Motorsport firm Prodrive has won planning permission for new offices as part of plans for a new retail park for Banbury. Yet it will only move to the former Hella lighting factory in Noral Way if permission is given for a retail park at its existing
Drug dealers swapping Oxford for Abingdon to escape attention are “sticking out like a sore thumb”, police said last night. Stephen Ochola was jailed for four-and-a-half years on Friday after officers swooped on his hire car in the town, as reported
Flood victims are this morning waking up in emergency accommodation after millions of litres of water devastated a community on the edge of Oxford. Homes were flooded, cars damaged and pets drowned after a 24-inch wide water main burst in South Hinksey
Verdicts in the inquest into the deaths of flying instructor Mike Blee and teenage air cadet Nicholas Rice are expected on Monday. The two died when their training aircraft collided with a glider in June 2009. The jury retired to consider its verdict
QUIRKY Oxford-inspired cartoons dreamt up by a computer programmer and artificial intelligence expert are on display at a city gallery. Teacher-turned-artist Jocelyn Ireson-Paine has swapped lectures at Oxford University’s department of experimental
THE future of the Oxfordshire County and Thame Show could be more secure as a result of contributions from supermarket giant Sainsbury’s, according to one of the event’s directors. Sainsbury’s has applied to turn the town’s cattle market into a 22,000
PARENTS parking illegally are becoming an increasing problem near a Wantage primary school after a private car park was shut off. The Comrades Club in Newbury Street shut its gates to parking parents last month and now more cars are being left on double
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WITH fares up an average six per cent, the offer of free travel would surprise many commuters – particularly when handed out by the Easter Bunny. But that’s what happened at Oxford Railway Station this week when UK-wide rail firm CrossCountry offered
HEADINGTON residents are hoping to celebrate 2012 with a “festival” of street parties. The area is planning to come alive with parties over the Jubilee weekend of Saturday, June 2, to Tuesday, June 5. Patrick Coulter, of Headington Action, said: “We
A MENTAL health service has moved to a new home that it hopes will double the number of people it can help. Restore, which helps people with mental health problems recover, was once housed in a small, leaky-roofed shop in Orchard Way, Banbury. But today
THE M40 northbound near Thame has been shut after five vehicles crashed. Police said four cars and one van were involved in two separate accidents at about 2.05pm on the northbound carriage way between Junction 7 and 8. They could not say if the crashes
HUNDREDS of people from across Oxford will help to clean up the city next month. The annual OxClean weekend, organised by the Oxford Civic Society, sees communities, schools and businesses pulling together to clear litter. This year’
YOUNGSTERS have helped design the winner’s trophy for a prestigious business awards in West Oxfordshire. The trophy was imagined by Abingdon and Witney College students and then created by Witney-based artist Steve Fletcher. The 23 art
A HOGWARTS inspired half-term magic school opened its doors for two days at Oxford Playhouse. Professional magicians Rhys Morgan and Rob West shared their secrets with the budding wizards at a workshop. The pair, who both live in Headington, were
Stockbroker Redmayne Bentley is hosting a free lunch and talk by Allan Collins, the company’s market strategist. Mr Collins will speak on How to Make Money in Volatile Markets at the event on Wednesday (feb 22) from 12.30–3.15pm at The Story
A LACK of public interest means Blackbird Leys may soon have fewer parish councillors than ever before. The Blackbird Leys Parish Council meets every month on the estate and has powers over recreation grounds, allotments, bus shelters and a
THE clean up operation has started after 10 homes were flooded with up to three feet of water this morning. Residents in South Hinksey, Oxford, were helped to safety and others reported being trapped in their homes after a 24 inch water main
WORK to draw up a full business case for the East West rail link and agree local funding for the project to revive the route between Oxford, Bicester, Milton Keynes and Bedford should be complete by July, members of the East West Rail consortium heard
THE number of ring-necked parakeets in Oxfordshire is on the rise, according a city bird-watching group. Parakeets, which are particularly common in London, are being spotted increasingly in Oxfordshire as the population spreads northwards. George Candelin
Oli Johnson doesn’t mind how he scores goals – but netting with a header is particularly pleasing. The winger made his first start for Oxford United in Tuesday’s win over Dagenham and marked it with the opening goal in a 2-1 victory. And the former
Oxford United have moved quickly to try and ease the potential traffic congestion at the derby game with Swindon next month. The U’s have arranged a special park & ride bus service to allow fans to get to and from the game. The club has arranged for
A PROTEST will be staged outside Crunchy’s Animal Rescue Centre in Longworth at 12.30pm on Sunday. Police officers and RSPCA inspectors removed 78 animals and the bodies of a horse and a domestic rabbit from Wheybread Cottage in Faringdon Road last month
A 25-YEAR-OLD cyclist was injured in a crash with a car near the Hobgoblin pub in Cowley Road. The woman suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital as a precaution. The driver failed to stop after the crash, which took place
It's a bit early to start thinking about who Oxford United’s player of the season is. But in the Oxford Mail man-of-the-match poll, which appears online after every game, it’s hotting up at the top of the charts. An end-of-season award is given to the
Lee Holmes is looking forward to a full week’s training with Oxford United – and most importantly learning the names of his teammates! The Southampton winger joined the U’s on Tuesday morning and only had a quick training session with his new teammates
TWO men have denied selling fake designer clothes from a city shop. Oxfordshire Trading Standards raided Labels 4 Less in Oxford’s Magdalen Street and seized hundreds of items. Shop owner Matthew Croxson appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday and
SHE was “so proud” of what she had been able to pack into a life cruelly cut short by cancer. Tributes have been paid to Wendy Butler, who was named one of Britain’s most inspiring women of 2011. Her story of a fight against a terminal diagnosis touched
Strugglers Witney Town are at full strength for the trip to Cheltenham Saracens in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division. Clanfield wil be without Steve Olphert (unavailable) when they travel to Wootton Bassett in Division 1 West. Headington
OXFORDSHIRE manager Nick Cole was in bullish mood ahead of Sunday’s National Under 20 Championship clash with Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury. With their opening South West Region A match against Berkshire on February 5 postponed due to a frozen pitch,
Oxford City boss Mike Ford has warned his -Stik Southern League Premier Division promotion-chasers not to get complacent away to Swindon Supermarine on Saturday. Although the Wiltshire side are one place off the bottom, Ford said they were
A WOMAN was punched in the head outside Oxford train station in an unprovoked attack. The 20-year-old woman from Didcot was on her way home after a night out when she was assaulted close to the bike racks by a man who hit her twice in the back of the
WHATEVER the rights and wrongs of the Falklands or Malvinas dispute, transferring ‘William Wales’ out there in the current political climate is bound to be viewed as provocation by the Argentinians and other South Americans. What’s more, if the stint
CHANGES in April will see 200,000 couples lose working tax credits unless they add at least 50 per cent more hours to a working week. This Government whinged on enough about getting jobs and now, when people get a job, alas they are penalised. Most firms
PERHAPS Thames Water would explain why it was necessary to send three operatives to check the water meters here in Eynsham? They all went around together, one with a small crowbar raising up the inspection lids, the second man using a long spike removing
THE internally-run Oxfordshire County Council school dinners service has given, across this year, the council a £900,000 surplus (Oxford Mail, February 7). So what do the council members do? They open the dinner service up to private contractors of
CAN somebody please explain why the bus stop along The Slade, between Cinnaminta Road and Three Fields, has been built out into the road? It isn’t straight: it fractionally guides the traffic further out towards the middle of the road. There are always
I WILL not hide that the absence of a Valentine’s Day card on the welcoming doormat left me disappointed. An invitation from the Air Ambulance to donate clothes was no consolation. Perhaps a day in Oxford, the city where romance dwells
CHINNOR must be quick out of the blocks at home to Exmouth tomorrow if they are to avoid a first defeat of the season in Natiional 3 South West. That is the view of head coach Jason Bowers ahead of their clash with the dangerous Devon visitors. Chinnor
Oxford City’s world silver medallist Hannah England yesterday welcomed some of the USA and Jamaica’s leading athletes to Birmingham ahead of tomorrow’s Grand Prix at the National Indoor Arena. England, whose training base is in Birmingham,
Chris Wilder believes the determination of his Oxford United squad to beat Dagenham & Redbridge on Tuesday bodes extremely well for the final third of the season. The U’s recorded a battling 2-1 victory, despite a below-par display. And Wilder says
THANK you for printing the news of our plight over traffic in Crawley. The situation is, as you state, quite unacceptable and, as seen from your article, we have no democratic way of being represented either by WODC or Oxfordshire County Council. Our
CHRIS Payne’s letter (Oxford Mail, Memory Lane, February 13) re the undergraduate who fell from the Radcliffe Camera: that night I was on duty, making a point at the police pillar, opposite Oriel Street. I heard a scream and a loud thud/clatter. I went
THANK you to whoever had the lovely idea of turning every red traffic light in Oxford’s city centre into a Valentine’s Day heart today! What a brilliant piece of street art for February 14. JANE CAPLAN Marlborough Road Oxford
Peter Leven was delighted to beat Dagenham on Tuesday having earlier that day heard the news that his beloved Rangers had gone into administration. Leven came through the ranks at Ibrox, and says that he found the announcement hard to take. “It was
IF you are seriously planning to go on the pull, Mitsubishi’s square-jawed Shogun has it all. Bold, muscular and stylish, the Shogun has the heavyweight credentials to back up its macho looks. Changes made to this year’s model mean an improvement
STORIES of heroism displayed by soldiers from Oxfordshire during the First World War have been uncovered for the first time. Thousands of men from Oxfordshire laid down their lives for their country between 1914 and 1918. In charge of many of them was
TAXPAYERS have stumped up £4.2m over the past four years for pay-off deals for public sector workers, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Council, NHS and police chiefs in Oxfordshire were paid the cash under compromise agreements, which bar ex-employees
Wallingford rowers defied the wintry weather to claim a victory at the Molesey Veterans Head. Their masters crew of Becky Waller, Sally Axon, Michael Drury, Andy Knight, David Wright, Ted Garlick, Julia Wilks, Katie Currie and cox Mark Wood raced the
A NEW automated recording system was used for the first time at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The system replaces the traditional human ‘logger’ who would sit in court and operate a cassette system. The Ministry of Justice is rolling out the automated
A GANG of seven teenagers chased two cyclists in Oxford before stealing their Giant mountain bike and blue and silver BMX. The robbers chased a 20-year-old man from Barton and an 18-year-old man from Blackbird Leys through Evenlode Tower in Blackbird
FIVE guinea pigs were found abandoned in a cardboard box by a dog walker on a footpath by Heyford Hill in Littlemore. They were discovered on February 7 and passed to the RSPCA which is now caring for them.
TWELVE homes have been flooded as a result of the burst water main at South Hinksey. Thames Water has released this statement: "A 24 inch-wide water main burst this morning on the slip road off the A34 on to Manor Road at South Hinksey causing extensive
THE conclusion to the battle for a £1m North Oxford house has been delayed for at least eight weeks so documents from Nigeria can be obtained. Abbey Folami claims ownership of the property in Warnborough Road and has taken legal action to remove long-term
TWO thousand sandbags have been sent to the flood scene in South Hinksey. Oxfordshire County Council has sent the bags after a burst water main this morning. Twelve homes have been flooded with residents evacuated and others trapped
A 40-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire at an empty home in Cowley Road. The man, of no fixed address, was arrested on Wednesday and has now been detained under the Mental Health Act. No one was in the house when the blaze
THE mother of a 15-year-old boy killed in a mid-air collision told an inquest that had she known about the pilot’s medical condition she would not have allowed her son to fly with him. Nicholas Rice’s mother Julie said her own uncle suffered from Ankylosing
WOODLAND adventurers set out on a half-term exploration at the Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre. Curious children went about finding dinosaurs and animals in a treasure hunt in the woods yesterday. One of those hunting out the envelopes
ON the face of it, £4.2m is a lot of public cash to be paid out in so-called compromise agreements by Oxfordshire’s public bodies. Also known as ‘hush money’ the payments are awarded to departing staff to ensure that, amongst other things, they go quickly
THANK YOU...Two words that, in today’s world, seem a great rarity. And in this particular instance, it’s a THANK YOU aimed squarely at you. The Oxford’s Children’s Hospital is celebrating its fifth birthday, and as part of its anniversary celebrations
FROM bruises and broken bones to life saving treatment, Oxford Children’s Hospital has picked up the county’s children every time they have fallen for the past five years. Now, as it celebrates its birthday, the hospital would like to thank
THE village of South Hinksey has been sealed off after a burst water main. Residents have been evacuated and others are trapped in their homes after the pipe burst at 6.55am today. At least six fire engines, Thames Water staff and police are
Peter Leven is hoping history repeats itself tomorrow – and he gets the chance to take a penalty for Oxford United against Bristol Rovers. The U’s have been awarded only two spot-kicks all season, Leven converting one of them against tomorrow
HOMES have been evacuated this morning after a burst water main in Oxford. Four fire engines and police are at the scene in South Hinksey. Emergency crews were called to the scene at 6.55am and an area of about a square mile is reportedly affected
Supporters of Oxford’s Cleaner, Greener campaign have been thanked for their hard work with a reception at the town hall. Volunteers were invited to the Lord Mayor’s parlour, where they were welcomed by Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Elise Benjamin
A BIG hearted orphan who was adopted from Pakistan is on yet another fundraising venture for needy youngsters. Eight-year-old Sabrena Afridi was rescued from the Edhi Orphanage in Karachi, Pakistan, by husband and wife Amjad and Sobia Afridi
On Tuesday February 21st, between the hours of 6:30pm and 8:30pm, the Ashmolean Museum will open its doors to new students in Oxford to come and marvel at the collections in a rare after hours experience. The event will feature curator-led tours of
