Sponsored by Friends of the Earth and now in its fourth year, the UK Green Film Festival will embark its biggest ever nationwide tour on 1 June. One of its stopping points is the Ultimate Picture Palace, which will screen four of the seven films showing
PRINCESS Leia’s hair, Darth Vader’s heavy breathing, Jabba the Hutt – Star Wars characters are some of the most famous in the world. But Jon Spira, from Thrupp, near Kidlington, is looking at the lesser-known characters in his upcoming documentary
A RANGE of tools have been stolen from a business in Abingdon. Burglars broke into TVE Hire and Sales in Audlett Drive between 10pm on Monday and 3am on Tuesday . They got into the business’s back yard and then moved an external security camera
THOUSANDS of motorcyclists are preparing to show their support for the Armed Forces in a Ride of Respect. Bikers from across the county will recognise veterans and serving troops with the roar of motorbike engines tomorrow in a 24-mile route organised
THE first picture this week is from a rally across England and France. Well, they made it this far – a sea of happy faces, from these guys and their £500 bangers, at the Bugatti circuit, Le Mans, having made it over from Charlbury. Snapper
CHURCHES are to act as a middle-man in fending off debt collectors. The Christians Against Poverty charity will open two new debt counselling centres in Oxford and Witney in a bid to offset financial worries. Volunteers will help people in
FIREFIGHTERS have won an award for completing a cycle ride to Oxford’s twin city in Germany. The team of 20 firefighters and support staff from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service set off on a 463-mile ride from Oxford to Bonn in Germany last July
IT MAY not look much like one now, but this mesh will soon become a polar bear. The float is destined to be Fusion Arts centre’s entry into the Cowley Road Carnival. Leigh Bayley, 12, pictured, was among those who worked on the bear’s frame
THE organisers of a new three-day festival in Oxford’s South Park have vowed to keep things local by partnering with city businesses, charities, community groups and artists. OxfordOxford will take place from September 26 to 28 and will feature
Ben Watson is targeting a top-five finish after being selected in England’s weightlifting team for the Commonwealth Games in July. The 24-year-old from St Birinus Club in Didcot, who heard of his selection yesterday, is considered a likely medal
OXFORD students have decided that Ben Sullivan should remain as the president of the Oxford Union, refusing to vote on a no confidence motion. More than 300 students attended the debate on Thursday and voted 254 to 101 to scrap the motion.
A First World War project that began in Oxford has been praised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The online project called Europeana 1914-1918 collects private testimonies and pictures. Chancellor Merkel said: “I think it is quite a wonderful
Two Oxfordshire teenagers who performed in the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent this week have not made it to Saturday’s final. Renetta Eagle, 19, from Headington, and 16-year-old Ebony Cantwell from Grove performed as two thirds of girl group
Abingdon's Eddie Pepperell maintained a share of the lead at the Nordea Masters in Malmo after a level-par round of 72 yesterday. Pepperell birdied the last hole to stand level on six under par 138 with Spain Alvaro Quiros and Frenchman Victor
Wayne Brown will be part of Oxford United’s coaching staff next season after signing a new contract. The 37-year-old’s existing deal, which was as a player/coach, was due to expire this summer. He will no longer be part of the playing staff
AN ENVIRONMENTAL assessment of the proposed redevelopment of Botley’s shopping centre will be submitted on Monday. Development company Doric, which is planning a £100m redevelopment of the West Way shopping centre, has already submitted a planning
THERE was much excitement when it seemed greyhound racing was returning to Oxford. Plans to bulldoze Oxford Stadium and replace it with housing were shelved and the place was put up for lease with a specific clause for leisure activities, which
Thames Valley Police has called in the police watchdog to look at its handling of an unexplained death of a woman last year. Caron Kiernan died aged 54 in Charlton-on-Otmoor, near Kidlington, on December 19, 2013. The force was required to
A child’s bike was stolen from a back garden in North Street, Grimsbury on Tuesday evening. The child’s mother looked out of a window and saw a man in her garden throwing the BMX bike over the fence to an accomplice waiting on the other side.
COULD this be the new Oxford flag? The colourful standard, created by residents, celebrates the university, dreaming spires and the theory of evolution. Oxford has never had a city flag, although Oxford City Council has its coat of arms – a
OXFORD City Council has performed a U-turn and is now working to keep a single dad and his daughter in Oxford rather than making them move to Birmingham. Yesterday the Oxford Mail revealed Jason Stone and his five-year-old daughter Ashlie were
THE family of missing hiker Tom Billings flew to Canada to thank the volunteers who are continuing to search for him. The 22-year-old backpacker from Boars Hill has not been seen since he set off on a short mountain trek in Vancouver in November
Oxfordshire Under 11 girls kept their nerve to record a two-wicket victory over Northants at Brackley. Having put the hosts in to bat, Oxon restricted them to 66-7 off 30 overs, with Sadie Timbs taking 2-4. Oxon were then reduced to 20-5, before
Blewbury's team of skipper David Spear, Andy Robertson, Bruce Gallop and Paul Wolff beat visitors Bristol 4-3 in the first round of the Longman Team Cup national competition.
Banbury's Bradley Philpot kept alive his dream of winning a F3 test experience by finishing fourth at Buckmore Park karting circuit at Chatham in Kent. Competing against 40 of the UK’s top novice drivers, Philpot came through 12 heats and three
Bradley Smith is hoping his solid record at Mugello will stand him in good stead for the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM tomorrow. The 23-year-old MotoGP star, from Forest Hill, near Oxford, won at the track from pole position in 2009 when riding in the
The magical June 16th will soon be upon us and our local rivers are looking in top condition for the start of the new season. A lot of the silver fish, mainly roach and bream, will be shoaled up, so there could be big catches in some places and
A new league is coming to Oxford next month. The competition, which gets under way at Gregory the Great School on June 8 is open to any women aged 16 years old or over. All equipment is provided and only qualified umpires will be used.
Henry Pretorius was the star bowler as Kennington gained a comprehensive seven-wicket victory at Kingston Bagpuize in Group C of the Oxfordshire Under 13 League. In one of only four games to survive the wet weather, Pretorius took 3-3 as the hosts
Kidlington's Georgina Polden roared to top spot on the podium again in the fourth round of the Aprilia Superteen Challenge at Cadwell Park. The 17-year-old, who became the series first female race winner in the previous round at Snetterton, repeated
Oakfield staged their two-day Dynamite Spring Festival split over their two lakes, Red Kite and Swallow, with 36 anglers taking part. Joff Rogers was the overall winner, helped by a first-day winning weight of 107lb 7oz. He fished banded hard
THE jury has gone out in the trial of a man accused of eight counts of rape in Oxford. Lewyn Rudge, 26, of Valentia Road, Headington, denies the charges – as well as five counts of causing actual bodily harm – in relation to two women. Graham
TWO men have denied aiding the suspect accused of the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Connor Tremble in Oxford. Bradley Jones, of New Road, Bledington, near Chipping Norton, and Grant Clemens, of Stockwells, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, appeared
WEST Oxfordshire District Council is looking into setting up a company with three other authorities. If the proposal goes ahead, it will mean the council would not directly employ any of its own staff but it would jointly own a company that would
A MAN accused of a sexual assault has told a jury the allegations he faces are “totally wrong”. Yesterday Bilal Ahmed, from Maidenhead, took the stand in Oxford Crown Court to give evidence for the first time. The 27-year-old is accused of
NINE young footballers will pay their respects to those who sacrificed their lives in the First World War by placing a poppy cross on the top of a mountain. Members of Oxford City Blues under-10 team will climb Snowdon, the highest mountain in
AN antiques dealer who died in a crash in Swindon was a former worker at the Mini Plant in Cowley. Father-of-two Paul Winters, 33, originally from Kidlington, died after the red Nissan he was a passenger in was involved in a collision with a blue
OXFORD University is steeped in tradition and the messy ritual of “trashing” is one that is clearly here to stay. All week final year students have been dousing each other in confetti, flour, champagne and silly string to mark the end of exams.
FORMER world leaders gathered in Oxford to discuss war and peace. The Elders group, which was formed by the late South Africa President Nelson Mandela, debated the issues at the Sheldonian Theatre on Thursday. The panel, which was hosted by
IT IS easy to forget just how hard exams are. We look back wistfully to our student days, free of the stresses of mortgages, commutes, and children. Our daily grind at work seems a million miles away from the rose-tinted high jinks of our youth
Adam Spaul, from Bicester Triathlon Club, excelled in an unexpected duathlon in the Bedford Priory Sprint. The event consisted of a 2.5km run and a 5km bike ride, after the swimming had to be cancelled due to blue algae in the water. With an
A FUNFAIR and sports races are just some of the highlights of this year’s two-day Headington Festival which begins today. The fun starts with a bumper street fair on London Road from 10am until 4pm. There will be a food and craft fair and the
MORE than half the suspects held on police bail for more than a year were never charged, figures obtained by the Oxford Mail show. Thames Valley Police figures show 6,639 suspects remained on police bail while being investigated in Oxfordshire
Joe Jackson Brown has warned title rival Wesley Clarke that he is in for a painful lesson next month, when the pair collide at London’s iconic Alexandra Palace. The 22-year-old Banbury light heavyweight will face Cambridge’s Clarke in a showdown
IT was not just children taking advantage of the half term activities this week. Anna Byrom, 24, made a pink and blue butterfly wall hanger at a scrap art session at The Mix in Wantage on Wednesday. She said: “It’s made out of sticky back plastic
Oxfordshire's John Church has been selected to represent Great Britain at the biennial International Championships in Perth, Australia, from July 5-20. Tetrathlon is a multi-discipline sport comprising pistol shooting, swimming, running and riding
MOTORISTS could soon be enjoying a widened and improved road between Carterton and Witney. Oxfordshire County Council wants to upgrade the B4477 between Carterton and Minster Lovell to an A-road and add more slip roads at its junction with the
