FIRE crews tackled a chip shop fire in Kidlington this evening. The fire, at The Rainbow take away in High Street, started at about 6.30pm. Three fire crews tackled the fire in the shop's deep fat fryers. The building was evacuated
Henley Hawks’ promotion hopes suffered a blow with a home defeat. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 2 South Score: Henley Hawks 17, Shelford 21 Henley player ratings:
ABINGDON councillor Peter Jones is taking a six-month break from his community work after suffering a stroke in December. Mr Jones, who is still in hospital, is a town, district and county councillor. Town mayor Mike Badcock said: “Peter is a hard
OXFORD’S Phoenix Picturehouse has been the scene of unforgettable films and equally unforgettable first kisses for nearly 100 years. Now the Jericho institution wants to collect those cherished memories for a special centenary celebration in 2013.
FORMER boxer Paul Jackson says the Oxford Mail Loyalty Club card is packing a punch with customers buying meat at a cash-and-carry. A new brochure, filled with valuable discounts, has been produced for card holders and is being sent out with new cards
TAXPAYERS forked out more than £22,000 in one year so a family could live in a five-bedroom detached house in a county village, the Oxford Mail can reveal. The unnamed family got £22,021.65 housing benefit for the house in Woodeaton, seven
A COUNCIL has refused to axe a “propaganda” magazine it delivers to homes, despite costs rising by almost a third. Cherwell District Council has said it will not follow in the footsteps of two other county authorities in scrapping its magazine to save
There was bad news and good news in the messages pushed under the door of our luxury cabin as MV Aegean Odyssey breasted the breakers in the Red Sea towards Suez. The bad news was not entirely unexpected, due to the second wave of protests
Being picked for the under-25s squad of a top bowls team is a major achievement for any 10-year-old. But Carlos Lali, from Abingdon, is particularly proud, as just four years ago he was fighting an aggressive form of cancer. Doctors discovered a tumour
AN RAF sergeant raised more than £1,000 for the NSPCC with a snooker marathon at RAF Brize Norton. Sgt Marc Cowling, flight operations manager of 99 Squadron, played against 63 of his colleagues during the 24-hour stint on Sunday and Monday – and won
A LITTLE bookshop in a corner of Oxfordshire is making a big name for itself in the world of literature. The Oxfam bookshop in Thame opened in December 2000 and has since made its mark with creative window displays and rare discoveries.
IN NOVEMBER 1988, the churches of central Oxford started a winter shelter for people who had nowhere to go once the sun went down. But what started out as a soup kitchen would soon became so much more. News of the friendly, non-judgmental
The repatriation of a soldier who died in Afghanistan on Tuesday will take place next week. The death of Signaller Ian Sartorius-Jones, of 20th Armoured Brigade’s Signal Squadron, was not the result of hostile action. The plane carrying the 21-year-old
Juliet Hope is living up to her name, offering inspiration to hundreds of men and women who otherwise would be facing very bleak futures. Mrs Hope, pictured, from Jericho, Oxford, has now been named Inspirational Woman of the Year by the Daily
Police have yet to make any arrests over an armed robbery at the Summertown branch of Lloyds TSB Bank last week. Two masked men locked the manager of the Banbury Road bank in the safe after threatening him on January 19, before driving off in getaway
MASH Mad Monkey, runner up in an open race at Hove last week when beaten one and a half lengths by Markeys Dragon, and previous to that a winner at Oxford in 27.06, carries the nap in the A1 tonight. TONIGHT’S RUNNERS 7.35: Boherash Suzie 3, Amazing
HOOK Norton went on the rampage as they recorded the highest score of the season in Division 2 of the Banbury Indoor League. Led by Tom Bartlett (40no) and Tom Rothwell (27no), they rattled up 176-1 and then blew away Great & Little Tew A for 63 to win
Many commuters will sit on delayed trains, or stuck in traffic jams, silently penning letters in their heads to railway managers, councillors or MPs, venting their frustration. They rarely follow through by sending them, but Dominic Utton
Dom Utton has struck on a truth when he says the English are far more prone than other nationalities to internalise frustration at poor service. While some may think he’s been excessive sending 78 letters to First Great Western since June whenever his
BENJAMIN Crofts was crowned ‘Masters’ champion in the Mini Red indoor tennis event at St Hugh’s School in Faringdon. Eight-year-old Crofts, from Wytham, saw off Bobby Hornby, six, from Bicester 10-2 in the Masters final for more experienced players.
MICHAEL Esnouf broke two Abingdon Vale club records when competing in the Maxwell Level 2 meet in Aylesbury. The 15-year-old, who collected three golds and a silver, set records in the 100m breaststroke (1mins 9.45secs) and 50m freestyle (25.84). Clubmate
THE absence of star player Jingyu Sun could not stop Vikings A making it nine wins from nine in Oxford & District Association Division 1. Vikings saw off Forum B 7-3, although substitute Markus Wagner found the unavailable Sun a hard act to follow.
DECEMBER returns from Lechlade Trout Fishery show 415 anglers caught 857 fish from Lechlade Lake. Sixty-five per cent were between 6-8lb and 35 between 10-13lb. Best fish went 14.4.0 and was caught on Boxing Day. On Bushyleaze Lake, 263 rods caught
LIFE at Oxford’s hospitals has changed quite a bit in 37 years. In fact, when Christine Jones began her career in healthcare, the John Radcliffe Hospital was only two years old. She has now retired from her job as a ward clerk at the hospital’s Heart
Abingdon School’s Daily Mail Under 18 Schools’ Cup rugby quarter-final at home to Dulwich College is to take place on Wednesday (2.30).
Oxford Lions thrashed Team Newbury 26-1 at the Park Sports Centre, Wheatley, to go six points clear at the top of the Midlands group in the National Fustal League. Lucas Totti led the way with 11 goals as Bruno Gibbin (4), Paulo Caetano (4), Edgar Da
Abingdon School ruled supreme with a clean sweep in the boys’ races at the Oxfordshire Schools’ Cross Country Championships at Radley College. Nat Jones set the ball rolling by winning the junior race over 4.6k from teammate Michael Fabes,
THREE members of Oxfordshire’s Flying Solo club struck gold in a Southern Region Graded competition at Totton, Southampton. Ellie Galbraith, 12, set the standard high early on by winning the under 15 grade G girls’ title with ease for the club, which
RILEY C edged out House Club B after a play-off in round one of the Gentworks Oxford & District League’s Buildbase Plate. With the all-Division 2 clash tied at 3-3, Riley’s Ed Downey and House’s Keith Philpott were drawn out of that – and Downey kept
ASHTON went top of Gentworks Oxford & District League Division 1 after a clinical 3-0 home win over Riley B. Pete Fenn (+60) started the ball rolling, winning 150-133 against Roger Tomlin (+80) Callum Vinall (+70) made light of his new handicapwith
Brough Academy, trained by Lawney Hill at Aston Rowant, got off the mark over hurdles with victory at Fontwell yesterday. The six-year-old is owned by Frank Caudwell, who lives at Drayton, near Abingdon, and was ridden by David Bass.
FOOTBALL manager Harry Redknapp told police he handed over £250,000 to help Jim Smith secure his manager’s job at Oxford United, a jury heard yesterday. Redknapp and former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric are on trial accused of cheating the public
A wine retailer which has been in Oxford’s High Street for more than 40 years has been forced to close by its landlord Oriel College. Oddbins has shut up shop despite being one of just 37 branches to be rescued from administration last year when
THERE is more great news for owners and trainers at all greyhound tracks as the popular Owners Bonus Series, introduced by the GBGB in October, is set to continue this year. The series has gone down well at Oxford and there will be a further ten competitions
THERE was disappointment for the three Oxfordshire boxers in action at Maidenhead in the first show of 2012. Berinsfield’s Kophie Fisher missed out on a split decision following his ring baptism against fellow debutant Imran Khan from Slough. Conceding
Match fishing THIRTY-EIGHT anglers turned out to honour the late Jim Foster in Marston AC’s special memorial match on the Thames at Donnington, Oxford, and fittingly, the river was in fantastic form. There were 11 weights over 20lb and a total of
OXFORD’S double British Touring Car Champion Jason Plato heads what MG Motor UK are calling their ‘dream team’ of cars, drivers, constructors and sponsors for the 2012 BTCC Series. Two MG6 GT cars will run in the all-new MG KX Momentum Racing team piloted
A man has been jailed for downloading hundreds of images of the worst level of child pornography. Aaron Smee, 25, of Aston, near Bampton, was found with 1,012 images and 14 video files downloaded between September 2006 and December 2009. More than
ON her fourth birthday, Oxford United helped give amputee Charlotte Nott one of the best presents she had ever had. The club yesterday launched a fundraising drive to raise money for her and the charity which is helping her play the computer games she
THE people of Oxford were urged to speak out against hatred to mark Holocaust Memorial Day yesterday. Across the country, people came together to remember the millions whose lives were destroyed through hatred and exclusion – in the Holocaust under Nazi
Keeper Ryan Clarke admitted he was chuffed to bits after he won the Football League Precision GK Golden Gloves award for December. The Oxford United stopper, who signed from Northwich in June 2009, kept a clean sheet in all four League Two games as the
A CLEANER at Tesco who hid his two rape convictions from bosses was sentenced for fraud. Nicholas Laloo, who failed to declare his 46 previous offences, had four further sex charges against him dropped. The 43-year-old was employed by Ecocleen in 2009
HarryY Worley could get a rare start when Oxford United travel to Burton Albion tomorrow. The big defender hasn’t started a game since the U's 4-1 defeat at Crawley on November 19, but could be drafted into defence to cover for the absence
The number of Oxfordshire drivers caught illegally using their mobile phones has rocketed, with 17 caught every day. Last year, 6,363 drivers were sent fixed penalty fine notices by Thames Valley Police – almost double the 2010 tally and up
It is staggering that there has been such an increase in the number of motorists caught using their mobile phones in a year. And it will be painfully obvious that for the 6,363 caught by police, thousands upon thousands more have not been caught. We
POST Office managers have agreed to think again over giving Summertown a new post office. Campaigners have been arguing for three years that a post office branch is needed in the Banbury Road shopping parade. But last October the Post
A new £350,000 hotel is to open in Oxford city centre. The Bocardo, named after the city’s medieval prison, will be a 10-room hotel in George Street. It is being developed by city hotelier Rajinder Pal and business partner Hardeep Gidda. The premises
ONE city, many eyes. That’s the theme of a street photography exhibition showing Oxford from different angles. About Town at Art Jericho, in King Street, showcases the work of 18 photographers, focusing on streets and faces around the city. Photographer
