A GOVERNMENT-funded play aimed at tackling Muslim extremism is to be performed in East Oxford. Oxfordshire Bangladeshi Association will present A Tale of Two Friends at the Pegasus Theatre to “protect young people in the city from falling a prey to extremism
SWIMMERS in Cowley want to ‘protect’ a playing field in another area in a last ditch attempt to save their swimming pool. The Save Temple Cowley Pools group has revealed it will apply for Town Green status for playing fields in Blackbird Leys where a
Oxfordshire were quite literally overrun in a very open match at Kingsey Road. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: County Championship Shield Pool 3 Score: Oxfordshire 19, Berkshire 64 Oxfordshire player
THE chief executive of Blackwell’s is being made redundant as bosses warn of further job losses at the Oxford bookseller. Andrew Hutchings, who has worked at the company for 23 years, will go as part of a major shake-up at the historic firm. He will
Oxford United hit back from a goal down at half-time to beat Lincoln City 2-1 at the Kassam Stadium today in their final home game of the season. Goals from Asa Hall on 61 minutes, and Tom Craddock, on 76, brought the U's victory after Lincoln had taken
The past month has been the warmest April in central England since records began more than 350 years ago, weather experts have revealed. Provisional data issued by MeteoGroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, showed it was
STORYTIME at Stadhampton Primary School will never be the same again, thanks to a unique new storytelling chair paid for by a 150-year-old trust. The hand-carved wooden chair was unveiled to pupils on Wednesday, with professional storytellers
Fellow passengers are cracking jokes about the iconic moment in the film The Italian Job to ease the tangible air of tension in the bus. I’m sure you know the scene; the one where the coach hangs over the edge of a cliff. The joking
Goals for Florence Park from Kyrone Ahmed who scored 2 and the other goal from George Kincaid. Well done to all the players.
Oxford United sent their fans home happy with a fine second-half comeback to beat Lincoln in the season's last game at the Kassam Stadium. The Imps, desperately needing something from the game to boost their survival hopes, took a fifth-minute
Oxford United were trailing 1-0 to Lincoln City at half-time at the Kassam Stadium today. The Imps, desperately needing something from the game to boost their chances of avoiding relegation, stunned the U's with a fifth-minute goal. Gavin McCaullum's
ESTATE agents Savills will be hoping to put as much space as possible between themselves and their neighbours when they take part in Oxford’s annual Town & Gown race this month. A 19-strong team from the agent’s Botley office in West Way
FOUR band concerts have been organised for Castle Gardens in Wallingford over the summer months. Roke and Benson Brass Band will play on Sunday, June 12, from 3pm to 5pm, while Abingdon Concert Band will play on Sunday, July 10, from 3pm to 5pm. Then
FOR Paul Isaacs, life often did not make sense when he was growing up. The schoolboy was unable to say full sentences until he was seven and found it difficult to read emotions in other people. It led to years of bullying and confusion before things
Oxford Central (Seaton, 8 sent 77): 1 L Hall 1381; 2, 4, 16 M/M Hall 1379, 1357, 1232; 3, 6, 12 M/M Ward 1379, 1346, 1268; 5, 10, 11 K Shipperley 1352, 1287, 1286; 7 M Higginson 1306; 8, 18, 20 R Clarke 1292, 1124, 957; 9, 13 E Irving 1290, 1256; 17,
MORE than 90 firefighters tackled a thatched roof blaze in Great Tew on Thursday night. The fire started in the chimney of a New Road house at about 9.30pm, before spreading to a house next door. The thatched roof on both homes was destroyed
Champion trainer Michael Peterson is keen on a new puppy from Ireland called Oil Strike, while Gilly Hepden’s Ballymac Shane made it five wins out of eight runs when winning on Saturday. Trafalgar Cup victor Spencers Lad ran cracker race to win the
Track man Jimmy Hulbert not only rescued a race at Sunday’s BAGS meeting, but also saved the Stadium coffers as they don’t get paid for a ‘no race’. Sharp-eyed Jimmy went into action when Miss Calypso was knocked over and when she got to her feet,
The settled warm weather leading up to the Easter holiday saw the carp at Linear Fisheries, near Stanton Harcourt, really putting on a show. The latest large specimen to come out was ‘The Big Plated’ weighing an impressive 44.6.0 which fell to Leicester
City of Oxford’s Harry Basterfield stormed to a 100m breaststroke victory in the level two and three open meet at Birmingham. The 13-year-old clocked 1min 28.66secs in the event, which featured more than 2,800 youngsters. Basterfield also missed out
REVELLERS have been urged to “take responsibility for their own safety” at May Morning celebrations. Magdalen Bridge will be open for the first time since 2005 to allow residents to enjoy the traditional festival. An expanded programme
Oxford's Jason Plato will be looking to get his title defence back on track following his dramatic crash at Donington Park when he lines up in round three at Thruxton tomorrow. The 43-year-old reigning champion went into round two as the series leader
The 2011 Summer League kicked off last Sunday at Ridgeway where the 20 matchmen caught some good weights, even though most of the fish were spawning. Using meat down the margins, Martin Avons put 90.0.0 of carp on the scales to take the honours
Fifteen-year-old William Renfrey had his dreams come true on Wednesday, after his grandmother won a competition to meet England ace Stuart Broad. Broad led a coaching session, organised by mineral water company Buxton, after William’s grandmother, Catherine
IT WAS the event which lifted the hearts of the nation. And as Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot yesterday, communities around Oxford joined the happy couple by celebrating in their own style. Street parties were held across the
UNION JACKS waved proudly across Oxfordshire yesterday as communities gathered to celebrate the marriage of our future King and Queen. About 200 parties took place in the county’s streets, village halls, and pubs after the wedding of Prince
IT MAY not have been a fairytale proposal, but for this Oxfordshire couple their big day was every bit as magic of William and Kate’s. When Chris Wignall and Sandra Reid decided to get married while on a bus to Oxford, they had no idea the
Lively Steps is sure to set a fast pace and carries the nap in the S3 over 595 metres at Oxford Stadium tonight. The Michael Peterson-trained black bitch warmed up for when runner up to Talksport Bolt at Sunday’s BAGS meeting over the standard
There promises to be more thrills and spills when the Sandy Lane stadium in Cowley hosts the first round of the Pozzanni Grand National UK Flat Track Championship on Friday, May 6 (7pm). The 12-race meeting will see regular flat-track championship riders
HOW do you get the message across that there is no fishing on rivers between March 14 and June 16? writes ANDY WEBBER. I ask the question because more and more anglers seem to be unaware of the close season, or are choosing to ignore it. On Easter Monday
Matt Taylor scored a magnificent unbeaten century as Oxfordshire Under 17s won their warm-up match against St Edward’s School by 153 runs. But the match, a traditional curtain-raiser to the county youth season, was not as one-sided as the scores suggest
Royal weddings are the height of pomp and pageantry, a unique celebration of British heritage and the envy of the world. And if London had the procession, and the splendour of Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, here in Oxfordshire we had something
Oxfordshire teenager Charles Davidmann was bang on target as he won both the junior and senior gold medals at the national Britannia Gra-nd Prix in Olympic Skeet shotgun. The 18-year-old, from Thame, who won a silver me-dal in the under 21 competition
Damian Batt is surprisingly back in with a good chance of playing for Oxford United against Lincoln City at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday. The right back went off with a hamstring injury in the 0-0 draw with npower League Two leaders Chesterfield last
AFTER Prince William was made the Duke of Cambridge yesterday, an Oxford cocktail bar is looking to update its image. The Duke of Cambridge, in Little Clarendon Street, has the face of Prince Adolphus, who was the Duke of Cambridge from 1774
MOST kitchen extensions don’t involve digging beneath an iconic 16th century college building. But the £6m scheme at The Queen’s College in Oxford’s High Street is not most kitchen extensions. Described by home bursar Linda Irving-Bell
A CHILDREN’S drumming group well known in East Oxford for its appearances at community events is back after a year’s absence. St Christopher’s CofE Primary School dhol drumming group was put on hold last year when teacher Chris Hills took a break to
