Chris Wilder says he will field his strongest possible side at Barnet today, in respect to the league and in fairness to all the clubs at the foot of the table. It could be a highly-charged encounter at Underhill after the relegation-threatened
THE woman who won her dream wedding in an Oxford Mail competition this week has thanked her sister for entering her in the competition. Electrician Jamie Leach, 26, and his fiancee Kate Harvey, 23, won a £12,000 wedding at the finals of our Win Your
Police have discovered a cannabis factory near the town centre. Officers discovered the plants when they searched an industrial unit in Pepper Lane on Saturday night. The plants were removed yesterday by waste disposal firm Grundon to be destroyed.
A GROUP of Oxford midwives are hoping a daring midnight marathon will help raise money for a breast cancer charity. Six midwives from the Women’s Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, will each don a sparkly bra and brave the night-time elements
James Constable hit a double to bring Oxford United a 2-2 draw at relegation-threatened Barnet today. The U's top scorer equalised a Bees opener on 17 minutes, and levelled again 12 minutes from time, from Josh Payne's cross, after Barnet had gone back
The irrepressible James Constable hit a double to break Barnet hearts at Underhill. Oxford United's all-action centre forward, twice equalised to deny the Bees a precious win in their bid to stay in the Football League. It was the perfect way for Constable
VILLAGERS are stunned by a senior councillor's claim that a country lane could cope with lorries if restrictions are put on Wolvercote’s main bridge. They hit out at Oxfordshire County Council’s Rodney Rose over his comments about plans which
A TERMINALLY ill toddler was guest of honour at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday. Oxford United supporters first heard of four-year-old Tess Sullivan’s plight before the U’s played her local team Accrington Stanley in August. Since then generous fans have
James Constable's 16th goal of the season brought Oxford United back level after they had trailed to an early goal at Barnet today. The Bees, desperate for three points to climb out of the League Two relegation zone, went in front in the
CHRISTIANS celebrated Easter Sunday by holding a ‘well service’ at the historic St Margaret's Church, in Binsey, Oxford. Curate Dr Martin Henig, left, sprinkled water from the church’s well on some 16 parishioners to mark the resurrection of Jesus.
POEMS written by people with mental health problems were performed to hundreds of shoppers in Oxford. Users of charity Oxfordshire Mind put pen to paper to help share their experiences of what it means to battle mental illness. On Saturday
ALLOTMENT holders are being urged to dig for victory after applications were opened for an annual quest to find the best plot of Oxford earth. The Oxford and District Federation of Allotment Association and Oxford City Council is calling for
FAMILIES helped by a bereavement charity came face-to-face with exotic animals during a trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park. People involved with Headington based SeeSaw, a charity which helps children through bereavement, visited the park, near
A NEW charity shop raising money for abandoned cats has opened in Risinghurst. Four Paws Cat Rescue’s new store on The Roundway will help fund the charity’s Wheatley cattery. Charity founder Julie Jones said: “The money we make will all go to cat
25th April 2011 - For immediate release - Local girl in training for charity challenge Local librarian and bride-to-be, Verity Orme, of Oxford, is embarking on the challenge of a lifetime as she gets ready to swim 10km in Dorney Lake on 28th May
* Jon Cheshire, 48, of Fernhill Close, Tiddington, admitted possession of cannabis (Class B) in Thame on February 17. Fined £120, £15 victims’ surcharge and £65 costs. * Ehsan Hussain, 22, of St Mary’s Road, Oxford, admitted using threatening, abusive
PAINTINGS that talk, staircases that abruptly swivel around and a tree that tries to beat your brains out are fine in a Harry Potter film, but not something you would welcome as part of everyday life. Inanimate objects really ought to know their place
Clanfield 4 (Dickinson 14, Keyes 52, Olphert 70, Bishop 89) Tytherington Rocks 0 FOUR second half goals enabled Clanfield to end their Division 1 West campaign on a winning note with an impressive display. However, Bicester Town’s 1-0 win over
KATY Sweetman, whose husband Jeremy was diagnosed with terminal cancer when she was four months pregnant with their second child, is urging Oxfordshire’s women to help find a cure for cancer this summer. Mrs Sweetman, 39, watched helplessly
Kidlington 1 (Parker 40) Witney United 2 (McKeon 5, Tustain 73) WITNEY United ensured their Premier Division status with a hard-fought derby victory at Yarnton Road on Saturday. The visitors went ahead early on when Jordan Parker failed
MORE than 150,000 extra bus seats will be laid on in Oxford as part of an overhaul of city services. Oxford Bus Company has brought forward a raft of proposed changes because of impending roadworks in Iffley Road which will last for 40 weeks
The news that more seats are to be provided on Oxford’s bus routes is excellent news in times of high petrol prices and congested roads. With its bus lanes on arterial roads and largely pedestrianised city centre, Oxford is well placed to encourage
Alchester 28, Blue Boar 6 ALCHESTER retained the Oxfordshire Shield with a strong second half display. Having been pegged back to 8-6 just before half-time, Alchester ran in 20 unanswered points as their greater youth and fitness started
Banbury United’s unbeaten run of four matches came to a juddering halt as Truro City clinched the Premier Division title with a professional display at Spencer Stadium. Truro were made to work hard by a Banbury side who secured their top-flight status
BOSSES at Oxford’s only lap dancing club have revealed a deal to move to a new city venue fell through at the 11th hour. Owners of The Lodge, in Pennyfarthing Place, off St Ebbe’s Street, are battling to remain open after Oxford City Council stripped
A CHEERY wave and they’re off! Marston Saints footballers in Oxford were heading for Belgium for an Easter weekend of sport in 1979, write Richard Cooke and Tyrone Steele. Players, officials and mums and dads looked in good spirits as they
Oxford City twice let slip the lead as they ended their home campaign on a low note as Leamington sealed their Premier Division play-off berth. City had to withstand early pressure from the visitors before they took the lead when Lee Steele nipped in
North Leigh kept alive their Division 1 South & West play-off hopes with an edgy victory over basement boys Andover at Eynsham Park on Saturday. It means that North Leigh, who travel to Bishops Cleeve today, must hope that Thatcham slip up against Andover
Chinnor 19, Oxford Harlequins 9 CHINNOR’S forward power eventually told as they retained the Oxfordshire Cup in a gripping final at Iffley Road yesterday. It took until the 75th minute for flanker-turned-No 8 Adam Hastings to score Chinnor’s opening
WE READ that at a county council cuts meeting, Keith Mitchell asked Charles Shouler: “Would you agree that the public as a whole does not have the slightest idea of the scale of cuts we have to make over the next three or four years?” (Protests
I WOULD like to encourage readers to have a tea party next Wednesday to help raise vital funds for Diabetes UK. The charity is urging people to organise tea parties throughout the year on Care For A Cuppa Day, to help support research and other diabetes-related
I AGREE with John White (Oxford Mail, March 31) that school children should learn about the world’s major religions, including Christianity. However, it is most important that first they have a knowledge and understanding of their own religion before
READING the On Yer Bike column in last Tuesday’s Oxford Mail (April 12) I thought James Styring illustrated only too well how he and many cyclists view other road users. He quotes how many cyclists were killed by motor vehicles in 2009 but he failed
SO WILL I be celebrating on Friday? Wearing a stupid Union Jack bowler hat and waving a Union flag, eating wedding-themed food and making wedding themed toasts? Of course I will. And, what’s more, I won’t care who sniggers. By the law of diminishing
MUSIC lovers got the chance to chill out from the weekend’s sweltering temperatures to the cool sounds of jazz. More than 50 events took place around the city during the four day Oxford Jazz Festival, which ran from Thursday through to last
Didcot Town’s Premier League status hangs in the balance after they were held to a goalless draw by Cirencester on Saturday. The result means that Ady Williams’s men have to beat Oxford City in today’s derby clash at the npower Loop Meadow Stadium to
SAYING sorry is not easy. A fresh start is needed in politics – and that means learning to say sorry more and to stop arguing and blaming each other so much. Arguing is time wasted that, in my opinion, could be put to better use. The current cuts are
OXFORD City Council paid out thousands of pounds to have the small square recycling bins made. It then scrapped them and gave everyone a large blue bin on wheels. It also issued large garden waste bags, which were given to everyone for free and which
I NOTICED that the Woodstock Road into Oxford is being repaired after the recent bad weather. A few years ago almost the entire road was resurfaced, then a large main gas pipe was installed along nearly the whole length of the road. After a bad winter
THIS time of year wouldn’t be the same without a glut of Easter eggs and bonnets. An array of colourful bonnets was on display at a parade organised by Cowley Community Centre playgroup in 1982, with Meg Collins, four, and Timothy Coles, three, sporting
STREET parties have been a feature of many Royal occasions in the past, just as they will be later this week for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. These pictures show celebrations for the silver jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary
SPUD the horse and his young companions were among the visitors to the village fete in 1989. Spud is seen in the first picture, with 10-year-old Annabelle Reid riding him and Debbie Read leading him. The second picture dates from 1976 when Stanley Gillett
WHEN the churchyard at St Andrew’s Church in Old Headington, Oxford, needed a spruce-up, there was no shortage of volunteers. Members of the congregation came forward and offered to do the work. They cleaned the gullies around the church
Ryan Clarke was delighted with a shut-out on his 100th appearance for Oxford United. Chesterfield had scored 80 goals in League Two this season, but they could not find a way past goalkeeper Clarke in Saturday’s entertaining 0-0 draw at the Kassam Stadium
AMBULANCE staff fear £30m set to be slashed from their budget over the next five years will affect patient care. South Central Ambulance Service, SCAS, which has its headquarters in Bicester, has been told it has to make £6m yearly ‘savings
HIS job is one of the most historic in Oxford and serves as a cornerstone of our democratic system. As Mace Bearer to the City of Oxford, Tim Cox leads the Lord Mayor into the chamber at the start of each full council meeting. Now the
The ambulance is the glue which holds together the NHS’s most important services, getting seriously-ill patients to the right place as quickly as possible. So it is worrying that the South Central Ambulance Service, which serves the county is trying
Teachers from the county are set to back a national strike over changes to pensions, a union leader said today. The National Union of Teachers, which has an estimated 2,200 members in Oxfordshire schools, will ballot its members on the issue from mid-May
Formula One driver Robert Kubica has been released from hospital in Italy to continue his rehabilitation from serious injuries sustained in a rallying accident in February. Kubica has spent the past 10 weeks at the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra
Temperatures are predicted to hit 20C again today before the unseasonal heatwave comes to an end with a return to April showers. Met Office forecasters predicted today’s temperatures would range between 16C and 20C. Temperatures are then expected to
LEVELS of air pollution in Oxford soared above Government safety levels during the hottest Easter weekend for 30 years. Under European Union targets, the level of nitrogen dioxide should not exceed 200 micrograms per cubic metre more than 18 times a
OXFORDSHIRE celebrated St George’s Day with an array of quintessentially English traditions. Morris men from Wantage danced on the Oxfordshire spot where, legend has it, St George slew the dragon. The Icknield Way Morris Men danced for the first time
COUNCILLORS could raise more than £170,000 a year and keep eight libraries open if they gave up free parking at County Hall, claims a library campaigner. There are currently 16 parking spaces and five disabled spaces in front of Oxfordshire
