Young designers have been making futuristic furniture during a half-term workshop. Jessica Mallalieu with a lampshade. Twenty children, aged between seven and 12, designed furniture and lighting for a house of the future at the workshop at Oxford's Museum
Parking fines issued during a rugby final at the Kassam Stadium will not be torn up by Oxfordshire County Council -- despite protests from drivers who said they did not receive sufficient warning about the restrictions. A total of 132 fixed penalty fines
A teenager from Abingdon has won a three-year musical theatre scholarship to one of the country's leading arts, drama and dance centres. Anya Oram, 16, of Loddon Close, has been a pupil at the Vera Legge School of Dancing in Cowley, Oxford, since she
Music student Tom Richards would normally be happy enough on a week night to be entertaining a dozen people in a half-full pub. But on Monday, the 20-year-old Abingdon saxophone player performed on stage with Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and Tom Jones
A doctor accused of acting in a "reckless and grossly negligent" manner by giving a cancer patient a fatal dose of morphine during a late-night call has defended his actions. Dr Donald Langridge Dr Donald Langridge, 62, of Radley Road, Abingdon, is facing
A family has issued posters to try to find Ozzie, their one-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier. The pet, which belongs to Judy and Pete Holloway, of Elevendon Road, Goring, ran off after being let off his lead and has not been seen for more than a week
Twelve gardens will be open to the public in Brize Norton on Sunday, June 16. Proceeds will go to charity and church funds. The parish church is also being decked out with floral arrangements, while the Eynsham Morris dancers and the Wandering Minstrels
Volunteers have been praised for clocking up a record charity collection in the Witney area. More than 200 people from the town's churches delivered and collected envelopes for Christian Aid and brought in over £7,000 in one week. The total for West Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire's tennis fixtures for Sunday include: TENNIS MEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE Div 1 South: Oxford Spts v Caversham. Div 1 West Midllands: Banbury West End v Edgbaston Priory. WILSON OXON LTA LEAGUE 3-PAIR LEAGUE Ladies Div 1: Cholsey v Abingdon. Men's
Gina Liverton and Pam Eagles head an attractive ladies' draw in The Oxford Times Open. Liverton was in the Oxfordshire team for County Week at Eastbourne, while Eagles (then as Pam Robertson) won the county title as a teenager in 1977 and 1979. She is
Oxfordshire's cricket fixtures for Sunday include: ECB 38-COUNTY COMPETITION Oxfordshire v Bucks (Challow & Childrey, 11). NATIONAL VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP Oxon semi-finals: Warborough & S v Aston Rowant, Kingston Bagpuize v Shipton-u-Wychwood. OCA
Oxfordshire's tennis fixtures for Saturday include: TENNIS WILSON OXON LTA LEAGUE 3-PAIR LEAGUE Ladies Div 2: Banbury West End v Oxford Spts B. Men's Div 5: Brackley B v Witney D. Mixed Div 1: Oxford City B v Woodstock B, North Oxford v Witney, Woodstock
A group of Bicester children raised £62 for people with speech difficulties by being quiet. More than 20 members of the First Southwold Beavers, who meet at the community centre in Holm Square, stayed silent for an hour. Teresa Manger, Beaver leader,
Bicester & North Oxford moved out of the bottom two in Division 1 of the Home Counties Premier League, despite suffering a narrow four-run defeat at home to Beaconsfield on Saturday. But any thoughts of making further progress might have to be put
A road is to be lowered to stop lorries hitting a railway bridge. A short stretch of the A41 Bicester-Aylesbury road will be dug out to increase clearance under Blackthorn Bridge by five inches. Despite warning signs on both sides of the accident blackspot
Oxfordshire's cricket fixtures for Saturday include: CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: High Wycombe v Bicester & North Oxford, Slough v Banbury. Div 2 West: Oxford & H v Burnham. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE Div 1: Aston Rowant v
Twelve gardens will be open to the public in Brize Norton on Sunday, June 16. Proceeds will go to charity and church funds. The parish church is also being decked out with floral arrangements, while the Eynsham Morris dancers and the Wandering Minstrels
Artist Christine Gibbs is holding a show of her work in Nettlebed village hall. She used to live in the village but now lives in Ewelme. Her show, Memories of Tunisia, will be in the hall with work by invited artists on June 29 and 30. She will also be
An Oxford school choir will soon discover if it will have a chance of competing in the finals of the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year contest. Headington Junior School Chamber Choir was named choir of the day in the under 12s section during the first round
Up to 1,500 people are expected to go to this year's Riverside Festival at Charlbury. The event, featuring live local bands along the banks of the River Evenlode, has been given a public entertainments licence by West Oxfordshire district councillors.
A group of Bicester children raised £62 for people with speech difficulties by being quiet. More than 20 members of the First Southwold Beavers, who meet at the community centre in Holm Square, stayed silent for an hour. Teresa Manger, Beaver leader,
Volunteers have been praised for clocking up a record charity collection in the Witney area. More than 200 people from the town's churches delivered and collected envelopes for Christian Aid and brought in over £7,000 in one week. The total for West Oxfordshire
Communities in Oxfordshire are being asked to suggest locations for illuminated signs designed to improve road safety. The county council wants people to identify areas where its new speed indicator devices -- Sids -- could be displayed to encourage motorists
Children are flying high at the Museum of Natural History in Oxford. Eight-year-old Lucy Ginger Three days of kite-making took off on Wednesday as part of half-term activities at the museum in Parks Road, Oxford. At the free drop-in sessions children
Juliet Harbutt has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the cheese industry. She was the creator of the British Cheese Festival and award scheme for home-produced varieties. Now she has been presented with an award by the British Cheese
A couple who gave up their jobs to buy a village shop say business is booming. Barry and Lara Clarkson Barry Clarkson and his wife Lara took over Heyford Park Stores, Upper Heyford, near Bicester, last December and say they have turned its fortunes round
Queenie the pig has surprised staff at Witney's Cogges Manor Farm Museum by giving birth to 13 piglets. Queenie and her piglets When Gloucester Old Spot sow came to the museum just three months ago, no-one suspected she was pregnant. But the litter was
A new wine bar in Witney has been given a public entertainments licence, despite a former town mayor's concerns it could turn into a nightclub. West Oxfordshire District Council's licensing sub-committee approved the application for the Hush Wine Bar,
Music student Tom Richards would normally be happy enough on a week night to be entertaining a dozen people in a half-full pub. But on Monday, the 20-year-old Abingdon saxophone player performed on stage with Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and Tom Jones
An Oxford school choir will soon discover if it will have a chance of competing in the finals of the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year contest. Headington Junior School Chamber Choir was named choir of the day in the under 12s section during the first round
Oxfordshire's Rugby League fixtures for Saturday include: TOTALRL.COM CONFERENCE South Central Div: Oxford Cavaliers v Worcestershire (Oxford RFC).
Oxfordshire's bowling fixtures for Sunday include: BOWLS Club matches: West Witney Captain v President, Carterton v Banbury Central, Charlbury v Woodstock, Highworth v Rover Cowley.
Oxfordshire's bowling fixtures for Saturday include: Middleton Cup: Berkshire v Oxfordshire (Sutton's, Reading. 2). Club matches: Witney Mills v Highworth, Witney Tn v Rover Cowley, Charlbury v Carterton, Stratton Churchway v Hanborough, Blackbird Leys
People who are stuck for the correct spelling of a word will now be able to look it up on a handheld computer, thanks to Oxford University Press. OUP's Jola Ziaja-Donaldson with the dictionary. The firm has released its famous dictionaries as e-books
Agents selling Banbury rugby ground say the site could go to property speculators who would wait up to 20 years before applying for permission to build houses. Colin White, of London property specialists Edward Symmons, said he had been inundated with
A hi-tech firm which last week made 60 workers redundant has gone into the black. Oxford Instruments Superconductivity based at Tubney Woods, near Abingdon, and at Eynsham, turned an operating loss of £0.7m into a a profit of £0.4m for the year ended
A helicopter fly-past will signal the start of the annual memorial service tomorrow to commemorate the take-off of bombers from RAF Harwell on the eve of D-Day. Six Albermarle bombers carrying paratroops took off from the wartime airfield at 5.30pm on
About 300 people will be taking part in the drive of a lifetime on the weekend of June 8 and June 9. The gates of the former US Air Force base, at Upper Heyford, near Bicester, are being flung open to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Research. But the
A helicopter fly-past will signal the start of the annual memorial service tomorrow to commemorate the take-off of bombers from RAF Harwell on the eve of D-Day. Six Albermarle bombers carrying paratroops took off from the wartime airfield at 5.30pm on
Children are flying high at the Museum of Natural History in Oxford. Eight-year-old Lucy Ginger Three days of kite-making took off on Wednesday as part of half-term activities at the museum in Parks Road, Oxford. At the free drop-in sessions children
A road is to be lowered to stop lorries hitting a railway bridge. A short stretch of the A41 Bicester-Aylesbury road will be dug out to increase clearance under Blackthorn Bridge by five inches. Despite warning signs on both sides of the accident blackspot
Former Conservative minister Jonathan Aitken, who was imprisoned for lying in court, will talk about his downfall in a lecture to students. Mr Aitken, a former defence minister and Chief Secretary to the Treasury who boasted a £3m fortune, was jailed
A man who was the victim of a racist beating as he cycled home from a Jubilee party is to undergo an operation to save the sight in his left eye on Friday (June 7). The 36-year-old Jamaican, who has lived in the country for two months, collapsed in Ridgefield
A recovering drug addict was found dead by his mother on New Year's Day with more than 16 times the fatal level of heroin in his bloodstream. James Evans, 28, of Downside End, Risinghurst, Oxford, had spent a quiet New Year's Eve at home with his family
A fete in Kennington is being held to raise money to help end child slave labour in India. The traditional summer fete, which is being organised by the Kennington Overseas Aid charity, takes place in the grounds of St Swithun's Church, Kennington Road
An Oxford professor who documented the growing worldwide impact of smoking as a cause of death has won a top award for his "outstanding" contribution to cancer research. Sir Richard Peto Sir Richard Peto, professor of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology
Bicester Town's new boss says he would not have taken the job if he didn't think he could revive the club's fortunes. Eddie Nix was named as the replacement for Barry Grant as Town manager last week, and is relishing the challenge that faces him. Bicester
It was a bad day for Bicester's men in the latest round of matches in the Wilson Inter-Club 3-Pair League, writes Jon Murray. Bicester's A team were on the end of a 6 -2 defeat at Woodstock in Division 1, while in Division 2, Bicester B were crushed 8
David Beckham erased the bitter memory of his sending-off in St Etienne by converting a penalty winner against Argentina in Sapporo today - to give England a wonderful chance of World Cup progress. Sven-Goran Eriksson's men had just started to get on
Juliet Harbutt has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the cheese industry. She was the creator of the British Cheese Festival and award scheme for home-produced varieties. Now she has been presented with an award by the British Cheese
Queenie the pig has surprised staff at Witney's Cogges Manor Farm Museum by giving birth to 13 piglets. Queenie and her piglets When Gloucester Old Spot sow came to the museum just three months ago, no-one suspected she was pregnant. But the litter was
A new wine bar in Witney has been given a public entertainments licence, despite a former town mayor's concerns it could turn into a nightclub. West Oxfordshire District Council's licensing sub-committee approved the application for the Hush Wine Bar,
Alexander Peach (Dulwich Paragon CC) continued his impressive run of results, comfortably winning Oxonian's Open 50-mile time trial in a time of 1.42.24. Two minutes back was local rider Nik Gardiner and third was End-to-End record holder Gethin Butler
Andy Hemming broke his thumb tackling a shoplifter outside a Witney supermarket and misses Shipton's trip to Thame in Division 1, writes Peter Fenn. Stewart Gillett and Chris Panter are also out, so Craig Lambert, Jerry Senior and Tim Osborne step up.
A couple who gave up their jobs to buy a village shop say business is booming. Barry and Lara Clarkson Barry Clarkson and his wife Lara took over Heyford Park Stores, Upper Heyford, near Bicester, last December and say they have turned its fortunes round
Abingdon outclassed Chinnor B away with a 4-0 victory in Ladies Division 1 of the 2-Pair League. Second pair Helen Asbury and Emma Lawrence-Jones dropped only one game as they raced away to take all four sets The first pair of Jackie Hummel and Val Casemore
About 300 people will be taking part in the drive of a lifetime on the weekend of June 8 and June 9. The gates of the former US Air Force base, at Upper Heyford, near Bicester, are being flung open to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Research. But the
Former Hellenic League secretary Michael Jenkins has been elected as the new president, following the death of the league's founder Norman Matthews, writes Kieren Bushnell. Jenkins, who also had a spell as registrations and referees' secretary in the
A pioneering taxibus service to transport commuters between their homes and trains has been extended. Chiltern Railways launched its taxibuses in Bicester in April to cater for passengers living on the town's housing estates wanting to travel via Bicester
A talk will be held to raise funds for a children's charity. Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, will talk about the group's work with deprived children in south London, at Lime Walk Methodist Church, Headington, Oxford, at 7pm on Friday,
Two Oxfordshire artists are featured in a new exhibition of some of the country's leading enamellists. Work by Rosemary Zeeman, from Woodstock, and Jennifer Edge, from Abingdon, goes on show at the Oxfordshire Museum in Park Street, Woodstock, starting
An African Drumming Club has won Banbury School an award from leading national charity Education Extra. The certificate is for out-of-school activities. Banbury School is one of 500 across the UK to get the award. as part of a two-week celebration of
A family has issued posters to try to find Ozzie, their one-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier. The pet, which belongs to Judy and Pete Holloway, of Elevendon Road, Goring, ran off after being let off his lead and has not been seen for more than a week
Gardeners having problems with their roses are being given the chance to get expert advice next week at Notcutts Garden Centre, in Nuneham Courtenay. Graeme Lougher Mark Mattock, author of the book Roses for the Smaller Garden, will be at the centre on
A couple who first met at an Oxford youth club have celebrated 50 years of marriage. George and Patricia Lenhardt, of Merlin Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, spent the Bank Holiday weekend in Torquay with their family to mark their Golden Wedding. The couple
Former Conservative minister Jonathan Aitken, who was imprisoned for lying in court, will talk about his downfall in a lecture to students. Mr Aitken, a former defence minister and Chief Secretary to the Treasury who boasted a £3m fortune, was jailed
Banbury Show -- the town's official celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee -- will be a fun-filled affair with something for all the family. The show opens on Saturday, June 15 with an evening of music in Spiceball Park, starting at 5pm, with a two-hour
A man who was the victim of a racist beating as he cycled home from a Jubilee party is to undergo an operation to save the sight in his left eye on Friday (June 7). The 36-year-old Jamaican, who has lived in the country for two months, collapsed in Ridgefield
A recovering drug addict was found dead by his mother on New Year's Day with more than 16 times the fatal level of heroin in his bloodstream. James Evans, 28, of Downside End, Risinghurst, Oxford, had spent a quiet New Year's Eve at home with his family
A former pub landlady has stepped in just as the church was about to call time on a magazine serving three Oxfordshire parishes. When the editor and treasurer of The Bridge announced their resignations, the future looked bleak for the 27-year-old publication
A talk will be held to raise funds for a children's charity. Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, will talk about the group's work with deprived children in south London, at Lime Walk Methodist Church, Headington, Oxford, at 7pm on Friday,
An African Drumming Club has won Banbury School an award from leading national charity Education Extra. The certificate is for out-of-school activities. Banbury School is one of 500 across the UK to get the award. as part of a two-week celebration of
Banbury Show -- the town's official celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee -- will be a fun-filled affair with something for all the family. The show opens on Saturday, June 15 with an evening of music in Spiceball Park, starting at 5pm, with a two-hour
Agents selling Banbury rugby ground say the site could go to property speculators who would wait up to 20 years before applying for permission to build houses. Colin White, of London property specialists Edward Symmons, said he had been inundated with
Aston Martin has denied reports that its parent company Ford is planning to sell it off to the highest bidder. A spokesman for the up-market car manufacturer, which has plants at Banbury and at Gaydon, described the speculation as "absolute nonsense."
Businesses in Wantage have teamed up with local authorities to produce a blueprint to save the retail centre of the town. The Wantage Joint Economic Forum has announced plans to compile a health check on the town to identify what businesses are needed
A doctor accused of acting in a "reckless and grossly negligent" manner by giving a cancer patient a fatal dose of morphine during a late-night call has defended his actions. Dr Donald Langridge Dr Donald Langridge, 62, of Radley Road, Abingdon, is facing
AN Oxford-based group which co-ordinates a national project to monitor the numbers of dolphins, whales and porpoises off the country's coastline has been awarded £133,500. The money has been given to the Sea Watch Foundation by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Nurse Debbie Evans is furious that her employers have chopped down trees screening her Oxford home from a hospital car park. Debbie Evans Mrs Evans, 45, an anaesthetist at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, said she and her neighbours in Windmill Road,
A couple who first met at an Oxford youth club have celebrated 50 years of marriage. George and Patricia Lenhardt, of Merlin Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, spent the Bank Holiday weekend in Torquay with their family to mark their Golden Wedding. The couple
An Oxford professor who documented the growing worldwide impact of smoking as a cause of death has won a top award for his "outstanding" contribution to cancer research. Sir Richard Peto Sir Richard Peto, professor of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology
A pioneering taxibus service to transport commuters between their homes and trains has been extended. Chiltern Railways launched its taxibuses in Bicester in April to cater for passengers living on the town's housing estates wanting to travel via Bicester
Vital evidence may be lost because robbery victims are not reporting incidents as soon as possible, police have warned. Oxford CID officers are concerned key forensic and identification evidence could be lost due to such delays. Det Con Emma Garside said
Nurse Debbie Evans is furious that her employers have chopped down trees screening her Oxford home from a hospital car park. Debbie Evans Mrs Evans, 45, an anaesthetist at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, said she and her neighbours in Windmill Road,
Vital evidence may be lost because robbery victims are not reporting incidents as soon as possible, police have warned. Oxford CID officers are concerned key forensic and identification evidence could be lost due to such delays. Det Con Emma Garside said
Oxfordshire are in buoyant mood ahead of this Sunday's ECB 38-County Competition clash with Buckingham- shire, writes Richard Tilley. Victory over Cheshire in their opening three-day Minor Counties Championship game in Cheshire earlier this week has seen
