People convicted of offences at Magistrates' Courts around the county recently OXFORD Ryan Tripp, 18, of no fixed address, admitted causing £58.29 of criminal damage to a door lock belonging to the Guinness Trust in Abingdon on August 1. Given a 12
McDonald’s has applied to open between 6am and 11.30pm on a permanent basis. When the fast food giant built the Ducklington Lane restaurant in 1997 it was given permission to open from 7am to 11.30pm. In 2010 and again last year it won permission to
A classroom for Banbury School’s dyslexic pupils has opened thanks to fundraising efforts. The £4,000 raised has paid for computers which can be used in exams, books suited to dyslexic pupils and board games which help development. Grants and pupils
AN organisation which aims to reduce Oxfordshire’s carbon footprint has been awarded £128,000 to create a “people’s power station”. Oxfordshire’s Low Carbon Hub received the cash from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for its local energy assessment
AN up-and-coming jazz musician and a singer-songwriter will both appear on stage next month in aid of the hospice where they met. Theo Jackson, from Jericho, and Ally Craig, from Grove, will both perform at Childish Things for Helen & Douglas House
A 13-year-old boy has died today after suffering a gunshot wound in the head at his family’s home in north Oxfordshire. The schoolboy was critically injured in the incident at the family’s rented home in Souldern, near Bicester, shortly before 10am on
A PIZZA delivery driver has been fined after dumping three wardrobes and a cupboard in Abingdon. Jaroslaw Czynsz, 41, of Wildmoor Gate, Abingdon, abandoned the furniture at the Peachcroft recycling bin site in two incidents in September. The Domino’
THE title of M83's sixth album 'Hurry Up We're Dreaming' seems an appropriate way to describe their show at the 02 Academy. If you're new to the band, or only know of them as the guys who did the 'Made in Chelsea' theme tune, you could be forgiven
OXFORD’s British Transport Police officers are celebrating a very busy first year since moving on site at the city’s railway station. In the 12 months since the team took up residence at Oxford Station, charges against abusive rail travellers, thieves
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JESSE Merritt’s green fingers earned him four trophies at Cowley Conservative Club’s annual horticultural show in 1964. He is seen on the right, receiving one of them from club president Reg Smith. Mr Merritt left the opposition standing, winning all
THE bride and groom were a little under-dressed for their big day. Even their ‘guests’ hardly looked the part, with one wearing what looks like a football shirt! But no worries – this was just a mock wedding. A big royal event
OXFORD undergraduates got up to all sorts of tricks, as these pictures show. After more than a few drinks, they would climb high on college buildings and attach bicycles, chamberpots, dustbins, mannequins and other items. People going
THE dragon needed a lick of paint – and these girls were prepared to give up part of their school holiday to provide it. Jim Cox, head of New Marston Primary School in Copse Lane, Oxford, with the help of Northway Community Association, organised
THE post-war baby boom caused serious problems for many schools, none more so than St Nicholas at Old Marston, Oxford. The rapid rise in the number of pupils put the school under severe pressure in the early 1950s. In 1950, the school
MR K M Balmforth, of Tyrell’s Way, received the cup for the best council estate garden in the village in 1965 for the third time in five years. He is seen in the first picture receiving his award from the donor, Mrs G L Armitage. Four employees of ARC
Parishes across Oxfordshire have seen a drop in congregations, according to latest Church of England figures. The Diocese of Oxford saw its average weekly congregation of 59,200 in 2009 fall to 55,700 in 2010. Numbers attending traditional Sunday services
Fancy taking a sartorial trip down memory lane? A new ‘pop-up’ vintage and retro shop which has just opened in Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, will offer shoppers the chance to do just that. The shop, which will raise money for East Oxford hospice
The hidden stories behind the walls of Campsfield House detention centre are set to be told as part of a new project. Fusion Arts is launching a three-year project, Inside Out/Outside In, aimed at engaging the diverse communities of East Oxford
Villagers are digesting fresh plans from a waste firm to build an eco-power plant at Sutton Courtenay. Waste Recycling Group (WRG) has submitted the application after its bid for a £20m waste treatment plant at its landfill site off Appleford Road was
THE deadline for people in southern Oxfordshire to win the chance to have their council tax paid for them is approaching. Residents in the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district council areas are being encouraged to sign up to receive their
THE main road junction in Headington, Oxford, has been branded dangerous by cyclists. Residents have raised concerns about the busy junction where Windmill Road and Old High Street meet London Road. Cyclists are worried about having to cross the flow
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HUNDREDS of rail passengers travelling through Oxfordshire faced delays after signalling problems. The fault, near Reading Station, saw 59 trains cancelled between 1.45pm and 4.45pm on Saturday.
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has not yet set a date for a by-election following the death of Watlington member Roger Belson over Christmas. Mr Belson, 62, died on Boxing Day after a heart attack. The Conservative, who was paralysed in a car accident 22
A BURGLAR has been given the chance to avoid prison by getting clean from drugs. Marrian Cobraretti was handed a deferred sentence at Oxford Crown Court on Friday and will be rewarded with a suspended jail term if he provides negative drug tests between
A VILLAGE was sealed off yesterday after a man apparently tried to commit suicide with a deadly chemical. Firefighters, paramedics, police and an ambulance hazardous area response team rushed to Chippinghurst, near Garsington, at about 7am,
A school of hard knocks is helping teens in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, turn their lives around. A free year-long course at Blackbird Leys Community Centre helps school-leavers gain a boxing coaching BTEC qualification. And four months in, the men behind
First time buyers keen to get a foot on the property ladder are being invited to free events at Taylor Wimpey’s Kingsmere development in Bicester and Great Western Park, Didcot The events, which takes place tomorrow from 5-8pm and Saturday
Ryan Brooks completed his fourth hat-trick of the season in the first half as Uhlsport Hellenic league Premier Division leaders Ardley United romped to a convincing 4-1 victory over Abingdon Town at Culham Road. It proved a torrid first half for the
Clanfield still await their first home win of the season in Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 West after fighting back to draw 2-2 with New College Swindon. Poor defending saw a low cross turned into his own net by a Clanfield defender to put the
Hannah England admitted to being gutted after having to settle for second place in the Aviva International Match at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on Saturday, writes STUART WEIR. Representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the 24-year-old Oxford
It was downhill all the way after the reigning Uhlsport Southern League Premier Division champions Wantage Town opened the scoring at home to Highworth, who recovered to win 4-1. Wantage took the lead after 11 minutes. Gavin Jones worked the ball across
Sam Collier smashed home a penalty four minutes from time to earn Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West strugglers Abingdon United a precious 1-1 draw against third-placed Paulton on Saturday. Abingdon matched their high-riding opponents all
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a block of garages in Wye Close, Bicester, in the early hours of yesterday morning following a suspected arson attack. Four crews and a specialist chemical unit, which attended in case of asbestos, attended the blaze
A MYSTERY horse-racing punter scooped £369,919 after staking a £2 bet in Banbury. The lucky gambler, who has not been named, placed the bet at a Coral shop in the town on Saturday and was the sole winner of the totescoop6 after selecting the winners
OXFORD acapella group Out of the Blue gave a special performance for guests at young people’s hospice Helen and Douglas House. The group of 15 singers, formed from members of both the city’s universities, sang at the East Oxford hospice yesterday in
A MAN has admitted burgling student accommodation and biting a policeman. Craig Ralphs, 35, of North Way, Barton, pleaded guilty to burglary and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Oxford Crown Court on Friday. Ralphs stole post from a Queen’s
MORE than £312,000, six public consultations and years of talks have so far come to nothing. But now another round of consultation is under way to establish whether a new parking scheme is wanted by residents in East Oxford. Oxfordshire County Council
Although the 1-0 scoreline indicates that the game against the Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West basement boys Stourport was closely-fought, in reality North Leigh dominated most of the contest. But they just could not find the back of
Didcot Town were fuming about the referee after their narrow 2-1 defeat away to Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West promotion-chasers Hungerford. The visitors claim he wronglydisallowed a Sam Elkins effort and then gave Hungerford a contentious
Banbury United manager Ady Fuller got the response he was looking for, after three successive Premier Division defeats in the Evo-Stik Southern League, with a rampant 4-1 win at Spencer Stadium, which featured a brace from Ricky Johnson.
Henrietta Knight is to give Calgary Bay another tilt at the John Smith’s Grand National after the nine-year-old defied top weight in the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster on Saturday. Knight had felt 11st 11lb might prevent the 12-1 chance from taking the Listed
Oxford City had to stay patient before second-half goals from Chris Willmott and Andy Ballard secured the victory that keeps them in an Evo-Stik Southern Premier Division play-off position. It took time for City to break the resistance of a
ONE of the many reasons why I rejected the offer of post-graduate studies at the then foremost establishment in the country for my chosen discipline, thus excluding myself from a career in research and university level teaching, was the fact so many lecturers
Damn, if only my gene pool had been different. Damn, if only the synapses in my brain fired off a little quicker. And double-damn that I got hooked on movies at an early age instead of University Challenge. Indeed, how different my life
THE number of people petitioning for bankruptcy in Oxfordshire has risen by almost 10 per cent in a year, latest figures have revealed. Statistics from the Insolvency Service show that between January and the end of September last year there were 385
Yesterday I learned from a friend’s Facebook that she’d discovered a nit in her child’s hair and although not even a super-flea could leap the physical chasm between our electronic outposts, I immediately started scratching. The same happens when, every
DESPERATE stuff from Councillors Mary Clarkson and Beverley Hazell (Oxford Mail, January 18). I sense fear and desperation raising them from hibernation as election time draws near. Yes, I plead guilty to continually speaking to residents and gaining
RUN ragged by Michael Haines, Marston Labour Party – such as it is – again seeks to rubbish the Herculean efforts of Marston’s champion (Oxford Mail, January 18). It has every right to be afraid as Mr Haines inches ever closer to becoming the first
IN the Oxford Mail on January 21, Mr Tony Baldry MP spoke about whose decision it should be for the right to die. He said that only the Almighty should decide who and when we should die. I think first that Mr Baldry should come down off that high pedestal
I LIVED in Barton Village Road for 51 years from 1947 until 2001. I think the residents of Barton today and some residents of Barton who lived there in the early years should know about what Barton was like. All you hear all the time is what current
Mickey Lewis heaped praise on winger Alfie Potter after he scored a second-half cracker in Oxford United’s 1-1 draw at Burton Albion yesterday. Potter’s goal – his first since September – came on 59 minutes when he weaved past a number of Burton defenders
A SECOND fire in a former Oxford pub could jeopardise plans to keep the building, residents fear. On Friday, 40 firefighters battled a blaze at the Bricklayers Arms, Old Marston, which caused substantial structural damage to the interior of the building
FOOTBALL. NPOWER LEAGUE TWO. Burton Albion 1, Oxford Utd 1. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Banbury Utd 4, Stourbridge 1; Oxford City 2, Weymouth 0. Div 1 South & West: Hungerford Tn 2, Didcot Tn 1; North Leigh 1, Stourport Swifts 0; Paulton
A CENTURY ago an extraordinary Oxford man you’ve probably never heard of took Olympic spirit to a level that will never be surpassed. One hundred years on from the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, in the year that Britain hosts the games, the story of Arnold
Alfie Potter expressed his relief after breaking his goal-scoring drought with a cracking equaliser in Oxford United’s 1-1 draw at Burton Albion. The individual effort capped a superb second-half display yesterday, and was his first goal
FREEZING temperatures are set to grip Oxfordshire this week, but there is little chance of snow. Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said the far south-west of the county may wake up to a dusting this morning but that would soon clear. He said Benson could
A MAN appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Blackbird Leys, East Oxford. Abdul Adan is accused of attacking Kirk Smith in Balfour Road on January 14. The 20-year-old defendant appeared at Oxford Crown Court
THE search is on for a pet llama roaming loose in the Oxfordshire countryside. Yasmin the llama was last seen on Friday afternoon, while being delivered to Chilton, near Didcot. A search of nearby fields was conducted and flyers have been handed out
BOSSES at the Cowley Mini plant joined Oxford East MP Andrew Smith to celebrate a milestone at the factory’s new bodyshop. A topping-out ceremony to mark the completion of the exterior of the building, saw Frank-Peter Arndt, board member for production
HUNDREDS of people in Oxford could be made homeless today as new housing rules come into force, landlords have warned. City letting agents and landlords fear Oxford City Council regulations, which mean that houses in multiple occupation (HMOs
CHINESE New Year was celebrated by more than 1,000 people in traditional fashion at Oxford Town Hall. The Year of the Dragon began on January 23. Musicians, dancers, a contortionist and a juggler entertained crowds yesterday. Lisa Tse, who took part
We, Ashton-Phillips Productions, are helping host the Choose Abingdon Partnership's annual 'Good Living' event at the Miele Experience Centre. It is on the 9th March 2012 and will showcase Abingdon's fantastic local luxury goods, their independent suppliers
Community groups in West Oxfordshire are using a thermal imaging camera to help fight high fuel bills. West Oxfordshire District Council is training seven groups to use the camera, which produces pictures showing where heat is escaping from homes. Householders
One garden in Rose Hill is looking less lovely than usual after brazen burglars stole two three foot statues of Venus. The thieves left one smaller statue behind, but now their owner, 50-year-old Chris Boswell, is hoping that an Oxford Mail reader will
“Use it or lose it” – that’s the message from an Oxford community hall committee Andrew Galloway recently joined the fundraising committee for Littlemore Village Hall and says cash is dwindling and more people need to use its facilities. He said: “We
Just as Bottega on Walton St. closed to make room for a grocery store and student housing, Chris Murray, the proprietor, started work on his next project, The Oxford Blue in Iffley. With partners, chef Mark Bradbury and Mark Ferris, they came up with
