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  • Workers told jobs are safe as Four Pillars is taken over

    MORE than 850 staff at an Oxfordshire hotel chain have been assured their jobs are safe after the business was taken over by an American finance giant. The Four Pillars Hotels group, which includes four properties in the county, including two in

  • Tax credit windfall brings home the bacon for Peppa Pig

    PEPPA Pig is looking perky thanks to a cash windfall for a specialist branding firm. Kokomo, which designs and produces children’s toiletry products using a host of favourite characters, which also include Barbie and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Engineer is one of few women in a male-led profession

    The phrase ‘one of the boys’ has particular meaning for Phyllis Barron. The mother of two is one of just two female engineers out of the 40-strong team employed at Begbroke-based music technology firm Solid State Logic. She said: “I have always

  • Lighting firm is a shining example

    A BICESTER lighting firm is bucking the manufacturing trend by moving its production back from China. Zeta Lighting is in the process of getting its Telford Road headquarters ready to open a production line at the site. The move will create

  • French exam veto woman became Gallic wine expert

    The irony of having been told she should not sit French O-Level exams at school is not lost on Jane Cranston. As financial director of Botley-based wine company Stevens Garnier, she now speaks the language fluently and visits the Loire Valley frequently

  • Time to lend a hand (and ears) to little readers

    A TEACHER is urging people to volunteer to help a child with the most important lesson of their life – learning to read. Bure Park School’s head of literacy, Tina Woodgate, needs volunteers to help children sharpen their reading skills. People

  • Students point the way forward with top results

    TEENAGERS are performing better in their A-Levels with a higher points score for 2013. The score is calculated by the grades students get – for example a maximum of 300 points is awarded for an A* grade. For 2012 the average figure across the

  • Northern Gateway project is moving forward at pace

    Oxford City Council has started the process that will see the creation of Oxford’s Northern Gateway at Pearree. The council’s Core Strategy allocates this site for an jobs-led development providing around 55,000sq m of floorspace for science, research

  • ‘These crossings will only worsen traffic congestion’

    TWO planned pedestrian crossings in Abingdon designed to ease traffic congestion would do exactly the opposite, a county councillor has claimed. The new crossings proposed for Ock Street and Marcham Road have been devised to help the town’s road

  • Clergyman and professor was Oriel College’s 50th provost

    A FORMER provost at an Oxford college has died aged 75. Rev Prof Ernest Nicholson was provost of Oriel College between 1990 and 2003, when he retired. He took up the post against the background of the decline of state funding of the university

  • Mail stalwart was a champ in boxing circles

    ROY Walton, who has died aged 77, was well known in boxing, darts and Aunt Sally circles in Oxfordshire. He worked for the Oxford Mail, Times and Herald series for more than 40 years delivering newspapers to all parts of the county and beyond.

  • New sports store is ready to go the distance with 30 jobs

    A MAJOR sports retailer is preparing to open a new store at Seacourt Tower Retail Park in Oxford. French company Decathlon – which sells equipment for more than 70 sports from running and cycling to horse riding and scuba diving — will open its

  • Pupils make feeders to help birds get winter nourishment

    PUPILS who live near Bicester are providing help for birds struggling to find food and shelter during the winter months. Adam Reid, from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, visited Charlton-on-Otmoor Primary School to show pupils how

  • This week's Guide highlights

    Take a look at some of the best bits from this week's entertainment   Fancy a night out? Stand-up comic Mitch Benn will be playing at Chipping Norton Theatre tomorrow. Katherine MacAlister talks to the Liverpudlian funnyman. If

  • Skiplex - Take flying carpet to ski mastery

    Before heading out onto the white stuff, Jason Collie and sons find the perfect place to practice The fear for all but the keenest skier and snowboarder is wasting time out on the piste. Time out on the white stuff is so precious that you don

  • Cheap ski holiday? That's snow problem

    February Half Term is the best time for families to ski with snow conditions at their optimum but often prices demand a premium. So how, and where, do you get on the piste, without breaking the bank. Tim Hughes finds out. * La Plagne – Part of

  • Screen Breaks - All eyes and bets on the Oscars

    James Luxford discusses awards season Awards season is in full swing, and for people like me it’s one of the busier times of the year. You may have heard me more frequently on your radio recently, as I’ve been in and out to discuss the runner and

  • Keeping abreast of history at the Ashmolean

    Sarah Mayhew-Craddock looks forward to an exciting new project marrying the past and the present like never before Sometimes it’s easy to forget, as one scurries around the labyrinthine warrens of the Ashmolean Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum

  • Evita: The New Theatre, Oxford

    FIVE STARS It is nearly 20 years — 18, to be precise — since the brilliant Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Evita last graced the stage of the New Theatre in a production starring Marti Webb as the charismatic Argentinian actress-cum-politician

  • Stage Whispers with Tei Williams at Chipping Norton Theatre

    Do you like to dance? Lots of people do. The celebrated choreographer Richard Alston famously said: “Dance is vital, an activity both exhilarating to watch or do. It can speed up your heart rate, it can enliven your being, it can change your life.”

  • What's the story? Short Stories Aloud @ Old Fire Station

    Authors and readers alike look forward to bringing the printed word to life at a special monthly event in Oxford, Katherine MacAlister finds out more If you want to hear some of the best, new, upcoming authors reading their latest work or watch

  • The Oxfork American Breakfast

    Jess Gervers and Chloe Horner at Oxfork showcase one of their favourite dishes We’re Chloe and Jess, the folks behind Oxfork. We’re both career changers; Chloe worked in music and events, Jess worked for an environmental charity – we both jacked

  • Review: Giraffe, Tesco Extra, Abingdon

    Despite its link to a giant Tesco, Mark Edwards finds the new Giraffe restaurant is head and shoulders above the rest It was generally accepted that after a heavy night out, Abingdon folk would be seen at the Tesco cafe the following morning for

  • Jo Woodcock @ The Wandering Kitchen

    Let me tell you more about The Wandering Kitchen. It’s a pop-up restaurant set up by myself and my partner, Ed. I come from a front-of-house management background in catering and he is a trained chef, who trained with the likes of Albert Roux. We were

  • Nibbles - Fallowfields, Portabello and more

    * Congratulations to Fallowfields for being awarded three AA Rosettes. With the exception of the fabulous Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons, which holds five rosettes, Fallowfields is only the second restaurant in Oxfordshire to hold such an accolade.

  • Hot's just so cool - a session of Hot Yoga

    With the January detox well under way, Marc West turns turns up the heat at his first session of Hot Yoga With the weather far too unpleasant to run this time of year (that’s my excuse anyway), I’ve been looking for an activity to complement my

  • Why comic Mitch Benn just can't escape all things fab!

    Liverpudlian comic Mitch Benn tells Katherine MacAlister why his latest show really had to be written Don’t get him wrong, Mitch Benn wouldn’t be doing a show about the Beatles if he didn’t love them, even if he is a stand-up comic. So while

  • Oxfordshire GCSE results 2013, school by school

    A: Number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 B: Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C or equivalents including A*-C in both English and mathematics GCSEs C: Percentage of Key Stage 4 pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate D: Percentage of pupils

  • Oxfordshire A Level results, school by school

    A: Number of A level students at the end of Key Stage 5 study B: Average point score per full time equivalent academic studentSource: Department for Education Key SUPP – figures suppressed as they refer to fewer than five pupils; NE – No GCSE or equivalent

  • Learn Afrikaans? What are the dons thinking?

    Nick Hilton explains why he is reluctant to learn another language Oxford is a magical place over Christmas. Fairy lights twinkle in every window. Children, wearing mittens, frolic down Cornmarket, whilst their parents, hot toddys in hand, watch

  • A secluded and special spot

    Frankie Goodway in praise of a city secret Nestled on St Cross Street, between the hulking law and English faculties building and the stretch of Magdalen College’s wall, Holywell Cemetery is a slice of calm. Oxford is awash with green spaces

  • Photographer shows stars ready to act

    Annand is a fine photographer who specialises in theatrical subjects. His pictures have often graced the pages of The Oxford Times beside reviews from such venues as the National Theatre, The Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company. At present

  • SCALES OF JUSTICE

    BANBURY MAGISTRATES Alex Timms, 25, from Taphouse Avenue, Witney, admitted possessing one gram of cocaine, a class A drug, in Corn Street, Witney, on December 26. Fined £90 and ordered to pay a £20 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs. Manasif

  • Asbo, 20, man abused police

    A JURY has decided that a 20-year-old breached his Asbo when he repeatedly used bad language inside St Aldate’s police station. Jed Denton, of Underhill Circus, Barton, admitted shouting and swearing on May 22 last year in an attempt to get his

  • Farrier exhibition is straight from the horse's hoof

    A portrait of an Oxfordshire farrier – an expert in the care of horses’ hooves – features in a new exhibition. Photographer Matthew Wright, from Wantage, has spent a year taking pictures of Andy Eadie of Lambourn Downs. He is showing the pictures

  • Council is praised for speed in helping adopted children

    OXFORDSHIRE has been ranked fifth in the latest ‘adoption score cards’ with children waiting 30 per cent less time to find a permanent home than the national average. But there is still room for improvement, says the Cabinet Member for Children

  • VIDEO: Highlights from Oxford United's FA Cup replay

    Oxford United bowed out of the FA Cup with a 3-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic in the third round replay. A brace for Yann Kermorgant and a goal from Danny Green saw the Championship side make smooth progress at the Kassam Stadium. If you can

  • Iconic can-can legs are joined by another pair

    Christopher Gray spots another one of John Buckley's trademark sculptures on a trip to Brighton Sculptor John Buckley’s iconic can-can legs, with their black-and-white striped stockings, which used to point to the sky opposite his even more famous

  • Mrs. Griffin Sends Her Love by Miss Read

    Philippa Logan on a collection of articles that evoke country life during the 1950s ‘Easy reading’ is not an insult, although Thackeray took it as such. Complimented on having produced ‘such easy reading’, he retorted that easy reading ‘means damned

  • It's meat and drink - Cleaver in George Street, Oxford

    Christopher Gray is surprised yet another burger joint has opened in George Street The discerning diners of Oxford would appear to have tired of pizzas with toppings that could have been styled either imaginative or plain yucky. Things like Indian

  • Can you stomach a hearty haggis?

    Helen Peacocke on the traditions that accompany Burns Night When you are confronted with a grey speckled mixture of liver, lungs, heart and oatmeal sitting on your plate alongside mashed tatties and neaps (mashed potato and swede), you may be forgiven

  • University staff walk out over pay dispute + Audio

    UNIVERSITY staff have this morning walked out in a dispute over pay.  Employees from Oxford Brookes and the University of Oxford are taking part in the two-hour strike across the city which began at 11am.  It follows two one-day strikes on

  • Free range to show peonies and lilacs too

    Val Bourne gathers some cut-flower display advice Gardeners and flower arrangers both adore flowers, but they approach arranging flowers in entirely different ways. I grow sweet peas, dahlias and lots of annuals which I cut and plonk — that’s the

  • Try to make it count for bird survey

    David Duffy looks ahead to the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend For many of us, so far this winter, things have been strangely quiet in the garden. Peanut feeders hang unpecked, fat balls swing untouched and breadcrumbs have been left

  • Code draws attention to dignity of elderly

    WE, AS a nation, need to treat the elderly with greater understanding. With this in mind the Dignity Code was launched last year in the House of Commons. The purpose of the Dignity Code is to uphold the rights and maintain the personal dignity

  • Apologise over student flats at Port Meadow

    COMMON sense and now the Government’s own Planning Minister, Nick Boles, say what everyone but Oxford City Council and Oxford University have known from the start. The University accommodation development at Port Meadow is wrong and they owe the

  • Disgraceful state of road tunnel worsens flooding

    The picture to the right is of the tiny hole/tunnel which runs under the Old Abingdon Road (road to Red Bridge) that the stream has to run through. It runs parallel with Wytham Street at the bottom of the gardens of the houses on that side – little

  • Don’t blame victims for school literacy failure

    With regards your article Academy accused over its GCSEs (January 22) and my letter (So, how much literacy teaching do our pupils actually get at school?), I would like to pick up Sue Croft’s mention of “disruptive students” and “pupils with behavioural

  • The only way is UPP (Ultimate Picture Palace) cinema club

    Frankie Goodway raises the curtain on a club for Oxford Times readers to indulge in gold-standard films If you love films or simply going to the cinema, then the new Oxford Times Film Club will hopefully whet your appetite. In partnership with

  • Burns Night served up with poetry and music

    Katherine MacAlister on a Playhouse Plays Out production with a difference this weekend You’ll need to get your tartan out on Saturday to attend the Burns Night Playhouse Plays Out celebrations. Performed by Oxford’s very own Live Canon at The

  • The Only Way is Downton @ Oxford Playhouse

    Angie Johnson catches Luke Kempner in action during a national tour Following great success at the Edinburgh Festival with his comedy drama The Only Way is Downton, Luke Kempner made an appearance this week at the Oxford Playhouse as part of a

  • Twelfth Night @ Oxford Playhouse

    Christopher Gray finds Filter Theatre’s fun is very infectious If Music be the Food of Love . . . Prepare for Indigestion. The title of a 1967 album from the cheesy pop group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich sprang into my mind at the start

  • A masterclass in would-be stars

    Andy Hill (Death of Hi-Fi) attends the Beat-It launch party at Fat Lil's, Witney The road to stardom for many is seen these days in the context of glitzy TV karaoke competitions or chance discoveries by record company talent scouts. But in reality

  • Top dogs find middle ground - interview with Police Dog Hogan

    Tim Hughes asks Police Dog Hogan about realising the boyhood dream — in middle age There has been many a kid who has dreamed of forming a band. For most the dream remains just that. For a few others, the vision becomes a reality until they decide

  • For Art's Sake - Oxfordshire Artsweek

    Esther Lafferty looks ahead to May’s Oxfordshire Artweeks, when artists throw open their doors and invite us to look in Ever wondered what the man next door gets up to in the old pig pen at the bottom of the garden? Or thought that he might be

  • Thursday, January 23

    12:06pm Today's top stories There was a record low number of fatalities on our roads last year The county's GCSE and A-Level results were good, especially the academies. We've got a full round-up

  • When Blenheim was made into a hospital

    Sylvia Vetta sees how the palace is commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War Blenheim Palace reopens on February 15 with ‘A Great Estate at War – Land, Sea and Air’, an exhibition to mark the First World War centenary

  • Wrong way up - interview with playwright and actor Henry Lewis

    Katherine MacAlister speaks to Henry Lewis — the surprisingly young and astoundingly successful playwright and actor Henry Lewis is 25 years old. Not an exceptional fact in its own right until you take into account that he has two successful theatre

  • Red hot charity fundraisers in running for three awards

    COUNTY firefighters have been given the nod for three fundraising charity awards after collecting more cash per firefighter than any brigade in the country. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has been nominated for the Spirit of Fire Awards after

  • Migration can cut both ways when it comes to jobs

    ONE of the most common complaints about immigration is that people come to this country and “take our jobs”. Well these things cut both ways, as one Oxfordshire MP is finding out. Ed Vaizey Wantage MP Ed Vaizey, who also doubles as

  • Show caution when asked to be a guarantor

    By John McNulty, Solicitor with Turpin & Miller It sometimes happens to a lawyer that personal circumstances arise which match those of a client but it is not always the case that the advice that you give to the client is  mirrored by the actions

  • Drivers on A34 near Oxford facing delays following smash

    Traffic is slow on the A34 this morning following a crash on the northbound carriageway between the Hinksey Hill and Botley interchanges. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said a Hyundai ended up on its side shortly after 8.30am and one man

  • Chelsea dream over for Oxford United Youth

    CHRIS Allen was full of pride for his Oxford United side as they gave Cardiff City a fright on the way to a 3-2 defeat in the FA Youth Cup fourth round last night. The Premier League side clinically built a 2-0 lead by half-time through Macauley

  • High-achieving academies setting the county’s pace

    ACADEMIES in Oxfordshire are among the highest performing schools in the county for GCSE results. But headteachers have said they are not certain the status is the only factor behind the grades. Seven schools in Oxfordshire managed to get at

  • County’s schools better the national average for GCSEs

    RESULTS published today show schools in Oxfordshire are doing better than their counterparts in England when it comes to GCSEs. The Department for Education has released figures which showed 60.6 per cent of Oxfordshire pupils taking their exams

  • Restructuring of academy helps to raise aspirations

    EXACTLY a year ago Oxford Academy was slated as the worst performing secondary school in the county. This year, the school, in Sandy Lane West, has seen its GCSE results jump 16 percentage points. In 2012 only 26 per cent of pupils achieved

  • Spires counts cost of ‘borderline’ marks

    OXFORD Spires Academy had a mixed bag of results in the overall figures released today. The Glanville Road school saw the number of students getting the benchmark of five A* to C grades including English and maths at GCSE fall nine percentage points

  • OAP on rape charges

    A pre-trial hearing at Oxford Crown Court has been held in the case of a pensioner charged with 17 counts of rape. Terry Haynes, of Mathews Way, Abingdon, denies the charges and has also pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault and two

  • Changes made to £400m Westgate plans

    CHANGES have been made to the £400m Westgate redevelopment plan following concerns from heritage experts. The Westgate Alliance, which has submitted its amended proposal to Oxford City Council, has lowered some of the buildings and changed the

  • Landlord fined for trying to evict mother and baby

    A LANDLORD has been fined after attempting to illegally evict a young mother and her nine-week-old baby. Sony Darshan, of Lytton Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty when he appeared at Oxford Magistrates Court on Monday to the attempted unlawful eviction

  • 40 year low for road deaths

    FEWER people were killed on our roads than at any time over the past 40 years. Nineteen people were killed in traffic accidents in 2013 but police and campaigners last night said the number of fatalities was still far too high. Chief Inspector

  • RUGBY UNION: Shaw's set for Army debut on home turf

    DOM Shaw will be on familiar territory when he makes his debut for the Army against Oxford University at Iffley Road. The former Oxford RFC junior and Magdalen College School pupil has been named in the visiting squad to face the Dark Blues next

  • Miss Read's tales of everyday life

    ‘Easy reading’ is not an insult, although Thackeray took it as such. Complimented on having produced ‘such easy reading’, he retorted that easy reading ‘means damned hard writing’. I learnt this among many gems in Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love, a

  • Theft from backpack

    OXFORD: Police want to speak to these women pictured on CCTV after money was snatched in Queen Street. The cash was taken from a woman’s backpack in the Apricot store at about 12.15pm on January 9. Pc Gurinder Sangha, from Oxford police station

  • ATHLETICS: Scrivener bags second national victory

    ALEX Scrivener underlined her potential with a second victory of the British Athletics Cross Challenge series at Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields. Already a winner in round one at Bristol, the Oxford City athlete took the under 11 girls’ title again

  • Drivers should not become complacent

    IT’S good news that road deaths in Oxfordshire reached a 40-year low last year. But this should not be a reason for drivers to get complacent. All 19 victims have families who are still grieving and are keen for new road safety measures and

  • Police warn over cuts

    Chief Constable Sara Thornton has warned Thames Valley Police may not be able to continue to protect the public if cuts deepen. A Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) meeting yesterday heard that the force had cut £58m from its annual budget of

  • Suspects steal money

    Cash and jewellery went missing from a home in Thame after two men were seen acting suspiciously in the street. Police are now appealing for witnesses to call 101 after the burglary at about 1pm on Monday in Chowns Close. Police described one

  • Call for witnesses to hit and run collision

    A driver in Banbury failed to stop at the scene of an accident that left a cyclist with head injuries and a broken ankle. The cyclist was knocked off his bike in the collision with a car – possibly a black Toyota – on the Southam Road between Mollington

  • ICE HOCKEY: Sluggish Stars are made to pay by deadly Devils

    A slow start proved costly as Oxford City Stars crashed to a 5-2 defeat at Cardiff Devils in English National League South Division 2. Victory would have taken the defending champions back to the top of the table, but they fell short of their best

  • Possible sightings of missing grandmother

    Police searching for missing mum Jackie Gulliford say they are still receiving calls about the possible whereabouts of the 61-year-old. The grandmother-of-two has not been seen since she left her Hawthorn Road home early on Tuesday last week.

  • BOWLS: Hawes is area singles champ

    Oxford & District’s Katherine Hawes beat Lorraine Woodley (Desborough, Maidenhead) 21-17 in the English Indoor Bowling Association’s ladies singles area final. She now goes through to the inter-area final where she will face either Michelle

  • RUGBY UNION: Chippy hit by front-row crisis

    CHIPPING Norton director of rugby Andy Dawson said a shortage of front-row players led to them conceding a walkover against BB&O Premier Division leaders Tadley. The west Oxfordshire club were unable to field a side on Saturday. “We have

  • Oxford 1 makes most of opportunity

    After a poor start to the season, rounds three and four of the Four Nations Chess League last weekend provided Oxford 1 with a chance to make amends and the team took the opportunity in magnificent style. Saturday’s 4.5 - 3.5 victory against the

  • BAR BILLIARDS: Masons stun Kennington

    Premier Section leaders Kennington Club lost their unbeaten record with a surprise 3-2 defeat at Section 1 side Masons B in the Johnsons Buildbase Oxford League, writes PETE EWINS. Martin Skryme put Masons ahead with a narrow win over Brian Rose

  • AUNT SALLY: Ruffels blitz fails to see off Yellows

    Barry Ruffels’s 16-doll haul, which included a six, was only enough to help Garsington Sports A to a 3-3 draw against Yellows in the Gladiator Wednesday Indoor League. Roger Goodall hit a six in his 14 dolls as Six Bells whitewashed Kidlington

  • ATHLETICS: Studley impresses on England duty

    DAN Studley secured a top-20 placing while running for England at the Cross Internacional Italica in Seville, Spain. The 22-year-old Oxford Brookes University student finished 18th in the men’s race, clocking 34mins 4secs for the 10.8km course.

  • Wider view

    Few would disagree that Botley needs and deserves an improved centre. The argument about the Doric proposal is now firmly focused on scale of what is being put forward. Many communities would be delighted about what is being proposed: a hotel

  • Blame game

    If Oxfordshire County Council wanted to cause alarm about the future facing our primary schools this week it has succeeded. The prospect of our children again having to be taught in temporary buildings in schools with little recreational space,

  • Inquest into JR death

    A mental health patient died after falling from a barrier at the John Radcliffe hospital, an inquest heard yesterday. Oxfordshire Coroners Court heard David Brooks, 58, from Moreton-in-Marsh, was taken from the Warneford Mental Health Hospital

  • Unemployment falls for the 10th month

    THE number of unemployed in Oxfordshire fell for the 10th consecutive month. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show 4,701 people were claiming Jobseekers Allowance, 152 fewer than for the previous month. The figure also

  • Collision causes delay on A34

    FOUR cars were in a collision on the A34 near the Peartree Interchange yesterday. The southbound lane of the Western Bypass was closed by police just after 8am. A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service said staff treated one patient

  • Black cab fares may go up two per cent

    BLACK cab fares may now be reviewed every year after the latest increase was approved on Tuesday. Oxford City Council has approved an average increase of two per cent in the fares hackney carriage drivers can charge, but a public consultation still

  • Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 23/1/2014)

    Buster Keaton once declared that `comedy is a serious business' and the point is more than well made in his extraordinary silent, The General (1926), which returns to cinemas this week. Keaton's deadpan expression was partly intended to convey his

  • Parky at the Pictures (DVD 23/1/2014)

    While it's by no means inevitable, it is certainly highly likely that a film featured in the annual Top 10s will make its way on to DVD in the first weeks of the following year. In this instance, a couple of foreign-language titles have made an early

  • Medicines from Rome amuse pupils

    CHILDREN and adults spent the day learning about the realities of Roman culture and medicine at Cheney School in Headington. The school’s East Oxford Community Classics Centre hosted workshops for pupils during the day, and afternoon and evening

  • Oxford United ace Potter hits the road at Palace

    ALFIE Potter made a welcome appearance yesterday at the launch of the 2014 Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Blenheim Palace Triathlon. The winger, who has been out with an ankle injury since November, is pictured jogging with (from left) mascot

  • RUGBY UNION: Dark Blues' try blitz downs RAF

    OXFORD University began their 2014 programme with a 36-16 victory over the RAF at Iffley Road last night. The Airmen took the lead with a penalty from fly half Andy Byrne, but the Dark Blues hit back when Matt Janney, who enjoyed an excellent game

  • Company scores direct hit with its Clumsy Ninja game + Video

    WITH all the art galleries and theatres to choose from, you might think Culture Minister Ed Vaizey would be too busy to play games on his mobile phone. But when he gets a break from his hectic schedule helping to run the Government, the Conservative

  • ATHLETICS: Fajemisin secures southern gold

    OXFORD City’s Simi Fajemisin leapt to gold in the South of England Championships at Lee Valley Stadium. Fajesmisin took the under 17 girls’ long jump title with a 5.85m at the indoor meeting. Last summer, she won the English Schools title outdoors

  • CRICKET: Home Counties change 50-over points system

    Changes have been approved to the points system for 50-over games in the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League for this season. Clubs at the annual meeting at High Wycombe CC on Tuesday agreed that winning sides in this format will receive

  • Man claims violence was an attempt to stop attack

    A MAN admitted throwing a metal chair during a brawl outside an Oxford takeaway but said he was only trying to escape the area. Yesterday Waqas Khan, 20, of Furlong Close, Oxford, became the first of four defendants to give evidence during their

  • ATHLETICS: Harwell venue confirmed for county championships

    THE Oxfordshire Cross Country Championships will take place at Harwell on Sunday, March 2, organisers have confirmed. Originally scheduled to run in conjunction with round three of the Oxford Mail League on January 5, both events were postponed

  • RUGBY LEAGUE: Newton and Parker boost Oxford ranks

    OXFORD Rugby League have signed two more players as they build towards the new Kingstone Press Championship One season. Centre Yannic Parker has joined from University of Gloucestershire All Golds, with Oxford Cavaliers hooker Wes Newton also making

  • A lemon tree to beat them all

    WHEN life gives you lemons... make sure they’re giant ones. That was the saying at the University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden yesterday. Trainee horticulturalist Emily Sharpe was proudly inspecting the yellow creation in the garden’s conservatory

  • Fears as some people visit casualty 50 times in a year

    ACCIDENT and Emergency staff are seeing some people more than 50 times in one year, taking up more than 1,000 consultations. Last night a watchdog leader said repeat visits were putting further pressure on A&E despite more suitable NHS services

  • FOOTBALL: Didcot ease drop fears

    Didcot Town eased their relegation fears in Division 1 South & West of the Calor League with a 4-2 win at promotion chasers Swindon Supermarine last night. It was all they deserved after battling back from two goals down, and also hitting the woodwork

  • GOLF: Eddie off to promising start in Doha

    OXFORDSHIRE’S Eddie Pepperell gave himself a birthday present with a strong start yesterday. The Frilford Heath golfer, who turned 23, was delayed by fog but shot a three-under-par round of 69 in Doha. It left him in a share of 27th place and

  • ATHLETICS: Results round-up

    (senior men unless stated) NOT THE ROMAN IX Eynsham RR: 10 M Tyrrell 42.41. Kidlington: 76 J Bennett 49.48, 108 J Moss (V45) 52.28, 162 J Greenhill (V50) 55.09, 170 W Bunce (V60) 55.20, 174 R Bennett 55.28, 203 A Finnigan (LV35) 57.03,

  • The race is now on to be on Town and Gown start line

    TWO wheelchair users are urging others to take part in this year’s Town and Gown 10k run in Oxford. John Dickson and Chris Christou were the first ever people to compete in the race in powered wheelchairs last year, in the child and adult races