Abingdon United have been drawn against Oxford City in a mouth-watering FA Cup preliminary round tie on Saturday, September 2. The two clubs both won promotion to the Southern League last season, and is the pick of the round in Oxfordshire. Didcot
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A teenage girl in Kidlington fought off a man who tried to sexually assault her. Police are appealing for witnesses following the attempted sex assault on the 17yearold, on Tuesday. At 1am, the victim was walking along Lock Crescent, when a man grabbed
Oxford University made it four Varsity Match wins in succession by thrashing Cambridge by nine wickets on a memorable day in The Parks yesterday. Declaring at their overnight 450-7, the Dark Blues skittled the visitors for 187 in their seond innings
North Oxford were forced to hold their nerve in two three-set thrillers before running out 6-3 winners over Banbury West End in Division 1 of the Ladies' 3-Pair League. The scoreline suggests that North won the match with something in hand, but it was
Carterton boss Steve Hale is hoping to boost his side's goals tally after capturing the prolific strikeforce of Alex Green and Steve Avenall from rivals Shrivenham. Green scored 23 goals last season, while Avenall netted 17 times. Goalkeeper Luke
SATURDAY CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Falkland v Banbury, Henley v High Wycombe, Oxford v Tring Park. Div 2 West: Bicester & N Oxford v Gerrards Cross, Farnham Royal v Kidlington, Thame Tn v Beaconsfield. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL
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HOUSE price growth in Oxfordshire is among the lowest in the south east, according to new findings. The Nationwide regional house price report shows the average price of a property in the county is £231,495 a rise of just two per cent in the last year
House price growth in Oxfordshire is among the lowest in the south east, according to new findings. The Nationwide regional house price report shows the average price of a property in the county is £231,495 a rise of just two per cent in the last year
What is it about pirates that we find so attractive? More to the point, what is it about an eyelinered-up, dreadlock-sporting Johnny Depp that unleashes torrents of oestrogen to gush down the cinema aisles? There's plenty of time to ponder this while
Paul Stammers finds the taste of Cambodia to his liking, but is relieved not to find tarantula on the menu. Ginger beef with noodles, and a crispy fried spider to go, please! Or rather not. Actually it's really only in one part of Cambodia that piles
An eclectic weekend of music kicks off tomorrow at the Cornbury Oxford Festival. This year's bash is the biggest and best yet - and, with Oxford's Truck Records, is playing host to some refreshing new artists - including the oddly-named Get Cape, Wear
Health club manager Colin Berryman and four members of his staff rowed a marathon in Oxford's Westgate Shopping Centre to raise money for the Children's Hospital Campaign. Mr Berryman, 30, the manager of the Bourton Mill Health and Leisure Club, in
The Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign has enjoyed a huge boost from the sales of the Oxford Loyal wristbands. Profits from the sales of the £1 wristbands, which were launched three weeks ago as a way of showing support for Oxford United, are being
SHE was the picture of defiance. Her Churchillian jaw set, she heard every word spoken by the three women behind her at the Tesco supermarket checkout. She was in her early 50s, henna-ed hair cropped short, her neck, back and arms covered with more
What would we do if we didn't have the weather to talk about? Earlier this week, the hot topic was the heatwave, and how difficult it was to cope with temperatures in the high eighties. Yesterday, the conversation was all about torrential rain, thunder
Your readers will be aware the councils in Oxfordshire are undertaking a public consultation about our future household waste and recycling called 'No Time to Waste'. The councils' consultation material is confusing, particularly as most of the options
Officers of Oxfordshire County Council have recommended that RWE npower, the owners of Didcot Power Station owners, be granted planning permission to fill Thrupp Lake at Radley with waste ash (Oxford Mail, July 6). Sadly, they seem to have fallen hook
These travellers arrived at Cutteslowe Park last night Travellers have returned to an Oxford park just 24 hours after another group of families were evicted by the city council. Last night at 6.30pm, four caravans, a van, a truck and a car moved on
A civic square dominated by a luxury 150-bed hotel and conference centre is being put forward in a new planning blueprint for Oxford. The idea of a "flexible conference facility" which could also serve as a new concert venue, has emerged as one of the
Oxfordshire's Cornbury Festival is emerging as one of Britain's must-visit festival events - and now, it seems, is good enough even for royalty The Earl of Wessex will be dropping into the two-day festival as it gets under way this weekend after The
Passion, commitment, belief - that was the message from Oxford United to businesses looking to invest in the club. The club staged a high-profile corporate launch yesterday at Oxford Castle's Malmaison Hotel, with more than 60 existing and potential
Nearly £160,000 of public money has been "wasted" fighting a legal battle to build social houses on Oxford's Trap Grounds. The Oxford Mail can today reveal that Oxford City Council spent £159,513 on its failed legal bid for permission to build 45 affordable
DEFENDING champions Banbury complete the Bernard Tollet Oxfordshire Cup semi-final line-up after gaining a walkover from Banbury Twenty. Oxford, Aston Rowant and Oxford Downs are the other sides who will compete for the trophy at Bicester & North Oxford
OXFORD are fighting to field Stuart Hole in their Evening Standard Trophy last 16 clash at Walton-on-Thames on Sunday. Captain Pat Jobson says Warwickshire-registered Hole could prove crucial with bat and ball. He said: "They have asked us not to
A swan is being blamed for bringing down an overhead electric cable which left more than 50 people without electricity on a mobile home park. The cable came crashing to the ground close to caravans at the Lower Radley Caravan Park in Radley. Another
A mobile phone company has lodged an appeal after Oxford City Council refused to allow it to put up a pine tree-shaped mobile phone mast. Vodafone was told in February that the appearance of the 15m mast was inappropriate and that the site it had chosen
NHS managers are pressing ahead with plans to close Bicester's community hospital despite this week's Government announcement of an extra £750m for community health services. Just before Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt's announcement on Wednesday,
A theatre, sports pavilion and a bus museum are among the Oxfordshire projects that have netted £270,000 in grant funding, thanks to the landfill tax credit scheme. Twelve projects across the county have been given cash grants ranging from £2,000 to
RUPERT Evans will make his first Home Counties Premier League Division 1 appearance of the season when Oxford host Tring Park tomorrow. The veteran off-spinner, who was the division's leading wicket-taker in 2005, comes into the team alongside all-rounder
Doctors' surgeries across south and west Oxfordshire are set to be among the best in the country for the second year running. A number of surgeries in Didcot, Wallingford, Abingdon, Wantage and Witney gained top marks in the annual quality assessment
Residents near Plater College in Headington, Oxford, have expressed concern about a new influx of students after the college was sold for £5.6m to an international language school. The 267-acre campus in Pullens Lane has been bought by EF Language Schools
BANBURY will supply five of the Oxfordshire side to face Wales in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division at White Post Road. And the host club could provide a sixth player when play starts on Sunday should batsman Charlie Knightley be ruled
A new village shop has become the first retail store in Oxfordshire to win an award for reducing its chances of being raided by criminals. Long Hanborough Co-op, which opened its doors yesterday after being completely rebuilt, has been recognised by
The closure of a Ministry of Defence site near Bicester will have a far-reaching impact on the town's economy, according to business leaders. Three hundred staff at the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) centre in Caversfield were told on Monday the
CHRYSLER and Jeep dealer Varsity, of Shipton-on-Cherwell, is welcoming a third brand Dodge. The legendary American marque is already known to customers in the UK thanks to its eye-catching Dodge SRT-10 supercar and Dodge Ram pick-up trucks. The
Suzuki has completed its SX4 range of five-door hatchbacks with the introduction of two versions. The first, the SX4 DDiS, is powered by Fiat's 120 horsepower, 1.9-litre diesel engine which is characterised by punchy performance and excellent flexibility
Drive any car for ten miles and it is difficult to form any useful opinion; drive it for 100 and you get a much clearer picture. Cover 1,000 miles and you know whether parting with the car is sweet sorrow, or a much-awaited relief. Eleven hundred and
Land Rover is inviting photographers to go Wild' with its sponsorship of the 2006 international Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) competition. Entrants need to catch the judges' eye with a portfolio of four wild' travel images that encapsulate
DON McGregor, a well-known man in Abingdon and Dorchester-on- Thames, has died aged 78. Mr McGregor moved to Abingdon from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, where he had been head of St Thomas More High School for Boys. Working as education officer at Huntercombe
THE LAST family link with one of Wantage's oldest trading firms has finally come to an end. John Arbery, who retired in 1997, died in The Stirlings home in Charlton Road. He was 88. The last owner of one of the town's longest traders, Arbery's in
A DRUGS mountain weighing almost a quarter of a tonne has been taken off Oxfordshire's streets to be destroyed. Police have incinerated hundreds of cannabis plants, crack cocaine, steroids and needles following raids across the county. Of the total
ARTHUR and Linda Allen have finally turned out the light in their son's bedroom for the first time since he was killed in a motorcycle accident 19 months ago. David, 16, left the light on in his room when he went out on his moped, before he crashed
A MINISTRY of Defence base near Bicester will shut with the loss of up to 300 jobs, Defence Secretary Des Browne announced this week. The 300 staff at the Defence Logistics Organisation base in Caversfield were told the site will close within four years
A SCHOOLBOY drowned in the River Cherwell in the centre of Oxford despite attempts by friends to save him. Fifteen-year-old Hassan Hussain, a girl and other friends are believed to have gone into the river at spot known as 'the Rollers' at University
OUTDOOR cafes are threatening to clutter to Oxford's streets, spoiling views of the city's historic buildings. The warning comes in a report from city council officers, who appear bent on throwing cold water over the idea of Oxford fully embracing an
A CIVIC square dominated by a luxury 150-bed hotel and conference centre is being put forward in a new planning blueprint for Oxford. The idea of a "flexible conference facility" which could also serve as a new concert venue, has emerged as one of the
Sir, Your editorial of June 30 shows a basic flaw in your understanding of economics and consequential human behaviour when you conclude that the only way to increase bus usage is to implement some form of congestion charging; this, of course, presupposes
Sir, Local councils legitimately charge quite hefty fees if anyone seeks to occupy half-a-dozen square metres of the public highway for a useful purpose, such as selling hot-dogs or sun hats. Why should local residents, who desire to clutter up that
Sir, As part of the consultation exercise for the North Summertown anti-parking scheme I have been sent a street plan of the area. I note just from a number of details of properties near my own that the plan has clearly not been updated for a dozen years
Sir, Congratulations on the layout of the new 'Artscene' page in the new-look Weekend supplement. To have all the listings together is a great improvement, and makes accessing one's particular interests so much easier. Looking at the choice of art exhibitions
Sir, I was pleased that Christopher Gray devoted the greater part of his Gray Matter column (June 23) to garden sculpture. I'd just like to let Christopher and others know of a sculpture garden on the doorstep of many readers. The Turrill Sculpture Garden
Sir, The mound in Bonn Square is a dreadful mess whatever do visitors to Oxford think? We who live here know that the square is to be given a major facelift. Would the city fathers have put up a notice for visitors to let them know what is going to happen
Sir, Officers of Oxfordshire County Council have recommended that RWE npower, power station owners, be granted planning permission to fill Thrupp Lake with waste ash. Sadly, they seem to have fallen hook, line and sinker for the old, constantly repeated
Sir, No time to waste, says the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership (OWP). This is a public engagement by councils on what to do with our rubbish, which will not be allowed into landfill in coming years. The reason? Methane from rotting waste is contributing
Sir, Someone seems to think that cyclists are second-class citizens and do not have the right to ride on Tarmac. All along the river, south of the city where the rowing occurs, they put rough stony tracks whereas nowadays with Tarmac that can let rainwater
Sir, I can't help but notice that following the reopening of the runway at RAF Brize Norton, Oxford is now situated under an increasingly regular flight path for aircraft in and out of the base. While I like a flypast like the next man, is it really
Sir, What a privilege it was being part of the Vertigo event on Saturday(July 1st) as some 170 Christian teenagers came from all over Oxfordshire to take part in 21 different social action projects across our city. It was a particular triumph for co-operation
Oxfordshire's biggest sporting event, the Blenheim International Horse Trials (August 31-September 3) provides a fantastic opportunity to see the world's best riders in action in the spectacular setting of Blenheim Palace. Last year Zara Phillips thrilled
A DEDICATED anti-poverty campaigner who worked for Oxfam for 30 years has died. Susie Smith, who died from cancer at the age of 55, started working for Oxfam when she was 28 and went on to become deputy international director of the charity. She spent
NEWS that Plater College in Headington has been bought by an international language school for £5.6m has led residents to voice concerns about a new influx of students to the area. The 267-acre campus in Pullens Lane has been acquired by EF Language
RESIDENTS and shoppers have been promised they will be 'amazed' by plans for a shopping, leisure and housing complex on a former football ground and car park in Witney. Lincoln-based Simons Developments submitted a planning application to West Oxfordshire
CAMPAIGNERS have suffered a blow in their fight to prevent millions of tonnes of spent fuel ash being dumped in an Oxfordshire lake. Campaign group Save Radley Lakes is hoping to prevent RWE npower from filling Thrupp Lake outside Abingdon with ash
RESIDENTS in North Oxford have a life expectancy six years greater than those living in Blackbird Leys, figures show. Average life expectancy figures for each area of the city highlight clear divides between traditionally affluent and deprived areas
A TOUCH of continental class could be brought to East Oxford if a local businessman has his way. Clinton Pugh, owner of Cafe Coco and Kazbar in Cowley Road would like to see Dawson Street, off Cowley Road, transformed into an outdoor cafe and public
THAMES Water's customers will not have to pay to cover the extra £150m the company will spend on fixing leaks after escaping a fine from Ofwat. Water regulator Ofwat announced that instead of fining Thames Water up to £66m for exceeding its targets
AN OXFORD synagogue may have been the target of a Muslim terror suspect accused of plotting to bomb civilian targets, a court heard. The Old Bailey heard how the synagogue in Richmond Road, Oxford, appeared on a 12-page list of synagogues found in a
ALMOST £160,000 of public money has been spent fighting a legal battle to build social houses on the Trap Grounds, Oxford The Oxford Times can disclose that Oxford City Council spent £159,513 on its failed legal bid for permission to build 45 affordable
ONE of the men who denied killing Sam Barr at a wedding reception in Oxford was released from prison this week. Peter Fury junior, 27, of Poyle Park, Colnbrook, Slough, was jailed for seven years after he was found guilty of manslaughter and affray
Thames Water has been pursuing a vigorous public relations campaign in the wake of its imposition of a hosepipe ban on its customers. Day after day we have been assailed by advertisements and mail shots explaining how much it is doing to conserve water
We have heard before Government pronouncements about how much they value community hospitals. They have not made much difference to the policies of the primary care trusts in Oxfordshire in the past and we have little confidence that they will make any
Sir, Jeff Whyatt of British Waterways has claimed that there is a threat of Castlemill boatyard being reoccupied. This claim is completely unfounded and, when asked, British Waterways failed to produce any supporting evidence. British Waterways' accusation
Sir, William Richter (Letters, June 30) makes an interesting point about the buses using Queen Street. All the various bodies involved in the city centre had long discussions with the Westgate Partnership. A total of 11 possible solutions to the Queen
Sir, I have been following the correspondence concerning bus usage in Oxford and am surprised there has been no mention of the practice which is in use in Birmingham and Edinburgh, where I have seen it in action. There is a fixed fare rate within the
Sir, Without the excellent bus service laid on for the Elton John concert it could not have happened. Not everyone went by bus, but like the daily commute, if the buses weren't there, we would be faced with unacceptable congestion, and many more visitors
Sir, Tim King (Letters, June 30), questioning the wildlife value of the Trap Grounds scrubland, is obviously unaware that the County Wildlife Sites Selection Panel recommended in 2002 that the status of SLINC (Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation
Sir, Readers who have read the material accompanying the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership's consultation 'No Time to Waste' may be confused about the options presented to them, and which of them Friends of the Earth supports. The OWP refers to incineration
Sir, I must complain about the photograph of the Royal Green Jackets on their last parade (Report, Page 2, June 30). In my mind, it was an insult to the Ox/Bucks Light Infantry from which this regiment was formed. Both regiments served the country in
The Renault Scenic, the car which created the compact MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) sector ten years ago, continues to ride high in the UK sales charts, so to ensure that it stays that way, a new special edition has been created, based on the best-selling
Torrential downpours caused flash floods and violent bolts of lightning left thousands of homes in the dark as a storm wreaked havoc across Oxfordshire. Only days after a scorching heatwave saw temperatures reach 30C, the county was battered with lightning
There is no doubt that today will be a difficult one for Esther Hyman. Exactly a year ago, her sister Miriam was killed in the July 7 London bombings as she made her way to work. Not long before a bomb ripped apart the number 30 bus she was on in
Two police officers walked free from court yesterday after they were acquitted of assaulting a driver who died after he was arrested. Pcs Robin Shane, 31, and John Shatford, 32, hugged their weeping girlfriends outside the dock as they were discharged
