Kidlington, England News

G R Cycles, in High Street, has seen its takings drop by two thirds in the past three years due to competition from supermarkets and the internet.

The firm has been fined A 43,450 by Oxfordshire County Council for 18 projects that overran since April - compared to A 4,800 the previous year.

A schoolgirl will soon be starring in a short film and a production of The Sleeping Beauty after impressing casting directors at a series of auditions.

Pupils across North Oxfordshire are set to benefit from an extra A 24m which will be pumped into school sports as part of the London Olympic legacy.

Mr Thomas, from Enslow, near Kidlington, was delighted to be given James Bond's famous codename as his running number, after signing up for this year's OX5 Run on Sunday, March 25.