Oxford University should change the way it chooses students to stop bright ones slipping through the net, according to a new report. The report, compiled by the student union, calls for each subject department to have a greater say in which candidates
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Second-placed Banbury Twenty closed the gap to eight points with a 44-run victory over Thame. Electing to bat, Twenty scored 184-7 with Dave Clark making 77 as Manoj Parmar took 4-70. Parmar then made a fine
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3B Basement club Stanton St John Willows gave Aston Rowant a mighty fright before the leaders squeezed home by two wickets. Steve Evans top-scored with 32 in Willows' total of 132-7 and when Ahmed (3-20) reduced
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3A Dave Heritage starred with both bat and ball for Horspath to set up a 41-run success over Oxford Nondescripts 2nd. Heritage's 42, together with 30 from Robbie Eason, provided the backbone behind Horspath's total
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Brothers Will (4-31) and Dave Moore (3-29) bowled superbly in tandem as Challow & Childrey crushed relegation candidates Oxford Nondescripts by nine wickets. They helped dismiss the home side for 151 with
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Relegation rivals Rover Cowley and Buckingham fought out a tight draw. Electing to bat, Buckingham posted 193 all out, led by Will Hearsey (64) and Anthony Romaine (35) as Reg Finch took 6-58. Stewart Laudat
A schoolboy hacker appeared in court yesterday, accused of using sophisticated computer technology in a bid to blackmail Internet users. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, admitted a single charge of attempting to extort money using
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Dinton scored 205-8 against Banbury 2nd, who were never in the hunt, replying with 135-6. Adrian Manger (47), Jeremy Hadley (40) and Peter Ludlow (35 no) all batted well for Dinton. Ludlow then took 4-55 as the
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3A Rover Cowley 2nd crashed to 101 all out against Abingdon Vale, Danny Hartley claiming 3-33. Ben Humpage (53) and Alec Inns (39 no) put on 89 for the first wicket to make it a formailty for Vale, who reached
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3A Witney Mills closed to within five points of the leaders following an eight-wicket victory at Swindon GWR. Luke Leach made 34 and Steve Kelly took 5-35 as Swindon were dismissed for 152. The consistent Mark
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3B Bletchingdon's useful 201-8 was not enough against Wendover, who won by five wickets thanks to James Preston (85 no), Bryn Jones (44) and Robert King (32). Earlier, Dave Burgess (63), Benson (42) and Damon Curtis
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3B Henley 2nd moved back into the runners-up spot following a comprehensive win over close rivals Didcot. Put in to bat, Didcot totalled 165-9, with Graham McPherson hitting 33 and James Paice returning 3-34. James
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3A Wallingford rattled up 181-6 against bottom club Cumnor 2nd with Ian Saunders (50 no), Ricky Prescott (35) and Martin Ridley (32) to the fore. Dave Buxton (6-55) and Neil Smith (3-2) made short work of Cumnor
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Leaders Kimble comfortably outscored Chalgrove, who finished almost 70 runs short of their target of 232-8. Phil Chanell (77), Salem Fazal (45) and Andy Russel (40) starred in Kimble's innings as Nick Adby took
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Lowly Great & Little Tew made 206-6 after being inserted by second-bottom Bicester & North Oxford 2nd. Steve Clayton (53), Kevin Taylor (48) and John Edgington (44) led the way as Andrew Wingfield Digby
Controversial plans to introduce thousands of new ticket machines at train stations could see passengers at Oxfordshire's smaller rural stations out of pocket, writes Zahra Akkerhuys. In the next planned assault on rail users and their wallets, it looks
AN ENERGY-saving tipper truck will save 1,000 road tax for quarry company, Smith & Sons (Bletchingdon), writes Sarah Parker. The eight-wheel tipper truck has been supplied with a Cummins ISM 380 engine, which qualifies for the reduced pollution certificate
VISITORS to Buckingham Palace's on-line Internet magazine Royal Insight will be able to take a virtual tour of one of the palace state rooms thanks to an Oxfordshire firm, writes Sarah Parker. The tour of the White Drawing Room was produced to give people
A pensioner who went missing two days ago from a nursing home has been found exhausted in a field. Officers at Faringdon mounted an extensive search for Betty Enshaw, 84, who disappeared in the town on Sunday. Tracker dogs, backed by Thames Valley Police's
Beat bobbies are safer on Oxfordshire streets because of the no-nonsense weapons they carry. Thames Valley police believe CS spray and defensive batons have deterred thugs from attacking them. As a result, the number of assaults on Thames Valley officers
A leading Oxford scientist has been awarded more than 500,000 to track down the genes of an incurable disease which attacks young adults. Dr Matthew Brown will spend the next five years as a senior research fellow, working on a treatment and a cure for
Checks have revealed that clubbers' safety could have been at risk because of poor safety standards in two Oxford nightclubs, writes Victoria Owen. After a series of spot checks at night spots, two clubs were fined a total of 1,800 and told to clean up
The Oxford Mail today launches a campaign to stop drivers using mobile phone at the wheel, writes Zahra Akkerhuys. As confusion continues over the safety of hands-free kits, one issue is clear motorists who use phones while driving are risking their lives
Green transport group Sustrans looks set to get permission for its plan to take Thame area children to school safely. Planning officers are urging that permission should be given for the development. Members of South Oxfordshire District Council northern
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3A Moreton-in-Marsh pulled off the shock of the day with an easy six-wicket win over previously unbeaten leaders Kidlington. Only Jason Constable (44) made any impression with the bat as Kidlington were bowled
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Leaders Shipton-under-Wychwood were thwarted again as third-placed Cumnor's last pair held out for a draw in a nail-biting finish, writes Keith Campbell. A superb 102 by Paul Hemming set Shipton on the way to
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Richard Gauntlett's five-wicket haul set promotion-chasing Oxford Downs on the way to a six-wicket win over bottom club Bletchley 2nd. Bletchley appeared to be proceeding comfortably at 144-4, but then Gauntlett
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Openers Martin Shepherd (139) and Rob Keates (102) shared a club record 238 first-wicket stand as relegation-threatened Kingston Bagpuize rattled up 308-3 dec against second-placed Bourton Vale. Shepherd's century
Wolverhampton 43, Oxford Cheetahs 47 A scintillating performance saw Cheetahs pick up only their second away win of the season, plus the aggregate bonus point, at a rain-soaked Monmore Green Stadium last night. Once again the Cheetahs had to do it the
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3B Richard Lynch claimed a superb 7-16 from 12 overs as Cropredy shot out Brackley for just 50, before cruising to a seven-wicket victory. **Brackley 4, Cropredy 30
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 3B Terry Kelloway (71 no) and Stuart Goodband (35) both scored well for Dinton 2nd at Morris Motors, but without further momentum, their innings closed on 150-5. Aftab Alam then struck 69 not out and Ali Shah 42
The second in-house exhibition organised by Darbys Mallam Lewis is full of visual excitement and rewarding contrasts, and is open to visitors at their New Inn Hall Street premises during working hours until September 1, writes Jeannine Alton. The two
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Martin Anson (6-15) ripped through the heart of Leighton Buzzard's batting to give Sandford St Martin a crushing 147-run victory. Anson's superb spell saw Buzzard shot out for 85. Earlier, Sandford had made 232
George Frew talks to the local beat bobby who discovered the hideout of the Great Train robbers in 1963. . . Thirty-seven years ago today, in the early hours of a soft summer morning, a gang of about 18 men, most of who were career criminals, prepared
THE deadline is looming for Oxfordshire inventors to enter a 40,000 competition to find Britain's brightest ideas, writes David Duffy. The prestigious South East "Innovation 2000" Competition finishes in an exhibition offering visitors a chance to grab
From Bill Beames, California, USA My name is Bill Beames and I was stationed at Upper Heyford in the USAF in 1956. Before my mother passed away she told me someone from Oxford had called in the early seventies and claimed that I was her father. This is
From: Mrs K Frederick (nee Peverill), South Dakota My name is Karen Frederick (nee Peverill) and I'm looking for people I went to school with. I attended Cooper Comprehensive school in Bicester, Oxfordshire, from 1980 until 1985. I'm currently living
"Dump the Pump" campaigners calling for a cut in taxes on petrol have stepped up their protest by urging a total boycott of BP filling stations, writes Madeleine Pennell. Yesterday was the second time campaigners called on motorists to steer clear of
There are fears that the lightning strike that paralysed postal services in Witney could spread to the rest of Oxfordshire, writes David Hall. But postal bosses are hoping they can contain the disruption caused when more than 60 postal workers and sorting
Footballer Martin Keown today blasted hooligans who wrecked the grave of a tragic young fan who died of leukaemia. The England and Arsenal ace was shocked after learning that vandals had carried out a string of attacks on fan Nigel Jennings' grave. Martin
The health care crisis in Oxfordshire was blasted again today over the case of a cancer patient who has been waiting nearly a year for surgery, writes Victoria Owen. James Waller, 71, of Woodcote Way, Abingdon, said he had become a recluse after living
Keith Arnold rewrote the record books for the second day running as Oxfordshire stormed to a ten-wicket victory over Western Division title rivals Herefordshire at Thame. On Sunday, Arnold took 6-57 to become the fourth Oxfordshire player in history to
