A POWERCUT affecting 2,079 homes and businesses in Oxford and Abingdon has been fixed. Engineers restored electricity to SSE customers at 3.36pm by re-routing power. Now they are trying to work out was caused the underground fault on the high
THOUSANDS of shoppers headed to Bicester Village yesterday causing delays on the roads. But residents said they didn’t see a repeat of the chaos on Black Friday when there were miles of tailbacks. Extra car parks were opened nearby with buses
ENGINEERING work overrunning in the London Paddington area has caused delays for people travelling through Oxford. Services in and out of London Paddington have been delayed or cancelled, First Great Western said. Disruption is expected to
THINK of the greatest inventors and pioneering scientists who changed the way millions live and think, and the likes of Charles Darwin, Alexander Fleming and Alexander Graham Bell come to mind for most people. But not for writer and former Oxford
FAMILIES across the country sat down to enjoy the Downton Abbey Christmas special on Christmas Day, no doubt while tucking into the chocolates and turkey sandwiches. The hit ITV show has taken the world by storm and has become a much-loved fixture
OXFORD’S Story Museum has started a new weekly lunchtime session where stories are read out loud to adults while they eat. Soup and a Story is a half-hour event held in the Pembroke Street museum on Fridays from 12.30pm. Cath Hogan, the museum
A NEW Post Office drop-off point for Christmas returns has been introduced. The facility, at One Stop, Horsefair, aims to make it easier for people to return pre-paid parcels during the Christmas surge. Post Office head of mails Paul Brown
PRIME Minister and Witney MP David Cameron has been criticised for saying he would be “very happy” for fracking to come to his constituency. Witney town and district councillor Duncan Enright accused Mr Cameron of using the comment to get “off
SEVERE warnings of ice and snow have been issued for Oxfordshire today. Temperatures are set to plunge from late this afternoon and the Met Office has warned of widespread icy patches across the South East. People should be prepared for travel
MICHAEL Appleton had no argument with the result as Oxford United were outclassed 2-0 by table-topping Shrewsbury Town. The visitors struck twice in the opening 20 minutes and were rarely troubled by a U’s side who were as poor up front as they
THIS time of year is always a joyous one at the Oxford Mail as we get to announce the winners of our Gannett Foundation grants. So many worthy causes apply for the annual grants, which are given by the charitable wing of the paper’s parent company
IF Oxford University had hoped its controversial student flats at Castle Mill would fade into the distance after they were built, it was sorely mistaken. Campaigners against the student blocks have refused to give up, and the latest development
HUNDREDS turned out for the annual Boxing Day meet by Heythrop Hunt in Chipping Norton yesterday. The tradition marked its 189th year, with about 200 horseriders and 36 hounds parading through Market Place before departing for the hunt at 11am.
A DECADE after they were caught up in the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, a city couple are still going strong in their efforts to support the people of Sri Lanka. Don Gallagher, 65, and Della Sar, 66, set up The Friends of Della and Don to provide
A TV historian has put forward a motion to lower the height of the Castle Mill student flats to the top authority of Oxford University. Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, has put forward the proposal to the Congregation
RESULTS Tackley Estates (Golden Man Trophy, Oxford Canal, Three Pigeons, 8 fished): 1 F Malone 6.4.0, 2 G Broome 5.12.0, 3 S Malone 4.13.0. North Oxford AS (Christmas match, Oxford Canal, Aristotle Lane, 18 fished): 1 I Fisher 8.1.0, 2 D Britnell
London Welsh’s head coach Justin Burnell was distraught after their 11th Avviva Premiership loss of the season - a 24-9 defeat at London Irish, despite an improvement from last week’s record 78-7 defeat at Saracens. “It was a game we wanted to
Oxfordshire's Connor Ferguson achieved his highest finish in a national 12 and under event by reaching the final of the LTA Grade 2 winter tour in Nottingham. The promising youngster, from Drayton, lost 6-4, 6-2 to top seed, Jack Pinnington Jones
Coneygree (100-30) gave Mark Bradstock’s Letcombe Bassett stables, near Wantage, a first Grade 1 success with a runaway victory in the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase at Kempton yesterday. With his leading rivals crashing out, Nico de Boinville’s mount
THIS picture of an old ambulance on hoardings in front of the new Blavatnik School of Government building in Walton Street, Jericho, has been turning a few heads. David Brown, of North Oxford, who took the photograph, was amused by its 3D-like
AT 68, Ron Skinner had never climbed a mountain before. But this winter he trekked for three weeks across the Himalayas to raise more than £1,000 for an Oxfordshire charity. The divorced-father-of-two, of Boxhill Road, Abingdon, said after
Wantage Town suffered late agony as they went down to a 2-1 defeat at Swindon Supermarine in Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West. With time running out it looked as though Wantage would hold on for a point, having led through George
A COUPLE left homeless by a boat fire experienced a Christmas miracle after a guest house agreed to put them up. Osney Arms in West Oxford agreed to house Cathy Johnson and Lee Sims after an appeal in the Oxford Mail. The pair narrowly escaped
A LONG-AWAITED hydro electric scheme in Oxford has been further delayed. The Osney Lock Hydro project team had hoped to start generating electricity by Christmas but construction work has finished for the festive break. The £650,000 turbine
Oxfordshire’s Louise Atkins, from Drayton, (left) and Natalia Mitchell, of Woodstock, are pictured after winning the girls’ doubles at the Essex Under 17 bronze tournament. The pair won their group before winning the final 21-15 against Rebecca Holt
Defender Zak Westlake scored a hat-trick as North Leigh romped to a 6-0 victory against the Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West strugglers at Eynsham Park. The result saw Mark Gee’s side move up to eighth in the table and three
Banbury United recorded their first Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division win for 13 matches with a trouncing of form side Cirencester yesterday. A double from Leam Howards, a Jacob Walcott penalty, plus strikes from Jordan Green and Ryan Tappin
Oxford City’s six-game unbeaten record was brought to a grinding halt as they were crushed 4-0 at Leamington yesterday, writes MATTHEW BRUCE. James Fry netted twice for the hosts in the second half after goals from Jordan Goddard and Matt Dodd
FRIENDS of a late Oxford poet have raised £1,000 from well wishers to give him a funeral. David MacArnold’s colleagues raised the money in just 10 days with a fundraising website. His funeral will be held at Oxford Crematorium on Friday, January
YOUNGSTERS and staff at Mabel Prichard School were delighted after hearing £4,500 would help transform their run-down playground. The Blackbird Leys school received the funding from the Gannett Foundation - the charitable arm of Gannett Media,
A COUNTY primary school is celebrating its best ever results after getting a helping hand from a private school. Dry Sandford Primary, near Abingdon, has worked with nearby Cothill House prep school for eight years and this year recorded its best
CLINICAL support worker Katy Venvell put in a star turn as Father Christmas at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital as she delivered gifts paid for by her homemade cards. Miss Venvell, from Enstone, near Chipping Norton, works in the neuroscience ward
A DETECTIVE who helped convict 12 child abusers in two years has been recognised for her work by Thames Valley Police. Det Con Natalie Thompson was commended by Chief Constable Sara Thornton for her work in the Child Abuse Investigation Unit.
WOOD engravers from all over the world have their work on display in an exhibition at Art Jericho gallery in Oxford. The Society of Wood Engravers exhibition features art from the UK, USA, Russia and Japan and runs until tomorrow. The professional
PLANS to build a sand and gravel quarry in South Oxfordshire have been dealt a blow following a decision by English Heritage to recommend protection for part of the site. A Bronze Age barrow cemetery, which lies on the 160-hectare site near Culham
