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  • SWIMMING: Ellie Broome sweeps the board for Kidlington

    ELLIE Broome was on great form for Kidlington & Gosford in a sprint meet at Gloucester. Broome picked up two golds in the 100m individual medley and 50m backstroke, two silver (50m breaststroke and medley relay) and a bronze (50m butterfly)

  • Wild Oxford - steeped in history

    As I write this I can’t quite believe today’s the Autumn Equinox. So much has happened with the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust’s Wild Oxford project this year. One of the biggest privileges for me, as the Wild Oxford project officer, is working

  • QUAD TALK - Freshers' Week arrives

    ‘I’M HEADING up extra early – it being the start of the year and all” explains an old school acquaintance as I make my way to the bar. Summer is drawing to a close, and Alan (not his real name) is excitedly describing the week of partying, initiations

  • Songbird Kate Dimbleby comes in from the wild

    Being a native Londoner, Kate Dimbleby is accustomed to the daily din and bustle of living in a big city. And it never bothered her. The thing she found unsettling, she admits, was the opposite of that tumult. Peace, space and solitude. “As

  • Gray matter: Re-Kindle your love for the feel of a real book

    Though I have recently warmed once again to my Kindle – as a means to avoid a frightful lug of holiday reading matter – the feel of a proper book in my hands remains for me a pleasure of leisure significantly superior.Few books are more proper, by which

  • Woman averts disaster after fire starts in house

    A WOMAN stopped a fire from destroying her house this morning by closing a bedroom door. The Abingdon resident has now been praised by the fire service for her quick-thinking. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the home

  • Tools stolen from Oxford house

    RESIDENTS have been urged to make sure their homes are secure after tools were stolen from a house on Divinity Road, Oxford.A first floor window was forced open to gain entry to the property sometime between midnight Monday and 5.15pm on Thursday.Anyone

  • Mosaic to celebrate new community centre

    TO CELBRATE Bullingdon Community Centre's planned £500,000 revamp a mosaic is being created to hang outside.Residents are invited on Thursday to add their mark to the artwork from 2pm until 4pm. The design has been produced by Headington artist Clare

  • Free taster sessions for Nordic walking

    ADD an upper body workout to your stroll by trying your hand at Nordic walking.Free taster sessions will available in Cuttleslowe Park talk between 1pm and 4pm. For the more experienced there will also be timed laps around the park and a longer walk into

  • High-tech scan could save chemo patients from heart failure

    SCIENTISTS at Oxford University have developed a new way to detect heart damage caused by chemotherapy.Currently, there is no non-invasive way to find out whether chemotherapy is affecting a person’s heart as symptoms, such as breathlessness, usually

  • Young farmers’ jetsetting jaunt to Germany

    THREE young farmers have been hand picked to attend an international colloquium in Germany by Oxford Farming Conference.Organisers of the annual agricultural assembly will pay for the students to join the the Young Farmers’ Conference in Hanover in November.They

  • Town mayor launches new bus service

    VILLAGES, hamlets and housing estates across Oxfordshire were left high and dry last year when Oxfordshire County Council axed funding to more than 50 bus services which it had been subsidising for years.Now, a town mayor has come up with a novel solution

  • GOLF: Eddie Pepperell in contention at Portugal Masters

    EDDIE Pepperell shot a second-round 67 to stay right in contention at the halfway stage of the Portugal Masters in Vilamoura. Having shot a super 66 on the first day, the Abingdon golfer finished on a nine-under par 133, just two shots behind leaders

  • Bike thefts: Gangs blamed after huge rise in thefts

    VICTIMS of a surge in bike thefts have called for action amid fears gangs of thieves are targetting the town.More bicycles were been stolen in Bicester in the first seven months of this year alone – 76 – than in the whole of 2016. James Bond, of Woodfield

  • Students learn how to turn science into business

    Its gin o’clock all day tomorrow as The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) are opening their doors, and bottles, to Oxford residents. Founder Tom Nicolson and master distiller Cory Mason will be available to show visitors behind-the-scenes of the city’

  • Camera Club: trying to capture 'time' on film

    TIME - we all know what it means, but how on earth do you illustrate it in a photograph? This week's Camera Club theme was definitely our most challenging yet, and not a few of you sent us some beautiful (if slightly predictable) pictures of clocks

  • Nearly new used sale for parents to be held this weekend

    PARENTS looking for a bargain will be able to find one at a nearly new sale on Sunday.From 12.30pm St Gregory the Great School will be hosting the NCT event until 1.45pm.A selection of new maternity, baby and child clothes and equipment will be on offer.Entry

  • One of history's most famous women to be subject of talk

    UNCOVER the forgotten story of one of the 19th century's most famous women. Professor Catriona Seth will give a free talk on Germaine de Staël at The Weston Library, Broad Street at 1pm tomorrow.When Madame de Staël died in July 1817 she was renowned

  • Oxford vet wins top award

    AN OXFORD vet has been handed an award for her international work in championing farm animal welfare.Ruth Layton, has been awarded the British Veterinary Association's Chiron Award for her contributions to improve animal welfare within supply chains

  • Sports saloon hides a secret

    Some hugely powerful cars have understated styling, some have rather restrained looks and then there is the Infiniti Q50 3.0t, which is so inconspicuous it could quietly vanish in any office car park. While boy racers might enjoy the trappings

  • Candidate vying to replace Bob Price hails outgoing leader

    AN aspiring councillor who has been selected to fight the ward currently held by Oxford City Council’s leader has hailed him as ‘inspirational’.Alex Donnelly, who is 36, was selected on Tuesday by Labour Party members to replace outgoing councillor Bob

  • Cheers! Distillery opens doors to public

    Its gin o’clock all day tomorrow as The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) are opening their doors, and bottles, to Oxford residents. Founder Tom Nicolson and master distiller Cory Mason will be available to show visitors behind-the-scenes of the city’

  • B&B homes needed for dogs-in-training

    A CALL has gone out for people to sign up as B&B-style fosterers for a charity's clever canines.Dogs for Good, in Banbury, is urging volunteers to come forward to look after their assistance dogs in training, who are destined to make a big difference

  • Oxford college opens doors for charity coffee morning

    AN OXFORD college is opening its doors for a Macmillan coffee morning.Visitors to Wadham College will have the chance to walk in the footsteps of actress Rosamund Pike and politician Michael Foot as they enjoy coffee and cake in the dining hall.The event

  • Cricket legend to speak in new Westgate store

    A CRICKET legend will speak at the new Blackwell's store in the Westgate Centre this autumn. Henry Blofeld, who retired as a long-running commentator on BBC Radio 4's Test Match Special this summer, will talk about his new book 'Over and Out

  • Historic Oxford University room to be converted once again

    ONE of the Bodleian Libraries’ oldest rooms will be converted for the sixth time in its history.The former school of natural philosophy in the Old Schools Quadrangle will be transformed into a new ‘break out’ room for readers.Located near Radcliffe Square

  • Church in Thame to host autumn fair

    HOMEMADE cakes and handicrafts will be among an array of produce in Thame.St Mary’s Church will host an autumn fayre on Saturday, October 7, from 9.30am-1pm.It will feature a raffle, refreshments and stalls lined with items including plants and books.

  • Future of Wallingford children's centre is secured

    WALLINGFORD'S children's centre has been relaunched after it was threatened with closure due to funding cuts.A shake-up in April saw Oxfordshire County Council withdraw funding for 31 of 44 children’s centres and two of seven early intervention

  • Volunteers' first aid skills to be tested with mock car crash

    VOLUNTEERS will be putting their first aid experience to the test during an emergency exercise.Members of St John Ambulance (SJA) will be training at Kidlington Fire Station on Tuesday, taking part in a mock-up of a collision between two cars and a motorbike.The

  • Buy an affordable apartment or a £1m townhouse next door

    HOUSES in an upmarket development in West Oxford featuring affordable homes next door to £1.2m townhouses will go on sale next month.There will be 12 homes on the former Avis car hire site, including six three and four-bedroom homes, and six one and two-bedroom

  • Plan unveiled for £365k primary school expansion

    A PRIMARY school in Kidlington could be set for a £365k expansion to meet increasing demand.Oxfordshire County Council wants to accommodate more children at Edward Feild Primary School, and has launched consultation to gain residents’ opinions.Its plans

  • Choirs needed to sing in retirement homes

    CHOIRS are needed to perform in an Oxfordshire retirement home this winter. Retirement housebuilder McCarthy and Stone, wants amateur or professional choirs to perform at the Williams Place development in Greenwood Way, Didcot to raise money for the Royal

  • Fair will go ahead in Thame one month late

    A FAIR will take place in Thame after a previous event was cancelled.Thame Town Council and the London and Home Counties Section of the Showmen’s Guild have confirmed the Thame October Fair will go ahead on October 13 and 14.The announcement comes after

  • Volunteer day at Headington park

    VOLUNTEERS are needed to help fix up a popular local park this Sunday.Friends of Headington Hill Park are holding an action day from 10am tomorrow morning. Anyone wishing to attend should meet other volunteers by the main gates of the park and are being

  • Concert starring folk singer will support community hubs

    A FAMOUS folk singer will fundraise for community facilities at an Oxford concert.Peggy Seeger will entertain an audience at Iffley Church Hall on Friday, October 20.The songwriter, who lives in Iffley, will perform songs and read from her memoir.It starts

  • Thame fair will happen in October after deal struck

    A FAIR will take place in Thame after a previous event was cancelled for this month. Thame Town Council and the London and Home Counties Section of the Showmen’s Guild have confirmed the Thame October Fair will go ahead on October 13 and 14.

  • Build multi-storeys and bring in fleet of e-buses

    WHAT! Another transport policy study by a newly hired team of consultants. What can Oxfordshire expect from this new commission where others have failed? It appears that once again the council tax-payers are to pay for a report or reports that

  • FOOTBALL: Evo-Stik South League preview

    MIKE Ford is confident Banbury United will return to form in the league when they make the trip to Kings Langley tomorrow.The Puritans have lost their last two Evo-Stik South Premier Division outings.But they bounced back with a battling 2-0 victory against

  • FOOTBALL: Evo-Stik South League preview

    MIKE Ford is confident Banbury United will return to form in the league when they make the trip to Kings Langley tomorrow.The Puritans have lost their last two Evo-Stik South Premier Division outings.But they bounced back with a battling 2-0 victory against

  • Oxford United's community work nets funding boost

    OXFORD United’s community trust has received an increase in funding after their work was scrutinised for several months. The Premier League and English Football League looked into every area of the charity and awarded it ‘Capability Status’, confirming

  • Wife who sent thousands to on-the-run husband is spared jail

    A WOMAN who sent thousands of pounds to aid her husband after he fled the country facing with indecent images charges has been spared jail. Phoebe McKenzie, of Winterbourne Close, Bicester, had denied one count of perverting the course of justice

  • ROWING: City of Oxford enjoy home comforts at Isis Sculls

    CITY of Oxford won 14 of the 50 events as they hosted the Isis Sculls, writes John Wiggins.Their junior rowers particularly impressed, claiming nine victories.Elise Stretton had success in the J17 single and double, while Alvaro Daza and Gabe Reynolds

  • FIXTURES for September 23-27

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Oxford Utd v Walsall. VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH Eastbourne Borough v Oxford City. EVO-STIK SOUTH LEAGUE Premier Div: Kings Langley v Banbury Utd. West Div: Cinderford Tn v Kidlington