not looking like any of the Oxfordshire teams will be fighting for promotion. After a good start, Didcot have fallen away badly only managing a draw agenst Brock House at the weekend. Big things were

  • Nothing to shout about!

    As the business end of the season approaches, it's not looking like any of the Oxfordshire teams will be fighting for promotion. After a good start, Didcot have fallen away badly only managing a draw agenst Brock House at the weekend. Big things were

  • Nothing to shout about!

    As the business end of the season approaches, it's not looking like any of the Oxfordshire teams will be fighting for promotion. After a good start, Didcot have fallen away badly only managing a draw agenst Brock House at the weekend. Big things were

  • Parties go on despite bacteria alert

    Staff rallied round to make sure six children's birthday parties went ahead after a health scare forced the closure of a sports centre. Employees at Kidlington and Gosford Sports Centre also called thousands of centre members after the potentially deadly

  • Goodbye BBC, Welcome ITV.

    I am not sorry to see the Beeb lose the FA Cup . The coverage was fine but their pundits were well bejond their sale-by-date. They were worse than the witches in the Scottish Play, as interesting as a Bee Gees record played at the wrong speed and had

  • Goodbye BBC, Welcome ITV.

    I am not sorry to see the Beeb lose the FA Cup . The coverage was fine but their pundits were well bejond their sale-by-date. They were worse than the witches in the Scottish Play, as interesting as a Bee Gees record played at the wrong speed and had

  • Goodbye BBC, Welcome ITV.

    I am not sorry to see the Beeb lose the FA Cup . The coverage was fine but their pundits were well bejond their sale-by-date. They were worse than the witches in the Scottish Play, as interesting as a Bee Gees record played at the wrong speed and had

  • What a load of rubbish

    Well, I, for one, was enormously relieved by the news. Some anti-green types had been complaining that fortnightly collections of non-recyclable waste, such as remnants of food and other kitchen garbage, would lead to all sorts of problems when it was

  • A UNITED IRELAND?

    I have been a very strong critic of Tony Blair and did not vote for him as Labour Party Leader when Labour members had a vote back in the 1990s, BUT I think it highly likely that his role in the apparent resolution of the Northern Ireland conflict will

  • Tributes paid after fatal Peru crash

    TRIBUTES from around the globe have been paid to the North Oxford teenager killed in a bus crash in Peru. Georgia French, 19, of Davenant Road, died in the incident high in the Andes on Saturday last week - just two weeks into a gap year trip. She

  • Murder squad police stop motorists

    POLICE stopped drivers in Oxford to appeal for information exactly a week after the murder of Enayit Khalili. Motorists were stopped by officers between 4pm on Friday and 4am yesterday near to the scene of the crime in Rose Hill. About 400 flyers

  • Man jailed for attacking taxi driver

    A VIOLENT robber who left a taxi driver with horrific injuries has been jailed for three years. Tynan Nelson, 20, of Nunnery Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, admitted the attack which left his victim, Mohamed Maher Al-Kotob with a broken nose, 12 stitches

  • Music talk

    CRITIC and expert on 19th- and 20th-century British music, Lewis Foreman, will talk to members of the Thames Valley branch of the Elgar Society, on British Music in Europe at the Barns Centre, Thame, at 7.30pm on Tuesday, April 3. Call 01844 212061

  • Prayer event

    A FULL week of non-stop prayer will take place at St Aldate's Church parish centre, in Pembroke Street, in May. The '24-7' prayer event takes place from Sunday, May 6 to Saturday, May 12.

  • A34 deaths trial delayed

    THE trial of the lorry driver accused of killing a family of four in a road crash has been postponed until April 30. Ian David King, 60, of Marston Drive, Leicester, is accused of four charges of causing death by dangerous driving. The crash happened

  • All fired up

    FIREFIGHTERS are holding a sponsored car wash at Kidlington fire station, from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, April 7. Donations will be taken for the Fire Service Benevolent Fund and there will also be the opportunity to pick up fire safety tips and advice

  • Pressure on Super Aguri

    A POINTS finish in the Malaysian Grand Prix is the aim for the Leafield-based Super Aguri F1 team. Daniel Audetto, the team's managing director, has been answering questions in the run-up to the race at Sepang following the strong performance by Takuma

  • Speed courses aim to improve safety

    MOTORISTS will be given extra opportunities to improve their driving after being caught speeding as part of a police scheme. More drivers and riders caught speeding will be given the option of attending the Thames Valley Speed Awareness Scheme, instead

  • Book signing sessions

    KATHARINE House Hospice founder and chairman Neil Gadsby will sign copies of his book An Unfinished Journey, at the hospice's charity shops. The book tells the story of the hospice, in Adderbury, which opened in 1991. It was named after Mr Gadsby's

  • Former GP team owner turns racer

    FORMER Grand Prix driver and team owner, Jackie Oliver, is one of the stars of the Castle Combe Circuit's Husqvarna Retro Race Day on Easter Monday, April 9. The opening meeting of the 2007 season, the event focuses on Classic racing from the '50s,

  • Church holds first Catholic mass since Reformation

    FOR the first time since the Reformation in the 16th century, a Roman Catholic mass will be celebrated in the Protestant church of St Helen's in Abingdon this evening. St Edmund's Catholic Church, in Radley Road, has been closed for ten weeks while

  • Oxbridge bus survey

    PASSENGERS using Stagecoach's Oxford to Cambridge service are being consulted on a new bus. The company is piloting the upgraded double decker on the X5 service via Bedford, but says feedback is essential if the buses are to be changed. Questionnaires

  • Arts festival needs talent

    APPLICATIONS for this year's Oxford Arts Festival are now being invited. The three-day multi-arts festival will be held in a number of venues around the city on September 28, 29 and 30. Anyone interested in showcasing their work should send an example

  • Museum offers more local appeal

    ONE of Oxfordshire's best-loved attractions opens this week, with a flurry of events aimed at attracting local people - many of whom have never visited. Cogges Manor Farm, in Witney, opens its doors today, after its winter closure. This year, the