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  • RUGBY: Dark Blues too strong for Stanley's

    Oxford University produced a clinical display to hammer Major Stanley's XV 51-5 at Iffley Road. The scratch opponents were never going to pose the threat offered by Saracens and Sale in the Dark Blues’ last two matches, but the students will

  • Cough and tell police Oxford thief's identity

    SHOP workers have stuck pictures of a suspected shoplifter in their window. Staff at Quix, in Cowley Road, Oxford, put up three images of the man taken from the shop’s CCTV security cameras. Manager Sherazi Khalid said the footage showed

  • Swinford toll bridge under the hammer

    THE Swinford toll bridge is expected to fetch up to £1.25m when it goes under the hammer next month. The privately-owned structure near Eynsham, which was built in 1767, will be auctioned by property consultants Allsop at the Park Lane Hotel

  • Fallen power cables force A40 closure

    POLICE were tonight investigating if power cables were deliberately brought down on to the A40, cutting electricity to thousands of homes in west Oxfordshire and gridlock in Witney. The town’s bypass was closed after a tree landed on high-voltage

  • Soldiers' bodies return to Oxford

    Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan will be repatriated to Oxford on Friday. Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, 23, of 7 Rifles, from Cambridge, was killed on foot patrol in the Sangin region of Helmand province on Sunday. Corp Loren Marlton-Thomas

  • Glenton still in military jail

    ABINGDON: Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, of the Royal Logisitcs Corps, based at Dalton Barracks, was yesterday told by a military court he will remain in Army jail for another 28 days while he awaits trial for five charges surrounding his role in an anti-war

  • Rose Hill two in custody after heroin recovered

    Two people are to face trial after heroin worth up to £30,000 was recovered by police. Safana Ijaz, 18, and Kashif Zaman, 26, both of Danvers Road, Rose Hill, are charged with possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply and importation of Class

  • Grief stricken widow drank herself to death

    A MOTHER found dead surrounded by nine sherry bottles was mourning the death of her husband and had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, an inquest heard. Rebecca Heels, of Margaret Road, Headington, was found in her flat on January 15, but had

  • Thame Poppy collection box thieves sentenced

    Two 16-year-old boys who stole a Poppy Appeal collection box from a shop in Thame were sentenced at Oxford Youth Court today. The pair, who cannot be named, admitted taking the money from the Fuji Image Centre, in Buttermarket. One got a six-month extension

  • Brookes Uni rejigs Oxford campus scheme

    OXFORD Brookes University will redraw its designs for a revamped Headington campus in a final bid to rescue the controversial £150m scheme. The university will seek to appease residents opposed to the Gipsy Lane redevelopment by lowering the height of

  • Police double Oxford city weekend crew

    TWICE as many officers patrol Oxford city centre at weekends to tackle drunken and loutish behaviour compared to four years ago. Only 14 officers were needed on Friday and Saturday nights to cope with crimes and nuisance caused by revellers enjoying

  • This Brown gets a tanning..........

    It’s done. Everything is now in place for our Brief Encounter with Noel Coward. All there is between us and the opening night is the technical and dress rehearsal early next week and then on Thursday 26th it’s on with the show. Details for

  • Hard work revamps old playground

    CARGO nets and a zip wire are some of the new features at a playground in Childrey, near Wantage. The £68,500 playground, in New Road, took two years of fundraising by residents to get built and involved children and parents voting on their favourite

  • Soldier to remain in Army jail

    LANCE Corporal Joe Glenton, of the Royal Logisitcs Corps, based at Dalton Barracks, was today told he will remain in Army jail while he awaits trial for five charges surrounding his role in an anti-war demonstration in London. A military court decided

  • Gate could rid Oxford alleyway of troublemakers

    VANDALS, yobs and drug addicts look set to be shut out of a crime-ridden Oxford alley when Oxfordshire County Council makes its first gating order. People in Windale Avenue and Pegasus Road, Blackbird Leys, have been waiting since 2000 for a 55-metre

  • Puma helicopters arrive at RAF Benson

    NINE Puma helicopters previously stationed in Northern Ireland have arrived at their new base at RAF Benson, along with 250 servicemen and their families. For the first time, all of the RAF’s Pumas will be stationed at Benson, following the move of 230

  • Spirit of fundraising

    THE Spirit of Christmas will be returning to Christ Church, Oxford, which is to host a special fundraising event for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign for the second year running. The evening of music, festive carols and readings is being

  • Woodstock pupils join Oxford United's 12th man campaign

    AN OXFORD United stalwart found out yesterday just how popular the new 12th Man wristbands are proving with fans of all ages. Just days after being launched by the Oxford Mail on Monday, hundreds of bands have been sold and some outlets have struggled

  • Village youngsters celebrate playground revamp

    CARGO nets and a zip wire are some of the new features at a playground in Childrey, near Wantage. The £68,500 playground, in New Road, took two years of fundraising by residents to get built and involved children and parents voting on their favourite

  • RACING: Rupert on track for Ascot clash

    Time For Rupert, the rising star of Paul Webber’s Mollington stables, near Banbury, is likely to test himself against the best in the Coral Ascot Hurdle on Saturday. Webber has given the five-year-old gelding two entries at the weekend, but favours the

  • Bold plan for Abingdon's 17th-century museum

    RADICAL plans to breathe new life into a 17th century museum in Abingdon go on public display today. It is hoped the £3.5m refurbishment of the Abingdon County Hall Museum, in Market Place, will boost visitor numbers by 50 per cent – from 20,000 to 30,000

  • Weekend police patrols in city double in five years

    TWICE as many officers patrol Oxford city centre at weekends to tackle drunken and loutish behaviour compared to four years ago. Only 14 officers were needed on Friday and Saturday nights to cope with crimes and nuisance caused by revellers enjoying

  • GREYHOUNDS: Thursday's Oxford runners

    7.35: Paige And Bonnie 3, Tromora Promise 2, SUNRISE BUCK, Groovy Times, Bandicoot Shiraz, Memories Queen. 7.50: Risky Annie, Riochs Choice, Ballysally Izzy 2, Farloe Heart, Kilmore Amey 3, THE ENFORCER. 8.05: DRUMENA BANKER, Corcass Babe 2, Shelbourne

  • Oxford people's inspirational stories vie for BBC slot

    INSPIRATIONAL stories which chart the lives of people in Oxford could be told on TV. Struggles against alcoholism, immigration problems and mental health worries were among the tales revealed for a new programme aimed at getting people telling

  • Thief grabs handbag in Oxford cafe

    A THIEF snatched a handbag while its owner was enjoying a cup of tea and cake in an Oxford cafe. Police are appealing for witnesses after a 55-year-old woman’s grey bag was stolen from Patisserie Valerie, in High Street, Oxford, between 4.30pm and 5pm

  • Play teaches Oxfordshire's pupils a serious safety message

    SCHOOL pupils are watching performances of a hard-hitting road safety play aimed at cutting the number of child pedestrians and cyclists injured on the county’s roads. Dozens of pupils at Matthew Arnold School, in Cumnor, led the way for more than

  • Carpenters' summer camp for Wallingford Museum work

    DOZENS of apprentice carpenters will camp on the Kinecroft next summer to hand-build a new extension for Wallingford Museum. The museum wants to double its exhibition space by contracting trade body the Carpenters’ Fellowship to construct a new timber-framed

  • Council officers object to single-carriageway plans for A420

    MOTORISTS look less likely to face delays on the A420 after council officers recommended plans to reduce part of the road to a single carriageway be thrown out. Hanson Aggregate sparked uproar when it emerged its proposals to extract sand from

  • Woman snatched handbag in Oxford cafe

    A thief snatched a handbag while her victim was enjoying a cup of tea and some cake. Police are appealing for witnesses after a 55-year-old woman’s grey bag was stolen from Patisserie Valerie, in High Street, Oxford, between 4.30pm and 5pm, on Monday

  • Pals take £150 banger on Euro rally to help cancer charity

    AN ADVENTURER sets off on a ramshackle rally tonight to raise money for a cancer charity set up by his late father. Father-of-one Steve Livett, 48, from Kennington, is taking part in the three-day European Crumball Rally in the hope of raising

  • Sign up now to enter the OX5

    THE Oxford Mail is offering its readers the chance to be among the first to sign up for next year’s OX5 Run and help raise funds for a good cause. Readers can enter next April’s five-mile run around the Blenheim Palace grounds by returning

  • Power due to be restored to homes

    The A40 has reopened five hours after it was closed due to fallen power lines. Police closed the road in both directions at 11am today after a tree fell on power cables near the B4022 Cogges junction, at Witney, causing 1,500 nearby homes to

  • Pair get ball rolling for Children in Need

    PEOPLE from all corners of the county are gearing up to perform stunts in aid of Children in Need on Friday. From chest shaving and sponsored walks to sitting in a vat of custard, schools, sports clubs and businesses are all doing their bit for the annual

  • BAR BILLIARDS: Withey is the special one

    Oxford's Pauline Withey reeled off four straight wins to take the Special ladies Championship at Reading. She recorded 2-0 victories over Sussex’s Jean Brackenridge, Oxfordshire’s Sue Atkins 2-0, Surrey’s Denise Wills and Hampshire’s Chris Toner. Meanwhile

  • GOLF: Broady's the new county president

    Tadmarton Heath’s Joan Broady is the new president of the Oxfordshire Ladies County Golf Association. Broady replaces Frilford Heath’s Jane Pezaro after she completed her three years of office. The new president is a former lady captain at Tadmarton

  • RUGBY UNION: 'Bulls have title talent'

    Banbury Bulls coach Grant Holmes believes his players can control their own title destiny if they show more commitment. Bulls lie second in Midlands 2 East South, just one point off top spot, so they are certainly well placed. But Holmes has challenged

  • ICE HOCKEY: Stars hit back after thumping

    OXFORD City Stars made amends for a mauling on the Isle of Wight as they beat Milton Keynes Thunder 4-1 on Sunday in Division 1 South. Stars crashed to a 5-1 defeat away to Wightlink Raiders on Saturday, but they hit back in style less than 24 hours

  • BAR BILLIARDS: Cowley Workers dig deep for first victory

    Cowley Workers Club celebrated their first win of the season in the Premier Section with a 3-2 home victory over Democrats Club, writes PETE EWINS. Dave Bartlett (5,170) Mick Stratford and Sean Stratford (7,620) were victorious for Cowley Workers, with

  • Cash problems over fitness scheme

    A PROJECT to build a fitness trail through Didcot’s Ladygrove estate is in crisis after the county council said it would not pay to maintain it. In June, South Oxfordshire District Council put up £440,000 to improve the 4km Ladygrove Loop, which runs

  • RUGBY UNION: Jones in England double

    Chinnor flanker Sam Jones and Henley wing Will Jones have both been named in England Under 19 Regional Academy squads to face Australia Schools in December. The Wasps Academy players will face the tourists at Lymm RFC in Cheshire on December 9 and at

  • RUGBY UNION: It's three up, two down

    Only two teams will be relegated from National 2 South this season with three promoted from its National 3 feeder leagues, the RFU have confirmed. National 2 South, in which Henley Hawks play, was reduced from 16 to 15 teams after Mounts Bay folded this

  • RUGBY UNION: Light Blues edge it

    Cambridge University hope to have gained a psychological advantage ahead of the Nomura Varsity Match after defeating Oxford University in the ‘Grudgeby’ Rowing Challenge. Three members of each squad, respectively coached by Oxford oarsman Andy Hodge

  • RUGBY UNION: Banbury land top trophy

    Banbury Under 12s celebrate winning the Land Rover Premiership Cup in front of 12,000 fans at Northampton Saints’ Frank-lin’s Gardens ground. The players, who are pictured with Northampton’s South African international prop Brian Mujati, earned the chance

  • RUGBY UNION: Former Oxford skipper dies

    Former Oxford captain and Oxfordshire lock Thom Cooper has died aged 76. Cooper, who was a PE teacher at the old Southfield School, captained Oxford between 1958 and 1961 and was renowned as a line-out specialist. He left Oxford to work for Guinness

  • BOXING: Baba-Zadeh stays on track for crack at title

    Mo Baba-Zadeh was unchallenged in the Class B (ten to 20 bouts) middleweight category at the Home Counties ABA Senior Novices Championship at Luton. And the Oxford Boxing Academy ace now progresses to the next stage of the title trail as the Home Counties

  • AUNT SALLY: Arthurs blasts 17 dolls again

    DEDDINGTON’S Steve Art-hurs came within an ace of a magical 18-doll maximum for the second time in three weeks in the Banbury Indoor League. Having reeled off 5, 6, 6 against George, he repeated the feat in Deddington’s 5-1 win over Banbury. Roger Busby

  • BOWLS: Oxon in groove with big victory

    Oxfordshire's Premier side roared back into contention in Group 3 of the English Short Mat Association Inter County Competition with a 27-13 victory over Wiltshire at Seend. With the match all-square at 8-8 after the first two sessions, Oxon raced away

  • Terry Buckett: Life spent serving community

    A FORMER postman and councillor has died, aged 57. Terry Buckett, left, was elected on to South Oxfordshire District Council in 2003. He died at home on Tuesday, November 10. He had cancer of the vocal chords. Mr Buckett served on the planning committee

  • Turley's happy to be a team player

    IT’S a cool, but bright morning at the Bicester & North Oxford Sports Association base that Oxford United use as their training ground and the players have been arriving for another intense and hard-working session. There’s plenty of

  • CRICKET: East Oxford celebrate top treble

    EAST Oxford celebrated another magnificent season as they collected three trophies at the OCA League’s annual presentation evening at Drayton Park Golf Club, near Abingdon. Former England and Middlesex bowler Angus Fraser was the guest speaker

  • Hew Sandilands: He made a deep and lasting impact

    A COMMUNITY stalwart whose contribution to village life continues to have “a deep and lasting impact” has died aged 65 after battling Parkinson’s disease. Hew Sandilands, from Marsh Baldon, played a key role in the running of St Peter’s Church, the village

  • ATHLETICS: Bellinger leads City to second

    DARRELL Bellinger and Steve Male secured a fine double for Oxford City in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Cross Country Championships at Braywick Playing Fields, Maidenhead. Bellinger won the senior title and Male the veterans’ crown, while City also finished

  • Broadcaster chairs drink debate

    A debate on alcohol issues is being held tomorrow evening in Oxford. Called the ‘Big Drink Debate’, the event will be chaired by broadcaster Nicky Campbell. Inspector John Fox, Alcohol and Violent Crime Coordinator for Thames Valley Police will

  • Local share prices (PM)

    AEA Technology 30.25 BMW 3043 Electrocomponents 174 Gladstone 29.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 80.5 Oxford Biomedica 13.5 Oxford Catalysts 47.5 Oxford Instruments 228 Reed Elsevier 477.1 RM 153.25 RPS Group 218.4 Courtesy of Redmayne

  • Button signs for McLaren

    McLaren have announced the signing of reigning world champion Jenson Button on a "multi-year deal" that will see the Briton paired with Lewis Hamilton from the start of the 2010 season. Button will line-up alongside Hamilton after parting company

  • Boy held over Didcot robbery

    Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a robbery of a woman in Didcot last night. The boy was arrested on suspicion of robbery and is in police custody. At about 6.45pm, a 44-year-old woman was walking along the Lower Broadway

  • Update: A40 closed

    Drivers faced delays of more than an hour this afternoon after the A40 Witney Bypass was closed in both diections. The closure was caused by fallen power cables and emergency repairs on the bypass between the B4022 junction and the A415 Ducklington

  • Thieves break into cars in Hook Norton

    Police today appealed for witnesses after two cars were broken into in Hook Norton. The break-ins happened in Bourne Lane, with thieves stealing a briefcase and a digital camera. In both incidents, which happened overnight between Wednesday and Thursday

  • English National Ballet: New Theatre, Oxford

    Artistic director Wayne Eagling made his short curtain-raiser Men Y Men to give the boys of English Natiional Ballet some dancing to do during the long tour of Giselle on which they are engaged. Created not for the principal dancers, but for men

  • BREAKING NEWS: A40 closed

    The A40 Witney bypass has been closed in both directions due to fallen power cables. The road is closed between B4022 and A415 Ducklington Lane. Electrical engineers are on scene and traffic is being diverted through Witney.

  • When swine flu came to stay

    Isn’t it funny how when faced with a drama or crisis we develop super human strength? New energy. Renewed drive. For the past two nights the bear literally hasn’t slept, so after a quick power nap at 6am I woke feeling shattered. Absolutely

  • Rural location

    An office offering an attractive rural location has come onto the market. Oxford PharmaGenesis holds the lease on two adjacent units at Tubney Warren Barns near Fyfield. The company currently occupies one, and lets the other to a tenant who is due to

  • Local share prices (AM)

    AEA Technology 30.25 BMW 3034 Electrocomponents 172.4 Gladstone 29.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 80.5 Oxford Biomedica 13.6 Oxford Catalyst 48.5 Oxford Instruments 221.75 Reed Elsevier 4.785 RM 155.25 RPS Group 218.1

  • Edward Woodward at the Oxford Playhouse

    The generous tributes to the actor Edward Woodward following his death on Monday made much of the fact that he combined huge success as a television actor, in Callan and later The Equalizer, with an impressive record as a performer on stage.

  • Now we have the critic's apostrophe

    To the greengrocers’ apostrophe can now be added the drama critic’s. Writing in the Daily Telegraph on Monday Dominic Cavendish referred to “a touring adaptation of the Barry Hines’ school-syllabus staple Kes”. The mistake, I sense, was probably inserted

  • Let's not be beastly to socialite Nicky Haslam

    I do not know Nicholas Haslam and do not move in circles – celebrity and high society – where I am likely ever to meet him. This, I think, will be my loss, for on the basis of his autobiography – which, like many who have penned such books before

  • The Manor Restaurant, Waddesdon Manor

    The children's author (and Christ Church mathematician) Lewis Carroll might justly be described as the inspiration for a certain style of wine writing. In a famous passage from Alice in Wonderland, he describes a tasty drink with “a sort of mixed

  • Freshest food from local ingredients

    deli when I walked in recently, but the proprietor Sandy Hellig was nowhere to be seen. When I did spot her, she was tucked behind the preparation table of her open-plan kitchen, pulling a tray of freshly-baked broccoli and Stilton quiches from

  • Recipe for pumpkin chutney (makes about 4lbs)

    Turning pumpkins into chutney is a great way of using up a glut of pumpkin flesh. As jars of home-made chutney make lovely Christmas gifts, it is well worth taking a little time to make up this recipe. Do sterilise the jars carefully before use and

  • Decayed mansion in a lost village

    Not much romantic decay left in Oxfordshire these days. What with spiralling house prices during the past decade, and bankers with bonuses burning holes in their pockets still favouring the county even now, there is hardly a dcecent ruin to be

  • A Serious Man and The Informant

    If fortune truly favours the brave, it's no surprise that the hen-pecked, mild-mannered mensch at the centre of Joel and Ethan Coen’s new black comedy A Serious Man is pummelled senseless by bad luck. Set in a Jewish community in mid-1960s Minneapolis

  • Collider: East Oxford Community Centre

    On September 19, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful physics experiment ever built, was shut down. A magnet problem had caused a tonne of liquid helium to leak into the 27 km-long LHC tunnel, which runs under the Franco-Swiss border. This

  • Preview of Chuck Berry concert: New Theatre, Oxford

    John Lennon had it about right: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’”. Even better, what the mother of Jerry Lee Lewis said: “You and Elvis are pretty good, but you’re no Chuck Berry.” Born in

  • PointZero: O'Reillly Theatre, Keble College, Oxford

    This was the launch performance of a new professional physical theatre company for Oxford. Strengths and weaknesses were on view in equal measure. There is no doubt that there is a lot of talent among the four women and the single man, director Danny

  • New pop CDs reviewed

    His stint as a radio DJ and the appearance in a lingerie commercial revealed Bob Dylan still likes to spring the odd surprise. But the very idea of a Dylan Christmas album featuring Here Comes Santa Claus and Hark the Herald Angels Sing will be enough

  • Ballet Ireland: Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham

    As a curtain-raiser the company performed Michael Corder’s Lyric Suite to Grieg’s music of that name. I had not seen them before, but this confirmed straight away that Ballet Ireland are a well-trained classical group. Ryoko Yagyu in the leading role

  • Choros: University Church

    A Requiem by Puccini: no, not the famed operatic composer, but his great-great-grandfather. Originally billed as a UK premiere, it was subsequently discovered that Puccini the elder’s Requiem had been performed up the road at The Queen’s College a few

  • Ed Byrne: New Theatre, Oxford

    He calls his show Different Class – an immediate hostage to fortune – but there’s no doubt that Ed Byrne has class. Whether he uses it to the best of his considerable abilities is the question. The stand-up world grows ever huger, it seems, by the week

  • Dreamboats and Petticoats: Milton Keynes Theatre

    It’s audition time at the youth club as a group of talented Essex-boy (and girl) musicians search for the lead singer who will propel their band to stardom. Correction: their group, for we are at the dawn of the 1960s when bands were either of the brass

  • RUGBY UNION: Nine Blues back for Stanley's clash

    Nine old Blues are included in the Major Stanley’s squad to face Oxford University at Iffley Road tonight (7) alongside some up and coming youngsters. But there are none of the star names associated with this fixture in the past. Centre Tom Gregory,

  • Raikkonen ' to sit out 2010 season'

    Kimi Raikkonen will take a sabbatical from Formula One next year after talks over a return to McLaren broke down, his manager has revealed in a newspaper interview. The 2007 world champion had been in discussions with McLaren after being released

  • Button's McLaren talks ongoing

    An all-British line-up at McLaren next season could move closer to reality today with Jenson Button locked in talks to become Lewis Hamilton's team-mate. Button has been heavily linked with McLaren since capturing his maiden Formula One drivers

  • The Jersey Arms Hotel & Freehouse

    The Jersey Arms Hotel & Freehouse Sparkling Christmas Party Menu from £13.95 Delicious Christmas Day Lunch - £55.00 Fantastic New Years Eve Party - £39.95 with 4 Course Dinner & Dancing to 1am Stay overnight from only £165 which

  • Tent dwellers spark concern

    RESIDENTS are calling for homeless people to be moved from their campsite at a former Victorian rubbish tip. At least four people are living in tents at Aston’s Eyot, an overgrown beauty spot on the banks of the River Cherwell and River Thames

  • Cow on A34

    DRIVERS have suffered delays on Oxford’s A34 Western bypass this morning after a cow got onto the dual carriageway. Police set up a rolling roadblock after 7am to search for the cow after it was spotted loose between the Peartree and Botley

  • Cow causes A34 delays

    Motorists faced delays on the A34 Western Bypass, Oxford, today after reports of a cow on the road. Police used a rolling road block on the southbound carriageway between the Peartree Interchange and the Botley Interchange, while they searched

  • Britain braced for gale force winds

    Parts of Britain will be battered by gale force winds and heavy rain over the next few days, forecasters have said. The Met Office put out warnings for downpours and gusts of wind of up to 60mph for Wales, the North West of England and Northern Ireland

  • Man found dead in Oxford garden

    Police today appealed for information following the death of a 50 year-old man in Rose Hill. At 10.13am yesterday officers were called to Asquith Road after a report that a body had been discovered in a front garden. The man was white, with blond

  • Suspected arson at grain silo

    ABOUT 20 firefighters tackled a blaze at a grain silo near Kidlington shortly before midnight last night. A spokesman for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said arsonists are suspected of starting the fire in the ground-floor of the derelict

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: Education in firing line

    FUNDING for schools is ring-fenced by Government and is therefore unaffected by Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed budget savings proposals. However, four outdoor education centres in Oxfordshire and three out of county centres must become self-financing

  • CRICKET: Rowant get a reprieve

    Aston Rowant say justice has been done after winning their appeal against a points deduction for an on-field punch-up. Rowant are confirmed as winners of Division 2 West in the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League, winning promotion

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: Expenses face freeze

    EXPENSES for Oxfordshire’s 74 county councillors are set to be frozen as part of the cost-cutting plan. Basic allowances will remain at £8,026 for councillors while council leader Keith Mitchell will not see a rise in his £28,094 annual pay. Chief executive

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: Health services face £240m blow

    PROPOSED £240m cuts to healthcare spending in Oxfordshire could mean job and service losses, health bosses warned last night. NHS Oxfordshire, which plans and provides health care and funds hospital treatments, announced it could need to make

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: Plans to re-invest

    AS part of its budget overhaul, the council plans to re-invest £75m in front-line services such as social care for the elderly and for children. Extra financial support is also being considered for carers, as well as for retained firefighters and fire

  • Pain of cuts must be shared out

    IT WOULD be easy to paint the people running Oxfordshire County Council and the county’s NHS as pantomime baddies over total projected cuts of £346m which threaten local government and health services. It was a coincidence that both bodies announced

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: Motorists hit

    MOTORISTS look set to be hit with a broad range of cuts as part of the county council’s plans to save £106m over the next five years. Drivers in Oxford face being charged more to park outside their own homes and in the city centre and the council is

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: OAPs' fears for wardens

    ELDERLY people in sheltered accommodation still fear their warden service could be cut, despite reassurances from Oxfordshire County Council. Almost 50 residents and relatives of people living at Field House, in West Way, Botley, quesitoned

  • COUNTY CASH CRISIS: Government blamed

    THE leader of Oxfordshire County Council last night blamed the Government for the authority’s need to make £106m of budget cuts. Keith Mitchell highlighted the £800bn national debt as he announced a range of measures to cut costs to cope with diminishing

  • Oxford man stole from girlfriend to buy drugs

    A man who stole £500 from his girlfriend’s bank account and £900 worth of electrical items from her friend’s house to fund a drug habit has been given a suspended prison sentence. Symon Neilson, 31, of Chestnut Avenue, Headington, admitted