THE Oxford and Cambridge Note Race is being staged to raise funds for families.A concert is being staged by the group grade1athon to support the charity helping families with at least one child under age five.It starts at 7pm at Oxford Town Hall for tickets
THIEVES smashed their way into a car in New Hinksey, Oxford, overnight on Thursday.Thames Valley Police is hunting for the people that broke into the vehicle parked in Wytham Street.The force said the vehicle was parked up when thieves smashed the back
PEP Clotet says he hopes Marvin Johnson will be back at work as quickly as possible after the winger missed today’s 1-0 defeat at Scunthorpe United. The 26-year-old has been linked with a move away for several weeks and the U’s turned down a bid
JOSH Morris’s goal won a tight game which opened up late on to inflict the first defeat of the Sky Bet League One season on Oxford United. Scunthorpe United hardly threatened before half-time, but came on strongly after the break. Neal Bishop
PLANS have been submitted for a mobile film studio to be set up in Great Tew, near Chipping Norton.The application, put forward by Power Road Studios, is for temporary use over three weeks for am Amazon Prime TV show.The application does not reveal what
An Oxford University medical student who died following a landslide in Nepal has been described as 'the best of people' by a friend. Charlotte 'Lottie' Fullerton suffered a fatal head injury as rocks rained down while trekking in the country's
POLICE in Faringdon have warned residents to be vigilant about hare coursing.In a community newsletter, officers revealed the illegal pastime, which sees people set dogs on hares, has been on the increase. People are asked to report incidents immediately
Thames Valley Police is staging a 'rural community resilience group' meeting for people in Bicester on Thursday.It is being staged for the community to have their say on issues in town and the surrounding rural areas.It will run from 7pm at Fringford
ACTIVITIES, cakes and prizes are up for grabs at a fundraising family day at Chesterton Pavillion, near Bicester.The event is being staged by NCS Bicester which is a group of young adults hoping to raise funds for SSAFA.The charity supports those serving
6:00pm Here's Pep Clotet on Marvin Johnson's absence from the squad today. And with that, it's time to head home
OXFORD City Council is urging residents to be aware of a mistake with an official form – after its return envelope was marked with the address of an authority nearly 200 miles away. Local authorities send out household enquiry forms to every home
A PSYCHIATRIST in charge of Oxford teenager Connor Sparrowhawk’s care was found to be ‘evasive and defensive’, according to a tribunal investigating his death. Dr Valerie Murphy had already admitted being responsible for a catalogue of 30 failings
THE community's place at the heart of The Kings Arms will be celebrated as the pub marks its 200th anniversary this weekend. The pub in The Moors has stood proudly in the village since 1817 as a family run boozer with an impressive selection of
CROWDS of 'invaluable' fundraisers will walk beneath a twinkling canopy of constellations.Hundreds of supporters will journey for miles tonight in support of Oxford's Sobell House Hospice, as it brings its annual Moonlight Stroll back to the
A PLAN which would see retirement homes replace a set of garages in Banbury has been filed with planning officers. A total of nine retirement flats would be built in Penrhyn Close. They would consist of seven one bedroom homes and two two-bedroom flats.Although
WE travelled north yesterday to take on Scunthorpe United in our second away game of the season. After training in the morning we headed up the motorway for an overnight stay before a difficult game against a club who have been building very solidly
PEP Clotet’s selection task today will be his most difficult of the season so far as the number of available players for Oxford United increases. Kane Hemmings, Dwight Tiendalli and Xemi were not involved in last week’s squad to face Portsmouth
THERE are not many weddings featuring a personal video message from professional footballers but for Steven and Vicky Winters it was the icing on their yellow and blue wedding cake. The Faringdon pair married on Sunday in Gloucestershire surrounded
A MAN who launched into a violent rage at a house party and lashed out a police officer trying to restrain him, causing him to hit his head against a wall, has been jailed. Karl Kuhne, of Duke Street, Banbury, had been at the party with friends
WILLIAM Fletcher completed a great week for the family from Faringdon by being crowned national under 21 champion.His success came only days after his younger brother Oliver helped Britain to success in the European Junior Championships.Competing at
BEER-SWIGGING festival goers raised their steins in the air as a weekend of merriment got into full flow. The four-day German Bierfest is taking place in Broad Street until tomorrow. It features a traditional style German village, an open air
KATIE Nutt took on the best young talent across two continents when she represented Great Britain at the European and African Youth Championships in Sesena, Spain.The Standlake talent came home with a bronze medal in the under 21 team event.Nutt contributed
OXFORD Drennan Yellow fought off a challenge from Sensas A4 to retain their Oxford Summer League title.In the sixth and final leg, fished by seven teams of six on the Thames at Medley, Yellow won the team contest after filling two of the top three positions.Steve
DOUBLE British Touring Car champion Jason Plato believes he and his Team BMR outfit have found the “gremlin” that had previously hampered his 2017 campaign. The Oxford driver converted his 50th pole position in the championship into his first win
OXFORD City Stars have added one of the NIHL’s leading lights – Matt Lawday – to its roster for their forthcoming campaign. The 26-year-old, who joins from Solent Devils, is known as a sniper, with more than 150 goals his name, 19 of them last
THE third annual Oxfordshire Chilli Festival is being held in Abingdon Market Place from 10am today.Local exotic restaurants, spice merchants and chilli-growers will be competing to blow people’s heads off until 5pm.The event also including the infamous
OXFORD United boss Pep Clotet has expressed his sorrow over terrorist attacks which killed at least 13 people in his home city of Barcelona. In the latest European terror attack, on Thursday a man drove a van into crowds of people in Las Ramblas
VIEWERS will be able to see how an Oxford University PhD student fares as part of a gruelling search to find potential astronauts tomorrow. Merritt Moore, who will soon submit her physics thesis in quantum optics and who is also a professional
OXFORD RL will be without Adam Dent as they aim to break their duck in the Kingstone Press League 1 Shield with a victory over South Wales Ironmen at Tilsley Park, Abingdon tomorrow (2pm). Dent was injured in the 66-0 defeat by London Skolars – Oxford
OXFORDSHIRE recovered from a perilous 67-8 to beat Hampshire by just one run and reach the quarter-finals of the ECB Over 60s County Championship. After a disastrous start at Hursley Park, Oxon had Clive Ricks (31) and Steve Wilson (29no) to thank
TREASURED memories of smelly cat, 'ugly naked guy' and meat in your English trifle will be there for you to relive as FriendsFest returns to the county. Blenheim Palace is once again playing host to the incredibly popular and sold-out event dedicated
AN ASTONOMY-mad couple will spend their honeymoon next week watching the full solar eclipse in the United States.Mary McIntyre, formerly Spicer, and her husband Mark, are flying out to Denver today on what they say will be the 'chance of a lifetime
CYCLISTS could be at risk of being crushed by an influx of heavy goods vehicles once work begin on the West Way redevelopment in Botley. Developers Mace confirmed to the Oxford Mail last week that they plan to begin work on the site this autumn
THE historic Oxford City Royal Regatta takes to the Thames once again this weekend.Competitors in the annual rowing competition, which has taken place on the river since 1841, will set off from City of Oxford Rowing Club on Meadow Lane throughout the
PAUL Dann, from Didcot, was a runaway winner in the ninth round of the Ace Tackle & Bait Oxford Carp League at Barston Fishery in the West Midlands.Dann had a bag of big f1 carp caught on the pellet waggler, weighing 125lb 14oz 0drms which eclipsed the
MIKE Williamson believes Oxford United will face their sternest challenge of the opening month today with the visit to Glanford Park.Pep Clotet’s side arrive top of Sky Bet League One after winning their opening games against Oldham Athletic and Portsmouth.While
IN our report on Saturday, August 5, it was wrongly stated that City of Oxford’s Callum Smart represented Wales in the Youth Commonwealth Games in the Bahamas. It was in fact his club colleague Connor Bryan, who came fourth in the 200m breaststroke
A DRUG dealer who ran a mobile 'drugs shop' out of a rented car in Oxfordshire has been convicted of all charges. Daniel Carruthers, of Chaucer Road, London had denied two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply crack cocaine and
A PORN addict who downloaded hundreds of child sex videos and images was an adrenaline junky, addicted to ‘the shock’ of extreme pornography a court has heard. Mitchell Baxter, of Bolton Road, Banbury, escaped an immediate jail term after admitting
A WOMAN who feeds Oxford's most needy has thanked the city for stepping up and 'saving their lives' a year after her kitchen faced closure.Last year, Icolyn 'Ma' Smith, 85, feared she would have to close the doors of Oxford Community
