Spot-checks on vehicles transporting livestock to Oxfordshire's only cattle market have revealed "shocking" breaches of laws aimed at preventing the spread of disease. Twenty-two animal health and welfare offences relating to 15 of 32 vehicles entering
A retired postman became so exasperated with the state of the postal service on an Oxford estate that he resorted to delivering mail himself. Gerry CaseyGerry Casey, 71, collected post from the Headington depot and delivered it to residents in William
A school in Thame will close as a mark of respect on the day of a popular teacher's funeral. The body of John Fulkes, 54, was discovered at his home in Pym Walk, Thame, on Monday. It is thought he had been dead for some time. Mr Fulkes, an English teacher
A new cook and nutritionist have been brought in to revamp the menu at a Wallingford primary school as part of a major healthy eating campaign. Fir Tree Junior School in Radnor Road is testing the new initiative for a year. If successful, it plans to
Oxford City Stars hopes of winning some silverware suffered a shattering blow as they threw away a two-goal lead in their 8-3 defeat at Sheffield Scimitars in the first leg of the English National League Cup final. The visitors started the stronger, but
Two tries by former Grove centre Ali James enabled Henley to escape the relegation trapdoor from National League 1 with a brave 23-15 victory over Bedford at Dry Leas. In front of a record league crowd of 2,000, Hawks won the game with three outstanding
Once upon a time the Royal Mail was the pride of the nation. Fast, reliable and secure, it showed the rest of the world how a postal service should be run. Our postmen wore their badge with pride. Now it is difficult finding enough people to wear the
A quarter of Oxfordshire Body Zone clinics, offering teenagers free contraception and confidential advice about sexual health, have closed. Some parents are opposed to the service - first introduced in April 2000 - but health chiefs said a shortage of
A ban which prevents a violent and antisocial teenager from visiting parts of Abingdon has been welcomed by residents and traders. Daniel Rumley, 19, of Parsons Mead and formerly of Saxton Road, is the first Abingdon resident to have an Antisocial Behaviour
A woman was knocked off her bike by muggers who rode up alongside her on a motorbike and snatched her bag. The 50-year-old victim was riding along Campbell Road, east Oxford, when two youths on a motorbike struck, shortly after 11.30am on Saturday. Neither
The trial of two men accused of manslaughter after an Oxford University student died after being fired from a giant catapult has begun. Kostadin Yankov, 19, a first year biochemistry student at Wadham College, missed the safety net, hit the ground and
Bottles and bricks were thrown during a large fight involving Cambridge United supporters and Oxford residents. A group of about 20 Cambridge supporters arrived at The Blackbird pub, in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, on Saturday afternoon and attempted to force
Ousted Oxford United boss Ian Atkins has taken a swipe at some of the people behind the scenes at the Kassam Stadium who, he says, hinder the club's chances of moving forward. He was officially unveiled as Bristol Rovers' new manager at a press conference
SIR - Are we, the electorate, to believe that your newspaper was wrong to publish details about the misplacement of £1m of our council tax? How dare county councillor John 'new boy' Howell suggest that you were "seeking to perpetuate a culture of blame
SIR - The new seats are not only attractive to shoppers in Cornmarket Street in Oxford, but also to the litter the shoppers produce by the sackful. The bins attract litter. They are emptied and then the grey sacks are left beside the seats. Overflowing
More than 300 balloons floated up into the air above the Blake Primary School in Cogges, Witney, as staff and pupils celebrated a successful Ofsted inspection. The Government inspectors described the school as very good with an excellent ethos. Pupils
SIR - County councillor John Howell condemns your newspaper for its "relentless criticism of the county council" (Oxford Mail, April 22). How easy it is for politicians to defend themselves by turning this into a political point-scoring exercise, and
An Abingdon man punched a boy in the head when he refused to eat his porridge, a court heard. Brian Johnson, of Gainsborough Green, is charged with five counts of child cruelty. The alleged offences, which stretch back to 1996, include verbal abuse, smacking
A father has made Lo last ditch attempt to be allowed to give evidence against the doctor who treated his son before he died. Arpad Toth claims that when Dr David Jarman was called to his family home in October 1993 to treat his son Wilfred, who was having
Thousands of sports fans got close to the Webb Ellis Cup when the Rugby World Cup Roadshow hit Oxfordshire over the past two days. As well as appearing at two M40 service stations, the famous trophy went to such public places as the Bicester Village shopping
The word 'challenge' clearly features high on the list of headteacher Ian Johnson's list of priorities in life. Having successfully turned round one school in difficulty, he is now off to improve another. He will leave Oxford School in east Oxford in
What a sad reflection on society that we have to put up posters warning youths of the consequences of lobbing bricks at buses in Oxford. To the many law-abiding young people, the result of such lethal behaviour would be obvious. But clearly we have a
Oxfordshire's promotion hopes were dashed as they went down 20-16 to Shropshire in their final British Inter-County Championship Division 4 encounter. Needing victory at the Anstice Memorial Club, Madeley, near Telford, to have a chance of overhauling
Abingdon boxer Jake Guntert will make his professional debut next month. The young middleweight is being managed by Frank Maloney, who guided Lennox Lewis to the undisputed world heavyweight title. Guntert's first fight will take place on Friday, May
Oxford City have the chance to banish Saturday's shocker against Tilbury when they host Ryman League Division 1 North side Uxbridge at Court Place Farm tonight. City boss Andy Sinnott was furious with his side after the display in Essex which ended in
The annual May Queen crowning at Long Wittenham will take place on Saturday - despite the demise of the village's Girls' Friendly Society (GFS), which organised the ceremony for nearly 90 years. The worldwide Christian-based women's organisation GFS -
A rainbow flag will be flown from Oxford Town Hall this week to promote an annual gay pride festival. Oxford City Council has agreed to let organisers of Oxford Pride fly their flag until Saturday - the day of the festival, which celebrates the city's
A man who burgled four oxford houses to feed his drug addiction has been sent to prison for 21 months. Kandoor Milnyali, 37, of Drove Acre Road, Cowley, admitted breaking into a house in Essex Street last December when he appeared before Oxford magistrates
Liberal Democrat city councillor Jean Fooks has demanded action so that bus drivers who leave their engines running can be fined. In February, the council's environment scrutiny committee agreed that the authority should adopt the necessary legislation
Oxfordshire needs tens of thousands of nursery school places to cope with demand, according to Government figures. The Department for Education has admitted there are just 22,100 registered placements for children in the county. At the same time the department's
