OXFORD Bus Company managers say staff are working round the clock to solve problems with new smartcard tickets which were introduced this week. However, the company still cannot say when the computer glitch affecting some of the new 20,000 Key cards
TRAIN operator Wrexham & Shropshire, which links Banbury with London, Shrewsbury and Wales, is reducing the number of services it runs from next month. The firm, which operates without a Government subsidy and relies on fares paid by passengers to cover
A CARAVAN worth £15,000 has been stolen from a house in Long Hanborough. The Swift Challenger 540 caravan was taken at about 12.55pm yesterday from the driveway of a Witney Road property. Police believe thieves used a blue Vauxhall Zafira to tow the
FIVE youth projects are hoping to receive £16,136 from Oxfordshire County Council. A project to build a new playing area in Launton is seeking £5,000 and children’s charity Guinness Care and Support wants the same amount towards computer equipment
OXFORDSHIRE County Council is leading a joint venture with five other councils to provide better residential and education provision for vulnerable children and young people. The project will focus on children with complex and challenging needs who require
Mark Webber is aiming for a repeat of last season's Brazilian Grand Prix victory to reignite his Formula One world title challenge. After crashing out in the inaugural race in South Korea 10 days ago, Webber has gone from the hunted to the hunter
A MAN who dealt drugs from outside a city centre pub was caught with £1,000 of heroin and crack hidden in his pants. Joseph Devereux set himself up on a bench outside the Gloucester Arms in Friars Entry, Oxford, on November 19 last year to sell drugs
A SMOKING shelter at a Cowley Road venue was torn down by council officials. Oxford City Council said the shelter at Jamaican cafe Hi-Lo was creating damp in a neighbouring property. A team from the council broke up the timber and plasterboard structure
THIS weekend is set to go with a bang as fireworks parties and bonfires are organised across the county. The biggest event will take place in Oxford’s South Park on Saturday, when £12,500 worth of fireworks will light up the city skyline for
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a rape at a nightclub in Henley. A 30-year-old woman reported to police that she was raped at the Diamonds and Pearls nightclub in Market Place shortly before 1am on Saturday, October 23. A 39-year-old
Police are appealing for information after caravan worth £15,000 was stolen from the driveway of a property in Long Hanborough. The caravan was stolen at 12.55pm yesterday from a property on the A4095 Witney Road. PC Laura Pagan said: “The caravan
OXFORDSHIRE businessman Alan Tilley, 67, was named turnaround practitioner of the year at the insolvencynews Insolvency and Rescue Awards. Mr Tilley, from Warborough, is principal of turnaround and restructuring specialists Bryan, Mansell & Tilley.
YOU might not expect to find a ‘village school’ in the heart of one of Europe’s largest council estates. But with chickens, a school dog, and allotments producing fresh vegetables for the on-site community café, Pegasus Primary is not a normal
If I were an Oxford student who voted Liberal Democrat at the last election I would be pretty damned cheesed off by the party’s volte face over tuition fees. This was no doubt made clear when their representatives met leader Nick Clegg yesterday afternoon
Give a little whistle, as Jiminy Cricket used to tell Pinocchio in the Walt Disney film of the same name. Actually, someone has recently given a rather large whistle — a train whistle — to the railway enthusiasts of the Great Western Society. Since
Not the least delightful feature of the North Wall in Summertown is its proximity to a number of my favourite places to eat and drink. (Sadly, the Lemon Tree is no longer among them, but you can’t have everything.) There last Friday for Oxford
These are the instructions that customers buying festive poultry from Peach Croft Farm will find packed in the box along with the goose. TO ROAST: Goose is simplicity itself to roast as it can only be spoiled by overcooking. First rinse the body
Was there ever such a goose as the one that graced the Cratchits’ table in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, served as it was with lashings of apple sauce, sage and onion stuffing and mashed potatoes? And has there ever been a writer more capable of extolling
Many Catholics will rejoice at news that a plaque has finally gone up at Oxford Castle to commemorate the life — and horrible death — of the Blessed George Napier, the missionary priest who was hanged, drawn and quartered there 400 years ago this month
That Arthur Miller’s 1955 tragedy A View from the Bridge has been too rarely revived in recent decades is apparent from the absence of any reviews later than 1969 in The Oxford Times’s cuttings library. Last week’s revival at the North Wall by Oxford
Hollywood has an uncanny knack of turning the silk purses of world cinema into the tatty sows’ ears of English language remakes. Look no further than the clumsy reimaginings of Bangkok Dangerous, Dark Water, Diabolique, The Ring, Swept Away and Vanilla
In case you’ve been on another planet for the last decade, Calendar Girls is based on the true story of a Yorkshire WI group who bared all (albeit with the vital bits tastefully hidden), and produced a charity calendar. This thoroughly heart-warming
Tom Allan is a very composed figure on stage, the only extraneous body movement being little more than a sharply raised eyebrow. But this physical stasis is not reflected in his playing on trumpet and flugelhorn. As a member of the more experimental F-ire
Giant statues towered over the 12 members of the Orchestra of St John’s as they took their places in the atrium of the Ashmolean Museum. One finely profiled stone head seemed to gaze particularly intently over conductor John Lubbock’s shoulder, as if
The mine of unreleased Bob Dylan gems really seems to be inexhaustible, as Volume Nine of the Dylan bootleg series goes into the shops. The Witmark Demos, as the title suggests, does not consist of rejected masterpieces and live recordings that are scattered
This is a revival of the work created for the company (then Festival Ballet) by Rudolf Nureyev in 1977. It shows us, above all, how wrong it is to think of him simply as ballet’s most riveting star — he was a producer, an innovator and a choreographer
Things have never quite worked out for One Night Only. They’ve had enough lucky breaks to last most new acts a decade, but have never managed to turn any of them into chart success. Signed on the back of the huge success of poppy indie bands like the
It’s always nice when bands make an effort, and, as tonight’s gig coincides with Halloween, plaudits must be given to You Me At Six (YMAS) and all their support bands, who all dressed up for the occasion. YMAS do their whole set dressed from head to foot
Performing two renowned pieces, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor and Dvorak’s Symphony From the New World, Oxford Philomusica (Oxford University’s orchestra in residence) did not disappoint a packed out Oxford Town Hall last Saturday night.
AN animal sanctuary is appealing to people to donate their unwanted blankets and duvets to keep hundreds of animals warm through the winter. The 94 dogs and 150 cats at Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary are in constant need of new bedding, and wardens
Absolutely sensational. Sir Willard White’s recital last Friday must surely go down as one of the highlights of this year’s Lieder Festival. And with a performer of this calibre, you would expect nothing less. Although more used to treading the
The setting is the upper library, stacked high with ancient volumes, of a grammar school in Stockport. This is the domain — away from hoi polloi in the common room — of a group of A-level pupils who appear to regard themselves as the academic elite
THE fate of a controversial £7m plan to move a sports club is to be decided next week. Witney Town Council will be asked on Tuesday to strike a deal which would move West Witney Sports and Social Club from the site it owns in Burford Road to land in
An 18-year-old man, who went missing from Didcot on October 18, has been found safe and well. Thames Valley Police said Adam Thomas was found in Kent yesterday.
AN INQUIRY into a new £250m Rail service linking Oxford and London opened yesterday with the promise of an extra two trains to the capital every hour. At the moment trains only run from Oxford to London Paddington. But Chiltern Railways
Benson AFC cemented their position at the top of Division 2 of the North Berks League with a 5-0 thrashing of previously unbeaten Marcham, wri-tes PHIL ANNETS. Nick Skiller and James Oliver hit a brace apiece, with Rob Lyons completing the rout. Mark
Mike Cannings slammed a hat-trick for Childrey United who charged into the third round with a 7-0 thrashing of East Berkshire Premier League basement boys Iver Heath Rovers. Alan Haines (2), James Wilkins and Sam Weeks completed the rout. Jon Fanstone
Shrivenham A saw off holders Didcot Casuals Res 2-1 in the second round of the North Berks League Nairne Paul Trophy. Neil Sutton and Kevin Di Marco were on target for Shrivenham who lost to Didcot in last year’s final. Glynn McGibbon replied.
COUNCILLORS will tonight be asked agree the demolition of the Cowley Centre Post Office to make way for a new building, which could include a pub or takeaway. An application has been made to Oxford City Council to demolish the Post Office in Upper Barr
THE roll-out of 20,000 new Oyster-card style smart cards has caused chaos for hundreds of bus passengers in Oxfordshire. Oxford Bus Company’s new ‘key’ card was launched on Sunday amid a flurry of publicity saying the device would pave the
Jelroy Constant fired a four-timer in Garsington’s 5-1 hammering of Adderbury Park to turn up the heat on Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division leaders Bletchingdon, writes BRIAN KIRK. Neil McMan was their other marksmen, with Gary Crook replying
Rover Cowley, Oxfordshire Senior League champions just three seasons ago, have folded. The club’s demise comes just four games into the new Premier Division campaign. Club secretary Debbie Shirley explained that a lack of money had forced the club to
TOWER Hill edged a five-goal thriller at Bracknell 3-2 in Division 2 of the Thames Valley Women’s League. Ayala Liran put Bracknell in front, before Lisa Freeman levelled soon after. Sarah Snowdon put Tower in front in the second half, then Sara Holmes
AN ISLAMIC investment bank based in 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 and contains 350 ensuite
I am so tired of hearing David Cameron use the so-called ‘inherited deficit’ as an excuse to implement his regressive and damaging policies in order to achieve his idea of the ‘Big Society’. This Government inherited a deficit that is lower
Oxfordshire County Council leader Keith Mitchell’s reported comments (Oxford Mail, October 2) had a touch of hubris about them. No wonder the council’s chief executive Joanna Simons was depicted as smiling; who wouldn’t be on £189,000 a year
Last Wednesday marked the 43rd anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act. This anniversary largely went unnoticed in the public arena, mainly, I believe, due to the widespread ignorance of the British public to the full facts regarding abortion
Do you ever get the feeling the world has gone mad? On Saturday night I watched a group of about 30 children do something so innocently heart warming and fun it made me long to be a child again. Yet I know there are hundreds of people in this country
A CYCLIST was caught riding without lights in Oxford city centre every one-and-a-half minutes at a police checkpoint. Police launched the Lights on Bikes campaign on Monday to coincide with the clocks changing and dark nights drawing in.
Leaders Ducklington marched on in the Premier Division after seeing off AC Finstock 4-1. Brendan Kearns netted for the hosts, but strikes from Damon Tolley, Henry Clarke, Ian Peedell and Adam Clarke gave Ducklington the points. Combe’s 100 per cent
Michael Clark in his letter Silly Census, (Oxford Mail, October 27) urges people to throw “their census forms in their nice blue wheelie bin” rather than completing them and sending them back to the authorities. Not filling in the census form
Perhaps your reporter left early from the student demonstration against Vince Cable last Thursday. You reported (October 29) that: “a few (students) attempted to get through to the High Street, but were stopped by the police.” There were 1,000 students
I agree with John J Monaghan (Oxford Mail, October 28) that the Government made a mistake in capping the eligibility for child benefit. It would indeed have been better to set the cap a little higher, and base it on family income rather than on the highest
Through View Points I should like to express my gratitude to the gentleman who, last Sunday, trimmed back all the over-hanging branches and brambles on the cycle track between Kidlington roundabout and North Oxford golf course. He was wearing a high
A 43-year-old man has been charged with rape after an incident at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Ian Joseph, of no fixed abode, has been remanded to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today. A 22-year-old woman said she was forced to perform
CELEBRITY dance judge Craig Revel Horwood waltzed into a butcher’s shop yesterday, strictly to give a sausage maker his seal of approval. Patrick Strainge was given a perfect 10 for his bangers from the ballroom expert, who called into Bampton to give
A CAMPAIGNER has welcomed a decision to strip the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of its power to decide which drugs the NHS should fund. The Department of Health said last week it would instead pass decisions to new GP-led
CHERWELL (Oxford) battled to a 2-1 win after extra time over King Alfred’s Community & Sports College (Wantage) in the ESFA Under 12 Danone Nations Schools’ Cup third round. Arthur Osofsky and Adam Iverson netted for Cherwell after the tie finished
Autotype UTV League RYAN Curtin fired a four-goal salvo as Premier Division leaders Barton United showed no mercy to struggling Dorchester United in a 10-1 victory, writes TIM SIRET. Aaron Armstrong and Julian McCalmon both added doubles
Berks & Bucks Intermediate Sunday Cup CHOLSEY United eased into the third round with a 6-2 win against Mortimer (Reading). Alejandro Rodriguez and Andy Allum both netted twice, with Matty Leach (penalty) and Jamie Martin completing the scoring. Abingdon
POLICE chiefs are poised to sign a ground-breaking deal with County Hall to switch back on Oxfordshire’s deactivated speed cameras. Just three months ago, Oxfordshire axed all its speed cameras when the council controversially withdrew £600,000 of funding
CAMPAIGNERS have criticised a developer’s “propaganda” brochure distributed before a decision on the location of hundreds of new homes in Wallingford. Berkeley Homes distributed the eight-page brochure in last week’s Wallingford Herald, promoting
Chris Wilder felt his Oxford United team should have been completely out of sight at half-time instead of ending up losing 2-0 to Torquay last night. The U’s crashed to their second successive npower League Two defeat on a night of frustration
THE last free car park in Cowley could be given the go-ahead to start charging shoppers. The 468 spaces at Templars Retail Park – home to stores including B&Q and Matalan – are currently free for visitors staying up to two hours. The decision to introduce
North Leigh lifted themselves out of the bottom two with a 4-1 victory at Andover in Zamaretto Southern League Division 1 South & West. Man-of-the-match Alfie Saunders led the way with a brace as the visitors went 4-0 ahead. Saunders
