OXFORD United suffered a second successive League Two defeat as they couldn’t overcome ten-man Torquay at the Kassam Stadium last night. They missed a stackful of chances after the Gulls had Lloyd Macklin sent off in the 17th minute.
Oxford United were a man up, but a goal down in tonight's npower League Two clash with Torquay at the Kassam Stadium. Torquay's fifth-minute opener was credited as a Damian Batt own goal, while the visitors then had Lloyd Macklin sent off for violent
Two 14-year-old boys were arrested on suspicion of burglary after a break-in. A resident in Stow Avenue, Witney, disturbed a break-in and saw two people running from her home. Two 14-year-olds were arrested nearby. Police seized a camera stolen during
Number one selling pop band McFly will make an appearance in Witney on Monday. The band will be at Rapture, the town’s independent record store, from 5pm and will sign copies of their new single, Shine a Light.
A television, sound system and car were stolen from a house in Blewbury on Halloween. Burglars broke into the house in Robinson Close by forcing the back door some time between 7pm and 10pm on Sunday. They took car keys and drove off in a grey Volvo
Two 19-year-olds have been arrested after an 18-year-old was assaulted and a gun was allegedly fired in Banbury. The teenager said he was walking along School View, at about 3.20pm on Friday when two men racially abused and assaulted him and stole his
Police have released pictures of a man suspected of raping a teenage girl in a car after a night out. The 19-year-old victim woke up in a car to find she was being attacked by a man she had met in Anubar in Park End Street sometime between
Speed humps, brightly-coloured road markings and ‘Go Slow’ signs are traditional ways to encourage drivers to go easy on the accelerator. But residents of one North Oxford street have taken matters into their own hands by installing a series of eye-catching
About 50 children cycled around Blackbird Leys’ pubs to collect money to keep Oxford Blackbirds Football Club afloat. The youngsters visited the Priory in Grenoble Road, the Bullnose Morris, in Cuddesdon Way, and the Blackbird, in Blackbird Leys Road
Somersby made a couple of costly errors on the way to finishing third to Tchico Polos in the totesport.com Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter on Tuesday. The six-year-old, trained by Henrietta Knight at West Lockinge, near Wantage, took the minor honours behind
TRUSTEES are set to bring down the curtain on an Oxford adventure playground this week, after months of efforts to secure its future. A make-or-break meeting for Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground is planned for Thursday. If a new management committee
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churchgoers are helping a community in South Africa tackle the Aids epidemic. A new centre helping sufferers has opened in a poor rural parish near Mafeking, after years of work led by Kidlington vicar’s wife Kathryn Ellis to remove the shame surrounding
CHERWELL District Council has released details of how it has been spending taxpayers’ money. Cherwell is one of just 16 councils in the country to release information about individual payments of more than £500, staff expenses and what its senior managers
FIREFIGHTERS have planted 300 daffodil bulbs outside the fire station in Abingdon to remember their former watch manager. Heath Price, known to his colleagues as ‘Taff,’ died earlier this year ,after a 10-month battle with bowel cancer. To remember
A 43-year-old man has been charged with rape after an incident at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, on Saturday. Ian Joseph, of no fixed abode, has been remanded to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
AN ISLAMIC investment bank which has its headquarters in oil-rich Kuwait, has snapped up a student accommodation block in Cowley for £28.95m. The new building, on the former Territorial Army site at Slade Park, is built around a central courtyard
A 22-year-old man was arrested for stealing newspapers from outside a newsagent in High Street, Oxford. The man was arrested shortly after the incident in the early hours of October 23 by police officers and was subsequently made to pay damages of
James Nesbitt has joined the cast of The Hobbit. The Cold Feet star will play confident and comical dwarf Bolfur in the Lord of the Rings prequel, based on JRR Tolkien's novel, it has been jointly announced by New Line Cinema, Warner Bros and
Two 14-year-old boys were arrested on suspicion of burglary following a break-in at a house in Witney. The boys were arrested after an incident in Stow Avenue, where the homeowner disturbed a break-in and saw two young boys running from her
OXFORDSHIRE'S speed cameras are set to be switched on, it has emerged today, three months after they were turned off. The 72 fixed camera sites were turned off on August 1 after Oxfordshire County Council withdrew its funding to Thames Valley
Police are appealing for information after an incident in Banbury where an 18-year-old man was assaulted and a firearm was allegedly discharged. The man was walking along School View at about 3.20pm on Friday, when he was allegedly approached
Police are appealing for information after a burglary in Blewbury, where a car was stolen. Burglars forced their way into a property in Robinson Close between 7pm and 10pm on Sunday, and stole a Sony flat-screen TV and surround sound speakers
HOSPITAL staff who live in Kidlington are fighting to keep a recently-provided bus link to their workplaces running. The Hospital Link No 700 service to the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Nuffield hospitals in Headington was extended to serve Kidlington
This is a man police want to speak to after a teenager was raped in a car after a night out in a city bar. The 19-year-old woke up in a car to find she was being attacked by a man she had met in Anubar in Park End Street sometime between 3am
Police today issued a CCTV image in the hunt for a man wanted for a rape of a teenager in Oxford. The incident happened in the city in the early hours of Saturday, October 23. The victim, a 19-year-old girl, met a black man, aged in his twenties
Rover Oxford Ladies lost 3-2 to Oxford University at Headington School in South Clubs’ League Division 2. In one of the few ladies’ league matches to take place, Rover went in front from a short corner which captain Hie Sawyer struck brilliantly into
A BANGLADESHI chef from Oxford yesterday described winning a curry contest after nine years of trying as “a dream come true”. Muhammad Ali, head chef at the Karma Restaurant in Oxford Road, Cowley, represented the UK in the International Indian
Cyclists riding without lights were stopped in Oxford city centre last night as a new safer cycle riding initiative was launched across the Thames Valley. Between 6pm and 9pm on the High Street, 106 cyclists were issued with £30 fixed penalty
Banbury nearly pulled off the shock of the EHB Men’s Cup third round when they lost 5-4 to National League University of Birmingham. But they know that this was one that got away, as they led 4-3 and then hit a post before Birmingham University
A MAN was pushed to his death down a flight of stairs by his best friend, a court heard. Paul Howkins died in hospital two days after suffering serious head injuries in the incident at a party, Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday. Anthony
AN INVESTIGATION is under way into whether an explosion at a village cafe was caused by gas cylinders the owner was ordered to remove last month. Gemma’s Cafe, in East Challow, near Wantage, was wrecked in the Sunday evening blast. Bricks,
THE Royal British Legion will stand in tribute as the body of a British solider killed in Afghanistan is brought to the John Radcliffe Hospital on Thursday. The soldier, from 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), was killed
ONCE again you are left scratching your head over the sheer mindlessness of vandals who attacked a pre-school. Yesterday, the children at Shepherds Hill Pre-school, Blackbird Leys, arrived back from their half-term break to find a scene of destruction
A MAN has been arrested after a woman was raped in toilets at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. Police were called to the hospital in Headley Way, Headington, at about 9pm on Saturday, after a 22-year-old woman said she had been attacked.
IT looks like a cross between surfing and punting and now it appears Britain’s fastest growing watersport has hit Oxford’s waterways. Paddleboarding is standing on an oversized surfboard powering through the open water, a bit like stand-up canoeing,
CAN the Chancellor tell the voters of this country why our money is being spent on foreign aid and where the money is coming from. He is, after all, telling us there is no money, and has to cut services in this country. Also, why have no MPs picked
A MOTION in Parliament on October 13 to decrease the UK funding to the EU budget was opposed by most of our local MPs in Oxfordshire. In effect, our MPs have agreed to give the EU extra UK taxpayers’ money – a 5.8 per cent increase, which would supply
Labour county councillors John Tanner and John Sanders write that they are opposed to the county council’s plans to incinerate Oxfordshire’s waste (Oxford Mail letters October 29). Unfortunately, when the decision was first made by the county to embark
John Sanders and John Tanner (Oxford Mail letters, October 29) are pinpoint accurate on the issues of waste incineration and the county council planning committee’s decision to approve Viridor’s application to construct its massive incineration plant
“DO you take Beech Croft Road to be your loyal, wedded street?” asked a man wearing a dramatically tall top hat. “I do,” replied a woman in witch attire. “Do you promise to adopt and to love, to fund and maintain this street until votes
Q My dog gets really upset by fireworks, any tips on how to deal with this annual problem? Petra White, Oxfordshire AMy top tips are: Be prepared – get all your plans in place before the noise starts Close all curtains, put lights on Turn up sound
Banbury recorded their first Premier Division 1 win in the South League with a 5-2 victory over relegation-threatened Maidstone. Banbury took the initiative from the off and piled on the pressure, but it was Maidstone who scored first on the break through
Oxfordshire teenager Dean Lockyer will fly the flag for the county in the last 64 of the PDC Unicorn Under 21 World Championship. Lockyer, 19, from Didcot, came through a qualifying tournament at Rileys, Oxford, and now throws for a top prize of £10,000
Full marks to Tim Siret for maintaining the spotlight on the unpunished crimes committed by Israel (Oxford Mail, October 19). A proud Briton, I am ashamed that my country is party to the disgraceful double-standards which are applied to Israel. It has
Angela Swann’s recent article for the Oxford Mail’s travel section about the highs and lows of travelling through France by train was eye-opening. Like many people, I have always assumed that public transport in continental Europe is far superior than
Former Abingdon United defender Julian McCalmon has rejected a move to Didcot Town. McCalmon, who plays for Barton in the Autotype UTV League, was due to be included in Didcot’s squad for tonight’s trip to his old club in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
James Serrano’s dramatic late try earned Chinnor a 25-21 victory at Weston-Super-Mare in National 3 South West. Weston fly half James Mackay looked to have won the game with a 77th-minute drop goal, but in the final play wing Serrano’s greater
Tom Allen scored from the final play to give Henley Hawks a 34-32 victory over Worthing in National 2 South at Dry Leas. The fly half danced his way through for replacement James Comben to convert. Worthing centre Matt McLean kicked the first of his
John Brodley said he expected to beat Old Patesians as he was fielding a far stronger side than earlier in the season. After saturday's 35-22 success, Oxford Harlequins director of rugby said: “Before the game I said to the players with that side out
Former leaders Grove slipped to fourth place in Southern Counties North after a 21-14 home defeat to Milton Keynes. Grove trailed 9-3 at the break, with fly half John Barrett’s penalty being cancelled out by three from Milton Keynes’ Phil Powell. A
A 19-year-old man was rescued from the River Thames by fire crews this morning after getting into trouble. Fire crews were called to Abingdon Road, near the Hertford College graduate centre at 2.54am. The man was then taken by ambulance to the John
Wallingford produced a stunning recovery from 27-0 down, only to be pipped 27-24 by High Wycombe in South West 1 East. With the Wycombe forwards dominant the loose, Wallingford’s discipline slipped and the visitors took full advantage, scoring
Oxford Harlequins produced a dynamic display to bag their first home win of the National 3 South West season, when beating Old Patesians 35-22 on Saturday. Few would have expected such a result given the sides’ respective form, but Quins arguably
A FORMER firefighter whose wife received a cancer drug now being denied to other Oxfordshire patients said it had given her a new lease of life in her final months. Sue Jarvis, who died in September last year, aged 61, was one of just two people
IT IS with guarded optimism that we welcome the abolition of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s vice-like grip over the availability of drugs based on cost. Too many times people’s lives and, more crucially for themselves and
A 32-year-old man who passionately kissed a 12-year-old girl has been given a suspended prison sentence. Paul Page, of Whitehorns Way, Drayton, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, having earlier admitted a charge of sexual assault
The Grove-based Williams F1 team today confirmed that they had agreed to supply Hispania Racing F1 Team with gearbox technology. The arrangement will start to support Hispania Racing’s 2011 programme and will extend for the lifecycle of the
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco last night revived its attempt to open a store on the site of the gutted Fox and Hounds pub in Abingdon Road, Oxford. The company has submitted another planning application for a three-storey building on the corner of
FEARS have been voiced that a “supermarket war” will close Cowley Road’s last post office and signal the death knell for independent trade in the street. Last month, it emerged Sainsbury’s wantsto open two new stores in East Oxford after the
Striker Lee Steele is back at Oxford City, just five months after he left Court Place Farm. Steele, 36, scored 24 goals for City before being released in the summer due to financial constaints. But the departure of several players, including keeper
A holiday worth £1,000 and a ride in an Aston Martin are two of the prizes on offer for a budding motoring writer. It honours one of Britain’s most respected motoring writers, the late Phil Llewellin, who was counted among Britain’s best motoring
Chris Wilder is looking for a reaction from his Oxford United players against Torquay United at the Kassam Stadium tonight. Oxford's boss is hoping they will can bounce back from Saturday’s humbling 5-0 defeat at Bradford and believes the team owe the
TEENAGERS have painted a subway under Oxford’s ring road. Eighteen youngsters from Cutteslowe spent several weeks designing a mural for the drab underpass linking Jackson Road and Templar Road. The group spent their school holiday last week armed with
A CHARITY which dishes out food to some of Oxford’s most vulnerable people is now providing more than 3,000 meals a week. The Oxford Food Bank hands out £5,000 worth of food each week, up from £400 when it launched a year ago. The charity, based in
MINIS of all ages, shapes and colours sped away from Oxford’s Mini factory to create a mile of Minis for charity. Ninety Minis left the Cowley plant on Sunday morning, wending their way through the countryside to Dorney Lake near Eton, the venue for
A COUNCIL is planning to bring in ground-breaking policy to stop windfarms being built too close to homes. The move comes after a planning inspector over-ruled a decision by Cherwell District Council to refuse permission for a £10m windfarm
A JUDGE criticised the Crown Prosecution Service after it charged a man responsible for a “vicious” assault with a minor offence. Alan Armstrong headbutted, kicked, slapped and punched his girlfriend Amber Smith on August 22, leaving her with a broken
THE inquiry into Chiltern Railways’ proposed new Oxford to Bicester line will start today at 10am at Conference Centre Oxford in Park End Street. The hearing, due to last until January 26, will start with the train company outlining its plans before
