OXFORD looks set to be visited by more American visitors as a result of a new £1m investment pot. The city forms part of the England’s Historic Cities consortium, which is looking to bring in more people from the United States to regional England. The
BRADLEY Smith heads into Sunday’s Japan MotoGP buoyed by the news he has kept his ride for 2018.The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team have confirmed their line-up for next season, with the 26-year-old and Pol Espargaro remaining in the saddle.Mika Kallio
A TRADE union has said more than half of its members have been at the receiving end of violent attacks in the last year. UNISON said it had surveyed 1,000 mental health employees and 50 per cent based in the South East said they had been the victim of
THE BEST place to raise children in Britain is the Orkney Islands, according to a survey. Low primary school class size, high school spending per pupil, low population density and traffic levels are all reasons the Scottish island has held on to the annual
THE Lord Mayor’s Tea Dance will be held in Oxford this afternoon. Councillor Jean Fooks, who is Oxford's current Lord Mayor, has nominated Response Giving, Mayday Trust and Wolvercote Young People’s Club to be the charities that benefit from the event.There
SHOULD it be illegal to run a red light in the middle of the night on an empty road? The head-scratcher is just one of a set of interview questions released by Oxford University ahead of its undergraduate application deadline tomorrow. Dr Samina
RESIDENTS are being reminded to download a free app to help them find pharmacists and GP practices in the county.Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has created a smartphone app, allowing people to find their nearest health service. It highlights
OXFORDSHIRE MEP John Howarth is urging people to buy Fairtrade products. The Labour MEP for the South East of England attended an event to promote Fairtrade and said: “It is hugely important that Fairtrade practices are made mainstream to help combat
MEMBERS of Oxfordshire's community and voluntary sector are encouraged to meet at a special conference later this month. Keeping Well, Keeping Happy will take place at Abingdon & Witney College on October 24 and is being run by OCVA (Oxfordshire Community
WEST Oxfordshire residents are being encouraged to help shape primary health care services.They have been invited to two events by Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to discuss how GP services can be organised.The first event will be at the
POLICE are hunting a 31-year-old man after he breached his licencing conditions following release form prison. Thames Valley Police said Daniel Fitzsimons, from Oxford, is known to frequent partcularly the Blackbird Leys area. He is described
OXFORD researchers have found apprenticeships remain a fragile mode of vocational education.Oxford University’s study ‘People and Policy’ reveals apprenticeships play an important role in supporting young people to make the transition from school to working
HANDMADE presents and delicious festive treats will be on offer when Woodstock Christmas Market returns for its sixth year.All but three of this year's stallholders are from within a 35-mile radius of the town and will offer a wide range of goodies
A RAIL operator cancelling its journeys between Oxford and London for emergency work this weekend has urged passengers to avoid the railways. The electrification work in Reading - which starts at 2am on Saturday and will continue until the beginning of
OXFORD University is part of a new collaboration to map disease and death caused by superbugs.The Global Burden of Disease AMR project will gather and publish data on the impact of drug-resistant infections globally.For the first time scientists will
AN OXFORD man hunted by police for failing to comply with his licence conditions is back in custody.Police had appealed several times since September 2 for help to track down Daniel New. Known to frequent Oxford, Didcot and Wallingford, it was believed
A HIGH street chain has teamed up with a talking therapy service to help raise awareness of mental health in Oxfordshire.As part of World Mental Health Day earlier this week, shoppers were invited into the Marks and Spencer store in Queen Street to join
OXFORD City Council’s interim chief executive is set to be given a permanent post. Gordon Mitchell was named as the council’s interim chief executive in May to replace Peter Sloman, who left in March. It is understood the council’s appointments committee
A BATTLE has erupted over parking in the centre of Woodstock following calls to to introduce charges.Two former mayors believe that a ‘tighter regime’ in the form of a new charging system is what the town needs to alleviate the problem of overwhelmed
Brits are most likely to turn on the winter heating tomorrow, shows statistics from an energy supplier comparison website. A survey by MoneySuperMarket found Oxford and Belfast residents were quickest to reach for the thermostat, hitting the switch
'FORGOTTEN' women who are battling incurable breast cancer could be given fresh hope for treatment as Oxford University is awarded almost £200,000 for research.Oxford scientist Nicola Sibson has been awarded thousands of pounds by research charity
BAFTA award winning animator and director Geoff Dunbar will presents a special screening of The Cunning Little Vixen in his home town of Abingdon.He created the celebrated film, which was nominated for the prestigious Prix Italia and won the Golden Prague
SWEET chestnuts, crab apples, magical mushroom and a pint of beer: all the fruits of autumn are here.The response to this week's challenge left us dazzled.It's been especially rewarding as so many of the entries show Oxfordshire at its bucolic
CRAFTS including pottery and lace making were on display in Oxford's Winter Arts Festival in 1974.The festival was staged that year at the Old Fire Station in George Street and had about 80 exhibitors.Among them was Reg Mills, working at his pottery
YOUNG entrepreneurs ‘blew industry experts away’ at a college business day.More than 100 students from Abingdon & Witney College took part in a challenge inspired by television show Dragon’s Den.Students from the business, accounting and travel courses
WALLINGFORD'S historic department store Pettits will no longer trade from its original site in St Mary's Street, it has emerged.The store closed in March 2015 so the ground floor could be refurbished, with nine flats built on the upper floor and
FOUR Oxford Salvation Army helpers rolled up their sleeves to work through the hundreds of toys donated for families in need in 1983. The sackfuls of donations were delivered to the Citadel at St Ebbe's and made up more than 1,000 items. Mrs
CALUM Greenfield is adamant that he could not have completed his degree, a masters and a year at Oklahoma State University, without the help of Oxfordshire County Council’s adult social care team. The 23-year-old from Shillingford has cerebral palsy and
A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with murder after five-year-old Tyler Warmington was found dead at a house in Faringdon. The schoolboy was found at a property in Bromsgrove Cottages with stab wounds on March 14. Thames Valley Police has
AN ARCHITECTURAL image library with more than 20,000 pictures is being launched by Oxford Brookes University.The images were compiled by celebrated art historian Professor Paul Oliver MBE who died in August , aged 90.Professor Oliver, who taught at various
PARENTS across the county have been asked to share views on school nursing.Oxfordshire County Council has launched a consultation aimed at parents and teachers, asking people's experiences with nurses working in schools and colleges.The council said
FROM tranquil landscapes to a lifelike turtle, tiny paintings are helping to fund palliative care training.Sobell House Hospice has received more than 250 donations for its My Lovely Postcards project, which invited people to create 6" by 4"
A JOGGER was sexually assaulted whilst running along a footpath by the River Ock in Abingdon. Thames Valley Police said the incident happened close to St Helen's Church on Sunday when two men walked past the victim between 10am and 11am. The
COWLEY Road Carnival organisers are urging businesses to sponsor the thriving street parade and the community art projects it funds.They have been supported by the MP for Oxford East, Anneliese Dodds, who met with Cowley Road Works (CRW), the charity
BLENHEIM Palace's Festival of Literature Film and Music continues with Melvyn Bragg among Saturday's speakers.The four-day festival, which runs until Sunday, features an array of talks and debates from more than 50 top guests.Visit the palace&
EXPERIENCE Oxford's dreaming spires as never before with an aerial video that gives a bird's eye view of some of the city's most famous landmarks. The footage, which was taken by Oxford University graduate Stephen Kailey, was captured by a
STAFF have ‘transformed’ the learning culture at a college in the heart of Oxford city centre. Ofsted inspectors have upgraded Oxford Tutorial College’s rating from ‘inadequate’ - the worst possible standard - to ‘good’. The private college
A NEW 3G football pitch is being planned for a town leisure centre and secondary school.Vale of White Horse District Council has revealed its plan to create the new pitch behind Faringdon Leisure Centre, next to Faringdon Community College.The artificial
EDDIE Pepperell lost ground at the Italian Open after carding a two-under-par 69 in the second round. But the Abingdon golfer remains in the hunt as two late birdies kept him within four shots of the leaders in Milan. Pepperell, who produced
A BROKEN street lamp in a residential area of Oxford will not be fixed in the near future.Last week a resident complained about a light in St Nicholas Road, Littlemore.Writing on Oxfordshire County Council’s FixMyStreet website, they warned the issue
TO MARK the 350th anniversary of the publication of John Milton's poem Paradise Lost, a staged reading based on the epic will take place in Abingdon on Tuesday.It will be performed by the Milton Mummers, an Oxford based professional theatre group
DANGEROUS asbestos, lead and oil residues have been discovered at a new housing site.Water supplies could potentially be contaminated and vapours could rise up from the soil, experts have warned.All three substances were found in the ground on Newbury
A SHOP and social enterprise that provides organic, fair trade and local food is set to expand outside Oxford for the first time. Husband and wife Paul Godden and Rina Melendez from Littlemore own the mobile shop – called SESI – with other workers
A FORMAL complaint with a litany of allegations has been lodged against the Mayor of Carterton and another member of the town council. The Witney Gazette has obtained a document revealing that town clerk Ron Spurs has complained to a monitoring
TRAFFIC was backed up in the city this morning after a car overturned at the Headington roundabout. Thames Valley Police were called and appeared to close of the A40 Northern By Pass Road heading westbound. Reports showed traffic backed up
A LEARNING space for Yarnton youngsters has been rated ‘requires improvement’. Ofsted has given Yarnton Pre-school, which looks after 60 children, its second-lowest rating following an inspection last month. A report released this week was
A DOCUMENTARY tracing the origin of the apple will be screened in Oxford to celebrate Apple Day.The Origins of the Apple will be screened at East Oxford Community Centre on Monday, October 23 at 6.30pm. Tickets cost £5 waged or £2.50 unwaged.
TODDLERS and their parents are enjoying a new children’s group which was launched after a centre was closed by council cuts. The Sunnymead Minnows group received funding to open at Cuttleslowe Community Centre and replace services which were provided
HOUSEHOLD names such as Little Chef, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Londis are dragging the county down in the food hygiene stakes, a trade union has claimed.Oxford has the eighth highest number of restaurants with two stars or lower in the south east of
A GOLDEN Oxfordshire couple will tomorrow return to the place they had their wedding reception 50 years ago.On October 14, 1967, Brian Lesley Westbury of Risinghurst and Gillian Mae Landon of Inott Furze, got married at the Holy Trinity Church in Headington
IT may be too early to identify key periods in Oxford United’s season, but the last few weeks have certainly been vitally important. Three defeats in a row saw the U’s slip down the Sky Bet League One table and put the brakes on what had been a
A THUG who beat his pregnant partner and put her in a head lock before sinking his teeth into her skin has been spared jail. Clayton Moiloa, of Orwell Drive, Didcot had already admitted three counts of assault by beating on three separate occasions
SATURDAY FOOTBALL SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Bristol Rov v Oxford Utd. EMIRATES FA CUP 4th qual round: Oxford City v Bognor Regis Tn. EVO-STIK SOUTH LEAGUE West Div: Evesham Tn v Didcot Tn, Larkhall v Kidlington, North Leigh v Wimborne
KIERAN Goss misses his first game for more than a year as Chinnor look to continue their unbeaten record at home to Tonbridge Juddians tomorrow.Director of rugby Matt Williams tinkers with his team for the National League 2 South clash, but is fully aware
MINSTER Lovell’s Charlie Driver won a silver medal in the Worcestershire U17 Bronze tournament in Birmingham. The Under 16 county champion lost 21-18 to No 1 seed Luke Curtlin. Other results – Under 18: Oxfordshire 6 (A Norkett, H Needell,
DARRELL Clarke is confident his Bristol Rovers side will not suffer a hangover from last week’s big victory when they host Oxford United. The Pirates hammered Northampton Town 6-0 at Sixfields and head into tomorrow’s clash eyeing a third-straight
POLICE have revealed that thousands of extra bogus calls in the past year have put added strain on its call-handling services. Thames Valley Police has been left struggling to answer 1,338,835 emergency 999 and 101 calls in one year - with just
DIDCOT Town have snapped up Felipe Barcelos from Cirencester Town ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Evesham United.The striker, who has played for Banbury United and Oxford City, goes straight into the squad for tomorrow’s Evo-Stik South League West Division
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a car fire said to have been 'deliberately set alight' overnight. Bicester Fire Station crews were called to the car fire in Evenlode Close, Bicester, shortly after 1am today. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "
OXFORD City boss Mark Jones is resorting to Plan B as he bids to start turning around his team’s fortunes.And a home tie against Bognor Regis Town at Marsh Lane in the fourth qualifying round of the Emirates FA Cup tomorrow provides a perfect opportunity
OXFORD City boss Mark Jones is resorting to Plan B as he bids to start turning around his team’s fortunes.And a home tie against Bognor Regis Town at Marsh Lane in the fourth qualifying round of the Emirates FA Cup tomorrow provides a perfect opportunity
ABINGDON School made their mark at the Reading Small Boats Head, writes John Wiggins.The shining lights were Connor Brown and Matthew Wiblin, who came in ahead of St Edward’s and Radley College to win the J18 pairs.The Teddies pair of Campbell Nelson
A CORONER has ruled ‘lessons are to be learned’ following the suicide of a Bullingdon Prison inmate who suffered mental health problems.Oxford Coroner’s Court held a four day inquest after James Maughan, 34, was found hanged in his cell on July 11, 2016
A FLURRY of crunchy leaves floats to the floor with an enthusiastic kick from Catherine Vivian. The Harcourt Arboretum education officer marked the colourful turn of the season by trampling through the venue’s Acer trail. Mrs Vivian said autumn
THE scale of Oxford Station's £125m redevelopment has been increased to lure private investors after Network Rail warned there was a lack of funding for the project. More commercial buildings have been added at the expense of parking spaces, and
“MAKE sure you remember to breathe, concentrate on that” – were Charlie Raglan’s final words of advice as I entered Oxford United’s new cryotherapy chamber. The unit was installed at the Kassam Stadium a couple of weeks ago, with the aim to provide
BANBURY United are without a game tomorrow after their match against Slough was postponed due to their rivals’ FA Cup involvement. But boss Mike Ford was quick to praise his side after a battling performance against Hereford in midweek. Banbury
THE Oxford Mail Youth League and Girls League will recognise the work of Steve Wheeler this weekend.The popular photographer, who died in the early hours of Tuesday morning at his Eynsham home, had been on the touchline every weekend for the past two
THOUSANDS of extra bogus calls to police in the past year is putting a real strain on call-handling services with a review in how calls are managed being considered, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Click here for a list of the most ridiculous time-wasting
BACTERIA is the focal point of a new exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science as it explores our relationship with the microbial world, antibiotics and technology.The BioArt and Bacteria exhibition, by renowned artist Anna Dumitriu, combines
WES Thomas is hoping his flourishing partnership with Jack Payne continues when Oxford United take on Bristol Rovers tomorrow. The duo have linked up impressively in recent weeks to help the U’s record back-to-back victories in Sky Bet League One
GREEN groups have said the proposed Zero Emissions Zone for Oxford city centre is not enough. Green Party councillors and Oxford Friends of the Earth group have both called for more action and sooner. It comes after hundreds of Oxford Mail
UNIVERSITY students and staff will this morning attempt to break a very messy world record.Exeter College in Turl Street is hosting the attempt to set a new record for the number of people dipping toast soldiers in boiled eggs at one time.The college
A LORRY driver accused of causing the death of a man in a crash on the A34 appeared in court this afternoon. Plamen Atanasov, 48, from Violet Road in Southampton, is charged with one count of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of
