Abingdon Ambler Thornton Greenland broke the veteran over 50s triple jump club record with a leap of 6.16m at the Veteran's League Western Division clash at Palmer Park, Reading. Amblers finished in third place in the men's league overall behind Oxford
Fast food firm McDonald's has been given planning permission to lay a new footpath to link its outlet with the footpath along Oxford Road.
Supermarket Waitrose's full planning application for a superstore in St Martin's Street, has been received by South Oxfordshire District Council. It seeks permission for a "mixed use development" including a retail unit, two one-bedroom and seven two-bedroom
Wantage White Horses have been boosted by the addition of Olympian Andy Clayton to the coaching team at their training sessions in Wantage Leisure Centre. Clayton has been a member of the Great Britain squad for several years. He most recently competed
A motorsport team which is developing a 200mph road car for launch next year has set up its headquarters in Banbury. Ascari Cars, which was set up seven years ago by Dutch businessman Klaas Zwart, formed a racing team last year to build and run the A410
Artist Bill Brown will give a demonstration of watercolour painting at the Witney and District Museum on Saturday between 11am and 3pm. He is holding an exhibition of his paintings and carvings at the museum until August 26.
Thame's Pete White shrugged off driving rain to record an excellent 38 min 31 sec in the Bearbrook Runners' annual 10k road race which started and finished at Aylesbury Rugby Club. White finished 43rd overall and was the first Thame man home. Graham Turner
Sue Lacey's Oxford City and County team strung together two emphatic victories to reach the semi-finals of the Steradent Women's All-England Fours Championship at Royal Leamington Spa last night. Sue Lacey Lacey, the three-times English indoor fours champion
Oxford City's seniors put up a grand fight and recorded several personal bests in the Southern Women's League at Highgate, despite fielding a depleted team. Their magnificent seven took part in as many events as possible and scored well in their bid to
Rachel Brenton produced a star performance for Radley Ladies as she leapt to a superb gold medal in the AAA Championships Under 17 triple jump at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield. Brenton produced a championship record leap of 11.86m to blow away the
Latest local Oxfordshire cricket scorecards - August 15, 2001 *Cherwell League Div 2: Chalgrove lost to Aston Rowant by 10 wkts CHALGROVE DE Clark c Ridgley b Eaton...2 DA Clark c Plumridge b Morrick...0 Sandeep Joshi c Plumridge b Morrick...6 N Adby
Banbury United is tomorrow launching its official website in time for the new season. It will feature pre-match analysis, match reports, in terviews with players and information about events at the stadium. A club spokesman said a lot of effort had gone
A severely depleted Oxford City team did well to finish fifth in a high-standard Southern Electric Youth Athletes League Cup final match at Horspath. Several personal bests were achieved despite heavy rain. Hannah Avil won the Under 15 long jump Nicola
It won't quite be daggers drawn, but the atmosphere should be pretty electric when high-flying JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs travel to take on title rivals Poole Pirates in a vital Elite League clash at Wimborne Road tonight (7.30pm). Poole skipper Gary Havelock
A burglar who fell asleep in the middle of a break-in has been given a chance to get off hard drugs. Santiago Taboada, 19, of Loyd Road, Didcot, admitted five burglaries committed in December last year, and taking an Austin Montego without the owner's
People stopped to watch as a giant spa bath was hoisted over the roof tops by crane into the back garden of a Banbury home. The half-ton spa - two and a half metres square and one metre deep - was lifted over the roof of a house in Bloxham Road, Banbury
Trials are taking place in Banbury, Kidlington, Witney and Heyford Hill which could see the traditional milk bottle replaced with an environmentally friendly plastic pouch. Dairy Crest is running a pilot scheme copying Canadian, Indian and Swiss dairies
An Abingdon care worker is fighting for a change in the law after the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority refused to pay his murdered brother's funeral expenses. The reason given by the authority was that the dead man had a criminal record. David
Trials are taking place in Banbury, Kidlington, Witney and Heyford Hill which could see the traditional milk bottle replaced with an environmentally friendly plastic pouch. Dairy Crest is running a pilot scheme copying Canadian, Indian and Swiss dairies
Witney Roadrunner Charlie Batts won a brace of titles at the South of England AAA veterans track and field Championships at London's Copthall Stadium. Batts jumped 5.48m to secure the over 40's long jump title on Saturday, and returned the following day
Latest local Oxfordshire cricket scorecards - August 15, 2001 *Cherwell League Div 2: Chalgrove lost to Aston Rowant by 10 wkts CHALGROVE DE Clark c Ridgley b Eaton...2 DA Clark c Plumridge b Morrick...0 Sandeep Joshi c Plumridge b Morrick...6 N Adby
A five-week facelift costing £64,000 has boosted independent menswear store The Officers Club, in the Clarendon Centre, Oxford. The revamp brings it up to the same standard as the company's other flagship stores around the UK with claret and cream branding
A company which paints signs on the side of vehicles is celebrating recognition in the National Fleet Awards for the second year running. The Signs Express centre at Chiltern Business Centre, Cowley, owned by Ashley Hemming, won the Institute of Transport
Skylon, Europe's contribution to the space race, is being developed by a company at Culham. Reaction Engines is tapping in to the science of fusion to help create a "space plane" that takes off like a normal aeroplane, but then turns into a rocket when
Three art collections worth millions of pounds between them have been removed from boardroom walls following company takeovers. Multinational engineering company TI Group, which had its European headquarters in Abingdon until it was taken over recently
South African singer/songwriter Ginni Hogarth visits the recently refurbished Jericho in Oxford on Wednesday, August 15. She will perform a selection of songs from her new album Between These Walls as well as new and old songs from her vast collection
Sixty-two drivers have been given the chance of attending an education evening instead of being fined after they were caught speeding in 30mph and 40mph zones during morning rush hours. Thames Valley Police traffic officers targeted two sites in Deddington
A budding singer is hoping her unique voice will win her a record deal. Julie-Anne Archbold, 22, of Ploughley Road, Ambrosden, near Bicester, is up against 20,000 rivals in a bid to become Britain's newest pop star. She has been picked to audition for
Florist Philip Stevenson rose to the occasion to help preserve a 240-year-old military tradition. The manager of the Charlton Park Garden Centre at Wantage is no stranger to unusual requests, but the order for 300 white roses from soldiers stationed in
Thames Valley Police has always denied using speed cameras as cashpoints -- insisting cameras make the roads safer. Traffic officers have targeted their resources on enforcement and educating drivers in the belief that speed reduction is an effective
A controversial scheme to demolish two houses and 91 surrounding trees was being discussed today by Oxford city councillors. Rain forest expert Dr Norman Myers, a fellow at Green College, has applied to knock down both his and his neighbour's homes, Upper
Oxford Bridge Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary by encouraging people to take up the game. The club boasts international players Robert Sheehan and Alan Truscott, and Eric Bowtell, former bridge correspondent of the Oxford Mail's sister paper,
Trials are taking place in Banbury, Kidlington, Witney and Heyford Hill which could see the traditional milk bottle replaced with an environmentally friendly plastic pouch. Dairy Crest is running a pilot scheme copying Canadian, Indian and Swiss dairies
Witney Roadrunner Charlie Batts won a brace of titles at the South of England AAA veterans track and field Championships at London's Copthall Stadium. Batts jumped 5.48m to secure the over 40's long jump title on Saturday, and returned the following day
A £35m redevelopment of Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre could get the go-ahead today. Plans to upgrade the centre in Windmill Road, Headington, which specialises in bone treatment, including hip and knee replacements, have already been given outline
Rough sleepers with genuine problems should not be pigeon-holed alongside aggressive beggars who profit by hassling members of the public, a city councillor has warned. Jock Coats was speaking after it was revealed Oxford had 27 rough sleepers, putting
The North Stand of The Kassam Stadium is to become a no-go area for Oxford United fans after trouble marred the ground's grand opening on Saturday. The third division club are to take the drastic measure of banning home supporters from the stand "for
Summer camp has proved a hive of activity for more than 250 budding soldiers. Army cadets from across Oxfordshire and 50 adult instructors have been hard at work at Read House Army Cadet Force Training Centre, near Bicester. An action-packed summer camp
Rachel Brenton produced a star performance for Radley Ladies as she leapt to a superb gold medal in the AAA Championships Under 17 triple jump at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield. Brenton produced a championship record leap of 11.86m to blow away the
A speed camera campaign which raked in more than £1m in fines for Thames Valley Police has had no effect on accident rates. Last April, the force was one of eight in the country chosen to take part in the pilot scheme. Extra resources were ploughed into
An Abingdon care worker is fighting for a change in the law after the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority refused to pay his murdered brother's funeral expenses. The reason given by the authority was that the dead man had a criminal record. David
Traders in Wallingford are bracing themselves for the disruption when High Street closes for two weeks on August 28. Following complaints about cellars flooding, Oxfordshire County Council is to close part of the street, from the Lamb crossroads as far
Trials are taking place in Banbury, Kidlington, Witney and Heyford Hill which could see the traditional milk bottle replaced with an environmentally friendly plastic pouch. Dairy Crest is running a pilot scheme copying Canadian, Indian and Swiss dairies
A postman is so popular with villagers that they are mounting a campaign to keep him. Paul Sheppard faces being switched to another round because of reorganisation, despite liking his job and being liked by all his customers. Now, nearly everyone in Fulbrook
Stock Market uncertainty could hit the £3m investment Thame councillors are banking on to run and maintain the town's new swimming pool. Finance committee chairman Mike Welply warned: "A slump on the horizon is the last thing we need. It could be a rocky
Firefighters were called out at 1.10pm on Monday, August 13 to put out a fire. The fire involved a gas cylinder and had gone out by the time fire officers arrived. They used one hose reel to cool the cylinder and ventilated a nearby garage as a precaution
Wantage White Horses have been boosted by the addition of Olympian Andy Clayton to the coaching team at their training sessions in Wantage Leisure Centre. Clayton has been a member of the Great Britain squad for several years. He most recently competed
A severely depleted Oxford City team did well to finish fifth in a high-standard Southern Electric Youth Athletes League Cup final match at Horspath. Several personal bests were achieved despite heavy rain. Hannah Avil won the Under 15 long jump Nicola
It won't quite be daggers drawn, but the atmosphere should be pretty electric when high-flying JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs travel to take on title rivals Poole Pirates in a vital Elite League clash at Wimborne Road tonight (7.30pm). Poole skipper Gary Havelock
Abingdon Ambler Thornton Greenland broke the veteran over 50s triple jump club record with a leap of 6.16m at the Veteran's League Western Division clash at Palmer Park, Reading. Amblers finished in third place in the men's league overall behind Oxford
Derek Burns scored 15, including a six, for Highfield SC A, but he could not save them from a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Cricketers B, in a Premier Section 1 game that produced no fewer than five sixes. Dave Green scored two sixes in his 14 dolls when
A budding singer is hoping her unique voice will win her a record deal. Julie-Anne Archbold, 22, of Ploughley Road, Ambrosden, near Bicester, is up against 20,000 rivals in a bid to become Britain's newest pop star. She has been picked to audition for
Sue Lacey's Oxford City and County team strung together two emphatic victories to reach the semi-finals of the Steradent Women's All-England Fours Championship at Royal Leamington Spa last night. Sue Lacey Lacey, the three-times English indoor fours champion
Oxford City's seniors put up a grand fight and recorded several personal bests in the Southern Women's League at Highgate, despite fielding a depleted team. Their magnificent seven took part in as many events as possible and scored well in their bid to
Jason Plato described the decision to punish him retrospectively for a British Touring Car Championship incident at Snetterton as "a kick in the goolies". The 33-year-old from Oxford arrived at Croft for Sunday's action to learn that he had been demoted
A woman accused of handling stolen goods found at her home told a jury they had been taken there by her former boyfriend and his friends. Emmaleene Kearsley, 23, of Hamble Road, Didcot, denies eight counts of handling stolen goods from eight separate
Lauren Henney brightens up every day of Alice Simmons's life when she visits her. The 17-year-old trainee home care assistant looks after Mrs Simmons, 94, from Forest Hill near Oxford, every day. To highlight a recrutiment campaign, Mary Robertson, the
A woman accused of handling stolen goods found at her home told a jury they had been taken there by her former boyfriend and his friends. Emmaleene Kearsley, 23, of Hamble Road, Didcot, denies eight counts of handling stolen goods from eight separate
A burglar who fell asleep in the middle of a break-in has been given a chance to get off hard drugs. Santiago Taboada, 19, of Loyd Road, Didcot, admitted five burglaries committed in December last year, and taking an Austin Montego without the owner's
A weekend trip to the theatre has taken on new meaning as Oxford's hospitals open their doors for Saturday surgery. Patients who have waited a long time for operations, or have had treatment delayed because of bed closures, will be admitted to the Radcliffe
A £35m redevelopment of Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre could get the go-ahead today. Plans to upgrade the centre in Windmill Road, Headington, which specialises in bone treatment, including hip and knee replacements, have already been given outline
Ryan Edwards will perform at a concert organised by Banbury Organ Club on Sunday at 7.30pm in The Freemason's Hall in Marlborough Road.
People stopped to watch as a giant spa bath was hoisted over the roof tops by crane into the back garden of a Banbury home. The half-ton spa - two and a half metres square and one metre deep - was lifted over the roof of a house in Bloxham Road, Banbury
A nursing team set up two years ago to care for terminally ill people at home has looked after 49 patients. The Lawrence Home Nursing Team was set up in memory of Chipping Norton GP, Dr Martin Lawrence, who received nursing care at home before his death
Banbury United is tomorrow launching its official website in time for the new season. It will feature pre-match analysis, match reports, in terviews with players and information about events at the stadium. A club spokesman said a lot of effort had gone
A controversial scheme to demolish two houses and 91 surrounding trees was being discussed today by Oxford city councillors. Rain forest expert Dr Norman Myers, a fellow at Green College, has applied to knock down both his and his neighbour's homes, Upper
Stock Market uncertainty could hit the £3m investment Thame councillors are banking on to run and maintain the town's new swimming pool. Finance committee chairman Mike Welply warned: "A slump on the horizon is the last thing we need. It could be a rocky
A postman is so popular with villagers that they are mounting a campaign to keep him. Paul Sheppard faces being switched to another round because of reorganisation, despite liking his job and being liked by all his customers. Now, nearly everyone in Fulbrook
A total of £20,000 has been raised for charity in memory of six-year-old Harry Pickering, who died last year. The cash has been donated to the Douglas House appeal, which is raising £4m to build a home for terminally ill young adults. The money was raised
Firefighters were called at 11.18am on Monday, August 13 to put out a fire at Bonnie and Company on Broad Street. The fire started in an electric light fitting.
Rough sleepers with genuine problems should not be pigeon-holed alongside aggressive beggars who profit by hassling members of the public, a city councillor has warned. Jock Coats was speaking after it was revealed Oxford had 27 rough sleepers, putting
Thame's Pete White shrugged off driving rain to record an excellent 38 min 31 sec in the Bearbrook Runners' annual 10k road race which started and finished at Aylesbury Rugby Club. White finished 43rd overall and was the first Thame man home. Graham Turner
Walkers in the Chilterns are being asked to spearhead a wildlife survey as part of a major conservation project. Leaflets detailing wildlife in and around the area's chalk streams have been published with a list of animals, plants and insects. Anyone
Summer camp has proved a hive of activity for more than 250 budding soldiers. Army cadets from across Oxfordshire and 50 adult instructors have been hard at work at Read House Army Cadet Force Training Centre, near Bicester. An action-packed summer camp
A weekend trip to the theatre has taken on new meaning as Oxford's hospitals open their doors for Saturday surgery. Patients who have waited a long time for operations, or have had treatment delayed because of bed closures, will be admitted to the Radcliffe
Thames Valley Police has always denied using speed cameras as cashpoints -- insisting cameras make the roads safer. Traffic officers have targeted their resources on enforcement and educating drivers in the belief that speed reduction is an effective
