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  • Dancers get in the groove for charity fundraising gig

    URBAN dancers are going from hip hop to hop scotch by hosting a performance to raise money for playground equipment for disabled children. The Raw Diva dance company are putting on a charity show on Saturday, May 24 to collect funds for Mabel Prichard

  • Hyundai raises the bar with luxurious touch as standard

    IT is not so long ago that if you wanted refreshing back-to-basics motoring all you had to do was jump behind the wheel of Hyundai’s smallest car. Not any more. Now even the i10 city car has put on airs and graces. The latest version of the

  • Masonry death trial hears from expert

    A jury has heard from a specialist inspector about the regulations a company should have followed when moving a two-tonne limestone block, which then crushed a man to death. Health and Safety Executive specialist inspector David Wonford told Oxford

  • Delays on A40 after collision

    A COLLISION involving two cars is causing delays on the A40 in Eynsham. There is queuing traffic on the A40 in both directions at the Witney Road. Police spokeswoman Rhianne Pope said: “We were called at 5.10pm. It is a two car collision between

  • Fire after disposable barbecue used in car park

    HEDGES in Minster Lovell were set on fire by picnickers using a disposable barbecue. Fire officers were called out to the ruins at Minster Lovell after 3pm. A spokeswoman for the Fire and Rescue service said: “We were called at 3.36pm to the

  • Digital news brings community together

    IMAGINE what life would be like if a natural disaster brought the city to a virtual standstill. This scenario might sound futuristic and far-fetched but think again. For it is precisely what occurred in Oxford at the start of the year when

  • Botley plans will be white elephant

    Sir – So the Vale of White Horse District Council think that the Waitrose store planned for Botley Road would have been better sited at West Way in Botley? The sad truth is that they’re probably right and that it could have turned out that way had

  • Travesty of planning

    Sir – Parish councils in the vicinity of the former RAF Upper Heyford have been asked by the site’s owner to support more houses on this historic site (Proposals for more homes at Upper Heyford, May 8). In the four years since the appeal decision

  • A40 relief on the way

    Sir – Farmer John Hook is proposing a cable car system between Oxford and Witney to relieve congestion on this busy road (Report, May 8). But the local MP, Mr David Cameron said, in his 2010 campaign leaflet, that he would press to make the whole

  • Aid not just Christian

    Sir – It must be a coincidence that a copy of the 2013 annual report and accounts of the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (UHST) arrived at my house just a couple of days before the Christian Aid Week (CAW) envelope. Yet, despite the massive differences

  • Shallower Thames

    Sir – I am still trying to make some sense of the flooding problem. Having now talked to a lot of people, I understand that some boats in the summer have a problem getting under the Swinford Toll Bridge when the River Thames gets lower, because

  • Value of culture

    Sir – Mr Emlyn-Jones’s survey of people in Cowley Road was an excellent idea (Letters, May 1) but he does not say how many of his interviewees were from ethnic minorities. I dare say two or three were, in Cowley Road. I would not expect them to

  • Mixed message

    Sir – I would like to address a couple of points in the article in your paper about my response to recent air pollution statistics (Councillor’s widow links his death to air pollution in Oxford, April 24), as I feel what I said was misrepresented.

  • New possibilities

    Sir – I read the article When it’s not all about money (May 1) with great interest, particularly about social entrepreneurship being seen today as the “in” thing, as if it were a fashionable passing trend that will soon lose its appeal. However

  • No need for a motion

    Sir – Councillor Howson’s letter (May 8) is both superficial and wrong. Some would say typical of the Lib Dems. Unlike the Commissioners set up by the Lib Dem/Conservative Coalition Government and the centralisation of control which has taken place

  • We are paying for it

    Sir – I am writing with respect to your article (May 1) about the Barns Road development. In the article you wrote: “Homeless charity Emmaus will be given a furniture recycling store.” This isn’t accurate — the charity isn’t being given the store

  • Flawed application

    Sir – We were pleased to read that the planning application for the area around the old Labour Club in Didcot has been put on hold. The application — seen as phase one of the wider ‘Didcot Gateway’ development for the land opposite the railway station

  • Book an appointment

    Sir – What a palaver to get a doctor’s appointment these days. I rang my medical centre this morning to be told they had nothing available but if I rang back at midday, there might be a slot in the afternoon or evening surgery. I was

  • Any organ pictures?

    Sir – A friend has asked me to see if I can find any pictures of the organ in the Regal, Cowley Road, at any time in its history. We have searched the web and only found one of very poor quality. Does anyone have something they could let us have

  • Police appeal for help to find missing woman Manjit Kaur

    POLICE are hunting for a 28-year-old woman who has been missing for five days. Manjit Kaur, 28, was last seen at a property where she had been staying in Augustine Way, Oxford, on Sunday at around 6pm. Police said they were concerned for her

  • Oxford Mail reporter Ben Wilkinson wins Reporter of the Year

    OXFORD Mail reporter Ben Wilkinson has been named Daily Reporter of the Year at the Regional Press Awards. Ben received the award after covering the Bullfinch trial last year, where seven men were jailed for a minimum of 95 years for the abuse

  • Drivers won't get shirty over Bampton's annual charity race

    FOR years, traffic in Bampton has been brought to a standstill while nightshirt-wearing villagers run between pubs pushing prams and downing beer for an annual race. This year, a new route has been designed for the Original Great Shirt Race that

  • Olympian wants people to have a go at swim challenge

    BEIJING Olympic swimming silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne gave a masterclass in water sports at Blenheim Palace on Wednesday. The 26-year-old and 10 kilometre swimming world champion at the 2009 Commonwealth Games was promoting the Swim Britain

  • Half marathon names Oxfam and hospice as beneficiaries

    TWO-THOUSAND people have signed up for the fourth Oxford Half Marathon, with Helen and Douglas House and Oxfam named as its main charities. Oxfam will be the official lead charity for this year’s race, which will see about 6,000 runners take on

  • Apples of our eyes

    In our street we have an apple expert – plant scientist Dr Barrie Juniper. Every year, as the fruit starts to ripen, neighbours find welcome bags of produce dropped at their doors. Open up the bag and it’s a surprise every time. Inside are exotic

  • It's divine in the vines of South France

    Jaine Blackman savours a taste of the good life in a restored wine chateau in the South of France Swimming in a gently heated infinity pool with the Pyrenees to one side and a magnificent restored chateau to the other I couldn’t help but muse that

  • Furry faces could be hair today but gone tomorrow...

    Move over Gandalf, there’s a new beard in town. Conchita Wurst must surely be at the pinnacle of the beard fad that has captured so many men and dusted their faces with hair. Sitting in a pub I overheard a group of young men discussing said beard

  • Battle for the garden shed

    Sheena Patterson of Oxford Garden Design has a fight on her hands for control of the ‘dirty den’ Recently there’s been a bit of excitement chez Patterson – our brand new garden shed has arrived and built. Trouble is – is it going to be a HE-shed

  • Impossible? I'll prove you wrong

    After a car crash changed her family's life forever, Anna McDonagh came out fighting, as she tells Jaine Blackman It's every parent’s nightmare – an accident that changes your child’s life forever. When Edward McDonagh was days away from his

  • Mosque is just so magnificent

    The Centre for Islamic Studies’ dome and minaret rises out of the morning mist. Marston Road is silent, except for the odd cyclist. Standing on the Centre’s wide roof terrace, I could see nothing of the surrounding fields. Inside, its walls

  • Put a little by now to save a big worry later

    When it comes to love, it’s the little things that count. But on the subject of money, it’s the big things that break the bank. My car shuddered to a grinding halt on a recent trip to Wales and I ended up having to fork out £240 to have it fixed

  • Stephanie Pirrie is singing, playing & all that jazz

    Stephanie Pirrie is as happy playing funk as folk. And she loves a good hoolie. Jaine Blackman meets a woman of many musical styles She might not want to teach the world to sing but Stephanie Pirrie definitely has her sights set on getting Oxford

  • Cropredy ready to go for world record bunting attempt

    Cropredy Festival-goers are being urged to take part in a world record attempt for the longest unbroken string of bunting. Organisers hope to create a seven-mile chain to hang around the festival just outside Cropredy, near Banbury. During

  • Oh boy, would girls be easier?

    There have been many occasions over the past 10 years – mostly in the middle of a WWE wrestling reenactment before school – that I have looked on at my family of three boys and wondered how different life would have been had the gender mix been different

  • Splash out on a body of art

    As Oxford ArtWeeks continues Jaine Blackman critiques a gallery of stylish masterpieces. Embrace your inner Monet with an arty approach to fashion Inspired by the works of Oxford artists? Join the creatives the easy way this summer for a new take

  • Orange gnome heads day but Sam’s tiger takes junior stripes

    THEY ran in their thousands, but two competitors really stood out from the crowd during last weekend’s Town and Gown event. Samuel Couchman, 13, and Adam Smith have been picked by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign as the winners of its fancy dress

  • Taking bad days at the office to a whole new level

    Monday night seems to be misery night, now. Scandinoir got under our British skin, launching many a (David Brent alert) “watercooler conversation”, so it’s no big shock that we’re now feasting on a crop of homegrown crime dramas. And their

  • Stick to the latest diet? Well, there's fat chance of that

    Since I was in the sixth form I have been on a diet. Maybe I should clarify. Since I was in the sixth form I have intended to start a diet just about every day of my life. How sad is that? Maybe I should clarify further. When I say diet I’m

  • A morning in the sun can take its toll on some...

    THE brilliant sunshine of Tuesday morning encouraged everything but work. A seat beside the bend on the river just below the old gasworks bridge was more inviting. It offered the chance to see both male and female runners of all ages toiling along

  • I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at JR Hospital

    I HAVE just had one of the best holidays of my life. Having been taken (speedily) from my home to my destination, I found myself in a bed I would love to have at home, with a great view from my bedroom window. I have had attentive staff wait

  • Our children deserve affordable housing

    I DO not know Chris Robbins personally, but he appears to care little for future generations and even less for the young people of Kidlington. Simply put, Mr Robbins, is saying ‘not in my back yard’ – a naïve view regarding any possible new housing

  • More needs to be done about transport layout

    AS a keen cyclist and cycling safety campaigner, I’m pleased to see former Cyclox chairman James Styring use his column to praise my successful cycling safety petition, the direct result of listening to St Clement’s residents’ concerns over nine months

  • Graduation recalls darker times in the United States

    Bill Clinton was in Oxford last Saturday for his daughter’s graduation from the University. A member of my family also graduated that Saturday. It was a delightful English day. But when Bill and I graduated together in 1968 from Georgetown University

  • Try-a-tractor day proves to be so popular

    TRACTOR users got to test the latest green machines from Germany with a ‘try a tractor’ day in Grove. East Challow-based agricultural sales company LJ & CA Cannings hosted the day, letting customers test out their newest machines from manufacturers

  • A big thank you to all that joined celebration

    I WOULD like to thank everyone who joined us to celebrate the first anniversary of our monthly Mini meetings at H Cafe, Berinsfield. The Mini meeting in Berinsfield The Mini meeting has grown over the year and it was wonderful to see so

  • Make your vote count in this month’s elections

    I HOPE every reader will use their vote in the elections on May 22. Everyone’s opinion counts. This time we have two votes. In the European Parliament elections every single vote counts because of the proportional system. In the city council elections

  • Film project could be a real lifesaver

    A FILM inspired by the death of a 15-year-old boy is hoping to get funding from a new grant scheme. Oxford-based film and digital media centre, Film Oxford, in Catherine Street, is seeking cash for its youth project, River Safe. The idea was

  • Police seek horse-rider witness to Watlington alleged rape

     A woman seen riding a white horse close to the scene of an alleged rape is being sought by police. Thames Valley Police want to speak to her following a report of a rape of a woman, 19, in Stoney Lane between Clare and Little Haseley at about

  • Bus users welcome Botley Road plans

    Sir – Bus Users Oxford welcomes the plan to replace Botley Road railway bridge in 2017. For decades, bus operators have had to buy special low-profile double-deckers to negotiate the bridge safely. Your archives include photos of several accidents

  • Where did £123m bill come from?

    Sir – The announced cost of £123m for the Western Conveyance Flood Relief Channel seems excessive (Report, April 24). It is to run, you say, from Botley Road to Sandford Lock, about four miles, and to be as wide as the River Thames. The construction

  • No homes free-for-all

    Sir – Mr Tyce, in his letter of April 24, describes Oxford City Council as ‘rapacious and expansionist’ and claiming to have used up all its own land. In fact there are good reasons for the city council taking the view that it has insufficient

  • Intemperate language

    Sir – It may surprise Mr Nandris (Letters, May 1) to know, that as an atheist, like others of my persuasion, I would emphatically be in favour of allowing the Passion Play to take place. What many atheists, secularists and humanists are campaigning

  • GOLF: Pepperell builds on strong start in Spain

    Eddie Pepperell took advantage of an early start to back up an excellent first day yesterday with another under par round at the Spanish Open this morning. The 23-year-old from Abingdon held the overnight lead and was still out in front by the

  • Cultural arrogance

    Sir – There were a number of letters in the May 1 edition again expressing anger at the cancelling of the Cowley Road Passion Play. Since Julian Alison from the Oxford City Council’s ‘Licensing Team’ has apologised for his mistake, shouldn’t

  • Public view of police

    Sir – In today’s national papers, it was revealed that a fifth of crimes are ignored by police. In today’s The Oxford Times (May 1), it was stated that 50 per cent more drivers were caught speeding. Would one be cynical in thinking these statistics

  • An efficient entity

    Sir – Martin Stott (Unitary Oxfordshire is good idea, May 1) points to the real difficulty in any re-orientation of our local structures for government: there is too much vested and party-political interest in maintaining the existing fragmented structures

  • Astonishing ambition

    Sir – Bob Price’s territorial ambitions, predicated on Labour’s winning the General Election and adopting an as yet unpublished report into a review of local government structures, are astonishing. He appears to want to swallow up the area surrounding

  • Stop the fire strikes

    Sir – When is the Tory-run county council going to do something to stop our fire-fighters having to go on strike? The county council should tell the Coalition Government to resolve the dispute. They should promise not to sack older fire and rescue

  • Danish are inferior

    Sir – Our great country is known for producing talented inventors and engineers. Therefore, it is high time that we took control of the wind farm industry which presently relies on an inferior Danish import. The turbines that we import are not

  • University says thanks

    Sir – I am writing to thank the local residents and members of your wider readership who have already contributed to the public consultation on the University of Oxford’s proposed development at the Old Road/Park Hospital campus. The university

  • Big or small chips?

    Sir – At two central Oxford fast-food outlets recently I asked for small “fries”, a specified main dish and a large black coffee. Simple enough. But at the first one, I noticed that that the till showed “medium fries” and “regular coffee”. When

  • Tragedy’s anniversary

    Sir – This year marks 25 years since the Hillsborough stadium tragedy. Civil cases brought by the victims’ relatives who suffered psychiatric damage after the deaths of their loved one enshrined the law on psychiatric harm which is still applied today

  • Great to be European

    Sir – It is surely to be regretted that the EU argument has got stuck in the tiny groove of cash and economics, when the vision and scope is so much more exciting. Economism is short term while the broad culture and adherences of the European peoples

  • Celebrating women

    Sir – Maria Prochaska (Opinion, May 1), in celebrating Oxford women, might also have mentioned that the philosophers Mary Midgley and Philippa Foot were undergraduates at Somerville in “the all-female era”, as was another philosopher, Mary Warnock,

  • Cycling scheme and traffic calming measures approved

    TWO transport schemes were approved by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet member for transport yesterday. They are a cycle scheme to link the Harwell science campus with Harwell village, and road humps and a puffin crossing in Middleton Stoney

  • Wood you believe the forecast for opening music festival?

    UP to 1,200 people will today start to arrive at Oxfordshire’s first music festival of the year. Wood, which takes place at Braziers Park, near Wallingford, is described by its organisers as a cross between an environmentally-friendly summer camp

  • COMMENT: Charity has made a huge difference

    How apt that Sienna Steptoe has taken her first steps, thanks to modern technology. It must have been a wonderful sight for her parents to watch the seven-year-old walk after her traumatic childhood. Told at five months old she would never

  • Double traffic trouble in store

    TWO major road schemes in Oxford are set to clash after a roundabout blighted by a one-year hold-up was struck by further delays. A planned ‘hamburger’ roundabout at Kennington has been held up, as Thames Water needs to divert a water main before

  • CRICKET: Ryan looks to strike balance for buoyant Oxon

    LUKE Ryan believes Oxfordshire are playing well enough to defeat any Minor Counties opponent. But as Oxon prepare for Sunday’s Unicorns Trophy Group 4 clash with Herefordshire at Eastnor, the skipper warned they must keep their feet on the ground

  • CRICKET: Crosby has confidence in spin kings

    OXFORD captain Ian Crosby is backing his spin trio to shine in tomorrow’s Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League clash at home to Tring Park in Division 1. Ian Evans will play alongside Francois Vainker and Shamilal Mendis. “We have not

  • TENNIS: Veterans off to a flying start

    Ruth Ballantyne (Blewbury) and Sarah Widdowson (Virgin Active) won both matches as Oxfordshire made a winning start to their 50 & Over Senior Inter-County League Division 3 campaign with a 6-2 victory against Dorset. Liz Gilkes (Woodstock)

  • Spoof ads removed from bus shelters

    Spoof adverts placed in bus shelters on Tuesday have been removed. Protesting artists taking part in “Brandalism” swapped real advertisments with their own satirical works. One poster read “Plan for a Healthy Retirement” and featured a picture

  • Arson suspected after family escape blaze

    POLICE believe someone deliberately set fire to a child’s bedroom at a family home in Rose Hill. The family of seven were lucky to escape the blaze at the house in Asquith Road on Wednesday, according to firefighters. Two fire crews, from Slade

  • Spot checks on drivers

    Police issued nearly 50 tickets in traffic checks in Headington yesterday. Sixteen drivers were issued tickets for flouting right turn bans, while 11 were fined for not wearing seatbelts during the checks at the Headington roundabout and Bayswater

  • A Jewish celebration

    Klezmer music, Israeli food and Jewish crafts will take over Broad Street on Sunday at the city’s first Jewish Celebration Fair. The event, from noon to 4pm, will celebrate the ancient Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer, and Oxford Chabbad Society says

  • FOOTBALL: City to stay in Skrill North

    Oxford City’s chairman Brian Cox admitted he had mixed feelings after the Marsh Lane club were told they must remain in the same division next season. City, who finished third from bottom, but escaped relegation because Vauxhall Motors resigned

  • Block tested after death of stonemason’s mate

    An inspector yesterday told a jury about the tests done with a two-tonne limestone block after one toppled over and killed a 23-year-old stonemason’s mate. Cavendish Masonry Ltd denies corporate manslaughter following the fatal injuries suffered

  • Sex trial told about club

    Karate club members yesterday gave evidence in the Oxford Crown Court trial of their instructor who denies sexually abusing teenage girls. Darren Lymer, of Anson Close, Marcham, near Abingdon, is accused of engaging in sexual activity with a 13

  • CRICKET: Woods stars as veterans down Staffs

    DARRYL Woods hit a half-century on his debut as Oxfordshire opened their ECB 50+ Championship Group 4 campaign with a 65-run victory over Staffordshire at Banbury Twenty. Woods made 59 off 114 balls, with three fours, in Oxon’s 171-6 off 45 overs

  • Hunger strike is over

    A hunger strike by 50 detainees at Campsfield House immigration detention centre, Kidlington, ended on Saturday. Campaigners said the action ended at the Langford Lane centre because of concerns following an outbreak of flu. The protesters

  • Heroin addict lay dead in a toilet overnight

    A heroin addict found dead in a disabled toilet at Oxford’s Pegasus Theatre had been there overnight, an inquest at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court heard yesterday. Slimane Benhalilou, a 45-year-old French immigrant, was discovered by a cleaner at

  • Residents ruffled after loss of ducks on a village pond

    A DEVELOPER has pledged to help rehome village ducks after they were removed by pond campaigners. Villagers say they were forced to move the wildfowl, which had lived on Weston-on-the-Green pond in North Lane for 30 years, fearing building work

  • Much Ado in college quad

    ROMANCE, scuffles and comedy is filling a Brasenose College quad with a production of Much Ado About Nothing. Students from the college are performing the Shakespeare play as part of a college arts week. First year student Hannah Marsters,

  • Couple reveal their plans to bring village pub back to life

    THE mystery couple behind the reopening of a pub in South Hinksey have revealed their plans for the business. The General Elliot, which has been shut since 2009, plans to trade as a country pub and restaurant, and also offer eight “short let” studio

  • Child’s lucky escape

    A boy escaped with cuts and bruises after he was hit by a car in Headington. The accident, which involved a silver Renault Clio happened in The Roundway, by the Green Road roundabout, Headington, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday. The child was

  • Academics raise concerns at calculator ban for SATs

    TEACHERS and academics have raised concerns about the impact of banning calculators in primary school tests. Children in Year 6 have this week been sitting their National Curriculum SATs tests and for the first time under Government changes they

  • Arrested man released after alleged rape in city

    A 26-year-old man was yesterday arrested and then released without charge after a report of a rape in Oxford. The man was taken into custody and questioned for most of the day, but was released by 5pm. Police were called at about 3.15am on

  • LATEST PIGEON RESULTS

    RESULTS CHECK OXFORD CENTRAL (Seaton, 9 sent 88): 1, 2, 3, K Shipperley 2216, 2059, 2054; 4, 10, 15 E Irving 2016, 1961, 1940; 5 M/M R Ward 1998; 6, 11, 12 L Wheeler 1983, 1953, 1952; 7, 9, 14 M/ V Hall 1971, 1966, 1941; 8, 13 D Bowler 1969,

  • TENNIS: Tie-break success for North Oxford

    North Oxford’s men stayed top of their Aegon Team Tennis regional division with an exciting 7-6 tie-break shoot-out victory over Hampshire’s Thornden club. It was all-square at 4-4 after the singles rubbers as Jay Sexton and Thomas Bowden, playing

  • County budget for care may be hit by new funding rules

    NEW rules over who pays for care in later life could see a regional care budget spread thinly, it has been warned. The Care Act 2014 – which became law this week – means that from 2016, people who fund their own elderly social care will have the

  • Post office raid charge

    A man has appeared before city magistrates charged with robbing the sub post office in Woodstock Road on Tuesday last week. Taffyn Betnay, 23, of Benouville Close, is charged with one count of robbery and one of threatening a person with an offensive

  • Former teacher faces trial over sex assaults

    A former teacher has appeared in court charged with sex crimes against a boy in the 1970s. David Tuohy, of Whitehouse Road, Oxford, is accused of four counts of sexual assault and four counts of a serious sexual offence, alleged to have taken place

  • FIXTURES: May 17-19

    SATURDAY  CRICKET SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Aston Rowant v Slough, Banbury v Henley, Oxford v Tring Park. Div 2 West: Horspath v Falkland, Shipton-under-Wychwood v Great & Little Tew. CHERWELL LEAGUE

  • RUGBY LEAGUE: Benson cautious of wounded Scorpions

    Tony Benson has warned Oxford RL not to underestimate Kingstone Press Championship basement boys South Wales Scorpions when they visit Iffley Road on Sunday (3). Scorpions have yet to win this campaign, but tested leaders Hunslet Hawks in a 20-

  • RUGBY UNION: Oxfordshire told to keep pressure on

    There can be no let-up as Oxfordshire target top spot in Pool 3 when they host Dorset & Wilts in the County Championship Shield at Witney tomorrow (3). That is the view of head coach Craig Burrows, whose side need a solitary bonus point to

  • Torchbearer giving a helping hand to cause

    IN August 2012, Dave Bracher was chosen to carry the Olympic Torch into Harrow on its way to London. Now he is preparing for his latest challenge in a wheelchair. Today, the father-of-two will hand-cycle from London to Paris as part of a fundraising

  • Bus strikes off

    STRIKES announced by bus drivers for the end of the month have been called off. Following negotiations over pay between members of the union Unite and Stagecoach, officials confirmed a deal has been reached. Members had threatened industrial

  • Friends spruce up pool for hot weather

    IT WILL be swimming trunks weather this weekend, and Abingdon’s outdoor pool is getting a lick of paint to look its best for visitors. Temperatures were set to sore to 20C today and again tomorrow with a milder 19C forecast for Sunday. Hinksey

  • Campaign gears up to fight new Witney housing

    RESIDENTS have united in a campaign fighting plans to build 270 homes on the “best view in Witney”. It comes as developer Gladman Homes submitted a planning application – yet to be made public – to West Oxfordshire District Council with its proposals

  • TENNIS: Virgin Active and Banbury shine

    Virgin Active and Banbury got their mixed campaign off to flying starts with 4-0 home victories in OLTA Wilson Summer League Division 1. Virgin Active beat Thame, while Banbury defeated Cholsey. The other top-flight match saw Woodstock win

  • TENNIS: It's fun for all as free tennis hits the county

    The first of four weekends of free tennis take place across Oxfordshire tomorrow. Families are being urged to give the sport a try at three locations in the county, with tennis fever starting to escalate in the build-up to Wimbledon next month.

  • WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: Oxford women are outclassed by slick County

    Oxford United Women were beaten 4-0 at home to FA Women’s Super League 1 leaders Notts County at Abingdon United last night. Goals from Caitlin Friend, Jess Clarke and Aileen Whelan as well as an own goal gave the visitors victory, but United matched

  • TENNIS: Evans honoured as Oxon embark on a new dawn

    It's the start of a new era in Oxfordshire tennis. After almost 40 years serving the county, Mary Evans was rewarded for her work by the president of the Lawn Tennis Association at a special presentation on Tuesday evening. And as Cathie Sabin

  • Play packs a punch with story of Olympic dreams

    AN audience will be treated to a knock-out performance in Didcot. Fighters from South Moreton Boxing Club squared up to the star of Bitch Boxer ahead of her performance at the Cornerstone Arts Centre. Actress Holly Augustine stars on the one-woman

  • County hospitals miss key A&E waiting times target

    COUNTY hospitals missed a key accident and emergency waiting time target as Prime Minister and Witney MP David Cameron hailed UK results. Only 93.23 per cent of patients were seen within the four-hour waiting time target last year against a 95