Friday, October 13: Archie, Pavilion, Wheatsheaf, off High Street, Oxford; Railway Inn, Culham: Gilad Atzmon with the Denny Ilett Quintet. 01367 710593. Open night, Oxford Folk Club, Port Mahon, St Clement's, Oxford; Pleasure Beach, followed by Sonic
Apollo Oxford, George Street (0870 6063500): today 6, 9.30pm, Sat 2.30, 7.30pm, Stomp. Sun Oct 15, 8pm, Harry Hill. Oct 17-21, Welsh National Opera presents The Queen of Spades (Oct 17 and 20 at 6.30), Carmen (Oct 18 and 21 at 7.15pm) and Orpheus and
TIM Henman will bid to reach his fourth final of the year when he takes on 19-year-old Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the CA Trophy tournament in Vienna tonight. The sixth seed, from Oxfordshire, gained a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win over Greg Rusedski's conqueror
HARWELL Primary Schools have been crowned the first Oxfordshire champions in the ESFA Capri-Sun Under 11 six-a-side competition. They captured the title which is played for by small schools with less than 100 children by remaining unbeaten in the county
WALLINGFORD Rowing Club were the only local club to hit silverware in the 230 crew Pairs Head on a rainswept Tideway. Lightweight Helen Casey paired up with Jane Hall, one of her world championship crewmates last August, and, in spite of their weight
JAMIE Cook and Manny Omoyinmi have been drafted back into Oxford United's squad for today's Division 2 game against Wrexham at the Manor Ground, and one of them looks like taking over from Guy Whittingham in attack, writes JON MURRAY. That could be Cook
THE management at Oxford Stadium are delighted with a massive boost to their funds after landing their biggest BAGS contract ever. The new deal, which starts next month, will mean around an extra 600,000 and the facilities will continue to be improved
Friday, October 13: Jaqueline du Pr Music Building, St Hilda's College: Christine Rauh (cello) with Riiza Hayashi (piano). Hindemith, Beethoven, Bach, Schumann. 7.30pm. 01865 798600. The Mill Theatre, Banbury: Drum Orchestra. 01295 279002. Railway Inn
Oxford Cheetahs 46, Poole Pirates 44 OXFORD Cheetahs zoomed to the top of their Craven Shield group with this thrilling victory over the Pirates at the Stadium last night. Cheetahs had little answer to the visitors top duo of Mark Loram and Scott Nicholls
Sir Derek Jacobi will be appearing at the Oxford Playhouse from Monday in Hugh Whitemore's controversial new play God Only Knows, which is a Triumph Proscenium production. Hugh Whitemore's credits include a considerable number of television plays and
Depending on your point of view, Shadowlands, Sir Richard Attenborough's movie about the love affair between CS Lewis and the American poet Joy Gresham, is either a truthful tearjerker of some quality or a highly-romanticised version of the events that
Science Minister Lord Sainsbury was today opening a new building for an Oxfordshire company which has grown to become one of the world's leading suppliers of high-power pulsed lasers, writes Maggie Hartford. Exitech at Hanborough Park, Long Hanborough
A fast expanding company has been given a 12m investment boost, writes David Duffy. Achilles Group, of Milton Park, near Abingdon, links customers from more than 500 organisations in the utilities, rail, oil, gas and public sectors and their 15,000 suppliers
There's nothing like having your preconceptions blown sky high. Say the words 'French band' and most people think of groovy Gallic house, chilled moog music and very little else. Well Phoenix are a French band. But they don't sound like any 'French band
It was her portrayal of Kate in the cult film, Breaking Glass (first released in 1980) which saw Hazel O'Connor shoot to fame, writes Eddie Grimstead. Chart success followed with singles such as Eighth Day and the number one hit single Will You. The album
With the release of their highly-acclaimed third album, Science and Nature, earlier this year, The Bluetones are back in the public eye. Constant touring, coupled with high-profile festival appearances at T In The Park and The Carling Weekender in Reading
A fifth park and ride scheme for the Oxford area has been approved. County councillors at this week's operations sub-committee unanimously approved the planning application for the 800-space car park, at the Gosford grain silo site off the A34, south
A pre-school has been given a glowing report in its latest Ofsted inspection. Hadland Pre-School, in Abingdon, which has 39 children, aged between two and five, at its base in Hadland Road Community Centre, was shown by the inspectors to have no significant
The cost of relocating the Thames Valley Police headquarters from Kidlington to Bicester will be more than 20m, a new report claims. Thames Valley Police purchased land at Gowell Farm in Bicester in 1989 in the hope of building a new headquarters there
Good Samaritan Peter Harrington has received a letter of thanks from Australia after helping an elderly woman who suffered a nasty fall. The 21-year-old came to the aid of the pensioner after she slipped on a greasy garage forecourt. Other customers at
ABC Magdalen Street, Oxford (0870 3339063) Dinosaur, PG, Fri and Mon to Thurs 1.45, 4, 6.25, 8.45pm, Sat and Sun 12.45, 3.25, 6.05, 8.45pm. ________________________ ABC George Street, Oxford (01865 251998) Billy Elliot, 15, daily 2.15, 5.15, 8.20pm. Nutty
CONFERENCE club Southport have turned down Oxford United's request for permission to speak to Mark Wright about the vacant manager's position at the Manor Ground. But the former England defender, who has already indicated an interest in taking the Oxford
Friday, October 13: Stories by Starlight: Start 6.45pm, finish 8.15pm. Suitable for adults and children. Meet in car park on the Plain, Shotover Country Park, at top of Old Road, Headington. 1 adults, 50p. children. Further information 01865 715830 (Oxford
Seventy-eight cars have been burned and dumped on an Oxford estate so far this year more than in the whole of 1999. Some residents in Blackbird Leys have expressed alarm at the level of car crime and city councillors have promised action to stop the criminals
A new library has been set up in Oxford but there isn't a book in sight. Instead of leafing through novels and encyclopaedias, users will be able to check out a far more action-packed directory. People who use Oxford City Council's new sports equipment
Youngsters at a primary school gave thanks for the harvest by donating gifts to local pensioners, writes Peter Barrington. The pupils of St Edburg's primary school in Bicester took fruit, vegetables and tinned food to residents at St Edburg House old
LEGENDARY batsman Mike Nurton is Oxfordshire crciket's sole representative in the Minor Counties 'Team of the Century'. Nurton scored 12,713 Championship runs between 1963 and 1990 more than anyone else in Minor Counties history. The left-hander is down
TV station bosses have managed to pull the plug on an Internet hate campaign directed at them, writes Mark Templeton. The Oxford Channel was subjected to abusive e-mails and phone calls after a web site was set up asking people to have a go at the station
Abingdon Drama Club presents a world premire performance of Bob Larbey's latest play Sand Castles tomorrow night at the Abbey Centre in Abingdon, writes Chris Gray. Bob says of Sand Castles: "It's about chaos on a British beach and full of strong characters
Across Lewis Close (No Coaches, reads the road sign) lies the CS Lewis Nature Reserve the original Shadowlands, perhaps, for even when the sun is at its zenith, the cool shadows stretch across the small lake to offer their embrace. The sign of welcome
Skulduggery, with a husband trying to murder his wife and some stolen jewels, make up the Victorian thriller Gaslight. The play by Patrick Hamilton is the latest offering by Charlbury Amateur Dramatic Society, and will be staged from October 19 to 21
A millennium exhibition to showcase the work of talented young artists in the Didcot area is being planned. The show, at the Didcot youth and community centre in December, follows the success of the town's annual open art exhibitions in August. Organiser
Oxfordshire is part of a region with the second lowest unemployment rate in the whole of Europe, according to new figures, writes David Duffy. The European statistics agency Eurostat found that the Thames corridor counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and
Fifty new jobs have been created by rail company First Great Western in a shake-up of its track and station service, writes David Duffy. The number of on-train staff has risen to more than 450 and all have been put through a new training programme. The
Painless injection company Powderject has signed a 24m agreement to lease part of its new vaccines factory to a US biotech company, writes Maggie Hartford. Powderject, based at Oxford Science Park at Sandford, said it had negotiated a better deal after
No-one embodies the transformation of the British jazz scene quite like Courtney Pine we've got to add an OBE to his name since the New Year's Honours list, writes Tim Metcalfe. The saxophonist heads a new generation of innovative musicians who, over
When Alan McGee announced his departure from Creation Records, to set up his new, Internet-based outfit, Poptones, the record industry was left in a state of shock, writes Templeton Blake. After all, with McGee at the helm, Creation had become one of
A rapist dragged a woman by the hair for more than 200 yards before assaulting her in a dark alleyway near Banbury town centre. The attack happened in the early hours of yesterday morning. The 30-year-old victim was near St Mary's Church, Horsefair, when
Former mayor Mike Badcock has criticised the way people have been asked about radical plans to solve traffic problems. Mr Badcock, who was mayor of Abingdon in 1990/91, said hundreds of people still have not received the leaflet asking for their views
Seven-thousand children from Oxford and Abingdon have put their own mark to a work of art which will record their lives in the new Millennium. Artist Diana Bell's latest work, Children of the Millennium, is to be displayed at Christ Church Cathedral,
These words are chilling...but real. "I thought for a long time that what was happening was okay because Dad said that it was a game that all fathers played with their sons, a secret game that only men knew about." (Source: ChildLine) Abuse of children
Ashmolean Museum (01865 278015: Tues-Sat, 10-5, Sun 2-5. Exhibitions: until Nov 5, Arthur Evans and Knossos; until Nov 19, Edward Ardizzone, RA (1900-1979); until Nov 26, Persian Steel. Gallery talks 1.15pm Fridays and Tuesdays. Ashmolean Treasures Tour
