Two people died and two others were injured in an accident on the M40 today. A 14-year-old boy and a man believed to be in his 40s were killed in the accident at 1.40am, on the northbound carriageway, between junction five at Stokenchurch and junction
Concerns were growing tonight for an Oxfordshire police officer who has been missing for five days. Annabelle Potter, 23, was last seen by colleagues when she finished work at Abingdon police station at 7am on Wednesday. She is missing from her home
I got free tickets for a film at the multiplex on the other side of town. Unfortunately, it was screened early this morning (Sunday), and nobody wanted to come with me. So I invited the bike. The old dear hadn't actually been out of the shed for a fortnight
A WOULD-be burglar failed in an attempt to get into a house in Littlemore, Oxford. The raider had tried to get into the back door of the house in Swinbourne Road, between Saturday and 6.30am on Thursday. Anyone with information can contact police
POLICE want to re-unite 38 badges stolen from cars in Oxford with their owners. Officers have seized the Volvo, Skoda, Saab, Vauxhall, Ford and Rover badges which they believe were stolen by youth in the early hours of Wednesday. They were stolen
A SPECIAL award has been unveiled to honour the person who contributes most to the prestige of Oxford. It was announced on Friday night at the annual dinner at Balliol College for the Freemen of Oxford. The award will tie in with the millennium celebration
CHILDREN can make pop-up cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, as part of a festive family drop-in day on Wednesday. The free event in Beaumont Street takes place between 2pm and 4pm in the Headley Lecture Theatre. For more information, call 01865
POLICE officers on Oxford's Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys estates will be motoring around the streets in a new Mini, thanks to BMW. Dr Anton Heiss, managing director of the BMW Group Plant, based in Cowley, handed over the keys of a blue Mini One to
FAMILIES feeling the pinch this Christmas and those who lost their savings in the collapse of hamper firm Farepak are being warned to stay clear of doorstep money lenders. Leaflets have been distributed to homes across Greater Leys from a firm called
