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  • Banbury MP calls for national standards for hospitals

    BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry said public confusion over what hospitals can offer could present a risk to life. During a debate on emergency services in Parliament he called for national standards to be introduced to give clarity. Sir Tony, left

  • Science Oxford workshop focuses on climate change

    CHILDREN experimented with water, acids, and thermometers to understand global warming at a Science Oxford workshop. The half-term event at the London Place attraction taught youngsters about the effects of climate change and the ocean. Among

  • £13m plans for faster broadband get county's vote

    OXFORDSHIRE business and residents have said an overwhelming ‘yes’ to a multi-million pound broadband scheme. Oxfordshire County Council consulted to uncover the level of demand after announcing plans to pump £13.86m into faster and more reliable

  • Former dump becomes pride of Blackbird Leys

    IT HAS transformed from forgotten dump to the pride of the Leys. Spindlebury Nature Reserve’s rebirth continues and the park could soon welcome a new path and lighting. Blackbird Leys Parish Council is hoping to install the fixtures to give better

  • Libraries future

    Sir – I have read recent stories and letters in The Oxford Times regarding North Leigh Library with interest and would like to respond. As your readers will know, the county council announced a new model which will see all 43 of its libraries remain

  • Tragedy of good intentions

    Sir — I urge all Oxford residents to contact our city council and urge them to begin the process of revoking, or discontinuing, planning permission for the current University development adjacent to Port Meadow, on Roger Dudman Way. I do so with

  • Disastrous building

    Sir – Everyone who loves Port Meadow is waiting anxiously to see whether: 1: Oxford University has the conscience to voluntarily reduce the height of its monstrous new residential blocks or 2: Failing that, see whether our elected city councillors

  • We must build higher

    Sir – The objections to the University accommodation block close to Port Meadow voiced in recent letters and your editorial of January 31 are surely overdone. This building is not alongside the main stretch of the meadow, as implied, but angled

  • Terrible mess

    Sir – We are calling on councillors to revoke planning permission for the University’s reviled development on Roger Dudman Way at Thursday’s special meeting. It’s a complicated case. The University applied for and received planning application.

  • Bigger distraction

    Sir – The fact that more than 1,700 people have signed an e-petition doesn’t add to the credibility of the campaign against the flats overlooking Port Meadow. Such petitions are commonplace in our digital age, and we as a nation obviously love

  • Enhance the view

    Sir – With all the fuss surrounding the university flats overlooking Port Meadow one thing is almost certain — the university will not lower the height of the almost-completed buildings. Vigorous tree planting is promised to screen the buildings

  • Stop this monstrosity

    Sir – As someone who has used and enjoyed the shopping and leisure facilities in Botley, I am absolutely appalled by the proposed demolition of the Elms Parade shopping precinct. This area, perhaps unique in Oxfordshire, is a small-scale development

  • Ken Leach: Town and Legion mourns stalwart volunteer

    A WANTAGE man awarded the MBE for his work in the court service has passed away, aged 91. Ken Leach’s death on February 2 has been described as “the loss of one of the most active volunteers” in the town. Mr Leach, left, who was born in Swindon

  • Syd Kyffin: Landlord kept real ale alive

    THE former landlord of Oxford city centre pub The King’s Arms, Syd Kyffin, has died aged 90. Mr Kyffin took over the popular pub in Holywell in 1970 and was landlord there for 21 years. Mr Kyffin and his wife Sheila were popular figures among

  • Boring 40s

    THIS IS 40 (15) Comedy/Romance. Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Megan Fox, Charlyne Yi, Jason Segel, Chris O'Dowd, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Melissa McCarthy. Director: Judd Apatow Since the release of The 40-Year-Old

  • Clever Box

    Andrew Ffrench considers those books guaranteed to give you a warm glow as England struggles to emerge from the depths of winter AUTHOR Hilary Mantel has apologised after Bring Up the Bodies, the second instalment of her trilogy about Henry VIII

  • Ballet Master

    World-class ballet dancer Arionel Vargas speaks to KATHERINE MACALISTER about his upbringing When Arionel Vargas was a little boy, enrolled in ballet school in Cuba and teased for not being “machismo”, he dreamt of joining the English National

  • Faith In The Law

    Ground-breaking Chief Constable on her first brush with the law and how growing up in a vicarage gave her the ambition to smash through the ‘glass ceiling’ in police I’ll just put you through to the Chief Constable,” were words that chilled my

  • Lindi Oretega loves the country life

    She may certainly look the part but,  TIM HUGHES discovers, Lindi Ortega is far from the usual US country star STRAIGHT out of Nashville, country singer Lindi Ortega is the real deal. Rocking cowgirl chic in high red leather boots and tassels

  • UFO: the original monsters of rock

    AS heroes of 1970s heavy metal, rock legends UFO have seen it all. But, drummer Andy Parker tells TIM HUGHES, they are enjoying life on the road more than ever Hard, heavy and badly-behaved, UFO were the epitome of all that was great about ‘70s

  • Ethical perspectives

    Sir – Following the recent correspondence begun by John White’s letter about the substantial increase (since the 2001 Census) of the proportion of UK citizens without a religion, your readers may be interested to consider just how far science has superseded

  • Substandard homes

     Sir – The Government is considering the introduction of a licence of landlords who rent their housing to tenants. This is a good idea. They should also insist that all rented accommodation meets a high standard in environmental terms — ie no rented

  • What's tasty, what's sweet, what's finger lickin' good...

    * Cupid’s arrow – it’s Valentine’s Day! The sweethearts at Morrisons supermarket certainly haven’t forgotten about it, but if you have, their affectionate range of treats include strawberry shortcake hearts, gingerbread couples and amorously frosted

  • Pocket Watch

    Sandwiches at Bicester Village, however fancy they may be,  don’t come cheap as KATHERINE MACALISTER  discovered It’s a funny business running a restaurant in Bicester Village, because although there are the huge plus points – such as being enormously

  • What's Hot, What's New, What's In...

    * Another Country, a gripping Olivier-winning play that has helped to launch the careers of Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth, will be revived by Oxford University students at the Playhouse on February 13-16. The drama

  • Rising Star

    Mark Thompson, presenter of Stargazing Live and The Alan Titchmarsh Show, and author of A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos, talks to Katherine MacAlister about life, the universe and everything… Mark Thompson has 55,000 Twitter followers ready

  • What's Hot, What Rocks, What's Cool...

    * NEWS of the first tranche of bands for this summer’s Truck festival have been received with a massive thumbs-up. Headlining, and making their Truck debut, are Essex garage rockers The Horrors. They will be joined at Hill Farm, Steventon, on the

  • Enjoy night sky

     Sir – I would be very grateful if your readers could spend five minutes participating in an inspiring cosmic survey. Bill Bryson, my predecessor as President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), once said, “Glance at the night sky

  • Visit Sea of Marston

    Sir – I was struck by your piece on attempts to extend Oxford tourism to East Oxford. I think the tourism industry is missing a further trick. You never hear any mention of Lake Waterstone (corner of Broad Street and Cornmarket). Lake Waterstone

  • Peace shattered

    Sir – Last summer, a big grey plane flew over our house on its way to RAF Brize Norton. It came so low that my bathroom big mirror shattered and fell to the floor. I wrote to RAF Brize Norton four times over two months; they never even acknowledged

  • Transport links

    Sir – There were several very insightful letters (January 31), related to the economic growth, housing and development conundrum that faces Oxford and Oxfordshire. The Centre for Cities report underlined the strength of our city region in economic

  • Get on with the job

     Sir – Doesn’t Peter Berry realise (Letters, January 24) that the time to improve infrastructure is during a recession, spending money on employing people instead of on increased benefit bills. Modern tram trains would be an excellent way to link

  • Neat operation

    Sir – With reference to Gary Brimson’s letter (January 31) You don’t need massively wide streets to run a tidy tram system. He mentions Bordeaux, France, but there are many other cities in the world that operate tram systems that pass through narrower

  • Automated response

    Sir – I have been trying for three weeks now to get an answer to my emails to Nicola Blackwood MP concerning her position on gay marriage. So far all I have had is automated responses from her and, eventually, a non-committal reply from one

  • Wasted money

    Sir – Councillor Rodney Rose is quoted (Report, January 24) as saying that he could not get excited about the apparent waste of £6,000 at Ardley out of a £1bn budget. He may not be excited but, as a member of Kennington Parish Council, it certainly

  • A king’s ransom

     Sir – I am delighted to read that the remains found in a car park in Leicester are indeed those of King Richard III. No wonder the poor chap (according to Shakespeare) was calling “a kingdom for a horse”, as if the battle of Bosworth had been in the

  • Road test of SsangYong Korando SX

    Few countries have seen such a spectacular rise in the quality of the cars they produce as Korea. The improvement in technology, build quality and sheer style of cars coming out of East Asia over the past decade has been awe-inspiring. Companies

  • New Oxford United shirt sponsors unveiled

    SOBELL House have won a vote to have their logo on Oxford United's shirts for the rest of the season. The charity, which provides palliative and end of life care to people in Oxfordshire, came out on top in a poll which attracted more than 1,000

  • Jake Bugg: True to his roots but streets ahead too

    It’s been a good year for Jake Bugg. He has supported his idol Noel Gallagher, toured America and saw his album top the charts. Not bad for an 18-year-old who was practically unknown until he released his first single 11 months ago. Success has

  • Profile: Alexander Nally is ready for big screen debut

    Alexander Nally admits that he never used to think that he could ever really pursue film-making professionally. “When I was young, I made short films using toys and stop-motion. I was really interested in film-making. But I didn’t know how you could

  • Shillingford: Zebra crossing granted after 25-year campaign

    IT’S been a long road, but after 25 years residents living near Wallingford have succeeded in their campaign for a pedestrian crossing. A quarter of a century ago, villagers in Shillingford and Warborough began calling for the safety feature on

  • Day 20: Thursday, February 14

    Jury at the Old Bailey hears the Oxford child exploitation trial could last 18 weeks. It's day 20 and the end of week five today. — @Ben_Wilkinson_ 14 February 2013 Man who stayed at Nanford Guest House says he heard

  • Healing Africa: Oxford doctor reflects on his work in Malawi

    IT was nearly 20 years ago that two doctors gave up well-paid NHS jobs in the UK to go to work in one of the world’s poorest countries. The then 36-year-old Prof Chris Lavy traded an NHS consultancy post to become professor at the University of

  • 999 lottery

    While you might think arranging collection of rubbish should be fairly straightforward, the work carried out by the ambulance service is necessarily far less predictable. Frontline paramedics do a first-class job serving the public, but there is

  • Waste away

    One result of the snow that fell last month was the site of household waste bins left beside the road. By the time you read this, most of those bins should have been emptied, but questions remain on why they were left for so long. We completely

  • High hopes

    If Oxford University doubts the offence it has caused with its accommodation blocks on the edge of Port Meadow it should glance at the names of eminent Oxford figures flocking to the ranks of the highly organised campaign to have the buildings reduced

  • Paying to park

    Controlled parking zones are a subject that will always divide opinion. If you live in a street that is plagued by commuter parking, the chances are you will support a CPZ. Others dislike idea of having to pay to park outside their own homes. What

  • High price

    Many will have suspected it for a long time, but it is now as official as it is likely to get: Oxford has become the UK’s least affordable city. The calculation is based on the fact that the average house price is now a whopping 15 times bigger

  • Rail safety

    We completely back the call by Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood for Network Rail to be more ‘transparent’ about the safety of level crossings. It remained insistent this week that the barrier at the Sandy Lane level crossing between

  • MOTORSPORT

    FORMER Williams executive director Toto Wolff has revealed he almost turned down the chance to become head of motorsport at Mercedes. Wolff quit the Grove-based F1 outfit last month to move into the Mercedes hot seat as the replacement for Norbert

  • Drug dealer jailed

    OXFORD: Cosley Brown, 32, was jailed for two years for possession and intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin when he appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Monday. Brown of no fixed abode, was found with the class A drugs worth between £160 and £320

  • M40 crash: driver's luck escape

    OXON: A man escaped uninjured after his car careered off the M40 and into a 20ft ditch. Fire and ambulance services were called to the scene on Tuesday at around 8.20pm on the northbound carriageway between junctions 9 and 10. Paramedics found

  • Sentence delayed after woman breaks leg

    OXFORD: A woman will have to wait to be sentenced for making threats to kill after breaking her leg. Fiona Vinten, 46, was due to find out her fate on Tuesday at Oxford Crown Court, but suffered a fall down the court’s stairs and had to be taken

  • ATHLETICS: Briscoe secures Midland League

    FRANCES Briscoe sealed the Midland Women’s Cross Country League title with victory in the final round at Pittville Park, Cheltenham. The 29-year-old, from Wantage, recorded a time of 21mins 49secs to pip Chloe Richardson (Birchfield) by four seconds

  • BAR BILLIARDS: Masons storm clear

    MASONS A opened up a two-point lead at the top of Section 1 in the Johnsons Buildbase Oxford League after a thumping 5-0 home win over Dolphin, writes PETE EWINS. Mick Murphy (2,040), Maxi McDonnell (3,340), Martyn Wood (6,940), Dave Rose (3,680

  • AUNT SALLY: Rampton on song

    PETE Rampton hit a six to help Kidlington Sports & Social Club to victory over Punchbowl in the Kidlington Indoor League’s Len Hill Cup first round. RESULTS Banbury Indoor League – triples semi-finals: M Palmer, M Clifton & C Bates

  • FOOTBALL: North Leigh spurn 3-1 lead to lose 4-3

    North Leigh threw away a 3-1 half-time lead to go down 4-3 at Swindon Supermarine in a thrilling Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West fixture last night. John Parsons gave the home side the early advantage, but John Mills soon equalised

  • Lamont at the double for Dark Blues

    CENTRE Henry Lamont scored a brace of tries as Oxford University made it two out of two this term with a 21-14 win over the Royal Navy at the United Services Ground in Portsmouth last night. It followed last week’s away victory over the Army.

  • Bike borrowing scheme on track at Oxford train station

    WORK has begun on a scheme allowing people to hire Brompton bicycles from Oxford Rail Station. Brompton Dock, a sister firm of the Brompton cycle company, will offer a fully-automated system allowing users 24-hour access to 40 folding bikes which

  • Beggars banned from Oratory Church

    AN OXFORD church has banned begging after worshippers complained of feeling threatened by insistent demands for money – at times of service. The Oratory, in Woodstock Road, has put up a notice in the church saying begging is strictly forbidden

  • Lovely Champagne is worth a pop

    Valentine’s Day is dangerous.  Plan too much and you can be accused of falling for the corporate advertising ploy.  If you ignore the holiday altogether, you obviously don’t care.   If you are reading this column and you have not booked a restaurant

  • Chipping Norton: No arrest after mosque threat

    CHIPPING NORTON: No one has yet been arrested for a threatening phone call that led to a planned mosque being stopped. The town’s small muslim community had won permission to open the mosque in a former shop in Hitchmans Mews. But following

  • Lambing time at Farmer Gow's

    FAMILIES enjoying a ‘Meet the Animals’ session at Farmer Gow’s had a special treat when Grace the ewe suddenly delivered her new twin lambs. The newborns were the first of 19 deliveries expected at the activity farm just outside Faringdon in the

  • ATHLETICS: Naylor claims Chiltern crown

    STEVE Naylor shrugged off illness to seal the Apex Sports Chiltern Cross Country League title in the final round at Wing. The 33-year-old, from Combe, was crowned senior and overall men’s Division 1 champion after coming third. Naylor (Bedford

  • Oxford house bricked

    OXFORD: Cash was stolen from a house after offenders threw a brick through a window. The burglary occurred in Hamilton Road, Summertown, between Friday, January 8 and Tuesday. Anyone with information is asked to dial 101.

  • RUGBY UNION: Duo in England frame

    TWO Oxfordshire players are in a 72-man England Under 16 training squad going through their paces at Hartpury College this week. Abingdon School back Theo Brophy Clews and Shiplake College forward Max Chandler will hope to impress ahead of England

  • RUGBY UNION: Angels go second

    WITNEY Angels climbed to second in Women’s National Conference South East West 2 after edging out Trojans 2nd 5-0 at Hailey Road. Angels stepped up to the mark in horrendous conditions, with lock Jessica Patterson powering over for their only try

  • Comment: Animal love

    JO COTTERILL has been shortlisted for a romantic novelists’ award for her book inspired by her visit to the Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary. It’s rather fitting, as anyone who has seen the workers at the sanctuary and the care and love they have for all

  • Comment: Sympathy for beggars gives way

    IT IS a sad state of affairs when churches, places of refuge for all but especially the vulnerable, have to ban undesirables. Today we report about The Oratory in Woodstock Road, Oxford, having to impose a prohibition on beggars who have been plaguing

  • GOLF: Draycott takes on Goring role

    Jonathan Draycott, who has an academy at Drayton, near Abingdon, has been selected for a new venture at Goring & Streatley. Draycott, who lives near Didcot, will use his academy to provide golf services at the Berkshire club. He said: “

  • ATHLETICS: Gain's glee at shock bronze

    OXFORD City’s David Gain admitted it was a surprise to win 200m bronze at the British Athletics European Trials & UK Championships in Sheffield. But the 22-year-old sprinter is now hoping that his indoor success will spur him to faster times

  • Repair roads the right way

    WITH reports of pothole repair costs going to be around £9 billion and David Cameron and company claiming there are no funds to meet the repairs on this scale, surely the Government is allowing our infrastructure to deteriorate as it can find £33 billion

  • Good news for Scooby

    I WANT to thank you, the Oxford Mail, for bringing the story of the missing dog Scooby to the people’s attention through your newspaper. He was stolen from Carl McDonald, a homeless man. I read the story about how heartbroken he was when he

  • Loco never existed

    Your article (February 8) about ‘Lady of Quality’, ‘Our steam dream’ somewhat understates the magnitude of the project. It is not a restoration, because 2999 never existed! The loco at Didcot is being built from parts taken from other withdrawn

  • Empty MoD houses

    WE READ of the Government cutbacks in our armed forces resulting in many thousands of forces personnel having lost their jobs. I would like to ask the Ministry of Defence what its intentions are for all the empty MoD houses. In the small road

  • The laws of the road apply to cyclists too

    CyclOx should disown lawless cyclists. I’ve cycled in Oxford for a decade. Thank you for proving the truth: most Oxford cyclists habitually endanger themselves and others. In September you reported Oxfordshire’s cycle deaths and serious injuries

  • A conflict of interests for Councillor Cook?

    REGARDING the Oxford University student accommodation at Castle Mill — how is it that Councillor Colin Cook works for the University and allowed, at the same time, to be a portfolio holder for Oxford City Developments? TONY GREENFIELD Raymund Road

  • ICE HOCKEY: Stars stretch winning streak

    Oxford City Stars posted their fifth successive win in English National League South Division 2 with a 5-2 home victory over Swindon Wildcats to move back up to third in the table. Stars, who were completing a double over the locals rivals following

  • GOLF: Results round-up

    WITNEY LAKES Prime Carpet Cleaning February Medal: 1 S Lynch 90-22=68, 2 N Clayton 75-6=69, 3 J Lambourne 79-9=70.

  • FOOTBALL: End of the road as Witney Town admit defeat

    WITNEY Town, one of Oxfordshire’s oldest football clubs, are no more. They resigned from the Uhlsport Hellenic League yesterday and folded due to lack of funds. Earlier this month, the cash-strapped Premier Division club were evicted the Community

  • GOLF: Hart in call-up

    Hadden Hill junior Vicky Hart has been named in the England Birdie Year One Squad for 2013. Hart won the girls’ under 13 section in the 2011 Champion of Champions event, and played in the 2012 Champion of Champions finals at Studley Wood for a

  • CRICKET: Banbury sign up South African

    Banbury have boosted their challenge for the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League title by signing South African all-rounder Brady Barends. The 24-year-old right-arm opening bowler and middle-order batsman has played 36 first-class matches

  • RUGBY LEAGUE: New boys avoid Welsh clash

    OXFORD Rugby League have brought forward their debut home match in a bid to attract more fans. The newly formed club will now take on South Wales Scorpions in Kingstone Press Championship One on Saturday, April 13 at 2.30pm. Oxford were due

  • Dredging our waterways

    I COMMEND Keith Brookes on his letter (Viewpoints, February 12) highlighting the necessity to reinstate dredging our waterways. It would definitely help the movement of water and improve drainage. The Oxford Mail (February 8) revealed that

  • The Insider: Disenfranchised over deep-fried Mars bars

    DURING a debate on voter apathy last month city councillor Gill Sanders was dismayed to learn Oxford’s Nepalese community is not eligible to vote in local elections. In fact only British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens are among those

  • Florence Park burglary

    OXFORD: A laptop and mobile phone were stolen in a burglary at a property in Lytton Road, Florence Park, on Tuesday. Call police on 101 if you have information.

  • Man denies rape charges

    OXFORD: A man has denied two counts of rape and an assault. Liam Pipkin, 23, of Boundary Brook Road, Oxford, denied two counts of rape, assault and theft at Oxford Crown Court on Monday. The offences are alleged to have taken place between

  • Author sets romance in Abingdon animal sanctuary

    A RATHER unusual setting has inspired an Oxford love story that is now up for the romantic novel of the year award. Author Jo Cotterill, 37, has been shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s top award for her book Model Behaviour.

  • Bar 'no place to stage Miss Oxfordshire final'

    A BAR is no place to hold the Miss Oxfordshire finals, the beauty pageant’s new organiser has said. That was why Diane Slater has postponed the competition, due to be held at The Living Room in Oxford last night, in favour of staging it at Witney

  • Sharing the love of reading with a child

     There are many children in Oxfordshire who have trouble reading. Local charity ARCh (Assisted Reading for Children) was set up in 2008 to help such children and now has around 240 inspirational reading helpers. But more are needed. An ARCh

  • RUGBY: Exiles hooker in plea to fans ahead of crunch clash

    NEIL Briggs is urging London Welsh fans to turn out in force for Sunday’s crunch Aviva Premiership clash at home to Sale Sharks. Basement boys Sale visit Oxford’s Kassam Stadium just six points behind tenth-placed Welsh. Sale’s improved form

  • Fool for love: 'I watched my brother disintegrate'

    DAVID Butler’s brother has described how his sibling “disintegrated” as he grew increasingly obsessed with Rachel Read. Graham Butler, 74, lives in Banbury Road, Bicester, next door to his mother’s former home and took her in when she was made

  • Story and Spice gala night

    Summertown resident and picture book creator Ted Dewan (pictured at the Story Museum in Pembroke Street) will be providing the entertainment at a ‘Story and Spice’ gala dinner next month in aid of Kennington Library, writes Maggie Hartford. Between

  • Local author Gerald Wixey

    Gerald Wixey, 64, was a mechanical engineer before retiring, but is now a full-time writer. He was born in Wantage, where he still lives, and his writing is inspired by his experiences growing up in the Abingdon Arms, where his father was the landlord

  • Flooding reported near Witney this morning

    MOTORISTS driving near Witney are urged to exercise caution this morning. Flooding has been reported on the B4022 around Wood Lane near the Bird in Hand pub, near Hailey.

  • Robber's bid to get new trial rejected

    A ROBBER who subjected a man with mental health issues to a terrifying attack has failed in his attempt to get a retrial. Martin George Todd, 34, of Milestone Road, Carterton, was jailed for 15 years at Oxford Crown Court in November 2011 after

  • Chilean mixed case, £70

    Chilean wines are all about clean, fruity and ultimately drinkable wines that are ideal with or without food and are great value for money. We’ve put together a mixed case that will cover all your needs – at a budget price. The great value

  • Traffic delays after accident on A40 this morning

    A SINGLE vehicle accident on the A40 caused traffic delays this morning. One lane was closed after a car struck the central reservation on the London Road eastbound between the Thornhill Park and Ride and the B4027. All lanes have now been

  • Homes consent would sink greyhound stadium rescue bid

    AN Irish entrepreneur who wants to bring Oxford Stadium back into use says planning permission for homes on the site would ring its death knell. Paschal Taggart announced his intention to buy the empty shell of the stadium two weeks ago. But

  • Parky at the Pictures (DVD 14/2/2013)

    Somewhat unusually this week, you won't have to wait long to see two of the films on general release in the comfort of your own home. Su Chao-Pin's Reign of Assassins is due on disc in a couple of weeks, while Max Ophüls's Madame De..., which is being

  • Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 14/2/2013)

    With one announcement, a documentary that might otherwise have slipped under the radar has become the most important film of the week. Alex Gibney's Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God follows his previous exposés Enron: The Smartest Guys

  • Cowley Time Bank scheme helps community work, rest and play

    ONE good turn deserves another at an unusual volunteering scheme in East Oxford. The Cowley Time Bank, launched six months ago, allows people to earn “time credits” by helping out in their community. From odd jobs in neighbours’ homes to help

  • Volunteers ready to help children read

    SCHOOLS taking part in the Oxfordshire Reading Campaign are ready to start training volunteers to read with youngsters. Launched four months ago by Oxfordshire County Council, the £585,000 scheme to drive up reading standards is backed by the Oxford