The Cherwell School is to hold an open evening for parents of prospective pupils on Thursday, October 2. The event was incorrectly advertised as being on Friday in an Oxfordshire County Council brochure. It will run from 6pm until 9pm at the school in
More Oxfordshire students have enrolled on a course to try their hand at farming. Abingdon and Witney College has doubled its intake to 16 students from last year, for its City & Guilds National Certificate in agriculture. The students are based at
With a voice that could charm the very angels, it is no surprise Cara Dillon has got folk lovers excited. The singing sensation has attracted plaudits and awards since winning her first contest at the age of 14, and deserves her reputation as one of Northern
Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, 86, one of the dwindling band of Battle of Britain pilots once dubbed 'The Few', has died. Sir Christopher -- pictured with Sir Winston Churchill -- joined an RAF fighter squadron in September 1940. He was shot down in flames
Wallingford mayor Betty Atkins kicked off the local campaign to keep flu at bay by getting a jab at the town's medical practice from nurse Pippa Lamb. She emphasised the importance to people over 65 and those at risk of having the flu jab. She said: "
Chinnor are expecting flying winger Charlie Oyebade to make his seasonal debut when they entertain strong Bristol-based club Clevedon in South West 1 on Saturday. Oyebade, who plays rugby league in London during the summer, will be welcomed back as Chinnor
Games to be played on Saturday, October 4, 2003 POWERGEN CUP 3rd round: Henley v Newbury. ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Powergen South West Div 1: Barnstaple v Oxford Harlequins, Chinnor v Clevedon Powergen Midlands Div 2 East: Banbury v Newark. Southern
The future for hundreds of workers at Chipping Norton furniture maker Parker Knoll is shrouded in doubt with the company set to pull out of the town. The loss-making firm, one of the area's largest employers, has applied for planning permission to turn
Famous though it is, excellent though it is, John Arden's anti-war drama Serjeant Musgrave's Dance has never done well at the box office. When it opened at the Royal Court in 1959 (with Ian Bannen in the title role and a cast that included Stratford Johns
THE Oxford United official website's club messageboard has been suspended following fears about fans naming names in the alleged rape case, involving a Premiership club, that has rocked the game. A statement on the website read: "Given the unique circumstances
OXFORD City Stars travel to Slough Harrier Hawks tomorrow (5.45pm) hoping to keep up the good work after their best start to a league campaign for many years. Second-placed Stars will be bidding to keep their 100 per cent record in the English National
A Bicester police officer has finally received his long-service medal -- more than a year after qualifying for it. Town centre beat officer Matt Jenkins, above, was recognised for his 22 years of service last May. He asked for the presentation to take
A pioneering skydiver, who survived a 5,000ft drop when his parachute failed to open, has died aged 79. Norman Hoffman, of Marcham, Abingdon, was awarded the British Empire Medal for his work training skydivers in the armed forces. His son Paul has written
Police have removed hate-campaign posters put up in Banbury by friends of an alleged rape victim. The posters named a man wanted by police in connection with the alleged attack and warned residents in the Neithrop area of the town that the man's sister
Defender Jason Allen has given Banbury United a lift ahead of their game at Dr Martens Western Division side Team Bath, after rejecting a move to Brackley Town. Manager Kevin Brock said: "I'm delighted he is staying, His form has been really good." Banbury
Oxford City have received a boost after striker Danny Wise declared himself fit for tomorrow's preliminary round clash with high-flying Dr Martens Eastern Division side Folkestone Invicta. The pacy frontman has missed City's last three games after going
Ian Atkins is set to drop one of his Oxford United players to make way for returning skipper Andy Crosby - but has told them in the dressing room not to take it personally. Crosby is now fit to return after an Achilles injury, which gives the U's manager
Matches to be played on Sunday, October 5 OFA SAM WATERS CUP 1st round: Chinnor Ath v Bookbinders, Hook Norton Social v Forest Hill, Arncott v Chinnor Exiles, Banbury Spurs v Crown & Thistle, Cropedy v Burford Utd, Standlake Garage v Chipping Norton
Games to be played on Saturday, October 4, 2003 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Boston Utd v Oxford Utd. FA TROPHY Prelim round: Berkhamsted Tn v Thame Utd, Oxford City v Folkestone Invicta, Team Bath v Banbury Utd. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 2: Kingsbury Tn v Abingdon
Burford's Gerry Shields shot the best nett round of the day to finish third in the handicap event of 36-hole Berks, Bucks & Oxon's Autumn Trophy played at The Springs, Wallingford. The five-handicapper's nett 67 in the afternoon gave him a total of
Ellesborough Golf Club still lead the race for the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League Section 1 title, despite suffering their second whitewash defeat in a row. This week it was Frilford Heath, who inflicted the damage with a maximum victory on
Vauxhall Barracks in Didcot will be sold off to create a new 300-home community including a hotel, recreation ground and community centre in the heart of the town. The plans are expected to be backed by Didcot Town Council, which is calling for the reopening
Joyriders caused a head-on crash and then damaged three other cars while manoeuvring to get away. The car, which had three youths inside, sped along Asquith Road, in Rose Hill, Oxford, and slammed into a red Nissan driven by resident Sue Chambers, 39,
It's the final chapter for The Little Bookshop in Oxford's Covered Market, which is closing after more than 25 years. Owner Philip Gilbert, 75, from Summertown, is retiring so that he can spend more time with his family. The bookshop was often mentioned
Wolvercote residents have complained they felt let down by police following a vicious attack on a Brazilian family. Speaking at the Oxford City Council's north area committee meeting on Thursday, Alison McDonald, of Osborne Close, in Upper Wolvercote,
Oxford city councillors have defied advice from planning officers and rejected a series of developers' applications that were vigorously opposed by Cowley residents. The decisions -- mainly concerning houses of multiple occupancy -- led to warnings that
Traders in Oxford are linking up with city council events organisers to stage a parade before the annual switch-on of Christmas lights. The light show in the city centre will be switched on in Cornmarket by a celebrity on Saturday, November 22, at 4.45pm
A former taxi driver who was found guilty of 20 sex offences was told by a judge he was a danger to young girls. A jury at Oxford Crown Court yesterday found Malcolm Morton, 56, of Edgecombe Road, Barton, guilty of 11 charges of indecent assault and nine
The long-running strike action at luxury car maker Aston Martin is over. Workers at the Bloxham plant voted unanimously to return to work full time after staging stoppages over the last seven weeks over management plans to introduce flexible working hours
Speed cameras have cut the number of serious accidents and deaths on Oxfordshire's roads -- despite a leap in the number of fatalities this year. That is the message of Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership, which manages Oxfordshire's speed cameras on
Middle-class people of the 21st century will become a dysfunctional lot indeed if they ever get to resemble the creatures described in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People (HarperCollins, £16.99). A seemingly docile group of such people, living in a comfortable
The German group of the Town Twinning Association is meeting at the civic hall at 8pm on October 2. All are welcome. Call 01235 770156.
A cancer charity is looking for volunteers to help plant 15,000 daffodil bulbs. Marie Curie Cancer Care is creating a field of remembrance in Bicester and will be putting the bulbs in on November 7. Anyone interested in helping should call organiser Val
I recognised him immediately. So did everyone else in the pub -- after all this was the chef whose new Channel 4 foodie series French Leave, attracted more than three million viewers when it went on air two weeks ago. We had arranged to meet at his favourite
Oxfordshire's traffic-calming measures are under review after a district judge expressed "great sympathy" for the builder who dug up a noisy road hump. District Judge Brian Loosley on Friday convicted Ian 'Digger' Beesley of criminal damage following
Cholsey Parish Council is considering selling off under-used allotments to pay for a new village hall. Council chairman Alan Dawe said: "We are hoping for a substantial grant from South Oxfordshire District Council, but if it does not materialise we may
The official opening of Witney RFC's clubhouse extension on Sunday, October 12, will be used as a memorial to Mark Godfrey, who tragically died in January. The larger-than-life character and former Witney captain was only 46, and played in the first XV
An eight-year-old survivor of a car crash woke from a coma to be told her mother, stepfather and brother were dead. Emily Powell was told the terrible news by her father who had kept a vigil at her bedside at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital since the
Jonathan Maskens and Evelyn Swift are The Oxford Times Open singles champions after securing the titles at Abingdon's White Horse Leisure & Tennis Centre. The men's event was a repeat of last year's final, with Maskens again beating Joe Cartledge
A bout of literary pugilism is always enjoyable to watch. One thinks, in recent years, of Paul Theroux's sudden turning on his old literary mentor V.S.Naipaul in Sir Vidia's Shadow or Roger Lewis's hilarious hatchet job on the reputation of Anthony Burgess
Noise and obscene behaviour at a Wantage pub have become "unbearable" since its licencing hours were extended, according to residents. Claire Austin, who is complaining about customers from the Blue Boar People living near the Blue Boar pub in Newbury
Teacher and parent governor Mark Sutherland has collected a top national award for helping to pioneer 'waking buses' and other ways of getting children to walk or cycle to school. Father-of-two Mr Sutherland launched the first walking bus at Hagbourne
Games to be played on Saturday, October 4 SOUTH LEAGUE Premier Div 1: Oxford Univ v Purley Walcountians. Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional: Banbury v Old Kingstonians, British Airways v City of Oxford. Div 1: Abingdon v Bicester, Rover Oxford
Nick Colton aims to become the first Oxford greyhound trainer to land the prestigious TV Trophy with his top staying bitch Creamery Euro at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The stayers event, formerly the BBC TV Trophy until the corporation dropped the race, has
WITH Julian Alsop starting a four-game suspension, United face a three-way choice between Mark Rawle, Andy Scott and Jefferson Louis up front for today's Division 3 game at York Street. "I might go with one for the first half and another for the second
Oxford 54, Sheffield 39 Oxford 56, Newcastle 34 THE Oxford Academy earned top marks with their ninth and tenth successive Conference League speedway victories - over Sheffield and Newcastle - in a double-header at Sandy Lane last night, writes JOHN GAISFORD
By Michael Knox MARK Cairns added another title to his long list of squash honours when he won the British Open Masters Over 35 Championship at Nottingham this week. The 36-year-old from Oxford did not drop a single game as he justified his top seeding
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reunite with director Michael Bay for this sequel to the hit 1995 action comedy. This new instalment ups the ante as Miami narcotics detectives Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) become part of a high-tech
Ben Barker, one of two 15-year-olds in the Oxford Academy line-up, has been named 'Conference League Man of the Week' in the Speedway Star following his second successive maximum against Rye House last week. He will be aiming to make it three and four
Woodstock Harriers failed to qualify for the national finals of the 6-stage relay, finishing 37th from 93 in the South of England Road Relay, held at the same venue. Greg Dell was the quickest Harrier, recording 19mins 46secs. Woodstock's B team finished
Oxford City picked up team bronze in the over 50 section of the Southern Counties Veterans' Road Relay Championship at the Rushmoor Arena in Aldershot. Richard Grant, who was the second fastest Vet 50 on the day, ran 20mins 24secs on the first leg to
The Chancellor of Oxford University, Chris Patten, will attend a gala supper on October 3 at St Aldate's Church, Oxford. He will speak about the role of the university in the 21st century. St Aldate's rector, the Rev Charlie Cleverley, will talk about
Matches for Saturday, October 4, 2003 SHAW & CO OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE Section 1: Studley Wood v Ellesborough, Oxford City v Frilford Heath. Section 2: Chipping Norton v Buckingham, Burford v Mentmore. Section 3: North Oxford v The Wychwood,
Recent golf club results in Oxfordshire FRILFORD HEATH Ladies Past Captains' Cup (Blue Course): 1J Pezaro 42pts, 2 M Glennie 36, 3 R Wilson 35. Mary Carslaw Memorial Trophy: 1J King +1 (cb), 2 P Kendall +1 (cb), 3 S Huggins +1 (cb). OXFORD CITY Midweek
Autumn in Sweden. The leaves are turning to gold in the southern forests, and if you are lucky, you may see the first traces of the ghostly Northern Lights on the horizon. Meanwhile, down in Stockholm, tortured genius Pr Wiksten is contemplating his return
Their special gift is to turn the pre-Freudian into the post-Freudian," remarks Fay Weldon, creator of the script for Madame Bovary which is Shared Experience's latest venture. Indeed, she's right: Flaubert's novel is mostly a social document; Polly Teale's
Comedian Stephen Fry makes his film directorial debut with this adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1920s novel, Vile Bodies. It's something of a triumph for him. Bright Young Things is inventively adapted and stylishly shot, and should appeal to Waugh devotees
The attractive pairing of McGregor and Miss Zellweger is, the producers tell us, an attempt to revive the spirit of those Doris Day-Rock Hudson romantic comedies of the 1950s and 60s. And the stars do a pretty effective job, though Down With Love has
SCULPTOR Martin Jennings abandoned his long-running battle with St John's College this week, when he left the Oxford studio where he has worked for the last 18 years. Mr Jennings was angered when St John's, his landlord, declined to renew the tenancy
Four soldiers from Oxford's Territorial Army are preparing to head out to Iraq on peacekeeping duties. The Royal Green Jackets soldiers, who are based at Slade Park, in Headington, Oxford, travel to the north Midlands, on Monday, to start five weeks of
Oxford City Council is giving staff a late Christmas present -- an extra day off on January 2. Council managers have taken the decision to delay reopening services in the New Year until Monday, January 5. The local authority will be joined by several
DAVID Oldfield has warned Oxford United's players not to rest on their laurels - and keep concentrating hard on picking up all three points in every match they play. After a very satisfying week for everyone at the Kassam Stadium, assistant manager Oldfield
