There is no link between the number of immigrants in a British region and local attitudes towards immigration, research from Oxford University shows. A survey by the Migration Observatory found 69 per cent of Britons would like to see cuts in immigrants
When Richard Chilvers resigned from his job it gave him the chance to go on a life-changing trip. The 39-year-old from Cowley went on a two-week trip to the West Bank and is now considering living there. Mr Chilvers, who used to work at child poverty
YOU can finish off our 12 Days of Christmas readers' offers by saving a few pounds at the Beehive in Carterton. Get the Oxford Mail on Wednesday, December 14 and if you buy a main at the Beehive, your dinner guest's main is only £2.
BY now you'll be getting quite used to lovely meals and Tuesday, December 13's offer is no different. In the Oxford Mail there is a voucher that means if you buy a main course at The Lord Kitchener in Curbridge, you'll get a free starter or dessert.
IT'S always lovely to have a nice meal for two and we have, as part of the 12 Days of Christmas, an offer of a free bottle of wine. Get the Oxford Mail on Monday, December 12 and pick up the voucher that means if you have a meal for two at the Golden
CHRISTMAS is all about the children so on Saturday, December 10 we are offering, through our 12 Days of Christmas giveaways, the chance to win a party at Pizza Hut. Get your Oxford Mail and grab your chance to win this great competition for a party for
Robert Blake, 27, of The Magnolias, Bicester, admitted drink driving in Field Street, Bicester, on October 28. Namely having 90 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes. Fined £415, a £15 victims’ surcharge,
Josefa Kava, 32, of West Hawthorn Road, Ambrosden, admitted drink driving in Bicester on November 3. Namely having 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes. Fined £425, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs
Lloyd Thomas sealed a fine debut for Kidlington scoring twice in this seven goal thriller at Evans lane.Thomas netted first to open the score but Summertown Galaxy equalised with a terrific strike from James Curtis. Kidlington went ahead again when Thomas
WE like to keep you well-fed this Christmas, so here is another excellent readers' offer in our 12 Days of Christmas promotion. Get the Oxford Mail on Friday, Decemmber 9 and you can get a voucher that will allow you to have a free starter or dessert
THOUSANDS got their Christmas shopping off to an environmentally friendly start with a visit to the annual Oxford Green Fair. The fair celebrated its 31st anniversary as it was held over two days for the first time, throwing open its doors to hundreds
AN initiative aimed at helping Oxford’s unemployed get back to work launches on Wednesday. The Oxford Work Club will run monthly at Oxford City Council’s customer service centre in St Aldate’s, offering everything from advice on preparing CVs to mock
WHEN police found heroin at Wendy Graham’s daughter’s Greater Leys house, her world came crashing down around her. It set off a chain of events which landed two of Ms Graham’s grandchildren in care, and a third grandchild born addicted to the
WANTAGE: The Wantage Hospital League of Friends will hold its annual general meeting on Thursday. The group is to meet at the October Club in The Cloisters at 7.30pm and the public are welcome to attend.
THE final two bidders to redevelop Bicester’s community hospital have been announced. Designs by firms Kajima and Community Solutions will now go forward to the next stage of the project to replace the current hospital, which is no longer fit for purpose
THE final two bidders to redevelop Bicester’s community hospital have been announced. Designs by firms Kajima and Community Solutions will now go forward to the next stage of the project to replace the current hospital, which is no longer fit for purpose
IT PROBABLY sounds like a rubbish idea that got out of hand. But when Pete Oxley was challenged to help make an entire orchestra out of scrap he couldn’t turn it down. The Headington resident is used to making violin bows but a leading conductor dropped
The hunt is on for Rose Hill’s oldest and youngest resident to switch on the estate’s Christmas lights. A Christmas tree will illuminate the Oval for the first time and organiser Fran Gardener, of Oxford City Housing Association, wants the
“Tom, you are easily embarrassed, right? Why don’t you plunge yourself into the most awkward moment of your life?” Those may not be the exact words of my bosses when they offered me the chance to try life drawing, but it is what I heard in my head.
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CHRISTMAS got well and truly got under way at the weekend as Santa runs and light switch–ons brought festive cheer to thousands. About 100 jolly St Nicholas’s lined up in Pingle Field, Bicester, on Saturday to take part in a Santa run. Each Santa was
MULTI-million-pound plans to revamp visitor facilities at Blenheim Palace could be given the go-ahead today. It is the largest building project at the Woodstock stately home for more than 200 years and will see brand new retail, catering and toilet facilities
Time is running out for MS sufferers to have their say on whether a revolutionary pill, trialled in Oxford, will be available on the NHS. Fingolimod has been rejected by the Government’s drugs rationing body, Nice, because it is not deemed ‘cost effective
Developers of the old Manor Ground site have confirmed work will begin early next year. They had originally hoped to start on the £1.8m housing association project this year, but decided to push the date to January. Nick Taylor, of developer GreenSquare
The Daughter is toying with the idea of a rabbit for Christmas but every time my mouse hovers over the buy button for the on-line hutch, she has another change of heart. I too am undecided about the wisdom of a creature for life and not just for Christmas
Witney Town Council plans to create a group to tackle ongoing problems with community halls in the town. After the recent closure of the Corn Exchange and issues with Madley Park Hall the council will create a specialist public halls committee. The
CALLING Girl Guides and leaders who have belonged to the 2nd Cumnor group. Your presence is requested at a party to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary on Saturday, January 14. Organisers want to make contact with Guides and leaders who have been
RELATIONS between the Church of England and the Methodists at Kidlington were not always amicable. Pupils at the national school paid a heavy price in 1884 when they took a day off to attend the Methodists’ Sunday School treat. The following day, they
A controversial move to consider three city sites for a £1m cemetery have been dropped in favour of land in Horspath. Oxford City Council has been looking for a cemetery for years as it could run out of space to bury the dead within a decade. Four
THE headmistress’s room at Speedwell Infants School in 1973 was more like a zoo, with cages of rabbits and gerbils. With every classroom having some form of animal life, the school boasted 44 mammals, 21 insects and one fish. In the picture immediately
FIFTY pupils from four Oxford schools were given a taste of the world outside the classroom in 1989. They split into groups and spent a day with seven firms to learn about life in industry and commerce. The group right are pictured at APS Masonry at
THE message from schoolchildren was clear – save our half fares! City of Oxford Motor Services – now Oxford Bus Company – had decided that children should pay full fares before 9.15am. That meant parents whose children caught the bus to school would
AN exhibition of pictures and other memorabilia marked the 75th anniversary of Kidlington Methodist Church. Among them was the photograph above from Tony Elvidge, showing members of the Sunday School in the late 1950s or early 1960s. We know the names
DEDDINGTON: A four-year-old and a 52-year-old man were taken to the Horton Hospital in Banbury after a collision between a lorry and two cars at Deddington Hill. The accident happened shortly after 6pm on Friday. South Central Ambulance
OXFORD: Council staff and agency workers will get at least £8.01 an hour under plans to increase Oxford’s “living wage”. Oxford City Council said it wants to increase the rate from £7.19 to reflect the cost of living. It would cost an extra £8,700.
OXFORD: A Government minister hailed rising Mini sales in Japan during a visit to the country’s motor show. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell met representatives from Oxford’s Mini Plant at the Tokyo Motor Show and heard this year’s
KIND-HEARTED Oxford Mail readers have rallied to help a young cerebral palsy sufferer to once again play with his friends. When Aidan Blake was two his parents were told he would never walk or go to mainstream school. Thanks to a trike, specially designed
A MOTORIST whose van drifted into oncoming traffic, killing another driver, “more than likely fell asleep”, a judge was told. Tyrone Brackett was jailed for 20 months at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, having earlier admitted causing death by dangerous
TWO men were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital on Saturday after a three-car crash in Between Towns Road at about 8.30pm. One man with head injuries and one with neck injuries were taken to hospital by ambulance. A spokesman for South Central Ambulance
North Leigh came down to earth with a bump after last week’s win at Bridgwater, when they lost 4-1 at home to to lowly Evo-Stik Southern league Division 1 South & West side Yate. After four minutes, Yate striker Dave Stone fired home from close range
A SCHOOL which teaches some of Oxfordshire’s most vulnerable children could be expanded to take youngsters as young as seven. Woodeaton Manor School, in Woodeaton near Oxford, currently takes children aged 11 to 18 with behavioural, emotional and social
AN ABINGDON primary school is in line to be the first of its kind in Oxfordshire to become an academy after impressing education inspectors. Rush Common School will be the first stand-alone primary to break away from Oxfordshire County Council control
Abingdon United scored their first goal for more than 400 minutes as they came from behind to overturn the formbook in their Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West game with a 2-1 win at Cinderford. The high-riding hosts seemed set for an
Oxford City wasted the opportunity to go back to the top of the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division table when they were held to an uninspiring goalless draw at home by bottom club Cirencester Town on Saturday. Keeper Keith McCloughlin prevented
Banbury United’s management team of Ady Fuller and Paul Lamb got just the reaction they were looking for following the defection of Will Green to Brackley, with a resounding 4-0 win on Saturday. The Puritans four-goal second-half destruction of Bashley
Firefighters were called after a car hit a lamppost on the A40 between Ducklington and the Asthall Barrow roundabout at about 1am yesterday. No-one was injured. Fire crews isolated the electricity to the lamppost, which was then removed from the road
SIX men have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver in Osler Road, Headington, in the early hours of Monday, November 28. The men, aged 19, 21, 28, 31 and 34, have been released on bail to return to St Aldates Police Station on
Brackley's Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 team will compete under the name Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team from next season. AMG is the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz, and has been synonymous with performance, sportiness, exciting driving and motorsport
A deflected goal from Murray Nichols gave Old Woodstock Town a 1-0 victory over Wantage Town in yesterday’s FA Carlsberg Vase third-round tie played at North Leigh. Wantage, from the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, had the better of the first
A FORMER top officer at West Oxfordshire District Council was paid £110,000 “hush money” that stops details of her loss of office coming to light, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Cath James, a former strategic director for environment at the council, was
WITH reference to the front page story “SHUT DOWN” (Oxford Mail, December 1), it is about time the population of this country stood firm and told those who are supposed to be running this government that we are fed up of being “ripped off”. I was fully
IT is good news that we are not to have a three pence increase in fuel duty in January. I wonder why the residents of Kidlington are being ripped off by Sainsburys? I have noticed over the past few weeks the different prices Sainsburys charge their
READING the story (Oxford Mail, November 26) about bed blocking and the comments by Anita Higham, vice-chairman of Oxfordshire Link health watchdog, pots and kettles spring to mind! She states: “We can’t go on being dependent on other people to sort
IT’S a well-known fact that most vandalism happens during the summer holidays when children are out of school and have little to do. But of course vandalism is happening all year round, as your article titled ‘Forest Patrols’ (November 30) shows. I
It’s happened again, as it does every year – I start getting ‘churchy’. The spark this time was a television commercial that suggests that maybe Father Christmas doesn’t exist (for the record, he does, and I’ve been a very good boy). Anyway, a colleague
It was very much a tale of two halves Thame United won 3-1 at home to Witney Town in Saturday’s Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division contest. Witney held the upper hand in the first half, when they took the lead through Tom Boxer in the
POLE dancers held a marathon twirling session to help colleagues injured during their work. Saturday’s 12-hour event at Baby Love Bar, King Edward Street, Oxford, was in aid of the Pole Sports Benevolent Fund. Organiser Kate Whitley, who set up the
OH dear, so I have upset Mr Everett. I agree we should not have troops in foreign positions. But we have too many immigrants in the UK – mainly due to being forced into Europe by not having a referendum. That was not demokratic, note spelled with a
AS a resident and frequent user of the retail and professional services which Headington has to offer, I would like to thank all the businesses who displayed posters and helped to collect signatures in favour of saving Headington car park from Oxford
OH dear – Mr R Lee (Oxford Mail, November 23) hasn’t thought through his naive belief in the Euro, has he? Yes, if we belonged to the Euro, energy costs, and indeed all import costs, would be cheaper, but of course the costs of all our exports would
YOUR readers may recall the closure of the Summertown post office and newsagents premises about three years ago, in November 2008. This site has been occupied by Costa Coffee ever since. Costa’s continuing success and expansion into other premises seems
Ardley United came from behind to take all three points with a 2-1 win against resilient Abingdon Town and extend their lead at the top of the Premier Division to six points. It took just 12 minutes for Abingdon to break the deadlock when Corey Forbes
Two ambulances were called to an emergency services-themed Oxford University party, it has emerged. The ‘Captain’s Cocktails’ event took place on Saturday, November 19, with revellers dressed as doctors and nurses, police officers and firefighters.
COUNCIL bosses are to spend £665,000 on solar panels in a move to cut costs. But the plan for five Oxford City Council buildings would not break even for 14 years. The photovoltaic panels would go on Cardinal House, Headley House,
A FLAVOUR of the East came to West Oxford yesterday as a new restaurant opened in a former pub. The One, in Botley Road, has been closed for about a year while the new owners made structural alterations to the building. New landlord Raymond Chu is the
A former airman has been jailed for downloading hundreds of images of child pornography. Some of the material accessed by Terrence Pitts, 61, of Rochester Way, Twyford, with photographs of children aged between three and 15, was rated at the most severe
A VINTAGE motorcycle club which has met in Oxford every Boxing Day for the last 45 years says the tradition will be scrapped this year – because they have been forced out by parking restrictions. The Oxford section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC
THERE will be smiles on your faces with the 12 Days of Christmas offer we have on Thursday, December 8. We have teamed up with the Glee Club to give you the chance to win tickets to the hottest Christmas Party Night in Oxford for up to six
THIS month will prove a bit of a squeeze on anyone's budget so here's a deal to make anyone happy, as part of our 12 Days of Christmas offers. In the Oxford Mail on Wednesday, December 7 there is a voucher allowing you to buy one meal at the
CHRISTMAS is the time for sweet treats and we have one on Tuesday, December 6 as part of our 12 Days of Christmas offers. Get the Oxford Mail and enter the competition to win a chocolate hamper from our friends at Divine. Remember that our 12 Days of
TODAY'S Christmas offer is a way to polish off a lovely meal at the Crooked Pot in Oxford. In the Oxford Mail on Monday, December 5 we have two vouchers to use at the venue. One allows the bearer a free bottle of wine when two people dine there. And
THE city council’s idea to buy £665,000 of solar panels for its buildings is an interesting step. Though it won’t break even for 14 years, the estimated £1.9m return by 2036 is a serious amount of cash. Yet it’s a shame the council didn
OXFORD City Council must get a grip on missed bin collections if it is to get everyone on board with recycling and fully earn its title as Britain’s greenest council. Complaints about its waste and recycling service have almost trebled in just
COMPLAINTS about Oxford City Council’s waste and recycling department have almost trebled as anger grows over missed collections and charges for garden collections. Some 3,142 complaints were made about refuse and recycling from April to
PETER Leven says that Michael Duberry’s return can inspire Oxford United to reignite their promotion challenge. The influential central defender has missed the last five matches with a groin injury, but is set to return when the U’s travel north to take
Greater Leys had a real off day and were well beaten. However, the Greater Leys boys and girls kept there heads high and showed a great spirit. Saxon goals from Bailey Bone 6, Daniel Payne 4, Dewantae Patterson 3, Hamza Hussain 3 and Keith Muyco
WHEN it comes to our day five Badvent most-wanted villain, Oxford police are hoping it will be third time lucky. Each day in the run up to Christmas, the Oxford Mail and Thames Valley Police are teaming up to ruin Christmas for a different suspect each
