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Girl falls from Flying Fox

An Oxford backpacker is fighting for her life in hospital after plunging 65 feet in the Australian rainforest. Queensland Police are investigating the accident....

Man stabbed at M&S

A man has been stabbed outside the Marks and Spencer store on Banbury Road, Summertown. The man was standing outside the store with...

Teenager arranges his own murder on net

A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court, charged with plotting his own murder. John, 14, used multiple personalities on the internet to convince...

Oxford to be cigarette free city?

An Oxford city councillor has called for a citywide ban on smoking in public places, provoking anger from city pubs and students. Susanna...

Oxford to Oxford in an Oxford

A couple have set out to travel from Oxford, England to Oxford New Zealand in a 1954 Morris Oxford. They expect their mammoth journey...

RON Labours to Win

RON has reared his ugly head once again in Oxford JCR elections. Last week, the ubiquitous but eternally silent candidate stormed to victory in...

Crackdown on Euro hooligans’ violence

The Home Office has announced strict new measures in an attempt to curb the violence of England supporters in Euro 2004. A record number...

Skanky food sees Chinese fined

An Oxford restaurant has been fined £17,000 for the filthy conditions in which its food was prepared. The Liasion Chinese Restaurant in Castle...

Tab stabber on the loose

Cambridge students are "living in fear” after four people have been stabbed in apparently motiveless attacks in the city centre. Police believe the attacks...

Indian election produces shock results

After a month of polling, voting has finally closed in India’s general election. It was predicted that the Prime Minister’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

Female students targeted

A series of vicious attacks on Oxford’s female students has left police appealing for witnesses this week. Two women were indecently assaulted in separate...

OUSU officer resigns

Ros Dampier, who was due to take over as OUSU’s VP (Women) at the end of this term, has resigned due to ill health....

Threats for animals

Animal rights activists have intensified their campaign against University plans to build a new research centre in South Parks Road. OUSU is, meanwhile, debating...

Blackmore disses honour

Colin Blakemore has withdrawn his threat to resign from the Medical Research Council over his exclusion from the New Year Honours list. Papers leaked...