Michael Schumacher has informed Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo there is a "strong possibility" he will return to grand prix racing with the Brackley-based Mercedes-Benz team next season. The seven-time world champion is employed as an advisor
Hundreds of homes were left without new bins because binmen couldn’t read maps. The explanation of why it took a month and half to complete delivery of wheelie bins to homes throughout South Oxfordshire appears in an official report into the
League leaders Oxford United have a blank weekend after Friday night's Blue Square Premier game at Cambridge fell victim to the bad weather. The heavy snow that was predicted for Cambridgeshire on Thursday night duly arrived, and made referee
HUNDREDS of homes were left without new bins because binmen couldn’t read maps. The explanation of why it took a month and half to complete delivery of wheelie bins to homes throughout South Oxfordshire appears in an official report into the
THREE men and two teenagers from Oxford have admitted taking part in a pub brawl. They were all arrested after the clash at the Moon Under Water pub in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on February 7. Sean Keaney, 18, of Outram Road, Allan Stimpson, 37,
WRAP up warm and be safe – that’s the advice from weather forecasters who say more snow and freezing temperatures are on the way for Oxfordshire. There was a sprinkling of snow on the ground this morning in some parts of the county. But for children
APPRENTICES learning their trades in Blackbird Leys are confident the skills they are gaining will keep them in work for life. Minister for the South East Jonathan Shaw visited Oxford and Cherwell Valley College with Oxford East MP Andrew Smith to see
HOUSEHOLDERS have reacted with disappointment after controversial plans for a block of 44 students flats in Oxford’s Magdalen Road were given the go-ahead. The scheme was originally turned down by Oxford City Council’s east area parliament. But that
POLICE are being urged to buy a 103-year-old ceremonial truncheon which once belonged to a Mayor of Oxford. The wooden truncheon is believed to have been handed to a special constable by councillor Thomas Taphouse to celebrate the coronation of Edward
All Borders stores will stop trading on Tuesday, the administrators of the book chain announced tonight. The company, which has a store in Magdalen Street, Oxford and owns Books Etc in Bicester, went into administration last month.
Charlie Longsdon, who trains near Chipping Norton, is keeping his fingers crossed Far More Serious will stay in one piece following his impressive display at Newbury. The nine-year-old has only made 22 appearances due to a number of injury problems.
AS CHRISTIANS across Oxfordshire count down the days to Christmas, a special event in the Jewish calendar is coming to a close. Tomorrow night, the final candle on a 12ft menorah in Oxford’s Broad Street will be lit to mark the Jewish festival
Clambering through a castle which sweeps up high above a steep hilltop in Northern Cyprus, I could see why its magical ruins are believed to have helped inspire Walt Disney’s film Sleeping Beauty, writes Victoria Shaw. As I sat on a rock
An unconscious woman was rescued from a flat fire by firefighters today. A fire crew was called to Padbury Drive, Banbury, at 4.49am after a smoke alarm sounded. They had to break down a door to rescue the woman from the smoke-filled flat. She was
Ex-servicemen will pay tribute along Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, when the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan arrive at the John Radcliffe Hospital on Tuesday at 2.30pm. Lance Corporal David Leslie Kirkness, 24, and Rifleman James Stephen
The jury in the murder trial of Robert Chin is set to go out to consider its verdict on Monday. Judge Anthony King finished his summing-up today in the three-week case. Chin, 43, of no fixed address, denies fatally stabbing Devon McPherson in East Oxford
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Kidlington Forum B go into the Christmas break at the top of Oxford & District League Division following an 8-2 victory over British Rail. Ellis Bicknell and Andrew Flint won three apiece for the leaders. With only two players, Kid-lington Saints defeated
Oxford University’s boxers were on the receiving in their first match against some of the Army’s best boxers. The 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, the current Army amateur champions, proved they were strong fighting men when they defeated the students
Oxford Boxing Academy’s Ben Kaluza celebrated his 16th birthday in style when he claimed the scalp of Welsh International Perrie Lima at the Park Inn Hotel, Bedford Kaluza, from Bicester, who was desperate to add another fight to his record before the
A 26-year-old man has admitted importing and supplying drugs after heroin worth up to £30,000 was recovered by police. Kashif Zaman, of Danvers Road, Rose Hill, Oxford, admitted possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply and importation of Class
Fears were raised tonight over the future of The Gap charity for the homeless after a report urged the city council to stop funding it. The centre, in Park End Street, will be “decommissoned” if councillors act on the independent report. Up to 60 homeless
Fathers for Justice campaigner Roger Crawford warned he might not be able to make it to Carfax Tower, Oxford, tomorrow because of the snow. The 61-year-old, from Bedfordshire, was due to collect signatures for a petition from 10am.
A GIANT who has been terrorising audiences at the Oxford Playhouse came face to face with gargantuans from another age. Actor Richard Stacey donned the 10ft outfit he wears for his performances in Jack and the Beanstalk to visit Oxford University’s Museum
Cokethorpe School (Witney) celebrated a rare Oxfordshire Schools' Cup rugby double at a rain-lashed Wallingford RFC. They retained their under 19 crown with a 24-9 victory over Henley College in a repeat of last year’s final played on a quagmire
‘Untruthful! My nephew Algernon? Impossible! He is an Oxonian.” Lady Bracknell’s line – as ever when delivered to an Oxford audience – was given the loudest laugh of the evening on the first night of Tomahawk’s enjoyable production of Oscar Wilde
An ART gallery manager has thanked the city council for providing her with a temporary building to host an exhibition in the run-up to Christmas. The Flash in the Pan team was due to host an exhibition at the Corner Club in Turl Street. But artists
Oxford Stadium is mourning the death of two stalwarts. Former Oxford trainer Geoff De Mulder died on Friday, aged 79, with lifelong fan John Townsend passing away at the same age shortly afterwards. De Mulder, known as the ‘Meridan Magician’ won two
A BUSINESSMAN has criticised plans for the £70m redevelopment Bicester’s town centre claiming it will “drain the life blood from the town”. Ian Allington, who owns cycle store Broadribbs, in Sheep Street, says there are a string of problems with the
The emotions ran high as Trafalgar Cup winner Freedom Emma was put into the traps for the final of the £6,000 Oaks at Wimbledon on Tuesday. It was only last month her owner Stuart Locke-Hart had passed away, and the Oxford Owners Association
Yarnton RBL B, from Division 4, produced the main upset in the first round of the Gentworks Oxford & District League's Buildbase Cup with a 5-1 win away to Division 2 side Witney B, writes DAVID WHITE. Mick Aust got the visitors off to a flying start
PERMISSION has been granted for Waitrose to expand its Wantage store to include more retail space and a cafe. Paul McClean, the owner of the Wallingford Street site, has been given the green light to use the former WH Smith, next to the supermarket,
New Club started the defence of the Oxford & District League’s Stephen Reiss Cup with a 4-1 success at home to Eynsham. It did not look good for the holders when Eynsham's Mick McCluskey (+90 handicap) beat Alan Mander (+60) 150-120 in the opening game
Sandford St Martin maintained their 100 per cent record in Division 2 of the Banbury Indoor League with a three-wicket victory over Chadlington. Batting first, Chadlington reached 96-3 in their ten overs, Paul Duester hitting 25 not out and James Risbridger
Paul Gore is especially keen that Oxford City Stars complete the double over Milton Keynes Thunder in their Division 1 South game on Sunday (6pm). Gore played for Thunder last season, before making the move to Oxford, their closest geographical rivals
PUPILS from St Andrew’s Primary School entertained residents at the St Andrew’s Residential Care Home in Headington, Oxford, on Wednesday with a carol concert. Home manager Debbie Hodgson said: “They sang everything from O Little Town of Bethlehem to
EAST Oxford residents have been given extra time to respond to controversial plans to introduce parking controls to the area. Originally consultation on proposed residents’ parking schemes in the Magdalen Road and Divinity Road area was due
FEW children will have gone through school without taking part in at least one nativity play. Here is a selection of pictures from Christmas productions of the past. The first was taken at SS Mary and John Infants’ School in East Oxford in about 1955
PUPILS at William Fletcher Primary School gave 10p each to buy a brick for the new village hall in 1978 – and were then invited to the site to lay them. Julian Duffield, eight, gets a helping hand from Trevor Green. Geoff Lambourne – the one showing
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a collision near Culham yesterday which left a 28-year-old woman dead. The victim’s blue Lotus and a silver Volvo collided at about 1.45 pm on the A415, near the Wagon and Horses pub. She was declared dead at
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Police today appealed for witnesses to a crash on the A415, near Culham in which a woman died. At about 1.45pm yesterday, a blue Lotus, which was travelling out of Abingdon, and a silver Volvo, which was travelling in the opposite direction, collided
Oxford United's Blue Square Premier match at Cambridge tonight has been called off. A morning pitch inspection was a formality after around six inches of snow fell overnight on the Abbey Stadium surface and surrounds. There is no new date yet for the
MORE than 20 drivers were caught speeding in Wallingford during road safety checks. During checks in Winterbrook, on Wednesday, 26 drivers were issued with Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for exceeding the 30mph speed limit while driving towards Reading
A new high profile business speaker and networking event, OxFocus, launches in Oxfordshire in 2010. Each OxFocus event will feature as its speaker a senior figure from a business or organisation with a strong story to tell. OxFocus will hold ten events
AN unconscious woman was rescued from a flat by firefighters this morning. A fire crew was called to Padbury Drive in Banbury at 4.49am after a smoke alarm sounded. They had to break down a door to rescue the woman from the smoke filled flat. The woman
Following overnight snow, a pitch inspection has been arranged this morning to see if tonight's match between Cambridge United and Oxford United can go ahead.
Have you got any pictures of today's snow which has fallen over Oxfordshire? Send your pictures to picturedesk@nqo.com - and do not forget to include a contact number.
Twenty six drivers were caught speeding during a road safety check in Wallingford. During checks in Winterbrook, Wallingford, yesterday 26 drivers were issued with Fixed Penalty Notices for exceeding the 30mph speed limit while driving out of the
Midfielder Dannie Bulman looks set to return for Oxford United in tonight’s Blue Square Premier game at Cambridge – if the match is on. Overnight snow, which is expected to continue for parts of today, could put the game in real doubt. United are not
Oxford Bus company has said its espress service to London and airline services to Heathrow and Gatwick are running via alternative routes following the M40 closure. Passengers should allow longer for their journeys. There are no reported problems
Three Oxfordshire schools have closed due to the cold weather conditions, according to Oxfordshire County Council this morning. Mabel Prichard Special School in Cuddesdon Way, Blackbird Leys, is closed because of the snow, according to the county
ONLY one school in Oxford has closed due to the cold weather conditions, according to Oxfordshire County Council this morning. Mabel Prichard Special School in Cuddesdon Way, Blackbird Leys, is closed because of the snow, according to the county council
As Christmas shopping enters its last frenzied week JESSICA MANN gives her suggestions on what to get for festive tipplers. It’s a week before Christmas, and you haven’t even started your shopping. In fact you have three parties to go to
AVATAR (12A). Action/Sci-Fi/Romance. Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and the voices of Zoe Saldana, Laz Alonso, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi. Director: James Cameron.
Simple presents Erol Alkan @ The Bullingdon and RICHARD BELL couldn’t be happier. There’s something weird about the Bullingdon. In all honesty I’m not all that keen on the place, it’s far too dark in there which is usually a good thing for
KATHERINE MACALISTER goes in search of the secrets behind Oxfordshire’s two top Italian eateries. What have Jamie Oliver and Antonio Carluccio got in common? Other than enormous bank balances and celebrity chef status, Jamie’s Italian in
Andrew Ffrench talks to Chris Cleave, winner of the first Oxford Mail/Waterstone's Oxford Book of the Year Award. WHEN Chris Cleave was a psychology student in the early 1990s at Balliol College, he faced the same dilemma as many students –
If you’re looking for fun things to do over the 12 days of Christmas, then look no further... KATHERINE MACALISTER discovers a wealth of interesting – and some quite surprising – activities for all the family. On the 18th day of Christmas
Tim Hughes gets into the Christmas spirit – and finds it tasting of Jamaican rum. SICK of Slade, bored of Bing and tearing your hair out at the thought of another jingly jangly festive number by Rea, Lewie or Wham!? Then help is at hand
HAVE you got any pictures of today's snow which has fallen over Oxfordshire? Send your pictures to picturedesk@nqo.com - and don't forget to include a contact number.
OXFORD Bus company has said its espress service to London and airline services to Heathrow and Gatwick are running via alternative routes. Passengers should allow longer for their journeys. There are no reported problems with local city services.
THE M40 has been closed southbound between Junction 6 Lewknor and Junction 4 High Wycombe following an accident. The motorway is also closed northbound between Junction 4 High Wycombe and Junction 5 Stokenchurch because of the same incident.
LITTLE Jason Buckel is certainly his mum’s little trooper after coming to her rescue. That a four-year-old was able to use her mobile phone and recognise a friend’s name is remarkable and we add our salute to him.
ANTI-drink drive campaigners battling to ram home the usual safety message this Christmas will despair at the sentence handed down to Zygmunt Kulbicki yesterday. Through a strange set of circumstances he was caught seemingly about to drive off from a
MUM Steph Frankum hugs her four-year-old ‘little life-saver’ after he called rescuers on her mobile phone when she collapsed. Jason Buckel was hailed a hero by paramedics yesterday for coming to his mum’s aid after she fell down the stairs
TRAIN operator First Great Western said tonight that it was planning to operate a normal timetable tomorrow but due to the forecast of heavy snow overnight, passengers should check whether their service is running before setting out for the station
