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  • RUGBY UNION: The numbers game

    Oxford Harlequins chugged to a bonus-point victory without finding top gear. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 3 South West Score: Oxford Harlequins 33, Cleve 3 Oxford Harlequins

  • Unclaimed £1m Lottery ticket sold in Abingdon

    CHECK your purse or wallet because it could be you missing out on a fortune. That’s the message from National Lottery bosses who have revealed someone in the Vale of White Horse District Council area has a winning ticket for £956,813. So far, no-one

  • Car parking fees 'will hit youth football'

    A CHILDREN’S football club will tell city councillors that plans to bring in car parking charges at an Oxford park could have a “terrible impact” on sport in the area. Summertown Stars AFC, which has 400 players aged between six and 18, collected more

  • Craddock bags late winner for Oxford United

    Tom Craddock drilled in a winner five minutes from time to earn Oxford United a 2-1 win at Aldershot. An Anthony Charles own goal after eight minutes put United in front. Aldershot equalised on 76 minutes through Luke Guttridge, but Craddock restored

  • Aldershot Town 1, Oxford Utd 2 (08/01)

    Oxford United chalked up their third consecutive away win with a performance full of drive and determination. Whereas they had struck four good goals in their win at Torquay, this time it was a classic own goal from Shots centre half Anthony

  • United lifted by Charles own goal

    Oxford United, looking for a third successive away win, led at half-time against Aldershot Town at the EBB Stadium, thanks to a classic own goal. Shots centre half Anthony Charles turned Damian Batt's cross into his own net in the eighth minute. Oxford

  • Josh drives in his family's tyre tracks

    YOUNG Josh Campbell-Brakspear is gearing up to make family history by becoming the third generation to excel on the race track. The 15-year-old, who has just picked up two motor racing crowns, started racing at the age of 10 when his grandad Walter,

  • Creighton joins Wrexham on 18-month deal

    Mark Creighton has left Oxford United to join Wrexham on a permanent contract. The centre half, known as The Beast, has signed an 18-month deal with Dean Saunders' team. He returned to Oxford at the end of a successful loan spell at the Racecourse Ground

  • Berinsfield Boxing club opens new extension

    A LONG-RUNNING boxing club has thrown open the doors to its new extension. Berinsfield Boxing Club had outgrown its former Army Cadets hut in Fane Drive and won a series of grants to more than double its size. The club, which boasts more than 100 members

  • Local girl wins key part in West End opera

    A DANCER from Bicester is to take to the stage in London after securing a role in the opera Anna Nicole. Leanne Blossom, 20, is in rehearsals for the Covent Garden show, which opens next month at the Royal Opera House. The opera is about the life of

  • Oxford author launches book of Argentine street art

    AN Oxford writer has published a book documenting the colourful street art that adorns the Argentine capital – and has a message for our city’s notorious graffiti artist SOAK. Matt Fox-Tucker is the author of Textura Dos: Buenos Aires Street Art, compiled

  • Man in custody over armed robbery

    A 45-year-old man is in police custody on suspicion of armed robbery following a raid in Watlington. Shortly after 2pm on Thursday a man walked into Barclays Bank in High Street carrying a sawn-off shotgun. After threatening a female cashier, he demanded

  • £180,000 bill for damaged police cars

    POLICE cars which have crashed or been vandalised on patrol in Oxfordshire have cost almost £180,000 to repair in the past three years. The figures come as police managers revealed they had seen a 20 per cent rise in the number of times vandals had

  • TABLE TENNIS: Vikings ease to victory

    Vikings E booked their place in the first round of the Oxford & District League’s Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield with a narrow victory against Bicester D. Bicester’s Lewis Sumner, Keith Holliday and Stan Harding were awarded a head start of 185 points

  • Leys courses fall victim to the cuts

    A COMMUNITY project which spent £7,000 on new office furniture and computers has been forced to fold just months later for lack of funding. The Starlight Community Project in Oxford spent £11,500 from the European Social Fund on computer, literacy and

  • Rivers placed on flood alert

    Two rivers were placed on flood alert in Oxfordshire following heavy rain. The River Ray was placed on alert from Shipton Lee to Islip, including Ludgershall, Blackthorn and Murcott. The Environment Agency said river levels were rising

  • GYMNASTICS: Abingdon handed a booster

    Abingdon GC have received £8,235 from Sport England towards the cost of a new floor area at their Berinsfield training centre. With the help of their landlords, Jennings of Garsington, the club were able to expand into a nearby empty unit at the end

  • UK Mini sales rise by 10 per cent

    UK SALES of the Cowley-built Mini rose by more than 10 per cent last year, official figures revealed. Statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show the firm sold 43,894 cars in 2010, compared to 39,866 for the previous year

  • ANGLING: Winner Wildman back with a bang

    After two weeks of inactivity due to the bad weather and Christmas holidays, anglers were able to get back on the rivers last Sunday, although extra care was needed with waters swollen by the snow. There was a good turn-out of 12 anglers for the Masons

  • Pet ducks stolen from Oxford garden

    Police are appealing for information after ducks were stolen from the garden of a property in Oxford. Thieves have entered the garden of the property, which is off Horspath Road, sometime between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on December 18 and stole three

  • "Much loved" ducks stolen

    A GROUP of “much loved” ducks have been stolen from a home in Oxford. Three Cayuga ducks worth more than £100 were taken from the garden of the house off Horspath Road sometime between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on December 18. Police have just released details

  • Driver cut free after ring road smash

    A DRIVER was cut free from his car following a crash on the Oxford ring road. The accident happened at 10.20am yesterday between the Cutteslowe and Headington junctions. Two fire crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to free the man. He was taken

  • Protest at Royal Mail privatisation

    Hundreds of trade unionists, students and residents will take part in a demonstration in David Cameron's constituency on Sunday to protest against plans to privatise the Royal Mail as well as the Government's spending cuts. The rally in Witney

  • Diesel spill causes delays

    BICESTER: Diesel leaked on to the A41 after a car transporter lorry caught fire. Fire crews were called to the blaze south of the town at 3.38pm yesterday. The fire had spread to a car on the back of the vehicle. More than 25 litres of diesel spilled

  • LIBRARIES: Writer joins battle to save reading

    AWARD-winning journalist Peter Hitchens said county council plans to abolish funding for almost half of the county’s libraries would see hard-up families barred from the benefits of reading. The author and Mail on Sunday columnist said he was particularly

  • LIBRARIES: Closures 'could be illegal'

    Oxfordshire County Council could face a challenge in the High Court over plans to cut funding for youth services and libraries. Solicitor and county councillor Richard Stevens, who represents Oxford’s Leys and Lye ward, believes the scale of cuts proposed

  • Family escapes carbon monoxide leak

    A FAMILY was saved from a carbon monoxide leak thanks to a detector in their home. Fire crews discovered the deadly gas in the boiler, which was then spread around the house in Cox Lane, Chipping Norton, by the ventilation system. The alarm had detected

  • GREYHOUNDS: Kates is great tip for Trophy

    The Richard Baker-trained Kates Noblestile goes for her fifth win from five starts in the Richard Whittaker Trophy over 450 metres at Oxford Stadium tonight. The black bitch beat kennel mate Farloe Husttler in an open at Swindon recently and carries

  • ICE HOCKEY: Stars get a boost

    Head coach Ken Forshee, Gareth Endicott and Wayne Fiddes return for Oxford City Stars as they look to make it three wins in a row against Bristol Pitbulls in English National League South Division 1 today. Stars have faced the West Country side – who

  • LIBRARIES: Marston vows to fight planned closure

    MEMBERS of Old Marston Parish Council, in Oxford, have vowed to fight plans to close their library. Old Marston Library, in Mortimer Hall, is one of 20 Oxfordshire libraries facing closure, after Oxfordshire County Council announced funding cuts before

  • COMMENT: Time to sit up and take notice

    YOU don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. It could be a truism applied to the battle to save the county’s libraries. They are no longer unwelcoming dusty bolt-holes. A host of services and help is offered at the kind of rates – if not for free

  • GREYHOUNDS: Peterson lifts trainers' title

    Michael Peterson has expressed his delight after being crowned ‘King of Cowley’ after finishing champion trainer with an impressive 274 winners last year. It was a fine achievement for Peterson (pictured below) to win it for the second year running even

  • ANGLING: Trust are on the warpath

    The Angling Trust are to meet Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon to reduce the red tape involved in applying for a licence to control fish-eating birds like cormorants, which cause major damage to the UK’s £3.5b angling industry. Many angling clubs and

  • GYMNASTICS: Club are jumping for joy

    Higher Energy trampolining Club have been awarded the prestigious Gymmark and Clubmark accreditation. The club has bases in four Oxfordshire towns. The centre of excellence is at Chipping Norton, with other sites at Eynsham, and two new centres in Marston

  • MOTOR SPORT: Sordo signs up for Oxon's Mini team

    Spanish driver Daniel “Dani” Sordo will strengthen the new Banbury-run Mini WRC Team in the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship. He will team up with Kris Meeke when Mini makes its return to rallying with the Mini WRC. Sordo, 27, said: “There has been

  • LIBRARIES: Villagers urged to join protest meeting

    A PUBLIC meeting is being held to discuss the potential closure of a village library. The branch in Berinsfield, near Wallingford, is one of many village libraries under threat across the county, including those in Benson, Grove and Kennington

  • Bed-blocking leads to cancelled hospital ops

    HUNDREDS of operations have been cancelled at Oxfordshire’s hospitals because of a severe bed shortage. The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust (ORH) said it was running at full capacity as it tackles a surge in the number of emergency admissions

  • FOOTBALL: Odhiambo in switch

    Kidlington could give Anaclet Odhiambo his debut in today’s Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division game against Reading Town after he joined from Abingdon United on loan. Ex-Chippenham defender Kevin Halliday may make his Abingdon bow at Cinderford

  • Friends recount stabbing of Oxford United Academy teenager

    TWO childhood friends of Oxford teenager Godwin Lawson have told a court they were attacked without warning. Oxford United Football and Education Academy member Godwin, 17, was stabbed in the heart by a gang of young men in east London, it is claimed

  • COMMENT: Sign up, please

    A heartfelt plea in today’s Oxford Mail from the family of leukaemia sufferer Amber. The toddler desperately needs a bone marrow transplant in a last bid to save her life. All we ask, is you look into signing the donor register today

  • Wilder in frame for award

    OXFORD United boss Chris Wilder is among the nominations for the npower Manager of the Month for December in League Two. The U’s managed two wins out of two during the weather-disrupted month, beating Barnet 2-1 at the Kassam Stadium on December

  • Raw sewage floods pensioners' drive

    PENSIONERS yesterday woke up to find human excrement running down their drive after a drain overflowed. Retired plumber Bob Taylor and his wife Joan called for help for the second time in two months after sewage started pouring out from under a manhole