Callum King, 20, of Priory Mill Lane, Witney, admitted criminally damaging a double-glazed door valued at £150 in Charter Place, Witney, on April 27. Fined £180, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs. Also told to pay £144 compensation.
A teenage girl was cut from a car after it collided with a tractor on the B4445 in between Thame and Chinnor this afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the incident shortly after 4.15pm. The girl was freed from the car using hydraulic equipment.
AFTER carrying the Olympic Torch through Theale in Berkshire yesterday, Joe Robinson thanked nursing staff who saved his life following a devastating car crash. Mr Robinson, 21, from Thame, broke almost every bone in his body in the crash on the A34
THE Olympic torch relay through Oxfordshire went without a hitch, authorities said last night. More than 100,000 people are estimated to have lined the streets to watch the torch on its journey through the county on Monday and Tuesday. Officials were
PROTESTERS defaced a series of posters put up along Oxford’s Cowley Road by Olympic sponsor Coca Cola. Posters were placed in shop windows and banner adverts strung up on pavements ahead of the Olympic Torch procession on Monday. But hours before the
CANCER Research UK’s fundraising Relay For Life, which was due to take place this weekend, has been cancelled due to the wet weather. The 24-hour event at Witney Rugby Club, due to start at noon on Saturday, was set to see hundreds of people take part
She plays the ice cold maiden so well, those piercing blue eyes and English buttoned-up demeanour becoming synonymous with the woman herself. But Jenny Seagrove couldn’t be more refreshingly honest if she tried. Katherine MacAlister meets her on the eve
KATHERINE MacALISTER and friends enjoy a near faultless three courses at a city pub Like an angler who lands an enormous fish after months of ones that get away, I’ve finally got something to shout about. A visit to the Rickety Press in
TIM HUGHES shines the spotlight on the fathers of English folk-rock, Fairport Convention, and raises a tankard to their 45th anniversary FORTY-five years ago, a group of skinny, fresh-faced suburban kids gathered at a house in North London
MAGIC MIKE (15) Comedy/Drama/Romance. Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez. Director: Steven Soderbergh The gloves are off – the shirts, trousers
ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 3D (U) Animation/Family/Comedy/Action. Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Wanda Sykes, Nick Frost, Josh Gad, Simon Pegg
SARAH MAYHEW checks out the first exhibition at High House Gallery in Clanfield – a look at humour in art Fancy a ride out? What if I whispered that an ambitious new art gallery and temporary sculpture garden has opened in Clanfield
Gareth Gates has conquered all his demons. And considering he’s always been thrown in at the deep end, Katherine MacAlister can only respect the man who’s had to grow up so publicly. She speaks to him on the eve of his opening night in Legally
IT WAS a moment to relax after weeks of testing examinations and to say goodbye to friends made over the past five years. About 100 Year 11 pupils from Bartholomew School, in Eynsham, gathered at the Oxford Centre, in Banbury Road, Summertown, on Friday
BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry has waded into a row over liquid waste at a north Oxfordshire dump. The move comes after villagers opposed an application by waste firm Viridor that would allow it to import liquid waste leachate to its Ardley site. Leachate
FEW cities in the world can match Oxford when it comes to producing the cleverest compilers of crosswords. And friends and the family of John Chavasse, right, have bid farewell to one of the finest. Mr Chavasse, from Hayward Road, Oxford, for many years
CHARLES Swaisland, who spent 30 years working in Africa and Asia before serving the people of Kennington, has died, aged 92. Dr Swaisland was a district officer in Nigeria, observed South African elections and helped the Chinese resistance
PLANS have been submitted to provide more than 850 extra parking spaces at Banbury station. Chiltern Railways has submitted a planning application for a multi-storey car park with a footbridge connecting it to the station. The four-storey car park
TODAY is the last chance to sign up for Race for Life and Terri-Leigh Slatter is urging women to opt-in and join her on the mission to help find a cure for cancer. Oxford’s biggest fundraising event, Race for Life 2012, takes place in the University
ROY Young used to help The Beatles, playing keyboards on stage with them night after night in Hamburg. Now the veteran rocker, who lives in Kingston Bagpuize, will be lending a hand on July 26 to raise money for Oxfordshire carers. He
AN OXFORDSHIRE college is linking up with local businesses to offer young people apprenticeships in trades from vehicle design to horticulture. Abingdon & Witney College is working with 19 Oxfordshire businesses to promote 20 apprenticeship
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Sir – I want to take the opportunity to thank all the people from Wiltshire and Swindon who came along to the official launch of the Westmill Solar Co-operative on June 23. The event was a huge success as hundreds came to see Government Minister Ed
Sir – I have felt obliged to write to express my grave concerns about the selection process for ‘Team GB’. In my opinion Charles van Commenee and his fellow selectors have let down many athletes and the Great British public with a process and some decisions
Sir – I am mystified by the letter of June 28 from Peter Headicar, of Oxford Civic Society Transport Group, supporting the proposal to convert the section of the Oxford bypass adjacent to Barton West into a ‘boulevard’. The whole point of a bypass is
Sir – Yesterday, I received a hand-delivered advertisement entitled ‘Barton Development, Oxford’ on one side and ‘have your say’ on the other, purporting to come from Barton Oxford LLP, and providing a website address that is non-functional. It announced
Sir – In response to a letter from Mr St John (Letters, June 28) in which he questions my memory of the Cogges Link Road plan 20 years ago, I am quite aware of its progress as at that time I was county councillor for Iffley. My memory is crystal clear
Sir – There may be a shortage of new housing going up in Oxford, but there is no shortage of new student blocks going up in the city, partly as a response to ‘studentification’ concerns, but mostly to council pressure that students should be taken out
Sir – In the June 28 edition there was yet again a number of reports where the proposals of the University (and I include Brookes) are coming up against local opposition. Local residents are set to fight revised Cowley Road quad bid; Developer insists
Sir – In reply to Henry Brougham’s letter (June 28), the under-65s in West Oxfordshire are set to decline, despite an increase in fertility rates. The 65+ band will grow significantly, however. Of the houses built here in the last decade, 17 per cent
Sir – What a truly inspirational day I had at John Mason School in Abingdon meeting the young people and teachers involved in Sky Sports Living for Sport! My heartfelt thanks go to the many staff and pupils who welcomed me so warmly and shared their thoughts
Sir – What a pompous fellow Mr Gray is, complaining about the Grand Prix at Silverstone the Olympics in London and any sport in general (Gray Matter, July 5). The UK and Oxford in particular are number one in the world of motor sport. It brings billions
Sir – To lose one project, the Cogges Link road, is unfortunate for the Tory-run county council. To lose two projects, with this Kidlington super-recycling site (Report, July 5) is beginning to look careless. But if it means continuing to allow the public
Sir – We must all be feeling very pleased that some of our awful bankers are being punished — a bit. But how do they learn the tricks that enable them to mess around in the financial world like that, enriching themselves? Do they get taught in places
Sir – Bearing in mind that every edition of The Oxford Times contains a letter from cyclists about drivers, or from drivers about cyclists, it is obvious that the relationship between cyclists and drivers is quite clearly the most important issue affecting
Sir – While Oxford’s plan to tax development is welcome in principle (City to seek powers over funding big projects, July 5), it could tempt the local authority to spend the new money on prestige schemes instead of lesser projects that are actually wanted
Sir – The simple act of standing at a shop counter or check out to pay is understandably taken for granted by young and able-bodied shoppers, but for our elders and other people with physical disabilities, standing for any length of time can be extremely
OXFORD: Fire crews were called after an arsonist set fire to a motorbike early yesterday.The motorbike was destroyed in the incident in Phipps Road, Cowley, shortly before 4.50am.
KIDLINGTON: Rail union members protested outside the former home of Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson yesterday despite the fact he no longer lives there. Twelve members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association gathered at Sir Richard’s former home
Oxford police want to speak to this man after a robbery at the Aldi supermarket in Botley Road on Monday morning. A man, said to be aged about 30, threatened staff with a knife before running out the back of the store with a large amount of
A PROLIFIC Oxford burglar with 96 previous convictions has been jailed for a further 54 crimes. Alexander Walker was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Monday, after admitting two burglaries and another attempted burglary. He also asked
TV STARS Matthew Kelly and Claire Sweeney will star in a production of Educating Rita at the Oxford Playhouse. The play tells the story of the relationship between a feisty Liverpudlian hairdresser, Rita, and a jaded university professor, Frank
I THOUGHT the council was joking when it turned down a Travelodge Hotel in Abingdon Road because it would be an eyesore. Have councillors noticed the Fox and Hounds, and the old petrol station forecourt, which are overgrown in Abingdon Road? These
Bosses at hi-tech engineering firm Oxford Instruments say the company has made an encouraging start to the year with sales and profits all ahead of the same period last year. An interim management statement said: “Our markets remain strong despite continued
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Orren Bennet is believed to be the youngest player to make his Oxfordshire debut after playing in the 111-96 friendly win over Essex at Aldersbrook BC, London. The Chadlington teenager was awarded his senior colts badge along with Oxon
MENTION is made in the Oxford Mail of efforts to reduce overstocking of armed forces’ stores in storage. Several years ago, such efforts were made at the Central Ordance Depot, Bicester. Nosebags for mules were listed for disposal (I believe they had
Round three of the Mota-Vation Series will now take place on Wednesday, July 25 at Combe. The event, part of the summer road race series organised by Kidlington Running Club, was due to be held last Thursday. But it was postponed after
A Banbury Borough side, skipped by Mark Sykes, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against a Banbury Chestnuts quartet in the Oxfordshire fours quarter-finals at Thame. With fours ends left, Sykes’s side of Andrew Buttress, George and
Oxfordshire Ladies’ challenge in the Middle England League suffered a blow with a 127-99 defeat by Warwickshire at Oxford City & County. Carol Penson and Jeanette Berry were the winning skips for Oxon, but they lost on the three other rinks to suffer
Masons got their summer season up and running in the Johnson Buildbase Oxford League with a 4-2 home victory over Democrats, writes PETE EWINS. Alan Lowe put the hosts in front with a 4,780-2,780 win over Terry Green. This was followed by further success
SHAW GIBBS OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE. Section 3: Waterstock 11/2 (2pts), Badgmore Park 11/2 (2). OXFORD CITY. Men’s Club Championship (Hall Cup): 1 G Soave 144 (won 3-hole play-off), 2 I Bound 144. Handicap Championship (Southfield Cup): 1 B Calnan
WEST Oxford residents are impressed with their new £11m health clinic. The Walton Street building, which has taken one year to build, houses the new Jericho Health Centre. The ground-floor surgery also includes nursing services, Oxford
SO, in order to cut the UK’s debt, 20,000 soldiers are to be sacked. This will mean that many of those sacked will be on benefits, thus cancelling any benefit to the Treasury. It’s a case of brains versus common sense. It seems brains have won. God
THE ringleader of a gang who tried to defraud more than £176m in VAT, partly operating from Oxfordshire, has been jailed for 17 years. Dilawar Ravjani, of Uxbridge Road, Stanmore, Middlesex, was jailed at Kingston Crown Court and disqualified
Arsonists set fire to a wheelie bin in an alleyway which spread to a garden fence and garage of a home in Chichester Close, Bicester. A shed in Campbell Close was also hit in the blaze at about 1.30am on Saturday. Anyone with information can call police
HOLLYWOOD film director James Cameron has had to cancel his appearance at an Oxford conference about sustainability. Titanic director Mr Cameron was due to speak at Re/Source 2012, hosted by Oxford University, tomorrow. Former US President
It was the first week in five with no century score for Headington A, but they still won 77-69 at home to Oxford City & County A in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries. The runaway leaders didn’t have it all their
Last Sunday more than 1,500 people attended our second charity football tournament and Fun Day in aid of Helen & Douglas House. We would like to send our deepest gratitude to the many volunteers, sponsors and well-wishers who made our event such a success
Allegedly, Kate Middleton spent £100,000 last year on clothes (Marie Antoinette was a spender on clothes too and look what happened to her). With a discerning eye, I obtain a lot of bargains from charity shops, Ebay and other online sites. Try it, Kate
In regard to Kath Mulligan’s letter (Oxford Mail, July 6) and the compulsory micro-chipping that would identify the owners of aggressive dogs. I question how useful that would be. The police and dog wardens are already aware of owners of aggressive dogs
The NHS generally has very negative comments, but it should be recognised for its good work. I recently went to the John Radcliffe Hospital for a late but needed pacemaker appointment. I was seen within 10 minutes when a problem was identified with
There's a £40,000 prize fund on offer when Frilford Heath stage their first full PGA Europro Tour event – the Buildbase Open – from Wednesday to Friday, July 18-20. The tournament will be held over the club’s 6,912-yard championship Red Course, with
Laura Watkins clai-med her eighth ladies’ club championship at Bicester by an amazing 44 shots. Watkins recorded a gross score of 152 for two rounds, with Carly Bosher second miles back on 196. The one-handicapper also won the nett championship
Yes... John Tanner, city councillor, board member for a Cleaner, Greener Oxford I was thrilled when the city council agreed £420,000 to “improve the quality of toilets in and beyond the city centre”. I would like to see the popular Gloucester Green
IF Oxford Mail hacks were in any doubt about how the Press are regarded, then we— along with many others—were swiftly reminded during the Mini plant Oxford’s Olympic torch celebrations. The ‘holding pen’ from where scribes were allowed to watch the flame
I feel the need to bring the Olympic torch saga up on behalf of all the people that live in any other part of the city or county. Why did the Olympic Torch have to go to Blackbird Leys? What is so great about this part of the city? Its only claim to
A VARIED mix of photographs by young Banburyshire artists forms the next exhibition in the foyer gallery at the Mill Arts Centre. Five photographers, all graduating this month from the Oxfordshire School of Creative Arts, contribute. Work ranges from
Witney Town’s new boss Justin Merritt has boosted his firepower by signing goal-mach-ine Ryan Brooks from Uhlsport Hellenic Lea-gue Premier Division rivals Ardley United. The former Oxford United youngster scored 44 goals in 42 games for Kevin Brock
Oxfordshire team manager Steve Gilkes was delighted for his players after Kent’s surprise defeat by Sussex handed his side a place in the Middleton Cup quarter-finals. Oxon looked as if they would be pipped for top spot in Group 2B South – and a place
With time fast running out, the Ashmolean Museum is stepping up its efforts to put everyone in the picture about its campaign to save an Impressionist masterpiece. The museum has just three weeks left to raise £590,000 to keep Manet’s Portrait
Chris Wilder has moved to reassure James Constable that he remains a key figure for Oxford United following prolonged uncertainty around the striker’s future. The U’s boss arranged a meeting before pre-season training began to clarify the
IN REPLY to Ian Cummings (Oxford Mail, July 9), he has an obvious love of this nasty coalition Government and the destruction and privatisation of the NHS. He talks of the need to cut administration that the Tory darling Margaret Thatcher famously pushed
You may have seen five actors clad in black skulking around the town centre with umbrellas. But no, they are not mourning the death of another British summer. The mysterious live sculpture is aimed at creating a buzz about Banbury Cross Players’ upcoming
MOVES to cut the speed limit on Oxford’s ring road have been branded “unrealistic, unenforceable and dangerous” by police. Oxford City Council wants a cut from 70mph to 40mph between North Oxford and Barton, as part of its 1,200-home West Barton
A DRUNK man has admitted yelling racist abuse outside a Didcot pub. Anthony James was ejected from the Wallingford Arms in The Broadway in the early hours of Sunday, June 24. When police arrived at about 2.20am he turned to the pub and shouted racist
A MAN has been bailed on a charge of breaching his Asbo by spying on a woman undressing. Phillip Harper, 43, of Edinburgh Way, Banbury, denies one charge of voyeurism and breaching an antisocial behaviour order issued in 2004. Oxford magistrates
BICYCLE thefts in Oxford have soared by more than third in the last year, with police saying cyclists are not doing enough to secure their bikes. City police also said Oxford City Council was not providing enough racks to padlock bikes to. In the last
A MAN has appeared in court charged with causing the death of cyclist Joanna Braithwaite. Stephen Bateman, of Astrop Road, Middleton Cheney, near Banbury, did not enter a plea at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday and was committed to appear
A 24-year-old man from Oxford has been released by police on bail after being arrested over a sex attack on a woman in the grounds of a Banbury Road care home. The woman was dragged into the grounds of Fairfield Residential Home and assaulted
CYCLE thieves are not the cleverest of criminals. And securing bikes properly is not the hardest of tasks. When police say there are a lot of expensive bikes locked up with cheap locks in the city, they are right. Bicycle theft
FOUR men have been arrested after an 18-year-old told police she was raped in a Banbury car park. The attack happened on Friday just after midnight in a car park near George Street. Thames Valley Police only provided information about
AN Oxford University graduate has given £75m to the university for a scholarship to help students from low income families, branded “the largest gift of its kind in European history”. The huge sum is being donated by Michael Moritz, a former
EVERY child deserves to be able to read and write. Indeed, it seems ridiculous that in this day and age – in a city globally renowned for its literary culture – that such a statement even needs to be made. But the sad truth of the matter
Work has started to clear a building site of any more buried Second World War bombs. In April, Taylor French Developments was forced to stop building 15 homes on scrubland opposite Tesco Express in Middleton Road, Banbury, after incendiary devices were
A 33-YEAR-OLD man with a history of agoraphobia and anxiety took a drugs overdose to end his life, an inquest heard. Steven Harris died from a combination of a sleeping drug, anti-depressant and heroin toxicity, a coroner said. The single
MORE than half-a-million pounds has been set aside to help every child in Oxfordshire learn to read. Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member for education Melinda Tilley has released the first details of a major reading campaign for Oxfordshire
As a spitfire pilot in the largely unsung Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, Geoffrey Guy’s wartime experiences were a world away from his pursuit of academic excellence at Brasenose College, Oxford. Editors Jennifer Barraclough and David
PRIME Minister and Witney MP David Cameron's father-in-law has renewed his attack on the Government's HS2 high-speed rail project. Viscount Astor, Samantha Cameron's stepfather, who lives at Ginge Manor, near Wantage, is a staunch opponent
Woodstock's claim to host one of Britain’s best literary festivals will be boosted by the line-up for this year’s five-day feast, announced today. The festival, which runs from September 12 to 16 has been renamed the Blenheim Palace Literary Festival
People who love and look after someone with dementia can feel just as frightened, vulnerable and uncertain as the person they care for, and are often elderly and infirm themselves. Daybreak is a speciali st charity offering stimulation and support for
Many villages manage a small pamphlet about their history, but Ramsden has been more ambitious. The Ramsden Village Story is a record of the village’s 2,000-year history started as part of a millennium project, renamed the Ramsden Domesday Project
The Curious World of Dickens by Clive Hurst & Violet Moller (Bodleian, £15.99) is a lavishly illustrated companion to the Dickens exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It is based on the vast John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera — that
This year’s British Championships run from July 22 to August 4 and take place in North Shields — as far north as this peripatetic event has been since the Edinburgh championships of 2003. Judging by the entries received so far, we will see Englishmen
It's taken a while, but Kingston Bagpuize's great movie adventure has finally reached its culmination at a screen near you. After all the meetings that writer-director Guy Browning had with the villagers to raise funds and apportion roles before and behind
Continuing where we left off last week, the fifth title in the Boys on Film collection from Peccadillo Pictures is Candy Boy. As with Hard Love, In Too Deep, American Boy and Protect Me From What I Want, this is a hit`n'miss selection. But, with nine
CHARLTON-on-Otmoor Primary School has the odds stacked against it to win this year’s Leadbitter School Build SOS competition. They don’t even have a shop within the catchment area to buy copies of the Oxford Mail and collect tokens. But that hasn’t
OXFORDSHIRE tennis legend Tim Henman will lead the 10th anniversary celebrations at Abingdon’s White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre today. To mark the occasion, there will be a day of free events and activities to celebrate a decade of sporting
