THE fruits of the forest, hedgerow and field were the prize for people taking part in a free foraging workshop. The event was run by Barracks Lane Community Garden, in East Oxford, on Saturday and led by Romilly Swann. Participants were given the chance
ALL the youth clubs that lost Oxfordshire County Council funding in September are to be saved through community initiatives. A set of recommendations to go to the council’s cabinet on Tuesday will result in Big Society cash going to 12 of the 13 youth
RESIDENT lock-keepers in Oxfordshire will not to be replaced as part of a new savings package. And vacant riverside lock- keepers’ homes will be rented out, in a move that threatens to reignite a row about safety. The Environment Agency says nine lock-keeper
THE NEW managers of a village pub are hoping it is a case of ‘third time lucky’ after their reopening was delayed by two break-ins. Mike Moloney and Nicola Adams have recently taken over the White Hart in Wolvercote, Oxford. The business partners were
THREE years ago, Banbury Young Homeless Project was given a grant by the Gannett Foundation for £3,140 for its five-a-side football team. And it urges other organisations to apply for cash in this year’s award round. The Gannett Foundation is the charitable
THE WOMAN who has spent more than two decades bringing colour and life to Woodstock has been honoured for her work. Pauline Richardson, 73, who was the town’s mayor between 2004 and 2006, has spent 22 years planting and growing flowers around the town
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Even by the impressive standards expected of a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, their 1949 smash South Pacific is a pretty amazing show. It is packed with glorious, now familiar, songs — including Bali Ha’i, Younger than Springtime, Happy Talk and
BICESTER is set to get a new hotel and about 50 new jobs after a developer sold a slice of its land to a national hotel and pub chain. Budget hotel chain Premier Inn Hotels paid £2.2m for a 2.47-acre site at Kingsmere, off Oxford and Middleton Stoney
A GROUP of sports enthusiasts have decided to take matters into their own hands and campaign for better sports facilities in Bicester. Representatives from clubs across Bicester are to lobby Cherwell District Council to provide more cash to create a
“THERE is always hope ahead when you are here.” That’s how bladder cancer patient John McGee, 57, feels after six weeks at Oxford’s Sobell House Hospice. He moved into the hospice at the Churchill Hospital site in Headington after an operation
When you are building a ‘global’ car to compete in the fastest-growing area of the new car market worldwide, there must be an awful temptation to produce a design that offends no-one. Cute conservative styling, lacklustre handling and an instantly
DANCERS of all ages and from two different continents are being brought together for a unique event at Oxf-ord’s Pegasus Theatre. Summertown dancer Cec-ilia Macfarlane, 62, has invited seven adults from Dugout Adult Community Dance, aged between 30 and
SCHOOLCHILDREN hoping to pursue a writing career received a boost with a visit from Cowley author Rhiannon Lassiter. Prolific science fiction author Ms Lassiter, 34, pictured, spoke to pupils at Oxford Spires Academy about how she wrote her first novel
Cannabis plants and bags of the class B drug were seized in a raid on a Blackbird Leys home this morning. Police carried out a search warrant at a house in Samphire Road, uncovering four plants, bags of drugs and electrical equipment believed to be
DAN Barton has such a burning desire to raise funds for a cancer charity that he has been camping next to his creation – a 42ft-tall wicker man overlooking the M40. The building restorer placed the ferocious-looking structure in a field close
BRIZE Norton’s Joe Roberts won a brace of bronze medals at the Badminton England Under 15 Bronze Grade tournament in Luton. Roberts defeated Rohan Gupta (Milton Keynes) in their singles quarter-final before teaming up with him to earn a second medal
As with Keble College just recently, every now and then a church or chapel is lucky enough to raise the money to install a new organ. But it’s very rare indeed for a parish church to be celebrating the arrival of a Steinway grand piano – not just temporarily
A DOCTOR accused of sexually assaulting his patients told jurors it was “nonsense” to suggest he failed to record intimate examinations in patients’ notes to “cover his tracks”. Yenugula Srinivas, who was a locum GP in Oxford, has denied sexually
A LANDLORD has been prosecuted for blocking escape routes and failing to ensure a constant supply of electricity at a home he rented out. Sikander Hayat pleaded guilty to seven charges of failing to comply with regulations in respect of houses in multiple
OXFORD is set to host a farmers’ market every week after stalls were opened at a new event yesterday. More than 20 stallholders took part in the first farmers’ market to be held at Oxford Castle. It will become a regular fixture every second and fourth
OXFORD University are asking supporters to use alternative car parking and walk to Iffley Road on matchdays. The message, circulated ahead of Monday night’s match against Wasps, comes as roadworks mean access is “severely compromised”. General manager
DAN Berwick is hot favourite to land the British Dirt Track Championship at Oxford Stadium tonight (7), writes ROBERT PEASLEY. Berwick has been unbeaten in 18 races at Cowley this season, and he leads nearest challenger Ben Millichap by nine points,
A MAN has admitted trying to steal items from an ambulance glove box while crews treated a patient in the street. Christopher Rees, of no fixed abode, rifled through the ambulance’s glove box while it was parked in Walton Street, Oxford, as paramedics
A WOMAN said she was let down by prosecutors after her son beat her, but left court with just a £100 fine. Sue Such, from St Peters Road, in Didcot, was attacked on August 19 this year by her 28-year-old son Craig. She said she was kicked
THE experience of Sue Such is truly horrific. First she suffered the heartbreak of being attacked by her grown-up son. Then when she reported the matter to the police, she was betrayed by a Crown Prosecution Service that simply did not do its job. And
I have an old but well-made ‘shove ha'penny’ board bearing a label showing that it came from E. de la Mare, the Oxford toy merchant, George Street, Oxford. Established 1895. I am an old Oxonian and vaguely recall a de la Mare in Park End Street. Friends
MICHAEL Duberry has played at the top level, and feels that Oxford United’s management team could more than hold their own higher up the footballing pyramid. And the defender, who celebrates his 36th birthday today, had some helpful advice for those
Guilt, my Victorian grandad would say, was the most painful of all life’s travel companions. This week, 51 years after the old chap moved to the Land of the Hereafter, I realised the wisdom of his words. Australian couple, Gerry and Jean, on a trip
I REFER to a letter by Mrs Dorothy Holloway (OxfordMail, September 28): the problem with charities today is too many people get involved with it and, of course, they charge administration costs which will take a big sum from the original amount collected
I do hope Mr Douglas has his tin hat at the ready (Letters, October 4) concerning women drivers. No one could be less liberated than me – indeed there are many things where I prefer male over female in the jobs world, which I dare not list for fear
CLLR Keith Mitchell, the leader of the county council, claims library defenders, such as Philip Pullman, are responsible for cuts in elderly care (Oxford Mail, October 8). In the same edition, Cllr Melinda Tilley accuses our teachers of fiddling marking
County council chief Keith Mitchell has returned to his familiar moan about library campaigners not caring about the council’s other responsibilities (Oxford Mail, October 8). He claims that people wanting to keep libraries open are not
The changes to the Barton bus route (bus number 8/7C into Oxford City Centre) have been disastrous. The county council performed, I assume, an expensive research project, which included people sitting by the roadside, presumably to count the buses going
TEVITA Vaikona could not really have a bigger match to begin his career as Oxford Harlequins head coach than tomorrow’s National 3 South West derby at Chinnor. And the Tongan, who took up the post this week to work alongside director of rugby John Brodley
Former Oxford City manager and player Ian Rundle died in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford yesterday. He was 67. Rundle, of Howe Close, Wheatley, had recently undergone a double heart bypass operation. A powerful defender, he began
Oxfordshire will open their 2012 Minor Counties Championship campaign with a visit to neighbours Berkshire. Tensions ran high in last year's match between the teams when Oxon batted their second innings to rule out any chance of a victory for
JAMES Constable knows that he must deliver the goods in order to keep his place in Oxford United’s starting line-up. The U’s leading scorer, who found the net for the first time in seven matches with a double in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Bristol Rovers
JERICHO is the latest Oxford neighbourhood to be targeted in the battle against dog mess, litter and graffiti. The city council’s Cleaner Greener Oxford drive – supported by the Oxford Mail – has already helped smarten up the city centre, Blackbird
A man who referred to himself as “the Robin Hood of Oxford” has been jailed for handling stolen number plates and stealing fuel. Taffyn Betnay, of Benouville Close, Oxford, appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday and admitted handling a
THE drummer in the city’s global rock success story Radiohead has told of the importance of East Oxford’s Pegasus Theatre. Phil Selway explained why he has devoted so much time to the Magdalen Road theatre and kickstarted a new music course for youngsters
TAFFYN Betnay is fooling no-one by calling himself the ‘Robin Hood of Oxford’. Betnay has been jailed for stealing petrol again after a previous scam of stealing fuel and then knocking it out to people at half-price. Perhaps during his
CHRIS Wilder says that it will definitely be a case of slowly but surely with Tom Craddock’s road to recovery. The striker joined in training with his Oxford United teammates for the first time this week since picking up a knee injury in pre-season.
OXFORD City striker Steve Basham hopes he can stay on the goal trail when they visit Blue Square Bet South strugglers Eastleigh in tomorrow’s FA Cup third qualifying round tie. Basham netted four times in City’s 7-1 Southern League victory
Evo-Stik Southern League NORTH Leigh striker Jimmy Deabill has been backed by North Leigh boss Mark Gee to make an impact at the Eynsham Park club, when he returns to match fitness. Deabill had a busy weekend last week, turning out as a 74th-minute
UHLSport Hellenic League KIDLINGTON will look to halt a run of nine league matches without a win when they entertain Wokingham & Emmbrook in the Premier Division tomorrow. Mark Baker and Kyle Steel both face fitness tests, while Zach McEachran and
OXFORD United head to Macclesfield tomorrow looking for a fifth straight away win. And if they achieve victory at Moss Rose, it will be, of sorts, a first for the club. History books show that United have only won five successive away matches once before
Oxford United and Bristol Rovers have been charged by the FA over the conduct of their players in Saturday’s League Two game at the Kassam Stadium, which resulted in a 3-0 home win. The FA charge is that the clubs failed ‘to ensure their
SAVE our stadium, keep our car parks, and hands off our recreation grounds. That is the public’s response to Oxford City Council’s plans to examine 100 city sites as part of its attempts to build 5,000 new homes by 2026 to ease the housing
Andy Haworth last night extended his loan at Oxford United by another month – and can’t wait to try and make a big impact. The Bury winger arrived at the Kassam Stadium in the middle of September, but endured a frustrating first few weeks at the Kassam
A new pocket guidebook to hedgerows has been launched by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). The guidebook is designed to be used by those with little or no knowledge of hedgerows to get them interested in their local landscape and
Autumn fly-by During a recent stroll through the secluded beech woods of Warburg Nature Reserve in the heart of the Chilterns I was aware of an eerie silence. As I leant against a mighty beech tree which towered above, there was almost a
A TEENAGER from Grove has backed a new scheme to help young jobless people back into work. Patrick Toplis, 18, was a ‘Neet’ (teenagers Not in Education, Employment or Training) just over a year ago. But he was offered the chance to take an eight-week
