Grove produced a strong second half to grind down Newbury Stags. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: Southern Counties North Score: Grove 22, Newbury Stags 5 Grove player ratings: 15. Chris Clare 7 (a
A PRO-HUNTING group has urged its members to boycott Waitrose because it is raising money for a fox charity. An email was dispatched to Countryside Alliance (CA) members after the Thame Waitrose, picked the Little Foxes animal sanctuary at
Wannabe Alan Whickers. I hate them. More stamps in their passport than Judith Chalmers and a pompous air of: “Well, of course, when we did the Balearics it was very different to now... but I’m sure you’ll have a good time anyway.” New York is a case
Oxford United climbed one place to ninth in League Two after a 0-0 draw at Gillingham It was their first clean sheet for 24 games and an excellent performance with some gritty and resilient defending near the end. Full details in Match Reports
AN internet paedophile who was jailed indefinitely after trying to persuade a young teenager to sexually abuse her baby cousin yesterday had his potentially life-long sentence overturned. David Spence, of Hudson Terrace, Deddington, was sentenced to
A COMPANY has defended its decision to build student flats in Cowley Road. Planning permission for 12 new student flats at 381 Cowley Road was approved by Oxford City Council on Wednesday. The move was criticised by Divinity Road Residents
Didcot made it 11 out of 11 in the league with a comfortable win over Grove in very blustery conditions. James Pearson opened the scoring in the first game for Didcot and added a second shortly before half time. The second half was one way traffic, man
A PRO-HUNTING group has urged its members to boycott Waitrose because it is raising money for a fox charity. An email was dispatched to Countryside Alliance (CA) members after the Thame Waitrose, picked the Little Foxes animal sanctuary at
Oxford United gained their first clean sheet in 24 games on Saturday at Priestfield Stadium. It was a terrific battling and resilient performance, with defenders throwing themselves in the way of shots, and some brave headers under pressure
A MAN has admitted smuggling a mobile telephone into Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester. Marcus Biggs admitted a charge of conveying a prohibited article into a prison when he appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The 25-year-old, of Pathfield Road
It was goalless at half-time between Gillingham and Oxford United at Priestfield Stadium in a wind-affected and fiercely competitive npower League Two game. Both James Constable and Steve MacLean went close for the visitors, Constable seeing his shot
A BARBADOS-born pensioner has penned a lifetime of memories documenting the changing face of Oxford and its attitude to race. George Applewhaite, of Sandy Lane, Blackbird Leys, has created a collection of short stories about his life as part of the
Cholsey took the advantage and played downhill in the first half. Cholsey took charge of the game and pressed Garsington throughout the first half but were unable to get a goal. Joe took an early corner that hit the crossbar and then the post. Garsington
Blackbird Leys light middleweight Jack Hill, 20, claimed the only win inside the distance as the Cowley gym emerged with four victories from their dinner tournament at The Oxford Centre. He began to impose his authority from the start of the second session
Forum finished second in the second series of the National Junior League at Chesham. Simon Price, David Smart, Jonah Stott and Cameron Patterson recorded wins over Chesham Grammar School (8-1) and Cippenham B (7-2). But these were not enough to make
PARENTS and children at Rose Hill nursery enjoyed oriental festivities to mark the Chinese New Year. They took part in fancy dress, face painting, and indulged in eastern-inspired dishes to welcome in the Year of the Rabbit. The youngsters
Haddenham A had a narrow win over Vikings E to reach the fourth round of the Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield. Haddenham’s Mark Penn, Cynthia Kunschke and Simon Witney were given a 95-point start against Paul and Anne Borrowdale, and Eamonn Deeley
A promoter has hit back at accusations that boyband One Direction short-changed fans with a short performance at The Regal. Some fans claimed the band played only four songs and were on stage for 20 minutes at the Wednesday night gig. But Craig Pitson
FOUR men who caused trouble at an Oxford United game have been given community sentences despite a judge admitting “it’s difficult to pin different things to particular people”. Mark Heeley, Dale Macer, Nicholas Walker and Law-rence Whitney were sentenced
Brothers Peter and George Rourke, from Bicester, are through to the National Schools’ Championship last 16 at Bexleyheath, Kent today. The pair, who box for Bletchley ABC, both won Home Counties titles. Peter, 14, recorded a unanimous points verdict
EXCITING Didcot Barram-undi prospect Alex Murphy captured two gold medals at Crystal Palace over the weekend. The 15-year-old was competing in the new ASA South Zonal Championships, which brought together the best swimmers from the south west, south
IT might be on the architectural equivalent of death row, but that hasn’t stopped a 19th century bookbinding workshop in East Oxford from enjoying a final lease of life. And the self-styled guerrilla arts centre has now won a ministerial seal of approval
A PENSIONER has been left scared to stay at home after a woman walked through her front door and robbed her. Disabled Anne Appleton, 68, said her attacker had threatened to get a knife from her kitchen unless she handed over money. Now
IT’S good to see a community getting together and doing something positive. The Old Bookbinders in East Oxford has become a pop up cultural hub and is getting a lot of support. And the self-styled guerrilla arts centre has now won a ministerial seal
The countdown to this season’s Varsity clash with Cambridge got under way at the Oxford Union as the students claimed a 5-4 win in the annual Town v Gown match. Welterweight Oliver Harriman claimed the best boxer of the night award after a battle with
WITH the weather turning back from mild to cold, it was always going to be a struggle in last Sunday’s matches. Lower Court Farm, still partly covered in ice, was no exception for the 11 who fished the latest Yarnton match, with only four them catching
ANOTHER Oxfordshire tackle shop has fallen victim to the economic climate. Vic Strange, who ran RS Baits at Eynsham, has called it a day after December’s cold snap proved the final straw. Vic told me he had been struggling to keep the business going
OXFORD Bowls Club B, from Division 4, came close to toppling Division 2 side Green Road A in the Buildbase Cup, only to lose out by six points in a sudden-death seventh frame, writes DAVID WHITE. John Williams got the Bowls Club off to a great start
RON Bicknell’s Lazy Jim is set to belie his monicker in the Perrys Tango Retirement Stakes over 645m at Oxford Stadium tonight. The race is just one on the all trophy card, sponsored by the Michael Peterson kennel’s owners. TONIGHT’S RUNNERS 7.35:
SCHOOLCHILDREN have been using their creative and sales skills to help sick new born babies. Cerys Court, Mia Kilby, Leah Hedges and George Lees, spent their evenings and weekends making hundreds of bookmarks. Then twice a week during playtime at Langford
OXFORD City Council is preparing to build its own rubbish dump if County Hall bins the only public recycling centre in the city. Oxfordshire County Council wants to close the Redbridge recycling centre to the public once a new site is opened
WELL done Oxford City Council. Today we reveal the Town Hall is considering opening its own rubbish dump. It comes after the county council said it would whittle down the city’s sites to one depot at Kidlington. Yes, admittedly, we have
Ben Purkiss is hoping Oxford United win a few more games when he is in the team this time! The former York City player returns to the side at Gillingham today because Damian Batt starts a three-match suspension, following his red card at Southend
CENTRE George Cope’s second-half try gave Lord Williams’s (Thame) a 5-3 home win over Richard Huish College (Taunton) in the Daily Mail Under 18 Vase seventh round. Lord Williams’s had fallen behind after the break to a drop goal. But, with No 8 Alex
ASTON Rowant have been drawn at home to Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League rivals Horspath in the npower Village Cup second round on Sunday, May 1. The county’s highest-ranked entrants by league position in the competition are among
TONY Jones’s penalty saw Blessed George Napier (Banbury) retain the Oxfordshire Under 19 Vase with a hard-fought 3-0 win over Wood Green (Witney) in the final at Chipping Norton RFC. Captain and fly half Jones kicked the decisive points in the opening
Southend midfielder Anthony Grant has hit back at Oxford United manager Chris Wilder. The U’s boss labelled Grant a diver for his part in Damian Batt’s red card at Roots Hall on Tuesday night. But Grant felt Wilder’s comments were
TWO Oxfordshire men branded “major players” in the UK drug trade helped smuggle £50m of cannabis into the country. Pensioner Barry Haydon, 68, of Oxford Road, Burford, and Ivan Marshall, 26, of Queen Street, Eynsham, were part of a gang that brought
OXFORD City Stars will be without their influential captain Darren Elliott when they make the return trip to the Isle of Wight to face the Wightlink Raiders today in South Division 1. Stars lost 5-1 last weekend, and will be up against it against the
LIBRARIES Minister Ed Vaizey has urged community groups to work with Oxfordshire County Council on ways to save 20 threatened branches. Today 10 county libraries will stage “read-ins” by famous authors as part of a campaign to convince the council to
A NEW traffic scheme is being put in place to save thousands of commuters from facing more roadwork misery at Milton Park estate near Didcot. Work to replace the Potash Lane bridge over the railway line near the A34 Milton interchange started in October
TWELVE children have been handed warning letters from police following problems with antisocial behaviour on Oxford’s largest estate. Police said they had received 15 complaints over the past four months from Blackbird Leys residents angry about noise
Come Fly With Me star David Walliams is to swim around 200 miles - along the length of the River Thames. The funnyman has previously swum across the English Channel and cycled the length of Britain for charity challenges. He announced that his
