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  • Get out your jumpsuits: Mamma Mia sweeps into town

    Mamma Mia! is one of the most successful musicals of all time, inspiring the famous film and entertaining millions worldwide, such is its notoriety. Taking Abba's biggest hits and sculpting them around the now beloved story of a couple getting

  • Severe delays as M40 closed after crash

    TRAFFIC was backed up for miles on the M40 with drivers reporting delays of up to two hours heading northbound last night. Queues were at a standstill after a crash which happened close to J7 for Thame near the exit slip road. The carriageway

  • Campaign to free Nazanin from Iran jail is continuing

    THE husband of a British woman jailed in Iran has spoken to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson about his wife’s plight.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, has been held in jail in Tehran since last year after being falsely accused of spying and sentenced to five

  • Author talking swearing in Oxford

    RESEARCHER Emma Byrne will be in Oxford to talk about swearing on Thursday.The author of Swearing Is Good For You will explain how using perceived bad words might actually be good for some people. She will be at The Story Museum from 7pm until 8pm and

  • Care providers still beating national figures

    THE standard of Oxfordshire care providers continues to outstrip national averages, the most recent figures indicate. According to the Care Quality Commission, five per cent - or ten - of the county's care providers are outstanding, compared to two

  • 'About 50' teenagers in Oxford city centre fight

    A FIGHT involving around 50 teenagers broke out in Oxford and police are hunting those involved. Police were called to a disturbance in Ship Street at 4pm on Thursday after receiving reports of a fight involving a large number of people. But

  • House plan could get go ahead despite church worries

    THE demolition of a building in Oxford city centre could get the go-ahead tonight - despite worries about it being so close to a listed church. Councillors on the West Area planning committee will be asked to approve knocking down 40 St Thomas Street

  • Police call on gun owners to hand over their weapons

    ILLEGAL guns and ammunition can be handed in at police stations in Oxfordshire for the next two weeks as forces across the UK try to remove firearms from the streets. Police will also accept replica firearms, air weapons, BB guns, imitation firearms

  • UK debut for Scandinavian artist Hannah Ryggen

    Exactly one year ago – almost to the day – I was standing, shivering in temperatures of minus 2C but wholly distracted by the incredible views, on the outside deck of a ferry speeding away from snowy Trondheim towards Ørlandet, a windswept peninsula in

  • How to survive in the restaurant business by a chef who knows

    Well, we’re four! Yep, I can barely believe it myself. It is four years since I left a comfortable, secure and stable job and decided that, with a baby on the way and ever increasing financial pressure, then was the time to take the massive risk of opening

  • Why The Anchor frees up your day

    My parents used to have wonderful brunch parties when they got back from living in the States, in the late 1960s.A new phenomenon for us Brits, certainly then, guests drank strong bloody Mary’s and bucks fizz from 11am onwards, accompanied by platters

  • Councillor's bus service motion backed

    COUNTY councillors recognised the importance of bus routes to residents at a meeting last week.Lib Dem councillor Kirsten Johnson moved a motion to recognise the need for the services through the county at a meeting last week. It was supported unanimously.Parts

  • First floodlit tennis courts set to open

    OXFORD’S first publicly accessible floodlit tennis courts will be available from Friday evening. The £264,000 project in Florence Park, which was completed at the end of October, was funded by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Oxford City Council.

  • Free event seeks to boost science and technology firms

    SCIENCE and technology companies can discover how to boost their businesses during a morning of short talks.Vale4Business, an initiative set up by Vale of White Horse District Council to support businesses in the area, and HealthTec at Harwell have organised

  • Bike stolen from Oxford garden

    A BIKE was stolen from a shed in Oxford sometime from Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.Offenders took it from a shed in the back garden of a property in Abbey Road. Anyone who has information about the incident is urged to contact the 24-hour police

  • Primary school seeks reading volunteers

    AN OXFORD school is hoping to recruit volunteers to help children read.John Henry Newman Academy in Littlemore is searching for people to read with children on a one-to-one basis.The primary school in Grange Road, which was recently praised by Ofsted

  • Charity needs votes to help kids discover great outdoors

    AN OXFORD charity needs votes to secure funding for a new project to get school children playing outdoors. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is hoping to secure a grant from the Aviva community fund for its Walk on the Wildside project.This will work

  • Dance students show off skills at annual show

    STUDENTS will don their dancing shoes this week to show off what they have learnt at school.The Didcot Girl's School will hold its annual show tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot.Showcasing the students' talent

  • Brave souls walk on fire for Oxford fundraising stunt

    WITH a sharp intake of breath and a steely look in their eyes, brave fundraisers strode barefoot across a trail of smouldering ash.Oxford Rugby Club welcomed 60 walkers on Saturday night, for a sponsored firewalk organised by three Oxfordshire charities.Sobell

  • Christmas Fayre comes to Botley

    RESIDENTS who are crackers about Christmas will have the chance to get a taste of the festivities at a fayre.On Saturday from 10am to 2pm., Friends of St. Lawrence Church will be holding their popular annual Christmas Fayre at St Peter and St Paul Church

  • Oxford school shut for 'emergency' repairs

    A SCHOOL in Blackbird Leys is shut today for 'emergency' electrical repairs. Northfield School in Knights Road, a school for boys with special needs, is expected to reopen tomorrow. A note on its website stated the reason for the closure was

  • Author swears bad language is good for us

    FOR ONE night only people are being invited to an evening of swearing in the name of science.Guest can put away the swear box, take themselves off the naughty step and join Science Oxford at 7pm on Thursday for some purposeful profanity at Pembroke Street

  • Parkinson’s sufferer planning therapeutic garden

    A MAN with early-onset Parkinson’s disease has unveiled plans to create a therapeutic community garden for fellow sufferers.Ewan Stutt, who was just 41 when he was diagnosed in 2013 and now runs the Parkinsons.ME support charity, has said he wants to

  • Fire engines on scene after incident at Evenlode Tower

    People were seen 'running away' after an incident at the Evenlode Tower in Blackbird Leys. There has been reports of 'lots of fire engines and police cars with sirens going' outside the tower block on the estate this morning.  An Evenlode Tower

  • A feast for the imagination.

    By any standards it was a brave decision by Faringdon Dramatic Society to stage 'Cider with Rosie' featuring countless characters with ages ranging from starting school to 'fetch the doctor.' The book written in 1959 by Laurie Lee was translated

  • Floodlight repairs

    PLANS to repair floodlights at Grove Rugby Club will be discussed at a meeting tonight.Grove Parish Council’s leisure and recreation committee will also talk about the latest news from Wantage’s Sweatbox youth club. Members of public are welcome to attend

  • Scales of Justice: Round up of convictions form the courts

    BANBURY MAGISTRATES’ ROSS FRENCH, 20, of Danesmoor, Banbury, admitted driving a vehicle above the legal alcohol limit on September 23 in Bicester with 63 mcg of alcohol in 100 ml of breath. He was fined £300 and must pay a victim surcharge of £30

  • 'Homeless' army and air cadets back at refurbished base

    'HOMELESS' army and air cadets have been given back their base after a complete overhaul in Didcot.For the past few months cadets from Didcot detachment have been sharing with Wallingford ACF but the new 21st century building was officially opened

  • Wes Thomas: Oxford United goal means nothing in defeat

    ENDING a five-match barren run in front of goal proved no consolation for Oxford United’s top-scorer Wes Thomas. The 30-year-old neatly fired into the bottom corner from the edge of the area on 44 minutes to make it 1-1 at home to Northampton Town

  • Joe Rothwell backs Ryan Ledson to bounce back

    JOE Rothwell has backed Ryan Ledson to come back stronger after his mistake gifted Northampton Town the winner at the Kassam Stadium. Wes Thomas’s 44th-minute strike had cancelled out Ash Taylor’s opener for the Cobblers. But just when the

  • Traffic returns to normal on M40 following crash

    THERE were long queues on the M40 this morning due to the closure of two lanes. The lanes were closed from around 7.30am at junction 6 southbound following a crash. Delays of up to 50 minutes were reported with queues continuing long after

  • FOOTBALL: Buildbase FA Trophy reports

    A LATE goal denied Banbury United, who were held to a pulsating 3-3 draw by hosts Farnborough Town in the second qualifying round of the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday.The Puritans fought back from 1-0 down to lead 3-2 against their fellow Evo-Stik League

  • FOOTBALL: Buildbase FA Trophy reports

    A LATE goal denied Banbury United, who were held to a pulsating 3-3 draw by hosts Farnborough Town in the second qualifying round of the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday.The Puritans fought back from 1-0 down to lead 3-2 against their fellow Evo-Stik League

  • WEEKEND RESULTS: November 11-12

    SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Oxford Utd 1, Northampton Tn 2. VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH Chelmsford 1, Oxford City 2. FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE 2 Millwall Lionesses 1, Oxford Utd 0. BUILDBASE FA TROPHY 2nd qual round: Farnborough

  • Householders finally get their postbox - five years late

    SCHOOLCHILDREN can make sure Santa will receive their Christmas lists in time after a postbox was installed on their housing estate – five years after householders moved in.The 'early Christmas present' has been unveiled on Bicester's Kingsmere

  • 'Stolen taxi' ploughs into row of parked cars

    Update: Taxi drivers speak of fear after incident A STOLEN taxi ploughed into a row of parked cars on Saturday night in Witney. Thames Valley Police said it happened not long after midnight in Corn Street following reports of a taxi driver