A £4m revamp of the Oxford Night Shelter is being aided by a £1.3m contribution from the city council. The shelter in Luther Street, St Ebbe's, provides emergency accommodation for 50 people. The new centre will offer only five emergency access beds,
Staff shortages have put some Oxfordshire pre-schools in danger of closure. Nursery and pre-school managers said tough new qualification standards and poor pay have made it so hard to recruit staff that some have been pushed to the brink. The crisis comes
London Irish director of rugby Conor O'Shea hailed The Kassam Stadium as "outstanding", ahead of Saturday's Parker Pen European Shield semi-final clash between his Powergen Cup-winning side and Pontypridd. With a sell-out crowd expected, O'Shea said that
Two men are being questioned after a woman was threatened with a weapon at a cashpoint in Oxford. The woman was accosted outside the NatWest Bank in London Road, Headington, just after 9pm on Monday. She screamed and the robbers made off without taking
It's the biggest game of your life in front of a big crowd at a historic rugby venue, when a treasured memento is your name in the match programme. So you can imagine Matt McNally's disappointment when he arrived at Iffley Road to play in the David Charles
London Irish director of rugby Conor O'Shea hailed The Kassam Stadium as "outstanding", ahead of Saturday's Parker Pen European Shield semi-final clash between his Powergen Cup-winning side and Pontypridd. Dale McIntosh, of Pontypridd, and Kieran Dawson
Bride Louisa Holgate died of cancer just two hours after marrying her boyfriend, Eslo Coetzee. The 28-year-old, of Davenport Road, Witney, was determined to go ahead with the ceremony even though she knew she was terminally ill. The couple exchanged their
It's the biggest game of your life in front of a big crowd at a historic rugby venue, when a treasured memento is your name in the match programme. So you can imagine Matt McNally's disappointment when he arrived at Iffley Road to play in the David Charles
TWO men have admitted charges of making and distributing indecent pictures of children. Ian Margetts, 29, of Turnberry Close, Bicester, pleaded guilty to distributing indecent photographs of children between May 29, 2001 and March 20 this year, and making
NHS workers will tonight protest against building county hospitals with private money. Their anger comes days after the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford signed a financial deal to guarantee funding for a new £35m hospital. The 134-bed development
Bicester's new £5m hospital could be privately funded despite plans for it to be built using Government money. North East Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust may use a Private Finance Initiative to pay for the 30-bed unit, which will replace the town's 12-
There are three new faces in the Oxfordshire side as they kick off their 2002 season with a friendly against Oxford University in The Parks on Friday (11am). Banbury Twenty seamer Mark Rowell, Henley batsman David Allaway and Bicester & North Oxford's
