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  • Button feeling settled at McLaren

    A relaxed Jenson Button heads into the new Formula One season with a feeling of being "at home" with McLaren after just two months. That is despite the additional duties the reigning world champion has had to undertake at a team renowned for its

  • RUGBY UNION: The numbers game

    Oxford Harlequins produced a very solid display to record a bonus-point victory. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 3 South West Score: Oxford Harlequins 26, Barnstaple 3 Oxford

  • UPDATE: Park and ride closed following crash

    Drivers are facing long tailbacks in Kidlington after a lorry carrying a 10-ton load tipped on its side this morning. The accident at the Sainsbury's roundabout, on the A4260, has left Five Mile Drive, Water Eaton Park and Ride and the roundabout

  • Overturned lorry causes traffic problems

    An overturned lorry near the Sainsbury's roundabout south of Kidlington, on the A4260, is understood to be causing major traffic problems in the area. More follows.

  • Footballs for Africa fund reaches goal

    A CHARITY has raised more than £3,500 to buy footballs for deprived children in South Africa. People in Kidlington created the Fund a Football campaign last year to help orphans in North West Province, which has a long link with the village

  • Ardington v Headington Sharks; 2-0

    Right from the kick off you could tell this was going to be a good game! Both teams started strong with Scott Webb and Leroy Brandao forcing some outstanding saves from Joe Wright in the Headington Sharks goal. At the other end Conner Madden tested

  • Students suspended over sexist emails

    Fifteen members of a University of Oxford drinking society have been suspended after sexist private emails were posted around Hertford College. In them, the male members of the Penguin Club compiled a "list of fitties" in which they compared

  • UPDATE: Mother shocked at JR investigation

    THE mother of a baby girl who died after surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital has said she was shocked to find out three other infants had died in similar circumstances. Nathalie Lo died aged just 23 days on December 22. Three other babies

  • Bonham Carter: I'm the boss at home

    Helena Bonham Carter has revealed she and long-term partner Tim Burton, who have a home in Sutton Courtenay, are clear about who the "boss" is in their relationship. At home, the actress takes control, but she hands the reins to the acclaimed

  • Met Office drops 'seasonal forecasts'

    Last year the Met Office forecast a "barbecue summer" - only for it to rain through much of June, July and August. And its talk of a mild winter was followed by the country's worst snowfalls for three decades. Now the weather service has called

  • United reveal season-ticket tempter

    OXFORD United are today making a special ticket offer to their fans. Supporters can buy a season ticket for next season at the same price they paid for this campaign – whichever league Oxford are going to be in. The U’s say it’s a way of rewarding their

  • Workmate uncovered porn collection

    AN eight-month jail sentence handed to a ‘child porn addict’ would not deter other would-be offenders, a children’s charity said. Brett Saunders, who worked at Timpson in the Westgate Centre for 20 years, was caught with a stash of almost 1,000

  • Judge tells woman: 'Learn English'

    A judge told a Chinese businesswoman from Oxford to spend the next year learning English after she rammed her husband’s car through a fence off a busy street. Wei Cai, 31, was rowing with Mr Cai when she drove her Audi Q7 4x4 into his Audi

  • Withdrawn Teams

    U14B Summertown Stars U15C Didcot Casuals . Both of these have withdrawn from the League with immediate effect.

  • Disturbing world of Carl Forrester

    THIS is pervert Carl Forrester, reclining semi-naked on a bed wearing a girl’s headband minutes after he kissed a 13-year-old. The 56-year-old grandfather was also snapped kissing his victim on the lips during a party he held at his home in

  • 'Addict's' child porn collection uncovered by workmate

    AN eight-month jail sentence handed to a ‘child porn addict’ will not deter other would-be offenders, a children’s charity said last night. Brett Saunders, who worked at Timpson in the Westgate Centre for 20 years, was caught with a stash of

  • There's no excuse for this leniency

    CLAUDE Knights, furious at the eight-month sentence handed down to paedophile Brett Saunders, raises an interesting point that may explain the perversely short jail term. “These crimes are too prevalent,” Mrs Knights says. She is right

  • Drive launched to tackle doorstep crime

    Burglars who trick their way into houses and target the elderly and vulnerable are the targets of a national police campaign. ‘Not sure? Don’t open the door’ is the message at the heart of Operation Liberal’s public awareness campaign against