A bus driver told today how he found the crumpled body of Ross Doyle lying in a wet road moments after he had been struck by joyriders. Chris Schweitzer discovered the nine-year-old as he drove his Oxford-bound Stagecoach bus through the Blackbird Leys
A school is to remain closed until next term after a false ceiling collapsed, writes Peter Barrington. Originally it was hoped that King's Meadow primary school in Shakespeare Drive, Bicester, could re-open on Wednesday this week. But county education
All Saturday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides **ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE Div 1: Orrell v Henley. **ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Midlands Div 1: Newbold v Banbury. South West Div 2 East: Chinnor v Abbey, High Wycombe v Witney. Southern Counties North:
Paul Lloyd, from Didcot Phoenix, led from start to finish to win Oxonian's rearranged Christmas cyclo-cross at Oxford School, Cowley. Lloyd finished more than five minutes clear of second-placed Jeremy Mulkern and Oxford University's Kevin Backhouse.
Banbury Bulls, having inflicted the largest league defeat on Newbold for four years at Bodicote Park four weeks ago, will be looking to record their first away win of the season when the teams meet in the return Midland 1 game tomorrow. Skipper Tony Hurst
Kidlington Forum A appear determined to retain their title in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League. They remain at the top, having beaten Vikings A 9-1. Karl Bushell and Jeremy Flint were the stars, with straight victories over Peter Dasher,
Clanfield have signed Lee Kilfoyle from North Leigh and the centre half will make his debut tomorrow for the visit to high-riding Division 1 West side Bishops Cleeve. Paul Franklin will return for Clanfield, but Mark Bowles and Peter Osborne are still
Oxfordshire's first string side ousted Buckinghamshire 2nd by a massive 13-2 scoreline in their Inter-Counties Championship Division 2 clash at the Redefield Sports Centre, Oxford. Julie Bradbury and Erica Green were both unbeaten in their four matches
Friday, December 15 *Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College, Cowley Place: Belcea Quartet. The Jacqueline du Pr Music Building's Quartet in residence play Haydn, Dutilleux and Brahms. 8pm. 01865 798600. *Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford: The Kantrovich
All Sunday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides **MORRELLS OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE Jack Sadler Cup prelim round: Carrier Arms v AFC Blackbird. 1st round: Arncott v AFC Porto OR Berkshire House, North Oxford CC Res v Woodchip Wands, South Leigh v AFC Jericho
Train services between Oxford and Didcot were halted again today after floodwater rose dramatically overnight. The line was closed on Wednesday after it was submerged in the Hinksey area and amid fears that a bridge might have been weakened. It was reopened
Pub regulars held a games day in memory of their landlord who died suddenly. Customers at the Two Brewers in North Street, Thame, took part in tenpin bowling and a host of pub games. They raised money for Meadowcroft old people's home in Thame, the favourite
A parish council may resort to naming and shaming dirty dog owners to solve a problem. The appeal for them to be more responsible and clear up after their animals follows complaints by contractors cutting grass verges and footpaths in Aston Rowant. Parish
A legendary 1960s singer and guitarist will be performing at a restaurant near Wallingford on Sunday. Peter Sarstedt, who first came to prominence in 1969 with his number one hit single Where Do You Go To My Lovely? will be playing at The Crooked Billet
The rapt attention on the faces of even the very youngest members of the audience at West Oxford Primary School demonstrated that the Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company well understand the techniques for keeping young minds amused, writes Chris Gray.
Three firms have already booked space on a controversial industrial estate, writes Ian Townsend. Memec computer company wants 10,000 sq ft, a forklift truck producer wants 40,000 sq ft and a firm in Amersham has also taken options on the estate, to be
Hi-tech company Bookham Technology will be relegated from the exclusive FTSE-100 London shares index on Monday. The demotion for Oxfordshire's business of the year follows a wave of technology stock selling as investors have pulled out of the sector.
Campaigners for an elected Mayor of Oxford were collecting signatures today to force a referendum. The Demo (Democratically Elected Mayor for Oxford) group needs to collect about 5,200 names to force the city council to hold a referendum on the issue.
An Oxford woman is fuming after she was charged 105 by a garage for recovering her car which was stolen, damaged and dumped a ten-minute walk away, Madeleine Pennell. Sarah Hatch is livid after the E-reg Rover Metro she was trying to sell for 150 was
Motorists lost the chance to win free evening parking in Oxford city centre after a Tory motion was voted down, writes Roseena Parveen. Oxfordshire County Council expects to raise more than 2.4m from parking charges in the county next year. The Conservative
The veteran Conservative councillor Janet Todd is planning to make a remarkable political comeback at the age of 83. Mrs Todd will be fighting to win the north Oxford ward of Cherwell for the Tories in May's county council elections. The former Lord Mayor
Twenty-five asylum-seekers had to be evacuated from their Oxford home after it was flooded and the heating and lights failed, write Madeleine Pennell and Victoria Owen. The evacuation was just one problem tackled by emergency workers as severe weather
Oxford United were today set to sign a Premiership goalkeeper on loan for a month, writes Jon Murray. The keeper, who has not yet been named, is set to go straight into the team for tomorrow's Division 2 game against Northampton Town at the Manor Ground
Museum of Modern Art (01865 722733, infoline 01865 813830): Tues-Sun 11-6, Thurs 11- 9, until Jan 7, 2001, Matt Mullican. ____________________ Ashmolean Museum (01865 278015): Tues-Sat, 10-5, Sun 2-5. Exhibitions: Until Jan 21, Portraits of John Ruskin
Friday, December 15: Oxford Charity Arts and Crafts Fair: Templars Square Shopping Centre, Cowley, Oxford, 9.00am-5.30pm. Restore, plants, crafts and card shop: Manzil Way, off Cowley Road, Oxford, open weekdays from 9am-4pm, plus tomorrow 10-4pm. Sure
Thursday, December 14: Apollo Theatre, Oxford: Status Quo. Sold out. The Bullingdon, Cowley Road, Oxford: Goldblade at the Kooler, plus Toby Slater, Twister, Holy Roman Empire. 01865 244516. Jack Russell, Old Marston: Hotline. 01865 247668. __________
A school where hundreds of crisp packets are thrown away every day is trying to dispose of its litter problem. Complaints about litter from Wallingford School were made by residents of the town's Harwell estate in October. The residents were angry about
Apollo Theatre (0870 6063500): Dec 15, That'll be the Day. Dec 16 Abba Gold. Dec 19 to Jan 20, Doctor Dolittle starring Phillip Schofield. Jan 21, Syd Lawrence Orchestra. Jan 23-27, St Petersburg Ballet, Nutcracker. _______________________ Oxford Playhouse
Browning Banbury Gunsmiths were crowned Cotswold Winter League champions after the final round on the Oxford Canal from the 39 steps down. The conditions were awful, with wind and rain making it unpleasant for the competitors. But Banbury Gunsmiths, who
All Saturday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides **NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 2: Oxford Utd v Northampton Tn. **RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Oxford C v Whyteleafe, Yeading v Thame Utd. Div 3: Kingsbury Tn v Abingdon Tn. **DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Chelmsford
A Christmas card sent by the chairman of South Oxfordshire District Council proved particularly apt this year. John Stimson picked a painting by local artist Colin Jackson to adorn the front of his official Christmas card. Titled the "Thames in Flood
Mark Jonathan Harris' Into the Arms of Strangers This film explores the desperate scramble to quit Germany before the Nazi policy of systematic persecution turned into genocide in Into the Arms of Strangers. For all its harrowing detail, it is a celebration
Aksorn Ward is the new face of Tian Shen cosmetics so you would expect her to be pretty. But nothing prepares you for how staggeringly beautiful she is in the flesh, with skin that positively glows with vitality. small=dec14-aksom80.jpg"> You might
High street retailer Littlewoods plans to shake up its chain of Index catalogue shops to cut costs, writes David Duffy. The group will move 35 of the Index stand-alone shops to inside its existing Littlewoods stores, while a further five will close altogether
A drive to improve food safety has been launched by an Oxfordshire Pig marketing group. Thames Valley Cambac has launched a scheme to monitor and control salmonella. The firm, based in Hithercroft, Wallingford, said the scheme, which is the first of its
Internet company Vistorm was ranked 51st in the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table, writes Maggie Hartford. The survey is the fourth annual listing of the UK's fastest growing unquoted companies. The accolade follows hot on the heels
The Co-op is giving a dividend to young, homeless people who need practical help in basic skills. The money, a grant of 1,000, is going to the Witney Foyer project for 16- to 25-year-olds. It comes out of the community dividend scheme run by the Oxford
A town sports park is still in limbo as to whether is will receive a much-needed 1m for new facilities from South Oxfordshire District Council. The 1,200-member Wallingford Sports Park needs the funds to build a new club house and replace ageing artificial
Future housing in Bicester looks set to go back to square one with councillors voting for 1,200 homes to be built between the town and Chesterton. And about 300 homes will go on the north-western corner of RAF Bicester airfield. Cherwell district councillors
A man who had been drinking with friends all day drowned while trying to swim across the River Thames for a bet, an inquest heard. Angelo Gnerucci stripped down to his boxer shorts and dived into the river at Henley on May 6 this year, after consuming
Oxfordshire has received a huge grant to spend on local transport schemes. The Department of Transport has given more than 18.5m to the county council to spend next year. Although the award is less than the 23m the council wanted for 2001/2, the money
ABC Magdalen Street, Oxford (0870 3339063) Meet the Parents, 12, Fri and Mon to Thurs 2.15, 5.45, 8.30pm, Sat and Mon 12.15, 3, 5.45, 8.30pm. __________________ ABC George Street, Oxford (0870 3339064) The Grinch, PG, daily 12.45, 3.15, 5.45, 8.20pm.
