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  • Today's local closing share prices

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  • Today's local share prices

    AEA Technology 107.5 BMW 2723 Electrocomponents 239.75 Isoft Group 55.25 Oxford Bio 27.5 Oxford Instruments 204.75 Oxonica 130 Reed Elsevier 566.75 RM 181 RPS 228 Torex Retail 52.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • MUST TRY TO BE MORE CONTROVERSIAL

    It is not my habit to reply in print to criticisms made of me by readers - and I am mighty glad that they are readers, incidentally - in letters to the Editor of The Oxford Times. I have had my say; others have a right to theirs. A recent spate of correspondence

  • THE WHITE HART, FYFIELD

    The White Hart at Fyfield has been one of my favourite places to eat - and, very definitely, to drink - for more than 30 years. In the mid-seventies, before the Botley Road got into the ghastly mess it's in today, I could whizz out there for a bar lunch

  • THE SENTINEL AND CRANK

    The hallowed corridors of the White House have seen their fair share of power brokering and murderous deception in recent years on the big screen - Murder at 1600, with Wesley Snipes; In the Line of Fire and Absolute Power, both starring Clint Eastwood

  • WHO TELLS YOU WHAT YOU CAN WATCH?

    It's been a while since we had an old-fashioned furore involving the British Board of Film Classification. It has made cuts to the odd arthouse picture in recent years and scandalised a few right-wing journalists by giving summer blockbusters certificates

  • OVADA GALLERY, OXFORD

    Two artists will be sharing the gallery space at Ovada, Gloucester Green, until September 23 - Ruth Hinkel-Prevzner, who is exhibiting her new video work, and Karen Purple, whose delicate drawings and paintings evoke the transience of the natural world

  • HENRY VIII: STRATFORD

    A special frisson arises from watching William Shakespeare's late work Henry VIII in a building so closely connected with both its main writer - the young John Fletcher was also involved - and his subject. Holy Trinity Church was the setting for Shakespeare's

  • IN YOUR DREAMS: STAGECOACH OXFRD

    From a first sight of the script on Monday morning to a full-scale performance on Friday night - such was the remarkable speed at which 58 youngsters of Stagecoach Oxford worked on the musical In Your Dreams. Maya Sprigg, the principal of this part-time

  • CARL ROSA OPERA

    Last December, disaster struck the Carl Rosa Opera company when a fire broke out in its London warehouse, destroying a large number of valuable costumes and sets - including those for the forthcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance. But director

  • ICE IS NICE: JEWELLERY BY TIFFANY

    The sparkling diamonds on show at the Gilbert Collection in Somerset House cast interesting reflections on American history from 1837 to 1987. The rise of Tiffany coincides with the growth of the United States as a world power. The first section is called

  • Israel apologists

    Why doesn't Ralph Leavis try replying to the letter I actually wrote instead of the one he thinks I wrote (Oxford Mail, August 25)? I get rather irritated at him and all those other purblind apologists for Israel who accuse those of us opposed to its

  • Stop meddling in our lives

    Here we go again - get to the nearest hotline and report a fellow citizen for having a smoke (Oxford Mail, August 26). This country has gone barking mad with do-gooders and others who have nothing better to do than stick their big noses into other people's

  • Criminals are let off the hook

    The number of weapons seized from defendants, witnesses and visitors at Oxford magistrates court is astonishing as well as alarming. We would have thought that a court was the last place even the most hardened criminal would want to take a weapon, and

  • Son brands treatment of elderly unsuitable

    A son has called for more care homes after his 95-year-old father was moved seven times in the last five months of his life. Wally Boater's father, Walter, died last Tuesday after a long period of illness during which his family had to fight to keep

  • Plane crashes on road

    A light aircraft being used to train young pilots crashed on to a busy road shortly after take-off at Oxford Airport this morning. The Piper Warrior plane, belonging to Oxford Aviation Training, came down on a side road leading to the A44 just after

  • Button faces tall order

    Honda boss Nick Fry has asked the near impossible of Jenson Button by aiming to steal third place in the championship from McLaren. Button won the Brackley team's first race three weeks ago in Hungary but, not content with that achievement, Fry wants

  • Fennymore back in front

    Graham Fennymore returned to winning ways at Brands Hatch on Sunday, claiming victory in both of the day's Autosport Caterham Superlight Challenge events to strengthen his championship lead. Race one brought him a crushing 8.5-second win over his rivals

  • Today's local share prices

    AEA Technology 105.75 BMW 2719 Electrocomponents 238.75 Isoft Group 56.75 Oxford Bio 27.75 Oxford Instruments 204.25 Oxonica 130 Reed Elsevier 559.75 RM 178 RPS 229.25 Torex Retail 51.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • Today's local share prices

    AEA Technology 105.75 BMW 2719 Electrocomponents 238.75 Isoft Group 56.75 Oxford Bio 27.75 Oxford Instruments 204.25 Oxonica 130 Reed Elsevier 559.75 RM 178 RPS 229.25 Torex Retail 51.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • FOOTBALL: Fairchild faces red card probe

    Letcombe's Robert Fairchild could face a lengthy ban following allegations that he was involved in amazing scenes after being sent off during the Bank Holiday clash against Clanfield. Fairchild got his marching orders for a second yellow card after

  • ATHLETICS: D-Day looms for cross country league

    It's D-day for the Oxford Mail Cross Country League on Monday. An emergency meeting is to be held at OXSRAD in Marsh Lane, Marston (7.45pm) with the league in danger of folding. The crisis has come about because no volunteer has been found to take

  • ATHLETICS: Oxon hurdlers in gold strike

    Oxfordshire hurdlers Lucy Boggis and Kirsty Warland repeated their golden double act of earlier this summer with sparkling victories at the South of England Under 15 and Under 20 Inter-Counties Championships. Gold medallists for the county at the English

  • SPEEDWAY: It's crunch time for Cheetahs

    Promoter Aaron Lanney has called on fans to get behind Oxford Cheetahs tonight as they take on fellow basement club Arena Essex in a Sky Sports Elite League encounter at Oxford Stadium (7.30pm). Arena closed to within one point of Cheetahs in the table

  • AUNT SALLY: Cricketers on the brink

    With only one week of the season left, there are still eight sections to be decided, including the Premier Section. Cricketers took a step nearer retaining their crown by beating their closest rivals White House 3-0 in a game that was closer than the

  • Leisure services could be privatised

    Leisure services in Oxford - labelled "unacceptable" by auditors earlier this year - could be privatised as part of a shake-up of city council provision. The Town Hall, which wants a 50-metre swimming pool in the city for Olympic athletes in training

  • Court knife haul shock

    The alarming extent of criminals carrying knives on our streets has been exposed after the Oxford Mail discovered hundreds have been confiscated at Oxford Magistrates' Court this year. Records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that

  • Mayor launches litterbug blitz

    A mayor says she is so incensed with litter bugs blighting her town's streets with rubbish that she feels like picking up the mess and dumping it in their homes. Chrissie Curry says "enough is enough" and is launching a campaign in her mayoral role

  • Thais consider £5m gift to uni

    Thailand's government is lining up a multi-million-pound investment in Oxford University to boost Buddhist studies. Suwat Liptapanlop visited the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies at Wolfson College in Linton Road on a fact-finding mission. The deputy

  • Cab driver jailed for sex crime

    A former taxi driver who admitted sex offences against a child passenger has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Mohammed Mehmood, 40, of Cromwell Street, Oxford, had previously admitted causing or inciting a female under 13 to engage in sexual activity

  • Judge tells drug dealer to pay up

    An Oxford drug dealer has been ordered to pay £3,655 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Chay Brooks, 20, was jailed for three and a half years after he admitted two counts of possessing a class A drug with intent to supply in June. The court heard that

  • Crackdown on youth gangs

    Parents have been sent letters by police informing them that their children have been caught 'hanging around' on three estates in Banbury. A total of 179 youths on the Ruscote, Hardwick and Neithrop estates were stopped and checked by police over seven

  • 'Yobs are still running riot'

    The dispersal order clamping down on yobs in Oxford's Rose Hill has not worked, according to one shopkeeper targeted by vandals. Anwar Dogar, who runs Costcutter in The Oval, says youths are still congregating and causing vandalism. He says windows

  • Sat nav driving residents crazy

    Sat-nav systems have been blamed for disturbing the peace in a south Oxfordshire village. Technology is supposed to make life easier, but the quiet streets of East Hagbourne have been inundated by huge lorries in recent weeks. The lorries, coming

  • 'Chicanes risk lives'

    A concerned resident says this photograph is proof that a scheme to slow down traffic in Bampton is actually putting lives at risk. Bill Govier rushed out of his house in Manor View after hearing a crash and saw that the driver of the car pictured had

  • Stars in town for horse trials

    Organisers say there is a bumper line-up of competitors, ranging from first-timers to international stars, for this weekend's Blenheim International Horse Trials. The trials get under way tomorrow and Britain's victorious Pony and Young Rider European

  • Campaign to block new river crossing

    A campaign is under way to oppose a new bridge over the Thames. Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Parish Council is afraid that it will encourage more heavy lorries on a road with accident blackspots. The bridge on the river crossing at Newbridge is

  • Growing talents

    Villagers near Bicester showed off the fruits of their labour at the annual show in Ardley-with-Fewcott on Saturday. As well as vegetables, the show also featured fruit, home-made cakes and art by local children. Jean McGarry, secretary of Ardley-with-Fewcott

  • Plan for flats upsets council

    Family homes will be demolished to make way for a block of flats after councillors reluctantly agreed to the plans. The owner of two neighbouring semi-detached homes on the corner of Routh Road and Humfrey Road in Barton, Oxford, is to replace the three-bedroom

  • Rough and (not quite) ready

    There came a point yesterday afternoon when I wondered if my career as an international athlete might be cut tragically short. Being a swimmer, I'd always thought my greatest moment of sporting glory would come in the water, but yesterday Lake Geneva