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  • Health commissioner needs public's help to re-think GP services

    TODAY a health commissioner wants to get residents’ thoughts on how to improve GP services.With an ageing and growing population to keep up with, Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wants the public’s help in coming up with ideas about how

  • St Catherine's Day celebration at museum

    CELEBRATE St Catherine's Day, the patron saint of spinners, lacemakers and spinsters, at the Pitt Rivers Museum.Visitors will have the chance on Saturday to see lace being made by local lacemakers and have a go at making some themselves. Oxford University

  • Malachi Napa signs new Oxford United contract

    MALACHI Napa has agreed a new contract which will keep him at Oxford United until 2019. The 18-year-old is yet to make his first-team debut, but has impressed the coaching staff since stepping up from the youth set-up this summer. Napa’s original

  • Oxford United's Christian Ribeiro retires aged 27

    CHRISTIAN Ribeiro has been forced into retirement aged just 27 after taking medical advice over a knee injury. The full back was substituted with the issue earlier this month in the Checkatrade Trophy defeat to Milton Keynes Dons. But he had

  • Remember when: Patrick Mower visited the Cowley Bingo Hall

    OXFORD-born actor Patrick Mower dropped in to a bingo hall to lend a hand with calling the numbers in 1977. The star of cop show Target was visiting the Regal in Cowley Road to present cheques to two lucky winners. Mr Mower, who lived in Ridgefield Road

  • South Oxford families get a sense of place

    TWO family groups in South Oxford won a lottery grant and organised a guided family nature explorer session last weekGrandpont Nursery received lottery funding to run a project called ‘A sense of Place’ working with local families to encourage them to

  • Filmmaker to visit Oxford documentary club

    THE director of a film which explores violence against women in Colombia will be held at Oxford Brookes University at the end of the month. Lula Gomez, who directed Women to the Front, will be talking to the Oxford Brookes University Documentary Club

  • How degrees affect your future salary

    CHRISTMAS in Witney will officially start at 6pm on Friday when the lights are switched on by the Town Mayor, who will also be joined by two youngsters from Witney Interact Cub.This year’s event has been organised by the Rotary Club of Witney with financial

  • Locals urged to love their lakes in Adderbury

    NATURE lovers have been urged to help look after a green haven in north Oxfordshire.Wild Oxfordshire community ecologist Roselle Chapman has called for more people to help take care of Adderbury Lakes near Banbury.She made her appeal after a ‘family day

  • Literary panel show sees wordsmiths cross pens.

    ENJOY an evening of bookish bluffing, entertaining chit-chat and outright literary sneakiness at Oxford's Broad Street Blackwell's on Monday.Ex Libris Live is the panel show adaptation of the popular game where players are tasked with uncovering

  • Charter Day celebrated in Abingdon

    AN EVENT to mark the granting of a Royal Charter to Abingdon will take place today.The town was given the honour in 1556 by Mary I following the dissolution of Abingdon Abbey.Students from John Mason School will join the town archivist, councillors, representatives

  • Indian restaurant to open at the Westgate Centre

    THE latest restaurant to open at the Westgate Centre will start serving customers on Friday. Indian-inspired Rola Wala is a fast food restaurant which will be based at the new £440m shopping centre’s Westgate Social area. The restaurant name

  • Teacher swaps science for art as his sculptures go on display

    A SCIENCE teacher has stepped from the schoolroom to the art studio to show off his intricate stone sculptures.Rye St Antony’s head of science, David Williams, displayed creations crafted from limestone, pebbles, stone and slate alongside two other local

  • Oxford study finds more people are diagnosed with heart failure

    OXFORD University study has found the number of people being diagnosed with heart failure is growing, with the poorest people most likely to be affected by the condition.The study, published in The Lancet, shows that not only are people in the most deprived

  • Last toy fair to be held for this year

    THE last Didcot & Oxfordshire Toy Fair of the year will be held.On Saturday from 10am at Didcot Civic Hall there will be heaps of tables piled high with toys, games, models and collectables from the past century.Entry to the event is £2 but children under

  • Thieves steal bikes from Headington shed

    THIEVES broke into shed at a house in Headington and stole two bikes.The break-in happened at the home in Hill Top Road between Thursday at 12 noon and Monday at 2pm.The thieves forced their way into the shed and then cut bike locks before stealing the

  • GIRLS' FOOTBALL: Izzy Todeschini hits five goals for Cumnor

    IZZY Todeschini was the star of the show in Cumnor Minors’ win over Harwell & Hendred in the Under 12 League.The hot-shot hit a five-timer in her side’s 7-0 success, with Amie Norman scoring the others.Barton United’s Lohan Partlett scored both goals

  • FOOTBALL: Michael Trafford hits five for Bletchingdon

    MICHAEL Trafford bagged five goals as Division 4 side Bletchingdon Res knocked Division 3 Witney Royals Res out of the Witney & District FA’s Jack Busby Memorial Trophy with an 8-4 victory.Aaron Johnson, Toby Connelly and Mason Connelly scored the others

  • FOOTBALL: Dominant Freeland go through in shoot-out

    FREELAND defeated Horspath 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals of the Oxfordshire Charity Cup.In a high-scoring match, the teams finished 5-5 after extra-time.The shoot-out saw Freeland keeper Adam Lonsdale save two penalties, before Rob

  • GIRLS' FOOTBALL: Izzy Todeschini hits five goals for Cumnor

    IZZY Todeschini was the star of the show in Cumnor Minors’ win over Harwell & Hendred in the Under 12 League.The hot-shot hit a five-timer in her side’s 7-0 success, with Amie Norman scoring the others.Barton United’s Lohan Partlett scored both goals

  • FOOTBALL: Andy Younie blasts six of the best for Westminster

    ANDY Younie smashed a six-timer as Westminster hammered hosts Lambourn Sports 9-0 to go back to the top of North Berks League Division 1 table, writes RICHARD UNDERWOOD.Cameron Lagan also netted a brace, with Tom Srawley completing the rout.Berinsfield

  • Thames Water uses 'centuries-old' method for finding supply

    UK water companies are using divining rods to locate underground pipes despite there being no scientific evidence that the centuries-old tools work, an Oxford University scientist has found. Sally Le Page, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University

  • Bus with beds for the homeless set to go on display

    AN innovative solution to Oxfordshire’s homelessness crisis will go on display in Witney this weekend.Witney-based Homes4All is seeking support for its Jumpstart Bus, a double-decker bus which would serve as a bridge between sleeping on the streets and

  • Drivers warned of delays across the county's roads

    DRIVERS are being warned of delays across the county's roads this morning. Those on the M40 heading London bound are facing delays of 50 minutes after a crash between junction 4 and junction 3, one lane remains closed. Crash at High Wycombe

  • Retro pop-up plea

    TWO sisters who run a vintage clothing business are seeking a pop-up shop to trade from.Sisters Abigail Pine, 36, and Naomi Pine, 32, from Horspath, near Oxford, have been selling their retro clothing at vintage fairs.But they are hoping someone will

  • FOOTBALL: Oxford Mail Youth League reports

    JAMIE Slattery and Criston Debanks-O’Callaghan bagged a brace each as Oxford Blackbirds inflicted the first defeat of the season on Kingston Colts Blues in the Under 13 Autumn A League, writes PAUL LYON.Jayden Jones completed the scoring in their 5-4

  • Could Oxford City be about to ditch plastic for good?

    THE city could take its first step towards eradicating the use of environmentally-damaging plastic such as straws and cups with a ban on the material in Oxford City Council buildings. Oxford Green Party leader, city councillor Craig Simmons, has

  • Drivers told to report pothole problems using Twitter

    DRIVERS will be asked to use social media to complain about the state of the roads in a new plan aimed at improving them. Earlier this month, Oxfordshire County Council admitted the condition of its roads was worsening due to a lack of funding.

  • 'Serious injuries' after crash outside leisure centre

    TWO people suffered 'potentially serious' injuries after a three-car crash in Abingdon yesterday morning.  The collision happened shortly after 9am in Audlett Drive, prompting police to close the road for several hours on both sides.  Emergency