Oxford University could take plenty of encouragement from a committed display as they went down 53-29 to a talented London Wasps side at Iffley Road on Monday night. The Dark Blues conceded nine tries and started slowly, but by the end had contributed
OXFORD Dexter Williams, 21, of Coriander Way, Oxford, admitted failing to attend a drug assessment on July 27. Ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work and pay £40 costs. Also admitted failing to surrender bail to police on August 11 at Oxford
AN AMATEUR artist hopes to raise cash for disadvantaged children by painting celebrities. Dave Pain, 59, has created portraits of Terry Wogan and X Factor judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole that he will auction for Children
A 66-year-old man appeared in court charged with sex offences dating back more than 40 years. Roger Franklin, of Ashdene Road, Bicester, denied four counts of indecent assault of a male under 14 at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The alleged offences
A man charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a student was stabbed in Cowley Road, Oxford, has been remanded in custody. Benjamin Hepburn, 22, of Spooner Close, Headington, was charged on Friday, following the incident
POLICE are treating the death of a man who was found dead at the rear of a basement flat in Banbury as unexplained. The body of Robert Clark, 37, of Calthorpe Road, was found outside a flat in the street just after 5.30pm on Wednesday. Police are trying
A BLUE plaque has been unveiled to commemorate the birth of theatre in Oxford. Dozens of theatre-lovers gathered on the site of the first Oxford Playhouse, now the Oxford University Language Centre, in Woodstock Road. The playhouse stood there between
In this cup match the the result was 4-10. Goal scorers: Hinksey Park FC - Jamie Welsh; Gabriel Agostini; Hamza Hussain - 1 goal each and 2 goals from Wesley Jado and Louis Tucker and 3 from Harry Gill-Warner For the Summertown Eagles - Reuben
Accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton has unveiled a major leap in its fortunes. The company, which has an office in Botley, saw pre-tax profits grow by 40.2 per cent to £77.6m for the year ended June 30. Wendy Hart, managing
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AN airmAn from RAF Benson has been named the best photographer in the air force. Senior Aircraftman James Stier, 27, scooped three awards including PR Photograph of the Year for his snap of a Merlin helicopter preparing for deployment to Afghanistan
A HEART surgeon has tackled mountains and waded through peat bogs to run the equivalent of seven marathons in seven days. And fittingly, John Radcliffe Hospital heart consultant Tim Betts, raised £7,000 through his effort, in aid of the Oxford Heart
WEST Oxford residents are calling for a rethink of a plan to expand the city’s railway station which does nothing to tackle traffic problems caused by the Botley Road bridge. They say the £12.5m project to build an extra platform and covered
CHILTERN Railways is warning passengers to remember, remember Friday the 5th of November – and to allow extra time for their journeys that day due to the closure of the line for major engineering work. Engineers will be installing new points
The planned expansion of Oxford railway station is a good thing for the city; make no mistake. At the moment, it is a cramped, crowded gateway. Plans to create more space for passengers and trains should be welcomed, but cries of missed
After a defeat to Garsington last week, Ardington & Lockinge bounced back in a 4-1 win away to Quarry. From the first whistle they were on the attack, and in the first minute Callum Betts fired in a cross-come-shot that went straight through into
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Oxford University face by far their toughest test yet when they take on on London Wasps at Iffley Road tonight (7.15). The Dark Blues scraped a 13-12 win at London Scottish last week after opening with three defeats. And Nick Haydon’
OXFORD West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood has welcomed reports the Government is preparing to pay out £1.5bn to victims of the Equitable Life pension funds collapse. Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce on Wednesday that policyholders
DRINKERS at an Oxford pub held a suprise homecoming party for the city’s only Commonwealth Games gold medallist. Just 24 hours after archer Nichola Simpson flew home from Delhi, fellow locals at the Jack Russell pub in Marston arranged a disco and buffet
BUDDING singers with no previous experience had their first lesson on Saturday at the Oxford Lieder Festival’s ‘Singing for All’ classes. Vocal coach Fiona Dobbie coaxed the inner-artistes out of first-time singers at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Dominic Elsworth made a fairytale comeback after 14 months out through injury with victory on Edgbriar for Banbury trainer Paul Webber at Cheltenham on Saturday, writes RUSSELL SMITH. The Lambourn-based jockey had been on the sidelines since a fall from
Oxford City 1 (Pritchard 34) Daventry Town 4 (Howell 10, 77, O’Grady 63, Foster 86) New signing Mark Pritchard scored on his debut , but could not stop Oxford City falling at the first hurdle to their opponents from the Zamaretto Southern League Division
Uxbridge 4 (Moores 35, 45, Cicero 50, 69) Abingdon Utd 1 (Carnell 48) A mad minute at the end of the first half, which saw Abingdon United concede a second goal and have two men sent off, consigned Richard Bourne’s side to defeat. Trailing 1-0 just
Headington Ams 2 (Lockhart 18, 88) Kidlington 5 (Weedon 9, Baker 45, 59, 78, Deabill 83) Mark Baker scored a hat-trick as Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division high-fliers Kidlington saw off Headington in a high-scoring first round tie on Saturday
Witney United 1 (McKeon 48) Wantage Tn 5 (Edney 15, 34, Cattel 44, Claydon 57, 81) Wantage Town made it 11 goals in two games when they routed Witney in Friday night’s Premier Division clash in the UHL Sport Hellenic league. Following their 6-1
Macclesfield manager Gary Simpson praised the character of his side after seeing them battle back to claim an impressive victory, writes JON MURRAY. “In the first half, Oxford were giving us big problems down the right-hand side,” he admitted. “They
THE new headteacher at Oxford’s Cherwell School has pledged to bring stability after his predecessor moved to London after just a year in the job. Paul James – who has been acting headteacher since Neal McGowan’s sudden departure earlier this year –
A couple of weeks ago the city council met and confirmed its intention to close Temple Cowley Pool even though it thinks the funding to build the new pool at Blackbird Leys will not be available. Now, more than two weeks on, they say the full council
I am amazed that Prof Peter Atkins (as referred to by Graham Butler, Viewpoints October 13) can exert his opinion that there is no life after death. Being a professor, supposedly he has knowledge that we mere mortals do not. Therefore, instead
OXFORD city councillor John Tanner claims that the coalition government is deliberately putting families “under fire” with the cuts being proposed and, once again, goes on to blame “the bankers who created the mess in the first place” (Oxford Mail
Vince Cable’s recent announcement of a possible mutual ownership for the Post Office sounds promising, but what about the money? The real issues with both the Post Office and Royal Mail are to do with funding. To give just one example, I am a postman
PAT Ross has fond memories of wartime when young evacuees moved into her home. The relationship was so strong that the two families have kept in touch ever since. The picture, taken by her mother, Eleanor Laverty, shows local and evacuee children in
MEMBERS of the WVS, the Women’s Voluntary Service, attended a service of remembrance for colleagues killed during the Second World War. The service, conducted by the City Rector, Canon RR Martin took place in 1951 at the City Church of St Martin
THERE was good reason for celebration at Tackley Primary School in 1976 when new buildings were opened after a disastrous fire caused £40,000 damage. Children are seen carrying furniture from the temporary buildings, where classes had been held. Donkey
THE opening of Donnington Bridge brought much-needed traffic relief to Oxford city centre. With the ring road still incomplete, most traffic between East and South Oxford had to travel via Carfax, causing long queues in High Street and St Aldate
Banbury Utd 1 (Learoyd 41) Wimborne Tn 1 (Stokoe 78) Banbury will have to try again at Wimborne tomorrow after they were controversially reduced to ten men for the last 30 minutes of this encounter in the FA Carlsberg trophy 1st qualifying round.
Almondsbury 1 (White 58) Didcot Tn 0 Didcot gave an insipid display as they bowed out to Almondsbury on Saturday, who play one division below them in the Zamaretto Southern League. The hosts took the game to Didcot in the early stages, Michael Whittington
Paulton Rovers 3 (O’Connor 30, Price 67, Cooper 75) North Leigh 3 (Taylor 21, 70, Reardon 44) North Leigh, who finished with nine men, nearly pulled off the shock of the round, having led high-riding Paul-ton on three occasions in a dramatic tie on
You know the ad – “The Co-operative: good with food”. Well, now I assume we’ll soon be seeing a similar sort of ad claiming – ‘The Co-operative: good with stiffs’. Because the high street retail giant has just launched a TV campaign aimed at making death
THANKFULLY Southern Gas Networks have finished their work at the junction of Banbury Road and Marston Ferry Road – and the stranglehold on the city’s road users has been released. But were the weeks of misery really necessary? The work may have been
With regards to the debate by Messrs Halford and Siret (Oxford Mail letters) concerning the illegal actions and act of piracy by Israel in boarding the Gaza relief ship Mavi Marmara. In my opinion, Mr Halford is trying to defend the indefensible. It
THESE children were in a hurry. They were anxious to get to best seats on the coaches that were to take them on a day out. They were preparing to leave Oxford and enjoy the delights of Dudley Zoo in August 1961. The word was given that it was time
Chris Wilder pulled no punches after his Oxford United team threw away a two-goal half-time lead to crash 3-2 at Macclesfield on Saturday. “As soon as their first goal went in, we just crumbled – and that’s unacceptable,” he said. It was the first time
The cheers were loud and long as Oxford favourite Jolly Poacher (5-2) triumphed in a dramatic Blanchford Oxfordshire Gold Cup final, winning for the second year running on Saturday, writes John Gaisford. All eyes were on Poacher and hot favourite
Football NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Macclesfield 3, Oxford Utd 2. FA CARLSBERG TROPHY 1st qual round: Almondsbury Tn 1, Didcot Tn 0; Banbury Utd 1, Wimborne Tn 1; Oxford City 1, Daventry Tn 4; Paulton Rov 3, North Leigh 3; Uxbridge 4, Abingdon Utd 1. UHLSPORT
CAR workers at BMW’s Mini plant in Oxford have been told they will have to take an enforced holiday during next year’s February half-term school break. Spokesman Angela Stangroom said the week-long closure, only a few weeks after a fortnight-long Christmas
FOR the Jackson family and their friends it was much more than just a walk in the park. As hundreds of people joined a fundraising stroll in aid of Oxford’s cancer and heart centres yesterday some had very special reasons for taking part.
Skipper James Constable described Oxford United’s second-half cave-in at Macclesfield as “not acceptable”. The striker, who had scored the opening goal as the U’s sauntered into a 2-0 half-time lead, was left shell-shocked by United’s uncharacteristic
A DAY or a life spent in prison will never compensate for the loss of “the best son anybody could have”. Those were the sentiments last night of Richard Waddington’s father after seeing the jailing of the drunk, uninsured learner driver who caused for
This week attention will be firmly on Whitehall as the Government unveils how it plans to cut its spending in the next few years. There are going to be some high-profile victims. Jobs, projects and redevelopments will all get the chop.
PUPILS at Wood Farm School got the unique chance to get creative with furniture this week. About 85 children from years four and five were visited by staff and students from Rycotewood Furniture Centre. Year four teacher Natasha Vincent said: “It was
ROADSIDE messages have paid tribute to a “kind and caring” teenager killed in a head-on car crash. The 19-year-old, named on cards and notes at the scene as Neil Webb, died at the scene in Bucknell Road, Ardley, near Bicester, at about 9.30pm
NEIGHBOURS have spoken of their relief at a decision by city council planners to ‘dump’ plans for a rubbish tip near their homes. Property developer Martin Young wanted to use a legal loophole to turn a 20ft by 40ft piece of land next to three
A CAMPAIGN group celebrating 50 years of fighting to protect their ‘village in a city’ pledged to remain ever-vigilant. The Friends of Old Headington say they have stood in the way of badly-designed buildings and over-development that would ruin the
