Chinnor produced an excellent second half to earn their first win in four games. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 3 South West Score: Chinnor 20, Barnstaple 8 Chinnor player
OXFORD is famed as the home of Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile and as half of the most famous rowing rivalry in the world. Now official figures reveal it is one of the UK’s sportiest cities. According to a long-term study by Sport
Two goals in the last 13 minutes from Steve Maclean and Tom Craddock earned Oxford United a 2-1 win over Bradford City at the Kassam Stadium. The Bantams led from the ninth minute, when David Syers scored at a corner, but the U's kept plugging away,
TWO teenagers have been honoured with an award in memory of Princess Diana for their volunteering work. Oxford High School pupils Miriam Zegeye, 17, and Rachel Nigriello, 18 have both won the Diana Award. The award is for young people who demonstrate
Oxford United avenged their 5-0 drubbing at Valley Parade as two late goals brought them a terrific victory over Peter Taylor’s Bradford. They trailed to a ninth-minute goal but Steve Maclean equalised on 77 minutes, forcing the ball in after
Oxford United trailed Bradford City 1-0 at half-time at the Kassam Stadium. David Syers scored for the Bantams following a corner in the ninth minute. Jack Midson went close to levelling moments later with a header saved by the keeper.
TWO major Wallingford housing developments which divided residents have been rejected. South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee threw out plans for 380 homes and a care home at Winterbrook, off Reading Road. A second plan for an access
AN ABINGDON secondary school has been listed among the top 100 most improved in the country. Larkmead School, which has pupils from some of the most deprived areas of Oxfordshire, was honoured in this week’s publication of the 2010 GCSE results. It
OXFORD Brookes University’s triumph over Cambridge in TV’s University Challenge shows it can battle with the best, the team’s coach said. The only other time the 19-year-old university was on the BBC2 show was in 1998, when viewers saw them
A sexual assault on a 20-year-old woman in Bicester could be linked to a similar attack in November, police have warned. The woman was walking along George Street near to the Highfield Social Club at 10.30pm on Thursday when a man grabbed her
CHARLBURY railway station’s busy car park could be extended. Network Rail is looking at extending the car park by up to 100 spaces as a spin- off from the £67m project to reinstate double track on the Cotswold Line. The company is using
DIDCOT Railway Centre is launching a £125,000 fundraising drive so it can steam ahead with future development plans. Bosses want to buy a 50-year £125,000 lease from Network Rail so they can pursue long-term plans including an extension, new engine shed
A sexual assualt on a 20-year-old woman in Bicester could be linked to a similar attack in November, police have warned. The woman was walking along George Street near to the Highfield Social Club at 10.30pm on Thursday when a man grabbed her
AN OLD warehouse is being transformed into a cafe and arts centre before being demolished. The group of music-lovers behind Oxfordshire’s annual Truck Festival, are turning the Old Book Binders, formerly known as the Green Street Bindery, off Cowley
A THEATRE will be able to work more closely with schools and community groups for the next two years thanks to the “amazing” generosity of the public. Oxford Playhouse last night revealed it had raised £50,000, – including £20,877 pledged by donors online
FOUR men have appeared in court and denied intimidating a witness in a murder trial. Byron Haines, George Kirika, Callum Spencer and Dexter Williams are charged with intimidating John Amadason during the trial of Eze Eke. Eke was last
Green Road A reached the third round of the Oxford & District Buildbase Cup with a dramatic 4-3 win against Littlemore RBL C. It could not have been closer, with Mark Burns winning a sudden death seventh frame against Jason Buck to win it for Green Road
Hook Norton beat Sandford A by three wickets off the last ball of their Banbury Indoor League Division 2 encounter. Chas Taylor (29) and Richard Cox (22) saw Sandford to 115, but Hooky won it, with Andy Thomas (26no) and Tim Lunel (25no). RESULTS Sandford
Witney target rifle shooter Jason Buckingham (pictured above) must be one of Oxfordshire’s hottest shots. Buckingham beat off stiff competition from other local shooters to land the Oxfordshire Rifle Association’s ‘Otmoor Tankard’ for 2010. The award
Cokethorpe School (Witney) completed a hat-trick of Oxfordshire Under 19 Rugby Cup wins with a nail-biting 8-7 victory over Henley College in the final at Henley RFC. Their success was built on a superb defensive display as Henley dominated possession
COUNCIL workers in Oxford have been offered a £500 ‘sweetener’ for making millions of pounds of cuts. The Labour-run authority wants to slash its budget by £10m over the next four years through a mixture of charge hikes and spending cuts. As part of
KIDLINGTON and Wallingford are to get super-fast broadband connections from spring next year, BT have announced. Both are on a list of 41 towns and villages next in line to receive internet connections allowing connection speeds of up to 40 megabytes
At last, the weather has improved, so it is time to get back on our rivers with a real chance of banking some decent fish, although water levels may be pretty high this weekend. When temperatures really drop, fish go into a dormant state. However, once
OAKS winner Freedom Emma enhanced her claims for Bitch of the Year with a resounding follow-up victory to land the Betfair Community Standard at Hall Green on Tuesday. Going off at 9-4 joint favourite with runner-up Diesel Mate, Emma hit the boxes
Police are appealing for witnesses folloing a burglary at the smallholding at the Old Piggeries Site, on the A422 Banbury New Road at Brackley. Thieves entered the smallholding between 4pm on Tuesday, January 11, and 11am on Wednesday, January
Short term pain for long term gain. That is certainly the case with today’s news about the city’s Iffley Road. About 70 weeks of roadworks will create merry hell with your journey into work every morning. From The Plain to Donnington Bridge Road the
Most of the rivers across the county were well up after the snow melt and heavy rain last week, and Sunday’s matches were again disrupted, some being moved to either lakes or canals. With the Thame over its banks at Wheatley, Oxford Waltonian’s Osbourne
I’m sure you have all heard of tickling trout, but in America (where else!) they’ve taken it a step further. A new craze sweeping the country is ‘noodling’, a method of catching large catfish by hand. Apparently, what you do is step into the river or
Oxford City Stars could hand new Polish signing Damian Matla his debut when they travel to Kent for tomorrow’s English National League South Division 1 clash with Invicta Dynamos. Stars head coach Ken Forshee will be looking for Matla, who has played
Cheeky. That’s about the best word to describe it. A German-based businessman is selling a unique Remembrance Day Oxford United shirt on eBay for profit. The man, who calls himself Tony, was asked by the Oxford Mail if the sale had anything
City of Oxford swimmer Helena Beel won a gold medal in her first competitive gala – in Abingdon Vale’s level 3 meet at Temple Cowley. The debutant, a pupil at Windmill School, Headington, won the 50m breaststroke event for nine and ten year
Oxfordshire's Jordan Ayris (pictured) has been picked for the England Schools Under 18 squad. The Bicester Community College student earned his call-up after impressing in a series of games, culminating in a 3-0 win over the RAF Under 25 development
Rutherford saw their lead at the top of Oxford & District League Division 1 cut to a point as they lost 7-3 to Vikings A. Mark Scott led the way for Vikings with a maximum, while Tony Stead picked up Rutherford’s only singles successes against Gareth
Firefighters put out a small blaze at the Medina Mosque in East Oxford. They were called to the Stanley Road mosque at 1.30pm on Friday to deal with a fire caused by a suspected heating appliance defect. No one was hurt. Watch
Britain is braced for a wet and windy weekend as forecasters warned of gusts of up to 60mph across swathes of the country. Deluges are expected to batter northern England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales with localised flooding in some areas.
A £2.5M scheme to upgrade one of the city’s “most neglected” roads will start this summer and cause motorists misery for nearly two years. Iffley Road, one of the key roads in and out of the city, will be completely resurfaced as part of the
A POLICEWOMAN was seriously injured after stopping to help the driver of a van that had broken down on the A34. The roads policing officer, who is based at Bicester, was helping the driver of a white Ford Transit box van when a blue Ford Mondeo travelling
Former Berinsfield fighter Jordan Flynn is aiming to build on his European Championship success as he looks to reach the ABA national schoolboy finals for the third year in succession. Flynn, 14, who now does his boxing at Repton ABC in Bethnal Green
BURGLARS broke into the home of a 101-year-old woman in Jericho, Oxford. The elderly women triggered an alarm in her Nelson Street home when she realised someone was trying to force their way in through her front door. Police arrived to
A GERMAN-based businessman selling a unique Remembrance Day Oxford United shirt for profit is “taking the mickey out of real supporters and the Poppy Appeal”, it was claimed last night. An eBay user from Auerbach, near Dresden, who boasts
RICHARD Baker’s top bitch Kates Noble Style goes for a £500 to the winner event at Swindon, and he says former top open race bitch Ballymac Class has whelped a litter of seven to Ace High Rumble. The five dogs and two bitches were born on New Year’s
Steve Maclean plays the final game of his loan spell at Oxford United against Bradford today – but the U’s are very hopeful that it will not be his last appearance for them. United have agreed a deal with Plymouth for Maclean to continue
Chris Wilder has been pipped to the npower League Two manager of the month award by Gillingham’s Andy Hessenthaler (left). Like the Gills, Oxford similarly had two wins out of two in the bad weather-interrupted month. Hessenthaler’s
Oxford City striker Lee Steele has rejected a move to Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division rivals Brackley Town so he can help them in their battle against relegation. Steele, 37, who has scored three goals in the seven games since returning
NINE years after her daughter was helped by an Oxfordshire hospital, mum Tanya Ball is passionate about helping other young patients. She is to hold a 1950s themed fundraiser in a bid to raise £5,000 for Oxford’s Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. Olivia,
