Oxford United have denied they have made a £150,000 bid for Peterborough striker Scott Rendell. Rumours have been circulating that United have put in a six-figure offer for the 22-year-old forward, who has been on loan at Cambridge United.
Oxford United fan Dale Penfold just missed out on his chance of £10,000 after losing out in the final of the Blue Square ‘keepie uppie’ competition. Penfold, 22, kept the Blue Square ball up a total of 39 times, but Basingstoke fan Jack Milller pipped
Oxford United will take on QPR – the club they faced in the 1986 Milk Cup final – in a pre-season friendly at the Kassam Stadium on Friday, July 24 (7.45pm) after returning from their short Scottish tour. QPR finished 11th in the Coca-Cola Championship
James Constable says it will be a dream come true when he dons an England shirt in front of his home fans at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday night. Oxford United’s top scorer leads the line for England C against Belgium in the International Challenge
THE shocking state of disrepair at Oxford Community Hospital has been exposed by a damning report. The 24-bed hospital, at the Churchill Hospital in Headington, shut in May last year after being declared “unfit for purpose” by the county’s director of
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was punched in The Wheatsheaf pub in Wantage Road, Didcot, on Sunday evening. At 9.52pm, a man walked into the pub and punched another man, aged 53, in the face. The victim sustained a broken jaw and
A MURDER investigation was under way tonight after a man was attacked and killed in broad daylight in an East Oxford street. The victim stumbled into the Regal venue in Cowley Road at about 11.50am with stab wounds to his neck. A member
A MIX-UP saw political pamphlets – thought to include publications by the British National Party and UKIP – inserted into the city council’s quarterly publication and posted to residents yesterday. Your Oxford is delivered to households across the city
SRI Lankans living in Oxfordshire joined a protest at Westminster last night against the civil war in their homeland. Tamil supporters from the county believed Sunday’s announcement of a ceasefire in the 26-year civil war was propaganda from
PRESSURE is growing on Oxfordshire County Council to repay fines to drivers caught on camera in Oxford after it emerged thousands of pounds were paid out in a similar case in Sheffield. Last week the Oxford Mail revealed the Traffic Penalty Tribunal
A run out off the final ball of the match earned Oxford 2nd a tie in a dramatic finish to their game at Bletchley Town in Division 1. Put in to bat, the visitors had struggled to 133 all out in the face of some fine bowling by off spinner Graham Simpson
Robbie Keates fell one short of his century and his Kingston Bagpuize side 18 runs short of victory on their first ever visit to Twyford in Division 3. The hosts had been dismissed for 250 by Richard Oakey (5-109) and Ben Jeffries (4-132), who both bowled
Steve Wilson took 5-7 and Steve Roberts 3-45 as Cropredy crashed to 115 all out at Oxford Downs 2nd in Division 4. Put into bat, Downs had finished on 197-5 thanks to Sam Florey's 40 and a typically robust 65 not out by Matty Watts. Ox Downs 2nd 25pts
An outstanding all round performance by Jimmy Phillips helped Challow & Childrey hammer Long Marston by 169 runs in Division 2. First Phillips smashed 120, and with Steve Burry (50no) he enabled the home side to post an imposing 255-7. Then Phillips
FACE-PAINTING, football skills workshops and a barbecue will be among the attractions at this year’s Big Step Forward event. The annual sponsored family walk is Down’s Syndrome Oxford’s biggest fundraising event. Last year, 600 people descended on South
DISTURBANCES at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre could be reduced if detainees were given more to do, an independent body has claimed. Campsfield’s Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has just published its 2008 annual report on the controversial
Wallingford made it two wins from two with a comfortable success at home to Leighton Buzzard Town 2nd in Division 5. Only Sam Janes (46) prospered against the wiles of Trevor Spindler (4-46) as Town were rumbled for 136. Mark Bowman (47) then set the
Tom Smith recorded 7-37 and Andy Cummings 3-11 from 17 overs as Horspath 2nd routed Brackley for just 53 in Division 6. Earlier, Horspath had struggled to 113 all out, thanks in the main to a partnership between Adrian Manger (37) and Stephen
A TRADITIONAL ceremony which sees Oxford’s new Lord Mayor handed the chain of office will be held in public for the first time. Mary Clarkson will be presented with her robes and gold chain at the start of this year’s Lord Mayor’s Parade on
TOP jockey Mick Fitzgerald was the star attraction at a party to open a refurbished pavilion in his Oxfordshire village. People from Childrey and nearby villages welcomed Irish-born Mr Fitzgerald to Childrey playing field to celebrate the completion
MEMBERS of an Oxfordshire youth canoe club will soon be able to take to the water with brand new equipment thanks to a National Lottery grant. Abingdon-based Pathfinders Youth Canoe Club has been awarded almost £10,000 from the Lottery’s Awards for All
It is a little-known fact that Witney has the highest level of cycling in the county. I’d thought that the 20,000+ cyclists who throng Oxford every day would put the city firmly at the top of the list. But no, Witney enjoys three times the national
Oxfordshire Conservatives have pledged to build strong and confident communities if they retain power at County Hall next month. Keith Mitchell, leader of Oxfordshire County Council, is urging voters to judge his party – which holds 44 of the council
Viking warriors marched into Oxfordshire with a longship in tow. The ship, which was launched on the River Thames at Oxford on Saturday, was rowed downstream to Abingdon for Sutton Courtenay’s annual Vicar’s Fun Day on the village green on Sunday.
Tents, wellies and rock music met solar power and chip fat at the second Wood Festival. The environmentally-friendly music gathering at Ipsden, near Wallingford, attracted more than 1,000 people to Braziers Park for three days of festival fun. Despite
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Performance car drivers are being sought by Dunlop to take part in a national tyre test to discover what difference the choice of tyre makes to their car. The company will provide tyres and tuition from a top Hi-Q British Touring Car Championship driver
I don't always read The Sunday Times but I'm glad I did this week as there were three rather fascinating stories. The first came from the paper's archives. It was an interview with Henri Charriere, the author of Papillon, and was conducted
A man has died after suffering stab wounds to his neck in Cowley Road, Oxford, today. Detectives have launched an investigation into the “unexplained” death of the man this morning. At about 11.50am, the man, who has not yet been identified
Banbury's Jenny Nunneley picked up the inaugural national club coach of the year award at hockey’s big night. She has spent the last eight years building Banbury’s youth section, from fewer than 50 participating children to almost 200. Nunneley drove
Oxford Hawks have appointed Ian Cordwell as their men’s first-team coach for the next two seasons. Most of Cordwell’s career has been spent with Bath Buccaneers, enjoying considerable success as the they have progressed from regional league hockey to
Jon Jukes set up a showdown with Butchers Arms Ian Moss in the Greene King ODDA singles final with a thrilling last-four win against Shears’ Pete Hall. The Original Swan ace, was in brilliant form, seeing off three Oxfordshire A players to reach his
Oxfordshire coach Gareth Rees had mixed feelings after seeing his side progress. He said: “We are disappointed that we didn’t go through with a win. “When we put our game plan together we certainly looked good enough to open them up and score tries.
It was not pretty, but it was just about enough as Oxfordshire stumbled into the semi-finals. They will now be away to Durham in the last four on Saturday where a far better performance will be needed to reach the final. Oxon needed to avoid defeat
A man has died after suffering stab wounds to his neck in Cowley Road, Oxford, today. Detectives have launched an investigation into the “unexplained” death of the man this morning. At about 11.50am, the man, who has not yet been identified
OCA League Divisions 1 & 2 Eddie Howard slammed a century as Marcham cruised to a 141-run victory at Freeland in Division 1. Howard, the former Oxford Caribbean captain, scored 109 as Marcham posted a massive 301-6 from their 45 overs. Matt Launchbury
OCA League Divisions 7-11 Duncan Macdonald smashed 135 as Kilkenny again rattled up more than 300 in their crushing 217-run victory over Marcham 2nd in Division 8. Jason Penn chipped in with 50, before Marcham were helped to 85-9 in reply, their last
OCA League Divisions 3 & 4 Freddie Lyon took 6-7, but finished on the losing side as Clifton Hampden beat Oxenford by two wickets. Oxenford were skittled for 116, Steve Slater taking 5-33. Clifton crept to the target at 119-8, despite Lyon’s haul.
OCA League Divisions 5 & 6 Danny Harding smashed a quickfire 90 not out to help Chadlington a convincing nine-wicket victory against Chesterton in Division 5. Steven Hunt took 4-13 as Chesterton were skittled out for 104, before Chadlington raced to
A COMMUNITY quilt stitched to celebrate 50 years of an Oxford estate has been unveiled to the public. Eighteen months ago, the Blackbird-Leys-In-Stitches group began meeting weekly to create the tapestry, which reflects different aspects of
Inspectors found “little evidence of routine maintenance” being carried out at Oxford Community Hospital before it closed. The 24-bed hospital, based at the Churchill Hospital in Headington, shut following a severe outbreak of the superbug
Inspectors found “little evidence of routine maintenance” being carried out at Oxford Community Hospital before it closed. The 24-bed hospital, based at the Churchill Hospital in Headington, shut following a severe outbreak of the superbug
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a motorcyclist was killed on a road near Witney. At about 10.10am on Saturday, a red Suzuki SJ was involved in a collision with a black Honda CB600 motorcycle on the Crawley Road. The rider of the motorcycle,
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Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash that occurred on Saturday in Witney. At about 10.10am, a red Suzuki was involved in a collision with a black Honda CB600 motorcycle in the Crawley Road. The rider of the motorcycle,
Firefighters were called to the car park of the King’s Arms pub in Sandford-on-Thames near Oxford last night after arsonists set a car alight. The arson attack happened at 9.05pm at the Church Road pub and Thames Valley Police have been informed
IT WASN’T only the men who played hockey at Morris Motors. We published a photograph of the club’s men’s team heading for the Guernsey Easter Hockey Festival in 1949 (Memory Lane, April 13). This picture, again from the archives of George Springall,
THE 1957 production of Pirates of Penzance at Temple Cowley School in Oxford (Memory Lane, April 13) wasn’t the first time the school had staged the operetta. Reader Florance Chambers, of Broughton Close, Old Marston, has a programme for a similar show
HERE is another picture from the archives of former teacher Jeffery Babb. He and other members of staff Wheatley Secondary School posed for the camera in the 1950s, slightly later than the previous photograph we published (Memory Lane, January 26).
VOLUNTEERS made sure that the chickens, goats, rabbits and guinea pigs at Mulberry School in 1983 were well cared for. Hugh Williamson, Nadia Brunell and Jenny Lee are seen in the picture immediately below building a new set of enclosures for the school
DOROTHY Gibson must rank as the oldest surviving Woolworth’s worker in Oxford, if not the country. Writing her life story at the age of 100, she recalls the firm’s early days when it arrived in the city in 1925. Woolworth’s traded in Cornmarket Street
THE people of Oxford turned out in their thousands to honour their new monarch. This was the scene at Carfax on Saturday, February 9, 1952, when the former Princess Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen, three days after the death of her father, King
Villagers have lowered a Union flag to half mast following the death of a much-loved local in Afghanistan. Marine Jason Mackie was killed instantly when the vehicle in which he was travelling was struck by an explosive device. The 21
Oxford United fans can expect the goals to flow after striker Jack Midson joined the club from Histon. The 25-year-old scored 23 times last season and found the net in both games against United. With James Constable committing his future
A MOTHER reported her son to the police after opening a package containing £30,000 worth of cannabis. The woman questioned Oliver Mitchell about the 15kg parcel and, when she did not believe his story, ripped it open to uncover the drugs. Mitchell
A CLOUD hangs over the village of Bampton this morning. The Union flag flies at half-mast, and the church bells did not ring out this weekend. Flowers are laid at a war memorial in the village square. And tears flow behind closed
VILLAGERS have lowered a Union Jack to half-mast following the death of a much-loved local in Afghanistan. Marine Jason Mackie was killed instantly when the vehicle he was travelling in was struck by an explosive device. The 21-year-old was described
