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  • Woman suffers sex attack in hospital car park

    A woman was sexually assaulted in a hospital car park yesterday. The victim, in her 20s, was attacked at Bicester Community Hospital, in Kings End, at about 8.45pm. The attacker was white, in his mid-20s to early 30s, 5ft 10in to 6ft

  • RESULTS: Greyhounds November 27/28

    SATURDAY’S RESULTS 7.35: 1 BUILDERS STAR 3-1, 2 Scatty Oscar 7-4 fav. Trio: (5x2x4). Trainer: A Kibble. Time: 28.29. 7.50: 1 AIRMOUNT MAID 3-1, 2 Emly Target 7-2. Trio: (1x5x3). Trainer: T Kibble. Time: 28.14. Burwood Fantasy (2) 6-4 fav. 8.05: 1 PRIMO

  • RESULTS: Football November 27/28

    ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd 1, Leamington 1; Didcot Tn 1, Cambridge City 2; Oxford City 0, Chippenham 0. Div 1 South & West: Almondsbury 3, Abingdon Utd 1; N Leigh 1, Hungerford Tn 1. UHLSPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE Supplementary Cup

  • Transport police move back to Oxford

    POLICE will now be based at Oxford railway station to get a grip on late-night antisocial behaviour and other crimes on the network. British Transport Police (BTP) will reopen their office at the station early next year. The new team

  • Rod aims high to boost charity

    Town resident Rod Densham climbed to Everest base camp to raise awareness of the charity Special Effect. Mr Densham, 53, climbed 18,000 feet to raise a flag for the Charlbury-based charity which uses cutting-edge technology to help children with severe

  • Updated: crash woman 'serious but stable'

    A 37-year-old woman is in hospital with serious head injuries after a two car crash on the A415 at Frilford, near Abingdon. She was driving a dark blue Ford Fiesta from Kingston Bagpuize towards Frilford when it was in collision with a blue Peugeot 407

  • Man rescued from river

    A MAN was rescued from a river in Oxford last night. The man was pulled out of the River Cherwell, close to Merton College Sports Pavilion in Manor Road, by firefighters using tow ropes. Four fire crews from Oxford, Abingdon and Kidlington helped rescue

  • Car fire causes M40 hold-ups

    A car fire today closed two lanes of the M40 in north Oxfordshire. The fire happened on the southbound carriageway near junction ten at the Cherwell Valley Services. Lanes one and two were closed, with traffic queueing past the scene

  • Snow forecast in county tonight

    Light snow is forecast to fall in Oxford tonight. The latest Met Office forecast has a light snowfall on Sunday night. And then it is predicting alternate days, with light snowfall in the city on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The

  • 'Record lows' as freeze continues

    Britain shivered in some record low temperatures - including a "ridiculously low" minus 17C in Wales - as the big freeze maintained its grip on the country, forecasters said. The mercury at Llysdinam near Llandrindod Wells plunged to minus 17.3C

  • UPDATE: Snow forecast in Oxford tonight

    LIGHT snow is forecast to fall in Oxford tonight. The latest Met Office forecast has a light snowfall on Sunday night. And then they are predicting alternate days, with light snowfall in the city Tuesday and Thursday nights. The temperature will dip

  • Teen sex and booze in churchyard - 'a breakdown in society'

    A VICAR has spoken of his concern after discovering children as young as 13 were getting drunk and having sex in his churchyard. Father John Salter, vicar at Wantage Parish Church, said he regularly found condoms and empty alcohol bottles in