TRAINS through Oxford are again be affected tonight following a fatality in Ealing. Several trains have been delayed while at least on train has been cancelled. It follows a morning of delays following a fatality at Cholsey today. Meanwhile
CELEBRITY chef Sophie Grigson opened a new community market aimed at breathing life into a once bustling Oxford street. She launched the North Parade Community Market on Saturday. The 15 stalls aim to complement rather compete with goods sold by
STATE schools could be offered the use of a new state-of-the-art sports pitch under plans by a leading independent school. Magdalen College School is hoping to create a new all-weather pitch and pavilion on a sports ground off Marston Road.
FIFTY years after making his first “promise” Kevin Heydon has celebrated a half century of loyal service to scouting in Yarnton. Father-of-two Mr Heydon, 58, joined Yarnton Scout Group in the summer of 1962 as an eight-year-old Wolf Cub. Since
TWO playgrounds in Oxfordshire have been opened after communities raised tens thousands of pounds to build them. A £100,000 multi-use games area has been created in Dean Court, Oxford, and £60,000 of new play equipment has been installed in Harwell
HALLOWEEN has come early at a library in Littlemore. Youngsters went to Littlemore Library on Saturday for rhyme time, spooky stories and Halloween craft activities. And they got into the spirit of the occasion, dressing up as witches, ghosts
BLENHEIM Palace is getting into the spirit of the spooky season with ghoulish events to celebrate Halloween. Youngsters are able to hunt for witches and wizards in a trail through the pleasure gardens, listen to ghostly stories at the weekends
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TRAIN passengers between Oxford and Bicester Town are facing delays of up to 20 minutes this afternoon because of signalling problems. Chiltern Railways spokesman Emma Gascoigne said: “Engineers are working as quickly as possible to restore service
TRAINS between Didcot and Reading are still being delayed by around 15 minutes after a man's death at Cholsey but all lines are now open again. The man's death this morning after he was hit by a train is not being treated as suspicious. British
A YEAR ago archaeologists believed they had made an exciting discovery under a former block of flats about to be redeveloped. Wrapped in a lead sheet were bones believed to be the remains of Bicester’s Patron Saint, St Edburg, thought to have lived
PARENTS are being encouraged to use spooky stories, witches, wizards, ghosts and ghouls to get children excited about reading. The National Literacy Trust, which is running the Oxford Mail -backed Oxfordshire Reading Campaign, says Halloween is
Three candidates will fight it out in a by-election for the Banbury Ruscote ward of Cherwell District Council. UKIP’s David Burton, Labour candidate Gordon Ross and Pat Tompson, of the Conservative Party, will compete for the seat. The by-election
BETWEEN them they have brightened up dozens of lives, thanks to decades of voluntary work. Now Amanda Richens, John Hutchinson and Nan Draper have been invited to meet the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at a ceremony in St James’s
Oxford Hawks drew a blank over the weekend, losing 4-3 at Old Georgians in South League Premier Division 1 and bowing out of the HA Trophy on penalty flicks to Sheffield University Bankers after a 4-4 draw on Sunday. Sustained pressure from Hawks
Oxford went goal crazy against Banbury, running out 7-3 winners in South League Division 2. Kim Haynes and Hayley Sawyer put them 2-1 ahead at the break and Oxford upped a gear in the second half to run away with it. Player-of-the-match Haynes
Chequers Inn A and George Bar will meet in the Greene King ODDA Winter League men’s seven-a-side final after coming through the quarter and semi-finals at Marston Royal British Legion. George just got the better of Headington RBL in the quarter-finals
THE family of a young mother devoted to her son have spoken of their continuing shock at her sudden death. Jessica Harper, 21, of Headington, suffered a heart attack during the early hours of July 14, an inquest found. She was a student hairdresser
Normal service between Didcot Parkway and Reading will not be resumed until 1pm. Trains are now running between the two stations but may be delayed by up to 60 minutes or diverted at short notice. First Great Western and CrossCountry services
Guy Nicholl grabbed a hat-trick of tries as Southern Counties North leaders Grove won 24-15 at home to Aylesbury. The wing crossed three times in a first half, which also saw full back Huw Lewis go over. Fly half Dave Maryon set up Nicholl’
HUNDREDS of fans queued for more than two hours yesterday to spend a few seconds in the company of veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. Organisers of the book signing event at Blackwell’s in Broad Street estimated numbers would be higher
Flanker Dale Cross’s late try earned Abingdon a 12-7 victory at Didcot in their BB&O Championship derby on Saturday. Abingdon hooker Lee Taylor forced his way over for the opening try after a great break from captain and scrum half Ollie Young
Delays were reported on the A34 after a three vehicle collision this morning. The accident happened at around 8.45am on the southbound A34 near the Pear Tree Interchange. One lane was blocked by the accident but Thames Valley Police has said
Oxford Harlequins slipped further into the relegation mire in National 3 South West after a 34-16 home defeat to Old Patesians. Quins’ seventh loss in eight matches leaves them eight points adrift of Malvern and safety and just one place off the
ARCHIVE papers belonging to former Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis have been donated to Oxford’s Bodleian Library by his children, film star son Daniel Day-Lewis and daughter Tamasin Day-Lewis. A contemporary of WH Auden, Mr Day Lewis studied classics
Henry Lamb scored 21 points as Witney demolished Swanage & Wareham 51-11 in South West 1 East, despite having prop Jamie Burke sent off for a second yellow card. Witney led 30-11 at that point and continued their dominance afterwards. Swanage
Oxford Stadium has been dealt a massive blow with the news that it is to lose its Friday BAGS meetings from January 1. The morning fixtures are to be switched to Kinsley, near Pontefract. It means the Sandy Lane venue will have just one BAGS
Oxford City boss Mike Ford could start with striker Nabil Sharif when they travel to Bishop’s Stortford in Blue Square Bet North tonight. The 20-year-old forward was dropped for Saturday’s goalless draw against Stalybridge Celtic, but made an impression
PREGNANT women are being offered flu vaccinations at the same time as their baby scans to try to protect hundreds more mums-to-be. NHS Oxfordshire, the primary care trust, hopes that take-up in the county will be improved by offering the free vaccination
SOMETIMES ideas are so simple you wonder why they have not been in place before. Today we report on NHS Oxfordshire’s expansion of last year’s flu vaccination pilot that offers pregnant women the jab while they are already at the John Radcliffe
I AM not surprised when people become exasperated by the European Union because they are rarely presented with the facts. Your On the Spot letter (Thursday, October 11) said: “Once again the EU is poking its nose into our way of life” was a case
l WHILE wishing to thank councillor Rob Johnston for responding to my letter (ViewPoints, October 22), I confess to being somewhat bemused to find a ‘retired’ biologist’ making such an embarrassing fundamental error in his statement. He claimed
Here we go again – evenings plunged into premature darkness while farmers in the Outer Hebrides dance a jig of joy for their extra hour of morning light. I can feel the seasons skipping by now. This was the first end of British summertime in 25
NOVEMBER is Vegan Month and this year we are encouraging compassionate people everywhere to register for the Great Vegan Challenge. Vegans don’t consume any animal products and this can be for a variety of good reasons – their health, for animals
THE introduction of the AS and A level system nearly a decade ago was poorly planned and flawed and implemented far too quickly. I envisage an A-Level system where mathematics, English Literature and a modern foreign language were compulsory and
I AM writing to add my voice to concerns about the Covered Market. For several years I was the executive board member with responsibility for the Covered Market and worked with the traders to improve maintenance and communications between the council
YET again the French are a pain. Fishing in our waters and catching our scallops. When will our Government make a stand and stop them? Our fishing fleet is defunct, thousands out of work. The French boats should be boarded and their crews interned
Thank you for printing pictures and details of the six people who want to be police commissioner for the Thames Valley. All households with votes will have received the pink leaflet about the election on November 15 with its picture of a ballot
Leaders Henley Hawks ran in 13 tries to win 85-3 at bottom club Barking in National 2 South, but were still not satisfied. Hawks’ director of rugby Mike Poulson slated their poor handing and passing, which meant a 100-point plus score went begging
Oxford-based Lisa Cuerden set a national record of 172.5kg at the British Deadlift Championship in Woking, Surrey.
Kimi Raikkonen believes he can make another step forward with Lotus in 2013 after re-signing with the Enstone-based Formula 1 team. The 33-year-old Finn has made a successful return to the sport this season after a two-year break, claiming six
AUNT Sally, darts and skittles are known as traditional pub games. But now a new card game has been launched to challenge them. The game, based on a city pub crawl, takes in 40 of Oxford’s drinking establishments. Each pub has its own card
OXFORD has some iconic pubs that should be celebrated heartily. The problem is that’s not always achievable in this age of responsible drinking. The new Pubcrawler game (conveniently ignoring its name) hopefully will trigger interest for customers
A 21-YEAR-OLD was jailed for nine months yesterday after he held a knife to another man’s throat. Ali Sharifi, of Manzil Way, East Oxford, admitted attacking Raza Murtaza outside his home in Bevan Close, East Oxford, on June 25 this year. Sharifi
CELEBRITY chef Marco Pierre White yesterday unveiled a revamp of the Black Boy Inn at Milton near Banbury. The Hell’s Kitchen star has refurbished the watering hole, which he took over last year. He said: “We are not a gastro pub. We are a
Oxford University 20, Henley Hawks 23 Henley Hawks held on to inflict an embarrassing defeat on Oxford University at Iffley Road last night. Hawks effectively fielded a second team, with only two of their starting XV from Saturday’s 85-
RESIDENTS last night warned they were bracing themselves to see how controversial parking restrictions would work in East Oxford. Controlled parking was brought into the Magdalen Road area yesterday after a five-year debate about the issue.
OXFORD could gain control of services from Whitehall if it wins a bid to sign a new “city deal”. Councils in central Oxfordshire have been invited to compete for the deal, which could see more spending powers in areas such as transport and planning
TRAINS through Oxfordshire this morning are being delayed by up to an hour and normal timetabled services are not expected to be restored until 10am. It follows the death of a person struck by a chain at Cholsey, south of Wallingford, today.
ONE of Oxford’s most popular primary schools has been awarded a good rating by Ofsted. But SS Philip and James School in Navigation Way, Walton Manor – known to most as Phil and Jim’s – again fell short of outstanding. Lead inspector Avtar
Olympians Andy Triggs Hodge and Lawrence Clarke plus Paralympian Lily van der Broecke head the candidates for the 2012 Oxfordshire Sports Awards. The trio are the stand-out names on the short-list for this year’s honours, which is announced today
FIRST Great Western services have been suspended this morning between Didcot and Reading after a person was hit by a train. The incident happened at Cholsey, just south of Wallingford. There is no information about the person struck by the train
DOUBLE amputee Craig Winspear proudly wears a poppy to honour those who, like him, have put their lives on the line for their country. Private Winspear, 30, lost his legs in Afghanistan in December 2011 when while following a wire from a Taliban
POLITICANS, writers, residents and current and former students attended the opening of Ruskin College’s new home to see its new facilities at last. The college has spent £17m relocating from Walton Street to Dunstan Road in Old Headington, Oxford
