HANNAH England and John Paul won the leading honours at tonight’s Oxfordshire Sports Awards at the Kassam Stadium. World 1,500m silver medallist England won Sportswoman of the Year, with Olympic cycling hopeful Paul landing the Sportsman of
A MAN who showed his genitals to schoolgirls but was cleared of an exposure charge because he did it “for a giggle” has apologised for his behaviour. As reported in the Oxford Mail last Friday, 52-year-old Trevor Perry deliberately bent down
CANDLELIT carol singing helped a charity welcome in the festive season at Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral. The Spirit of Christmas service on Wednesday was held in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and featured the choir of Summer Fields School
PLANS to create a free school with extended opening times in Oxford are well on track, says the man behind the plan. And backers say that they have identified a suitable site in the city and negotiations are under way. Mike Reed, the
SANTA’S little helpers had the most fun they’ve had in donkey’s years. The Oxford Nursery, which has branches in Eynsham, Summertown, Littlemore and Sandford, hosted a Donkeys For Sale event on Wednesday. Elves from Farms2Ewe brought a donkey, pygmy
FOR years classical music lovers have enjoyed visiting Dorchester Abbey to hear piano concertos by classical composers including Grieg and Rachmaninov. Now seventies rock ‘n’ roll band Showaddywaddy are set to shake up the tranquil surroundings
A MOVE by Oxfordshire health bosses to make infertility treatment a low priority has failed. A committee of medics and managers from Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire opposed IVF, arguing it cost too much, its absence did not
THE congregation at an Oxford church are probably beaming following the installation of new solar panels which could knock £3,400 off their annual energy bill. The £120,000 panels have been fitted to the roof of the King’s Centre in Osney Mead
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Pats Cash, back to his best after a bout of cramp, should again be in the money in the A 1 race at Oxford Stadium on Saturday after beating Adamant Brian over the two bends last time out. SATURDAY'S RUNNERS 7.35: Katies Love, You Know This, Rushmoor
WHEN Christine Shields became so unwell she could not leave the sofa, and had to crawl upstairs on her hands and knees, she feared the worst. The mother of two was in so much pain she thought she might have cancer or some other life-threatening illness
PLANS to convert a historic Oxford pub into a house have been given the go-ahead. Oxford City Council granted permission on Tuesday for the Bricklayers Arms in Church Lane, Old Marston, to become a four-bedroom house, with five new homes
A CHARITY helping disabled people find work hopes a pantomime will provide a ‘happy ever after’ to their bumper year. The Pathway Workshop in Blackbird Leys,Oxford, provides jobs making handmade furniture to people with physical and learning disabilities
Managerless Witney Town welcome back Andrew Younie, Lee Farrow and Alfie Saunders for Saturday’s Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier League clash at Holyport. Caretaker boss Andy Lyne takes charge of the strugglers following the departure of Duncan Colwell
Damian Batt says that getting used to overnight stays is something you reluctantly accept as a professional footballer. Oxford United’s right back explained: “They are never ideal, but is just something you get used to and have to do. “Usually we would
STAFF at a mental health centre staged a Christmas sales evening in a bid to raise hundreds of pounds for the charity. Restore on Didcot’s Fleet Meadow estate runs a drop-in centre for people with mental health problems. Yesterday they held a Christmas
A PAIR of taxi drivers who had to be pulled apart by a Spanish tourist after scuffling outside Oxford Train Station have agreed to put their differences behind them. Mohammed Tasib was acquitted of assaulting Sajjad Rana at Oxford Magistrates
IT WAS the bargain bottles of 40-year-old whisky that were seemingly worth braving the chilly morning for at a budget supermarket. Shoppers queued outside Aldi’s Botley Road store from before dawn yesterday hoping to snaffle the advertised bargain of
Oxford United youth team coach Chris Allen said that he was proud of his players, despite seeing them exit the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday night. The U’s youngsters lost 2-1 to Bolton, conceding a 90th-minute goal to bow out. But Allen, who himself came
Oxford University head coach James Wade saluted captain John Carter after yesterday’s win in the 130th Varsity Match at Twickenham. “John had an amazing game,” Wade said. “When he came back on he was like a wounded animal and it actually worked for
Six young tennis players from Oxfordshire have been earmarked as some of the brightest up-and-coming talent in the country after they were selected to join the Lawn Tennis Association’s AEGON FutureStars programme. The youngsters have all earned their
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. NPOWER LEAGUE TWO. Morecambe v Oxford Utd. FA TROPHY. 1st round: Didcot Tn v Basingstoke Tn. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Bashley v Oxford C, Redditch v Banbury Utd. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd v Stourport. Wimborne
Oxford University captain John Carter praised his players for coming good on the big day at Twickenham, following their 28-10 over Cambridge in the 130th Varsity Match. Carter had to miss the post-match press conference to have treatment on his puffy
A FORMER Girl Guides commissioner for Oxfordshire who was jailed for cheque fraud has been ordered to pay back £128,865.00 to her former employer. Anthea Madden, who was jailed for two-and-a-half years in June, was ordered to pay the cash back to Woodstock-based
Wallingford RC secured three wins, two second places and a third among the 517 finishers in the Scullers Head, held over the 4¼-mile Mortlake to Putney course Their wins came for Anna Reid in the women’s senior class, Christina Heemskerk in the intermediate
Damian Batt says that while everyone has been hurt by Oxford United’s poor run of form, it has hit him particularly hard. And that is because he admits to being a really bad loser. The right back says that he is definitely a person to avoid after a
Joe Roberts, an Oxfordshire under 15 player, won two medals at the Leicester silver tournament last weeekend. Roberts, from Brize Norton, was runner-up in the boys singles. He defeated Bradley Okopskyi, of Lincolnshire 15-12, 16-14, before finally
Oxford Harlequins lock Andy Boyle has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a leg infection. “The leg got infected after he suffered a deep vein thrombosis,” explained squad manager Steve Chadbone. “He’s been advised not to
It will be a refreshed Oxford United team that takes to the field against Morecambe on Saturday. The U’s have made the most of their two-week break with a mixture of hard training sessions and some time to rest weary legs. And that, says boss Chris
Didcot Town boss Dave Mudge is relishing testing his managerial skills against Frank Gray when they host his Basingstoke side in Saturday’s FA Carlsberg Trophy first round tie at Loop Meadow Stadium. But he says his Division 1 South & West
PROBLEMS, some self-inflicted, blighted a cold but sunny Tuesday morning. It promised to be a difficult day with my motto: ‘It’s a wonderful life, so enjoy it!’ in danger of being swallowed by self-centred gloom. Something had to be done. It was then
WE write in support of the points made about cycling in Oxford by Paul Rivers in his letter (Oxford Mail December 8). People often have a go at cyclists, who through fear of death by motorised traffic, cycle on the pavement and become a menace to pedestrians
I WAS reading the report about the city council’s search for a new burial ground at Horspath and the comments from the parish council regarding flooding and drainage. I would say the only drainage problems Horspath has with the village burial ground
Banbury United boss Ady Fuller has praised his side’s efforts and asked for more of the same when they visit Redditch in the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division – for the second time in a week in the Premier Division on Saturday. On Tuesday, Banbury
IF THERE are long waits at the JR’s accident and emergency department, what do people expect if they elect a Tory/Lib Dem Government? NHS “safe in their hands”? You must be joking! Susanna Pressel city councillor for Jericho and Osney Ward county
A girl gang who kicked a woman in the head, while yelling “kill the white slag” escaped jail after Judge Robert Brown heard that the three Muslim women “weren’t used to drinking”! What the hell is going on? A crime is a crime no matter what colour,
IT WAS with great interest that I read about East Oxford School. I went there in 1952 from New Marston County Primary School, where Mr Jim Cox was the head. I never knew that he went there from East Oxford. Mr Jenkins was a fiery Welshman. In 1954
ANTHONY Grant is lurking behind day nine of our Badvent calendar and police officers are hoping that one of our readers will help them arrest him in time for Christmas. The Oxford Mail and Thames Valley Police have teamed up to publish a different “most
THE revelations in Tuesday’s Oxford Mail, relating to the fixed speed camera sites throughout Oxfordshire, are a staggering indication that almost all the sites are at locations where a high proportion of drivers exceed the speed limit.
THIS Christmas, World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is offering your readers the chance to remember loved ones lost to cancer with a Candle of Hope pin badge. The gold brooch symbolically lights the way to a future free from cancer, as money raised from
READ with interest the letter from Kate Mellersh (View Points, November 30) with regard to overcrowding on many trains to London. Firstly, I just don’t understand how the health and safety of passengers can be so overlooked when, as reported, hundreds
JOBS are under threat after the owner of shoe chains Barratts and Priceless Shoes collapsed into administration. The Barratts shop in Queen Street, Oxford, will continue to trade while administrator Deloitte seeks a buyer for all or parts of
ANDREW Smith, the Oxford East MP, is correct to call for constructive negotiation between the union and BMW over proposed changes at Cowley’s Mini plant. No one wants to see working conditions reduced and surely you’d worry about your staff if they compliantly
WORKERS at Cowley’s Mini plant say changes in the way BMW hires agency workers will mean they earn about 20 per cent less than company employees. They are also unhappy about plans to shut off the final salary pension scheme to new entrants. Workers’
MOTORISTS are set to fork out £1.1m a year to use Oxford City Council’s park-and-rides as security staff are removed to save cash. The city could net an £82,900 surplus in the first year as it axes nine staff from Pear Tree, Seacourt and Redbridge park-and-rides
ASK anyone to start paying for a previously free service and they will naturally complain. But in these times Oxford City Council can legitimately charge for parking at its three park-and-ride sites rather than subsidise them. However, it must ensure
Peter Leven says that Oxford United’s trip to Morecambe tomorrow is almost like starting the season again. The U’s have not been in action for a fortnight, and went into their mini-break on the back of a run of five straight defeats.
IN 1983 Andrew Hodges, now a Maths Fellow at Wadham, wrote a cleverly titled book, Alan Turing — The Enigma. Three years later, playwright Hugh Whitemore, adapted it, equally subtly, as Breaking The Code, with much success — Derek Jacobi playing Turing
The Enstone-based Lotus Renault GP team today named Romain Grosjean as the driver to race alongside 2007 world champion Kimi Räikkönen next season. The 2011 GP2 Series champion gained useful experience with the team throughout the year as LRGP’s third
TRADERS and shoppers are in limbo over plans to revamp and revitalise an Oxford shopping centre. Vale of White Horse District Council revealed the Elms Court site, in Botley, was up for sale in February and said it was looking for retailers and developers
Charlton on Otmoor Primary School has recently had its playground transformed into a social and musical play area. Installed by Creative Play UK, the new play area incorporates three musical play items as well as 'Game Top' picnic tables. These allow
