Former Oxford United midfielder Andy Burgess has been charged by the FA with two counts of illegally betting on matches. Burgess, who is on loan at Mansfield Town from Luton Town, is charged with two breaches of FA Rule E8a when he is alleged to have
Oxford United looked to be in real danger of losing their place at the top of the table, as they trailed Crawley Town 1-0 at half-time. In a scrappy opening 45 minutes, Crawley were much the better team, and scored in the 17th minute when French midfielder
MORE than 5,000 bulbs are lighting up one house, bringing Christmas cheer to an Oxford estate. Jason and Sarah Sherriff, pictured in front of their house in Jack Argent Close, Greater Leys, with daughter Hollie, five, have put up dozens of illuminations
BREAST and bowel cancer patients in Oxfordshire are among the most likely in the country to survive for at least a year after they are diagnosed. Survival rates for patients with the two types of cancer were in the top 25 per cent across the
THE Queen will be the first Royal visitor to the new Ashmolean Museum in Oxford tomorrow following a £61m refurbishment. Thousands of people have already visited the Beaumont Street attraction since it reopened last month after being shut for most of
THE girlfriend of a man stabbed in an East Oxford churchyard said her partner’s alleged murderer had told him he “killed people for fun”. Robert Lee Chin, 49, of no fixed abode, denies fatally stabbing Devon McPherson in SS Mary and John Churchyard,
CONSERVATIONISTS have failed in a bid to overturn planning permission for an extension of motor racing activities on an Oxfordshire airfield. Vision Motorsport Ltd wanted to build a new performance car circuit and increase capacity on the existing rally
A CONVICTED arsonist jailed for 24 years for torching a church was back in custody last night for breaching the terms of his release from prison. David Blagdon, 58, was wanted on recall to prison after he went missing from his home in Greater Leys, Oxford
A new bridge could be built across the River Thames near Witney to save a 13th-century structure. Oxfordshire County Council is asking the public for its views on plans for a new crossing at Newbridge, which would carry the A415 270 yards away from the
HUNDREDS of drivers, engineers and office staff at Oxford Bus Company will vote on a revised pay offer on Thursday. About 400 members of the union Unite will take part in a ballot at Oxford’s Watlington Road depot to decide whether to accept a pay rise
BUDDING singer Ellie Robbins narrowly missed out on being crowned one of Britain’s best young acts – but vowed to come back “stronger than ever”. The 16-year-old, from Yarnton, near Oxford, performed in front of more than 300 fans in the national finals
Burglars targeting Christmas presents have struck in Banbury. Police are now linking seven break-ins in the past three weeks. The most recent break-in happened at a house on the Poet’s Corner estate at about 7.50pm on Friday, when cash and jewellery
I WAS recently invited along to the first Open Day at the Oxford Cancer Centre. This was probably not my first choice of places to go on a Saturday, but it did prove to be an interesting experience. We were given a number of presentations from senior
A SCHOOL in Wantage has been given the green light for the final stage of improvements worth £5.2m. Work to modernise Fitzwaryn School, for youngsters with learning difficulties, has started and Oxfordshire County Council has approved funding for a second
PLANS have been unveiled for a multi-million pound revamp of Abingdon’s Abbey Shopping Centre and the town’s Charter area. The proposals include refurbishing the shopping centre, building a major supermarket with a 700-space car park, redeveloping the
WORK on the long-awaited £70m Bicester town centre redevelopment will start in January, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Building work on a 50,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s supermarket, a seven-screen cinema, car parking and six shops and restaurants should be complete
PEOPLE say you can’t trust anyone these days but in fact when I was in The Four Candles this week I saw evidence that this isn’t actually the case. A bloke left his wallet on the table while he wandered to the doorway to talk on his mobile. It would
MR ROBINSON (Oxford Mail, November 6) accuses me of spewing out Tory diatribe against the trade unions because I exposed their left-wing stance at Morris Motors – which I believe led to its eventual demise. He says that his father, mother and uncles
MICHAEL Raphel (Oxford Mail, November 21), left his car on double yellow lines in a sensitive area from 10pm (the time the Metropolitan Police were advised a male was seen on CCTV parking and running from a car) until 2am. He then complained about two
I THINK it is sickening that any pub would not allow to serve someone in uniform – whether Royal Navy, Army or RAF. What about nurses, police, or firemen? I remember when I was in my teens, my father who was in the Army at the time, went to his local
IT WAS disgusting that two of our serving soldiers were treated so very badly at the Cross Keys in Witney (Oxford Mail, November 20). How would the people concerned have felt if it were their sons or brothers? These men had fought in Iraq and Afghanistan
OXFORD Night Shelter has changed its name in a bid to end “negative connotations” associated with it. From this week, the organisation will be known as Oxford Homeless Pathways. Oxford Homeless Pathways runs O’Hanlon House, which is a 24-hour shelter
A PRE-SCHOOL forced to close in July after a damning Ofsted report will reopen in January with new staff, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Park Pre-School, which has had thousands of Didcot children pass through its doors since it opened in 1962, has been
Lee Spencer hit a hat-trick as Division 3A high-fliers Donnington dumped first division Standlake Garage out of the Autotype UTV League's Devenney Cup with a stunning 5-2 home win in the second round, writes TIM SIRET. Spencer’s treble was
ON Saturday, I formed part of the grateful crowd who lined Sheep Street in Bicester to welcome home the soldiers from 23 Pioneer Regiment from their tours of Afghanistan and Iraq. It indicated to them, I hope, the feeling and support of the people of
IN REPLY to Liam Sloan’s story Soldiers not let into pub, I would like to ask who the hell the staff at the Cross Keys pub think they are, stopping servicemen going into their pub to have a meal or drink, just because they are in uniform? Have the staff
Substitute Chris Zoldan hit a second-half hat-trick as Witney United cruised into the last eight of the Joe Roughton Oxfordshire FA Under 18 Cup with a 9-2 victory at Thame Youth. Jack Lonsdale, Guy Benoist, Conor Allmond, Sam Burton, Sam Whadcock and
Burford School’s Chris Mills will be looking to impress when he plays for the South West Under 18s against the South East at Uxbridge Town on Sunday. The 16-year-old was due to play in the game – which forms part of the selection process for the England
Alex Thomas grabbed a late winner as Vale of White Horse Under 13s squeezed past Dacorum 2-1 in the English Schools’ FA Inter-Association Trophy third round at Milton United. Vale opened the scoring after ten minutes when Mason Curtis fired home. The
ONE in 10 workers could lose their jobs as Vale of White Horse District Council is looking to cut £3.5m out of its budget. Yesterday community groups and the Unison union hit out at the cuts being proposed over the next five years. But council leader
Jazzmin Alder hit a hat-trick as Tower Hill won a ten-goal thriller against Chinnor 6-4 in the Oxford Mail Girls League Under 13 A Division. Christina Snowden (2) and Suzy Halsey were also on target, while Chinnor’s goals all came from Vicky
A SCHOOL is introducing a fingerprint scanner to let pupils buy lunch at the touch of a finger. From January, pupils and staff at Banbury School, in Ruskin Road, Banbury, will adopt the cashless system. At the moment, the entire school of about 1,400
THE county’s business community has toasted this year’s winners of the Oxfordshire Business Awards. Finalists mingled with sponsors and guests at the reception at Northbrook House, Oxford Science Park. This year the awards made history when information
Davy Herron hit a four-timer for St Birinus (Didcot) in their 8-2 win over Cotswold (Cheltenham) in the ESFA Under 13 Schools’ Cup fourth round. Jay Mace, Jack Brown, Scott Grove and Matthew Taylor were also on target. King Alfred’s Sports & Community
A FATHER-OF-three who cycled across Zimbabwe dressed as a clown in order to hand Robert Mugabe a gift has vowed to again help out the troubled nation. Richard Pantlin, of Hurst Street, East Oxford, embarked on the daring mission across one of the world
Lucy Henshaw was Carterton’s heroine with an extra-time winner in their 2-1 Oxfordshire Under 14 Cup quarter-final victory over Bardwell. Jade Pitts gave Carterton the lead, only for Jasmine Neadham to equalise, but Henshaw fired home the winner.
POLICE have closed a section of the M40 after an accident involving two cars and a lorry. They were called at 4.15pm to the northbound carriageway, between junction six for Lewknor and junction seven for Milton Common. A police spokesman said they had
HOSPITALS will soon be ranked according to how successful patients feel their operation went thanks to a system devised in Oxford. Since April, surgeons at the city’s Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre have been giving feedback forms to patients to rate how
A £1.5M scheme to redevelop Oxford City Football Club is set to receive a boost from city council leaders tomorrow night. Last year, the club, based at Court Place Farm, off Marsh Lane, Marston, submitted a planning application for the proposal, which
OXFORD police officer Cecilia Agger has returned triumphant from a 3,000-mile rally clutching a handful of trophies. Chief Insp Agger – head of police operations in the city – set off on the London to Casablanca Endurance Rally last month.
THREE men from Abingdon who attack- ed a group of soldiers in a pub with chairs and a table have been jailed. Friends Jason Tripp and Luke Berry, both 21, and Craig Pitts, 20, were involved in the drunken fight at The Bystander in Wootton, near Abingdon
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BUILDING work on the £3m redesign of Didcot Parkway’s forecourt will start next autumn – and could last up to a year-and-a-half. Oxfordshire County Council engineers have unveiled their construction plans for the station, revealing the first
A four-car crash tonight caused delays on the M40 in Oxfordshire. The crash happened on the northbound carriageway about a mile before junction seven. Two cars are said to be in the outside lane with the other two on the hard shoulder.
Police are appealing for information after a series of burglaries where thieves broke into homes across Oxfordshire and stole cars. All of the break-ins occurred some time overnight between yesterday and this morning. One of the break-ins was
Lee Smith scored a four-timer in Inter Oxford’s 11-1 thumping of Tetsworth in Division 1 of the RT Harris Oxford City FA. Jamel Afifi weighed in with a hat-trick, while Gary Chapman notched a double. Alex Reid and Kevin Kearny wrapped up their tally.
Tom Weedon smashed a brilliant four-timer as North Leigh ran out 9-2 winners over Kings Sutton in the Giles Sports Witney Youth Under 15 League Knockout Cup second round. Josh Burnham added a hat-trick, and there were also strikes for Aaron Bowerman
A hi-tech firm which is a pioneer in special effects for the film industry has seen £1m slashed off its profits in the first year. OMG based in Botley has reported a pre-tax profit of £0.6m for the year ending September 30, compared to £1.6m for the
Justin Barnes scored a second-half double in ABK Sports 2-0 win against Steeple Aston in the Banbury District & Lord Jersey FA Premier Division. After a goalless first half, in which much of the pitch was obscured by smoke from a nearby garden fire,
Minster Lovell picked up only their second win of the season as they saw off Combe 2-1 in the Premier Division of the Witney & District FA. Ed Dunn and Leo Haines ensured three crucial points for the home side in their battle against relegation. Steve
Ben Green and Dean Gafney hit doubles in Rover Cowley’s 7-1 thrashing of Kennington in the Premier Division. Green opened the leaders’ account after keeper Nick Hill saved his intial shot. Gafney doubled their lead from 25 yards. Just before the break
Wayne Desmond hit a hat-trick as AFC Hinksey stormed into the second round of the Oxfordshire Charity Cup with a 7-0 thrashing of Freeland. Toby Webster opened the scoring with a spectacular overhead kick from Jerome McCalmon’s corner. Seconds later
Division 2 side Botley United knocked Division 1 side Warborough & Shillingford out of the North Berks Charity Shield with a shock 7-6 win. Chris Potter hit a hat-trick and Kevin Cooper a double, with Andy Potter and Darren Witchall completing the second-round
Garry Hartley fired a treble for Saxton Rovers who made it seven wins out of seven in Division 1 of the North Berks League with a 6-0 hammering of Crowmarsh Gifford. Tom Aldworth, Mark Druce and Paul Churchouse were also on target for Saxton who are
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash that happened in Henley in the early hours today. At about 12.05am, a green Renault Laguna collided with a lamppost oi Reading Road, opposite the Jet petrol station. One of the passengers
A broken-down lorry this afternoon caused delays for drivers on the A34. The lorry broke down on the southbound carriageway at the A4130 Milton Interchange, causing congestion back to the A415 Marcham Interchange. Police said the inside lane was blocked
Parts of the UK turned to frost as December 1 brought wintry conditions and temperatures dipping below minus 8C. But the sudden chill will be shortlived and snow will turn to rain later in higher areas of Wales, Scotland and the north of England
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a robbery at a Co-operative store in Kidlington. At about 9.50pm on Sunday, November 22, three men entered the shop in Banbury Road and demanded that the shopworkers hand over money from
Why not come along to your local farmers market and enjoy all the fun and festivities that local producers have to offer. Have a feast this Christmas knowing your produce has come from less than 50 miles away. We are offering a free
Arsonist David Blagdon is back in custody after he was found by police in Lincolnshire. The 58-year-old was wanted on recall to prison after he went missing from his home in Greater Leys, Oxford, almost two weeks ago. Blagdon was described
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A BAT-WIELDING thug and a man waving a knife were seemingly brought under control by an armed officer carrying a 50,000-volt Taser gun yesterday. The two incidents were staged by police as examples of how Oxfordshire’s armed police deploy the Taser weapon
Drivers on the M40 have been delayed this morning by a crash involving a lorry and three cars near Bicester. The accident happened shortly after 7am on the southbound carriageway, on the slip road for junction nine at Weston-on-the-Green. Danny Donovan
THE great great grandson of Charles Dickens has said we still have not learned the lesson of A Christmas Carol. Abingdon actor Gerald Dickens, 46, said his famous ancestor would be shocked by bankers with bonuses living alongside abject poverty in modern
A crash involving a lorry and two vans caused delays for drivers on the M40 in north Oxfordshire today. Queueing traffic built up after the crash on the southbound carriageway before junction nine. Congestion stretched back to junction
A bat-wielding thug and a man waving a knife were seemingly brought under control by an armed officer carrying a 50,000 volt Taser gun yesterday. The two incidents were staged by police as examples of how Oxfordshire’s armed police deploy the Taser weapon
AN ARSONIST described as the forgotten man of the British legal system has been urged to hand himself in to police. David Blagdon, 58, is wanted on recall to prison after he went missing from his home in Greater Leys, Oxford, almost two weeks ago. Blagdon
Parking restrictions in roads surrounding the Kassam Stadium could be overhauled if residents make their voices heard. Oxfordshire County Council has sent questionnaires to 400 permit holders to find out what they think of the scheme to
Top scorer James Constable is back in contention for a starting place as Oxford United look to forget about the FA Cup and concentrate again on leading the Blue Square Premier at Crawley Town on Tuesday night. Boss Chris Wilder has the luxury of being
A REPORT into Blackbird Leys paints an overly depressing picture of progress on the Oxford estate. The report for the Wates Foundation, a charitable trust that invested £146,000 in the area last year, believes there have not been enough improvements
THE great great grandson of Charles Dickens has said we still have not learned the lesson of A Christmas Carol. Abingdon actor Gerald Dickens, 46, said his famous ancestor would be shocked by bankers with bonuses living alongside abject poverty
TOO many people living on Oxford’s Blackbird Leys estate are trapped in poverty and have an inferiority complex, according to a new report examining the social impact of community projects in the area. A £33,000 study said decades of investment in the
