So now we have it. The Oxford Mail Centre is in the top four performing sites of 74 nationwide (Oxford Mail, October 2). And we've been told that we face closure due to low efficiency. NOEL FAY Branch committee Communication Workers' Union
Economic sanctions against the Burma regime for murdering its own people are pointless. Economic sanctions on the countries which support the Burma regime would be more relevant - China, India, Thailand and, to some extent, Russia. It's no good expecting
I note that Supt Brendan O'Dowda has called for CCTV cameras to be installed along the entire length of Cowley Road, Oxford, so that any crimes committed can be captured for evidence (Oxford Mail, September 27). He also states that an assault was perpetrated
An Oxfordshire stockbroking firm has decided to stop using the Royal Mail for all its post. The move comes as postal workers began their second 48-hour strike within a week. Redmayne Bentley, of Abingdon, has switched to the DX service, which gives
A charity is to help bail out Oxfordshire's flood victims with a grant worth more than £250,000. The Red Cross has pledged £252,450 to Oxfordshire County Council to help the neediest among more than 6,000 residents who were affected by the floods in
A public inquiry begins tomorrow at Oxford Town Hall to decide the future of Warneford Meadow. Residents are confident they can save the 18-acre Headington site from development at a special town green status inquiry. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
A quick-thinking 11-year-old who saved his mother's life will represent the Thames Valley in the Pride of Britain awards. Connor Greer, from Windsor Crescent, East Hagbourne, calmly called an ambulance when his mother, Jackie, 42, collapsed at home with
Conservative Party leader David Cameron was campaigning for votes in Kennington on Saturday - just hours before Prime Minister Gordon Brown ruled out an autumn election. Witney MP Mr Cameron has promised to increase the inheritance tax ceiling to £1m
UNDER-pressure boss Jim Smith says he can understand the criticism that is coming his way because it goes with the territory when you're a manager and your team keeps delivering poor results, writes JON MURRAY. But he said Oxford United's players should
More than 150 people attended a charity ball held in memory of a woman who was murdered more than two years ago. Becky's Ball, which took place at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium on Saturday, was a tribute to nursery nurse Becky McGlone, who was strangled
Police officers have been out in force in East Oxford to crack down on booze-fuelled crime and "set the tone" for new students moving into the area. Operation Bratwurst was launched on Thursday and will be running again next weekend - with everyone from
MORE than 100 people are expected to brave freezing temperatures in a sleep-out at an Oxford churchyard to raise more than £15,000 for the city's homeless. An annual sleep-out has been staged in the city for the past decade and this year's event is
We have in this country taken some faltering steps towards diminishing those great evils that are institutionally embedded in our society: racism, sexism and homophobia (to which we should add disabilityism, or being nasty about cripples). Thankfully,
More than 100 people are expected to brave freezing temperatures in a sleepout at an Oxford churchyard to raise more than £15,000 for the city's homeless. An annual sleepout has been staged in the city for the past decade and this year's event is being
North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry has backed a new campaign to get more people involved in a Government consultation on the future of stroke services in the area. The Government is developing a new national strategy aimed at modernising stroke prevention
Householders who complained about balls from a kickabout area smashing into their homes are celebrating after it was agreed to sell the site. Oxford City Council plans to spend money made from selling the site in Cowley, Oxford, on providing a new, improved
A community has joined forces with a primary school to fight plans for a mobile phone mast. Mobile giant T-Mobile plans to install a 10-metre mast and ground base equipment 100 metres from St Andrew's Primary School in Headington, Oxford. Neighbours
Former Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam was dealt a blow in the High Court in his plans to redevelop historic Alexandra Palace. Plans for the 52-year-old businessman's £55m redevelopment were blocked because of "a fatal flaw" in the consultation process
A 21-year-old man suffered serious stab wounds in an attack in a Banbury park early today. The incident happened in a park off Chatsworth Drive at about 3am. The injured man was taken to the Horton Hospital, Banbury. It is not thought that his injuries
POLICE closed the M40 southbound earlier today following a fatal collision. The crash happened just before junction 3 at about 12.50am. Four cars collided, a maroon Toyota Carina, a white Volvo Estate, a silver Renault Megane, and a blue Skoda Fabia
Members of a new lunch club aimed at keeping the older generations active have given the service the thumbs up. More than a dozen Blackbird Leys residents attended the first session of the Prime Time Club on Wednesday - and urged more people to get
THAMES Water drained a brook in Oxfordshire - just weeks after it flooded nearby houses. Residents have hit out at the appalling mistake which reduced half a mile of the Ginge Brook in Steventon to puddles. Homes in the village were flooded by up
LEWIS Hamilton's world championship lead was cut to four points after he slid out of today's Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton, 22, was coming into the pits to replace a worn-out set of tyres on his McLaren when he went off into a gravel trap at the entrance
Bungling Thames Water drained a brook in Oxfordshire - just weeks after it flooded nearby houses. Residents have hit out at the appalling mistake which reduced half a mile of the Ginge Brook in Steventon to puddles. Homes in the village were flooded
CHOLSEY'S 1000 Plus group has arranged a craft day with a Christmas theme at Cholsey School. Individuals and families can have a go at any of the crafts being demonstrated. For £1, people get chance to have a go at two crafts and can pay 50p for
A 60-YEAR-OLD retired soldier has trekked to the lost city of the Incas - high up in South America's Andes. David Gray, who has worked as an office manager since leaving the army, followed Peru's Inca Trail to the lost city of Machu Picchu. He raised
THE Ashmolean Museum is staging a new exhibition from October 16 featuring Chinese prints from 1950 to 2006. The exhibition showcases the newly formed collection of late 20th century and contemporary Chinese prints. Presented in two parts - from October
CRICKET legend Sir Ian Botham will be signing copies of his new autobiography Head On at Borders, in Magdalen Street, Oxford, on Tuesday, November 20.
CROWS famous for performing tricks with tools have been filmed in the wild with TV cameras attached to their tail feathers. Oxford scientists have filmed the New Caledonian crows bending lengths of wire into hooks and using them to fish food out of
MEMBERS of the Inland Waterways Association will be treated to an illustrated talk on Wednesday. The talk, titled Life Before Plastic, will be presented by Mike Hallum at the sports and social club in Yarnton Road, Kidlington, at 7.30pm. Guests are
VOLUNTEERS are needed to monitor the condition of both the Ridgeway and the Thames Trail national paths. Volunteers can also take on tasks to help keep the trails in a decent condition. For details, call Lindsay West on 01865 810224.
THE Green Party parliamentary candidate for the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, Chris Goodall, has won the Clarion prize for non-fiction for his book on low-carbon living. At an awards ceremony in London last week, the judges praised How to
AFRICAN children are preparing for a concert at St Michael's Church, Blewbury. Children from Kaduna in Nigeria form the Angels Choir and they will sing on Wednesday, October 17, from 7pm. All proceeds will go to their community. Tickets, £8 for
