FOUR men have been arrested after a street fight in East Oxford. Police were called to the entrance to the Reliance Way estate, off Cowley Road, at about 11pm on Sunday to what officers described as violent disorder involving a “large group
Chiltern Railways remains the county’s most punctual train operator, according to Network Rail figures. Last month, 94.9 per cent of Chiltern’s services ran on time, down slightly on the 95.4 per cent recorded a year earlier, but ahead of the national
THE parents of a little girl who lost all her limbs to meningitis, said they were humbled as dozens of people turned out to raise £5,000 to help her. About 150 supporters of three-year-old Charlotte Nott held a fundraising walk around Shotover
WITNEY gig-goers are in for a triple treat on Thursday (June 23), with the appearance of a trio of the county's finest acts playing for their listening pleasure. Dreamy pop kids Alphabet Backwards and crowd-pleasing indie-rockers Black Hats
PUPILS at Rye St Antony School in Headington, Oxford, raised money for the children’s charity Barnardo’s with a sponsored walk and run on a one-kilometre route. The 28 pupils also baked cakes to sell to older children to raise £180. Reception teacher
A WOMAN was hit by a black Ford Fiesta in Stratton Way just before 4pm today. The woman was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, with leg injuries. The injuries are not thought to be serious.
A MAN who led an attack on New Year’s Eve revellers, leaving one of them in a freezing river, has been jailed for his “pure loutish behaviour”. Peter Brown led a gang of three in an attack on Leanne Simmons and Matthew Carter as they made their way home
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Your flowers may be out but Oxford In Bloom judge Harry Robinson says you still have a lot of work to catch the eye in this year’s competition. Here are tips and advice for getting the best from window boxes and hanging baskets: I have always said
By common consent it was the most violent thunderstorm to have hit Naxos in living memory, and naturally we were there to witness it. I say naturally, because although we have been present on this delightful Greek island for no more than five or six weeks
Talk about gratitude, or rather the lack of it. Imagine Viscount Nuffield, then aged 82, opening his copy of The Oxford Times at his home at Nuffield Place one November morning in 1959 — having already given away about £27m of the £30m (£11bn in
‘Zacs for Macs” read the advert on the side of Oxford buses in the 1950s and 60s, in the days when ‘mac’ meant raincoat, not computer. The Cornmarket Street shop could well have sold the macs worn by Guglielmo and Ferrando in Longborough Festival
Melvin Brown is a hugely likeable performer, and at 65 he can still tap his way through various styles, often singing at the same time. The show is an autobiography, with elements of the confessional, as he takes us through his unusual life, and
This small, versatile group, all of them born in Seville, are clearly authentic flamenco performers.There are two women dancers — José León and Ana Blanco, and a man, Adolfo Vega. But when they’re not out in front, the dancers double as vocalists
John Cleese is truly a comic legend, though few of us will have seen a live performance from him. We owe a debt of gratitude, then, to his former wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger — “a cross between Bluebeard and Heather Mills,” he says — for getting
Just a few days ago I saw again the lavish Burton-Taylor movie Cleopatra. Only last month came Northern Ballet’s highly charged and erotic version of the Egyptian queen’s story. How would performing arts students from Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck is one of the most performed plays in German theatre, despite being left unfinished at the time of the playwright’s death. The text is in fragments, with some companies — such as the Abingdon Drama Club here — preferring to perform
‘According to his friends Schubert did not care to dance,” Gareth Thomas told us in his programme notes for Paul Lewis’s latest, all Schubert, recital. Nonetheless the composer was very happy to knock out a dance if requested — he wrote more than 400
It was a shame to see Dorchester Abbey barely half full on Saturday night, because this was a concert of exceptional quality. From the moment the Ionian Singers opened their mouths, they commanded the attention with their ravishing sound, and their obvious
The year is 2030. A leather-clad dominatrix called Poopay (Laura Doddington) arrives in a suite at a grand hotel for a punishment session with its occupant. In fact, shambling, wild-haired, geriatric businessman Reece (Ben Porter) has no appetite
OCA League Divisions 1-3 DAVE Eaton grabbed five wickets to help Horley to a crushing nine-wicket victory over Tetsworth in Division 1 on Saturday. Eaton claimed 5-28 in his 12 overs as Tetsworth were shot out for only 93, before Nick Tarrant (54no)
OCA League Divisions 4-11 HAILEY’S Andy Walker had a weekend to savour as he grabbed an astonishing 14 wickets in two games to help his side up to second in Division 4. On Saturday, Walker claimed 7-24 to help his side to a 92-run win over Chipping
POPSTAR Lee Ryan was arrested outside an Oxford nightclub. The 28-year-old, who competed in this year’s Eurovision contest, was arrested outside the Roppongi nightclub on Saturday on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. A spokesman
A £300,000 appeal has been launched to replace a Girl Guide centre in Kidlington, after the current building went past its “sell-by date” by 15 years. Groups in the village launched the fundraising campaign at the annual village fete in Church Road on
CARNIVAL fever hit Wallingford on Saturday as thousands of people joined the celebrations. Carnival princess Daisy Nisbet led the procession of floats through the Market Place and Kinecroft, with people packing into the town centre to watch
WOODSTOCK Carnival kicked off its 30th anniversary year with processions, street artists and local bands. Organisers decided on a ‘four seasons’ theme to pay tribute to England’s changeable climate and dramatic seasons – with Vivaldi’s famous
Tiddington 2nd became the first side to avoid defeat against Cublington in Division 5 of the Cherwell League, but were denied the chance to press for victory by rain. Phil Manning (42) and Steve James (37) added 78 in ten overs for the seventh wicket
Steve Bates hit three sixes off four balls to reach his century on his way to 119 for Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd, who beat Buckingham Town 2nd by 114 runs in Cherwell League Division 4. Shipton raced from 126-2 to 288-5 in an innings reduced to 48 overs
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Steve Roberts took 5-67 to claim his 32nd wicket in the past five weeks for Oxford Downs 2nd in Cherwell League Division 3, but his side failed to clinch victory for the first time this season. Bicester & North Oxford, who are yet to win on their travels
Adam Cook took 5-28 and became the second Cumnor bowler to take a hat-trick this season as his side gave runaway Cherwell league Division 1 leaders Oxford Downs their first taste of defeat. Following in the footsteps of Carl Thompson, who achieved
Oxfordshire's record wicket-taker Keith Arnold produced an outstanding display of seam bowling to take 8-26 and propel Banbury Twenty towards their first win of the season in Division 2 on Saturday. Abingdon Vale had no answer to Arnold’
MUM JUDE Kelly credits surgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital with saving the life of her two-year-old daughter Eilish she suffered heart failure in 2009. Mrs Kelly, who lives in Abingdon and is chairman of Oxfordshire charity Young Hearts, said she
I read with interest the article about the Eynsham-Oxford commuter challenge that “proved two wheels are better than four” (Oxford Mail, June 14). I commute by bicycle from Farmoor into the centre of Oxford, along the B4044, five days a week
DOCTORS last night urged people to help guarantee the future of child heart services in Oxford. Medical experts said there was only one option on the table which would keep the city’s current level of care for seriously ill children. They warned time
LAST Friday, in the pouring rain, we ventured down the M4 for the launch of the first ever Bespoked Bristol. It’s the event for custom handmade bicycle makers to showcase their wares, and is a real treat for bicycle nuts. Held in a trendy
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to plans to close and demolish Temple Cowley pools have come up with the ingenious idea of turning the proposed new site for the pool at Blackbird Leys into a protected ‘town green’. This means that developers won’t be able to touch
I THINK the people of Oxford would be interested to hear about a historic event we will soon be witnessing. On July 9, Africa’s newest country, the Republic of South Sudan, will be born. It is an extraordinary moment for the people of South Sudan who
IN his letter to you (Oxford Mail, June 14), Ken Roper states that, having spent most of his working life in the motor industry, he knows that the maximum limit allowed for a speedometer is three per cent over 30mph and nothing below. What a pity that
I AM a little perplexed over Mr Makepeace’s letter about “Unneighbourly Cops” (Oxford Mail, June 16). Thames Valley Police’s head of corporate support and manager of capital schemes have attended our annual parish meetings over many years,
A KIDLINGTON schoolgirl proved the Only Way is Oxfordshire after being named the face of a major clothing store. Gosford Hill pupil Shannon Brennan, 15, beat other aspiring models to be named as the Face of Oxford by fashion boutique Booty. The decision
Former Oxford United striker Steve Basham has agreed to sign for Southern League side Oxford City. Basham, 33, who scored 43 goals in 168 appearances for the U’s, played for Brackley Town last season, but has decided to make the switch to Mike
AS END-OF-SEASON fixtures go, this one was certainly out of the ordinary. Oxford United’s captain and star striker James Constable has returned from his charity trip to Kenya and last night spoke about his experiences. Constable was
OF course Oxford United players live in a different world from the pampered stars of the Premiership sunning themselves at the moment. But few would begrudge them putting their feet up, after their return to League 2 last season, to recharge
A STUDENT who was raped at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital last night spoke about her “horrendous” experience, after her attacker was sent to prison. Ian Joseph, 44, followed the 22-year-old into a toilet cubicle and attacked her while she was waiting
THERE are just 10 days to have a say on the future of treatment for children with heart problems, and there is a feeling we are just sleepwalking towards a decision being made for us. There is seemingly quite a complex set of options health officials
FIREFIGHTERS were called to deal with an incident at Didcot Power Station last night. This morning they refused to say any more about what the incident was, how serious it was or whether it was still ongoing this morning. All a spokesman would
THOUSANDS of people descended on Charlbury for the annual Riverside Festival. Organisers said it was one of the best events yet, with Saturday’s headliner The Rock of Travolta stealing the show. Some 3,000 people attended. Festival director Andy Pickard
SKATEBOARDERS in Oxford are hoping a decade-long search for a permanent home will soon be over. Oxford Wheels Project has submitted plans for a £300,000 set of concrete ramps in Meadow Lane, East Oxford. It would replace a temporary,
NORTH Oxfordshire’s top police officer will today tell MPs how to fight crime. Supt Howard Stone will give evidence at a House of Commons inquiry on effective policing after Thames Valley Police’s Cherwell division, which he commands, recorded
Woodstock Youth Club New Building Project Progress Evening... Friday June 24th 7.30pm at Woodstock Youth Club in Recreation Road, off New Road We have passed the £50,000 mark and want to say a big thank you to the people of Woodstock for supporting
