Former England boss Steve McClaren has ruled himself out of the running to fill the manager’s role at West Ham. McClaren, a former Oxford United player, youth and reserve team coach, was the bookmaker’s favourite to replace Avram Grant, who was dismissed
Daniel Webb, 25, of Stallard Close, Faringdon, admitted failing to comply with a community order by failing to attend unpaid work on August 29. Original offence of burglary of tools and a radio from a stable block in East Hanney resentenced. Jailed for
The Ladies and Gentlemen that Lunch business networking club is launching two new branches. Already established in Oxford and Henley, founder Chantal Cornelius is expanding her empire to venues in the Banbury and Witney areas. She said
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School technology provider RM Education has slipped into the red, latest figures have revealed. The company, which employs 1,200 staff based at Milton Park, near Didcot, made a pre-tax loss of £1.4m for the six months to March 31 compared to a profit
Energy healer Robert Ginsburg is guest speaker at The Tree Hotel in Iffley, Oxford, on May 26 at 11.30am. In his talk, Medicine of the Future, Mr Ginsburg will demonstrate his technique of identifying problems by scanning the body with his mind. It
SINGING teacher Gareth Malone is visiting Oxford to talk about his latest book and may even conduct members of the Blackbird Leys Choir. Mr Malone, who shot to fame for his appearances on the BBC2 reality TV show The Choir, is coming to the
LAST year’s winner of our Schools SOS competition has urged others to enter for the chance to win a £7,500 revamp. Kingfisher School, in Abingdon, got a revamped sensory garden and a brand new seating area after collecting more newspaper tokens than
KEVIN Potter landed a £500 prize for taking the best picture of Blenheim Palace. Mr Potter, pictured left with his photo, only took up photography 18 months ago when his fiancee Laura bought him a camera as an engagement present. But his picture of
CORNBURY Park echoed to the sound of finely-tuned engines as rally enthusiasts flocked to West Oxfordshire. The Charlbury estate hosted the Rally Show, which had been staged at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire in previous years, on Saturday and yesterday
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HOMES Under the Hammer and Beat The Bailiff presenter Jamie Waller is facing his own property nightmare. Dubbed Britain’s best known debt collector, Mr Waller looks set to make a loss as he auctions off a half- finished development he has spent
ABINGDON: Hundreds of balloons were released on Saturday to raise cash for Oxford’s Helen and Douglas House hospice. Customers of Snakes and Ladders play centre, in Audlett Drive, paid at least £1 for every balloon released. See tomorrow’s Oxford Mail
A film featuring villagers from Southmoor and Kingston Baguize may be a hit after a screening at an international film festival. Tortoise in Love, which was written and directed by resident Guy Browning, was shown at the star-studded Cannes Film Festival
DIRTY needles are littering an Oxford beauty spot as heroin addicts use the area to shoot up. Police have warned increasing numbers of used hypodermic syringes are being left uncapped in areas around Oxford Ice Rink in Oxpens Road and nearby Grandpont
OXFORD: A 38-year-old man has admitted a burglary in Jericho. Charles Awere, of Bardwell Court, admitted the charge at Oxford Crown Court on Friday. The offence occurred in Shirley Place between February 9 and 12. Awere was bailed to be sentenced
WITNEY: A 32-year-old man was stabbed in a town centre robbery in the early hours of Saturday. Two men, aged 18 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm and are in police custody. The victim suffered non-life
FED-UP residents are demanding action to tackle parking problems around Hanborough railway station. The number of passengers using the station has grown by almost 50 per cent since 2005, with 104,000 journeys starting or ending there in 2009-10, up from
RICHARD Kaufman’s magnificent 170 could not save Oxfordshire from a dismal three-wicket defeat by Bedfordshire in MCCA Trophy Pool 3 at Banbury yesterday. Kaufman’s superb innings was an Oxfordshire one-day record. But some inept bowling, especially
POLICE officers in the Thames Valley force fear budget cuts will cause crime to rise, a survey has revealed. Officers believe the Government cut of 20 per cent over the next four years and a reduction in police officer numbers will mean the
A survey of police officers shows they believe budget cuts will impact on crime. The work was carried out by the Police Federation and although the national response rate was 30 per cent, we must take it seriously. It is understandable officers will
FRED Mitchell bore plenty of scars from his career as one of the country’s top stock car racers. He broke an arm, ribs, leg and foot, slashed his eyes and smashed countless cars – his own and others. Stock car racing was big business in Oxford, particularly
MORE than 200 children turned up on the first day of a three-week summer play scheme at Didcot Youth Centre in 1983. One of the many activities was making candles under the direction of youth worker Ken Chrisp, seen with some of the youngsters in the
SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Oxford 301-6 (64 ovs, S Laudat 99, J Perkin 80), Falkland 136 (40.2 ovs, W Challoner 61). Falkland 3pts, Oxford 25. High Wycombe 352-5 (61 ovs, N Segal 190, M Eyles 82, E Brock 5-105), Henley
Craig Haupt hit a terrific century as Banbury got the upper hand of a draw at Radlett in Division 1. The powerful left-hander made 102 before being run out after Banbury had been put in to bat. His ton set Banbury on the way to 273-8 off their 66 overs
Newcomers Horspath’s 35-match unbeaten run in league cricket stretching back over two years came to an end with a 50-run home defeat by Burnham in Division 2 West. Last year’s Cherwell League champions bowled out Burnham for 206 after winning the toss
If ever there is a need for new speed cameras it is on the two sections of dual carriageway on the A44 Woodstock Road between the Turnpike pub at Yarnton and the Royal Sun at Begbroke. In the evening and into the night, some of the vehicles using these
HOW strange it is that Thames Valley Police cannot or will not give out the figures relating to CCTV and crime detection in Oxford’s Cowley Road, with the excuse it would cost them to much to work out the figures (Oxford Mail, May 5). But they can say
I am not surprised by the number of parking fines cancelled by West Oxfordshire District Council (Wednesday’s Oxford Mail), in view of councillor David Harvey’s comments defending the civil enforcement officers, in that they have had strict training and
THESE were the players and officials of Littlemore football club in 1928-9. And judging by the shield in front of them, it looks as if it was a particularly successful season. This is one of many photographs belonging to the recently re-formed Littlemore
RAILWAY enthusiasts from the steam era will remember the Abingdon Flyer and the Rewley Road station in Oxford. Tank engine No 1444 is pictured at Radley station, waiting to collect passengers from a main line express and take them on the branch line
MEMORIES of the historical pageant that was staged in Oxford in 1907 live on. Brian Colley, of Marston Road, Oxford, has a copy of the official souvenir programme which he inherited from an elderly neighbour. Ron Tombs, of Farm Road, Abingdon, sparked
WOMEN’S Institute members in the Botley area of Oxford were keen to show off their talents on stage. We have published three pictures of productions (Memory Lane, February 14 and April 4). Here is another, from the 1950s. The photograph
THESE were the choristers who led the singing at the City Church of St Michael at the Northgate in Oxford. The picture comes from Richard Coughlan, who spent five years in the choir at the church in Cornmarket Street with his brother, Mark,
saturday’s results 7.35: 1 BE MY LIGHT 4-1, 2 Verity Joy 5-2. Trio: (5x4x2). Trainer: A Kibble. Time: 28.73. Mica Princess (3) 7-4 fav. 7.50: 1 GLENCORBRY HAKA 9-4, 2 Ballymac Shane 7-4 fav. Trio: (3x1x5). Trainer: Mayo. Time: 27.10. 8.05: 1 HARLEQUIN
Stewart Laudat fell agonsingly short of a century as Oxford stormed to a crushing 165-run victory at Falkland in Division 1. After being invited to bat, Oxford rattled up a massive 301-6 dec off 64 overs with Laudat making 99 off 141 balls with 15 fours
IN TUESDAY’S Oxford Mail you printed a picture of the Castle Mound, having the trees cut down in 1952. I wonder if anyone knows who the two men working were. I believe it was George Scarrott and Mich Austin, of Ferry Road, New Marston. George lived
IT is very disappointing that Oxford City Council’s area committee meetings are going to be dissolved to save £22,000 a year and are being replaced by quarterly area forums and separate planning committee meetings. I have diligently attended these area
The first round of primary school allocations has taken place and more than 95 per cent of parents received an offer for one of their first three preferences – no mean feat when birth rates are rising throughout the country. As a parent and former headteacher
It is generous of Susan Thomas (Thursday’s ViewPoints, May 12) to cast Keith Mitchell as a wit and satirist, a modern-day Juvenal or Horace perhaps. The Oxford English Dictionary defines satire as “the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule
There are a lot of things I’m ashamed of but none more so than my feet. Which is why I’ve resisted the temptation to roll up my trouser legs and dip my feet into those tanks of flesh-eating minnows, currently attracting foot fetishists to the Clarendon
SUPPORT for banning trucks overtaking on the A34 to combat crashes and congestion was growing last night. A trial ban on HGVs using the outside lane has been in place on a short section of the road for more than a year. But Didcot county
EASTER eggs and cuddly toys were delivered by bikers in fancy dress to sick children in a respite centre. Some 25 members of Oxford’s Caldariun Motorcycle Club dropped off the treats to youngsters at Viking House in Saxon Way, Headington, on Saturday
A SPORTS centre for the disabled which faced closure because of an unpaid £48,000 photocopying bill has been saved. Oxsrad, the Oxford and District Sports and Recreation Association for the Disabled, has provided sports facilities for a wide range of
POLICE in Witney are hunting a “key witness” after charging two men with raping a 21-year-old woman. Tracing the witness to the attack was “critical to the success of the investigation”, police said yesterday. The woman was attacked
OXFORD City Council’s plan to transform the northern bypass into an urban boulevard sounds good but we question the motivation. We are told the plan, which will see speed limits reduced to 40mph and new houses front directly on to the street
Aston Rowant were left to hold out for a draw at Gerrards Cross after home batsman John Hughes smashed a brilliant 168. Rowant’s attack was powerless as Hughes took Gerrards Cross to an imposing 290-8 off 59 overs, before the visitors replied with 210
It was exactly a year ago today . . . arguably the most important day in Oxford United’s history. The day when they celebrated winning the Blue Square Premier play-off final at Wembley – and getting out of the Conference at the fourth attempt. In the
PLANS for a new traffic light junction on Oxford’s busy ring road have been branded a nightmare by some motorists. City planners want to slash speed limits on part of the northern bypass and transform it into a house-lined avenue. But
The latest consultation on the Barton Area Action Plan runs until Friday, June 24. The document and questionnaire are available from the Town Hall, Old Marston Library and Bury Knowle Library. Residents can talk to planners about the
IN 1981, 200 people ran through Oxford to raise money for children with muscular dystrophy. Thirty years on, Oxford’s Town and Gown Run is a highlight in the city calendar, attracting thousands of competitors. And this year’s event, staged yesterday
STAFF and families at a Wallingford pre-school are celebrating after getting top marks from education bosses. Rainbow Pre-School, above, in Bullcroft Park, has been operating for nearly 40 years and currently looks after with 87 children, aged two to
LANGUAGE colleges which claim Government reforms to student visas could destroy the industry have launched a High Court challenge. Wealthy foreign students enrolling on pre-university courses bring an estimated £74m into Oxford’s economy each year, but
