DATES have been announced for a public exhibition on major plans to redevelop West Way shopping area in Botley, Oxford. Doric Properties bosses will be Seacourt Hall, Chapel Way, Botley, on Thursday, February 28, from 2-7.30pm, and Saturday, March
Anthony Edwards, 41, of Southcombe Cottages, Oxford Road, Chipping Norton, admitted causing criminal damage to a security light at Chance Cottages in Chipping Norton. Four other criminal damage offences at the same address were taken into account.
REGULARS at the Blackbird in Oxford have seen other pubs refurbished in recent times, but not their own local. So they decided to do it up themselves at the weekend, with the permission of landlord Glen Williams. Sixteen volunteers, some qualfied
THIEVES stealing property from cars had a merry run-up to Christmas, with an increase in crime for the second winter running. Vehicle crime in Oxford rose by almost a third between October and December, compared to the same period the previous
IN THE UK, February 2 might not mean much, but in the USA they spend the day fixated on a groundhog’s shadow. So at Science Oxford at the weekend they used the occasion of ‘Groundhog Day’ to pass on some shadowy tricks. Youngsters turned up
A YOUNG woman has described how as a 13-year-old girl she would have sex for drugs while at the hands of a child sex exploitation gang, the Old Bailey has heard. The witness, known as Girl 3 as she cannot be named, claims she was abused by Akhtar
A COUPLE who set up a cider-making business are raising a glass to their success after being selected as one of the winners of the Local Business Accelerators competition. Jo Dakin and Tony Harrison turned their backs on the corporate world to
FOUR STARS The Bury Knowle Art Group was founded in 1948, and each year it holds a winter exhibition. In 2013 this is at Wolfson College where the panoramic views across the River Cherwell and the water meadows provide a splendid context for the work
Peter Blake’s forename is strikingly well-suited to him; he is the Peter Pan of British art, the boy who never grew up. And what a good thing it is for us that he didn’t. Blake’s works fizz with a shy, childlike adoration of the things people actually
Theatre THE DREAMBOYS New Theatre, Oxford Wednesday, May 1, at 7.30pm Box office: 0844 871 3020 or atgtickets.com/oxford The Dreamboys have fast become the biggest and most famous male glamour group in the world. Everywhere they go they have adoring
THE third alleged victim of a child sex exploitation gang has taken the witness stand at the Old Bailey this morning. The young woman told the jury she was adopted aged 11 and moved to Oxford. But she said she "quit" school without telling
Harry Hill was here in November, surreptitiously practising for his new tour at the North Wall, making sure he still had what it takes as a stand-up before unleashing himself nationally. He didn’t want to do interviews then, the finished product not
A NURSE will mark eight years of caring for hundreds of babies by taking part in the OX5 Run again this year. Rebecca Kendall, from Eynsham, works in the Oxford Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit as a senior staff nurse. The 29
A PUB in Abingdon is being taken over by a Michelin-starred chef. Swiss-born Michael Riemenschneider used to run the Michelin-starred Abbey restaurant in Penzance and the Juniper in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. His arrival at The Broad Face
A WITNEY church fundraising for a major refurbishment is facing a £4,000 bill to repair a wall after a careless driver smashed into it. St Mary’s Church team rector the Rev Toby Wright said he believed a lorry had knocked it over after skidding
SCHOOLCHILDREN from Witney had the chance to have their art work exhibited in a gallery in Oxford over the weekend. Pupils from Wood Green School who are studying art at A-Level were showing off their work at the O3 Gallery in Oxford Castle.
HUGH Laurie, Raymond Blanc, Philip Pullman and Donny Osmond may not have much in common. Helen and Douglas House Hospice in East Oxford, however, has brought all four superstars together for a good cause. The actor, chef, writer and singer
YOUNGSTERS Ruby Gale and Grace Bradney raced to the finish line at their school’s pancake race yesterday. The energetic eight-year-olds were egged on by their fellow pupils at Bletchingdon Primary School during the race, which was held a week earlier
A 44-year-old man who admitted theft and possessing cannabis was given three months to prove he can stay out of trouble. Paul Arnold, of Nightingale Avenue, Greater Leys, Oxford, was caught in possession of a small amount of cannabis in SS Mary
Didcot Town’s hopes of reaching the Southern League’s Red Insure Cup semi-finals were dashed last night with a crushing 6-0 defeat at Premier Division Arlesey. Didcot coped well until the 41st minute when Chris Dillon forced home. In the second
Bradley Smith admitted he was happy but also a little tentative after a gruelling first day of official 2013 MotoGP testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. The 22-year-old from Beckley completed 56 laps of the three-and-a-half mile circuit in humid
Childrey United Res’s long run in the Berks & Bucks Junior Cup came to an end in the fifth round when they lost 3-2 away to Reading League Premier Division side Westwood United Res, who claimed their fourth North Berks League scalp in the competition
Saxton Rovers leap-frogged their North Berks League Division 1 rivals Wootton & Dry Sandford into second place with a 3-1 comeback victory at home. Josh Nicholls’s solo goal gave Wootton at half-time, but second-half strikes by Adam Greenaway
GILES SPORTS WITNEY YOUTH LEAGUE TYVON Stewart led the way with a four-timer as Bicester Town Colts Stars saw off Chasewell Park 9-0 in the Under 12 B League. Tim Wraight (2), Jordan Clarke (penalty), Adam Din and Tyler Lloyd completed their
A woman has been cleared of causing the death of a motorcyclist. A jury found 38-year-old Anne Green, of Manor Road, Goring, not guilty of causing death by careless driving. They took less than three hours to reach their verdict at Oxford Crown
A YOUNG man died after he borrowed a rope and used it to hang himself, an inquest heard yesterday. Oxford Coroner’s Court heard Stuart Washer, 26, had been through mild episodes of depression or stress, often related to his inability to find work
A MAN has been told to pay £2,370 in damages after knocking out a teenager’s teeth. David Wilton, 24, of Lawton Avenue, Carterton, avoided jail after admitting causing actual bodily harm on a night out in Witney. He headbutted Joshua Percival
OXFORD City Under 14s hit back from 3-0 and 4-1 down to win 6-4 at Wantage Town Youth in the Oxford Mail Boys League – and did it all with a player down. An extraordinary B League clash was going the way of the hosts after goals from Tom Norton
OFA GIRLS' COUNTY CUPS VICTORIA Farries’s late strike saw Bloxham reach the Under 16 final with a 3-2 win over Tower Hill Vixens. Jazmin Alder and Isobel Haig netted for Tower, with Catherine Howse (penalty) and Mali Minchin the other scorers
WOOD Green School in Witney has announced that Robert Shadbolt will be its new headteacher. Mr Shadbolt is currently deputy headteacher at Matthew Arnold School in Oxford. He will take over from Cynthia Savage, who has served for more than
AN underfunded expansion of Windmill Primary School could pave the way for problems at other schools, headteacher Lynn Knapp has warned. Oxfordshire County Council wants to increase the number of pupils at Windmill Primary School from 480 to 630
OXFORD MAIL BOYS LEAGUE RESULTS Under 9 White Spring League: Oxford City Whites 6, Crowmarsh Yth 0; Didcot Tn Red 1, Kennington Ath 1. Blue Spring League: Abingdon Yth Greens 2, St Edmunds 1; Chalgrove Cavaliers 1, Marston Saints 2; Abingdon
OXFORD City are likely to be without Steve Basham when they host Histon in Blue Square Bet North tonight. The striker had to come off during their 6-2 win over Hinckley with a recurrence of a calf injury. While delighted with his side’s six-goal
Oxfordshire teams Marussia and Caterham showed off their new cars as testing got under way at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain. Banbury-based Marussia were first out as they finally stepped on to a more level playing field with their Formula 1 rivals
LUIS McGillycuddy fired a five-timer in Mansfield Road’s thrilling 6-3 home win after extra time over Chalgrove in the Oxfordshire Senior League's President’s Cup third round. McGillycuddy hit a hat-trick in normal time to keep Mansfield Road in
St Birinus (Didcot) ran out 4-1 winners at home to Edenham (Croydon) in the ESFA Under 15 Schools’ Cup sixth round. Rhys Morgan, Jack Westhead, Boyanne Crook and Jack Powell netted for St Birinus, who are now at home to City Academy (Hackney) or
Anthony Martin headed the winner as Oxfordshire Under 16s came from behind to record a deserved 2-1 victory over Dorset in the South & West Counties Youth Championship at Hamworthy, Poole. Oxfordshire fell behind in the 13th minute, when Luke
Holders Oxfordshire bowed out of the ESFA Under 16 Inter County Trophy with a 2-1 defeat at home to Merseyside in the third round. Playing against a gale-force wind, Oxon started well on Oxford City’s 3G artificial pitch, and Kaylem Patterson,
Steve Hunt scored five of Chadlington’s goals in a 10-1 home thrashing of Hanborough Res in Witney & District FA Division 1. George Slatter added a hat-trick with Martin Plum-bridge bagging a brace for the hosts. Ed Dunn scored a hat trick
JUST a thought while going through today’s TV page in the Oxford Mail (January 24), 9pm, and the BBC1 description of Silent Witness. As the 9 o’clock television watershed is designed to protect the young, the vulnerable and the timid from watching
I read, with interest, the recent letters from Hugh Jaeger (ViewPoints, January 24) about a tram network in Oxford. Perhaps a pipe dream! Last year I met him, by chance, on my virtually empty 101 bus from Oxford to Garsington. Indeed, a luxury
I AM currently trying to trace any members of my father’s family who lived in the north Oxfordshire area, mainly Wootton near Woodstock and Enstone. My father’s name is Harold Buggins and he was born in Wootton. His father, Frank Buggins, had nine
I write in response to the letter appearing (ViewPoints, February 4) from a Mrs D Wyse, who suggests that the comments made by me (ViewPoints, January 23) are critical of her party’s district councillors. She had the audacity to suggest: “Why doesn
I felt so much better after my rant against internet shopping last week that I decided to put my feet where my mouth is, however uncomfortable that may be, and get down to the High Street. I didn’t actually make it that far – my car inexplicably
A DAD has said it “defies belief” his daughter was abused by a child sex gang while she was known to police, the Old Bailey heard. The father of unnamed complainant Girl 1 told the jury he would “desperately” search Oxford for his missing daughter
Ottman Lamzini bagged a brace as AFC Blackbirds recorded their ninth straight win in the Oxford City FA with a 4-1 victory at home to The George. Lamzini opened the scoring and Jack Munt doubled their lead, before Andy Paine pulled a goal back.
Good day to all those supportive resolutioners who have kept my ‘J’ challenge in relation to journeys. On a scale of 1 to 10, how successful have you been? How many people have you encouraged to think carefully about making and keeping pavements safe
WITH regard to letters by Susan Thomas: We are paying too much and Ian Cummings: Case for leaving the EU (ViewPoints, January 25). Susan writes: “If we leave the EU we can become extremely wealthy again.” True – by leaving the EU (not Europe
The Friar public house in Marston is a building that is aesthetically pleasing and should not be allowed to fall into further disrepair or demolition (February 1). I would like Tesco to look to the greater good of the community and maybe fund the
YOUR article (February 4) about the proposed new Controlled Parking Zone for roads beyond the ring-road, east and west of the Banbury Road, missed some very important points. The problems facing residents on the west are due to commuters, those
OXFORD MAIL GIRLS LEAGUE KIDLINGTON collected their sixth straight win in the Under 16 League with a 3-0 home success over Didcot Casuals. Beth Hawtin set up Hannah Vincent for the leaders’ first goal on 25 minutes. Hawtin added a second
11:57am Girl 3 next to take the stand. Claims she was abused aged 13-15 by Akhtar and Anjum Dogar, Assad Hussain, and Mohammed and Bassam Karrar. — @Ben_Wilkinson_ 06 February 2013
A RAPIST with schizophrenia has been detained under the mental health act after he was found to be unfit to stand trial. William Benn, 44, will now spend an indefinite period in the Oxford Clinic, in Littlemore. On January 24 last year he raped
APPRENTICE Kloe Scane helped teenagers set their sights on a career at a special event aimed at boosting job prospects. Kloe, 16, is a first year apprentice with Ignitesport, based at Marston, which guides young people into teaching sport to youngsters
OXFORD: Brain surgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital are the stars of a documentary starting tonight. The first episode of the three-part BBC2 show at 9pm called Brain Doctors: Emergency was filmed at the Headington hospital over nine months.
ANDY Whing makes a welcome return as Oxford United name a strong side to face Chinnor in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup tonight (7.30). The 28-year-old has been out for more than two months after suffering knee and ankle injuries against Accrington
OXFORD: Two crashes on the A40 yesterday morning delayed traffic. Two vehicles crashed between Marston and the Cutteslowe Roundabout at 6.56am. One lane was blocked by debris. At 7.20am there was a single-car collision near Marston. There were
THEY lost their lives serving their country. But now a lasting tribute will be created in honour of seven bomb disposal heroes from Oxfordshire killed in combat. Seven streets are being named after the soldiers on a new 126-home phase of the
THE bomb disposal experts from Didcot’s 11 EOD Regiment who risk their lives in Afghanistan are among the bravest of the brave. Naming new streets after fallen heroes is a fitting way to pay tribute. People should also pay tribute to the efforts
THE big derby in Division 1 was decided by a Craig Pitson treble, as King & Queen Wheatley won 4-2 at home to leaders Railway Wheatley, writes TIM SIRET. Michael Kent struck their other goal, while Dan Fraser and Dan Smith were on target for
THE bones of Wantage’s most famous son, Alfred the Great, may have been located at a church in Hampshire. The remains are thought to lie in an unmarked grave at St Bartholomew Church in Winchester. It follows the discovery of the bones of Richard
WATER bills in Oxfordshire are to increase by an inflation-busting 5.5 per cent. The increase announced by Thames Water yesterday for the 2013/14 financial year puts the average annual bill up by £18 to £354. Regulator Ofwat said the average
SOUTH Central Ambulance Service said it saw “unprecedented” demand during 2012 and plans to buy more ambulances to cope. Across the year, demand for ambulances rose by 13 per cent – from 17,443 incidents in 2011 to 19,759 last year. But it failed
PETER Leven will have knee surgery today which will rule the Oxford United star out until the final month of the season. Scans were taken yesterday and the specialist advised an operation was the only realistic option for the midfielder’s right
RUNNING an ambulance service is not like organising the buses, a parcel delivery firm or, dare we say it after yesterday’s debacle, picking up the rubbish bins. There will always be variables and complications in the medical cases paramedics face
DAD Chris Taylor, 24, had to deliver his twin boys after an ambulance for his partner, Rachel Biston, 26, took almost 24 minutes to arrive. Miss Biston suffers with cyclical vomiting and was in bed ill when she went into labour, two weeks premature
ANACLET Odhiambo hit a hat-trick as Kidlington Royals came from behind to thrash Kings Arms Wheatley 6-1 and reach the OFA Sam Waters Cup final for the second successive season. Hosts Wheatley got away to a fantastic start in the semi final, when
PASSENGERS are currently facing major delays on trains running from Oxford to London. The issue is caused by a point failure on the track at Worcester Shrub Hill, which was reported to Network Rail in the early hours of this morning. Network
A PLANNING chief said a Government response to “opportunistic” housing plans in north Oxfordshire does not fill him with him confidence. Cherwell District Council’s lead member for planning Michael Gibbard spoke after Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry
AN Oxford nurse and her team has won an award for a new mobile phone app that helps prevent patients developing blood clots. The app gives patients advice, information and exercises to prevent a condition known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).
