A CRIPPLING triple-bogey eight condemned Eddie Pepperell to his second successive missed cut on the European Tour. The Abingdon golfer’s disaster came at the eighth hole in the second round of the Trophee Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco. Having shot
PROPOSALS to turn Abingdon's empty Abbey Hall into a cinema face one final hurdle. Husband and wife Ian and Sue Wiper, who own independent cinema The Regal in Evesham, Worcestershire, wrote to Abingdon Town Council, which owns the building, in January
WOODSTOCK’S acclaimed independent bookshop is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special event. Rachel Phipps, who runs the Woodstock Bookshop in Oxford Street, will host the celebration at Wootton-by-Woodstock village hall on Friday, May 11
POLICE have warned Faringdon residents to beware after tools were stolen from three vans within one night. Between 8.30pm on Wednesday and 6.30am Thursday the rear door of a van parked on High Street was forced open and power tools taken. The
THE 'largest' fitness festival Oxford has seen will get under way today with exercise classes, food company stalls and talks by experts. Fit Fest Oxford will run at the Oxford Academy from 9.30am until 6pm and also features live cookery demos, an
A REISSUE of a classic album has been named the best-selling record of the year in independent shops. Radiohead's special 20th anniversary edition of Ok Computer beat competition from Liam Gallagher, Public Service Broadcasting and Ed Sheeran according
THE leader of an Oxfordshire council will stand down next month on him being given a bigger role as deputy police and crime commissioner for the Thames Valley. Matthew Barber has been the leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council for the
AN EAST Oxford landlord who was letting out an unsafe house cluttered with furniture has been fined over £15,000. The landlord, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found to be running the Kames Close house illegally in August 2017. They were
BLACKWELL’S Bookshop at the Westgate is to host Oxford-based author Catherine Chanter and Costa Award-winning novelist Emma Healey in conversation. Catherine and Emma will introduce their new novels and discuss families and secrets in fiction.
IT is a case of ‘So long, and thanks for all the fish’ as Botley’s West Way Chippy serves its final fish supper on Saturday. Scrawled in graffiti outside the chip shop, the words referencing the fourth book in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
SUPERHEROES, wizards and Jedis will descend on Oxford tomorrow for the third instalment of the city's comic convention. The celebration of all things sci-fi and fantasy will take place in Oxford University’s Examination Schools in High Street from
A QUINTESSENTIALLY British affair is heading to one of the country’s most iconic palaces for a Great British Garden Party. Organisers of Christmas at Blenheim have revealed their plans for the summer event, billed as ‘a unique opportunity to discover
A SUBWAY counter and noodle bar could follow the Post Office into the Summertown Co-op. The fast food chain and Chozen Noodle are understood to be preparing to move into the Banbury Road supermarket. Noodles could be available early next month
EXCEPTIONAL service looks set to be rewarded by the city council as part of a new scheme that will designate honorary aldermen and honorary alderwomen. Former council leader Bob Price and current Lord Mayor Jean Fooks are likely to be nominated
Warning - this story contains details some readers may find upsetting. A MOTHER who stabbed her son to death after suffering years of delusions and psychosis has been detained in a mental health hospital indefinitely. Emma Jackson, of Bromsgrove
I’m not a massive fan of Soho Farmhouse. It’s not a big secret. I get it, mind – the escapism, the privacy, the facilities, that golden dusting of fame that rubs off on all its members. And it is impressive. You can swim in the infinity pool, watch
AWARD-winning author Lionel Shriver returns to an Oxfordshire literature festival next week. She will appear at the Chipping Norton Literary Festival to talk about her first collection of ten short stories and two novellas, which all explore property
A MAN has been charged with one count of possessing of a prohibited firearm. George Baker, 18, of Hilliat Fields, Drayton, was charged on Tuesday after a property was searched and a stun gun was found. Baker was remanded in custody at Banbury
THE next generation of power station employees is being sought to help shape the energy industry of the future. RWE Generation, the operators of the Didcot B Power Station that dominates the skyline of the South Oxfordshire town, has announced it
THE city's new leader has called for more Green Belt land to be built on as she warns Oxford has no more room for new homes. In one of her first major acts as leader of Oxford City Council, Susan Brown has called for more land to be taken out of
WALLINGFORD'S next mayor has set out his vision for the town as he looks forward to a ‘flamboyant’ inauguration next month. Lee Upcraft, who is a town councillor and deputy mayor, says he is excited to start the role and keen to promote two particular
SPRING is here, the sun is out, and if you listen hard enough you might just be able to hear the distant sound of Morris bells, fiddles and banjos. The festival season gets underway tomorrow with the start of Oxford’s Folk Weekend – and it looks
A TOWN council is still looking to pursue legal action against its under-fire Mayor for nearly £5,000, which councillors fear may have been ‘misappropriated’. Carterton Town Council passed a vote of no confidence in Councillor Lynn Little in January
There’s a good reason Bob Harris is known to his fans as ‘Whispering Bob’. His voice is delightfully mellifluous – velvet coated, soothing and engaging. Whether he is regaling you with an anecdote about his wild rock & roll years – when he
PARKING restrictions on a crowded North Oxford road have been sidelined by council officers. Plans for a possible Controlled Parking Zone in Frenchay Road were first tabled in September 2016 but have now been withdrawn meaning further measures may
AN OXFORDSHIRE couple are boxing up their bludgers and waxing their broomsticks, ready to fly to Italy for the Quidditch world cup. Alex Greenhalgh, 25, and Jemma Thripp, 24, from Didcot, have been selected in the 25-player Team UK squad to compete
LEADERS from 80 businesses will speak at Oxford’s ‘Bio 2018’ event in Osney Mead on May 23 at the Kings Centre. Billed as ‘Oxfordshire’s biggest business showcase and networking event’, Business in Oxford 2018 will feature 50 seminars and ‘learn
A NEW MG exhibition featuring donations from lead designer Don Hayter has opened at Abingdon County Hall Museum. The car giant, which is ingrained in the town’s heritage, opened in 1929 and remained in Abingdon until its closure in 1980. The display
OXFORD, Norwich and Southend-on-Sea are backing a new enquiry into cultural resources for cites. Arts Council England is joining forces with the ‘East of England’ key cities to help conduct the research. In September 2018 the enquiry will produce
THE Chilterns Walking Festival will be held next month aiming to encourage people to get out and enjoy the Oxfordshire countryside. The spring festival programme lasts for 16 days and includes dozens of arranged walks promising spectacular views
A CYCLIST who rode around the world in 80 days, breaking a world record in the process, will speak in Abingdon. Last July, long-distance rider Mark Beaumont pedalled out of Paris and just 78 days and 14 hours later he was back at the Arc de Triomphe
John Hegley is one of comedy’s great survivors. Few of his Comedy Store contemporaries from the 80s are still around – and if they are, they are not very funny. Hegley, who has always been more of a performance poet than a stand-up, is not only
John Hegley is one of comedy’s great survivors. Few of his Comedy Store contemporaries from the 80s are still around – and if they are, they are not very funny. Hegley, who has always been more of a performance poet than a stand-up, is not only
Music-lovers have Glastonbury and Reading festivals, football fans the World Cup – while computer gamers have Insomnia. This multi-day event takes over the National Exhibition Centre three times a year – the venue invaded not by rock fans laden
PUPILS at St Gregory the Great school have been graced with an improved canteen for the summer term. The newly launched ‘Kitchen at St Gregory’s’ is to be managed by the catering company Caterlink. St Gregory’s says a second ‘grab and go’ area
IT has produced nine Nobel Prize winners since 1900 and currently has a student population of some 130,000. In many ways, Oxford's new Polish partner is the perfect twin for the City of Dreaming Spires. Wroclaw – pronounced ‘vrots-wahf’ – is
AN OXFORD college has got planning permission to build a temporary three-storey kitchen while its own is reconfigured and refurbished. Keble College, in Parks Road, got listed building consent to carry out the work from Oxford City Council earlier
A TALK encompassing all aspects of Tuberculosis will be held in Oxford next month. The special session will see experts from a variety of fields discussing everything from Tuberculosis genetics, TB treatment and its resistance to antibiotics, as
AN author awarded the British Empire Medal for services to gender equality is to give a talk at the Sheldonian Theatre. Laura Bates will speak at the venue on Wednesday, May 23, from 7pm to 8pm. Tickets cost £8. She will discuss Misogynation,
A FROMAGE-focused evening will look at a century of changes in cheese production. Neal's Yard Dairy's Bronwen Percival and food and wine columnist Francis Percival will speak about how science can help restore the unique flavours previously created
VOLUNTEERS raising money for a campaign to support the Horton General Hospital will be offering to pack bags at Morrisons superstore in Banbury in Sunday. The bag packing will aim to boost the coffers of the 'Keep the Horton General's Fighting Fund
TEMPORARY recycling banks will be placed around the city to add to the £100,000 raised for the British Heart Foundation last year from students clearing out their rooms. Oxford City Council's recycling team has been putting recycling banks near
COLLECTORS are looking forward to Oxford’s biggest book fair of the year. It will take place in the main hall of Oxford Brookes University’s Headington Hill Campus tomorrow, from noon until 6pm, and on Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Book dealers will
TRUSTEES are needed to help oversee the work of a successful tourist attraction. The Great Western Society, which governs Didcot Railway Centre, is looking to appoint new trustees to its board. Overseeing how the centre is run, volunteers with
CHILDREN are being 'shaken out of their beds in the middle of the night' because of noise from freight trains running through north Oxford, according to a city MP. Layla Moran asked transport minister Jo Johnson on Thursday whether he could discuss
AN Oxford Brookes University student has won an award for her socially engaged artwork which highlights her personal experiences of dyslexia. Alice Floyd, who is studying a Masters degree in Social Sculpture and Connective Practice, won the People
THE future of our planet will be the topic of discussion at an Oxford University lecture. The annual Simonyi Lecture will see theoretical physicist and author Geoffrey West will talk about the laws and networks which govern our lives and how they
AN OXFORD home care company has provided a youth charity with a suitcase full of medical supplies to be donated to communities in Africa. Youth Challenge Oxfordshire (YoCO) took a team of volunteers to Kenya where they assisted local teachers in
A NATIONAL 'drive it' day will see classic cars converge on Oxford's Mini plant on Sunday. The museum in the T Building of the plant in Cowley will be opened up from 10am until 4pm as enthusiasts celebrate 50 years of British Leyland and 70 years
KARL Robinson will be aware of the scorelines in games involving their rivals tomorrow as the battle to stay up intensifies. Oxford United’s 1-0 defeat at Wigan Athletic on Tuesday night came as Rochdale and Oldham Athletic shared a goalless draw
CYCLISTS are gearing up for the return of a popular festival that will see hundreds of bikes descend on Abingdon. The Abingdon Cycle Festival takes place on Sunday with a series of guided rides along sessions throughout the day aimed at building
A COMMUNITY meal created to connect strangers will change venue this month. The 'Neighbourhood Kitchen', which see residents from all backgrounds, ethnicities and ages sit down to share a free meal sourced and prepared by attendees, has been put
OXFORD United slipped to a seventh-straight defeat in all competitions as a late penalty proved the difference against Tottenham Hotspur. Coral Haines’s 89th-minute spot-kick earned the visitors a 2-1 victory in FA Women’s Super League 2 last night
KIDLINGTON conceded a stoppage-time penalty as they were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to play-off chasing Swindon Supermarine last night. The Greens were in Evo-Stik South League action just hours after announcing manager Julian McCalmon
A LEADING international journalist will answer questions about ‘Restoring trust in news’ at an open-doors meeting in Oxford on Tuesday. Alessandra Galloni’s talk to the city’s United Nations Association branch comes at a time of heightened anxiety
OXFORD United will be one of many football clubs across the country taking part in Amnesty International’s ‘Football Welcomes’ weekend today. A host of activities will be taking place to show that everyone from across the world is welcome. Naomi
STARGAZERS are invited to a beginners astronomy session in Abingdon on Monday. The event is being put on by Abingdon Astronomical Society and is free for first-time attendees and members, £4 otherwise. Starting at 8pm in All Saint's Church hall
DRIVERS are being warned they could face yet more delays on Oxford’s notorious Botley Road as the council carries out roadworks to prepare for a major new scheme. Four more weeks of work will begin on April 30, with road closures overnight and
AN OXFORD college will unveil a new portrait honouring an influential politician and the first person of African-Caribbean descent to be elected President of the Oxford Union. The oil painting of Sir James Cameron Tudor hangs in the college’s dining
'SPONTANEOUS' yoga sessions will be held in University Parks tomorrow. Soul Movement will run the free workshop from 1pm between the cricket pitch and the Keble Road entrance. The same group will host a 'Capoeira Street Roda' from 3pm in Broad
A HEARING specialist will hold an open day at the Westgate Centre in Oxford today. Acuitis Optical and Hearing are raising awareness of conditions including tinnitus and hearing health such as wax removal. Free hearing screening and advice will
SIX houses could be built on green land in a village near Chipping Norton. Applicants Mr and Mrs K Smith want to construct six homes on land south Of Walkers Height, on Well Hill in Finstock. The land is in the Finstock Conservation Area, and
FOUR Oxford Brookes academics appointed to a panel assessing quality of research in the UK from more than 4,000 applications. The first set of panel members for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) has been announced which will assess the
A CAMPAIGN to cut a town’s use of plastic is starting to become a reality as it rewarded the efforts of two Abingdon cafes. Eco-friendly businesses The Mouse Hole Café in the Abingdon County Hall Museum and the Barns Café at Christchurch Northcourt
“THE first time I did a few jumps in the gym I was so scared, because you think it’s going to go again.” When it comes to recovering from serious injuries, overcoming the mental challenges can be just as tough as the physical ones. Curtis Nelson
A FARM in Chipping Norton wants to turn a former grain store into houses. Lower End Farm, in Ramsden, has asked West Oxfordshire District Council for permission to turn the building into two homes. Owners say the building is ‘unsuited to its
OXFORDSHIRE’S county sides are celebrating a sensational season – with their first team ending a 20-year wait to win promotion to the top flight. And hot on their heels are the second side, who have made it to Division 2 after a superb campaign.
THE pressure is off, almost, for Oxford City, as they prepare for their final home league game of the season against Bognor Regis Town in Vanarama National League South tomorrow. Only a mathematical miracle will lead to Mark Jones’s side falling
THE work of Oxford Mail and Witney Gazette journalists has been recognised in this year's Regional Press Awards shortlist with four nominations. The annual celebration of the best of British local newspaper journalism shines the spotlight on everything
Children have been warned to stay safe around the River Thames this weekend after a number of deaths on the waterways in recent years. The Environment Agency warned young people of the dangers of playing by locks, weirs and bridges along the river
PROMINENT Labour activist Owen Jones joined campaigners in Summertown yesterday ahead of the local elections. The left-wing journalist and author, who studied at Oxford's University College, was door knocking for Labour candidate Rabyah Khan in
A SQUAD of police seized cocaine and knuckle dusters after charging into a Blackbird Leys home. The Oxford Mail joined officers yesterday for the latest in a string of drug raids in the city, which saw a team of a dozen officers descend on a terraced
DIDCOT Town boss Andy Ballard is hoping his players use the agony of their cup final defeat to keep their season alive. The Railwaymen lost 1-0 at Hitchin Town in the Evo-Stik South League’s BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup on Wednesday night. But
PARENTS have spoken out about being left in limbo after their children's school was branded 'unsafe' and forced to adopt a significantly reduced timetable. Northfield School in Blackbird Leys, which teaches boys with special educational needs aged
THEY say three’s a crowd but we think we may have hit on just the right number with this week’s ‘four’ theme. Camera Club members have once again excelled at sending us a host of imaginative snaps featuring everything from flocks in flight to family
A WEALTH of rare books, paintings, jewels and antiques will entice buyers and art enthusiasts to Blenheim Palace. The historic house in Woodstock is hosting the seventh annual Cotswolds Art and Antiques Dealers' Association Fair, which opened yesterday
MATT Goode hopes his county teammates at Oxford Harlequins can do title-chasing Banbury a favour tomorrow – but they must also keep their side of the bargain. Second-placed Bulls travel to Oxfordshire rivals Witney in the last weekend of the regular
A NEW city sushi restaurant has promised to bounce back after hygiene inspectors raised concerns its salmon, sea bass and tuna might not be safe. Sushimania, in Park End Street, was given a two-star rating by inspectors, who also discovered 'sticky
FORCES will do battle on the rugby field today to attempt to win a trophy named after a local war hero. Molly Rose delivered battle-ready planes to pilots during the Second World War and her name will now be remembered in perpetuity with the creation
NORTH Oxford made a fine start to life in the National Open South West Division of the LTA’s Team Tennis competition, with an 8-4 victory against West Hants. Ben Calnan won a two-and-a-half hour thriller. The ladies suffered a 12-0 defeat at
TIME is running out to bag a bargain at Botley Road's Toys R Us store before it closes for good tomorrow. All outlets will be shut by April 24 after efforts to save the company failed. The last day of trading for the Oxford branch is Saturday
THE new leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has been formally appointed. Jane Murphy, who represents Cholsey ward for the Conservatives, had been the deputy leader of the council and its member for finance until last month. She was
JOSH Ruffels says he is enjoying tackling the challenge of proving himself to another Oxford United manager. The midfielder from Kidlington is the only survivor from the promotion-winning squad of 2016 to start for the club this season. Having
THE famous Oxford Dodo was killed after being shot in the back of the head, new research has revealed. 'Breakthrough evidence' by Oxford University and the University of Warwick has revealed the truth behind the violent death of the world's only
CONNOR Ferguson has won the Kevin Durham Memorial Trophy. The prize, presented to the most promising Oxfordshire player at under 15 level, is named in memory of the former U’s youngster, who died shortly after helping Barnet promotion into the Football
OXFORDSHIRE has been called on to lead the war on plastic with businesses, councils and the public urged to take action. With the nation gripped by a new momentum to tackle the environmental scourge of single-use-plastics head on, campaigners say
FRIDAY FOOTBALL BANBURY DISTRICT & LORD JERSEY FA Jersey Cup final: Bishops Itchington v KEA (Ardley Utd, 7). SATURDAY FOOTBALL SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Doncaster Rov v Oxford Utd. VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH Oxford City
ROB Hall is planning to be at Oxford United next season, with the winger feeling he is yet to repay his debt of gratitude to the club. The 24-year-old is raring to go as an impact substitute in the U’s vital game at Doncaster Rovers tomorrow.
A POTHOLE so bad it earned its own Twitter hashtag could finally be fixed after the leader of Oxfordshire County Council pledged to give it his special attention. Abingdon taxi driver Colin Dobson has been tweeting updates about the #OckStreetHole
