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  • Car superstore may challenge garages

    A CAR superstore chain has targeted Oxfordshire for its next showroom - if it can find a suitable site, writes David Duffy. CarLand says it will create 60 new jobs if it can find right location in or around the city. Chief executive John Tuke said: "We

  • Two dogs shot dead

    A DOG was shot and killed and another wounded after a man fired at them with an air rifle. Police are now questioning a 24-year-old man at St Aldate's police station in Oxford after the shooting at the New Marston recreation ground off Croft Road yesterday

  • Riddle of Cromwell's head

    OXFORD seems to have finally lost out in the 300-year-old mystery of Oliver Cromwell's head. Scientists are now almost certain that the real skull is at his old Cambridge college, Sidney Sussex. Debate has raged for centuries over the whereabouts of the

  • Weatherstone set for United home debut

    SIMON Weatherstone is set to make his full home debut for Oxford United against Crewe Alexandra at the Manor Ground tonight after O'Neill Donaldson yesterday returned to Sheffield Wednesday against his own wishes. United boss Malcolm Shotton expressed

  • Uniting to beat the football hooligans

    ENGLAND fans have already booked their tickets to France for this summer's World Cup and intelligence bosses are trying to ensure that trouble is kept to a minimum. ANDREW FFRENCH examines how security is handled at a typical game at Oxford United's Manor

  • Animal lib 'terrorists' target cat breeder

    CAT farmer Chris Brown has been sent a chilling bomb threat by animal rights activists. But he told the Oxford Mail: "I won't give in to terrorists." Mr Brown, who breeds cats for research, was one of a number of businessmen to receive threats from the

  • Hospital water 'smelled of glue'

    WATER at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital smelled and tasted like glue for several days after tap supplies became tainted. Although the water was harmless, staff from wards filled containers from the nearby women's centre, which was unaffected. The taste

  • Lollipop patrols set for the council axe

    SCHOOLS all over Oxfordshire are to be left without crossing patrols after the latest round of spending cuts. Those schools with unfilled vacancies for lollipop men and women are the ones to be hit. Don Richings, of Oxfordshire County Council, said: "

  • College fights for barbed wire

    OXFORD University's last all-women college is fighting to hang on to its anti-intruder barbed wire. St Hilda's was told by the city council to take down the barbed wire at a college hostel after neighbours complained that the building looked like a prison

  • Burns wins Safari rally

    KIDLINGTON driver Richard Burns said his ultimate ambition was to be world champion after winning the Safari Rally yesterday. Driving a Mitsubishi, Burns and co-driver Robert Reid finished nearly ten minutes ahead of former world champion Juha Kankkunen

  • Nappy talk: Baby business is no bum wrap

    NAPPY laundering may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for Gina Elboth, pictured, not only does it mean she gets to coo at babies all day, but she is also helping to save the environment and run her own business at the same time. Nappy Tales was launched