PLANS for an over-60s group have been given a boost by a community fundraising drive at a supermarket. Florence Park Community Association received £350 from Temple Cowley’s Sainsbury’s as part of its Community Budget grants. The association
TWO people were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Bicester today. Police and an ambulance were called to the scene at 5.50pm after the collision on the B4100 Bicester Road. A woman was treated at the scene and another victim was taken by
VEGETARIAN quiches, tarts, cakes and coffee will help raise funds for an eco-farming project in South Oxford. Hogacre Common’s fundraising summer cafe opened on Sunday and will run every Sunday for the rest of the summer. At the helm is Janey
THE Clockhouse Project in Greater Leys is gearing up for summer with new activities planned for the warmer months. The project, which houses several organisations and activities for older people in the Leys, started with the annual fundraising
KEEN photographers have been taking scenic shots and sharing their secrets for more than 50 years. And now members of the Kidlington Camera Club are exhibiting their photos as part of Artweeks. Joy Rawlins, who has lived in the village since
WEST Oxford residents are being invited to help look after the area’s green spaces. A new residents’ group is being set up to work with Oxford City Council over its management of the area’s two parks, the Oatlands Road recreation ground and Botley
GARDENERS mucked in at Oxford City Council’s compost giveaway at Florence Park on Saturday. Dozens of residents came to get their hands on free compost and cut-price £10 compost bins from the council’s recycling team, including Maria Warner and
OXFORD’S jammers burst through the French blockers in a roller derby tournament in Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre. France’s Roller Derby Rennes travelled to Oxford to play Buckinghamshire’s Big Bucks Roller Derby and then Oxford Roller Derby on
DESPITE a strong effort, South Hinksey’s cricketers were trounced for a third year in the fourth annual North Vs South Hinksey cricket match at the Oxford University Press (OUP) ground. The southern villagers were bowled out for 85, while the northerners
PUB-GOERS rocked out at an annual pub music festival. Rokefest, at the Home Sweet Home pub, in Roke, near Benson, was held from Friday to Sunday to support East Oxford’s Helen & Douglas House hospice. Tom Williams, known as Rokefest Tom
THREE people have been injured in a collision near Chipping Norton. The A44 London Road is closed in both directions after a silver BMW and white Nissan van collided just outside Chipping Norton Golf Club at Southcombe. Police were called
THE new leader of Didcot Town Council has called for a date to be set for the demolition of the power station’s iconic cooling towers. Eleanor Hards said the demolition will be a historic day for Didcot and it would be a shame for anyone to miss
IT is Mark Fransham’s job to use the latest figures available to create a better understanding of Oxford. Oxford City Council’s social research officer is tasked with providing the authority with the most up-to-date information on the city’s population
A DAD has gone missing with his three-year-old daughter. Benson man Ewan Powell was last seen at his daughter Tanith’s home in Worcestershire on Saturday morning and Thames Valley Police has said he was last spoken to yesterday. The force
TOM Newey has put pen to paper on a new contract which will keep the defender at Oxford United next season. The 31-year-old was out of contract this summer, but was offered terms earlier this month. After considering his options, the left back
LONDON Welsh are expecting a crowd of between 4 and 5,000 for tomorrow night’s crunch clash with Bristol (7.45). The Exiles should have their biggest attendance of the season when they host Bristol at the Kassam Stadium in the first leg of the
LIGHT pollution in Oxford will be the focus of a public discussion, and residents are invited to attend. Oxfordshire’s Community Action Group network will host the public talk at the Turl Street Kitchen on Wednesday, June 18. The discussion
AN Oxfordshire woman’s eye cancer is so rare that most doctors don’t have any patients with the condition. Lucy Hoch’s ocular melanoma led her to lose most of her vision in her right eye and she now wears an eye-patch. Now the 42-year-old is
RESIDENTS and local Labour councillors have been campaigning for more than 10 years for a pedestrian crossing on the A40, at the bottom of Collinwood Road in Risinghurst. So imagine the disbelief to read that a Toucan crossing is planned on the
POLITICAL correctness – or ‘hypercorrectness’ – appears to have sunk to hitherto uncharted depths this year and particularly over the last few weeks. If this exceedingly disturbing trend is not swiftly halted and gently reversed, people, in a few
I AGREE wholeheartedly with Mr Harwood as regards road safety outside Benmead Road School, Kidlington. The same danger is at the other entrance at the high street. Parents flaunt the restrictions on vehicles entering the high street, park on
MARY Clarkson says that the Lib Dems are trying to mislead and unsettle the public over the Covered Market. Here’s the thing: Labour have been in power in Oxford for a long time, yet have become complacent and, when things don’t go their way, blame
REFERRING to the article covering the work of Thriving Families (Oxford Mail, May 15), I read the comments made by Mr Strange and made the following observations. Whenever anyone has children, they need to understand that with it goes a whole load
MY understanding of the word twit is that it means daft-stupid-idiot, in the sense of a “person given to twittering” (Collins Concise Dictionary). The Sainsbury’s store in Heyford Hill, in promoting the DVD of the film Twelve Years a Slave, used
THE former head of counter-fraud at Oxfam has been jailed today for stealing more than £64,000 from the charity while investigating misconduct by aid workers in earthquake-hit Haiti. Edward McKenzie-Green, 34, was already facing an internal inquiry
‘After flooding and fatberg, motorists face misery again,’ runs the doom-and-gloom headline. But seriously – how much sympathy are we supposed to have? Way too many people drive into this cramped city day in day out. Traffic edges from queue
FOR 60 years, Robin Davis has worked on the same dairy farm pulling an estimated 64 million pints of milk. But the 75-year-old has no plans to retire after boss Simon Goss threw Mr Davis a party marking his decades of service. About 100 family
On the face of it, you might not immediately put chemistry and sustainability in the same sentence. However, if you dig deeper you will find that chemists are as committed to caring for their environment as any other group of people. I work
Following a three-week break after the conclusion of the Oxfordshire Winter Quiz campaign, a reduced field began the Summer equivalent last Thursday night. The opening fixture was a travel-themed ‘Tabletop’ held at the Green Road Club, Kidlington
Oxford United’s summer targets are all likely to be free agents, with Gary Waddock confident there is enough quality among the pool of players out of contract to improve the squad. The close season is now into its fourth week, but the U’s have
DIOGO Ross-Russell would rather spend his evening on a skateboard than the sofa. The 13-year-old was taking part in a free skateboarding session hosted by Oxford Youth Ambition, an Oxford City Council programe to get children involved in sports
Oxford United are best-priced 25-1 chances to win Sky Bet League Two next season. The U’s are well down the list in the first set of odds issued after the confirmation of the divisional line-up, with Fleetwood Town beating Burton Albion 1-0 in
JAMES Cathcart admitted it was a case of too little, too late for Oxfordshire as they were overpowered by Surrey. Oxon’s assistant coach praised his players’ efforts, but rued their slow start. “Surrey were a great side,” said Cathcart.
Alice Powell is in the hunt for more success after completing an amazing weekend. On Sunday, the Oxfordshire driver recorded a double win at Rockingham, near Corby, just 24 hours after she got through the next stage of selection for the GB Skeleton
TODAY’S story about Oxfordshire County Council’s dissatisfaction with Network Rail plans for Oxford’s new train station smacks of the kind of in-fighting that can slow down or even scupper major public projects. County council leader Ian Hudspeth
PLANS for Oxford’s new railway station have still not been agreed, with council bosses concerned it will be a “functional ticket office” instead of “a great gateway”. Last year, the Office of Rail Regulation approved Network Rail’s scheme to redevelop
WORK to build 136 new homes in North Hinksey, Oxford, will affect bus routes in the area for three weeks from today. The junction of Lime Road and Laburnum Road will be closed to allow services, such as water and phone lines, to be installed for
Former Headington School pupil and Harry Potter star Emma Watson has graduated from university in the USA. Miss Watson, right, graduated with a BA in English literature from Brown University, Rhode Island. The 24-year-old previously studied at Oxford
The county’s hospital authority missed an accident and emergency waiting standard in the seven days to May 18, latest figures show. Of the 2,522 who attended Oxford’s John Radcliffe and Banbury’s Horton General hospitals, 229 waited more than four
A 29-year-old woman charged with a distraction burglary at a Cowley home is due to appear in court today. Rachel Mason, of Barns Road, was charged on May 9 following a burglary in Beauchamp Place on April 28. She was released on bail to appear
JEREMY Clarkson is in talks for a new £12m contract with the BBC, a national newspaper reported yesterday, following controversy over recent comments. The Top Gear presenter, who lives in Chipping Norton, was criticised over claims he used two
Thames Valley Police arrested 3,808 children last year, a drop of 69 per cent compared to 12,288 arrested five years ago. The figures were obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform and chief executive Frances Crook described the figures as
A FOUR-DAY cross-country rally through France raised more than £80,000 for an Oxfordshire charity thanks to the efforts of keen petrolheads. The Twin Town Challenge attracted 50 teams for the 1,000-mile jaunt from Witney to its twin town of Le
A VALIANT fightback could not make up for a nightmare start as Oxford RL lost 30-24 at Hemel Stags. The visitors trailed 20-0 at half-time, but produced an excellent response to get within two points at one stage. But Hemel rallied to secure
THESE youngsters made a splash in a project that challenged them to build a model speedboat. The five-week course saw teenagers from Oxfordshire schools work with Berinsfield’s luxury boat builders Williams Performance Tenders. Each Saturday
3:56pm Police search for man and missing three-year-old daughter. 3:08pm Tom Newey has agreed a new contract at Oxford United
DAN Fox believes a blend of youth and experience in England’s World Cup squad will be the key to success in The Hague. At 31, the Oxford University graduate is the oldest member of the group which begins their campaign against Spain on Saturday
Former Oxfordshire seamer Jack Brooks recorded his second five-wicket haul at Headingley this season as Yorkshire bowled out Lancashire for 325 in their Division 1 clash. Brooks (5-90) and Liam Plunkett (4-74) shone for the hosts on day two, with
Eddie Pepperell’s dreams of playing in the US Open for the second successive year were shattered when he failed to qualify at Walton Heath yesterday. The 23-year-old Frilford Heath golfer withdrew from the International Sectional Qualifier after
A RECORD 196 players took part in Frilford Heath’s annual Pro-Am event on the Red Course. The 49 teams were led home by members Paul Smith, Steve Helliwell and Lee Stopps, who played with Frilford’s assisant professional Tom Fleming and finished
A FORMER Wantage schoolboy has looked to his favourite newspapers for inspiration as he whiles his time away on the glorious beaches of Australia. Author Andrew Edwards misses his local news so much he has his family post him copies of the Oxford
FAMILIES enjoyed seeing some iconic diesel locomotives at a weekend of fun at Didcot Railway Centre. Thousands visited Diesel Gala at the centre, next to Didcot Parkway railway station. Trains on display included the DBS Didcot Shunter, a Class
London Welsh assistant coach Ollie Smith is hoping to avoid a repeat of the semi-final drama when his side face Bristol in the Greene King IPA Championship final, first leg tomorrow. Welsh pipped Leeds 60-58 on aggregate after a pulsating 29-20
A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to the Horton General Hospital following a collision with a car last night. The accident happened just after 5pm on Hennef Way, Banbury. South Central Ambulance Service sent two ambulances and took the rider to hospital
OXFORDSHIRE’S Twickenham dream was well and truly crushed by a 52-12 semi-final defeat to holders Surrey at Grove. The hosts needed to be on top of their game to stand any chance of competing against the favourites, but found themselves 26-0 down
SCHOOLS must do more to help pupils with their mental health, campaigners say, after surveying education leaders and youngsters. Schools should have regular talks on mental health and increase training and resources for schools, Oxford Mental Health
VILLAGERS near Abingdon say they are “absolutely gutted” their GP surgery will close after a two-year campaign to save it. Wootton Surgery, which opens five hours a week and has 200 patients, will shut on August 31, NHS England Thames Valley said
A COUNCIL has pledged action over commuter parking around Radley train station after concerns it was taking too long to tackle problems. Oxfordshire County Council said in December it would put forward plans in the New Year about parking problems
NIGEL Farage may have delivered on his promised “earthquake” by heading the only party to have won a UK election for 100 years apart from the Conservatives or Labour, but not much changes in Oxford. It will be a considerable comfort to those worried
People opposed to the Government’s badger cull marched through Oxfordshire on their way to London. The 12 protesters set off from Gloucester on Thursday and will walk a total of 112 miles to Westminster over the “barbaric” policy. On Sunday
An inquest will resume today into the death of a woman who was found hanged from a tree in Shotover Park in January. Hong Kong-born Liladebi Sunwar, 33, of Chillingworth Crescent, Headington, was found dead on Sunday, January 19. The inquest
Newly-promoted Rose Hill Community Centre got their Premier Section campaign off to a flying start when they defeated Section 1 Chequers Inn 7-2 at home. Simon Tricker, Geordie Grant, Ray Pape, Terry Wood and Darren Hammond won their singles for
POLICE yesterday named a man found dead in a city centre flat on Sunday. Michael Stephen Broadway had been living at the property in South Bridge Row, St Aldate’s, for “several months”, Thames Valley Police said. The 33-year-old was found by
MOST 19-year-olds like to be given flowers, but Zoe Rowlinson has won a prize for finding a way to wear them. The young florist has been awarded bronze at this year’s Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show. She created a ballgown
LABOUR topped the polls in Oxford at the European Parliament elections with the Conservatives triumphing in the rest of the county. The Green Party polled second place in the city with the UK Independence Party coming second in the county’s four
SHAW GIBBS OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE Section 1 Burford v Feldon Valley pp. Section 2 Oxford City 1 (1pt), Tadmarton Heath 2 (3) (Oxford scores first): G Soave & M Soave bt L Washbourne & D Booker 2 holes, P Higgins &
A Marston couple have lodged an appeal over a building in their garden which council chiefs said could be used as a home. Christian and Kamna Pruvost, of Windsor Crescent, were refused planning permission for the building in October. Oxford
THERE’S a new law force on the mean streets of Witney. Town ranger Jim Casson will be reporting problem issues like graffiti, litter and drugs. The Witney town councillor even carries a police radio to summon the law. Mr Casson, 59, who
A NURSERY formerly rated as outstanding has been downgraded to good after a re-inspection. Kidsunlimited Nurseries in Milton Park, Abingdon, was visited by Ofsted at the beginning of April and downgraded. When it was inspected in 2010 it was
DIGGING up a golf course to remove waste used by two pensioners for illicit landscaping will cost the council £3.5m to remove, it has been claimed. Waste material from the construction of the M40 services was used to extend the Wyatt brothers’
Oxfordshire head into their final Premier Division fixture of the season this weekend at home to Glamorgan, knowing that only a miracle will keep them in the top flight. Bottom-of-the-table Oxon must beat relegation rivals Glamorgan and hope other
A TAXI firm has apologised after it posted “sexist and crass” photographs on Twitter to advertise its service. Oxford-based 001 Taxis posted the pictures on Twitter on Thursday evening but removed the post and apologised the next day after complaints
Clare Bywaters hit top form to qualify for the national ladies Gold Cup singles by beating Casey Gallagher in the Oxfordshire finals. She then teamed up with Rebecca Rose to capture the pairs crown as they saw off Julie Newman and Mel Gillingham
AS A biographer John Campbell, below, is a man who certainly likes to get close to his subjects. He has laboured for five years over his new life of Lord Jenkins of Hillhead – the late Chancellor of Oxford University and former Home Secretary
