Banbury Bulls were overrun by their dominant visitors. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: Midlands 1 West Score: Banbury 14, Dudley Kingswinford 55 Banbury player ratings: 15. Pete
INSPIRATIONAL stories, amazing talent and unimaginable dedication and determination were all celebrated at the third annual Oxfordshire Youth Awards. Winners included those who had given hundreds of hours to their community, overcome adversity
Oxford United slipped to tenth in League Two after losing 2-1 at Northampton. It was their first away defeat since November. Tom Craddock scored for the fourth game running to equalise, but Leon McKenzie headed in a 67th-minute winner
Tom Craddock scored for the fourth successive game, and the fourth away game running, but it wasn’t enough as Oxford United’s winning run came to an end. Northampton struck from a corner in the 42nd minute, when Andy Holt glanced in a header
LITTLEMORE residents are outraged at plans to put a 12.5m (40ft) mobile phone mast on a grassy area by their homes. The mast would be the tallest free-standing structure in the community. Vodafone and O2 have jointly applied to put the
Northampton struck just before half-time against Oxford United at Sixfields Stadium when their captain, Andy Holt, glanced home a header at a Michael Jacobs corner in the 42nd minute.
James Constable returned to Oxford United's starting line-up at Northampton today. United's top scorer reclaimed his place from Jack Midson following two lively substitute performances. The Cobblers were unable to include their new
AN educational psychologist has been recognised for a lifetime of supporting children with emotional and psychological problems. Anne Peake, 62, from Witney, is the official champion of Looked After Children in the north of the county and works at Woodeaton
“YOU don’t know the value of what you are looking after.” That was the message to Oxfordshire County Council from award-winning author Philip Pullman campaigning to save local library branches. Hundreds of people packed into a public
The M40 will be closed in both directions tonight at Junction 9. The road will be closed from 10pm Saturday night to 5am Sunday morning to allow barrier repair works to be carried out. Traffic will be diverted off and then back on again at Junction
A PRISON watchdog has warned that a lack of education in an Oxfordshire prison will see more inmates offend again. The Prison Reform Trust spoke out after an independent report said education services at Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester, “must be resolved
Lewis Calcutt, from Witney, competes in snooker's Q School Preparation Series at the South West Academy this weekend as he takes another step towards a potential professional career. Over the next four weeks, Calcutt takes part in a series of events.
Skipper Andy Huxley was Westcott A’s hero as the Division 4 side beat Division 3A Headington RBL A by just two points on aggregate in the Gentworks Oxford & District League's Sherlock Cup second round. Francis Mapplethorpe put the Headington side ahead
Vikings A’s Oxford & District League Division 1 title hopes took a knock when they crashed 9-1 to Bicester A – their first defeat of the season. Gareth Hayward (Vikings) beat Tony Gorman, but then the Bicester big guns got going as Jeff Rigby
Lord Attica could bid to repeat last year’s win in the men’s open for the Lord Ashton of Hyde’s Cup at the Heythrop Hunt meeting at Dunthrop, near Chipping Norton, on Sunday. The 12-year-old, trained by Bradley Clarke at Adstone, near Towcester
The driving force behind Grove Formula One team Williams F1 is considering floating the business on the stock market. Sir Frank Williams, who founded the Grove-based team in 1977 with Patrick Head, said the move would help guarantee the long-term future
FOUR Scandinavians are set to wow audiences with dance and music ranging from ballet to duets. Oxford Playhouse will host the UK premiere of Danish Dance Theatre as the group starts its nationwide tour. The group, one of the leading
A RETIRED detective was yesterday accused of subterfuge in his investigation of a senior policeman accused of torching his own car to implicate a love rival. Chief Superintendent Jim Trotman, 45, is accused of setting his Citroen C4 Picasso
Banbury owner Chris Kyme was gob-smacked after seeing one of his dogs involved in a history-making triple dead heat. The 61-year-old, who used to train at Oxford, watched in an amazement as his Killishin Masai crossed the line with Droopys Djokovic and
Hook Norton left it late as they beat Westbury by three wickets off the last ball of their clash in Division 2 of the Banbury Indoor League. Star of the show was Andy Stanley, who made 28 not out as Hooky successfully chased down Westbury’s 110-4.
The Richard Baker-trained Movealong Rory goes for a nap hand of wins in the A1 at Oxford tonight. TONIGHT’S RUNNERS 7.25: BURWOOD FANTASY, Shazzys Tango, Greencroft Emma 2, Time For Same 3, Squashed Tomatoes. 7.50: Time Star,
Alice Powell, the most promsing female racing driver in the country, has picked up a top award for the second year running. The 17-year-old from Chipping Norton, who became the Formula Renault BARC champion, was named the British Woman Racing
Oxford City Stars go into this weekend’s English National League South Division 1 double-header without key players. Stars travel to Bracknell today to face the Hornets, while they host to Bristol Pitbulls tomorrow. Normally, Stars would hope to have
Very Well Red posted her 13th career success for Hook Norton trainer Peter Hiatt at Lingfield yesterday. The eight-year-old mare ran out a length and a half winner from Abigails Angel in a mile handicap under William Carson. Hiatt said: “She
The result for the Summertown Eagles v Hinksey Park was 8-7. Goal scorers for the Summertown Eagles - Tommy Bleakley, Alex Ruston, Ewan Gifford. For Hinksey Park - Hamza Hussein, Lucas Kenchington, Joe Inglepew.
OXFORD has the second highest proportion of ethnic minorities amongst South East towns and cities, a new report has shown. Some 28 per cent of residents are from an ethnic minority out of the city’s 146,500 population, the Office for National Statistics
THE “fantastic” efforts of the men and women who look after troops at Britain’s biggest military airbase were praised by David Cameron. The Prime Minister, and Witney MP, thanked both staff and military personnel at RAF Brize Norton for their work flying
A radio DJ is to hold a charity concert in memory of his son who last year lost a 37-year battle with a disease of the immune system. Bob Hodson, better known as Ukelele Bob on Radio Cherwell, is staging a jazz night next month in memory of his son Neil
TROOPS from Bicester were among hundreds paying tribute yesterday to an Oxfordshire bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan. Glowing tributes were paid at the funeral of Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Wood, known as Charlie, of Bicester-based 23
BEFORE children struck me down and left me a gibbering idiot, I used to enjoy travel. I flew to foreign fields and learned over time that the best way to enjoy most destinations was to be impulsive, only draw up the briefest of schedules, and
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in Woodstock after a man’s body was found lying in the road. Police officers and ambulance staff were called to Cockpit Close shortly after 3am today after the man’s body was discovered
A TEENAGE chef who launched an attack on a gay couple, whacking one of them with his own shoe, has been put behind bars. Ashton Soloman-Cameron was captured on CCTV as he drunkenly landed a number of blows on businessmen Scott and Jason Davenport
Christian von Eitzen made a winning comeback after four months on the sidelines with a sparkling victory in the Vale of White Horse Schools’ Cross Country Championships at Radley College. The 14-year-old from European School, Culham, has
Maia Little recorded two victories as City of Oxford came fourth in the first round of the Home Counties Open League at Witney. The ten-year-old stormed home in the 50m breaststroke (43.69secs) and butterfly (41.29). Lucy Millington, 12, was first for
I said in last week’s column that if the weather stayed mild, there was a good chance of a fish, writes Andy Webber. Well, it did stay mild, so I went fishing on the Kennet and was rewarded with this cracking January barbel, weighing 12.13.0. The river
With the Cherwell at ‘The School’ running bank-high, Oxford Bus AC went over to the lakes at Fritwell where Anthony Tompkins ran out a clear winner, writes Andy Webber. He put together a net of common and mirror carp for 29.15.0, all his fish coming
A SINGLE dad at breaking point caring for his severely disabled son last night warned he may have to put him into full-time care. Matias Haywood, six, is fed through a tube, cannot sit up by himself, is incontinent and needs 24-hour care.
A GANG of builders who fleeced homeowners out of almost £1m for work they never did have been jailed for a total of 22 years. Mark Dixon, 43, of Down Hatherley, near Gloucester, Nicholas Harris, 45, of Upton St Leonards, near Gloucester, and Matthew
Oxford United have confirmed they will play two matches on a ten-day tour of the United States in July. The U’s pre-season tour training camp will be in New Hampshire and Boston from July 11-20. Matches have been provisionally arranged for Wednesday
New executive member David Pryor has rev-ealed how he was effectively left feeling like an outcast by the MP Sports Cherwell League rebels. The Didcot CC chairman was elected unopposed by clubs to the executive at the annual meeting in November. But
MOTORISTS have hit out after claiming cars were stuck in Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital car park for hours. Engineers began drainage and road surface repair work at the junction of Cherwell Drive and Marsh Lane, in Marston, on Thursday afternoon.
THE Government and councils have to realise carers need more than six hours a month respite, otherwise there will be a greater cost to the state. Yes we are in difficult financial times but giving such little help to parents and carers will only drive
ROADWORKS are a necessary evil and will at times overrun. But, like any mistake, it is not the actual error you make but how you respond that is the true test. Oxfordshire County Council has been found very much failing over the debacle near the John
EARLIER this week, talking children’s toy My Pal Violet was accused of teaching kids to swear. But now one Carterton couple have said the cuddly purple dog has been responsible for a few marital problems too. We reported on Wednesday
