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Oxford United held champions-elect Chesterfield to a 0-0 draw at the Kassam Stadium despite losing two centre halves. Jimmy Sangare injured his metatarsal, and hobbled off before half-time. And his replacement, Mitchell Hanson, lasted just 12 minutes

Oxford United held league leaders Chesterfield on a swelteringly hot day at the Kassam Stadium. It was not an afternoon to be a U's centre half. Two of them got injured, leaving them worryingly short of cover for Monday's game at Barnet. Mitchell Hanson

Oxford United were holding league leaders Chesterfield 0-0 at half-time at the Kassam Stadium today. On a sweltering afternoon, the U's gave as good as they got in the first 45 minutes, against John Sheridan's promoted team. Asa Hall headed just over

The warm weather that heralded the start of the Easter getaway is set to come to an abrupt end. Sunday is set to be pleasanter, with temperatures of up to 24C (75.2F) in the South East. But the outlook for Monday to Wednesday is for

A DEDDINGON family was “extremely lucky” to have escaped after an unattended candle caused a house fire in The Deadings, the fire service said. The fire started in the bathroom at about 3am on Saturday. The home’s smoke alarm did not have a working battery

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a kitchen fire which broke out at a house in Grove while the owners were out. The blaze, which is thought to have started accidentally, broke out at a house in Carlton Close at about 7.40pm on Thursday night. Neighbours

POLICE are trying to get more householders on an Oxford estate to join Neighbourhood Watch groups. But they admit they first have to overcome the scheme's “curtain twitching reputation”. Officers in Barton are delivering letters to homes to drum up interest

DO teenage girls still want to be princesses? One schoolgirl from Oxfordshire is proving they do, as she is in the running to be crowed the UK’s Teen Princess this year. Charlotte Blower, 15, from Sunningwell near Abingdon, was scouted for the teen

I may get it in the neck for saying this, but the one thing that Transylvania could do with is a few more vampires. When I first learn that Romania’s prettiest city, Sibiu, is in the province of Transylvania, I’m expecting a long weekend of

Dennis Rawlings, from Cowley, will remember his silver wedding anniversary for a long time. To celebrate, Dennis and his wife Jackie drove down to White Acres Holiday Park in Newquay, Cornwall, for a break and a bit of fishing. He decided to target

Karl Walker won the Gent-works Oxford & District League’s Walt Bradbury Cup for the third consecutive season, and for a fifth time in total, after a hard-fought final against Gavin Wright. The opening four frames in the best of seven match were all

Every new greyhound that enters the kennels at Oxford has to be marked up and urine tested under a Greyhound Board of Great Britain new rule. This way, if a greyhound comes over from Ireland, for example, it can detect if a banned substance was used

THE Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, has called for a major shake-up of admissions rules for Church of England schools. Rev Pritchard said policies which favour religious children should be changed, even if it affects a school’s exam results

While Royal wedding fever may be spreading, newly released figures suggest some parts of the nation may be more gripped than others. More than 5,500 parties are expected to be held, according to statistics for road closure requests collected

Linsey Smith finished with figures of 3-7 as Oxfordshire Under 17 girls kicked off their ECB County Championship programme with an eight-wicket win against Gloucestershire at Cumnor. Fresh from an eight-wicket friendly victory against Wiltshire two days

Oxfordshire Under 17s lost their opening friendly against Wiltshire in Salisbury by 67 runs. Although the result suggests a one-sided game, it was anything but, with a century from Wiltshire’s Jack Mynott proving the difference between the sides. Presented

The Betfair Pall Mall Stakes, which gets under way in June, is now officially a category one race. Keen-eyed racing manager Gary Baiden spotted that the race was not included in the calendar as a category one event, as it always has been, so queried

A NEIGHBOURHOOD dispute between Wolvercote residents and the owner of a military crane has reignited. Police revealed they have issued a ticket to the vehicle’s owner after he refused to move it from obstructing a junction. In February

A COUPLE believed to be Oxfordshire’s longest married husband and wife have celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary. Ron and Sybil Belcher got married at St John’s Church, New Hinksey, Oxford, on April 22, 1935, and have spent more than three-quarters

BANBURY’S Will Bratt experienced mixed fortunes in the first two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship at Silverstone. In the first race, the 22-year-old came a brilliant second to Italian Mirko Bortolotti. But the following day he was on course

CHIPPING Norton’s Alice Powell retained her lead in the Graduate Cup Championship in the 2011 Formula Renault UK series – despite an up and down weekend at Donington Park. Driving for the Manor Competition team, the 18-year-old finished ninth

Dan Berwick proved to be in a class of his own in the opening round of the Solo Dirt Track British Championship at Oxford Stadium last night, writes Robert Peasley. The Plymouth Devils rider romped home to a 15-point maximum in his qualifying heats,

BICESTER A landed the Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield after beating Vikings D by 25 points in the final at the Gladiators Club. Tony Gorman, Jason Tustain and Chris Hawkes were in fine form throughout the evening, and by the start of the doubles, they

Trainer Tony Magnasco, second only to Angie Kibble last week with six winners, can add to his tally tonight when Pats Cash looks the part in the A1 over 450 metres. Pats Cash just failed to collar the speedy Pawseys Pride on Saturday, going under by

A PLANNED new ‘super-surgery’ in Kidlington could become the new home for the village’s three existing GP practices. Exeter Surgery, Kidlington and Yarnton Medical Group, and Gosford Hill Medical Centre are in discussions to open a new health centre

Asa Hall returns to Oxford United’s midfield for today’s game against promoted npower League Two leaders Chesterfield at the Kassam Stadium. And Jimmy Sangare makes his full home debut in place of the suspended Harry Worley, hoping to repeat his fine

MORRIS men will today dance on the spot St George is said to have slain the dragon, in the hope the Oxfordshire landmark could become the centre of annual celebrations. According to centuries-old folklore, England’s patron saint slew his nemesis

OXFORDSHIRE is often seen as a quintessentially English county. How fitting then that we are home to the site where St George is said to have slayed the dragon. But it is amazing there are no annual celebrations for our patron saint’s day on the site

Yarnton fished the last match of their Summer League season at Ridgeway last Sunday, where Nick Collier triumphed with 91.15.0 to seal the title. The 14 anglers fished in perfect conditions and the winning tactics were pole with pellet at 13 metres,

Harry James, of Wantage White Horse Harriers, won gold and silver medals in the level one open meet in Crawley’s 50-metre pool. There was also a gold and bronze medal for Abingdon Vale’s Olivia Law, while clubmate Ollie Baloolal smashed six club records

Niamh McGuckin, 12, claimed the boxer of the night award as Berinsfield ABC staged their Hutton-Parker sponsored dinner show at the Rover Club, Cowley – the first female winner of the trophy. She mesmerised taller Borslam rival Abbie Bates

LEAKED details of expensive meetings for officials, paid for by the hardworking taxpayer, seem to be turning into a rather too regular occurrence. It started with a tip-off a month or so ago about county council transport officials and their £4,500 stay

EDUCATION chiefs have been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money on hotel rooms for a £63,000 conference. Some 180 people booked rooms for the three-day conference - held at the Holiday Inn in Stratford-upon-Avon in March - which aimed to improve

A ZEBRA crossing has finally been built in Cowley nearly a decade after it was promised. The crossing, close to the Motorist Discount Centre in Oxford Road, was planned when flats were approved on a former builder’s yard near Clive Road in 2002. But

THE county’s ambulance service has urged people to stay safe as it braced itself for an expected flurry of call-outs over the bank holiday weekend. South Central Ambulance Service Trust said demand for the service had increased by five per cent over