Schools are spending increasing amounts of money on security measures to protect themselves against vandals and thieves after a spate of attacks. Blackbird Leys Pre-School in Oxford was hit seven times last year, as intruders smashed windows, trampled
We've said it before, and we'll say it again -- what possible satisfaction can anyone get from trashing our schools? The morons who commit such damage are a scourge on our society. We report today how thousands of pounds are being spent in Oxfordshire
SIR -- I am constantly fed up with this scenario at certain supermarkets. The person in front of you has not finished packing or moved. The checkout operator thinks it is clever to start scanning your shopping. Therefore, you are unable to start packing
SIR -- I am sorry to have to inform George Morton that we should thank the Americans for bringing "gotten" back into usage (Oxford Mail, February 4). It is already in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary -- it is a Middle English word, long since out
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has been accused of using "sneaky" tactics to try to get permission for a late-night bar for up to 800 revellers in one of Oxford's busiest drinking quarters. Residents were fuming after hearing the company had applied for a liquor
SIR -- I sympathise with Dave Bond, who fell victim to a police "piggy bank camera" on an empty road at Jordan Hill in north Oxford (Oxford Mail, January 28). I, too, saw the BBC's Traffic Cops programme and was appalled at how the poor motorcyclist was
A 13-year-old girl was shot in the face with an airgun as she walked home from school. She suffered severe swelling to her forehead, but police said her sight could have been damaged if the pellet had struck her eye. The teenager was walking along Blenheim
Teams will be battling it out for first place in the Great Oxford Pancake Competition on Shrove Tuesday. Members of each team will turn up armed with frying pans ready to demonstrate their skills in the first contest of its kind, at 10.45am. City centre
A permanent fence is the best solution for controlling six grazing cattle on Wolvercote Common, Oxford city councillors have decided. The Wolvercote Commoners Committee got their way after telling councillors that a removable fence would be too costly
A tough approach to combating misconduct by employees is being blamed for an increase in stress at Oxford City Council. The Town Hall's human resources department has noticed staff are avoiding disciplinary proceedings -- by taking time off sick. Meanwhile
A "state-of-the-art" care home for elderly people could be built at a former Oxford school. City councillors voiced support for the transformation of part of the former Donnington Middle School, in Cornwallis Road, Cowley, into an 80-bed care home at
Staff at Oxfordshire's councils are on stand-by to take part in a series of day-long national strikes over pensions. Council workers are angry about Government proposals to impose changes to their pension scheme in April. The main change would raise the
SIR -- I am writing to thank you for highlighting epilepsy in your story about 11-year-old Aroosha Khan, Girl, 11, steps in to save mother (Oxford Mail, January 24). At least one in 200 people in the UK has epilepsy, making it the most common brain condition
