FORMER Oxford United boss Michael Appleton has been placed in temporary charge of Premier League Leicester City following the sacking of Craig Shakespeare. The 41-year-old quit as U's head coach in June to take up the role of No 2 at the recent
The A420 was blocked after three vehicles crashed near the junction with the Buckland Road. Police and paramedics attended the crash, which happened at about 5pm. Traffic was extremely heavy on the A420 in both directions for several hours
I HAVE been a reader of the Oxford Mail for around 50 years and in that time have written twice to the Mail, once commenting on the death of probably your last true reporter of true facts, John Owen, and secondly the treatment by Thames Valley Police
NOW we all know, whether we admit it or not, that Brexit is a major problem, with the end result still unknown and hard to predict. At this stage the negotiations are totally out of control, but even so we are still blatantly being told that the
THE people of Cowley must remember that the current parking crisis in Cowley has been created by Oxford City Council’s planning department, granting permission for dwellings without sufficient car parking provision. For many Cowley people, cars
REGARDING the Catalan aspiration for independence, this is hardly surprising, given the inherent cultural differences with Spain, which are largely ignored by the Spanish government. Spain itself is synonymous with cruelty to animals, especially
IN OXFORD from Wednesday, October 18 onwards, anyone making a new claim for Job Seeker’s Allowance, working tax credit or other working-age benefit will instead have to apply for Universal Credit. However, if they apply on Wednesday, they will
A HEAD on collision between a car and an ambulance closed a major road in North Oxford this afternoon. The vehicles collided at around 3pm on the A40 Northern Bypass Road. The road was closed both ways until 5pm between the Wolvercote Roundabout
THE controversy-hit board which plans and buys health services for Oxfordshire has elected a new clinical chairman.Witney GP Kiren Collison will now lead Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as it perseveres with its much-maligned Sustainability
OXFORD City Council has appointed a new chief executive. Gordon Mitchell has been given a contract for the role until December 2020 after working in the post on an interim basis since May when he replaced Peter Sloman. The local government expert was
A TEENAGE girl was sexually assaulted whilst walking near a pub. The 16-year-old was walking with two boys at 3.45pm on Monday October 9 when one of them touched her inappropriately. It is thought the boys were known to her. The offender
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after crashing in Cumnor yesterday. The fatal collision, involving a motorcycle and a car, took place in Faringdon Road on Monday afternoon. The man, who was in his thirties and from Swindon, sustained fatal injuries
AN elderly man was bruised after an argument turned violent in Wallingford. The 82-year-old victim was injured by another man during a dispute in High Street at 12.15pm on Thursday. Police said the pair became involved in a spat about an '
IT is time for Abingdon's younger residents to take centre stage at this year's Runaway Fair. This week's historic fair, which takes place a week after the Michaelmas Fair, dates back to the 14th century. Councillor Mike Badcock said the turnout
A PRIMARY school has been praised for maintaining standards despite a time of ‘significant instability’.North Leigh Church of England Primary School near Witney has kept up its Ofsted rating of ‘good’, according to a report released yesterday.An inspector
THE DAYS are getting darker, the shops are getting busier and the weather is getting colder - which must mean Christmas is coming. With Christmas comes Pantomimes - and this year in Oxfordshire there are lots of family-friendly shows to chose
A WAR of words has broken out on whether an MEP representing Oxfordshire should be sacked for saying Brexit is moving too slowly. Brexit Secretary David Davis wrote to Lib Dem leader Vince Cable after the European Parliament overwhelmingly supported a
A KEY fundraiser for a Watlington nursing home has switched locations.Watlington Hospital Charitable Trust, which funds the Watlington and District Nursing Home near Benson, has announced the date and venue for its annual Christmas fair.Last year the
THIEVES stole registration plates from a car in East Oxford.Thames Valley Police said the theft in Minster Road took place between 1pm on Saturday and 3.30pm on Sunday.Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police on 101 and quote
NATURE lovers are being invited to an autumn fair at Harcourt Arboretum.The fair will take place at the gardens in Nuneham Courtenay, near Oxford on Saturday from 11am to 4pm.The Oxford University website said: “There will be woodland stories, traditional
AN OXFORD recruitment company is on a mission to highlight the contribution of the city’s unsung army of temporary workers.Allen Associates, based in Littlemore, is holding its third annual ‘temporary workers week’ until Friday in an attempt to show how
WITNEY MP Robert Courts has lambasted the repeated mishandling of health services in Oxfordshire in a Parliamentary debate. Mr Courts slammed the sudden closure of Witney's Deer Park Medical Centre, the proposed changes to the Horton General Hospital
OXFORD City Council will fly a flag with suffragette colours to mark International Women's Day next year. It will be flown from one of the council's flagpoles between February 24, 2018 and March 11, 2018 to mark women's achievements. International
A HOMELESS shelter that more than 2,500 people said they wanted to reopen will be bulldozed by the New Year. Lucy Faithfull House closed in February 2016 after Oxfordshire County Council withdrew £500,000 of funding. Oxford City Council’s Green Party
ICONIC television show Crimewatch will be axed after 33 years hunting the nation's most-wanted. The BBC revealed this morning that it will scrap the programme, which reconstructs unsolved crimes and appeals for information from the public.
STAGECOACH has announced that its 31 and X30 services from Wantage to Oxford will be rebranded as Stagecoach Gold S8 and Gold S9 with new timetables in place from Sunday. Stagecoach S8 will replace service 31 between Wantage, Grove, Marcham, Abingdon
A FICTIONAL witch who enchanted children across the world has whizzed into her 30th year.Much-loved Winnie the witch and her black cat Wilbur celebrated the milestone birthday on Friday the 13th, marking three decades since Oxford University Press published
WOMEN in science ask fewer questions than their male counterparts, according to new research by Oxford University.The team, which also included scientists form Cambridge University, studied question-asking behaviour at a large international conference
PHYSIOTHERAPY services at Wantage and Abingdon could have been saved if the NHS trust which owns the town's hospitals had not refused to offer the space originally.Healthshare, which took over running the countywide physio service this month, has
VICTIMS of crime will be able to access more support services through a new centre launched by the police commissioner for Thames Valley.Anthony Stansfeld, police and crime commissioner for the region, has announced a 'dedicated' hub for victims
ALL CREATURES great and small were welcome at St Giles' Church for a special animal-friendly service.Rev Dr Emma Pennington invited her flock to bring their pets along to the Horspath church in celebration of the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, the
OXFORD is on the lookout out for a new twin city – this time from Poland. The city is already home to a large and vibrant Polish community to the extent that after English, Polish is the most widely spoken language here. Now Oxford City Council
A 'GRAND' firework display and bonfire will take place in Risinghurst next month.On November 11, residents are invited to attend a display at Risinghurst Playing Field off Grovelands Road. Gates open 5.30pm and there will also be a funfair and
A MAN is due in court in connection with an attack in an Oxford nightclub. Keenen Samuelson, 26, of Tyne Road in Abingdon, is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court today. He has been charged with one count of section 20 wounding, after
MEMBERS of the public have helped to identify a building discovered in thick undergrowth at a former RAF base near Bicester. Last year Historic England appealed to the public to solve the puzzle of the structure – not shown on records – at the former
TO most people in Wantage, he is simply Gill who runs Barnards Way Post Office with his wife Pat.To thousands of people on the other side of the world, he has transformed their lives.For the past decade, Harbhur Gill has raised tens of thousands of pounds
GET YOUR running shoes at the ready because the date has been set for next year's Ox5 Run.Organisers have announced the annual five-mile fundraiser for Oxford Children's Hospital will take place on Sunday, March 25, at Blenheim Palace.Originally
A CRACKDOWN on drugs in West Oxfordshire has seen police obtain three closure orders against properties, including a cannabis factory in Carterton. Over the last month Thames Valley Police's West Oxfordshire problem solving team has been investigating
OXFORD University eye back-to-back victories on home soil, when Trinity College Dublin visit Iffley Road tonight (7). The Dark Blues, fresh from their 20-17 win over Hartpury last week, continue their Varsity Match preparations with another testing
IF YOU looked out of your window yesterday you may have noticed a strange red-tinged glow from the sun. Members of The Oxford Mail's Camera Club have been busy snapping some stunning pictures of the strange sight from across the county. Known
IN NEWS sure to delight fast food lovers, McDonald's have launched home delivery in Oxford. The McDelivery service, in partnership with UberEATS, is now available to anyone close to the McDonald’s restaurant in the Clarendon Centre. It promises
BRADLEY Smith had plenty of reasons to be positive after a rain-soaked Japanese MotoGP.The Forest Hill rider qualified an impressive seventh for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team, but suffered in the torrential conditions to finish 17th.With no previous
OXFORD author Philip Pullman will tomorrow launch the long-awaited first instalment of The Book of Dust. He will be at the Bodleian’s Weston Library to launch La Belle Sauvage, the first book in a new trilogy. The new tale, continuing the adventures
OXFORDSHIRE stayed top of Division 1 in the BDO Inter-Counties Championship with a tight 20-16 victory over London at Plumstead. It was a close affair throughout, with the hosts making a good start by taking a 3-0 lead in the ladies’ B match.
CHINNOR overcame an error-strewn display to beat Tonbridge Juddians 24-20 at home. The victory kept the Thame-based side second in National League 2 South, but they failed to pick up a four-try bonus point in beating the division’s new boys.
GEORGE Grieve scored a hat-trick of tries as Banbury began their Oxfordshire Cup defence with a 57-13 win over Oxford Brookes University.Brookes’s Giorgo Arricale and Bulls’ Ed Phillips traded early penalties in the preliminary round tie.But Banbury soon
ART imitates life in a new graphic novel populated entirely by real people, including a starring role for Cowley martial artist Jon Xue Zhang. The actor and fight choreographer, who has appeared in Hollywood blockbuster Doctor Strange, as well
ROB Hall believes Oxford United will discover this week exactly where they fit into the Sky Bet League One promotion race. The winger has been sidelined with a groin injury as Pep Clotet’s side have won three successive games. But he is hoping
DRIVERS were stuck in standstill queues on the M40 after a crash. The collision happened on the southbound carriageway near Bicester, and a rolling roadblock was in place at 7am. Police were on the scene between junctions 10 and 9 but all lanes
SKIPPER Katie Gatt scored a hat-trick as Witney Ladies ran riot, beating visitors Banbury 7-3 in South Clubs League Division 2.Witney attacked from the start and soon took the lead, with Lucy Reading deflecting in a pass from Sunny Ricketts.They host
EDDIE Pepperell has moved up 28 places to 156 in the world rankings after his top-ten finish in the Italian Open. The Frilford Heath member also rose to 43rd in the European Tour’s Race to Dubai. CORE GOLF UK OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE
OXFORD Hawks trailed twice before earning a 3-3 draw away to Spencer in a Men’s South League Premier 1 clash. Although Hawks created more chances in the first half, they found the home goalkeeper in commanding form, and it was Spencer who opened
CELEBRATIONS for a special anniversary at the Oxford Bus Museum reached their climax when the Duke of Gloucester visited the centre. Prince Richard, the cousin of Queen Elizabeth, was given a tour of the Long Hanborough museum – before getting
HOMEOWNERS could need planning permission to replace windows and doors in a sought-after part of Oxford. That is a recommendation after a study was commissioned by the city council to find the best way to conserve the North Oxford Victorian Suburb
A WOULD-BE teenage robber pulled out a knife on a man in central Banbury a court has heard. Umar Faroq, of Fergusson Road, Banbury, denies one count of attempted robbery and another of having a bladed article. The jury of eight women and four
A NORWEGIAN airline will today plant 3,500 trees on Oxford’s Port Meadow.Norwegian Air, the third largest airline at London Gatwick, is paying for the trees to be planted on Burgess Field, owned by Oxford City Council.The planting is being done in cooperation
DANISH architect Arne Jacobsen combined glass and concrete to give St Catherine’s College a striking modern look in 1962.Now new student accommodation at the Oxford University college in Manor Road has been given a futuristic design to complement the
DONNINGTON Community Centre caused a big upset to reach the semi-finals of the Cowley Workers ODDA Women’s Summer League Seven-a-side Cup. The Section 3 outfit stunned Premier Section visitors Blackbird Leys Bowls Club with a 4-2 success, thanks
SHOPPERS will ignore construction work being completed at the Westgate Centre as they visit to see its new stores, according to retail experts.With just seven days to go until the grand opening, contractors are working flat out to get the £440m centre
A DECISION on whether to rename the Wantage parliamentary constituency to Didcot is due to be published today.The Boundary Commission for England is set to reveal its response to the request from Didcot residents as part of a major review of all parliamentary
KILLER drivers could now be jailed for life for their crimes, a plan heralded as a ‘victory for the bereaved’ by the father of a teenager killed by a motorist on his mobile phone. For more than three years, Paul and his wife Maureen Baker have
