A WOMAN was threatened and robbed while walking in Banbury late at night, police revealed yesterday. The woman, who lives in Banbury, was going home from work along a path in Spiceball Park at 10.15pm, on March 5, but police have only just released details
A BARRISTER defending one of three people accused after a raid on the Hillgrove cat breeding farm accused police of lying. The trio, Bryan Shiel, 28, of Bristol, Kevin Hickey, 25, of Coventry, and Nicola Maddocks, 24, of Hastings, elected not to give
BLAZE victim Anne Llewellyn was heartbroken by the death of her boyfriend who lost his fight against cancer, according to the neighbour who raised the alarm in a bid to save her life. Friends and neighbours paid tribute to the 55-year-old mum-of-three
DRUGS cops rammed a car in a dramatic swoop, code-named Operation Ricochet, and discovered the driver with a bag of heroin worth £1,000, a jury heard. Oxford Crown Court was told Mohammed Khan was arrested by police after he was found with the heroin
LUCAS Gunn is probably the nearest person you could meet to a TV natural. Well, the nearest person you could meet inside a Tesco superstore, at any rate. And that's ironic, because he has not enjoyed watching himself on BBC2's Superstore documentary series
THE second that the cameras stop rolling for her live interviews, Jacquie Walton heads straight for the loos to scrape off the make-up that has been so carefully applied to her face. "I never wear it at home, but I have to for the cameras, even though
A SCANDAL-HIT community centre committee is to be wound up with debts of £70,000 - mostly to a brewery - the Oxford Mail can reveal. A confidential report by Oxford City Council officers recommends that Donnington Community Centre's social committee,
BUSINESS leaders in Oxfordshire gave a broad welcome to Chancellor Gordon Brown's softly-softly "Budget for All," writes David Duffy. Cuts in corporation tax, with extra help for small companies were praised, but caution met changes to National Insurance
SALESMAN Paul Collin escaped a driving ban for speeding at 101mph because he was desperate to find a toilet after eating a "dodgy" curry. Collin, 29, from Banbury, told magistrates he put his foot down when driving along the A11 near Thetford, Norfolk
Oxford Utd 3, Reading 0 TWO more brilliant goals from Joey Beauchamp made it three wins on the spin for in-form Oxford United last night. Buoyant United despatched Reading with consummate ease in a fiercely competitive local derby to take Malcolm Shotton's
MALCOLM Shotton delivered another "hands-off" message to any Premier-ship club thinking of moving in for Joey Beau-champ after the winger struck two more brilliant goals at the Manor Ground last night. Oxford United's manager said bluntly: "Of course
JANE Hill knew she'd feel a little chilly, but when she agreed to have her head shaved for the Tobi Mills £10,000 Appeal she had no idea how much it was worth to friends and family to see her bald! Jane, 36, who lives in Wingate Close, Blackbird Leys,
