GREENE KING OXFORD & DISTRICT LEAGUE Premier & Section 1: Red Lion A Eynsham 0, Three Pigeons 3; New Club A 0, Garsington Sports A 3; Gladiators A 1, Vikings Sports B 2; Cricketers B 1, Red Lion B Eynsham 2; Ampleforth Arms A 2, Six Bells
A WOMAN who is dying from cancer has had her life savings stolen during a burglary. The 61-year-old, was in the back garden of her home in Wessex Road, Didcot, between 12.30pm and 4pm on Friday, when someone entered her property and stole a large
COMMUNITY leaders hope to clamp down on antisocial behaviour in Barton by holding a programme of summer activities to keep bored children off the streets. The community has received £9,000 from the city council’s youth ambition grant programme
THEY are the driving force behind school improvements, the glue that keeps everyone working together. But with increasing expectations and responsibilities, headteachers are also first in the firing line. Recent figures show 13 Oxfordshire
A MAN is now being held by police after a 12-hour armed siege in Kidlington during which he held his twin daughters hostage. Police tasered the man just after 3.30pm after hours of negotiation in Morton Avenue today. The siege had started when
THERE is a brand-new sound coming from an East Oxford estate. The new committee at the Florence Park Community Centre is hoping to turn it into “Oxford’s Cavern”, with regular music nights, a new youth club and a film club. Already, Matt Sage
LONG-AWAITED improvement work on a cycle lane linking Marston with the city centre will begin early next month. Oxfordshire County Council is to spend £157,000 on widening and resurfacing the cycle lane as well as building two replacement bridges
TWO North Oxford neighbourhoods hoping to take control of planning in their area have been given a boost. Wolvercote and Summertown and St Margarets are hoping to draw up neighbourhood plans so they can influence development locally. Earlier
FOOD bank volunteers are settling into their first permanent home. The Oxford Food Bank’s 80 volunteers took its food stock and shelving from one side of Botley Road to the other a week ago. The charity’s temporary lease in the old Habitat
AMBITIOUS plans to redevelop Sandford-on-Thames Village Hall have taken a step forward. Organisers are hoping to spend £500,000 extending and improving the hall, to provide additional meeting rooms, a community café and shop. Planning permission
RESIDENTS feeling the financial pinch are invited to join a community buying scheme. The initiative in Rose Hill and Iffley was started by three residents about three years ago and has grown to about 10 households who regularly club together to
WORK has started on a blueprint of how Kidlington could expand over the next 20 years, including where new homes could be built. Cherwell District Council (CDC) has commissioned Alan Baxter Consultancy to produce a masterplan outlining where, and
HUNDREDS of people are expected to race through the streets and fields of Blackbird Leys on Saturday. The Blackbird Leys Mile, which attracted more than 500 people in its heyday during the 1980s, returned last year after a 20-year absence.
OXFORDSHIRE’S only state boarding school has been rated good by Ofsted. Although the county has a large number of independent schools which offer weekly and termly boarding, Burford School is the only non-fee paying county school where youngsters
AN Oxford postman followed in tennis champion Andy Murray’s shoes, just days before the Scot finally won Wimbledon. Gary White is half way through an epic journey to visit every postbox painted gold to celebrate the country’s Olympic champions.
MORE than 200 runners braved the heat to take part in the Didcot 5 race. The run, organised by the Didcot Runners, started on Sunday from Willowbrook Leisure Centre on the town’s Ladygrove estate. There was a five-mile one-lap race for experienced
EYNSHAM’s streets were filled with fun at the 67th Eynsham Carnival on Saturday Thousands came to cheer on the carnival’s annual Shirt Race, browse the craft fair and watch the parade. The shirt race, now in its 55th year, sees dozens race between
UP TO 2,000 people rocked out to bands at the annual Yeah Baby festival on Saturday in memory of an Abingdon girl. Amber Phillpott died of leukaemia aged 18 months in 2011 and her father, James Phillpott, raises money for charities which have supported
THERE WAS fun for all at The Bullingdon Community Centre’s annual fun day on Saturday. Children’s games, a bouncy castle, a pop-up theatre performance from the Oxford Playhouse that included actors Emily Smith and Josie Rattigan who starred in
RESIDENTS have called for a rethink over green space planned as part of a new housing development in Headington, Oxford. Thomas Homes won planning permission for 30 homes on the former Barton Road Cricket Ground last Wednesday. But neighbours
A LONG-serving librarian had the honour of unveiling a plaque to commemorate Old Marston Library’s 50th anniversary. Claire Undy, 73, who worked at the Oxford library for 28 years until she retired in 2004, said she felt privileged to reveal the
We've got a gremlin in the system stopping us posting a second interview with Christian Bunt following today's arrest. Please click through to our story wrapping up today's events to listen to it.
Cup matches took centre stage in the Greene King ODDA Summer League last week with the chance of some giant-killings in the Seven-a-side Cup. Section 3 outfit Bullnose Morris were at home to New Club, from Section 7, and were in no mood to become
OXFORD RL had no answer to a rampant Oldham side, going down to a 22-4 defeat in the Kingstone Press Championship One at Iffley Road. The result saw the visitors continue their impressive run with a fourth successive victory. But defeat saw
A homeless man has appeared in court to deny breaking in to two Oxford homes and stealing laptops, mobile phones and other items. Alan Goodman, 31, of no fixed abode, is charged with two counts of burglary. At Oxford Crown Court yesterday he
Wantage Town’s new signing Gareth Brown is set to make his first appearance when the Uhlsport Hellenic League club host an Oxford United XI at Alfredian Park tomorrow night. Brown, a centre-back, has made the switch from Thatcham Town. Meanwhile
RECYCLED fashion, “radioactive” neon colours and chic poses on the catwalk – welcome to the post-apocalyptic world. Year nine students at Matthew Arnold School in Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, staged a fashion show yesterday set after the end of the world
OXFORD: A 50-year-old man is to face court accused of burgling a home in Cumnor Hill. Michael Pope, of Sunnybank Avenue, Coventry, is charged with one count of dwelling burglary, after a break-in at a home in Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, on
Oxfordshire team Sean Wal-kinshaw Racing (SWR) were celebrating after Jack Barlow claimed his second race victory of the season with a super performance at Oulton Park in Cheshire. It followed his first place in the second round at Silverstone.
NEW staple guns are being used by surgeons after the death of a retired school teacher on the operating table. The automatic staple guns are being used by cardio- thoracic surgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital following Sheila Ebbage’s death.
OXFORD Cavaliers moved clear at the top of the West of England League table – despite not even playing a game. Their clash against the league’s second-placed team, Gloucestershire Warriors, did not take place after the visitors disappointingly
A woman has appeared in court to admit the robbery of a bookmakers in Headington last month. Michelle Gardener, 43, of Slade Close, Headington, yesterday pleaded guilty to one charge of robbing Jonathan Goodhew at the Cinnaminta Road branch of
IT’S a tough nut to crack, but step by step clever cockatoos solved a series of mechanical problems to get their reward. The experiment, conducted by scientists from Oxford and Vienna, has revealed new depths of intelligence in the birds. A
Bids from two schools that want to run nurseries will be assessed next week. On Monday, cabinet member for schools Melinda Tilley will meet officers to discuss plans for Hill View Primary School in Banbury and St Peter’s Primary School in Cassington
ELECTRIC car-only streets have been suggested as a potential solution to Oxford’s pollution problem. The city’s environment tsar has said new measures to tackle pollution will not be enough to deal with the city’s problem. Earlier this year
TWIN two-year-old girls were being held by their father following a domestic dispute at a house in Kidlington, police have confirmed this morning. Armed police have cordoned off a home in Morton Avenue in the village and are negotiating with the
The scene was set for one of those Hollywood versions of Oxford life that occur from time to time, writes Margaret Ounsley, Oxford University head of government and community relations. It was June 19 and the sun was shining for Encaenia, the annual
Three Oxfordshire athletes struck gold in the English Schools' Track & Field Championships at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. Emma O’Hara, 18, from Larkmead School, Abingdon, won the senior girls’ hammer with a throw of 55.40m. Christian
Abingdon School’s powerful crew celebrated after a record-breaking victory at Henley Royal Regatta. In the best race of the four-day event on the Thames, Abingdon retained their Princess Elizabeth Cup schools eight's crown with an exciting victory
OXFORD: A police cordon near the Kadai and Naan restaurant in Cowley Road concerned a reported sexual assault. Despite an initial report, the victim did not confirm a sexual assault took place and did not want to make a formal complaint, leading
CULHAM: George Osborne has pledged £60m to Oxfordshire scientists building a space plane. The Chancellor tweeted the announcement after visiting Reaction Engines in Culham. He tweeted: “Just seen SABRE – a rocket engine that cools air from
A TEENAGER who admitted hitting a fellow partygoer in the head with a Champagne bottle has been cleared of unlawful wounding. Jurors spent just over an hour deliberating over the case yesterday before unanimously finding 19-year-old Luc Foley,
CONCERNS about a potential skill shortage among teachers have been raised after the Government unveiled its new national curriculum. Yesterday, Education Secretary Michael Gove un-veiled the new curriculum, which will use a more traditional approach
The Westgate Centre is, for the umpteenth time in recent years, undergoing a public consultation about a proposed redevelopment. As a home-worker and online shopper, I can’t get that excited about the Westgate development. The current Westgate
Concern has to be raised regarding the current leisure consultation for Didcot. Having recently participated in a consultation on this issue, it was made clear this was for the new leisure centre and we must not include the current facilities.
WITH regard to your article (July 5), re Oxfordshire County Council’s revelation that it is cheaper to keep young people in the county and, guess what, apparently they do better here. Perhaps someone should be asking the question why they closed
IAN Cummings (ViewPoints July 4), above, is a little optimistic in regarding nuclear power as a panacea for our energy requirements. Certainly the problem of nuclear waste is of less immediate urgency than the threat of climate change but it hasn
Oxford United’s fan organisations have pledged to work more closely together next season, forming the Yellow Army. The club is backed by supporters’ trust OxVox, transfer fundraisers the 12th Man and a third group who orchestrate the Ultimate Support
BICESTER: A woman had her handbag stolen by two boys on bicycles while walking down an alleyway. At around 9.05pm on Friday, the 45-year-old woman was walking in the alleyway between Lancaster Close and Hendon Place. Two boys rode past her
LONG HANBOROUGH: A 191-space, £400,000 extension to the car park at Hanborough railway station, above, opened yesterday. But parking fees will now be imposed for the first time. Double-yellow lines have been painted in Main Road and nearby roads
WITH the recent arrival of hot weather, we should be reminded that animals suffer and die when temperatures rise. Dogs die very quickly in hot cars and they should not be left inside them even for very short periods. Opening a window a few inches
RE: Why were Animal Welfare unaware? (Oxford Mail, July 2): I read with interest Pamela St Clair’s letter with regard to the Russell family and their cruelty to animals, and firstly would like to point out to her that, out of the regular Speak protesters
last year. At 73 and with a clean driving licence for 43 years or so, I was caught on April 15, 2012, on the eastern bypass, near the Shotover Bridge. There was no traffic at that time on the Sunday morning and being a bit preoccupied, following
WE are all aware of the constant pressure to build more and more houses, something that makes me wonder how many extra layers of buildings can be added to the outskirts of a small town like Oxford before it can take no more. Then, I saw the report
Approaching the season’s half-way point, all three contenders for the Premiership crown boast identical win-loss records. Each has now claimed five victories and suffered one reverse. Consequently, at this stage, they are separated purely by their
Minor Counties Championship Lloyd Sabin hit a determined unbeaten century on his home Banbury ground as Oxfordshire fought back on day two of their Western Division clash against Shropshire. The 19-year-old opener was unbeaten on 117 at the
Chris Wilder says Oxford United are unlikely to bring in another striker this summer as he focuses on strengthening at the other end of the pitch. The club added to their new development squad yesterday with the signing of 19-year-old defenders
OXFORD: A scientist at Oxford University has helped a US couple to have a baby through IVF using a new embryo screening technique. Dr Dagan Wells used the approach which can identify embryos with the correct number of chromosomes and may cut hundreds
A STABBING during this year’s Cowley Road Carnival will not lead to increased security next year, organisers have said. The victim, in his 20s, was taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital shortly after 6pm on Sunday. He was stabbed in the
AS good as previous events held in South Park were, Sunday’s Cowley Road Carnival was proof that being back on the street is the real deal. Estimates range that between 25,000 and 35,000 people attended and you can just look at our pictures to
DAIRY farmer DAVID Christensen has had recent problems with hare coursing on his Kingston Bagpuize farm. Hare coursing, which was made illegal in the Hunting Act 2004, is when dogs, usually lurchers or greyhounds, are made to chase after a hare
POLICE and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld has paid back more than £140 of his expenses. Earlier this year, it emerged Mr Stansfeld, the police and crime commissioner for the Thames Valley, had claimed expenses from an office four miles from
A PLEDGE that police officers will attend every rural crime has sparked concerns from Oxfordshire’s urban population. Elected police and crime commissioner Anthony Stansfeld has vowed to tackle rural crime and stood on a platform of sorting the
OXON: The number of Thames Valley Police traffic officers has dropped by 16 per cent over the last four years. Between March 2008 and March last year, the number of officers fell from around 245 to 204. Road safety charity Brake warned it means
OXFORD: A man pierced his leg after slipping on his boat at Osney Lock. The 55-year-old severely cut his leg in the boating accident on Saturday at 5pm. Lock keeper Ray Riches managed to guide the boat down to East St Helen Street where paramedics
ORGANISERS of the resurgent Cowley Road Carnival have called on businesses to put their hands in their pockets if they want it back in the street again next year. About 35,000 people turned out to take part in and watch the event, following a three-year
PAUL Simpson’s hopes of victory at the North Oxford Pro-Am lasted just one hole as he ended up in hospital after being struck in the head by a wayward ball. Play was stopped to allow an ambulance on to the course after the 42-year-old was knocked
POLICE officers have blocked off a road in Kidlington. They were called to an address in Morton Avenue at around 3.40am. A police spokesman said the road was closed to allow a police operation to take place and the cordon would remain in place
STUDLEY Wood narrowly lost at home to Ellesborough in a Shaw Gibbs Oxfordshire Foursomes League contest only decided at the final hole of the last match. The hosts were looking for a victory which could have sent them top of Section 2, but they
THE review into how Oxford City Council dealt with the planning application for student accommodation in Roger Dudman Way will be discussed tonight. It comes in the wake of the uproar over Oxford University’s student flats which block views
WILL Preece claimed 17 birdies and one eagle during a 100-hole epic at Chipping Norton. The junior captain’s efforts in the Dawn to Dusk Golf Marathon raised more than £1,100 for local charity Daisy’s Blades. He teed off just before 5am and
A 44-YEAR-old man has gone missing after last being seen at Littlemore Hospital. Ian McLean, who is also known as Ian Mitchell, was last seen at around 10pm on Sunday by the hospital’s staff, who are concerned for his welfare. He is white,
JENNY WARD won the stableford competition at The Springs Captains’ Day. The event raised £700 for charity and Ward took the individual title with 41 points. She finished two points ahead of Matt Ackerman, who was helped by a hot streak on the
A YOUNG woman who was killed in a car crash was remembered at a special event at the weekend, ahead of an inquest into her death today. Amy Reynolds, 26 of Wheatley, was killed on January 19 when her blue VW Golf left the A40 Northern Bypass near
NORTH OXFORD Pro-Am – Pro individual: 1= D Seymour (D Seymourgolf), I Campbell (Caversham), D Gavrilovic (Studley Wood) 69. Team event: 1 N Goldsworthy, C Varney, T Brennan & Pro R Jeffries (Shrivenham) 125-9=116, 2 M Henderson, R Bulford,
A LANE of the A34 southbound has been blocked after a HGV broke down. Thames Valley Police was called to the incident near Wendlebury at around 7.48am. On the opposite northbound carriageway there was also a collision between two vans but this
