Rural businesses must act quickly if they are to have any reduction in their rates bills backdated to the start of the foot-and-mouth crisis, according to property consultants Chesterton. The Valuation Office Agency, which assesses rateable values says
Playgroup staff have been praised for their enthusiasm, experience and knowledge. Inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education have also marked up Minster Lovell Playgroup for its "high standard" of nursery education. They visited the group,
Further education colleges in Oxfordshire were facing shutdown today as lecturers went on strike over pay. Thousands of students in Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury and Witney missed classes as tutors protested over pay rates, which they claim have fallen below
Moves to close down two pubs in a village are being fought by planners. They say that plans to turn the Nags Head and the Cricketers Arms in Warborough, near Wallingford, into private houses should be refused. Closing the two would leave just one pub,
Pottery throwing and decorating demonstrations will take place at Blenheim Farm, near Wallingford, later this month. Lucienne de Mauny is opening her workshops and showroom for Artweeks from Saturday, May 26, to Sunday, June 3. An exhibition of work by
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 1 Ashley Holznagel took advantage of some early dropped catches to rattle up an unbeaten 152 as Challow & Childrey amassed 266-4 against Rover Cowley on a flat Roman Way track. Opener Reg Finch led Rover's
Rally driver Tim Green, of Wantage, came away from round one of the UK's inaugural Formula Rally Super 1600 series with top honours in the Proton Bonus Scheme and eighth place in the open category for privateer teams. Green and Rob Smith, whose Simpsons
Two houses were broken into in Wadards Meadow between May 19 and 20. A cycle and coat were taken from one house and a stereo system from the other.
A re-formed country club will hold its first event to raise funds for a charity in memory of an 18-year-old who died from meningitis. Country music fans Ray and Jackie Herbert are reviving their club in Carterton. The husband and wife team, who founded
A guinea pig was saved by the kiss of life after it was brought into an animal welfare centre suffering from heat exhaustion. Lynn Rogers, manager of the Blue Cross animal adoption centre in Burford, near Witney, spent three hours trying to save the life
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Paul Catling steered Great & Little Tew to their first win of the season with an unbeaten 76 in a six-wicket victory over Banbury 2nd. Chasing Banbury's 176-9, Tew got home with five balls to spare. Stuart
The organisers of a race are appealing for suitable prams capable of carrying an adult around the pubs of Bampton. For the past 49 years, the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Junketing has staged a race around the pubs to raise money for local
Playgroup staff have been praised for their enthusiasm, experience and knowledge. Inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education have also marked up Minster Lovell Playgroup for its "high standard" of nursery education. They visited the group,
The Subaru World Rally Team from Banbury have recently completed three days of rough gravel testing in preparation for the forthcoming rallies of Cyprus and Greece, two of the roughest events in the world rally calendar. Markko Martin and Richard Burns
Commuters left waiting for nearly two hours at a remote stop on the Cotswold Line found the official passenger information phone on the platform put them through to a wrong number. Yesterday's Thames Trains 8.04am service to Oxford from Combe Halt - which
Former Witney MP Lord Hurd was back on the campaign trail on Saturday, May 19, drumming up support for the Conservative candidate David Cameron. Lord Hurd, who stepped down as MP at the last General Election, spent the morning canvassing in the town centre
Although Thame is about as far from the sea as you can get, the Thames Valley branch of the Jubilee Sailing Trust, which supports the Tall Ships Race, raised £660 in a street collection.
The annual Towersey parish meeting where local organisations present their reports on the year's activities and people can question councillors on theirs will be in the Memorial Hall on May 30.
Merchant banker Bernard Taylor of High Street is asking South Oxfordshire District Council for permission for major changes at historic listed Rycote Park. He wants to make repairs and alterations to make it into a single family residence. The proposed
South Oxfordshire District Council members have given themselves a 30 per cent pay increase. The allowances, recommended by a panel independent of the council, mean members should receive a minimum of £1,600 a year. People with special responsibilities
Wantage Conservative candidate Robert Jackson has been accused of being "out of touch with local issues" following a row over hospital beds. In a newsletter to constituents, Mr Jackson - who has represented the town since 1983 - criticised the Labour
Running back Brian Myers extended his 2001 touchdown tally to eight in just three games with a hat-trick in Domino's Oxford Saints' 27-8 victory away to Southend Sabres on Saturday. Oxford are unbeaten in the British Senior League Division and all three
Were you among the 57 who took part in the junior race on Sunday? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 1 Josh Mulvany 00:09:10 2 James Arman 00:09:45 3 Owen Parsons 00:09:51
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 1751 Rosemary Beach 01:09:23 1752 Barbara Stone 01:09:23 1753 Nichola Simpkins 01:09:29 1754 Linda
Were you among the first 250 to finish Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 1 Trevor James (not recorded) 2 Daniel Hyde 00:31:59 3 Ian Harkness 00:32:10 4 Taye
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 751 Antony Ing 00:49:42 752 Ines Wulff 00:49:42 753 Robert Webb 00:49:45 754 Robert Crewdson 00
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 251 John Oliver 00:42:26 252 Peter Richardson 00:42:27 253 Andrea Watson 00:42:27 254 David Ross
Fire investigators are treating the causes of a fire at a caravan as suspicious. The fire started about 8.50pm on Saturday, May 19 in Gavray Drive, Langford Village. Oxfordshire Fire Service were called out and put out the fire in less than half-an-hour
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 1 Ashley Holznagel took advantage of some early dropped catches to rattle up an unbeaten 152 as Challow & Childrey amassed 266-4 against Rover Cowley on a flat Roman Way track. Opener Reg Finch led Rover's
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 1 Oxford Downs top the table after inflicting Thame's first defeat with a 31-run victory. Luke List (55), Ian Caunce (54) and Will Maughan (53) shone in Downs' total of 231-3 from their 50 overs. In reply, Thame
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Oxford Nondescripts were unable to stop Bourton Vale making it three wins out of three as the early pacesetters posted a seven-wicket win at Jordan Hill. Batting first, Nondies could only muster 142, against
Burford's Tim Harvey was back in the old routine in round six of the www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship in front of a crowd of 14,000 at Oulton Park. Oxford's Jason Plato took third in the sprint. Harvey's JS Motorsport Alfa Romeo team
A mock General Election will be held at Didcot Girls' School to coincide with the real General Election on Thursday, June 7.
Members of Didcot Girls' School's science club have won a Fun Day in Science visit to Imperial College, London. The prize was awarded to them for their project work on the effects of soft drinks on teeth.
A series of Sunday afternoon open-air band concerts is being organised in the Northbourne Arts and Community Centre, Church Street. They will run from June 3, and will start with with Abingdon Concert Band. The concerts will continue on the first Sunday
A 76-year-old woman has been thrown to the ground, threatened with a six-inch spanner and robbed of £2. Police are now appealing for witnesses after the woman was approached, at 11.40am last Friday in The Cleave, Harwell, near Didcot. The attacker is
South Oxfordshire District Council members have given themselves a 30 per cent pay increase. The allowances, recommended by a panel independent of the council, mean members should receive a minimum of £1,600 a year. People with special responsibilities
A guinea pig was saved by the kiss of life after it was brought into an animal welfare centre suffering from heat exhaustion. Lynn Rogers, manager of the Blue Cross animal adoption centre in Burford, near Witney, spent three hours trying to save the life
New traffic-calming measures in Benson are a "disaster waiting to happen", according to parish councillors. Instead of making the B4009 Watlington Road safer at the eastern approach to the village, a new 'pinch point' - where the road has been narrowed
A 13-year-old was robbed of his mobile phone by four youths on the cycle track in Herschell Crescent, Blackbird Leys, on Sunday at about 5.30pm. The four were of medium build and about 5ft 9in tall. One had short brown hair.
Barbie fans will have a chance to meet a real-life version of the popular doll in Boswell's store on Saturday from 11.30am to 3.30pm, when she will be presenting prizes to the winners of an in-store colouring competition. Application forms are available
The Oxford Playhouse in Beaumont Street has lined up a series of workshops for children at half term. From Tuesday, May 29, to Friday, June 1, there will be activities for children and their parents to get involved in from poetry to theatrical improvisation
A group of 130 skydivers set a new British record last Sunday during a series of tandem jumps at Hinton Airfield, near Banbury. The group beat the previous record of 125 people jumping from the same airfield during one day. Many took part in the event
Police and social workers cracking down on truancy in Banbury found 53 children roaming the streets during school hours. Two police officers and two educational social workers spent two days earlier this month patrolling the town on foot and in unmarked
A schoolboy's dream of an apprenticeship at a motorsports company is in tatters after a letter inviting him for interview was lost in the post. James Crawford, 16, of Chorefields, Kidlington, is revising hard for his GCSEs at Gosford Hill School and wants
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Tiddington were shot out for 72 to crash to a six-wicket defeat against Aston Rowant, with Wesley Morrick (5-38) the chief destroyer. Rowant cruised home at 75-4 in the 37th over. **Tiddington 6, Aston Rowant
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Dinton made it three wins out of three with an eight-wicket drubbing of Leighton Buzzard, who were skittled out for 110. Nick Spicer, Ivor Jones and Peter Ludlow took three wickets apiece. Dinton then lost
The Liberal Democrat spokesman on social security has called for the Government to allow greater freedom for health professionals to make their own decisions during a visit to an Oxfordshire hospital. Lord Russell said the NHS was forced to stick to by
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Oxford Nondescripts were unable to stop Bourton Vale making it three wins out of three as the early pacesetters posted a seven-wicket win at Jordan Hill. Batting first, Nondies could only muster 142, against
Rally driver Tim Green, of Wantage, came away from round one of the UK's inaugural Formula Rally Super 1600 series with top honours in the Proton Bonus Scheme and eighth place in the open category for privateer teams. Green and Rob Smith, whose Simpsons
Famous as it is for its place in theatrical history, August Strindberg's powerful 1888 one-act drama of illicit passion, Miss Julie, is comparatively rarely performed and, when it is, is usually offered as part of a double bill, writes Chris Gray. The
The Morrells Oxford and District Association's 75th Winter League finals will be held at Rover Social Club, Roman Way, Cowley on Friday, June 1. Tickets at £2 each can be obtained from Jim Baxendale (tel 01865 375760) or from the Three Horseshoes, Old
Mitsubishi Motors are using Anglo-Aussie girl power to spice up their challenge on the 2001 FIA World Rally Championship, courtesy of Natalie Barratt and Claire Parker. Barratt, a 26-year-old rally driver from Wilmslow in Cheshire, and Parker, her 25-
Oxfordshire wll be making a dream appearance at Twickenham this Saturday after qualifying for the finals of the RFU County Sevens Tournament. In the preliminary rounds at Stourbridge on Saturday, Oxon topped heir group and now will be one or the eight
May 26 and 27 SATURDAY Silverstone: British Touring Car Championship night races. 0132 785 7273. Shenington: British Kart Championship. First day of two-day event. 0192 681 2177. Donington Park: BRSCC Car Championships. First day of two-day event. 0133
Running back Brian Myers extended his 2001 touchdown tally to eight in just three games with a hat-trick in Domino's Oxford Saints' 27-8 victory away to Southend Sabres on Saturday. Oxford are unbeaten in the British Senior League Division and all three
The days of a high ball being played forward to the likes of Steve Anthrobus will be a thing of the past at Mark Wright's Oxford United. Anthrobus, one of the slowest centre forwards the club have had in recent years, has been released. But it is new
By Gordon Rogers Staff Reporter A NEW £3m European headquarters for a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of biomedical research products is a vote of confidence in an Oxfordsire town, says the company's American president. Tom Oland, head of R&
A burglar who targeted a string of homes to pay for his drug habit was described by a judge as a "menace to householders". Anthony Masih, 26, of Oxford Road, Old Marston, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Oxford Crown Court. He was convicted
An Oxford University college is a step closer to winning permission to build student accommodation on Green Belt land. St Catherine's College in Manor Road wants to develop land next to its Grade I listed building. The plan includes 132 new student rooms
Commuters left waiting for nearly two hours at a remote stop on the Cotswold Line found the official passenger information phone on the platform put them through to a wrong number. Yesterday's Thames Trains 8.04am service to Oxford from Combe Halt - which
The four candidates contesting the Wantage seat at the General Election have been invited to a public question and answer session in Wallingford. Robert Jackson (Con), David Brooks-Saxl (Green), Neil Fawcett (Liberal Democrat) and Stephen Beer (Labour
A schoolboy's dream of an apprenticeship at a motorsports company is in tatters after a letter inviting him for interview was lost in the post. James Crawford, 16, of Chorefields, Kidlington, is revising hard for his GCSEs at Gosford Hill School and wants
Television licence evaders in Oxford are facing a knock at the door from investigators and a £1,000 fine as part of a new "stealth" campaign. TV Licensing normally gives people plenty of prior warning before launching detection campaigns, but the latest
Patients at an Oxford surgery have become the first in the UK to be able to read their medical records from the comfort of their own homes. It is the first step towards plans for tele-consultations, where patients will be able to book appointments on-line
A burglar who targeted a string of homes to pay for his drug habit was described by a judge as a "menace to householders". Anthony Masih, 26, of Oxford Road, Old Marston, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Oxford Crown Court. He was convicted
An Oxford University college is a step closer to winning permission to build student accommodation on Green Belt land. St Catherine's College in Manor Road wants to develop land next to its Grade I listed building. The plan includes 132 new student rooms
William Straw, son of Home Secretary Jack Straw, is leading a rent strike at his Oxford College. Students at New College have voted to withhold their rent next term in protest at the rise from £55 a week to £85 a week over the next four years. Mr Straw
Kevin Lewis picked up two top awards as Hellenic League Premier Division club Carterton Town reflected on their best season for many years at their presentation evening. Lewis picked up both the players' and supporters' player of the year awards for his
Polyester banners are to be erected outside the Ashmolean Museum so that tourists realise it is open to the public. Four, eight-metre high flagpoles are to be mounted with banners to tell tourists and locals that they are allowed into the "formidable"
Stuart Huxley scooped a double award at North Leigh's end-of-season presentation night at Witney Lakes. Huxley was named both as manager Mark Gee's and players' player of the year for his performances in the first team this season. Award winners: 1st
Patients at an Oxford surgery have become the first in the UK to be able to read their medical records from the comfort of their own homes. It is the first step towards plans for tele-consultations, where patients will be able to book appointments on-line
William Straw, son of Home Secretary Jack Straw, is leading a rent strike at his Oxford College. Students at New College have voted to withhold their rent next term in protest at the rise from £55 a week to £85 a week over the next four years. Mr Straw
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Tiddington were shot out for 72 to crash to a six-wicket defeat against Aston Rowant, with Wesley Morrick (5-38) the chief destroyer. Rowant cruised home at 75-4 in the 37th over. **Tiddington 6, Aston Rowant
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Dinton made it three wins out of three with an eight-wicket drubbing of Leighton Buzzard, who were skittled out for 110. Nick Spicer, Ivor Jones and Peter Ludlow took three wickets apiece. Dinton then lost
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 1 Oxford Downs top the table after inflicting Thame's first defeat with a 31-run victory. Luke List (55), Ian Caunce (54) and Will Maughan (53) shone in Downs' total of 231-3 from their 50 overs. In reply, Thame
A sponsored bike ride has been organised to raise funds for leukaemia research and other bone-marrow related diseases. The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust has organised the event on June 24, in South Parks. Call 01865 875758 for details.
A free seven-session course at Lord Williams's Upper School will help people returning to learning by developing their writing and study skills. The course runs on Mondays from 9.30am to 11.30am from June 4 to July 16. Call Michael White on 01844 353865
The Oxford Playhouse in Beaumont Street has lined up a series of workshops for children at half term. From Tuesday, May 29, to Friday, June 1, there will be activities for children and their parents to get involved in from poetry to theatrical improvisation
Pottery throwing and decorating demonstrations will take place at Blenheim Farm, near Wallingford, later this month. Lucienne de Mauny is opening her workshops and showroom for Artweeks from Saturday, May 26, to Sunday, June 3. An exhibition of work by
The organisers of a race are appealing for suitable prams capable of carrying an adult around the pubs of Bampton. For the past 49 years, the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Junketing has staged a race around the pubs to raise money for local
Age Concern in Oxfordshire is looking for volunteers to help elderly people and make sure that they are getting their benefits. Volunteers will be trained as to what agencies to approach. For details call 01865 717615.
Hotel guests in Oxford could soon be enjoying a taste of luxury in former prison cells once occupied by murderers and thieves. The city planning committee has approved a scheme to turn A-wing of the former Victorian jail in New Road into one of Britain's
Tourism and rural businesses hit by foot-and-mouth disease are to share £500,000 to combat the effects of the crisis. The South East England Development Agency has announced the cash injection as part of its emergency support package aimed at alleviating
A new initiative has been launched to help local businesses affected by foot-and-mouth disease. Rural businesses in Oxfordshire suffering cash flow problems due to the effects of the disease will now be able to apply for loans of up to £250,000 through
A series of Sunday afternoon open-air band concerts is being organised in the Northbourne Arts and Community Centre, Church Street. They will run from June 3, and will start with with Abingdon Concert Band. The concerts will continue on the first Sunday
More than 250 junior football teams will converge on Cholsey this weekend for a tournament. The competition is an annual event run by Cholsey Bluebirds Football Club and this year is set to be the largest ever. Soccer stars of the future, from under-sevens
A scheme to develop a major water museum in south Oxfordshire has been thrown a lifeline. Members of South Oxfordshire District Council have been invited to have detailed talks with the men behind the scheme in Wallingford so that a proper plan can be
A factory worker found with 18 ecstasy tablets has been sentenced to 80 hours' community service. David Clewer, 35, was also sentenced to 12 months probation by a judge at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. He was convicted of possessing 18 ecstasy tablets
South Oxfordshire District Council members have given themselves a 30 per cent pay increase. The allowances, recommended by a panel independent of the council, mean members should receive a minimum of £1,600 a year. People with special responsibilities
New traffic-calming measures in Benson are a "disaster waiting to happen", according to parish councillors. Instead of making the B4009 Watlington Road safer at the eastern approach to the village, a new 'pinch point' - where the road has been narrowed
Grove's hopes of gaining a place in South West Division 2 East next season were dashed when they lost 49-20 to Salisbury in their Southern Counties promotion play-off on Saturday. This result means that, barring some unforseen circumstances, Bicester
The village is to have its first taste of a cyber cafe. The initiative, to be launched on June 6 at the Methodist Church with an advice session from 10am to 1pm, is an outreach project by Burford Community College.
The 1st Company of Witney Boys' Brigade held its 99th annual inspection and parents' evening at the High Street Methodist Church. The event concluded the company's winter programme. The minister, the Rev John Curnow, who retires in July, was guest of
Architect Roger Harwood will be the speaker at the Men's Breakfast Meeting in Thame Barns Centre at 8am on May 26.
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 1 Reigning champions Banbury Twenty suffered an agonising one-wicket defeat at Buckingham in a last-ball thriller. Chasing Twenty's 199-4, Buckingham scrambled a single off the final delivery to get home at
A fete in the grounds of the community hospital in East Street at the weekend raised more than £1,000 in aid of the hospital's League of Friends.
Relate, formerly the Marriage Guidance Council, is setting up a counselling service on Monday lunchtimes and Tuesday afternoons at Lightfoots solicitors in High Street.
Thame has been given £1.5m for a fitness centre to be built with the swimming pool development. The move by South Oxfordshire District Council was greeted with delight by the man whose campaign has led to the pool project starting. Former mayor Mike Le
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign 501 Terry Salmon 00:46:49 502 Simon Roberts 00:46:49 503 Andrew Sears 00:46:52 504 Christopher Good
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 1001 David Lewis 00:52:40 1002 Timothy Burt 00:52:44 1003 Anjana Gadgill 00:52:48 1004 Emma Doherty
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 1501 Hannele Nicholson 01:01:06 1502 Annette Islei 01:01:07 1503 Julie Ward 01:01:08 1504 Mark
Artist Mario Parga has swapped his paints and brushes for a truncheon. Mario, 31, is pictured with one of his paintings of Cupid - copied from a French original - outside Bicester police station where he will be based from October after finishing his
Where did you finish in Sunday's big run? The Oxford Mail-sponsored event is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 1251 June Chapman 00:56:38 1252 Lucy Bird 00:56:40 1253 Sarah Townend 00:56:40 1254 Katie Taylor
Patients at an Oxford surgery have become the first in the UK to be able to read their medical records from the comfort of their own homes. It is the first step towards plans for tele-consultations, where patients will be able to book appointments on-line
Artist Mario Parga has swapped his paints and brushes for a truncheon. Mario, 31, is pictured with one of his paintings of Cupid - copied from a French original - outside Bicester police station where he will be based from October after finishing his
Oxford East Socialist Alliance candidate John Lister is challenging his Labour rival Andrew Smith to join him on a picket line at an Oxford college. Today, lecturers at the Oxford College of Further Education in Oxpens Road are to stage another one-day
A council has revealed the full cost of its recent battles with Garsington Opera. South Oxfordshire District Council has spent £45,852 and 549 hours of officers' time fighting the appeals, but won none of the cases. Garsington Opera is an open-air month-long
The Lord Mayor of Oxford pulled her first pint at the re-opening of a city pub following its refurbishment. The Butchers Arms, in Wilberforce Street, Oxford, has had its bar extended and access for the disabled introduced during a £100,000 renovation
South Oxfordshire District Council members have given themselves a 30 per cent pay increase. The allowances, recommended by a panel independent of the council, mean members should receive a minimum of £1,600 a year. People with special responsibilities
Conservative candidate Ed Matts has defended his Oxford links and his commitment to the city after the Liberal Democrats highlighted his Somerset connections. Mr Matts, 38, who is standing for the Conservatives in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency
Air Training Corps' 136 Squadron will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a table-top sale in Chipping Norton town hall on Saturday, June 23. The sale will take place from 10am to noon. To book a table, call 01608 643622.
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Chalgrove, stil missing their injured skipper Derek Thomas, drew with Witney Mills in a tense finish. With Steve Kelly taking 4-35 - his first 12 overs conceding just three runs - Chalgrove were restricted
Star of Father Ted, My Hero and Big Bad World ,Ardal O'Hanlon returns to the Apollo Theatre tonight with a brand new stand-up show. Well-known for his television role as wide-eyed Father Dougal, Ardal O'Hanlon is said to turn innocence into a deadly weapon
One of the most gripping and successful theatre events ever staged,The Woman in Black can be seen in a version by PW Productions this week at the Oxford Playhouse. A lawer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family engages
The Morrells Oxford and District Darts Association Summer League starts this week with the men in action on Tuesday and the ladies on Wednesday. The men's Premier League is made up of four teams - Quarry Gate A, Railway SC A, Cowley Community Centre C
Burford's Tim Harvey was back in the old routine in round six of the www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship in front of a crowd of 14,000 at Oulton Park. Harvey's JS Motorsport Alfa Romeo team finished third behind Yvan Muller, who took both
The Subaru World Rally Team from Banbury have recently completed three days of rough gravel testing in preparation for the forthcoming rallies of Cyprus and Greece, two of the roughest events in the world rally calendar. Markko Martin and Richard Burns
May 26 and 27 SATURDAY Silverstone: British Touring Car Championship night races. 0132 785 7273. Shenington: British Kart Championship. First day of two-day event. 0192 681 2177. Donington Park: BRSCC Car Championships. First day of two-day event. 0133
The Oxfordshire Football Association have been invited to supply the ball boys/girls for this year's 'One to One' Charity Shield match between Manchester United and Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on August 12. As with the FA Cup final,
Oxfordshire wll be making a dream appearance at Twickenham this Saturday after qualifying for the finals of the RFU County Sevens Tournament. In the preliminary rounds at Stourbridge on Saturday, Oxon topped heir group and now will be one or the eight
When is a television set not a television set? When the owner has been caught without a licence...Not very funny, but being rumbled by TV Licensing investigators is no laughing matter, especially when a £1,000 fine is at stake. Despite the harsh penalty
The Churches of Botley and Cumnor are combining for a weekend of activities next month to celebrate the religious feast of Pentecost. Arthur Wingfield-Digby, chairman of the organisation Christians in Sport, will be the guest speaker at a men's breakfast
Candidates for the county council elections in Oxford's Littlemore division will take part in a public debate on Wednesday, May 23. The four candidates declared for the division, which also covers the Rose Hill area, are Daniel O'Brien (Green), Vicky
Liberal Democrat veteran Shirley Williams joined pupils at Oxford's Cherwell School for a chat about key General Election issues. Shirley Williams and Evan Harris She met pupils from the school in Marston Ferry Road yesterday (May 14). She was accompanied
Police and social workers cracking down on truancy in Banbury found 53 children roaming the streets during school hours. Two police officers and two educational social workers spent two days earlier this month patrolling the town on foot and in unmarked
A heroin addict has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment after committing 24 offences. Robin Gale, 40, of Leon Close, Cowley, admitted eight offences and asked for a further 16 - all relating to dishonestly using stolen credit cards -
The Lord Mayor of Oxford pulled her first pint at the re-opening of a city pub following its refurbishment. The Butchers Arms, in Wilberforce Street, Oxford, has had its bar extended and access for the disabled introduced during a £100,000 renovation
Former Witney MP Lord Hurd was back on the campaign trail on Saturday, May 19, drumming up support for the Conservative candidate David Cameron. Lord Hurd, who stepped down as MP at the last General Election, spent the morning canvassing in the town centre
The first non-British citizen to be awarded the title of Freeman of Oxford received the honour at a special ceremony in the Lord mayor's Parlour at the Town Hall yesterday. Martin W-rlein,a solicitor from Nremberg, was put forward for the exclusive title
Thame has been given £1.5m for a fitness centre to be built with the swimming pool development. The move by South Oxfordshire District Council was greeted with delight by the man whose campaign has led to the pool project starting. Former mayor Mike Le
Kevin Alcraft lifted the player of the year award at Clanfield's presentation evening. Awards - player: Kevin Alcraft; supporters' player: Richard Bell; reserve team player: Tony Collins; supporters' reserve team player: Steve Brazier; club award: Trevor
Tony Baldry, MP for Banbury, has two things on his mind - contesting the General Election and getting married. Originally, Mr Baldry, 50, and his fiance, Pippa Isbell, 47, had hoped their wedding would be well after the expected polling day of May 3.
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 1 Shipton-under-Wychwood slumped to a 49-run defeat at Sandford St Martin. Last year's runners-up must have been in confident mood after dismissing Sandford for 172. But Richard Murrey (3-36) and Martin Anson
A controversial Conservative Party political broadcast screened last night, which claimed that two women were raped because of Labour's Early Release scheme for prisoners, was partly filmed at the former Oxford Prison. The bleak opening scenes were shot
Wantage Conservative candidate Robert Jackson has been accused of being "out of touch with local issues" following a row over hospital beds. In a newsletter to constituents, Mr Jackson - who has represented the town since 1983 - criticised the Labour
The Oxford Times Cherwell League - Division 2 Chalgrove, stil missing their injured skipper Derek Thomas, drew with Witney Mills in a tense finish. With Steve Kelly taking 4-35 - his first 12 overs conceding just three runs - Chalgrove were restricted
A schoolboy's dream of an apprenticeship at a motorsports company is in tatters after a letter inviting him for interview was lost in the post. James Crawford, 16, of Chorefields, Kidlington, is revising hard for his GCSEs at Gosford Hill School and wants
Burford's Tim Harvey was back in the old routine in round six of the www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship in front of a crowd of 14,000 at Oulton Park. Harvey's JS Motorsport Alfa Romeo team finished third behind Yvan Muller, who took both
The days of a high ball being played forward to the likes of Steve Anthrobus will be a thing of the past at Mark Wright's Oxford United. Anthrobus, one of the slowest centre forwards the club have had in recent years, has been released. But it is new
Confidence in children will be the theme of a lecture by psychotherapist Gael Lindenfield. Organised by the Oxfordshire Parenting Forum, the seminar will be at the Cricket Road Centre, Cowley, on Saturday, June 9, from 10am to 4pm. For more information
A re-formed country club will hold its first event to raise funds for a charity in memory of an 18-year-old who died from meningitis. Country music fans Ray and Jackie Herbert are reviving their club in Carterton. The husband and wife team, who founded
A scheme to develop a major water museum in south Oxfordshire has been thrown a lifeline. Members of South Oxfordshire District Council have been invited to have detailed talks with the men behind the scheme in Wallingford so that a proper plan can be
Polyester banners are to be erected outside the Ashmolean Museum so that tourists realise it is open to the public. Four, eight-metre high flagpoles are to be mounted with banners to tell tourists and locals that they are allowed into the "formidable"
The threat of another postal strike in Oxfordshire has been averted after an agreement was struck between workers and the Royal Mail. Members of the Oxfordshire branch of the Communication Workers Union have withdrawn their request for a ballot calling
Conservative candidate Ed Matts has defended his Oxford links and his commitment to the city after the Liberal Democrats highlighted his Somerset connections. Mr Matts, 38, who is standing for the Conservatives in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency
