THUGS and drink-drivers are being sent to court faster than ever following the success of a pilot scheme to cut red tape. The Crown Prosecution Service launched its 'fast track' plan in Banbury for cases involving drink-driving, disqualified driving and
FILM fans in Oxford will be able to buy their popcorn quicker and settle into more comfortable seats at the city's cinemas, thanks to new renovation work. ABC Cinemas is carrying out the revamps at its picture houses in George Street and Magdalen Street
ART students have transformed a plain white hoarding into a temporary outdoor gallery - shielding building work on a riverside restaurant in Oxford. The wooden wall surrounds a derelict building perched on the edge of Folly Bridge in Abingdon Road, Oxford
BENTLEY cars lined up in at a memorial service to a former racing driver. Vaughan Davis, who died earlier this year at Chipping Memorial Hospital at the age of 78, had a lifetime involvement with motor sport and Bentleys in particular. Up until last year
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs, whgo have made a flying start to the new speedwayseason with wins over King's Lynn and Swindon, stage their press and practice day on Monday. There will be practice for the first team and youngsters hoping to break into the Youth
VAL Dennis really is a mum in a million, according to her youngest daughter, Emily. Emily, 11, wrote a moving letter to the Oxford Mail and drew a series of pictures showing what a busy and upsetting time her mum has been through recently. She thought
KEDDY Services, the biggest employer at the former Upper Heyford air base, has been told its future is secure - as long as it does not create too many jobs. Cherwell District Council extended the car-fleet firm's planning permission by three years to
A CONTROVERSIAL allotment has been given a clean bill of health - despite fears its soil was contaminated with lead. A report into the Trapp Grounds allotment, off Aristotle Lane, north Oxford, found that it is safe to grow vegetables there. Allotment
WORKAHOLICS can help Oxford researchers discover a possible "cure" for people addicted to their jobs. Psychologists at Oxford University's department of psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital in Headington are carrying out a study into people who work too
FARM worker Brian Butler today branded animal rights activists as terrorists after they hurled rocks through his bedroom window in a terrifying late-night attack. Mr Butler, who works as a tractor driver for controversial cat breeder Chris Brown, was
MOTHER-of-three Louise Gorrod is considering suing the NHS because she blames MMR jabs for her son Jack's autism. Mrs Gorrod, 33, of Moor Avenue, Witney, claims her son developed autism three months after the vaccinations. She says her son had an allergic
LEIGH Thompson, the referee in the centre of a row over a boys cup tie, has earned some sympathy - from the association which ordered the match to be replayed. The problem arose when Thompson's son, David, played for Northway against Swindon Robins in
The Mail's STEPHANIE McKEOWN reports... BRITAIN has moved on in the last hundred years, what with universal suffrage, the discovery of DNA, daytime TV and Dial-a-Pizza. But in defiance of such shattering advances there are still surprising numbers who
A MAN died today after a chip pan fire caught fire in his kitchen and filled his home with choking smoke. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was discovered in the bedroom of his flat in Kimber Close, Wheatley, by firefighters. A neighbour in the flat
