The pride of Oxford's motoring industry - the new BMW Mini - hit the streets today after months of eager anticipation, writes Chris Koenig. Hopes are high that the new car will follow in the footsteps of its classic namesake. It has already transformed
LARKMEAD schoolgirl Rachel Brenton took the silver medal in the triple jump at the All England Schools Athletics Championships at Exeter yesterday to qualify for the team to face Ireland, Scotland and Wales in Dublin on July 21.
MAGDALEN College School captain William Gilgrass and vice-captain Ned Murray put on a record undefeated 180-run partnership for the third wicket in their Under 13 match against Pinewood School. Murray eventually reached 105 and Gilgrass 64 before MCS
NATHAN Meade is well on the way to following in the footsteps of his famous cousin after winning a four-year scholarship at Connecticut University in America. Meade, 18, is related to Wheatley-based Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown, who has been
The Oxford Playhouse is also playing host to an Almeida Theatre production, which will take place nightly in Florence Park from Tuesday, July 10 to Saturday, July 14. Decky Does a Bronco, by Douglas Maxwell, is about five boys who spend their time in
Playwright Dave Freeman wrote many gags for Benny Hill before turning his talents to stage comedies. And in Kindly Keep It Covered - this summer's long-running comedy (until August 4) at the Mill at Sonning - his knack for comic timing, zany plots and
Eight professional potters in the Oxfordshire Craft Guild have an exhibition of their work at the new Gloucester Green Gallery. They are displaying a variety of ceramics (functional and sculptural), photographs, paintings and drawings until July 25. Their
Julian Nicholas on tenor and alto sax had a hard act to follow. A week before we'd been treated to the muscular and intense playing of Butch Thomas on tenor and soprano sax. What's more, Thomas was part of an established band. Julian Nicholas, playing
Lecturers from Oxford College of Further Education protested at the college's Blackbird Leys campus over pay. Fifty members of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education protested yesterday lunchtime, claiming that the college
A man returned home to find police searching his back garden following the reported sighting of two pumas. Richard Fairhurst, of Nine Acres Close, Charlbury, near Witney, said: "Our next-door neighbours saw a couple of puma-sized black cats jump over
Thousands of pop fans were heading for South Park in Oxford today for the city's biggest-ever music concert. Seven groups, including local band Radiohead, were due to entertain 42,000 enthusiasts - and possibly many more without tickets outside. Radiohead
Patients who undergo major surgery will have their homes transformed into mini wards so they can leave hospital just days after their operations, writes Victoria Owen. The pioneering project, run by the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre at Headington, Oxford
Police caught 159 drivers speeding in 30mph zones in the first week of a crackdown, writes Emma Henry Two drivers were driving so fast - one was clocked at 53mph, the other at 52 - that they will be summoned to appear before magistrates. Eighteen others
Patients with worries about their illnesses will soon be able to listen to others suffering from similar problems by logging on to a new Oxford-based website, writes Victoria Owen. The Internet facility is the brainchild of GP Dr Ann McPherson and will
Abingdon-based 60 Transport Squadron has marked 100 years of transporting stores, equipment and ammunition to wars and trouble spots around the world, writes Gordon Rogers. The 95 soldiers and officers have been based at Dalton Barracks since 1992, when
THE support for the Oxford Retired Greyhound Association is gaining momentum. A special sponsored race meeting has been arranged, while the speedway and dog fraternity are linking up for an Endurance Go-Kart meeting. The Go-Karting kicks-off first with
HORSPATH Moore Companies enjoyed mixed fortunes at Poole's Baiter Park. The junior team performed heroics to snatch the final qualifying berth for the British Junior League, finishing second to Newport on the day but two places above Exeter. Steven Beesley
OXFORD'S Tim Henman was cruelly thwarted by the rain last night as he stood on the verge of making Wimbledon history. Our Tim looked to be on course to be the first Briton to reach the men's singles final since Bunny Austin in 1938 when he led Goran Ivanisevic
The first of six summer concerts in the Holywell Music Room by the Oxford Company of Musicians takes place on Sunday at 4pm and is a specially devised afternoon programme for children, though accompanying adults are welcome.
Music Theatre Wales returns to the Oxford Playhouse with their widely acclaimed production of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's opera The Light House, on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7. This spine-chilling production is based on the true story of the disappearance
The 2001 Oxford Chamber Music Festival concludes on Friday, July 6 with a concert at the Sheldonian Theatre, when nine talented musicians will play works by Beethoven and Dvorak. This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3, and broadcast over Christmas
Giles Woodforde assesses a memorable night of Mozart at Garsington Opera First on stage are three Garsington boys. They have much to do: they climb over the roof, they sing, they act as stage-hands. And then, before our very eyes, they transform into
Hugh Vickers sees the funny side of Goran Jarvefelt's production of Mozart's opera at the Apollol Theatre, Oxford Welsh National Opera is extremely lucky to preserve in its repertoire several productions by the late, great Swedish director Goran Jrvefelt
Illness and accident prevented the opening concert of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival, at the Sheldonian Theatre on Sunday, from delivering most of what it promised, writes Hugh Vickers. But the substitutions were so good and unexpected that one began
Jeannine Alton reflects on a sparkling Strauss success at Garsington Opera Stalwarts of the Garsington repertory are predictably Mozart, Haydn, Rossini, and less predictably, Richard Strauss. Recent years have brought us his excursions into Greek mythology
PATIENTS in Oxfordshire are set to benefit from a £2.5m shot in the arm to reduce waiting lists in the county's major hospitals. Managers at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, responsible for Oxford's John Radcliffe, Churchill and Radcliffe Infirmary
City councillors have given their backing to proposals for the privatisation of Oxford's city centre in a bid to boost trade, tourism and crime prevention, writes Phil Clle The City Centre Management Working Party agreed to ask the council's strategy
Plans to turn Oxford Prison into a hotel and leisure complex could be scrapped after councillors demanded further wide-ranging changes to architectural designs. The Osborne Group has spent more than four years devising an £18m scheme for the historic
OXFORD United are still in talks with Barnet over right back Sam Stockley - but they have denied reports from Underhill that they have had a £100,000 bid for the player accepted, writes JON MURRAY. Chairman Firoz Kassam said: "We are still in discussions
