Oxford City boss Mike Ford has thrown out a challenge to his team when they face League Two side Burton Albion on Sunday – go and grab the headlines. Although Southern League Premier Division side City are three leagues below Burton, Ford feels
POSTAL workers in Oxfordshire said tonight they were bitterly disappointed as details emerged of the agreement that halted a series of strikes planned in the run-up to Christmas. Paul Garraway, Oxfordshire branch secretary of the Communication Workers
AN OXFORDSHIRE Army officer training Afghan policemen says he and his men are “anxious” but continue to do their jobs after the murder of five soldiers. Platoon commander Lieutenant Ben Rutt, from Cumnor, is teaching Afghan National Police
SQUADRON Leader Mark Biggadike’s wife is due to give birth to their second child tomorrow – but within weeks he will be flying into action in Afghanistan. After joining the rest of the nation in Remembrance Sunday commemorations, helicopter crews and
A Poppy Appeal collection box was stolen in Thame. The collection box was stolen by a boy from the library in Southern Road at about 12.10pm on October 27. He made off down Southern Road, towards Elm Park. The boy was white, about 15 years old
THREE cars have been vandalised in Burford. The blue Audi TT, green Range Rover and black BMW X5 were scratched while parked in The Hill overnight between Saturday and Sunday. Sgt Nicole James said: “I would like to speak to anyone who may have seen
THE country’s biggest academy sponsor is still in the frame for Oxford School despite being told not to begin new schemes until its existing academies improve. The Department for Children, Schools and Families has asked the United Learning Trust, ULT
AN attempted murder trial at Oxford Crown Court has been adjourned. Kenroy Ferguson, 26, of Bath Street, East Oxford, appeared at the court yesterday and was remanded in custody to face trial on December 14. He is charged with actual
SIX off-licences owned by the Threshers group are to close, with the loss of 25 jobs. The Oxfordshire staff are among 1,700 workers to lose their jobs after administrators for Threshers parent First Quench announced the closure of 373 stores
A SENIOR policewoman has vowed to conquer her severe car sickness by setting off on a 3,000 mile rally tomorrow. Chief Inspector Cecilia Agger has felt nauseous in vehicles for as long as she can remember. But the head of police operations in Oxford
Pupils from across the county came up with designs for a poster competition to warn of the dangers of fireworks. Oxfordshire County Council received more than 700 entries from primary school pupils for its contest in categories for pupils aged
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IT’S now November, the month of Remembrance Sunday. When I first became a councillor, I rarely attended the service in St Giles. Neither of my grandfathers had served in the armed forces and so it all felt a bit remote to me. I feared that the Remembrance
Lord Mayor and mother-of-four Mary Clarkson will be braving the cold to take part in the city’s annual Sleep-Out. It is expected that more than 100 people will join Mrs Clarkson for the event in St Clement’s Churchyard in Marston Road next Saturday.
A “PROFESSIONAL thief” who stole £24,000 of blank CDs from a parked lorry on the A34 claimed he did so after hearing his girlfriend had turned to prostitution to stave off debts. Geoffrey Royal, 36, left, transferred loaded pallets to his own lorry
SOME feared the MPs’ expenses scandal would deter young people from going into politics — but for 21-year-old Julia Bricknell it’s had the opposite effect. No amount of duck houses or moat cleaning could stop her from throwing her hat into the ring to
EUROPEAN sporting rivalries were banished in Oxford as teenagers from Scotland and Germany visited students at a Blackbird Leys college. The project, which will initially run for two years, is the result of a €22,000 grant secured by Oxford
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A STUDENT has driven an ambulance to Mongolia to donate it to a hospital. During the 8,500 mile trip, Juliet Waud spent six hours in a Kazakh jail over an immigration mix-up, broke down in Poland, and drove through a landscape so dry it is known as
THE world’s largest ever cardboard playhouse could be built in Oxford today — by a group of dads and children. Families from Botley will use more than 200 cardboard boxes to build a house big enough for 45 children in their bid to enter the Guinness
THE cool grey city of love, the play-pen of American counter-culture, the so-called friendliest city in the world and most certainly one of the most adored, romanticised and eulogised metropolises on Earth. Yes, a lot of people have written about San
A PRIMARY school in west Oxfordshire has been rated ‘outstanding’. Under Ofsted’s new, tougher inspection framework, Enstone Primary School, near Chipping Norton, was given the highest rating. Leadership, pupils’ behaviour and the school’s creative
DOG mess in Cowley has now reached “epidemic” levels and is destroying people’s enjoyment of parks, a city councillor says. Bob Timbs accused dog owners in the Horspath Road area of showing a complete lack of respect for the community – and
Police this afternoon appealed for witnesses after a multi-vehicle collision near Berinsfield. At about 7.45am today there was a collision involving a number of vehicles on the A4074 between Fox’s Diner and the Benson roundabout. The driver of a black
Bogus workmen stole cash and jewellery after tricking their way into the home of an 82-year-old woman in Souldern. Between noon and 1pm yesterday, two men called at the woman’s home claiming to be from the Water Board. Det Con Jane May
Traditional Viennese New Year's Concert with the Oxford Philomusica Orchestra, with John Georgiadis conducting Sunday 3 January 2010 Oxford Town Hall, 3.30pm Rossini - Overture to William Tell Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for
Carkhills Express, who has been caught on the line by a short head and a neck recently, will be hoping to make the red jacket pay on Saturday night and carries the nap in the A2 over 450 metres. A good start is essential otherwise there are plenty in
Trafalagar Cup winner Freedom Emma has hit the comeback trail in great style after her seasonal rest. The Richard Yeates trained bitch warmed up for a return to open racing with a brilliant 26.47 in a trial at the Stadium on Thursday night. This followed
Rugby enthusiasts from seven Oxfordshire schools received expert advice from the Dark Blues stars at Oxford University RFC’s seventh annual schools' coaching afternoon. Squads of players from Oxford Academy, St Gregory the Great, Bartholomew (Eynsham
Shock waves reverberated around Division 1 this week as Kidlington Saints beat leaders Rutherford 10-0. Rutherford were without Neil Hurford, but even so it was a remarkable scoreline for Andy Misseldine, Jason Tustain and Mike Wilkins. In a stroke
Ella Hawkins, from Didcot, shows off the bronze medal she won at the BJC Welsh National Junior Judo Championships in Hereford. Hawkins, 15, trains at the Methodist Hall Judo Club in Didcot which meets every Wednesday (5-7pm). For more information about
The A4074 between Wallingford and Oxford has been reopened following a serious accident today. The crash involving three vehicles happened on the road near the Berinsfield roundabout, shortly before 7.40am. The head-on crash involved
The A4074 between Wallingford and Oxford has been reopened following a serious accident this morning. <<p>> The crash involving three vehicles happened on the road near the Berinsfield roundabout, shortly before 7.40am. &
There is a lot of sympathy in Oxford for the development of wind farms as an eco-friendly way of generating electricity. Some, including ourselves, wonder whether a historic city like Oxford is an appropriate location for wind farms. Others doubt whether
Sir – I went to the recent opening of the Marriotts Walk shopping centre and was mightily impressed with what has been achieved there so far. Apart from the anchor stores of M&S and Debenhams, a good range of new shops, restaurants plus a five-screen
We expect the Ashmolean Museum will be a busy place when it opens its doors to an eager public on Saturday. The evidence of our coverage over recent weeks, including this week’s supplement celebrating the refurbishment of this Oxford institution, is that
AN Oxford aid worker Bill Croker, who made 16 trips to Bosnia to help war victims in the early 1990s, has died. Mr Croker, who in recent years had lived with his nephew in Littlemore, gave up being a magistrate and threw himself into his work as a volunteer
Design and technology expert Dr Richard Speed has died aged 73 from prostate cancer. In the mid 1950s, he studied English and design and technology at Loughborough. During that period, he met his wife, Pam, and they were married in 1958. The couple have
The Reeves family, who ran a chain of fish and chip shops in Oxfordshire, is mourning the loss of two loved ones. Bob Reeves died, aged 63, in April, and his mother Muriel Reeves died shortly afterwards, aged 86, with her funeral taking place in June
A LONG-SERVING Oxford magistrate and priest has died aged 73. Former parish priest for South and New Hinksey John Davis passed away after years of battling diabetes on Saturday, October 24. More than 100 people attended St John the Evangelist Church
Pat Thompson was one of the generation of ex-servicemen Fellows who, under the leadership of the Warden Maurice Bowra, transformed the reputation of Wadham College in the post-war years. Previously considered respectable but rather dull, Wadham later
BOSSES at the Cowley Mini plant have hailed a rise in UK sales as “remarkable". Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show 3,120 cars were sold in the UK during October — a rise of more than 65 per cent on the same
OXFORD University received a record number of undergraduate applications this year - the vast majority from state school pupils, the university said. More than 17,000 prospective students have applied this year - a 12 per cent increase on last year's
Berinsfield’s Joe Bolton, 15, stormed through to the semi- finals of th ABA junior novice championships with a demonstration of power and precision that rocked rival Jack Taylor at Bristol. Bolton bossed this class A 66 kg encounter from the bell as
Steventon showjumper Ami Measor (above) and Belle Fleur continued their impressive run by booking a second successive appearance at the British Open Amateur Championship at the NEC next April. Fresh from finishing third at the Horse of the Year Show
Oxford City Stars have a double mission when they take on fellow strugglers Haringey Greyhounds in English National League 1 South at Alexandra Palace on Sunday. In their previous meeting, which Stars won 5-2, Greyhounds decided to engage in some rough
There's no stopping Ashton at the top of Division 1 of the Oxford & District League, as they made it six wins in a row with a 3-0 victory at Oracle.. Newcomer Adam Brown (+70) gave Ashton the perfect start as breaks of 21, 22 and 24 saw him to a 150-
Eddie Chambers, from the St Birinus Club, Didcot, won a gold medal at the British Under 18-23 Championships in Kilwinning, Scotland. The 17-year-old came first in the 62kg group with personal best lifts in the snarch (80kg) and the clean and jerk (98kg
Banbury batsmen stole the show in the opening round of matches of the Oxfordshire Indoor League as they crushed Dorchester by a massive 142 runs and Kingston Bagpuize by 65 runs. Against Dorchester, Banbury amassed a huge total of 187 all out from their
Three drivers have been taken to hospital following a head-on collision near Wallingford. Emergency services were called to the accident on the A4074 near the Berinsfield roundabout, shortly before 7.40am. The road remains closed in
Oxford Waltonian fished their Teams of Three on the Thame at Wheatley where the six teams struggled with the weather conditions, but some big barbel put in an appearance. Several anglers suffered damage to umbrellas and pole sections. Drawing a peg
The Thames was in cracking form for the third round of the Oxford Winter League fished by 64 anglers between Radley and Abingdon. With wet weather changing the river after weeks of low, clear and almost static conditions, this was a 'proper' match,
Trout anglers fishing Farmoor I last week had some good rewards, one banking 11 fish to 8lbs on various flies (small lures and nymphs). Farmoor II is still fishing exceptionally well. Best fish of the week was a cracking 10.8.0 rainbow to Mike Roberts
A picture and story that appeared in Angling Times claiming to be a new British record 57lb pike has been exposed as a hoax, writes STUART EARP. And top Oxfordshire pike expert Paul Gustafson, who lives in Abingdon, was caught up in the scam as it was
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SIX off-licences in Oxfordshire owned by the Threshers group are to close, with the loss of 25 jobs. The Oxfordshire staff are among more than 1,700 workers losing their jobs after administrators for Threshers parent First Quench announced the closure
Café Tarifa, 56-60 Cowley Road, OXFORD 01865 256091. Nibbles, cocktails and tunes – KATHERINE MACALISTER discovers her spiritual home. I just can’t eat as much as I used to”, I told Mr Greedy, in disappointment, looking at my
ANDREW FFRENCH joins Robert Goddard’s latest protagonist for a European thriller in our latest Book of the Month, Found Wanting. THE BOOK: LIKE most intriguing Robert Goddard novels, Found Wanting features a middle-aged anti-hero
Things couldn’t be better for newly-married comedian Ed Byrne, as KATHERINE MACALISTER finds out. Ed Byrne is negotiating with the BBC in preparation for his Live at The Apollo spot on Saturday night’s prime time comedy slot. “It’s hysterical
Singer Jane McDonald talks about the highs – and lows – of stardom. If there’s one thing singer Jane McDonald hates it’s living out of a suitcase. “I really do like having my home comforts around me”, she says, “but it means that I’m working
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (PG). Family/Drama. Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins, Lesley Manville. Director: Robert Zemeckis. Scrooges of this penny-pinching world, who have enjoyed the credit crunch
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (15). Comedy/Drama. Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert Patrick. Director: Grant Heslov. Truth is certainly stranger than fiction in Grant Heslov’s black
JENNIFER’S BODY (15). Comedy/Horror/Romance. Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, JK Simmons, Amy Sedaris. Director: Karyn Kusama. Screenwriter Diablo Cody follows the deserved Oscar triumph of Juno with a
RICHARD BELL joins the student hordes heading down to Fuzzy Ducks at the O2 Academy in Oxford for their Halloween themed clubnight out. During the course of dragging ourselves around to every single clubnight this city has to offer, I’m actually
Tim Hughes meets the hard-partying voice behind The Sopranos, Larry Love of ‘country acid’ band Alabama 3. WITH his beaten-up Stetson and mirror shades, Larry Love is every inch the Southern outlaw. His country drawl, love of gospel music
Tim Hughes brews up and enjoys a cuppa with the king of the mix tape Mr Scruff. IF there’s one thing that gets Mr Scruff excited, it’s tea. More than just a favoured pick-me-up, the mighty brew is something of an obsession for this musical
A woman driver is being treated for arm and chest injuries after a head-on collision near Wallingford this morning. Emergency services were called to the accident on the A4074 near the Berinsfield roundabout, shortly before 7.40am. The road is closed
Emergency services have been called to an accident near Wallingford this morning involving at least two vehicles. The accident happened shortly before 7.40am on the A4074 near the Berinsfield roundabout. The road is closed in both directions
Police today appealed for witnesses after three luxury cars were vandalised in Burford. Three cars parked in The Hill, in Burford, were badly scratched sometime overnight between Saturday and Sunday. The damaged cars were a blue Audi
The Cowley Road Carnival looks set to return next year after its organisers revealed they want to restore the bash to “its natural home”. The hugely popular carnival, which attracts more than 35,000 people and is Oxfordshire’s biggest community
A man who performed a sex act in front of a schoolgirl on a bus, was arrested by the victim’s father – a policeman waiting for her at the next stop. Hugh White, 48, and his victim were travelling on the U1 from Oxford city centre to Wheatley
A 25-year-old man who absconded from Littlemore Hospital on Wednesday returned to the hospital late last night. Mental health patient Saju Miah was sent to a secure unit at the hospital after attacking a pensioner with a rock in 2005.
CHRIS Wilder says his in-form Oxford United team are capable of pulling off one of this weekend’s FA Cup shocks – but only if they’re at very best. The U’s, who have lost only once all season, take on a Yeovil Town side that have been holding
THE Cowley Road Carnival looks set to return next year after its organisers revealed they want to restore the bash to “its natural home”. The hugely popular carnival, which attracts more than 35,000 people and is Oxfordshire’s biggest community
