A DECISION on whether to ban lorries from passing through Burford is set to be delayed despite massive support.Proposals to introduce a 7.5 tonne weight restriction on High Street were the subject of a recent consultation amid fears that heavy goods vehicles
WITH CHRISTMAS already fast approaching, Notcutts Garden Centre is welcoming two acclaimed floral designers to share their tips on how to create the perfect festive floral designs.The masterclasses will be held on November 23 and 30 from 6.45pm and will
RESEARCHERS and trade unionists are amongst the people who will appear at an Oxford City Council meeting next Tuesday.Social researcher and former city council employee Mark Fransham and finance director of the Oxford Bus Company Luke Marion will talk
AN Oxford University college has backtracked after banning the Christian Union from its freshers' fair. Students at Balliol College stopped the organisation from attending the event last week, telling members they wanted the fair to be a 'safe
AN OXFORD doctor accused of a sexual assault at the city's John Radcliffe Hospital appeared in court today. Anandagopal Srinivasan, 26, of Sandfield Road, Headington, is accused of the assault at the hospital on October 6, 2016. He was arrested
A NEW building is to be constructed at the site of the council headquarters near Wallingford devastated in an arson attack.South Oxfordshire District Council announced yesterday it intends to move back to a new building at its former base in Benson Lane
DETAILS will be revealed next week about a new 1,260-pupil school in Oxford. The Swan School, which is due to open in Marston in September 2019, has announced dates of its community consultation events. Residents and parents of prospective
Passengers have been urged to avoid the railways this weekend after Network Rail announced emergency electrification work. The work will see no trains running between Didcot, Newbury, Reading and London. From 2am on Saturday to the beginning
NatWest's new branch in Cornmarket Street in Oxford is starting to take shape. The bank is creating a new branch next to Leon in the former HMV store site while the current branch at the junction of Cornmarket Street and George Street is to close
AS SHOPS in Witney continue to reel from the blow of rates rises, the owner of a menswear store closing after 34 years fears it could be the start of a domino effect.Domino Menswear is preparing to leave Witney for Abingdon after more than three decades
A 'POLICE incident' shut a road in Blackbird Leys this morning. Buses had to be rerouted whilst Balfour Road in the estate was closed for approximately 45 minutes at 10am. Stagecoach tweeted about a diversion due to an incident in Balfour
SHOPPERS and football fans will be able to reach London and Bicester Village on Boxing Day on Chiltern Railways trains.Sservice will run from Oxford Parkway to London via Bicester Village offering shoppers, football fans and tourists travel on a day when
PROFESSOR Irene Tracey has been appointed the next Warden of Oxford University’s Merton College.The college’s governing body has declared its intention to elect Professor Tracey, who is currently Head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience
A CAR park in Charlbury will remain closed for the rest of the week. Spendlove car park was set to close yesterday for resurfacing work, is due to be complete on Friday.The work the installation of new drainage channels to help prevent future flooding
IT is not just People’s Postcode Lottery winners in Didcot who have something to celebrate as ticket sales have saved an Abingdon music charity from closure.Money from the lottery, which donates a third of entry costs to charity, has funded a music project
DEVASTATED loved ones have paid an emotional tribute to 'loveable rogue' Mark Pawley, who was found dead in a Banbury house. The family of 25-year-old Mr Pawley have described him as a loving son and father who 'shone brightly'. Police launched
A SCHOOL near Chipping Norton is preparing to unveil its new sensory garden.Garden designer Mandyrae Jessey has worked with children at Bledington School to designa large working and fun garden which now includes an outside classroom.The garden started
RESEARCHERS from Oxford have completed the ‘atlas of life’ as the first global map of every reptile on Earth.The project, led by Oxford University researchers and Tel Aviv University in Israel, catalogues the world’s all known land-living species of vertebrate
EVER wondered how successful cycling schemes get started, how local authorities plan and fund cycling infrastructure, why people change their behaviour to take up cycling, or how to ensure that streets are designed for all people? Shifting gear: a radical
A POP-up soup kitchen will help to highlight the issue of homelessness in Oxfordshire and across the UK this weekend. All Saints' Church is holding a month of events and activities to fundraise for and raise awareness of the problem.The church will
POLICE drivers desperately need new legislation to protect them, the chairman of Thames Valley Police Federation said.The Government says it will draft new legislation by the end of the year, but PC Craig O'Leary said the new protection could not
DESIGNS will go on display tomorrow for a new farm-based activity centre in Culham, near Abingdon.Currently called ‘Project Swift’, the activity centre, which is to be located at Culham Hill, will be designed around the natural features of the site, which
WITH two weeks to go until the new Westgate Centre is scheduled to open the sign has finally gone up over the entrance.So far only one word, ‘Westgate’, adorns the way in through the Bonn Square facade but shop fronts are now starting to take shape, including
A HEALTH trust is 'concerned' over the struggle to recruit enough staff for Oxfordshire’s mental health wards. For more than three months, staffing levels on three of the county’s wards did not meet the required level of 85 per cent of planned
IN July 2007, people in Oxford were waking up to find their city under water.Abingdon Road and Botley Road had been turned into rivers and hundreds had been forced to abandon their home.Newspaper reporters and TV crews from across the country descended
KAYLEIGH Hines rescued a point for Oxford United with a stoppage-time equaliser in a dramatic 2-2 draw at home to Doncaster Rovers Belles.The U’s 100 per cent start to the FA Women’s Super League 2 was ended as they lost top spot.However, they looked
FOOTBALL fans will be segregated in tonight's Banbury United vs Hereford match following police advice. Crowds will be split at the Banbury grounds, in a rare move for the non-league club. A statement on Banbury United's website said: "This
MORE than 50 young people in Oxfordshire have been caught watching television without a licence after the law was changed last year. New rules introduced in September 2016 meant that those who use the BBC's iPlayer service had to pay a licence
A PRISONER with mental health issues was found hanging in his cell at Bullingdon Prison, an inquest heard. Oxford Coroner’s Court heard that James Maughan, 34, from Bicester, was found dead on the morning of July 11 last year. Coroner Darren
POLICE warned residents in Kidlington to be on their guard against pickpockets after a shopper had personal belongings stolen from a handbag.A spokesman for the force said the theft happened on Wednesday between 4pm and 5pm,He added: “We would like to
A WOMAN has been banned from driving after careering through a police cordon at the scene of a crash. Faringdon resident Nadia Abdul-Karim has been disqualified for 18 months, after smashing through a road closure sign on September 13 and driving
CHINNOR produced a dominant second-half display to beat league leaders Cinderford 31-20 away from home.Two James Moffat penalties put the hosts 6-0 ahead in the National League 2 South encounter.But Chinnor responded and opened up a 14-6 lead.Great work
A NEW football league only for 'fat men' is set to launch in Oxford today. Man v Fat football will hold a registration session at Brookes Sport Botley at 7.30pm this evening with games beginning next week. The free league is for men looking
ANDY Watts scored twice as Oxford Hawks kick-started their South League Premier 1 season with a 4-1 win at home to London Edwardians. However, coach Todd Williams’s side had to come from behind after conceding five minutes before half-time.
ARRON Lambourne coolly converted Jack Birks’s late try to earn Witney a 27-26 win over Salisbury.The west Oxon side took the lead midway through the first half of the South West 1 East clash, when Rob Coe went over for a try, which Lambourne converted
A WOMAN who has waited years for a transplant has hailed Theresa May’s intention to change the law on organ donation. During her speech at the Conservative Party conference last week the Prime Minister suggested there could be a move to an opt-out
WALLINGFORD secured a bonus-point 32-7 victory over Oxfordshire rivals Gosford All Blacks in Southern Counties North.Ian Jeffreys crossed twice, while Dan Sadler, James Norris, and Nathan Chapman were also among the try-scorers.Phil Dawes kicked two conversions
A HOMELESS hostel which nearly 2,500 people wanted to reopen will be demolished if a plan gets the go ahead next week. Oxford City Council’s executive board will be asked to approve a plan to knock down Lucy Faithfull House and then to use the
CONTROVERSIAL ideas to boost recycling rates have been rubbished by Oxford Mail readers. Yesterday we reported how Oxford City Council was considering taking bins away from city centre streets for short periods, to let people 'appreciate the problem
THE ‘desperate’ last-minute search to fund the proposed £120m flood relief channel should be called off and other options explored, a group of experts has warned. The project was given a ‘red’ warning last month as the Environment Agency warned
Scroll through our gallery above to see the work at various stages from start to (almost) finish. WITH just over two weeks until the grand opening, the official signs have been installed at the entranceway to the new Westgate Centre. The signs
OXFORD University take to Iffley Road for the first time this season, when they host Hartpury tomorrow evening (7.15). The Dark Blues, who won all three of their matches during a US tour last month, will look to bounce back from their 21-7 defeat
HE has battled rare male breast cancer, endured stresses of the finance industry and survived the grief of his brother’s suicide. Yet Reverend Graham Sykes oozes an aura of calm as he sits in Sobell House Hospice, pouring freshly-plunged coffee
BREAKING news: Oxford University is going to attempt to break a very egg-citing world record.This Friday, on World Egg Day, staff and students at Exeter College will attempt to set a new record for 'the most people dipping egg soldiers simultaneously
JAMES Henry believes boss Pep Clotet’s calm and positive manner has been the key to Oxford United’s upturn in form. The winger was involved in two goals as the U’s beat AFC Wimbledon 3-0 on Saturday. It built on their fine victory at Peterborough
A SEARCH for empty buildings to house the homeless has failed to find a single suitable site, the city council has said. Despite approaches to Oxford University and businesses, no buildings have been secured – an outcome described as‘very disappointing
Drone pictures - Tim Walker ABINGDON'S Michaelmas Fair was founded as a Medieval hiring fair for rural farmworkers to find work in the local area. Yesterday, as Europe's longest street fair returned for two days of fun and frolics, there wasn't
ALDERMAN Frank Wise died more than 50 years ago, but his contribution to public life in Oxfordshire is still remembered. He was so well known he was often referred to as Lord Mayor or Mayor of his home village of Kidlington. A road in the village
