When Jim Shell found out he was dying, his one wish was that he would pass away at home, surrounded by his loved ones. And thanks to the care of his wife, daughter and granddaughters, that is exactly what happened. Now his family have urged others not
Oxford won a second successive Varsity Match with a bit to spare. Here is the numbers' game. See Friday’s paper for full report. Competition: Nomura Varsity Match Score: Oxford University 28, Cambridge University 10 Oxford University player ratings
THERE are times when we give away some excellent prizes but we've never had such a bumper package as the one appearing in our entertainment section, The Guide, on Thursday, December 15. It's our bumper Christmas edition of The Guide and to celebrate
For the second year running, Oxford University produced their best performance of the season to record an excellent 28-10 victory at Twickenham. Having frequently struggled in their build-up games, the Dark Blues came on strong in the second
Bookies have slashed the odds of a white Christmas in Oxfordshire after a flood of bets from punters. William Hill cut the odds for a festive flurry in the county from 8/1 to 6 /1, after the first snow fell on the British mainland this year. Rupert
Three people have admitted fraudulently claiming benefits totalling more than £10,000. Gordon Anderson, 51, of Germander Way, Bicester, failed to tell Cherwell District Council that he had returned to work after a period of unemployment. Banbury magistrates
NEW YEAR’S EVE (12A). Romance/Drama/Comedy. Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Matthew Broderick, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher,
PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (U). Animation/Comedy/Action/Romance. Featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris, Constance Marie, Guillermo del Toro. Director: Chris Miller. Jolly
Tim Hughes falls under the spell of a local musical hero, songwriter Richard Walters. RICHARD Walters is under no illusion as to the effect of his beautiful, soul-searching songs. “It’s sad guitar music,” says the East Oxford singer-songwriter
ELLIE SIMMONDS sees a whole new side to the Yorkshire Dales. THINK about the Yorkshire Dales and chances are you’ll picture rolling hills, crumbly cheese and grazing sheep. Less likely to spring to mind would be images of Queen Victoria’
While Father Christmas is reading your letters and preparing for his interactive play for little theatregoers in Oxford’s Burton Taylor Theatre which starts today, we thought we’d turn the tables and ask him a few questions. So here goes. Everything you
While getting to play the mean, old miser Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Noel White inset, is practising his hunched walk. “I’m working on my posture because Scrooge is so closed and hunched and isolated, but later on there is a transformation and a
Talented Tottenham rapper Chipmunk tells TIM HUGHES about success, fame and earning creative freedom. TINIE Tempah, Tynchy Strider, Crazy Titch, Wretch 32...British rappers seem to be intent on outdoing each other in the race for less-than-glamorous
It must be the dream of every art historian to see a newly discovered work by the artist who has been his life’s work. To see two in quick succession and to judge them both as genuine works by Leonardo da Vinci is truly extraordinary. Yet the past few
IT may be a well-worn phrase, but there really is something for everyone in the Orchestra of St John’s Christmas season. With three mouth-watering concerts coming up over the next fortnight, this could be just the thing to ease yourself into
THIS futuristic grand design could soon stand in the posh residential area of Boars Hill. Lincombe House in Lincombe Lane would be demolished to make way for the energy-efficient four-bed home. House prices in the exclusive area average well over £1m
ARE you 60 or over? And a movie lover? Then why not join us next week at the Phoenix Picturehouse cinema in Walton Street, Jericho, for three days of festive film magic. Co-sponsored by our sister paper the Oxford Mail, all the movies start at 11am
AEA Technology 0.55 BMW 4610 Electrocomponents 193.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 68 Oxford Biomedica 4.9 Oxford Catalysts 51.5 Oxford Instruments 990.75 Reed Elsevier 516 RM 72 RPS Group 184.4 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
Shiraz and spice and all things nice . . . the sun has shone on vines in South Australia’s Barossa Valley since the 1840s, when settlers first planted their highly-prized crop. The most famous and largest wine region of the “big four”, the Barossa
Sam Timms’ dedication to helping others extended to his life as a councillor and union activist. Mr Timms, who died last month aged 83, was a former member of Oxford City Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Eynsham Parish Council. He was
THE new boss of an Oxford hotel says he has been forced to turn potential guests away for lack of space. Jonathan Oldroyd, above, says the Oxford Thames Four Pillars at Sandford-on-Thames has plenty of conference space but lacks the number of bedrooms
An Oxford landlady who has rented out a three-bedroom house for the past five years says she may have to sell it when new city council rules come into force on January 31. The new rules covering houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) mean anyone letting
A BIKE made of bamboo is being given a tough test ride, all the way home to the UK from Africa. Jack Morris, from Witney, is on his way home in an eight-month expedition on the machine, designed by a team at Oxford Brookes University. His trip, which
Saturday 10 December 2011 2.00pm - 5.00pm Hot refreshments available in the cafe. Raising money for Springfield School, Witney Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton OX18 3NX Tel: 01993 867385 Website: www.foxburyfarm.co.uk
HORSE-drawn carriages are as much a part of great historic cities as street cafes and tour guides. Such sights can be seen in places like York, Dublin, Rome, Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Montreal, Luxor and New York. And now, after decades of horse- free
Oxford United gave Premier League Bolton a fright before bowing out of the FA Youth Cup with a final-minute 2-1 defeat in the third round at the Kassam Stadium on Wednesday night. James Caton put Bolton ahead early on, Tyrone Marsh heading a 57th-minute
TRADERS have launched their own free parking scheme in an attempt to encourage people to shop in Bicester town centre. The move comes amid fears that Bicester and Banbury are being left behind as other Oxfordshire councils offer free parking in council-run
THE historic Marlborough Hotel in Witney is set to reopen tomorrow under its new name, The Blue Boar. After four months of restoration and refurbishment work costing £1.5m, the High Street hotel and bar is almost ready to open its doors. New owner Peter
Vikings A pulled off a vital win after last week’s reverse by beating title rivals Kennington 4-1 at home in the Johnsons Buildbase Oxford League. The reliable Steven Sheard won the opening leg for the visitors, beating Lewis Stratford 9,670-1,000, including
VOLUNTEERS at a steam railway centre in Didcot are booking tickets for the new Sherlock Holmes movie after explosive scenes were filmed in their grimy engine shed. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, starring Robert Downey Jnr as the great detective
Darrell Bellinger finished an excellent fourth in round three of the Apex Sports Chiltern League at St Albans. The 26-year-old Oxford City athlete and 2010 Oxford Mail League champion clocked 31mins 46secs to edge out fifth-placed Jack Parslow (Dacorum
Work has started on a new state-of-the-art headquarters building which will become the new home for up to 1,000 British Gas staff. The multi-million pound 81,000 sq ft development on the Oxford Business Park has been praised for its green technologies
Northway Pharmacy celebrated the opening of its new premises with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Cicely Gale, daughter of the original owner and mother of the current pharmacist. The event was attended by Marston residents and staff from the local medical
Four months after their actual opening in July, staff at Davis Tate estate agent in Abingdon managed to down tools from their busy schedules and host an official opening drinks and canapés evening. Director Stewart Simpson and his team were joined by
Racing car exhaust designer Primary Designs has motored into new premises in Thame. The firm, which supplies exhausts to Formula 1, Le Mans competitors and other racing tems, has taken a 4,923 sq ft unit at Thame Business Park (pictured). It has relocated
Ken Maunder hit 16 dolls for Garsington in the Gladiator Friday League, but could not save his side from a 4-2 defeat against Alders Oldies. However, Alan Goodgame’s 16 dolls in the Kidlington League helped Gin’ll Fix It to a 6-0 win over King’s Arms
No doubt each and every one of you will have an opinion on whether, and if so to what extent, the actions of the News of the World should be condemned and the individuals responsible chastised. However, I have every confidence, it having been
TALENT scouts will be on the streets of Oxfordshire this month to spot potential winners of the Miss England contest. A model agency is launching a countywide search for aspiring beauty queens as it tries to find the next Miss Oxfordshire. Front Models
Former Oxford University coach Lynn Evans presents the Oku Trophy to Kew Occasionals joint captains Tom Clark and Tom Quayle after their 50-7 victory over Hertford College at Iffley Road. They are flanked by sponsor, Rhino Rugby’s Reg Clark (left), Hertford
FOUR tries from Ben Fisk helped Witney defeat Henley 35-7 and go top of the Oxfordshire Under 16 League. James Merriman and Tom Empson also scored, with Ted Landray kicking seven points. Friendly scorers – Under 15: Banbury 26 (tries T Smith, S Jackson
Moblie telephone firm Three has launched a new store in Didcot to serve a massive surge in demand from smartphone users. Three estimates the equivalent of around 552,000 MP3 tracks are now downloaded on phones on its 3G network every month across the
Patients and hospital managers should be putting Jim Gabriel top of their list of visitors because he believes he has the medicine to help them get well sooner. As chief executive of Oxford-based RealTime Health, he says he can save NHS Trusts millions
A DRUNKEN who man walked into an Oxford newsagent and repeatedly stabbed himself in the leg has escaped being jailed “by the skin of his teeth”. Ziyad Mahmood staggered into Supa Sava in Rose Hill, brandishing a kitchen knife and yelled “I’m going to
Oxford City Stars winless run in English National League South Division 1 extended to ten matches in a 4-2 defeat at Milton Keynes Thunder. Stars, who welcomed back import Cameron Birrell and Wayne Fiddes, went behind early on when Mark Goode fired
Most people agree Oxfordshire is a wonderful place to live, but is it really the hub of a new ‘tech cluster’? Leaving aside the area’s research-based spin-outs, is it attracting the dynamic companies that will lead us into the future? One person who
Defending champion Steve Naylor marked his return to the Oxford Mail Cross country League series with victory in race two at Culham Park, near Abingdon. Naylor, now running for Woodstock Harriers as his second-claim club, missed the first race
A dinner between friends was the starting point for the creation of Radius Diagnostics, a new company that uses technology straight from the the European space programme to design X-ray machines the size of laptops. The lightweight systems could easily
Perhaps the greatest corollary of the protracted financial crisis has been the maintenance of corporate profitability. Though capital investment and recruitment may have been sidelined, many leading companies continue to report impressive profits and
OWNERS of leisurewear company Millets, which has four stores in Oxfordshire, have put the entire chain up for sale in a bid to save the loss-making business from collapse. Blacks Leisure Group, which owns 208 Millets stores nationwide as well as 98 Blacks
T ime was that you could have a luxury saloon car or a four wheel drive vehicle. Many opted for both depending on their driving needs. After all, what was designed for cruising on motorways wasn’t going to be optimal transport on a muddy field and vice-versa
It is a truism that new technology is often a product looking for a market. In contrast, Oxford University spinout Oxtex’s novel tissue expander is truly an original approach driven purely by clinicians’ demands. Reconstructive surgery following procedures
A NEW fleet of airline coaches costing £4.5m was preparing for take-off yesterday at Oxford Bus Company. Following the biggest investment in coaches in the company’s history, there are 18 new coaches for the Airline service to Gatwick and Heathrow.
BEAMING up at Camilla, little Amana Beale enjoys a Christmas to remember with a visit to Clarence House. The six-year-old was with seven other children from Oxford’s Helen & Douglas House who helped hospice patron the Duchess of Cornwall decorate her
LOOKING after Oxfordshire’s older people is an “absolute and immediate priority” according to the county’s health report published today. Dr Jonathan McWilliam, Oxfordshire’s public health director, said county health bosses need to find new approaches
A COACH and van collided this morning on the A40 Oxford Road, in Burford. There were no passengers on the single decker coach at the time of the crash with a white Vauxhall Vivaro at 8.16am, but the van driver, a man in his 40s, has been taken to hospital
IT does not seem long ago that Oxford United’s financial situation seemed less than ideal and buying the Kassam Stadium was critical to the club’s future. Without control of all the revenues that come in on a match day (plus hosting other events
AN 81-YEAR-OLD woman who died in a house fire probably dropped a lit cigarette on her bed, a coroner ruled yesterday. Evelyn White died at her home in Samphire Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, on December 30 last year – and two days later criminals Terry
I AM increasingly concerned about the Government’s planning reforms. MPs are right to talk about protecting Green Belts, National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty when decisions are made about where development should take place, but what
PETER Unsworth should not be surprised that so many young Chinese women wished to be photographed with him (Cabbages & Kings, November 25). Thanks to the internet, or whatever, the Oxford Mail is probably quite big in that part of the world and he himself
IT DOESN’T matter what problems this coalition gets into, they are quick with their Government spin to put it all down to Labour. This coalition should not keep throwing all the billions at the IMF and the Eurozone, it’s a lame duck. Cameron says he
* Thames Valley Police’s most prolific Twitter user continues to fire out pearls of wisdom in 140 characters. Witney copper Chief Inspector Colin Paine pricked his followers’ festive fervour with a cautionary tale this week, telling them: “If you hear
TO SAY I’m not good with relationships would be to say the A34 is sometimes a little bit on the busy side. Alongside my morbid obesity, I have various other questionable personal habits. It will not surprise you to learn that at present I am not
THANK you for printing my letter (Oxford Mail, November 18, Bus company driver lacked any courtesy). In his reply (Oxford Mail, November 24), John Mackie of Bus Users UK quite rightly pointed out that I had got the service numbers of the buses I talked
THANK you for covering the public sector strikes so thoroughly in your newspaper. Had it not been for your coverage I would not have known they had taken place, despite working in the centre of town. LATHARIO CHASE Pegasus Road Blackbird Leys
IF THE Green Party is so keen on reducing traffic and pollution, why doesn’t it go out and photograph every untaxed vehicle parked in Oxford and get these offending vehicles clamped? The police seem unable to do this for some reason, yet it is the only
IN REPLY to J Giles’ letter (Oxford Mail, December 2) about the welcome decision not to build on Headington car park, I have been talking to people in Headington and working on this issue for several months. I have consistently opposed this proposal,
THE city council is getting much better at recording complaints and acting on them. The figures for complaints about refuse (Oxford Mail, December 5) actually show a slight fall since last year. I’m very pleased that more than 99 per cent of bins are
YOU report (December 5) that complaints about rubbish collections have increased considerably in recent years. This is understandable, given the shambolic system in place. Now that most households have two wheelie bins to cope with, why are residents
Eddie Pepperell is remaining upbeat – despite just failing to make final qualifying for next season’s European Tour. The 20-year-old professional, from Abingdon, missed out on a required top-20 place by a single shot in the second qualifying stage at
LONDON Oxford Airport bosses yesterday said they had taken a major step towards making it an international hub, as its first service jetted off to New York. Holidaymakers boarded the 90-seater aircraft for JFK via Dublin at noon yesterday and were due
Oxford University is preparing to submit plans to create a £800m new-look science area in South Parks Road. The scheme is set to rival in scale and cost the massive redevelopment of the former Radcliffe Infirmary site into a new university
FOUR cars were burnt out in a suspected arson attack on a car yard south of Witney, that closed the A415 for an hour yesterday. One of the co-owners of Blenheim Car Sales said the fire, which destroyed four 4x4s, came as a fresh blow just weeks after
VARSITY MATCH PREVIEW DEREK Asbun would love to use playing for Oxford University as a springboard towards USA caps, but he is not getting ahead of himself. The 23-year-old, who starts at blindside flanker, twice made the All American university side
VARSITY MATCH PREVIEW CAMBRIDGE University have had to make a late change at hooker after Nigel Conroy was ruled to be ineligible. Mark Murdoch will now wear their No 2 shirt because Conroy’s course does not fulfil the Blues’ Committee’s Varsity Match
VARSITY MATCH PREVIEW OXFORD’S Cassian Bramham-Law and Cambridge’s Greg Cushing will have to put a lifelong friendship on hold at Twickenham today (2). The pair will line up on opposing teams, but in just nine days time, Bramham-Law
It must be Christmas when, in an era of severe economic austerity, Oxford University can announce a new initiative worth £800m. In a resounding display of self-confidence every other sector of the economy must surely envy, the university has
Buying the Kassam Stadium remains a priority – but is not as critical to the long-term future of Oxford United as it was three years ago. That is the opinion of U’s chairman Kelvin Thomas, speaking a year after owner Ian Lenagan said that acquiring
CHRISTMAS EVE Carols at 11.30pm Midnight Mass at Midnight CHRISTMAS DAY Mass at 8.15am & 11.00am CONFESSIONS CHRISTMAS EVE Confessions at 10.00am-11.00am St Thomas More 142 Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1DZ
CHRISTMAS EVE Mass at 8.00am Children's Mass at 6.00pm Carols at 11.30pm Midnight Mass at Midnight CHRISTMAS DAY Mass at 9.00am & 11.00am CONFESSIONS SATURDAYS Confessions at 11.00am-12.00pm TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER
I smugly handed over my 20p piece to the magician. Within three seconds he had not only made it disappear right in front of my eyes, but had returned it bent in two. Baffling. The magician was Richard Young, now known nationally as half of
Where did you get that hat?” Wherever you go these days that question is likely to hang in the air. Why? Because it is becoming increasingly obvious that hats are back. And it could well be that you got it from Christys’, the hat manufacturer that started
A FORMER Witney school pupil has been hailed a hero after leading an operation that seized £17.5m in opium and weapons while on tour in Afghanistan. Last night, the parents of Lieutenant Paul Charlesworth spoke of their pride in learning their
Sir – I was amazed to read the article by Christopher Gray headed A sad sight on a grey autumn day (November 24) in which he associated the decline in song birds with the increase in sparrowhawk populations and quoted a rather one-sided article to back
Sir – You report (December 1) that Ed Turner welcomes a new report by the think tank Policy Exchange, which recommends that developers should be given greater freedom to build on Green Belt land. Ed Turner goes on to say that that the report makes the
CHRISTMAS EVE Mass at 8.00am Midnight Mass with Carols from 11.30pm CHRISTMAS DAY Latin EF Mass at 8.00am Mass at 10.00am CONFESSIONS CHRISTMAS EVE Confessions at 4.45pm-5.45pm St Anthony of Padua 115 Headley Way, Oxford
Sir – I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the workmen resurfacing the Iffley Road — and well ahead of schedule, I believe. Once again, thanks to you all for a first-class job with minimal disruption. David Winkfield, Oxford
Sir – I wonder whether any readers can give some advice, to help prevent a massacre of crows. There is a stretch of country road, just outside Watlington, with trees overhanging the road. Unfortunately, crows choose to nest here each spring, and every
Sir – Our health services are subject to brickbats on a regular basis but may I offer a small bouquet instead? A sudden infection meant my attending the emergency dental service in Manzil Way, east Oxford last weekend. From entrance to exit I was treated
Sir – In the last week the first of 30 new allotment holders were able to start work on their plots at Cripley Meadow Allotments. New members of our sssociation, and those members who have been patiently waiting for a full-size plot, will now be able
Sir – It is rare indeed that I find myself wanting to congratulate the city/county council for their efforts, but having attended this year's Christmas light switching on event and spectacular lantern procession, I am full of praise for the organisation
Sir – Having spent my youth in Botley, the road into town was always slow and congested due to the constriction of the railway bridge. The obvious place then to place out of town stores/”Sheds” and allow some idiot to design a road network like a child
Sir – I write to reassure your readers that plans to build a link road for Harwell as part of infrastructure improvements in the Science Vale area remain very much alive and well. Your recent article correctly stated that funding recently secured by
Sir – Graham Smith takes issue with me over my defence of the buildings in Luther Court which the A2 Dominion wish to demolish, despite the buildings only being 30 years old (Letters, November 24). His main criticism seems to be the lack of front doors
Sir – Since the council are determined to waste money on re-sorting Frideswide Square yet again, perhaps they’d be prepared to do the one thing that I’ve never seen mentioned, and that is to cover the ancient redbrick mess that Botley Road Bridge presently
A VAN and a car have collided in Ducklington this morning partially blocking the A415, Ducklington Lane. A Vauxhall Corsa van and a Toyota Yaris car were involved in a collision at the cross roads near the B&Q store at the Thorney Leys junction with
Sir – Recently a friend received a letter from a local council employee, whose department title amounted to seven words. However, can we start a competition for the most verbose and bureaucratic job title? This was Corporate Secretariat Manager and Freedom
Sir – Thornhill park-and-ride would benefit from a new, simple steel first-floor deck over the existing car park, paid for by a charge for parking — say £2 or £3 per day — to be paid by commuters into Oxford and those travelling by coach to London
Sir – The imposition of charges at the Thornhill park-and-ride might partly alleviate but will not solve the problem of insufficient spaces for both the commuters into Oxford (for whom Thornhill was intended) as well as the commuters to London who are
Sir – Railfuture welcomes the Coalition’s commitment for the Oxford-Bedford section of East-West Rail (EWR) to be built. Trains will link Oxford and Milton Keynes via Bicester and Bletchley. Connections will serve Aylesbury, Bedford and Northampton.
Poet Olivia Byard, who lives in Witney, was nominated for a Forward Prize for her first collection, From A Benediction, and reviewed poetry for The Oxford Times for several years in the 1990s. Then she hit a period of writers’ block. The reclaiming of
Marjorie Reeves (1905-2003) was a Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford, and a distinguished scholar whose great interest was the medieval mystic Joachim of Fiore. But she had also taught history to schoolchildren and passionately believed that education
ERIC GILL IN OXFORD by Sophie Huxley(Huxley Scientific Press, £4) book review by Martin Stott Eric Gill was a typographer, sculptor and letter-cutter of great significance in 20th-century British art. His typeface designs, such as Perpetua
HEINRICH HIMMLER by Peter Longerich (Oxford University Press, £25)One of the major personal tragedies of the Second World War is that Heinrich Himmler, man of evil, did not meet the hangman's noose. Like his fellow Nazi, Goering, he took his own life
Twenty years ago no-one drank water from plastic bottles. Water came from taps which could be poured into glasses and was available from drinking fountains, and no-one thought any more of it. Then it was decided that drinking lots of water was good for
Shepherd’s huts once played an important part in the yearly round of life on the farm. They provided the ideal solution to the needs of the shepherd to stay close to his flock, especially at lambing time, wherever they might be grazing and a place where
Last week was National Tree Week and we did our bit at Spring Cottage. We (and that’s the royal we) planted our new plum, a variety called ‘Heron’. I have made jam from this and it was the colour of blood-red rubies, so it came out above ‘Opal’
So what are you going to drink over the festive season? There’s an awful lot of wine to choose from out there and so many places to buy them from. Why not let The Oxford Times Wine Club take the strain out of all the deciding and let us suggest
FIVE fire crews battled a blaze at Oakley Wood Farm in Wallingford for more than four hours. Fire fighters were called at 8.13pm yesterday to a fire in a single storey work shop on the farm, which is on the A4130. The brought the flames under control
Rose Hill residents are set for a multicultural celebration around their own community Christmas tree this year, starting this weekend. The idea was the brainchild of two Rose Hill Children’s Centre workers, Nassira Jmil and Hafsa Akkas, who were keen
It may be cold outside but temperatures are rising inside Oxford’s new hot yoga studio. Turning up the heat are husband-and-wife team Caroline and Alessandro Gozzi of the YogaVenue, just off Cowley Road, Oxford. Ms Gozzi said: “Oxford does not have
A bright idea from Oxford University is being commercialised so smaller businesses can play a role in curbing emissions — and tackling their rocketing energy bills. University spin-out Pilio is offering an online service enabling small and medium
What was your first job and what did your responsibilities include? I began my working life sat behind the bank desk for the Oxford & Swindon Co-op How much was in your first pay packet and what did you spend it on? I remember it was £4.7s. 6d.
For many of us the very name of Dresden conjures up a range of emotions, particularly sadness. On the night of February 13, 1945, the RAF fire-bombed this beautiful city, sometimes called the Florence of the North, and the USAF followed up the raid with
A new training centre designed to give young jobless people a chance of running a real business has opened in Witney.The Synolos Centre in Corn Street is already working with ten 16-18 year-olds who have left school and failed to find a job. Director
Would-be entrepreneurs are taught to look for a niche market. Lawrence Whittard discovered his in the world of microbes, those tiny organisms that can be friend or foe to humans and other animals. Mr Whittard, 74, started his career as a vet, moving
Horse-drawn drawn carriages are as much a part of Europe’s great historic cities as street cafes and tour guides. Now after decades of horse-free streets, the clatter of hooves could soon be heard in the centre of Oxford. When The Oxford Times first
Raul Ruíz died in August at the age of 70, leaving La Noche de enfrente unfinished in post-production. Consequently, Mysteries of Lisbon - which was filmed while Ruíz battled liver cancer - will be the last completed work by the prolific and scandalously
Had Woody Allen made a comedy about a senior citizen bemoaning the fact he can no longer entice the young women he constantly ogles there would have been a glut of vituperative articles denouncing him as a dirty old man. But because the admirer of pulchritudinous
A WITNEY road could be named in honour of Arthur Titherington, the former PoW who fought tirelessly for an apology from Japan. Witney Town Council wants a street in a future development named after the former mayor. The veteran fought for decades for
BADVENT brings you day eight suspect Daniel Durham, a man who the police want to quiz about criminal damage and booze thefts in the city centre. If you know where the 25-year-old from Iffley Road is they want to hear from you. At 7.45am
Looking at this duck pond today in Kidlington, you can see how low the ground water levels are. The duck's shelter is high and dry and the ramps that should reach the water are left clear like diving boards. Let's hope we get some steady rain this winter
CHRISTMAS EVE Vigil Mass at 8.00pm CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas Day Mass at 11.00am St John The Evangelist Church Market Place, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 0EG Telephone: 01235 812338
