England were celebrating today after booking their place in the last 16 of the World Cup. A goalless draw against Nigeria in Osaka today, and Argentina's 1-1 draw against Sweden in Miyagi, means Sven-Goran Eriksson's men finished runners-up in Group F
Football fans go to school early Hundreds of young football fans went to school early today to watch England in the World Cup. Many of them were wearing England shirts and patriotic hats as they settled in front of television screens to cheer on the team
Teenage football fan Scott Roberts, who suffered from cystic fibrosis, has died in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Scott Roberts, with Manchester United captain Roy Keane, when he was the team mascot at a match last September Two years ago the 14
A credit card fraud has been traced to an Indian restaurant in Wheatley. Police investigated the £50,000 fraud after complaints from members of the public in south Oxfordshire, whose credit card details had been copied. Cloning -- or "skimming" -- involves
Children enjoyed a range of activities at a fete to raise money for maintenance work on their school building. The new chairman of Grove Parish Council, Frank Parnell, with Isobel Gregory, five The fete for North Drive Pre-School was held on Saturday
Residents of Wantage celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee while the rest of Britain was taking down its commemorative bunting. Natalie Skinner, nine, and Luccia Rennie, eight, enjoying the festivities in Wantage The festivities were held a week late
Thame scraped home by three runs against Shipton-under-Wychwood thanks to an innings of 70 by Rob Brooks and a spell of 4-32 by Luke Merry in the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup. The best bowling came from Kidlington's Mark Strong, who took 5-29 in their
1st round results and 2nd round draw Tiddington 101-3 (R Krynauw 48no), Banbury Twenty 103-0 (15 ovs, R Hawkins 46no, D Wise 39no). Aston Rowant 150-4 (P Plumridge 54), Cowley 87-7. Oxford & H 153-5 (I Crosby 60, A Cook 47), Rover Cowley 84 (18.5
Results of races at the Oxford Stadium on June 11 7.35: 1 KINGDOM SWALLOW 7-4 fav, 2 Connolly Mick 2-1. Trio: (2x5x4). Trainer: Morgan. Time: 28.05. 7.50: 1 TITCHS DREAM 3-1, 2 Seskin Tom 2-1 fav. Trio: (3x4x6). Trainer: Stringer. Time: 28.07. 8.05: 1
Results from the second race of Kidlington Running and Athletic Club's Motavation Series. 1 M Flint (Birchfield H) 21.44, 2 S Pritchard (Banbury H) 22.16, 3 P Gregory (Vale of Aylesbury, V40) 22.18, 4 M Ashton (Witney RR) 22.22, 5 P George (Woodstock
Paul Sawyer was in top form for Plough B, Merton hitting 12 dolls, including a six, in their 3-0 victory over Boat in Section 7 of the Morrells League. Meanwhile, Tony Bradford scored nine for the Turners Arms, but they still lost their unbeaten record
An elderly woman escaped unhurt when her 17th century cottage near Wheatley caught fire yesterday afternoon. Seven fire engines, with 35 firefighters, were sent to the blaze in Denton Lane, Chippinghurst. It took three hours to bring the fire under control
Abingdon will become a little more neighbourly when the town's churches launch Community Week this weekend. The 14 churches that make up the Church in Abingdon group will be asking their congregations to visit friends and neighbours and invite them to
Bogus charity workers burgled an elderly woman's home in Witney and stole cash yesterday. A plump man in his 30s, with short dark hair, knocked on the woman's door off Hailey Road. He claimed to be a volunteer with the Help the Aged charity and offered
A bus-users' surgery in Banbury next week will give passengers the chance to quiz council officers and bus operators. The National Federation of Bus Users has asked Stagecoach to organise a public meeting at which passengers can raise problems and make
Residents of Wantage celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee while the rest of Britain was taking down its commemorative bunting. Natalie Skinner, nine, and Luccia Rennie, eight, enjoying the festivities in Wantage The festivities were held a week late
A bus-users' surgery in Banbury next week will give passengers the chance to quiz council officers and bus operators. The National Federation of Bus Users has asked Stagecoach to organise a public meeting at which passengers can raise problems and make
Thame United and Oxford City are set to play in the new Ryman League Division 1 (North) League, while Abingdon Town will compete in Ryman Division 2. The changes have yet to be rubber-stamped by Ryman League chiefs.
Bicester, who will play two friendlies against National 1 side Coventry's Development XV, have supplemented their coaching team for next season. Tim Hillier and Ian McMillan will be joining last year's pairing of Mark Nash and Clive Davies. Open-side
A Didcot man has won nearly £105,000 on the National Bingo Game. Andy Palmer, of Ladygrove, called a full house after 41 numbers at the New Coronet Bingo Club, where he has been a member for four years. John Carpenter, who runs the Didcot club with his
Works of art depicting life at a drop-in centre for homeless people in Oxford have been put on display. Artist Celia Ward with one of her works An exhibition by artist Celia Ward starts today and runs until Saturday, from noon to 2pm. Mrs Ward painted
Families on Oxford's Rose Hill estate will be consulted over the future use of a former sheltered housing block, now being considered for homeless people. Stephen Field House already has permission in principle from Oxford City Council's executive committee
An Oxford charity that has broken down the stigma often associated with mental illness has celebrated its 25th anniversary. Restore, a mental health rehabilitation charity based in east Oxford, was founded on June 11, 1977. One of Restore's co-founders
The result of a public inquiry into £220m plans to double the size of the Westgate centre in Oxford should be revealed by the end of the month. In November, planning inspector Rodney Baker chaired the inquiry which examined development plans from Capital
An Oxford teenager believed to have run away with a man she met through an Internet chatroom is due to return to school today. As reported in the late edition of yesterday's Oxford Mail, Louise Andrews, 13, called her family on Monday night from Peckham
The Japanese Ambassador to Britain took part in an ancient ritual to celebrate the opening of a special Japanese teaching room. Kaeko Chiba, performing the tea ceremony His Excellency Masaki Orita joined guests at Oxford Brookes University for a Japanese
Traders are urging council leaders to ensure that legal arguments over who is to blame for Cornmarket Street's cracked slabs does not hold up a replacement scheme. The Oxford Mail revealed yesterday that a £2.2m project to re-pave the city's main shopping
Young diabetics were treated to an active weekend of fun thanks to doctors and nurses from an Oxford hospital and a £2,600 grant from the BBC's Children in Need. Nine-year-olds Nicholas Phillips, front, and David Bowler on the climbing wall Staff from
A woman stabbed her son's friend with a steak knife after the two men started fighting, a court heard. Lorraine Bustin, 43, is charged with wounding with intent or unlawful wounding. She denies both charges. Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday that Bustin
A strong Oxford Cavaliers outfit completed the double over Worcestershire Saints with an emphatic 54-11 win at home to start the second half of the TotalRL.com Conference season on a high. Cavaliers came out firing on all cylinders to take a 12-point
Oxfordshire's leading referee Gareth Copsey has taken another step closer the top by gaining a place on England's national panel. The 34-year-old fireman from RAF Benson, who was disappointed to miss out on promotion last season, is now rated among the
Grease, Oxford Apollo The hugely popular musical Grease roars back to the Apollo this week like Greased Lightnin', to borrow the title of one of its best-loved songs. The cast of Grease --performing at the Apollo until Saturday Speaking of greased lightnin
Car thieves are breaking into homes across Oxfordshire to steal ignition keys and make off with high-powered cars. Members of the public who leave their keys on tables near the front door or hang them on hooks are making thieves' lives easy, police have
Abingdon will become a little more neighbourly when the town's churches launch Community Week this weekend. The 14 churches that make up the Church in Abingdon group will be asking their congregations to visit friends and neighbours and invite them to
A sex offender has pleaded guilty to four charges of indecent assault against two girls since they were aged nine and 13. Terrance Gurden, 61, who admitted indecently assaulting the girls on separate occasions dating back to 1996, is to be sentenced at
Police are hunting a conman who persuaded a woman to part with antiques worth £1,000. The man called at the woman's home in Charlbury yesterday and offered her £1,000 for a chest of drawers and a chess set. But after the man had left with the antiques
Bogus charity workers burgled an elderly woman's home in Witney and stole cash yesterday. A plump man in his 30s, with short dark hair, knocked on the woman's door off Hailey Road. He claimed to be a volunteer with the Help the Aged charity and offered
Witney's MP David Cameron was today aiming to tell Parliament about the notorious A40 commuter bottleneck into Oxford. He has won the right to hold a special debate in the House of Commons on the state of transport in Oxfordshire, and plans to use the
Talks have reached an advanced stage for the first retail park in west Oxfordshire. The proposed site is in Carterton, opposite the main gate of RAF Brize Norton, on land included within the north east Carterton development. West Oxon Business Park could
An elderly woman escaped unhurt when her 17th century cottage near Wheatley caught fire yesterday afternoon. Seven fire engines, with 35 firefighters, were sent to the blaze in Denton Lane, Chippinghurst. It took three hours to bring the fire under control
More than 150 athletes swam, cycled and ran in the 4th Wantage triathlon on Sunday. A triathlon competitor takes a break Competitors swam 800m in the pool at Wantage Leisure Centre, then cycled 35km around the town, before running 12km to complete the
Nigel Dudding is back as head coach at Henley as the Hawks see to bounce back from their relegation to National League 2. Dudding held the post during Henley's rise from South West 1 and for their first two years in National 1. He replaces Jim McKay,
Birchfield Harrier Mark Flint, running for the first time since his record-breaking effort at Charlton-on-Otmoor last season, romped home to win the second race of Kidlington Running and Athletic Club's Motavation Series. He stormed home to take the Bletchingdon
Oxford City's senior men put in an impressive performance in their only home match of the season in the Southern League Division 2 meeting at Horspath. Despite tough competition from Thames Valley Harriers and Vale of Aylesbury, City pulled out all the
Radley Ladies A produced a tremendous all-round display to take second place at their Southern Women's League Division 1 meeting at Bournemouth. Despite being severely depleted through injury and unavailability, Radley covered every event to amass 193
The card for Oxford Stadium races on Thursday, June 13. 7.35 450m A9 Rhincrew Ann...(Angie Kibble) Brave Texan...(David Egan) Broadacres Polly...(Pat Curtin) Flashing Issue...(Maurice Massey) Clonbrin Heather 3 (W)...(Terry Atkins) BRADWELL PITA (W)..
Police are hunting a conman who persuaded a woman to part with antiques worth £1,000. The man called at the woman's home in Charlbury yesterday and offered her £1,000 for a chest of drawers and a chess set. But after the man had left with the antiques
A county-wide campaign to attract more school governors got under way in Banbury on Monday. Charles Shouler, chairman of Oxfordshire County Council, and the county's acting chief education officer, Roy Smith, were at Harriers Ground Primary School in
Children enjoyed a range of activities at a fete to raise money for maintenance work on their school building. The new chairman of Grove Parish Council, Frank Parnell, with Isobel Gregory, five The fete for North Drive Pre-School was held on Saturday
Two people killed in an air accident have been named. They were glider pilot Jon Crewe, 69, of Sparsey Place, Cutteslowe, north Oxford, and skydiver Phillip Cheasley, 24, of Colliers Wood, London. The accident happened when Mr Cheasley collided with Mr
A Didcot man has won nearly £105,000 on the National Bingo Game. Andy Palmer, of Ladygrove, called a full house after 41 numbers at the New Coronet Bingo Club, where he has been a member for four years. John Carpenter, who runs the Didcot club with his
A county-wide campaign to attract more school governors got under way in Banbury on Monday. Charles Shouler, chairman of Oxfordshire County Council, and the county's acting chief education officer, Roy Smith, were at Harriers Ground Primary School in
A BMW director has singled out the Mini for praise as the company's worldwide sales boom continues. Sales and marketing board member Dr Michael Ganal said the decision to pitch the Cowley-built car in the premium sector was being justified by figures
Witney's MP David Cameron was today aiming to tell Parliament about the notorious A40 commuter bottleneck into Oxford. He has won the right to hold a special debate in the House of Commons on the state of transport in Oxfordshire, and plans to use the
The Japanese Ambassador to Britain took part in an ancient ritual to celebrate the opening of a special Japanese teaching room. His Excellency Masaki Orita joined guests at Oxford Brookes University for a Japanese tea ceremony, performed by Kaeko Chiba
Young diabetics were treated to an active weekend of fun thanks to doctors and nurses from an Oxford hospital and a £2,600 grant from the BBC's Children in Need. Staff from the paediatric diabetes team at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, used
Works of art depicting life at a drop-in centre for homeless people in Oxford have been put on display. Artist Celia Ward with one of her works An exhibition by artist Celia Ward starts today and runs until Saturday, from noon to 2pm. Mrs Ward painted
A credit card fraud has been traced to an Indian restaurant in Wheatley. Police investigated the £50,000 fraud after complaints from members of the public in south Oxfordshire, whose credit card details had been copied. Cloning -- or "skimming" -- involves
Families on Oxford's Rose Hill estate will be consulted over the future use of a former sheltered housing block, now being considered for homeless people. Stephen Field House already has permission in principle from Oxford City Council's executive committee
Besieged families in Blackbird Leys have demanded council chiefs get tough on illegal parking. They claim their lives are being made a misery by football fans visiting the new Kassam Stadium, who clog up nearby streets and even park across driveways,
Teenage football fan Scott Roberts, who suffered from cystic fibrosis, has died in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Scott Roberts, with Manchester United captain Roy Keane, when he was the team mascot at a match last September Two years ago the 14
Besieged families in Blackbird Leys have demanded council chiefs get tough on illegal parking. They claim their lives are being made a misery by football fans visiting the new Kassam Stadium, who clog up nearby streets and even park across driveways,
Traders are urging council leaders to ensure that legal arguments over who is to blame for Cornmarket Street's cracked slabs does not hold up a replacement scheme. The Oxford Mail revealed yesterday that a £2.2m project to re-pave the city's main shopping
The Banbury Twenty opening pair of Richard Hawkins and David Wise continued their remarkable record in the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup as they helped their side to a ten-wicket victory over Tiddington in Tuesday night's first-round tie. In the previous
Thame United skipper Martin Brown could be on his way back to former club Oxford City. The central defender, who is out of contract at the Windmill Stadium, has had talks with City boss Paul Lee about a possible move to Court Place Farm. Brown, who moved
Paramedics in Oxfordshire have been commended for improving their performance -- even though they have not met national targets for 999 response times. John Nichols, chief executive of Oxfordshire Ambulance Trust, praised his staff for their hard work
Car thieves are breaking into homes across Oxfordshire to steal ignition keys and make off with high-powered cars. Members of the public who leave their keys on tables near the front door or hang them on hooks are making thieves' lives easy, police have
