OXFORD University has said it is reconsidering certain aspects of its landmark humanities building because of the “massive” cost. Work on the £40m library – which would complete the £200m Radcliffe Observatory Quarter – has been on hold for around
AFTER joining Morris Garages in Longwall Street, Oxford, Cecil Kimber was determined to build a car that would hold its own in the world of motor sport and in 1924 the MG was introduced to the motoring public. The marque has come a long way since
OXFORD United were unable to finish the season on a high as Chris Wilder's Northampton Town swept to victory to preserve their Football League status. It neatly summed up the U's season - after a promising start where Ryan Williams grabbed an early
PROSPECTIVE young entrepreneurs in Oxfordshire could be given a helping hand into self-employment. The Prince’s Trust charity is looking to expand its enterprise programme in the county and give young people a lift on to the career ladder.
4:56pm FT: #ntfc 3 #oufc 1 Pitch invasion at Sixfields as N’hampton celebrate staying up. Utd sign off with an 11th defeat in 15 games. — @OxfordMailOUFC 03 May 2014
A TEAM of adventurers will attempt to travel by road, sea and across mountains to get from Land’s End to John O’Groats in a straight line. Calling themselves Team Beeline, the four – Nick Beighton, Tori James, Ian O’Grady and Adam Harmer – this
PLANS to convert a shop into the sixth supermarket on Headington’s London Road are under consideration by the city council. The East Area Planning committee will meet next week and has been recommended to approve plans to extend the site on 83-
A LANDLORD has praised how staff and customers reacted to a pub fight which left a man seriously injured in hospital. Tom Pauling, landlord of the Red Lion in Witney, said his door staff were quick to act when the dance floor attack started in
RUNNERS have been honoured for their roles in this year’s record-breaking OX5 Run. The sporting five-mile fundraiser, organised by the Oxford Mail and Allen Associates, supports the Oxford Children’s Hospital. A record 1,200 runners took part
Gary Waddock has decided which players he wants to keep, but the team for Oxford United’s final game of the season at Northampton Town today will not contain any indications of his future plans. Sweeping changes are expected this summer as the
YESTERDAY saw firefighters down hoses and strike over a dispute with the Government regarding pensions. It was the first of three strikes over the weekend, with Fire Brigades Union members all over the county not going into work. The Rewley
IT was all smiles, roses and posies for Imogen Everest, who was crowned as the May Queen yesterday at Eynsham Primary School. The 11 year-old followed in the footsteps of her mum Elinor, 41, who was the school’s May Queen in 1984. Imogen said
A CYCLIST studying at Oxford University who hit a researcher with a bike lock has been cleared of causing actual bodily harm. Luke Wilmshurst, of Banbury Road, Oxford, was yesterday found not guilty of the assault and causing criminal damage during
A SERIAL burglar who stole two fold-up bikes during a break-in has been given one last chance by a judge. Luke Newell, of Lake Road, admitted carrying out the burglary in Wytham Street on December 21 last year. The 39-year-old drug addict stole
POLICE officers still don’t know whether a man found unconscious in St Clement’s on Thursday was involved in a fight or not. The man was found in the street with a bump on his head at 6.45am during Oxford’s May Morning celebrations. Thames
FIREFIGHTERS will go on strike today for the second day in a row. They will walk out at 2pm following a dispute over pay and conditions between the Government and the Fire Brigades Union. The strike will end at 2am tomorrow and firefighters
David Hunt says Oxford United’s players feel they have let the club down in recent weeks and are desperate to end their campaign on a positive note. The final day trip to Northampton looked at one stage as if it could have been the scene for celebrations
A PUB landlord is critically injured in a Portuguese hospital after he was hit by a car while on a golf holiday. Stan Hawkeswood, who has run the Queen’s Head in Horspath for nine years, suffered a bleed on the brain and broke his leg in two places
RAF Brize Norton has been named station of the year by the RAF Benevolent Fund after raising more than £60,000 for the charity in 2013. The station’s fundraising activities included selling limited-edition prints of the Hercules C-130K aircraft
Philip Pullman is part of a group of authors who have written to Justice Minister Chris Grayling criticising the ban on sending books to prisons. The author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, who lives in Cumnor, has criticised a ban on families
ALASTAIR Howard teaches children by day, but admits that at night he can’t kick a childhood habit: Lego. This week, Mr Howard, 38, of Headington, placed a large Lego portrait he made of iconic Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe on sale on eBay with
THE England and Wales Cricket Board is stepping into the row that has seen village cricketers blocked from scoring sixes at one end of their ground. Britwell Salome Cricket Club has introduced the new rule because of complaints from neighbour,
THE peaceful calm of an Oxfordshire meadow was disturbed when these two pheasants tried to kill each other over a harem of hens. Rufus the pheasant, pictured being attacked, has ruled supreme over the field in Wootton, near Abingdon, for some years
A CORONER has warned of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after an OAP was killed from years of ash and soot build-up in her boiler flue. Elizabeth Watkins, 86, was found dead at her home in Severn Road, Chilton, by a neighbour on November
Bampton's Alex Dew continued his great run of form with a win and a second place in the second round of the BMW Compact Cup at Brands Hatch. With another huge entry, the round was split into three races, each driver competing in two of them.
Ashton sealed the Gentworks Oxford & District League Division 1 title with a 3-0 win at home to Eynsham. Riley A were runners-up. Simon Aries (Fieldside) came from 92 points down to beat David Baker 500-454 in the Oxford Times Cup final.
Pete Clark made the most of a favourable draw to take the honours in the second match of Littlemore AS’s Spring League at Drayton Leisure, near Banbury. He drew the peg bang on the island, fishing tight over to catch 20 carp to 5lb on pole with
Oxford heavyweight Matthew Reeves will make whatever sacrifices are necessary in his bid to lift his first title next month. Reeves, 24, a personal trainer, will take on Kent-based Bill Harmer for the Queensbury League’s vacant novice title at
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a tasteless, odourless gas that kills. It is produced by the incomplete combustion of fuels like coal and petrol. Just breathing in small amounts can prove fatal, yet many people still seem unaware of its dangers. Sadly
Oxfordshire's Alice Powell is to drive in the opening round of the British F3 season tomorrow – just hours after having a trial for the Team GB Skeleton bobsleigh team. The 21-year-old, from Sarsden, near Chipping Norton, has clinched a late deal
Didcot's Alicia Robinson finished fourth in her class at the Scarborough & DMC ACU Luscombe Suzuki Leeds Ladies & Girls’ Trials Championship. The result in the girls’ B section leaves her in fifth place in the standings, with race winner
Oxford's Jason Plato bids to continue his impressive start to the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship when the third round takes place at Thruxton, near Andover, tomorrow. Plato, in the MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save car, is tied at the top of
The A44 was blocked last night after a three-vehicle collision near Yarnton. Police officers were called to the northbound carriageway at the roundabout near the Yarnton services at 4.35pm. The crash involved a black BMW Sports Coupe, a black
Greenpeace protester Phil Ball has been released in the Netherlands after being charged with trespass. It was not clear last night when or if he and others have been given a court date, but a Greenpeace spokesman said Mr Ball, pictured, was on
Two people were taken to hospital on Thursday night after a car crash on the A361 at South Newington. The collision, involving a Vauxhall Corsa and a Rover, happened at about 9.35pm and the road was closed until the vehicles were recovered at about
The west area planning committee will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to approve the proposed Waitrose store for Botley Road, Oxford. The application has been recommended for approval by Oxford City Council officers. The committee will
The BBC has told Jeremy Clarkson how seriously it views “the regrettable episode” that saw him accused of using a racist word. The Top Gear presenter was on Thursday accused of using the “n word” in an unbroadcast piece of filming for the show.
TODAY Hinksey Outdoor Pool is celebrating the beginning of the new season with an open day, giving free entry for all swimmers after 2pm. Yesterday saw the pool open for the first time since September last year, and – despite the grey weather –
Immigration police visited a Chinese restaurant in Abingdon but found all the workers were employed legally. A team of nine immigration officers went to the Cottage Imperial in Bridge Street about 6pm on Wednesday but had left within 15 minutes
A 30-year-old man has admitted stealing an undisclosed sum of cash from the Pleasure Garden Cafe, at Blenheim Palace. John Moran, of no fixed address, admitted one charge of burglary at an appearance at Banbury Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
THEY have spent a year creating their stunning statues and now they will be finally unveiled in an annual exhibition. But for Bicester Sculpture Group, this year’s show will be more poignant. Just weeks ago they lost one of their most highly-regarded
An iPod and sunglasses have been stolen from cars parked in the village during two separate incidents. The iPod was taken from an unlocked car in Chipperfield Park Road, Bloxham, between 10.30pm on Sunday and 8am on Monday. The theft comes
PEDESTRIAN and cyclist groups say they are delighted with plans to replace the Botley Road railway bridge in 2017. As a part of a multi-million pound scheme, the bridge will be widened for more railway lines while the road underneath is to be widened
SIR Roger Bannister’s revelation that he has Parkinson’s disease is likely to lead to a surge in people checking whether they have symptoms, according to campaigners. The Oxford Mail yesterday reported that the sporting icon, who was the first
Carterton’s Ella Mead struck bronze at the Southern Region Grades Competition in Basingstoke. Clubmate Mead, 14, entered at grade nine, scored 11.90 points in the vault, her best discipline. Evie Daft, nine, entered at grade 13 and gave her
Jordan Garrett’s half-century could not save Great Tew from defeat by Minster Lovell in their ECB National Under 15 Club Championship group match. Garrett, who is on Gloucestershire’s books, made 53 not out in Great Tew’s total of 87-4. But
City of Oxford’s aspiring young competitor Libby Gotta enjoyed a successful time in her first British National Deaf Championships at Loughborough University. The nine-year-old raced in the 11 and under age group, and despite swimming in a 50m pool
Karl Walker claimed his eighth Gentwork Oxford & District League's Walt Bradbury Cup title – and his fourth in a row – when he beat Michael Bennett by a deceptive 4-1 scoreline in the final. Bennett, who has won the title six times, took the
Oxfordshire rider Bradley Smith escaped injury after being involved in a crash as he prepared for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito de Jerez yesterday. The Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team rider had started the day positively as he aimed to
Oxford’s Sir Roger Bannister is a hero in every sense of the word, embracing all that title demands. And now, 60 years after Sir Roger first broke the four-minute mile barrier, he continues to act and live as someone determined to live his life with
Despite missing all their Polish-based star riders, Horspath defeated their main Elite League title rivals Wednesfield Aces 90-86 in a thriller at the Village on Sunday. Hammers rode an almost perfect first half capitalising on errors from the
This week I had a walk along a local stretch of the Thames that I fished last season to check what effect the winter’s floods have had, writes Gerald Stratfiord To be honest, the river looked in perfect trim, but what I did notice along the waterside
HOUSING development plans could be vetoed for the first time if they do not include an adequate flood prevention scheme. Oxfordshire County Council must put together a flood risk strategy, setting out how the authority plans to reduce the likelihood
A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed after losing control of his machine and coming off at the bend of a road. The 65-year-old, from Grove, was treated by paramedics but declared dead at the scene of the accident on the A329 Newington Road near Warborough
COWLEY Road’s post office could be moved into a stationery shop. The Post Office has launched a public consultation over the plan, which it says is part of a major modernisation programme. It means the branch would move to Honest Stationery
A FORMER international rowing coach has been jailed for two years for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Nigel Mayglothling, of Church Gate, Colston Bassett, near Nottingham, pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecent assault. The 54-year-old
Didcot Devils are running informal, recreational sessions at the town’s Edmunds Park outdoor court (off Park Road) on Saturdays from 12.30-2pm. The sessions, which start today and run through to July 5, are open to everyone and cost £3 per session
Bicester Blue Fins coach Struan McNeil was full of praise for Liam O’Brien after he finished fourth in the 50m freestyle junior final at the British Gas Championships in Glasgow. O’Brien, 17, who qualified for the championships in Cardiff last
DEVELOPERS are asking for views on plans for a new primary school. Oxfordshire County Council want to build at the new Longford Park development in Banbury. The school would initially admit 45 pupils per year and the buildings are expected to be
HARSHER punishments for those found guilty of sex trafficking and a stronger community response have been called for by a government minister in Oxford. Speaking at Regent’s Park College, Karen Bradley made reference to Operation Bullfinch, the
GREAT British Menu contestant Emily Watkins has been cooking up success, making it through to the final of the TV competition. And for the Oxfordshire chef, the prize – cooking a wartime-themed banquet for D-Day veterans – would have added poignancy
SPITFIRES, Hurricanes and helicopters will take to the skies over Oxfordshire tomorrow for the annual Abingdon Air and County Show. The 15th annual show at Dalton Barracks, expected to attract 10,000 visitors, will feature a three-hour flying show
A VICAR was gunged by parishioners as part of a stunt to raise money for church improvements. Rev Simon Kirby, right, of Witney’s St Mary’s Cogges Church, was covered in green goo at the end of a fun day launching the fundraising campaign on Sunday
SPLASHES of colour will brighten up Oxfordshire this weekend for the start of Artweeks. During the annual festival, artists open up their studios and show off their creations. Pupils at Our Lady’s Abingdon School have also got in on the act
The shortlist for the county’s top business competition has been unveiled revealing the strength in depth of the local economy. A total of 42 companies and individuals have made the shortlist in the Oxfordshire Business Awards, across 15 categories
