Astral antics in store at Oxfordshire music gathering SPACE-loving synth-rockers Public Service Broadcasting, classical-electro-pop act Clean Bandit and drum & bass star Shy FX have been named as fresh additions to the bill at Oxfordshire's
OWNERS of a rare Russian dog breed came from far and wide for the UK’s first meet-up in Oxford over the weekend. Eight owners got together to discuss their Russian Toy dogs, and work out ways to help protect the extremely rare breed, which is believed
AMBULANCE services in Oxfordshire have not met targets to reach seriously ill patients for at least a year. South Central Ambulance Service consistently missed targets to reach patients within eight minutes who had serious breathing problems or
VOLUNTEERS in East Oxford cooked up a mouth-watering menu from food that would otherwise have been thrown away. At the first Food Surplus Cafe event, volunteer chefs created dishes including black bean salad, chickpea and vegetable tagine and green
A MAN was attacked outside a McDonald's in Banbury, police said. Officers said two men approached the victim outside the Bridge Street restaurant at about 9.45pm on Thursday. The victim tried to walk away but one man threw several punches at
Second year English undergraduate of Oxford University, Helena Jackson, of Sleepless Theatre Productions talks about the exciting challenges of producing a play that forms part of trilogy and yet can comfortably stand alone Trilogies are rather
I’ve worked with Cardboard Citizens over about the last eight years, writing various commissions and teaching their Writing for Forum course with artistic director Adrian Jackson. My current play Benefit is a set of three forum plays that tours
OXFORD-based London Welsh have further added to their squad for next season's Greene King IPA Championship with the arrival of four back row forwards. Former Oxford University flanker Gus Jones, Kieran Murphy, Ryan Hodson and Will Skuse have joined
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ASPARAGUS season is in full swing, with farmers across Oxfordshire now cutting and packaging the spear-like vegetables for sale. The season runs from April 24 to June 21 and because no machine is precise enough to select those ready to be cut it
Rail services have now returned to normal after a man was hit by a train at Oxford station. A spokesman for the British Transport Police said a man has been taken to hospital following the incident, which is not being treated as suspicious.
Win £1,000 Vintage Chanel Handbag to Celebrate Vintage Fashion Festival at McArthurGlen’s Swindon Designer Outlet A.N.G.E.L.O. – the largest and most renowned archive of vintage fashion in Europe – will host their first UK Vintage Fashion Festival
SURGEONS from Oxford have been awarded a £246,000 grant to help them treat children suffering from clubfoot in Africa. Staff at the city’s Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre are setting up a training course to improve treatment of the condition across
ONE motive for moving from East Oxford to Charlbury was for the cycling. This remained pretty much a theoretical benefit, unrealised until the warm weather started six weeks ago. Until then, the only tangible benefits were the view of fields
It is daft for South Oxfordshire District Council to propose building 1,350 homes on Southfield Golf Course. The core strategy inspector in 2011 rejected this option because housing development on such a scale would harm the unique Lye Valley SSSi
I agree with the overall message of Derrick Holt’s letter (April 10), that the best way to reduce the severe pollution and congestion in our city (and others too) is to reduce the number of journeys that are made by car. However, I disagree with Mr
How happy I was to see advertised that from Thursday, April 23, until Sunday, April 26, a French antiques market was coming to Abingdon. As someone who is disabled and doesn’t get out much, I had set my heart on coming into town to see this and
While I have no doubt that Dick Tracey’s efforts to place more defibrillators around the county is commendable, how many lives have actually been saved with them? (I would define saved as patients that have been discharged alive from hospital).
I cannot say that nuclear warheads lurking in the murky depths off Scotland make me feel any safer at night. As the saying goes “no nukes is good nukes”. Is nuclear power ever a good thing? According to the global warming author Mark Lynas,
In the UK, motorcyclists are not allowed to use cycle lanes or advanced stop lines (ASLs). They may use bus lanes in Aylesbury, Bath, Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Reading and some lanes in Birmingham, but none in Oxford.
A CONVERTED barn once owned by The Thirty-Nine Steps author John Buchan has gone on the market for nearly £1m. Manor Barn is part of the Elsfield Manor estate near Oxford, where the writer entertained friends including Virginia Woolf, Robert Graves
Angus Phillips Head of the School of Arts, Oxford Brookes University Art, music, theatre, magic, robots, lemurs and Victorian corpses are just some of the fun and fascinating events you will find at OutBurst 2015. The Oxford Brookes University
THE final phase of consultation is under way for West Oxfordshire District Council’s Local Plan. The six-week consultation, which runs until 5pm on Friday, May 8, gives people a chance to comment on the soundness and legal compliance of the plan
ALMOST 400 bargain hunters went head-to-head Oxford City Council's annual vehicle and equipment auction. More than 200 items of council paraphernalia including vehicles, gardening equipment, trailers, generators, power tools, chainsaws and trimmers
OXON: Anyone who wants to register for a proxy vote in May’s elections must do so by 5pm today. Both the person who wants to register for a proxy vote and the person they want to nominate to vote in their place must be registered. To apply for
The businessman who donated £75m for a new school of government at Oxford University has been named as the UK’s richest person. Len Blavatnik was placed number one in The Sunday Times rich list with an estimated fortune of £13.7bn. A building
CREATIVE students are hoping to put their own stamp on one of the county’s biggest street parades this summer. Students from Oxford Brookes University came together last Friday to dream up new ideas for July’s Cowley Road Carnival. It comes
McDONALD'S staff swapped frying burgers for raising cash for charity during a sponsored walk. Ten members of staff from the Didcot branch of McDonald’s trekked 13 miles from Didcot to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The team raised more
A CARE provider that breached five regulations last year has now been ranked “good” by the national health watchdog. Learning disability provider West Oxfordshire Supported Living was “good” overall and “outstanding” for the level of care it provided
ABINGDON: A teenager has been released without charge after a 17-year-old girl was assaulted. Officers arrested a 17-year-old youth from Abingdon on suspicion of assault on March 4 after the girl was attacked in Ock Street and Coopers Lane.
WITNEY: Former town mayor Chrissie Curry has died at the age of 66 after a short illness. Ms Curry died at Sobell House Hospice in Oxford on Wednesday, April 22. She served as mayor for two terms between 2006 to 2008 and on the town council
A NEW treatment to tackle cancer will be tested on patients in Oxford for the first time in the UK. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust will take part in a global clinical trial, which will investigate the use of radioactive glass microspheres
A NEW 83-bed Travelodge hotel is due to open in Oxford early next year. Construction has begun on the £5.5m Abingdon Road hotel after years of disputes with Oxford City Council. The council originally refused planning permission, objecting
OXON: Three men arrested on suspicion of blackmail and conspiracy to kidnap six months ago have been rebailed a third time. A 49-year-old from the Chipping Norton area, a 48-year-old from Hailey, near Witney, and a 49-year-old from Standlake were
THREE parliamentary candidates have said their party can deliver solutions to bedblocking in Oxfordshire. In a joint letter, National Health Action Party candidates Dr Clive Peedell, for Witney, Dr Helen Salisbury, for Oxford West and Abingdon,
THE Prime Minister has been asked to get involved after passengers hit out at a rise in ticket prices between Charlbury and London. Currently commuters can buy an off-peak ticket to the capital for £33.30, leaving after the first four trains of
Michael Appleton expects Danny Hylton to attract interest this summer – because he has already been contacted by clubs keen to sign Oxford United’s top scorer. The forward made it 16 goals for the campaign with a header in Saturday’s 2-0 win at
Johnny Mullins is set to miss Oxford United’s final game of the season with concussion sustained in Saturday’s 2-0 win against Cambridge United. The 29-year-old was briefly knocked out following a nasty fall in the first half and was carried off
DRIVERS are facing delays on the A420 near Faringdon this morning following a three-vehicle accident. Traffic is queuing near the BP petrol station between Buckland Road and the B4508 Pusey turn. News The road is partly blocked by
FOUR travellers from Oxfordshire have contacted their families to say they are safe after a massive earthquake struck Nepal. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the country on Saturday left almost 4,000 people dead and thousands of others injured.
A PLANE carrying aid following the earthquake believed to have killed more than 7,000 people has flown out from RAF Brize Norton. Eighteen people died on Mount Everest after an avalanche swept through its Base Camp, and more climbers are stranded
Former Oxfordshire seamer Matt Taylor took 5-89 for Gloucestershire – but it was Derbyshire’s Martin Guptill who stole the show with a sensational maiden first-class double century on day two of the LV= County Championship Division 2 clash at Bristol
Oxford ladies picked up their first silverware of the season when they won the National 2nd XI Plate competition at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. A goal from Amy Mobley enabled Oxford to beat Bromley 1-0 in a tense final. Oxford had
Chipping Norton trainer Charlie Longsdon and stable jockey Noel Fehily have ended their successful three-year partnership. Longsdon explained that they had parted company on amicable terms with Fehily increasingly required to ride for leading owner
THE girlfriend of stabbing victim 23-year-old Kyle Byfield said the couple had talked of moving in together and starting a family before his death. Mr Byfield died at the Horton Hospital on April 16, after being found in Jubilee Court, Banbury,
OXFORDSHIRE kept their outside chances of promotion alive with an exciting 19-17 win over Devon in their BDO Inter-Counties Championship Division 1 match at Bicester. In their penultimate match of the season, Oxon bounced back from the defeat to
Brad Sutherland and Adam Hall shared a century opening partnership to set Oxford on the way to a five-run victory at Amersham in the Royal London Club Championship first round. Sutherland, who made 62 from 67 balls with eight fours, and Hall (45
A FORMER A&E nurse who raped and sexually assaulted unconscious patients in a “grotesque breach of trust” has been jailed for 18 years. Andrew Hutchinson, above, recorded himself abusing his victims at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital and was
HOMES in Oxfordshire affected by a power cut have had their electricity restored. Yesterday about 500 homes in the OX1 central Oxford area and OX12 area in southern Oxfordshire were affected. News Last night there were still 10 homes
WILLIAMS’S chief executive officer has described last year’s financial result as a “hangover” from the company’s poor performance the previous year. But Mike O’Driscoll said yesterday the firm was confident of a stronger financial performance in
FUNDRAISERS will jump out of a plane to raise money for sevenyear-old Charlotte Nott. A total of 17 people will parachute from the sky to raise cash for the prosthetic legs Charlotte needs to walk and a wheelchair so she can take part in sport.
OXFORD Ladies members have eagled the same hole four times in eight days. Captain Jan Glover became the latest player to claim a three at the 387-yard sixth hole. In doing so she followed Deanne Chappelle, Judy McCairns and Hil Pennick.
PROPOSALS for the multi-million-pound regeneration of Oxpens took a step forward yesterday. The development that would neighbour Oxford Ice Rink is set to feature up to 400 homes, 10,400sqm of office space and a 155-bed hotel and leisure facilities
HENLEY Hawks were unable to end their championship winning campaign with a victory as they lost a thrilling National League 2 South finale 41-34 to Dorking at Dry Leas. Nathan Taylor’s late score gave Hawks hope of at least a draw, but the disappointment
A VICTIM of child sex abuse and her mother have written books about their traumatic experiences at the hands of a gang jailed after Operation Bullfinch. The women have published books – Girl for Sale and You Can’t Have My Daughter – under the false
NEIGHBOURS are uniting to save a Marston pub in danger of being demolished next year. Developers want to transform the former Jack Russell pub in Salford Road into housing after it closed last October. But residents in the area want to register
OXFORD Rugby League recorded their first win of the season as they edged Hemel Stags 31-28 at Iffley Road. The victory sees the Blues move up to tenth in Kingstone Press League 1 with two points from three games. Nathan Conroy scored two tries
