WHEN dance-mad teenager Grace McDonagh was told she needed major spinal surgery, her first question was if she would still be able to dance. Now, thanks to a month of intensive physiotherapy treatment, the 13-year-old from Donnington Bridge Road, Oxford
Albert Browne, 71, of Pegasus Road, Oxford, admitted drink driving in Cuddesdon Way, Oxford, on March 14, namely having 59 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes. Fined £165, a £15 victims’ surcharge
A GROUP which has been promoting healthy eating will close next week after losing NHS funding. The Oxford Healthy Living Partnership will close on Thursday, June 30 after nine years. One of its key achievements was its help in setting
The last vehicle I used that was powered by a twin-cylinder engine had two seats, severely limited luggage space and when it rained you got wet. Having said that, I loved that BMW motorcycle to bits. Beautifully balanced, solidly surefooted and ruthlessly
A new map has been produced showing all the cycle, bus and train routes in west Oxfordshire. Councils, cycle groups and environmental organisations have come together to produce the map. Kevin Hickman, chairman of Witney Bicycles Users Group, said:
ARTISTIC students sought influence from subjects from war to “art terrorist” Banksy for their end-of-year show. More than 1,000 works have gone on display at John Mason School in Abingdon, and the exhibition is open to the public during school hours
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ON the third Saturday of every month the O2 Academy Oxford presents five local exciting bands on a new night called Upstairs. Last Saturday's (June 18) was the second, and featured sets from Message to Bears, Cat Matador, Deer Chicago, Phantom
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A range of development opportunities and pasture land are coming under the hammer at auction tomorrow. Agent Carter Jonas is expecting strong bidding for its lots at the Oxford event. They include 3.71 acres of land at Yarnton, which has a guide price
The Compass Brewery will demonstrate how great British beer can be the perfect partner for international cuisine at the Sunday lunch buffet at The Tree in Iffley on June 26. At 12pm head brewer Mattias Sjoberg will talk about how he fell in
A FORMER wasteland at a Bicester pre-school is to be transformed into a sensory wildlife garden. Staff from Bicester Avenue Garden Centre in Oxford Road joined forces with youngsters who attend Rainbow Pre-School in Hendon Place to work on the new garden
A DOZEN jobs would be axed under plans to outsource an £8m council service for people with learning disabilities, leading to concerns about the new arrangements. Oxfordshire County Council is looking to get another provider to run its £7.8m supported
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OXFORDSHIRE Business Awards winners Richard Howe and Kelvin Thomas both had the same message as they were honoured by their peers: It’s all about team work. They were cited as among the county’s finest business minds in front of more than
LIKE most Oxfordshire towns, Thame’s summer carnival is usually a modestly–attended event symbolising the genteel pace of life of middle England. But this year’s event on Saturday resembled a highly-charged rock festival, as thousands of people
A CAMPAIGN against the planned route for repatriations of fallen soldiers from RAF Brize Norton is gathering pace. The route endorsed this month would see corteges leave the base via the east gate rather than the main gate, then skirt the edge
Oxford United say they won’t consider the possibility of installing a temporary stand at the car park end of the Kassam Stadium for their derby game against Swindon Town on Saturday, March 3, until next year. The club’s communications officer, Adam Jankiewicz
JIMMY Phillips hit a maiden Home Counties half-century before Horspath’s Division 2 West clash at home to bottom club Dinton was washed out. The former Challow & Childrey left-hander made a classy unbeaten 68 to take Horspath to 180-2 after they had
Oxford made a nightmare start after being asked to bat first in Saturday’s Division 1 contest at Henley. But it did not matter as rain brought an early finish. Both openers John Barrett and Jason Harrison departed with two runs on the board. And Henley
LATELY I have found myself reading your publication with bated breath, and sometimes skipping ahead to the viewpoints section hoping that, once again, Ken Roper has written in moaning about truckers. Although I find his griping entertaining, could we
CAN someone tell me what on Earth David Cameron is doing? This country is debt-ridden, our NHS is at breaking point and cuts are being made everywhere. Yet last week he committed an extra £814m of British money to vaccinate children in poor countries
SEVERAL recent news items underline the incompetence – even stupidity – of Oxfordshire County Council. You report (Oxford Mail, June 13) that the council has resubmitted its plans for a new rubbish tip in Kidlington, which I am told will cost taxpayers
THE message was clear – hands off our playing field. Parents and pupils at North Kidlington Primary School organised a protest when they realised that part of the play area was under threat. An 80-strong group besieged the Cherwell District Council
SCHOOLTEACHER Jessica Murrills, in the first picture, found a million pounds in her shopping bag, but was the gorilla (alias fellow teacher Roger Pope) after her or the loot? The question was to be answered when pupils and staff at John Mason School
THIS was the impressive sight as Girl Guides marched through Oxford in March 1974. They made their way along St Giles and through Cornmarket Street to St Aldate’s Church for their annual church parade. They were led by the 1st Horspath Scout band.
THESE smartly-dressed ladies were about to take Germany by storm. The Lynden Players were planning to travel to Hennef, Banbury’s German twin town, in 1986 to delight audiences with a traditional music hall show. The group had started 25 years earlier
ERIC McIntyre has finally got his war medals. He was too modest to apply for them after the Second World War. But at the age of 90, after his family intervened, he can now proudly display them. He served with the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry and was
BOXING was in Henry Dean’s blood from an early age. He followed a successful career as a boxer by becoming one of the county’s best coaches. Our interest in his life in the boxing ring was sparked by Christine Horwood-Middleton’s memories of her brother
YOU’VE heard of the rhyme about a bicycle made for two. At Islip, they went even further, with a bicycle made for FOUR. Four friends, from the top, Chris Busby, Bob Shirley, Mike Bateman and Den Bosher, pose for the cameraman while the bike takes the
TODAY’S news that Oxfordshire is the one of the first two areas to adopt the Armed Forces Community Covenant reflects the high esteem the armed forces are held in by our county. It is a fitting tribute to the sacrifice and bravery shown by the bomb
SATURDAY’S RESULTS 7.35: 1 MAFFRA PENSKE 9-4 fav, 2 Meenala Harry 6-1. Trio: (4x5x2). Trainer: Peterson. Time: 27.60. 7.50: 1 PENNYS AWESOM 5-2 jt fav, 2 Sudden Decision 3-1. Trio: (2x6x5). Trainer: Magnasco. Time: 27.21. Sierra Lobo (5) 5-2 jt fav.
SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Bishop’s Stortford 208-6 (47 ovs, D Hughes 72), Harpenden – RSP. Bishops’s Stortford 6pts, Harpenden 6. Oxford 192-7 (57 ovs, J Perkin 46, N Ferraby 41, S Mendis 39, I Crosby 30), Henley –
Banbury's father and son duo, Andrew and Lloyd Sabin made it a family affair as they put on a century stand in their Division 1 match at Tring Park on Saturday. But Banbury’s attempt to pull off an unlikely victory were scuppered by the rain. When
Aston Rowant’s Division 2 West match with Farnham Royal was interestingly poised following an enterprising innings from Thad Cooper, when rain returned to have the final say. Put in to bat, Farnham lost both openers to Wes Morrick before Duncan Bradshaw
OXFORDSHIRE today becomes one of the first two areas in the UK to guarantee the welfare of soldiers and their families through the Armed Forces Community Covenant, to the delight of veterans. More than £100,000 of Oxfordshire County Council
RECENTLY it has been announced in the national press that TB is on the increase. Since the 1950s, when people were subjected to mass X-rays, new ‘miracle’ drugs were made available, and school children were routinely given the TB vaccination, the low
FURTHER to your story Battle won (Oxford Mail, June 14), I would add that the whole drug industry needs to be updated and overhauled, because some drug companies are being irresponsible in their pursuit of huge profits. So many off-the-shelf medications
I ONCE sympathised with foxes who have to kill to live, but some years ago that sympathy was lost when I witnessed 99 dead young birds by a hen coup, with just one bird missing out of the 100. DEREK SHERWOOD, Barton Lane, Headington, Oxford
I AM an avid reader of the Oxford Mail and have been for many years. But over the past few months, I have grown sick to death of reading about Oxford United. Can we please have more news of the other club in Oxford, which contributes so much to the community
RESIDENTS in an Abingdon Street elected their morris dancing mayor as part of a historic tradition. For the fifth year running, Robert Cox, centre, was elected Mock Mayor of Ock Street in the ceremony organised by Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
A “SHOPPING list” of roads needing repairs and improvements in Marston is to be sent to Oxfordshire County Council by parish councillors. The list, which currently includes seven potholed stretches of road, will be whittled down to five and sent to
CHARLIE Brain played the starring role as Shipton-under-Wychwood cruised to a six-wicket victory over Challow & Childrey in yesterday’s Oxfordshire final. Brain claimed two wickets in Challow’s below-par 141 all out, before carrying his bat with 61 not
HEALTH chiefs have been fined £400,000 because patients were left waiting too long in ambulances. Ambulances waited a total of 2,700 hours outside the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Horton in Banbury, in 2010/11, with an average waiting
A CYCLIST and a car have collided near the Headington Roundabout. Police were called just before 8am today to the incident in London Road. The car involved was a red Vauxhall Corsa. There were no reported lane closures. It is not known
A BODY was found by police at a property in Pembroke Street, Oxford. The body of the woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found at the address on Friday evening. Police said they were called at 5.03pm by a member of the public reporting concerns
Oxford United boss Chris Wilder says Ryan Clarke has established himself so successfully as one of League Two’s top keepers that the club are likely to sign an understudy to him, rather than direct competition. The U’s need a No 2 goalkeeper following
IT MIGHT not be on a par with the terror of Hitchcock’s The Birds, but the pesky pecking of our feathered friends inspired Blackbird Leys residents into a new fundraising effort. Worshippers at the Church of the Holy Family in Cuddesdon Way, Blackbird
