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PERUVIAN hand-crafted scarves, African textiles and Palestinian olive oil were among the items on sale at the One World Fair. About 1,200 people were at Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, on Saturday for the event. The fair, organised by

A HOMELESS drug user who stole perfume from Debenhams and assaulted a store detective has been jailed for 16 weeks. Michael Roberts, 29, of Oxford Night Shelter in Luther Street, admitted shoplifting two bottles of fragrances worth £87.10p

Hednesford Tn 4 (Dyer pen 7, Jagielka 14, Durrell 24, Goodhead 76) Oxford City 2 (Malone 62, Baird 82) Oxford City had a Saturday to forget as they went down to defeat in the Premier Division on Saturday. It brought to an end their nine-match unbeaten

North Leigh 0 AFC Totton 2 (Gosney 14, Taylor 68) North Leigh went down to defeat against high-flying visitors AFC Totton, despite a determined display in the Division 1 South & West clash. The hosts made a bright start and should have gone ahead

Tiverton Tn 2 (Bushin 7, 83) Banbury Utd 1 (Shariff 20) Banbury United’s excellent Premier Division form suffered ablow at rain-sodden Tiverton on Saturday. It looked like they Banbury, who had lost only once in their previous 13 games would hold

Taunton Tn 0 Abingdon Utd 2 (Beechers 32, Faulkner 44) – abandoned half-time, waterlogged pitch) Abingdon United were left cursing their luck after their Division 1 South & West clash was abandoned at half-time because of a waterlogged pitch. Andy

SENIOR Aircraftman Stephen Green is proud of his Operational Service Medal and quite rightly. Fourteen members of 4624 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force yesterday received their service medals after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like so many

Launton Sports 1 (Phillips 63) Ardley Utd 5 (Blossom 32, 50, 90, Bridges 55, Bone 83) Wayne Blossom smashed a hat-trick in Ardley’s comfortable first-round victory at Launton on Saturday in the Oxfordshire Senior cup. Early on, Sports keeper Nick

Binfield 3 (Suarez 34, Walsh 76, Tallentire pen 87) Wantage Tn 4 (Claydon 55, pen 59, 71, Jones 90) Gavin Jones scored a late winner for Wantage as they edged a seven-goal thriller at Binfield in the Premier Division on Saturday. And they did it

James Constable, Oxford United’s match-winner against Barrow on Saturday, described the three points at the Kassam Stadium as “massive”. The U’s leading scorer bagged his 13th goal of the campaign from the penalty spot after being brought down

Scottish centre back Ross Perry was delighted to come away with a clean sheet on his debut in what were difficult conditions for defenders. “I was delighted to be given the opportunity to play, and it was a good three points and a good win. “I’ve been

A 20-YEAR-OLD man accused of throwing a roadworks sign at a moving car has been bailed. Sean English, of Sherwood Place, Barton, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday and denied a charge of causing danger to road users. He

Oxford United fans have been saluted for their support after matchday vendors sold out of 12th Man wristbands. All 1,200 bands available at the Kassam Stadium were bought before the U’s clash with Barrow on Saturday – bringing the total sold

Barrow joint-manager Dave Bayliss felt his team should have had a second-half spot kick for a push in the back on Jason Walker. “We were denied a stonewall penalty,” he claimed. “You come here and the officials are not man enough to make brave decisions

A CAR fire in Headington early yesterday is being treated as arson. Firefighters were called to the blazing car, in Horwood Close, at 12.10am. Firefighters from The Slade extinguished the fire. Anyone with information should call

CONSERVATIVE Party leader and Witney MP David Cameron, above, has apologised for failing to notify Westminster Abbey officials ahead of a photo opportunity at a Remembrance Day service. Prime Minister Gordon Brown also said sorry after the

RAF reservists who defied rocket and mortar fire to equip British troops have been honoured. Members of 4624 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAAF), based at RAF Brize Norton, were handed medals on Saturday for their service in Afghanistan

A NEW bar is to open at Oxford Castle. The Swan and Castle will be a Lloyds No1 Bar, operated by J D Wetherspoon, and will replace Bar Ha!Ha!, which closed in January. The new venue will open on December 11.

Under 9 Red League Littlemore Youth v Grove Challengers 2-3 Chalgrove Cavaliers v Radley Youth 1-8 Crowmarsh B v Kidlington Youth 1-12 Horspath v Abingdon Youth 11-0 Under 9 Blue League

A TEENAGE girl who went missing for almost a week has been found safe and well. Police appealed for help in tracing Deryn Longhurst, 14, after she went missing from her home in Dirac Place last Saturday. She was found safe and well on Friday

A FIRST edition of Charles Darwin’s Origin Of Species which languished for years in an Oxford toilet will go under the hammer tomorrow. Christie’s auction house said the book, left, which is estimated to go for up to £60,000, was bought by

A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with trashing a room at Oxford’s Randolph Hotel. Benjamin Howard, of Luther Street, Oxford, was arrested at the hotel, in Beaumont Street, on October 15, and charged on Friday with affray and criminal damage

OXFORD’S first car club has celebrated its first anniversary having attracted more than 200 motorists. The Commonwheels Car Club began life in East Oxford a year ago with the aim of cutting the number of vehicles parked on the city’s congested streets

AN eco-town summit will be held next month where three Government departments will spell out how the 5,000-home development will affect Bicester. Jonathan Shaw, Minister for the South-East, along with representatives from the Department of

TWO Oxfordshire rivers were on alert after heavy rainfall but the county has escaped any serious flooding. The Environment Agency last night said the River Evenlode, near Cassington, and River Glyme, at Wootton and Woodstock, had burst their

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in a pub kitchen. Crews were called to The Blue Boar, in Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton, shortly after 1pm on Saturday for a chip pan fire. No one was injured.

ANOTHER swathe of off licences owned by First Quench are to close with the loss of 55 jobs in Oxfordshire. First Quench, which also trades as Wine Rack, The Local, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine, went into administration in October after

Carbon emissions across Oxfordshire could be halved by 2030. Oxfordshire Partnership members including Oxfordshire County Council, the district councils, Thames Valley Police and NHS Oxfordshire have all pledged to reduce their impact on

SIR Steve Redgrave has admitted he cheers on Oxford at the annual boat race – despite having coached both teams. The five-time Olympic gold medallist was signing books at WHSmith, in Cornmarket Street, on Saturday. Sir Steve, who is

TODAY is D-Day for an Oxfordshire charity taking part in a televised public vote to see if it can win £50,000. The Oxfordshire Playbus project, which provides a lifeline for about 400 disabled children and adults a year, is asking people to phone in

Garsington produced their best performance of the season by beating Florence Park 6-0 at a very wet and windy Sandy Lane. Both teams struggled early on getting used to the bad weather, but it was Garsington who took the early initiative. Ryan Milburn

TRIAL closures of two notorious rat runs in Oxford will not now go ahead because of fears they could cost lives. For years people in Headington have campaigned for action to reduce the amount of traffic taking short cuts between Old Road and London

A DEPARTING senior police officer has predicted a slowdown in the growth of police numbers in Oxfordshire. Assistant Chief Constable Nick Gargan is leaving his £94,851-a-year post with Thames Valley Police on January 1 to become deputy chief executive

PUB landlady Ann Dunkley thought she would have to call time on her career after her husband collapsed and died from a heart attack. But with the help of her daughter Tracy, and regulars at the Ampleforth Arms in Risinghurst, Oxford, she has managed

SHOPPERS are being asked to slip a little extra something into their trolleys for disadvantaged kids this Christmas. While people pick up Christmas goodies at Asda in Wheatley, they are being asked to buy a toy or gift for a child to be distributed to

WITNEY Christopher Jennings, 25, of Cratlands Close, Stadhampton, admitted drink-driving on the B480 on October 17. He had 118mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, exceeding the limit of 35mg. Given a three-month curfew, ordered to pay £85 costs and banned

On a wind swept and rainy Sunday morning, Tower had to battle all the way to secure a place in the next round of the cup. The first ten minutes were hard with heavy rain and gusty windy conditions but both teams were coping well. Tower

RESIDENTS have stopped more than 57 tonnes of food waste going into landfill as part of a new recycling scheme – and that’s just the start. Last night, Cherwell District Council said the collection of non-recyclable waste in the district had dropped

Ardington A v Grove: 1st game: 9-0 2nd game: 10-0 Well done to both teams. Ardington playing some lovely passing football. Good luck to Grove for the rest of the season. Ardington goal scorers: Alex Kay-1, Connor Barry-1, Owen Norton-2, Jack Badger

A BAFTA-winning film-maker brought the secrets of the silver screen to an Oxford school. Pawel Pawlikowski, who was honoured for his work on My Summer of Love and Last Resort, visited the Cherwell School in North Oxford on Tuesday. The Polish-born director

My god I hate the coffee snobs. Every day, walking into work, along High Street, they rush past me, the women in trainers rather than shoes, the men in jogging shorts, all grasping their cardboard cups while trying to look assertive. Now clearly they

Gordon Brown’s borrowing (Oxford Mail, November 18) is what is steering us safely out of the recession in Oxfordshire. Governments should borrow and spend in the middle of a downturn and pay back as the economy recovers. The Tory-led county council

Having received Oxfordshire County Council’s most recent issue of Oxon News, I noted that although council leader Keith Mitchell indicated that non-front line jobs would be going, the magazine didn’t really detail how £90m (which now seems to have risen

Surely now our two Oxford councils – city and county – will have got the public’s message, reiterated weekly in this newspaper, that we want less talk and more action. It appears the adage ‘too many chiefs and not enough Indians’, rings true. Even David

I was somewhat amazed at the way the cuts being imposed by the Tories was reported (Oxford Mail, Nov 18). Last year the Labour group on Oxfordshire County Council warned that the budget being agreed by the council would cause difficulty this year because

IN THIS era of self, self, self, I would, on behalf of the tenants, say a massive thank you to Street Scene, run by Oxford City Council, for its generosity and positive attitude to a project run by Peter and Carol Bonney. In particular,

On a wet and windy morning, Harwell and Hendred played very well against Summertown Stars to win both matches with a final score of 2-10. In the first match Summertown had some good passes to score two goals by Joss King and Merlin Jones. Harwell and

Goals. Jack Morgan 5, Thomas Dale 2, Connor Micallef 2, Jack Sims 2, Charlie Leach 1, Aaron Holmes 1. All credit must go to the Cholsey team who kept battling to the final whistle.

With a lunchtime kick off the two teams were able to play in more clement conditions than might have been expected at breakfast time. Summertown got into their passing groove very early on and put Barton under pressure from the start. With braces from

Kidlington kicked into the wind first half but despite having the lions share of possession Grove scored first when the Kidlington defence failed to clear from a corner. The visitors responded when Roland Hassani cleverly stepped past a couple

This was the top of the D league clash; it was a very tight and passionate affair. Both teams played very good football in tricky conditions, Kidlington took the lead very early on. Dan Fisher then saved a penalty for Hanney which spurred his team on

Wining the toss was always going to be important in this game, and fortunately KYFC won it and kicked with the wind in first half. Harry Foley got the first early on, followed by a second by Alex Brain. Then KYFC got awarded a penalty which

A very miserable morning ( weather wise ) saw some great football as both teams slugged it out for the three points. Oxford City struck first with a goal from Luke Milward. But kidlington struck back shortly after with a great goal from Connor

A FIRST edition of Charles Darwin's Origin Of Species which was kept in an Oxford toilet for years will go under the hammer this week. Christie's auction house said the book, estimated to reach £60,000, was bought by a family for just a few shillings

FIREFIGHTERS tacked a blaze in a pub kitchen. Crews were called to The Blue Boar, in Goddards Lane, shortly after 1pm yesterday due to a chip-pan fire. The fire was extinguished and no one was injured.

PREGNANT women, heart disease patients and people with kidney problems are putting their health on the line by shunning the swine flu vaccination. About 120,895 Oxfordshire people are considered to be most at risk of contracting the ailment. But GP

Students from across Thames Valley have been given a stark warning about the danger of carrying knives and becoming involved in gangs. The message was given in a performance of Boy X by the Arc Theatre group during a two-week tour of 12 schools and