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AEA Technology 100 BMW 2670 Electrocomponents 228 Isoft Group 62.25 Oxford Bio 25.25 Oxford Instruments 210 Reed Elsevier 529 RM 163 RPS 220 Torex Retail 59.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

Thame is the best small town in Oxfordshire for shopping, a new report has revealed. "Mystery shoppers" assessed how easy it was to park, have lunch, use public toilets buses and taxis as well as the choice of shops. Ten towns in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire

Spiralling energy prices have helped a small Oxfordshire power supplier double customer numbers in the last year. Bosses at Ebico based at Ducklington have seen the number of people signing up to their service rise by 100 per cent to 20,000. Managing

Spiralling energy prices have helped a small Oxfordshire power supplier double customer numbers in the last year. Bosses at Ebico based at Ducklington have seen the number of people signing up to their service rise by 100 per cent to 20,000. Managing

Thame is the best small town in Oxfordshire for shopping, a new report has revealed. "Mystery shoppers" assessed how easy it was to park, have lunch, use public toilets buses and taxis as well as the choice of shops. Ten towns in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire

AEA Technology 100 BMW 2681 Electrocomponents 228.25 Isoft Group 62.5 Oxford Bio 25.25 Oxford Instruments 210 Reed Elsevier 530.5 RM 164 RPS 219.25 Torex Retail 58.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

AEA Technology 100 BMW 2681 Electrocomponents 228.25 Isoft Group 62.5 Oxford Bio 25.25 Oxford Instruments 210 Reed Elsevier 530.5 RM 164 RPS 219.25 Torex Retail 58.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

More than 60 firefighters tackled a serious blaze in a former Oxford pub early this morning. Crews from across the county were called to the derelict King of Prussia pub in Oxford Road in Rose Hill at 12.30am and battled for two and a half hours until

Two children who had to be rescued from a burning home were this morning getting critical care in hospital. The fire was discovered in a first-floor bedroom in a house Edmunds Road in Banbury at 10.35pm yesterday. Firefighters rescued the mother and

Verily, we live in schizophrenic times. In the 1950s, smoking was de rigeur. Even doctors extolled its healthy virtues. Today, in the enlightened noughties, it cannot have escaped the notice of the dimmest smoker that the habit is a killer. I am on

We have lost count of the number of protests we have reported about mobile phone masts. In most places where they are proposed, there is strong public feeling against them. Yet the public appear to have little power the law stands firmly in favour

Here we have a man who clearly takes a real interest and a pride in his area (Oxford Mail, June 29). Surely we are in dire need of more people like Malcolm Everton? The council should be looking at ways to encourage him and others, rather than direct

I refer to your story about carers needing health checks (Oxford Mail, June 20). Carers don't need health checks, they need respite. I am a carer for my much-loved Downs Syndrome daughter and have been for 27 years. After a visit from her care manager

RWE npower has won its fight to dump thousands of tons of waste fuel ash into Thrupp lake at Radley, near Abingdon. But campaigners trying to save the old gravel pit and wildlife haven are refusing to throw in the towel, and say they will fight on.

Wristbands for Oxford football fans have caught on among celebrity cricketers too. TV presenter Chris Tarrant and former England cricket captain Mike Gatting are among the latest stars to have donned the hugely popular 'Oxford Loyal' bands. Both stars

An Oxford United fan who disgraced his club and country at the World Cup was yesterday banned from all football games for three years. Dean Bellinger, of Balfour Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, was arrested and fined 50 euros for throwing a bottle at

Police are being called on to speed up plans for tackling antisocial behaviour as trouble persists on Oxford's Rose Hill estate. A dispersal order is one of the methods being mooted to deal with vandalism, intimidation and crime in the area. The orders

Two teenage girls have won national awards after raising the alarm when their friend fell off her horse and was crushed by the animal. Harriet Jenkinson, 16, from Fringford, near Bicester, was on a bridleway near the village when her horse slipped and

A swimming adventurer is to attempt to become the first person to swim the length of the River Thames. Lewis Gordon Pugh, right, is planning to travel from its source in Gloucestershire to the Thames Estuary - a journey of just over 200 miles - to raise

Nightmare neighbour Edwina Evans is to be evicted from her council flat in Headington, Oxford, more than a year after the first complaints were made about her noisy behaviour. The city council's Crime and Nuisance Action Team (Canact) has won a possession

Big Brother has been watching Oxford drivers at a notorious junction - with 18 CCTV cameras. Oxfordshire County Council's highways department set up the surveillance cameras in Frideswide Square, from Thursday to Sunday to monitor traffic movements

Oxford City Council's new leader John Goddard has controversially not ruled out backing incineration to get rid of the city's waste in the future. Mr Goodard, whose Liberal Democrat group took control of the Town Hall after the local elections in May

Vodafone, T-Mobile and other operators should be forced to notify residents in advance about where and when masts could be built in their area, Oxford city councillors have decided. They unanimously passed a motion that telecommunications companies

Pensioners from Bicester plagued by vandals are celebrating after their housing association built a six feet high steel fence between their gardens and a neighbouring alleyway. Residents of Hertford Close have had bricks thrown through their windows