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20th April 2017    22nd April 2017

  • Luke Wright's poetry is 'in your face'

    Katherine MacAlister is inspired by poet Luke Wright’s spoken wordWith his rock star looks and urban vibe, you’d expect Luke Wright to be pounding a guitar or starring in a gritty, new TV drama. Indeed, he’s already performed at Glastonbury in front of

  • Skydive will raise money for charity

    INTREPID skydivers will leap from the clouds for the second time to raise money for an Oxfordshire charity.Chiltern Park Aerodrome near Wallingford will host the jump on Saturday, July 1, following on from a successful event in 2015.On that occasion 25

  • Police hunt convicted robber who has disappeared

    POLICE are hunting a convicted robber who has disappeared. Lisa Stevens, 33, of Bicester, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court in August last year, to 21 months’ imprisonment. She was released on licence in March. She breached the terms of her

  • Teenager found unconscious after violent street robbery

    A teenager was knocked unconscious in an attack in Oxford. A Good Samaritan found the 18-year-old at about 9pm in Jeune Street on Wednesday and called an ambulance. The teenager had been carrying a white carrier bag at the time of the attack.

  • Police and politician tackle cyber crime at conference

    BUSINESS experts stressed concerns about cyber crime at a conference.Online security in the digital age was the hot topic at a meeting at the Harwell Campus near Chilton yesterday.Businesses from across the region came together to learn how to protect

  • City scientists to run round Oxford to fund their own research

    CITY scientists will be swapping lab coats for Lycra to raise funds for their own research at this year's Oxford Town and Gown run.The Oxford University team, whose work is partly-funded by race organisers Muscular Dystrophy UK, will pound the streets

  • Outdoor pool splashes open for summer season today

    WOODSTOCK’S outdoor heated swimming pool will reopen for the summer swimming season today.With a 25-metre main pool and a depth of 3.5 metres, the facility is aimed at diving enthusiasts but has a separate paddling pool for younger children. The weather

  • Pub quiz to raise cash for patient care

    PUB customers in Abingdon can take part in a quiz to support a community hospital.The White Horse in Ock Street will host a general knowledge quiz on Wednesday, May 3, in aid of Abingdon Community Hospital.The quiz is organised by the hospital’s League

  • Coin collection returns to Corpus Christi College

    A LARGE part of a coin collection owned by Corpus Christi College has returned from the Ashmolean Museum.The coins, dating from 500BC to 1600AD, had been on semi-permanent loan at the Beaumont Street institution since 1932.They are used widely in teaching

  • Deputy Lord Mayor to make special appearance at celebrations

    THE DEPUTY Lord Mayor of Oxford has been revealed as the ‘guest of honour’ at upcoming cultural celebrations.The team behind Oxford’s second AFROshow – African Fashion Roots Oxford Show - said Rae Humberstone will take centre stage.Organiser Laure Loutala

  • Wine tasting event to run in Sandford on Thames

    WOULD-BE sommeliers will have the chance to taste some of the finest wines at an event in Sandford on Thames.The event will be hosted by the Talking Shop, which runs every Friday and Saturday in the village.It will be run by The Oxford Wine Company in

  • HEALTHWATCH: Will GP changes be enough?

    Chairman of Healthwatch Oxfordshire Eddie Duller asks whether proposed changes will be enough to cut GP waiting times.The uncompromising notice in the GP surgery spelled it out. It announced that the practice was closing for five days over Easter and

  • Thieves pinching loose change from cars, police warn

    THIEVES are setting their sights on loose change ditched in cars, police have warned.Officers from Thames Valley Police’s Banbury neighbourhood policing area said residents need to ensure all coins are out of view when they leave their cars.They tweeted

  • Woman takes to the skies to defy MS

    A DAREDEVIL mother-of-two with multiple sclerosis will be walking on the wings of a plane thousands of feet in the air tomorrow to 'stick two fingers up' to her condition.Cathy Ridge-Collins will take to the skies to raise more than £2,000 for

  • School theatre to show live Shakespeare performance

    A POLITICAL tragedy will be performed ‘on stage’ in Abingdon.The Amey Theatre will screen Julias Caesar as it is acted out live by the Royal Shakespeare Company.Audiences can fill the theatre at Abingdon School on Wednesday for the screening, which starts

  • Man exposes himself to a 15-year-old boy in park

    A MAN exposed himself to a 15-year-old boy in Faringdon. Thames Valley Police has appealed for witnesses after the incident, which happened at about 8.45pm on Wednesday in Tuckers Park.  The man is believed to be aged in his 20s, white, about

  • Permit holder bay could be removed

    THE county councillor in charge of transport is to decide if a parking bay for permit holders in East Oxford should be removed.There are proposals to remove the parking bay in Collins Road, close to the former Travis Perkins builders’ site, which is to

  • Village matters to be discussed at meeting

    COUNCILLORS will discuss village matters in South Hinksey.Members of South Hinksey Parish Council will meet on Monday, May 8 for their monthly discussion. They will received updates on council finances and hear reports from district and county councillors.A

  • Oxford Martin School director joins UN

    THE director of a leading Oxford University research institution is to take up a key role at the United Nations.Oxford Martin School director Achim Steiner, also a Professorial Fellow at Balliol College, has been appointed Administrator of the United

  • Suspicious hay fire

    Arson is suspected after two large hay bale fires on farmland near Thame.Fire crews were called to the blaze at Manor Farm, Station Road, in Haddenham, on Monday after 3pm.PC James Holmes, of Thames Valley Police, said: “These fires could easily have

  • Number plates theft

    THIEVES stole a set of car registration plates from a vehicle in Headington.Thames Valley Police said the theft took place in Pitts Road between April 9 and Wednesday.Contact officers on 101, quoting reference number 43170112765.

  • Old Dragons pay tribute to departing headmaster

    FORMER Dragon School pupils came back to the school as part of a long goodbye to headmaster John Baugh and his wife Wendy.Mr and Mrs Baugh will leave at the end of the summer term after 15 years.More than 400 Old Dragons and their families attended a

  • Sharon crowdfunds for a special ska documentary

    OXFORD film-maker Sharon Woodward is appealing to crowdfunders to help her complete a documentary about a British Jamaican ska band.The film, entitled Ska'd By the Music, tells the story of the musicians behind the Skinhead Moonstomp album, Symarip.The

  • Poppy Appeal asks for more collectors

    ROYAL British Legion managers are appealing for more collectors to come forward to help out with the Poppy Appeal.Mark Garwood, community fundraisers for the RBL in Oxfordshire, said volunteer collectors and organisers were needed in a number of locations

  • Folk fans look forward to big weekend of shows

    THOUSANDS of music-lovers will enjoy performances across the city for Folk Weekend Oxford which starts today. The festival, which is run by volunteers, was launched in 2012 and has grown every year, with performances from local and national folk

  • Austen exhibition

    THE Bodleian Library in Oxford is planning a new exhibition to mark 200 years since the death of Jane Austen.The display at the Weston Library in Broad Street will run from June 23 to October 29 and will feature documents and archive material displayed

  • 1,200 sign petition

    MORE than 1,200 people have signed a petition calling on Oxford City Council to abandon its plans to expand Seacourt Park and Ride on Botley Road in order to protect badgers thought to be living in the area.A total of 1,242 people have now added their

  • Abingdon School pupils take part in cadet camp

    PUPILS from Abingdon School took part in the largest ever Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Easter camp.Recruits spent the first week of the school holidays at Longmoor Training Area in Hampshire.Every recruit passed their weapons handling test on the first

  • Thirty staff go at consultancy firm

    THIRTY staff have been made redundant from an award-winning management consultancy firm in Oxfordshire.Newton Europe, based in Kingston Bagpuize near Abingdon, was named Business of the Year in the 2016 Oxfordshire Business Awards.But now it has emerged

  • Shared space cycle paths 'outdated and should be phased out'

    SHARED-use paths for cyclists and pedestrians next to roads in urban areas are ‘outdated’ and should be phased out, according to new guidance from transport bosses. Oxfordshire County Council’s highways department said pedestrians and cyclists

  • 'Voluntary' smoking ban rolled out across city's play areas

    SMOKERS are being asked to keep their second-hand smoke away from children's play areas in a new 'voluntary ban' in effect across Oxford.Stickers have been put up by Oxford City Council in all of its 87 play areas asking parents and carers

  • Delays cleared after crash on A40 between Witney and Oxford

    THE A40 has been reopened between Witney and Oxford after a crash involving two vehicles. The crash happened on the eastbound carriageway near Shores Green, at the end of the section of dual carriageway, police said. It involved a lorry and a red

  • Dad killed himself following marriage breakdown

    A FATHER who struggled with depression hanged himself in his Witney home after his marriage deteriorated, an inquest heard   Welder Liam Salmon died at his home in Clinch Court after sending goodbye text messages to family members. The 46-year-old

  • Man killed by lorry on day of father's funeral

    A MAN who died after being struck by a lorry had attended his father’s funeral earlier that day, an inquest heard. Daniel Wallace, 34, is believed to have died instantly after being knocked down by the HGV on the A423 at Mollington, near Banbury, just

  • City says tackling vehicle emissions are key to clean air

    OXFORD City Council has reacted to its ranking as the 13th worst area for air quality in the UK by saying tackling vehicle emissions is the key.The Times newspaper this week published the results of an investigation which concluded Oxford had the eighth-worst

  • FIXTURES for April 22-27

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Millwall v Oxford Utd. VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH Oxford City v Margate. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd v Kettering. Div 1 South & West: Mangotsfield Tn

  • Banjos at the ready... It's time for Oxford Folk Weekend

    Tim Hughes grabs his tankard and Morris dancing bells and looks forward to the start of Folk Weekend Oxford THEY come from across the land, clutching fiddles, guitars, sticks and bells – and all agree there is no better place to be in the spring