Rob Hall once again showed why he is so highly thought of with a sublime double as Oxford United got back to winning ways at the Kassam Stadium last night. Hall scored once in each half, with James Constable also netting a brace, as Chris
A goal from Rob Hall gave Oxford United a 1-0 half-time lead in their League Two clash with Plymouth at the Kassam Stadium. The West Ham loanee struck after 15 minutes.
James Constable returns to the starting line-up for Oxford United's match against Plymouth tonight. The U's leading scorer replaces Deane Smalley in the only change from the team who lost 1-0 at Gillingham on Saturday. Oxford Utd: Clarke, Batt, Duberry
PRIMARY school pupils in Bicester were given the chance to show how they wanted their town designed in a special lesson run by developers. Year Four pupils from Bure Park School in Lucerne Avenue visited the site of the new Kingsmere Estate before drawing
PRIMARY school pupils in Bicester were given the chance to show how they wanted their town designed in a special lesson run by developers. Year Four pupils from Bure Park School in Lucerne Avenue visited the site of the new Kingsmere Estate before drawing
THE image of William Shakespeare, the Bard from Stratford-Upon-Avon, is etched in our conscousness from an early age. Most of us cannot contemplate the notion he may not be the author of the most renowned works of English literature. But for centuries
A VILLAGE is going green thanks to £150,000 worth of free energy saving equipment. Over the past 18 months residents in Tackley, near Bicester, have been working to reduce their carbon footprint thanks to an initiative run by British Gas called
A TEENAGER who has “kicked the courts in the teeth time and time again” has been locked up after burgling accommodation at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Liam O’Neil broke into a doctor’s flat at Arthur Sanctuary House at the Headington hospital and made
Until Saturday 24 December 2011 Santa will be in his cosy grotto right up until Christmas Eve The grotto is traditional and magical - a real feature of the festive season Visit: www.notcutts.co.uk for more details
Saturday 26 November at 2.00pm (weather permitting) Santa lands by Helicopter! The fun starts at 12.00pm with Music, Fun Competitions and FREE giveaways. Come along and visit Santa in his FREE Grotto. Visit: www.yarnton-nurseries.co.uk
Until Saturday 24 December 2011 Enjoy a truly unique and festive experience for all the family at Frosts Garden Centre! Walk through the enchanted magical scenes with Santa's friendly elves where children will write their own letter
Until Saturday 7 January 2012 at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Come and join us in the national home of traditional Christmas panto for the story of the penniless woodcutter, the greedy brother, the secret cave and the biggest baddest band of
A 15-year-old boy arrested in connection with a burglary in Wey Road in the early hours of this morning has been released without charge. Police confirmed he has been eliminated from enquiries.
Until Saturday 7 January 2012 at The North Wall Theatre, Oxford The Creation Christmas show is back with a gloriously inventive new version of Dickens’ classic story, featuring specially commissioned carols, thrilling ghouls and a generous
Friday 9 December - Friday 30 December 2011 at The Pegasus Theatre, Oxford 1806. It was cold. It was dark. It was almost certainly snowing… Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and their beloved sister, Lotte travel into deepest Bavaria. They are
Thursday 8 - Saturday 24 December at The Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Everything is going wrong at Father Christmas' house... the presents are muddled up. A whole sack of letters has gone astray and the elves are being super-naughty. Join us
Until Sunday 15 January 2012 at The Oxford Playhouse Packed with all your favourite Playhouse panto ingredients, Mother Goose is an eggs-travaganza of a show, with heroes and villains, slapstick and humour, all your favourite songs, and of
Wednesday 18 January 2012 at The New Theatre, Oxford Every child’s favourite fairy tale, this is the classic story of love and innocence, mystery and magic set to Tchaikovsky’s sublime score. Stunning choreography, sumptuous costumes
Monday 16 - Tuesday 17 January 2012 at The New Theatre, Oxford The most poignant of all classical ballets combines powerful emotions and visual splendour in a chilling and heart-rending tale of love, treachery and forgiveness from beyond the
New stained glass windows at an Oxford church were blessed in a service on Friday. An assembly was held for parishioners at St Mary and St John in Meadow Lane to mark their arrival. It was led by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard and was
Children are hoping their bonfire and fireworks event will be a roaring success. Youngsters from Launton School put crayon to paper to create posters and tickets for the village’s annual display. Taking place on Saturday, November 5, the event, which
A Bicester roundabout has made it to the pages of a calendar of Britain’s top 12 roundabouts. The 2012 calendar features the A41 roundabout, next to the Esso garage, which is dressed up with a shepherd and flock scene, as its July image.
A BUDGET comedy-horror starring celebrities Keith Chegwin, Tony Blackburn and Russell Grant could make a killing at the box office after securing a nationwide release. Kill Keith has been written and directed by Summertown-based film producer
FOODIES celebrated Wolvercote Farmers’ Market’s ninth anniversary with birthday cake and fresh produce. The market was started in 2002 by Oxfordshire organic farmer, Shadiya Kingerlee and has grown into a bustling weekly fixture in Wolvercote
IT’S not often pupils tuck into a bucket of popcorn during lessons, but pupils enjoyed classes with a twist last week. As part of Film Education’s National Schools Film Week, schools were given free tickets to a host of films. Among them were West
FAMILIES honed their story-telling powers thanks to a master class from children’s author Adam Guillain. The Story Museum event sponsored by the National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) saw the writer putting parents and youngsters through their
STRANGE story-telling seating has been dreamed up by students for a museum set to become one of Oxford’s leading attractions. Oxford Brookes University architecture students have been designing furniture for The Story Museum in Pembroke Street. The 73
A FATHER and son have been stabbed during a break-in in Berinsfield. At about 1.40am this morning, a 44-year-old woman discovered two burglars in the hall way of her house in Wey Road. She screamed and her 45-year-old husband and 17-
Kidlington made it five wins out of five to top women's Trysports 3-Counties League Division 2 after a 4-0 win at Bracknell 2nd. Laura Pidduck and Jo O’Donavon both notched doubles for Kidlington, who have yet to concede a goal this season. Oxford Hawks
A CYCLIST was knocked off her bike in a crash with a vehicle which failed to stop. The 25-year-old woman was riding along the A4183 Oxford Road in Abingdon at around 8pm yesterday when she was involved in the collision. It caused her to
Witney produced a fine display to win 39-10 at Reading Abbey for their first success in five South West 1 East matches. Abbey took the lead with a penalty from full back Jack Parsons, but Witney hit back with three penalties from their fly
A goal at the death earned Oxford Hawks a thrilling 3-3 draw at home to Lewes in the men's South League Premier Division 2 on Saturday. Hawks applied all the pressure in the first half, but went in at half-time 2-0 down. And it got worse after the break
Oxford University captain John Carter sits out the match at Ealing on October 25 with a shoulder injury (7.45). Carter will run his eye over a team that includes Jon Direen, making his first start at tight-head prop, AJ Connor, coming in at hooker, and
Henley Hawks dropped to fourth in National 2 South after a second successive defeat – this time going down 28-12 at Launceston. Hawks dominated the opening exchanges, but wasted five close-range penalties, the last of which was kicked wide by centre
THE man at the centre of a row over prisoner transportation smiled as he was handed a suspended sentence. Oliver Thomas was last month moved a few yards from Banbury Police Station to the next-door Magistrates’ Court in a van that had been dispatched
THE finishing touches are being put to a multi-million pound homeless centre, and the Oxford Mail yesterday got a sneak peak inside. The Old Fire Station, in George Street, has been transformed into a Crisis Skylight education and training centre for
Chinnor got out of jail in dramatic style to sneak a 20-19 victory in National 3 South West at Exmouth. A last-minute try from centre Sam Stoop completed Chinnor’s fightback from 19-5 down as they maintained their 100 per cent record. Chinnor should
A 71-year-old woman fell victim to a distraction burglar at her home in Lenthall Road, Rose Hill. Detectives are now trying to trace the man who posed as a carer to snatch £50 at about 7pm on Saturday. He is described as white, aged in his twenties,
Time For Rupert (pictured), the star of Paul Webber’s Mollington stables, near Banbury, is the 4-1 joint favourite with the sponsors for the Bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby on Saturday. The seven-year-old heads the betting with Diamond Harry, last
Trainer Mark Rimell, who is recovering after breaking his pelvis in four places when he was crushed by a horse on his Leafield gallops, near Witney, last month, enjoyed a timely tonic when Love Tale won at Leicester yesterday. The two-year-old landed
Ticket details have been announced for Oxford United’s all-ticket League Two home clash with Swindon on March 3. From today, executive packages are available to United fans on the club database. Seat tickets go on sale from Tuesday,
A 31-year-old woman was robbed as she walked along Kersington Crescent, Cowley, on Sunday night. She was grabbed from behind by a man who forced her to hand over £70 in cash just before 10pm. The robber, who was described as white and aged about 45,
A taxi driver offered two women cheap fares in return for sexual favours, a jury was told yesterday. Haroon Sidiq picked up the women after they had been to a nightclub and drove them around Oxford city centre for five minutes, badgering them
Arsonists may have been behind a fire which has left a 77-year-old man suffering from burns and severe smoke inhalation in hospital. The pensioner was forced to battle through flames to stagger from his blazing home in the early hours of yesterday morning
Today we profile Leah Fowler, who volunteers for SeeSaw which provides grief support for children and young people following the death of a close family member. Leah Fowler, 74, from Charlbury gives support to children with the organisation SeeSaw,
Didcot Town boss Dave Mudge will give late fitness tests to Simeon Howell (hamstring) and Usif Bangura (tendonitis) for tonight’s FA Carlsberg Trophy first qualifying round replay against Marlow at Loop Meadow Stadium. On Saturday, Evo-Stik Southern
Preben Krabben, of Goodlake Arms, will be aiming to win his third Greene King Oxford & District Darts Association singles title when he takes on Witney Snooker Club’s Ian Moss at the Summer League finals night at Rover Cowley Social Club on Friday
A DOCTOR clutched his hands to his face as he was yesterday cleared of sexually abusing his patients. Yenugula Srinivas, a locum GP who worked at a number of Oxford surgeries, was acquitted of seven charges of a serious sexual assault and four
In the Artweeks office I have this magnificently efficient engine, The Lynchpin, without whom all of Oxfordshire’s visual arts would surely falter. Her family are equally wonderful, and this week I had a lovely present of some Tulip Esther bulbs from
Could I alert your readers to the now-dangerous state of the pavement at the corner of George Street and Cornmarket (outside Debenhams, before the first bus stop)? I tripped and almost fell there Wednesday morning – and shortly afterwards met a lady
I refer to the letter from R. Lee re. the removal of Press TV by Ofcom from those available on the numerous television programmes available now on satellite. He talks almost of a conspiracy on this matter, which is the norm for complainants who do not
With both parents in the RAF during World War Two, I was interested in the variation of stories, by Messrs Holt, Wade, Rimmer and Rendell, of the introduction of the Mustang to the RAF. However, their differences may not be as great as they assume if
Councillor Mitchell’s claim that “Greens and lefties are responsible for cuts in social services” is bizarre. The county council’s cuts in services to people with severe disabilities is entirely the responsibility of the Conservative Party at both county
The blue plaque to honour and commemorate Salvador de Madariaga’s periods of residence in Old Headington (‘Scholar remembered’, October 18), which, when he and his family first moved in, was Boxtrees, 3 Church Road (subsequently Box Tree House, 3 St Andrew
Oxford United have been handed a £1,000 fine by the FA – for the second week running. Last week, the U’s had to shell out £1,000 after admitting to a charge of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or
the Jim Henson’s of the future took to the stage for a puppet show they had created themselves. Children at St Philip and James Primary School’s new puppet club, dubbed the Phil and Jim Puppet Theatre Company, performed a version of the traditional
I’m going to mention the C word but don’t get offended, Oxford – it’s just I have fallen in love with another city. Cambridge. There, I said it. I know deep down we are rivals, with competitive behaviour between the two universities and such similarities
Why are all these mothers making such a fuss about disapproval over breast feeding in public? Surely their sense of pride and self-respect shows them how to solve the ‘problem’. I had six children and arranged my day so that the baby was fed before
Skipper Simon Hole lifted the Division 1 trophy at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Thame to set the seal on “a great year” for Shipton-under-Wychwood. The west Oxfordshire club won the league championship together with the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup and
CHILDREN’S poet laureate and author Julia Donaldson told stories about nature in a special wildlife reading event yesterday. The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust event included a visit from The Gruffalo – one of Ms Donaldson’s most popular characters
Chris Wilder wants his players to take more responsibility when chances come their way – starting with tonight’s npower League Two clash with basement boys Plymouth at the Kassam Stadium. On Saturday, his Oxford United side created a host
A LEGAL bid to block a master plan for the expansion of Oxford has been blown out of the water by a top judge. North Oxford resident Sean Feeney challenged the Town Hall’s core strategy, which sets out sites for 8,000 homes and businesses with 3,000
Captain Tim Ellis’s late penalty earned Gosford All Blacks a 24-22 victory at home to Swindon College in the BB&O Premier Division. Gosford scored first in a topsy-turvy clash when centre James Barrett burst through and Ellis converted. Swindon hit
Grove returned to the top of the Southern Counties North table with a 36-16 bonus-point win over Oxfordshire rivals Alchester. Fly half Tom Miles gave Alchester the lead inside two minutes with a penalty, but Grove hit b ack with a try from flanker
Monday 9 - Saturday 14 January 2012 at The New Theatre, Oxford Tommy Steele, one of the most successful British entertainers of all time, returns to the stage this festive season in the title role of the record breaking, 'stunningly spectacular
The Oxford Mail was given a sneak peak at the converted Old Fire Station in George Street yesterday. The impressive revamp has cost £3.5m, but will be a valuable asset to the community. Once open the range of facilities should also go
Oxford City Council plans for a mammoth Northern Gateway development hit the High Court yesterday. The Town Hall’s blueprint for development over the next 15 years would provide 8,000 homes and 3,000 jobs. However, one man has waged battle with the
NEIGHBOURS in Headington say they were never consulted on transport improvements taking place on their roads. Oxfordshire County Council started a £450,000 scheme to improve road conditions for pedestrians and cyclists last week. Old Road and parts
AFTER helping primary school pupils in Wallingford to cross the road safely for 14 years, lollipop lady Evelyn McNulty has completed her twice-daily patrol for the final time. Mrs McNulty, 68, has been staffing the crossing in Station Road,
A DEVELOPER says it has had an “overwhelmingly positive” response to its plans for 184 new homes in Witney town centre. An exhibition on the plans for 104 homes and 80 supported living homes for elderly people in Station Lane showed “unanimous” support
