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  • Pink pony tattoo raises baby unit cash

    IF YOU are going to get a pink My Little Pony tattoo, it’s probably best to have it somewhere discreet. This should come as some consolation to Brian Adams, who had the cartoon character etched on his backside for charity. By getting friends to vote

  • March celebrates civil rights

    HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Burford on Saturday in a traditional celebration of civil rights and religious tolerance. The annual Levellers march commemorates the execution of three Leveller members who opposed Oliver Cromwell in 1649. Levellers

  • Forces welfare law 'is about time'

    A PROMISE to enshrine the welfare of soldiers and their families in law has been welcomed by an Oxfordshire mother who lost her soldier son. Defence Secretary Liam Fox briefed MPs yesterday on a new military covenant which sets out rights to services

  • College open days showcase students' skills

    STUDENTS will showcase their creative talents tomorrow to inspire the next generation of learners. Teenagers studying at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College will use performance, tasters sessions and talks to show the range of courses available. Among

  • Williams F1 pledges to fuel hi-tech ideas

    THE chairman of the Williams F1 team has pledged it will continue investing in technologies away from the Grand Prix circuit. The company, which employs 490 workers at Grove, recently lent its specialist engineering expertise to the development of a

  • Overturned car causes A34 jams

    An overturned car today caused hold-ups for drivers on the A34 Oxford Western Bypass. The crash happened on the northbound carriageway between the Botley Interchange and the Peartree Interchange. One lane was closed and queueing traffic is reported

  • Balloons fill the sky for charity

    HUNDREDS of balloons filled the sky above Abingdon as a play centre did its bit to raise cash for an Oxford children’s hospice. Customers of Snakes and Ladders in Audlett Drive paid at least £1 for every balloon released and the money will go to Helen

  • Man stabbed in Cowley Marsh Park

    A man was in hospital with serious injuries last night after being stabbed while playing cricket in an East Oxford park. The victim was approached by a group of men and stabbed several times after a fight broke out in Cowley Marsh Park shortly after

  • Agent enters four teams in charity triathlon

    Agent Scottfraser has entered four teams in this year’s Blenheim Triathlon on June 4 to raise money for local hospice Helen & Douglas House. Staff from the Summertown, Headington, East Oxford and Witney branches are involved, including associate director

  • Local shares (PM)

    AEA Technology 4.3 BMW 5325 Electrocomponents 290 Nationwide Accident Repair 94 Oxford Biomedica 5.85 Oxford Catalysts 95.5 Oxford Instruments 738 Reed Elsevier 560.25 RM 128.25 RPS Group 247.5 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • CRICKET: East Oxford in victory cruise

    OCA League Divisions 1-4 EAST Oxford began their Division 1 campaign with a crushing 99-run victory at Minster Lovell on Saturday. Batting first, East Oxford rattled up a formidable total of 266-9 as Amir Butt hit 80 and Aftab Alam 70.

  • CRICKET: Judd leads the way as Brill edge it

    OCA League Divisions 5-11 NICK Judd claimed 5-11 as Brill edged out Horley 2nd by one wicket in Division 5. Batting first, Horley were all out for 133, Matthew Burden top-scoring with 45. Brill reached 137-9 in their reply for a narrow win. In Division

  • Swimmer takes on Channel challenge for charity

    A GYM owner will swim the English Channel to raise cash to help an old school friend’s seriously-ill son. Lisa Auchinvole, of tfd health and fitness club in Grove, will brave the chilly water for more than 21 miles when she attempts the challenge

  • Kirtlington Lamb Ale Morris Festival 2011

    AROUND 16 Morris dancing teams from all over England descend on the village of Kirtlington, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, on the weekend of 18th – 19th June 2011 for the annual Lamb Ale Morris Festival. The fun begins on the Friday evening with folk

  • 'Foster kids and show you care'

    NEW foster carers are urgently needed in Oxfordshire. The county has 435 children in care and 336 foster carers. Oxfordshire County Council’s fostering service wants to recruit at least 45 new foster carers by March next year to provide

  • Playtime gets a lot more fun in Wolvercote

    A MUCH loved playground in Lower Wolvercote is the latest Oxford park to be revamped. The £39,000 upgrade at the site in Godstow Road includes a new cone climber, combination play frame, sprung see-saw and refurbished swings. Wolvercote councillor and

  • Local share prices (AM)

    AEA Technology 4.3 BMW 5338 Electrocomponents 290.6 Nationwide Accident Repair 94 Oxford Biomedica 5.95 Oxford Catalysts 95.5 Oxford Instruments 733.25 Reed Elsevier 561.5 RM 125.4 RPS Group 250 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • RUGBY UNION: Oxon exit after a heavy defeat

    Oxfordshire ended their County Championship Shield Pool 3 campaign with a 54-12 defeat to Dorset & Wilts at Bournemouth. Needing an improbable 84-point victory to qualify for the semi-finals, Oxon at least put in a better showing than their opening 64

  • Man's identity still unknown

    W OXON: The identity of a 57-year-old man who died after collapsing in a field near Bampton remained unknown last night. The man was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford at about 8am on Sunday morning by air ambulance, where he was pronounced

  • Showing the way

    BROWNIES leapt with enthusiasm to try out a traditional Oxfordshire pastime. The youngsters from Blackbird Leys got to try their hand at morris dancing – with a little help from Oxford City and Oxford University morris men. Members of the 1st Blackbird

  • 'Glass broken into ex's face'

    A FORMER Witney United manager has gone on trial accused of smashing a glass in his ex-partner’s face after an England game. Darren Teggart, who used to play for Witney Town, is said to have lost his temper with Katrina Teggart during last

  • CRICKET: Horspath squueze in

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Divisions 6-10 HORSPATH 3rd edged to a thrilling one-wicket at Great Brickhill 2nd in Division 6. Simon Chapman (54), Glenn Burrows (50) and Rob Hiles (35) led the way in Brickhill’s 220 all out, with Tom Murray taking

  • CRICKET: Thame go storming on

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 5 Thame Town 2nd continued their electrifying start by beating Didcot in the shadows of the power station. Richard Carr (51) and Carl Sellwood (50) helped Town post 206-9, then Ian McStay took 4-31 and Gary Porter

  • HOCKEY: Sunny's Euro bid

    Witney's Sunny Ricketts hopes her first experience representing England will lead to a call-up for the European Under 18 Championships in July. The 17-year-old, who lives in Ducklington, represented England Under 18s at the Four Nations Tournament in

  • DARTS: County trio in UK Open

    Three players from Oxfordshire are through to the Speedy Hire UK Open at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium from June 2-5. Oxford’s Jon Jukes and Banbury duo Stuart White and Martin Perring came through qualifying in Bristol for the Professional Darts Corporation

  • DARTS: Krabben eyes second title

    Preben Krabben (Goodlake Arms) bids for his second Greene King ODDA Winter League men’s singles title when he faces Trevor Ballard (Chequers) on finals night at Rover Cowley Sports & Social Club on Friday, June 10. Kim Ledbury (Nuffield

  • Thieves steal BSA three-wheeler in Oxford

    Police are appealing for information after a classic three-wheeler was stolen from a shed in Oxford. Between Sunday, April 17, and last Sunday, thieves broke into the shed in Minchery Road, Littlemore, and stole a white and green 1976 BSA Ariel,

  • RAPE: Witness plea as pair appear in court

    TWO men have appeared in court charged with raping a woman as she walked home. At Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Mark Just and Patrick Juste, both 25, were charged with raping a 21-year-old woman in Church Lane, Witney, on Saturday. The alleged

  • TENERIFE BEHEADING: 'I couldn't believe what I was seeing'

    THE horrific aftermath of the beheading of a British woman in Tenerife has been described by an Oxford man. Former Oxford Mail writer Colin Kirby witnessed the suspect running through the streets with the victim’s head. Grandmother Jennifer Mills-Westley

  • CRICKET: Hemming's in seven heaven

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 4 Matthew Hemming’s 7-42 set up Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd’s home win over Cumnor 2nd, who were bowled out for 162. Adam Jones then took 5-61 to put Shipton in deep trouble, but veteran Paul Hemming (56no) and

  • CRICKET: Lefort’s 6-49 all in vain for Mills

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 3 Pierre Lefort’s 6-49 for Witney Mills was not enough as Bledlow Village scraped home by three wickets. Earlier, Pete Claridge (31) was the only visiting batsman to get going as Mills crumbled to 119 all out

  • Two surgeries facing the axe

    TWO popular North Oxford GP surgeries could close in a proposed NHS shake up. Plans have been tabled to close Kendall Crescent Health Centre in Cutteslowe and the 150-year-old Wolvercote Surgery. The two surgeries, which care for 1,700

  • Ask the Vet: My budgie has a black eye

    My budgie has a sore eye. It is blackened and is leaking some type of fluid. He does not seem overly bothered by it but it looks a mess. What could this be? Can I use eye drops from the pet shop? F Quick, Cowley This sounds like

  • CRICKET: Abingdon's suffer agonising defeat

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 2 Abingdon Vale could not prise out Long Marston’s last pair in an agonising one-wicket defeat. Vale were inserted and dismissed for 138, with Rob Hood (33no) stranded. Pete Toovey (4-23) and Adam Wells (3-38)

  • Help our heritage

    THIS summer you can help preserve history by camping with a difference at beautiful, historic cathedrals across the country. Your time, energy and enthusiasm is hugely important to help prevent landmark faith buildings from falling into despair. Young

  • CCTV is a deterrent

    CHRIS Brewer seems not to understand the value of CCTV cameras in the fight against crime and wants statistics from the police (ViewPoints, May 10). If you watch any crime programme on the many TV channels available today, it’s possible to see many

  • WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: England in town

    England's women have a last chance to press their claims for a place in the World Cup squad when they take on Sweden at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford tonight (7.45). The home side, who will be without the injured duo of skipper Faye White and midfielder

  • CRICKET: Oxford edge tense battle

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 1 OXFORD 2nd bounced back from their opening day defeat to beat Great & Little Tew in a tense finish. Despite losing by ten runs, Tew players produced the best individual performances. Joe White took 6-39 in

  • Questions of justice

    JUST don’t understand how we are called a ‘fair’ country any more. A former marine who was suffering from depression intended to commit suicide, which went terribly wrong, and was given a prison sentence for possessing prohibited firearms (Oxford Mail

  • Too many chiefs

    A FEW weeks ago it was announced that a senior officer who was appointed only a couple of years ago would be leaving the Oxford City Council establishment. What an opportunity for the council to retain useful staff – those facing redundancy – but will

  • Care traumas

    I HAVE had carers from the home support team run by Oxfordshire County Council for the last two and a half years to look after my very disabled husband three times a day. This service is being run down and will be disbanded within the next three months

  • Time to raise voices to save BBC Oxford

    Time after time it has been proven that readers, listeners and viewers want local news. It took a long time to get the BBC Oxford TV News opt-out after Oxford viewers had been watching news from everywhere except Oxford for years. Our local BBC TV news

  • ON YER BIKE: Goodbye to a friend who was a true inspiration

    EVERY now and again, you come across someone truly inspiring. Someone who makes perfect sense and who in turn helps you to make sense of what you’re striving to achieve. For me, one such person was Paul Cullen, who died tragically on May 2.

  • Teen conned OAP over work

    A CHIPPING NORTON teenager conned a 92-year-old woman out of £850 for work on her drive, then returned two months later to trick her into making out cheques for a further £1,400. But Warwick Crown Court heard that, thanks to the actions of a neighbour

  • FOOTBALL: Savage hangs up his boots

    Oxford City midfielder Dave Savage has decided to call time on his 21-year football career. The former Oxford United and Republic of Ireland player, who is 38 in July, said he had to think long and hard before hanging up his boots after

  • TV property guru to reveal ideas for Oxford estates

    PEOPLE in Oxford will get the first glimpse of two “Grand Designs” for their estates thanks to television star Kevin McCloud. The TV property guru is heading an £18m regeneration project in Northway and Cowley, promising more than 100 homes and two new

  • Hi Lo owner faces trial

    THE proprietor of a well-known Oxford bar and restaurant has appeared in court charged with attacking a customer. Hugh Anderson, who runs the Hi Lo Jamaican Eating House in Cowley Road, appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The 67-year-old is charged

  • CRICKET: Rivals play out bore draw

    MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE GRAHAM SCOTT’S MATCH OF THE DAY Cumnor and Shipton-under-Wychwood played out the kind of tedious draw that can give cricket a bad name, with neither side apparently prepared to take risks in pursuit of victory in Saturday

  • Art show is brolly good fun

    YOUNG artists Josie McPherson and Ella Burt were among scores of children flexing their creative muscles at an umbrella-painting workshop. The friends, who both attend St Philip and St James CofE Primary School in North Oxford, took part in the event

  • Life ruined by attack in pub

    WHEN charity worker Michael Rogers went to a Kidlington pub last summer, he was looking forward to a few quiet drinks with friends. But after an unprovoked attack that damaged his brain and shattered his life, the 31-year-old now has to breathe

  • COMMENT: Make a stand

    RESIDENTS in Wolvercote and Cutteslowe must make a stand. A consultation on the future of GP services in the two areas is under way. And, if people really care about keeping surgeries local, they need to say so.

  • COMMENT: Life sentence for victim of pub attack

    MICHAEL Rogers was turning his life around. He had come to Oxfordshire to get clean from drug addiction and ended up an ambassador for the Ley centre in Yarnton before going to work at the News Cafe in the centre of Oxford. He had been clean

  • Tributes paid to '20 is plenty' campaigner

    ROAD safety campaigner Paul Cullen has died after collapsing while out cycling with his wife near Banbury. Mr Cullen, a leading campaigner for the introduction of 20mph speed limits across Oxford, was taken to the Horton Hospital at Banbury after suffering

  • New start for injured, abandoned, pup

    A THREE-MONTH-OLD puppy found with deep neck wounds is looking forward to a new home thanks to an animal charity. Minute mongrel Basil was found whimpering with pain by a woman walking her dogs near RAF Brize Norton on Easter Sunday. A shoe lace had