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  • Residents called to the bars at old police station

    DESPITE committing no crimes, residents have had a taste of being behind bars at Chipping Norton Police Station. More than 80 members of the public took the chance to look around the London Road station at an open day on Saturday. PCSO Tina

  • Artist paints from a local perspective

    LOCAL landscapes and coastal seascapes have been transformed in a series of vibrant oil paintings created using just a knife. Artist Janine Philips, from Thame, is exhibiting the collection of specially-created works at the Cornerstone Arts Centre

  • Inquest into cyclist who died in floods

    An inquest into the death of a 73-year-old cyclist who died in floodwater was opened and adjourned yesterday. Ian Taylor, of Abbey Road, West Oxford, died after falling while trying to ride through the water in Godstow Road, Wytham, on January

  • Expansion of Culham's science park approved

    A MULTI-MILLION pound expansion of Culham’s science park has been approved tonight.  The UK Atomic Energy Authority wants to expand its Culham Science Centre, off Abingdon Road, to create 1,000 extra jobs. Currently 2,000 staff work at the site

  • Body found at Pegasus Theatre in Oxford

    A man's body has been found at the Pegasus Theatre in Oxford. Police are the scene of the venue on Magdalen Road. The public are not currently being allowed in the building. Officers say the man's death is unexplained but is not believed

  • University staff to go on further strikes over pay dispute

    STAFF at both Oxford University and Brookes will go on strike again in a dispute over pay. The University and College Union (UCU) has today announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes. The union has already been on strike twice since October

  • Above and beyond the norm

    Jon Murray is flying high on a visit to the dazzling French Alps Boarding the little red plane for a spectacular short flight over the mountains on one of those dazzlingly sunny days it seems only the Alps can produce, it was probably a good thing

  • FOOTBALL: Michael Duberry column

    It used to be a standing joke that women didn’t know what the ‘offside’ law was, but finally football has brought sexual equality into the game because now NOBODY knows what the offside law is! After a perfectly good goal from Newcastle United’

  • Woman sexually assaulted by man who asked for glass of water

    A SEX attacker with chubby cheeks knocked on a young woman’s door and assaulted her. The victim, who is in her 20s, had just got back to her East Oxford home when she was attacked at about 1.45am this morning. Police say a man asked for a glass

  • Sing out your ambitions with Fusion

    YOUNG musicians out of work and school are being offered free professional classes to unleash hidden talent. Oxford-based charity Fusion Arts is offering the 10-week course in the Witney area to get young artists into the studio. The Beat This

  • Concerns grow as missing woman search continues

    A 61-YEAR-OLD woman is this morning still missing after leaving her Eynsham home yesterday morning. Jacqueline Gulliford was last seen more than 24 hours ago when she left her Hawthorn Road home at 7.30am. Police are concerned about her welfare

  • Open spaces needed

    Sir — Oxford is short of public open space. Charming medieval towns too often have only a wide main road for a market-place. Such dual use is impractical and in Oxford only Broad Street and St Giles are wide enough for it. Cornmarket can be almost

  • Port Meadow report is no surprise

    Sir – Those opposed to the University flats overlooking Port Meadow should not be surprised if the report finds little or no fault with the city council’s role. Large organisations have an inbuilt inability to find faults within themselves. We

  • Is bigger better?

    Sir – Few of your readers will have memories of the 1950s when the now semi-derelict Botley precinct was built. A large part of Botley was open fields. Few people had a car or television. Rationing was still in force. There were no convenience

  • Rocking the boat

    Sir – Our MP, Nicola Blackwood, must have given a lot of thought to Doric’s plans for Botley centre and locals’ strong objections to them, but she seems to me to be rather wary about seeming for or against the project. “I think,” she says, but

  • Death-wish cyclists

    Sir – As I cyclist, I would like to thank the 95 per cent of drivers on narrow country lanes who wait patiently before overtaking and who give me a wide berth when doing so. But I am fascinated to know why it tends to be large four-wheel-drive

  • Check flood risks

    Sir – Back in November 2013 an article appeared (Flood risk unknown), about how Oxford City Council had not done a flood risk assessment on the Oxpens which was going to be developed. I responded with a letter (November 14) and I asked the question

  • Drains under strain

    Sir – After granting permission for a three-storey block of flats in Lamarsh Road, in West Oxford, and with building work under way, those bright sparks involved in planning decisions at Oxford City Council must be delighted to see rising flood water

  • Wander in wonder

    Sir – We could not agree more with your correspondent, Mr O’Halloran (January 2), that inconsiderate cyclists are a menace. Our motivation for trying to get the towpath north of Walton Well Road resurfaced (and made wider) is not just for the cyclists

  • Thanks to those who donated to collection

    TONY and Pat Ayris would like to thank all the people who visited their house to see the Christmas lights and contributed to their £2,470 collection for Cancer Research UK. PAT AYRIS New Street Bicester

  • TV firm wants stories from older generation

    Award-winning history documentary company, Testimony Films, is making a new documentary series for BBC2, paying tribute to Britain’s Greatest Generation. We want to hear from men and women in their late 80s, 90s and 100s who have vivid and interesting

  • Government must do more over flooding

    THE terrible situation of so many families caught up in the flooding can be partly attributed to this present Coalition Government's failure to take measures to install emergency funding to local authorities to help those affected by so much water.

  • Keeping stadium is a victory for democracy

    LOCAL democracy wins. Again the Save Oxford Stadium has reason to thank Oxford City Council for turning down the developer’s attempt to demolish it and build 220 houses on the site. It is clear by the strength of feelings expressed that nobody

  • Vote helps to protect our sporting heritage

    REGARDING the greyhound stadium and the bid to save save Oxford’s sporting heritage. I’ve attended a few planning committee meetings but nothing – ever – like the one on Wednesday. As reported in the Oxford Mail, Galliard Homes’ plans to demolish

  • Public asked to air views on Gateway proposals

    PEOPLE will soon be able to have their say on one of Oxford’s biggest developments. The public are being asked their thoughts on the Northern Gateway, including whether to turn the Pear Tree park-and-ride into a multi-storey car park with around

  • Holiday spoiled by inability to enjoy outdoors

    It’s January and time to relax after the crazy time that is the festive period. January is also the time of year that the anniversary of my accident falls. It’s often a tough time of year as I try not to look back and dwell and mope. In previous

  • Teddies are toughened up at museum

    GROWING up, everyone had their favourite teddy bear. But these youngsters brought their teds along to the Ashmolean Museum to give them a bit of a makeover. They were taking part in the Beaumont Street museum’s “warrior ted” craft session which

  • Shared use of path

    Sir – We are sorry that Mr O’Halloran’s peace of mind is being disturbed by “grunting individuals” on two wheels (Letters, January 2), though not quite clear how they can be in a “narcissistic rush”. We know that there are some cyclists who speed

  • Working environment

    Sir – As a cyclist and a runner, I agree with Mr J O’Halloran (Letters, January 2) that on occasion cyclists and runners need to be better mannered, not only on the towpath but elsewhere, accepting a slower pace and requesting a space to pass by.

  • Personal setback

    Sir – Many of your readers will share councillor Tilley’s dismay (Report, December 26) that six small Oxfordshire primary schools may be forced by Ofsted to become academies — even though all but one of them were previously rated ‘good” or “satisfactory

  • Major traffic delays on roads in and around Oxford

    THERE are major delays this morning on roads in and around Oxford. Woodstock Road in the city is severely congested, as is the Eastern Bypass. The A40 is gridlocked, with traffic going towards the city is at a standstill from Witney. The

  • Illegal parking

    Sir – Margaret Pelling (Letters, December 19) is absolutely right to pinpoint the abuse, nay misuse, of the contraflow cycle track and the pavement by motorists in Oakthorpe Road in Summertown. I, and others, have asked the police and the county

  • City deserves better

    Sir – As a local resident who has long held the opinion that Oxford, despite possessing some fine open public spaces while also having a singular lack of imagination about how to utilise them, I am moved to write to praise the efforts made over the

  • Colourful ceremony

    Sir – The History Man, Chris Koenig, in his description of The Queen’s College Needle and Thread (aiguilles et fils) dinner (January 2), did not have space to tell us about the different coloured threads. The bursar would hand out needles with

  • Mental torture

    Sir – Roger Moreton’s complaint about the ubiquity of carols being played in stores (Letters, December 5) and the responses it elicited (December 19) have moved me to put pen to paper. Mr Moreton’s not infrequent contributions to your paper’s letters

  • Distinctive tone

    Sir – Having read Malcolm Souther’s letter (Sneaky alternative? December 19) I thought I spotted the wry tone of a differently-named Malcolm. Malcolm Southan. This latter is a stalwart of the Oxford storytelling club for grown-ups (www.sharkspark.org.uk

  • Irrelevant beliefs

    Sir – In two of your recent editions you have included an item about Imam Dr Taj Hargey’s invitation to “Christians from across Oxford . . . to break bread with the city’s Muslim community”. My own invitation to the event [also from Dr Hargey],

  • Value for money

    Sir – With reference to the photograph of Christmas shoppers queuing in a city centre store in 1960 (Re-View, December 26, page 24), I believe the store is Woolworths. As a schoolgirl walking from St Faith’s School in Woodstock Road to Gloucester

  • Wonder of Woolies

    Sir – Regarding the query about the picture of a store in 1960 (Re-View, December 26, page 24), I think it is of Woolworths. It was when it was on the Clarendon side of Cornmarket Street. I think Woolworths was on the opposite side of the street

  • Insult to Botley

    Sir – No one should be fooled by the Utopia shown in the artist’s impressions of the ‘new Botley’. They show us what looks like an eternal summer of happy people, embracing each other and strolling about in a carefree manner — just what we crave

  • City under threat

    Sir – What is it that is driving the city council’s manic drive for ‘growth’ overriding all else? Council leader Bob Price extols expansion in every editorial in the council’s freesheet, and now the Labour Party nationally (Report, December 19) is

  • Meadow eroded

    Sir – Further to the letter of David Gautrey regarding the felling of the trees by Network Rail (December 12), and Hugh Jaeger’s justification (Letters, December 19). I consider Network Rail’s response is totally unsatisfactory. The letter refers

  • Grunting individuals

     Sir – So, councillors Upton and Pressel (Report, December 19) want “safer, dedicated paths” for cyclists. Do I have to remind them that the towpath in question, north of Walton Well Road, is not a cycle lane nor indeed a running track? The section

  • New home for post

    Sir – Following leaflets from the Labour Party and your recent reports about the plan to move Witney’s post office, it seems quite clear that postal services need to move to a better premises other than WH Smith in the Woolgate Centre, and the current

  • Men to marvel at

    Sir – I am completing my fifth book on flying in Bomber Command. I believe that it should go down in history the disgraceful way that England treated those who gave years of their life and, in so many cases, life itself to protect country and loved

  • Discourage signs

     Sir – “Private shops” were set up as anonymous boutiques about which children would ask few questions and get fewer helpful replies. Unfortunately, some of these establishments are now displaying words like “toys” clearly visible to passers-by

  • Wealth opportunity

    Sir – The rich are getting even richer and the poor poorer, in the UK as elsewhere. The top one-per-cent control 46 per cent of the world’s assets — and 86 per cent of global wealth is owned by the richest ten-per-cent. Yet two-thirds of the world’

  • Cycle route is risky

    Sir – A new, ill-conceived cycle route on Wootton Road, Abingdon, will encourage cyclists to make a dangerous crossing of this main road. Despite a gallant attempt by John Sanders to stop lives of children and vulnerable people being placed at

  • Modern touch

    Sir – I am writing to say how wonderful we think the tree and other Christmas decorations in Witney are this year. There has been a lot in the national press about ‘Christmas twigs’ and certainly last year’s Witney tree would qualify as such (not

  • Proud of generosity

    Sir – During this season of goodwill, we should reflect on the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves. We should also feel proud of our generosity to suffering children in war-torn and destitute countries. Our Coalition Government has increased

  • Land offer no good

    Sir – With reference to suggestions that vast swathes of land were being offered as a “gift” to the parish of Brize Norton, this is not so. It has been offered on terms of a ‘lease-back’ to the parish. Some of the land in question is on a floodplain

  • Distinctive building

    Sir – I enjoyed Reg Little’s article (December 19) about the New Bodleian Library building even if he did claim it is unloved. Yes, it does have its critics but I rather like it. I recall that some years ago during the debate about its future you

  • Flats like road plan for Christ Church Meadow

    Sir – The winter newsletter from the Oxford Preservation Trust contains, as usual, much of interest. One thing that struck me was a statement made on page 7: “The Port Meadow Buildings will not be lowered, despite the campaigners’ best efforts.”

  • Westgate could offer homes

    Sir – At last some sense on the Westgate redevelopment proposals (Trust speaks out on Westgate proposals, Report, December 12). Debbie Dance, director of the Oxford Preservation Trust, with its office in Turn Again Lane, at the heart of what is

  • Absurd claim

    Sir – In response to the public meeting expressing strong local opposition to the current proposal for redeveloping Botley’s shopping centre, Simon Hillcox, of Doric Properties, repeated the statistical mantra that he and his associates have been circulating

  • Damaging congestion

    Sir – You report that the Doric developers claim that their proposed redevelopment of Elms Parade will attract 12 million visitors a year. That is about 33,000 a day. Obviously most of these visitors will have to come from elsewhere, and most will

  • Time for caring

    Sir – How very distressing it was to read of the undiscovered deaths of Pauline and Caroline Jessett in Cowley Road, Littlemore (Report, December 5). I have often knocked on their door and even pushed leaflets through their letter-box. In the end

  • Oxford United must try again after cup cracker

    A PROUD Chris Wilder admitted there was more than a tinge of disappointment as Oxford United were pegged back late on to draw 2-2 away to Charlton in the FA Cup last night. Goals from Johnny Mullins and Scott Davies gave the underdogs a sensational

  • Misplaced mentality

    Sir – It seems to me that the ‘two tribes’ mentality that often divides cyclists and motorists is misplaced. Nobody wants to be involved in a road accident. Therefore I wonder if it is time for motorists and cyclists to call a Christmas truce.

  • Howls of protest

    Sir – May I respond to Chris Day’s letter (December 19) written in reply to mine of the previous week: angry – no, frustrated – yes. Among road users, whether car or cyclists, there are good and bad. The problem is the law of physics. It has been

  • Potential danger

    Sir – Mary Clarkson and I appeared at the 2011 public inquiry to present the North East Area Committee’s case against development of the Friar by Tesco. Questions of road safety and traffic problems were our strongest objection to development of

  • Degree of risk

    Sir – A great new investment opportunity has just opened up. A government inquiry has now indicated that expansion of Heathrow airport may be acceptable after all. If this happens, there will be a bonanza for owners of houses in the Thames Valley

  • Celebrate solstice

    Sir – Both your Christian correspondents (Letters, December 19) misquote me. I did not write “unacceptable doctrines” as Rick Taylor claims, and I did not refer to the unacceptable nature of carols generally as John Batey implies, which makes his question

  • Winter windfall

    Sir – I must take issue with you on the opening paragraph of your article (December 19) which states that “only 51 people have donated their Winter Fuel Payment to the more needy so far this winter”. At least 52 have! For seven years, including

  • New centre essential

    Sir — In reference to the West Way development Botley, I agree wholeheartedly with the views of Adam Rankin. A vibrant new centre is essential for Botley. Over the years, many of the large attractive houses have been knocked down and replaced with

  • Store could cut flood risks

    Sir — Discussion at Waitrose’s recent public consultation about their proposed new store in Botley Road focused mainly on its appearance. No one, it seems, is talking about the opportunity the development provides to reduce flood risk. Once the existing

  • Cut A34 speed limit

    Sir – If Nicola Blackwood is really “unhappy with the minister’s answer on A34 investment” (Report, December 12) that should mean her advocating the cheaper and more effective way to increase the capacity and reliability of the road. The capacity

  • Easing traffic jams

    Sir – In a very angry sounding letter (December 12), your correspondent Brian Wallis insists that the police spend just as much time pursuing cyclists who break the laws of the road as they do errant motorists. I’d like to first make it clear that

  • Sins against cyclists

    Sir – We hear a good deal about the sins committed by cyclists but rather less about the small crimes committed against cyclists on a daily basis. A good example is the habit drivers have of using the meagre spaces allocated specifically to cyclists

  • Terrible service

    Sir – Re: Thames Travel X32. I really am surprised Thames Travel are given permission to run this service from Didcot to Oxford. They call it the ‘Oxford Express’. For more than a year, I have been using it. It was regularly late — sometimes nearly

  • Profit before people

    Sir – I was very sad to hear that Tesco are going ahead with their plans for a store in Marston. Not only will it threaten the viability of local shops including the post office but will seriously put the safety of local residents at risk. Delivery

  • Tom's tortuous tale

    Sir – I always enjoy Chris Koenig’s authoritative articles as the History Man, and usually he is on the ball. However, I must take issue with him concerning that most famous Oxford bell, Great Tom, in that he states that it came from Oseney Abbey

  • Significant work

    Sir – Christopher Gray’s mention of refusal by the occupant of Shirburn Castle to allow an architectural survey by respected academic Sir Nikolaus Pevsner led me to check my copy of the latter’s ‘Oxfordshire’ Buildings of England series. It seems

  • Trees were no barrier

     Sir – HGVs are about four per cent of road traffic but cause about 45 per cent of road wear. HGVs produce three times as much CO2 per tonne-mile as rail freight. We must switch freight to rail as much and as swiftly as possible to save our roads

  • Sneaky alternative?

    Sir – On my return from Paddington on Saturday afternoon, I had a most absorbing conversation with a Parisian anglophile I encountered, a most intriguing chap. During the conversation, I was able to ask him one of those common sense questions,

  • Visit church

    Sir — Roger Moreton’s criticism of carols being played in supermarkets (Letters, December 5), borders on a Scrooge-like attitude. He must surely be aware that music of some sort is ‘belted out’ at all times of the year, so why not carols in the Christmas

  • Time to lighten up

    Sir – Some confused thinking by Roger Moreton (Letters, December 5) about carols being “belted out” in supermarkets). I doubt if he would like to hear them played quietly either. First, he is surprised that Muslims tolerate this — yet Muslims are

  • Retain pool gym

    Sir – Whenever I go to Temple Cowley gym, it is very well used. People have been at a loss to know why the council is closing the pool but has the council considered retaining the gym facilities? The dance studio could be retained for extra income

  • Origin of Santa

    Sir – I enjoy Chris Koenig’s weekly column for his interesting, well-researched historical insights. Unfortunately last week he suffered a lapse of critical judgement by repeating the old saw about Santa Claus’ red and white livery being invented to

  • Best of British buses

    Sir – I appreciated the picture of the lovely old City of Oxford Motor Services’ bus in last week’s issue, but it was incorrect to call it a Routemaster. Not all red double-deck buses are Routemasters, which are London buses. However, there is

  • Old pals' network

    Sir – Christopher Gray is of course quite right to complain about ‘free plugs’ given by the BBC, and about restaurant critics whose reviews favour their friends and their families (Gray Matter, December 12). I trust, therefore, that it will be some

  • COMMENT: Newly-wed’s death will touch all hearts

    WE DEFY anyone not to be touched by the death of newlywed Helen Thompson. The 28-year-old died in December, a day after doctors told her family there was nothing they could do about a blood clot on her brain. The family are now fundraising

  • Inquiry looks at plans for homes on former social club site

    A PLANNING inquiry into whether homes should be built on a sports field in Cowley started at Oxford Town Hall yesterday. Cantay Estates wishes to build 40 homes, as well as two all-weather pitches, on the site of the former Lord Nuffield Club in

  • Police concerned for missing woman, 54

    POLICE are worried about an Eynsham woman who went missing from her home yesterday morning. Jacqueline Gulliford, 54, was last seen at her Hawthorn Road home at about 7.30am. She does not have access to a car. Pc Martyn McHale, of Witney police

  • Warrant out for accused

    An arrest warrant has been issued after a man failed to turn up at Oxford Crown Court yesterday to face sentence for assault. Martin Morris, 55, of Saunders Road, Oxford, is accused of assaulting William Morris occasioning actual bodily harm on

  • Rape suspects bailed

    Three rape suspects have been rebailed by police investigating an incident in west Oxford. The men, aged 34, 35, and 41, were arrested after a 22-year-old woman told police she was raped in Botley Road last month. They have now all been rebailed

  • Moore of Bacon after exhibition success

    A SPECIAL exhibition at the Ashmolean has become the third most popular in the museum’s history. More than 36,000 visitors have flocked to see Flesh and Bone, an exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore. It opened on September

  • East Oxford crash causing delays

    AN accident is causing delays in east Oxford this morning. Oxford Bus Company has reported its 8am service from Cumnor to the city centre is running approximately 25 minutes late because of the accident on Morrell Avenue, between St Clement's and

  • Driver freed from car

    A 35-year-old man was rescued from an overturned car yesterday morning after a crash involving his vehicle and a coach on the M40. The Citroen ended up on its roof following the incident near Junction 8, at about 6.30am. Police, fire crews

  • Power to go off again

    People in Sandford facing having their power cut off again today as workmen try to find and repair a fault in an underground cable. Fifteen homes in the Henley Road area of Sandford-on-Thames area were without power overnight from 4pm on Monday

  • New appeal on assault after suspect spotted

    Police have renewed an appeal for help after a woman in her 30s was sexually assaulted in an alleyway between Station Road and Cronshaw Close. The incident happened at about 3.30pm on December 16 when a man approached her and touched her inappropriately

  • CRICKET: Hammond in England squad

    Oxfordshire’s Miles Hammond (below) has received the perfect 18th birthday present by being named in the England squad for the ICC Under 19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates next month. The Oxford-based off-spinner, who turned 18 on Saturday

  • Pc’s lover ‘was paid £600 for passing on names’

    THE lover of a police officer who allegedly stole road crash victims’ details from her force’s computers got paid £600 a time to refer their compensation claims, a court heard. Raza Khan rang a solicitor specialising in personal injury claims to

  • FOOTBALL: Barton bring leaders' unbeaten run to a halt

    Barton United caused an upset as they beat Oxford City FA leaders Original Swan 4-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Couling Cup, inflicting the home side’s first defeat of the season. Shaun Hurcombe got Barton’s first with Jamie McCuaig bagging

  • FOOTBALL: Bucaneers sunk by magical Meah

    UNDER 14 SULAYMAN Meah hit a hat-trick as Barton United recorded a 7-0 victory over Blewbury Buccaneers in the D League. Hassan Ahmed bagged a brace, with Utba Nassa and Nathan Day also on target. Arthur Galley was the hero for Marston

  • FOOTBALL: Super Samson is Berinsfield's last-gasp hero

    Andy Samson grabbed a last-minute winner to give holders Berinsfield a 4-3 home victory over Oxford City Nomads Development in the quarter-finals of the Intermediate Cup. The North Berks League hosts came from 3-1 down to claim victory against

  • FOOTBALL: McCuaig fires five-timer

    CRITCHLEYS UTV LEAGUE CUP COMPETITIONS JAMIE McCuaig netted five times as Barton United swept aside Northway 11-1 in Group A of the Hedley Toms Cup, writes DARYL RIDGLEY. Matty Jacobs added a brace for the hosts and there were goals from

  • Wednesday, January 16

    9:39pm A cyclist has been involved in a serious crash that has shut Kennington Road beneath the Southern Bypass in Oxford 6:41pm A man has died after falling at the

  • Ring road traffic queues after crash

    A southern section of the ring road is blocked after a crash this morning. The collision, which involved a motorbike and a car, has led to the A423 Southern By-Pass Road Westbound becoming blocked. The accident happened between the Heyford

  • Florence Park gets ready to celebrate its 80th birthday

    EIGHTY years ago a new housing estate sprang up in Oxford as workers flocked here to work in the booming car industry. This year, the community in Florence Park will mark the birthday of the estate with a series of events – kicking off on Saturday

  • Florence Park gets ready to celebrate its 80th birthday

    EIGHTY years ago a new housing estate sprang up in Oxford as workers flocked here to work in the booming car industry. This year, the community in Florence Park will mark the birthday of the estate with a series of events – kicking off on Saturday

  • Oxford Mail Youth League tables

    Under 13 A League                          P   W D L F A Pts Cumnor Minors 11 9 1 1 46 19 28 Oxford Irish 9 7

  • FOOTBALL: Herbert's stop is so crucial to Carterton win

    Chris Herbert saved a Martin Plumridge penalty as Carterton Town A edged into the last eight of the Oxfordshire John Fathers Junior Shield after a narrow 2-1 home success against Chadlington. Chris MacNeil fired Carterton ahead before Chadlington

  • FOOTBALL: Green's hat-trick lifts Stonesfield

    Tom Green hit a superb hat-trick as Stonesfield came from behind for a 4-1 home win over bottom club Garsington in the Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division. Asdrubal Barosso capitalised on a mistake in the Stonesfield defence to fire home

  • FOOTBALL: Jet crash at Long Wittenham

    CRITCHLEYS UTV LEAGUE Division 3 SECOND-PLACED Jet were sent crashing to a surprise 5-1 defeat away to Long Wittenham. Daniel Osbourne bagged a brace, with strikes from Jacob Christian, Lewis Monaghan and Steve Molloy completing the tally

  • FOOTBALL: Millie is to the fore as City cruise

    OXFORD MAIL GIRLS LEAGUE UNDER11 MILLIE Collier hit a four-timer as Oxford City ran out 11-0 winners at home to five-girl Wantage. Ella Littlewood bagged a hat-trick, with Molly Jones (2), Stella Clarke and Lily Harries also on target.

  • Fishes drinkers are rewarded + video

    Staff at an Oxford pub decided to ensure they stayed afloat during the floods by rewarding plucky drinkers who braved the elements to reach them. Pub manager Owain Llywd Jones kept The Fishes at North Hinksey open, making use of social media to ask

  • FLOODING: Trapped gran, 93, living high and dry

    A 93-year-old woman who was flooded out of her house is living temporarily at a care home. Grandmother Ivy Trafford was carried out of her mobile home in Bablockhythe by firemen after waters surrounded it. She is now staying at Henry Cornish

  • FOOTBALL: Bayliss blasts brilliant brace

    Rhys Bayliss hit a double as Chipping Norton Town stayed three points clear at the top with a 3-3 home draw against second-placed West Witney in the Witney & District FA Premier Division. In a programme badly hit by the recent wet weather,

  • FLOODING: Nominate your flood heroes

    PEOPLE across Oxfordshire have suffered as a result of the recent flooding. And we would now like you to nominate your flood heroes so we can feature them in the Oxford Mail. They could be council officials who have spent hours standing

  • FLOODING: Antiques saved from manor in the nick of time

    antique furniture at a Cotswold manor was saved in the nick of time when flooding struck the Grade I listed building. Kelmscott Manor, in the Cotswolds, dates from the late 16th century and was the home of writer and designer William Morris from

  • Test track plan is approved at city car factory

    Plans for a new covered test track at the BMW Mini plant in Cowley have been approved. The track will have a canopy to allow cars to be tested over long distances to detect any production faults. Construction will now take place over two phases

  • Town’s oldest religious place wins £10,000 for renovation

    BICESTER’S oldest religious building has been given £10,000 to help pay for the next phase of renovations. Work is to start in the spring to install toilets, a new boiler, and stone flooring in St Edburg’s Church, Church Street. The refurbishment

  • MP urges vigilance a year after child grooming trial

    A YEAR after the start of the Oxford grooming gang trial, millions of pounds have been spent and many measures taken to improve child protection in the county. But an Oxford MP has warned the threat of child sex gangs still remains and the city

  • FOOTBALL: Hogan helps Ardington to surprise Penn

    Ardington & Lockinge came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Penn & Tylers Green, from Hellenic League Division 1 East, in the fourth round of the Berks & Bucks INtermediate Cup. Adam Hogan converted two of the three penalties that the

  • FOOTBALL: Neale leads the way for North Leigh

    GILES SPORTS WITNEY YOUTH LEAGUE BRENDAN Neale helped himself to four goals as North Leigh defeated Bloxham 11-0 at home in the Under 14 A League. Finlay Heritage added a brace, with Zak Farrow, Ross Parker, Callum Davies, Cory Donohoe and

  • FOOTBALL: Allison goal in vain for Oxon

    SCHOOLS' FOOTBALL OXFORDSHIRE bowed out of the ESFA Girls Under 16 Inter County Trophy with a 5-1 defeat by Dorset in the first knockout round at Chapel Gate, Christchurch. Kelly Snook opened the scoring for Dorset after five minutes, and Chloe

  • Hundreds urge bus company to retain their local service

    HUNDREDS of people have spoken out against plans to cancel their local bus service. A petition with more than 220 signatures has been handed in to Oxford Bus Company’s travel shop in the High Street. The company is scrapping its 4C service