AN ICONIC Oxfordshire band have announced a reunion – reforming at the festival they launched. Country-rock band Goldrush, formed by brothers Robin and Joe Bennett, pictured, and also featuring guitarist Garo Nahoulakian, bassist Nick‘Growler’
THE first time I encountered Noel Gallagher I was among the elbows and sweat of a lairy crowd at Gloucester Leisure Centre. It was October 1995 and Oasis had only released What’s The Story (Morning Glory) a few days earlier. Liam was in his snarly
POLICE officers tasked with searching the scene of an alleged murder ‘could not remember’ if two pieces of clothing evidence were found on the first sweep of the scene, a court heard. As the trial into the murder of Christopher Lemonius continued
HEAVY Goods Vehicles will be banned from a West Oxfordshire village after Oxfordshire County Council gave the green light to a new weight restriction. A 7.5 tonne weight limit will be implemented through Minster Lovell, near Witney, along Burford
WHITE-shirted runners were soon coated in a plethora of colours as they dashed around a 1km course while being pelted with paint. In what is thought to be Didcot's first colour run, the charity Style Acre held the event on Saturday to raise funds
PEOPLE in Oxfordshire are being urged to make sure they are properly protected against measles following an outbreak across the South East. Public Health England has issued the warning after 128 new cases across the region between January 1 and
A CARVED wooden ox head crowned with flowers fronted a colourful parade through Abingdon town centre. The spectacle was courtesy of Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers and their annual ‘mock mayor’ election, which took place on Saturday. Merry
A MAN who robbed a 79-year old woman then stole cash from a betting shop claiming he had a gun in his jacket has been jailed. Simon Fox, of Ock Street, Abingdon, had admitted two counts of robbery and four counts of fraud. Oxford Crown Court
CONSTRUCTION has begun on a 70-home development in southern Oxfordshire. The 'affordable' homes, at Fern Hill Gardens, near Faringdon, are being built by developer Stonewater as the first stage of a larger project. There will be a mixture of
RESIDENTS should use a call blocker device to block scam calls, say Thames Valley Police. Officers said Age UK research has found more than a fifth of older people targeted by scammers did not tell anyone because they felt too embarrassed Visit
A PARACHUTIST who got tangled in overhead power cables escaped injury, police have confirmed. Firefighters from Kidlington and Banbury freed the man after he got trapped just over the Northamptonshire border, near Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield.
THE Oxford Mail’s support for the OX5 Run and Oxford Children’s Hospital has been recognised by charity awards bosses. The newspaper backs the Blenheim Palace run, which raises thousands of pounds for the hospital every year. This year more than
CONCERNS surrounding a surge of crime in Wantage led to a public meeting to ease the community’s fears. A recently established Facebook group called ‘Stop the Wantage and local area robberies’ - which highlights various crimes in the town and the
HIGH Street in Oxford has reopened after an emergency closure, reportedly caused by a vehicle fire. Stagecoach Oxford said there a vehicle was on fire on the road this afternoon and its services were having to divert. SERVICE UPDATE: Due
CHINNOR have been handed a testing away trip to start their debut season in the third tier of English rugby. The Thame-based side will travel to Plymouth Albion, who finished third in National League 1 in 2017/18, on Saturday, September 1.
AN ELECTION to fill an empty seat on Witney Town Council will be held on Thursday. Three candidates will compete to represent the Witney North ward following the departure of Carol Reynolds. John Cole is standing for the Liberal Democrats, Trevor
I WAS first elected as a Vale District councillor in 2011. The outgoing Lib Dem administration were selling the buildings on the corner of West Way and Westminster Way, planning to use some of the sale proceeds to refurbish the shopping centre. The
By Tom Goodenough, Head of School at Didcot Girls' School An ex-colleague, who is now a headteacher in Cheshire, recently gave a talk in which he proclaimed that comprehensive schools should be ‘in the business of creating A* people’ (‘grade 9 people
By Debbie Dance, director of the Oxford Preservation Trust Too sunny to stay underground I get out at Green Park Tube station and walk across London’s Royal Parks to Westminster for my meeting, reflecting on how many hundreds of people of all ages
PLANS to build a new motorway service station are set to be rejected due to concerns that it is poorly designed and will add to traffic congestion. Cherwell District Council is set to debate whether the huge new service station next to junction
A RUNNER from Oxford will be taking on the Loch Ness Marathon to raise awareness of stomach cancer. A number of Andrew Linstead’s family opted for preventative surgery and had their stomachs removed after testing positive for the CHD1 cancer gene
FORMER Oxford United midfielder Michael Collins has been appointed Bradford City’s new head coach. The 32-year-old takes up his first senior position in management and will face the U’s in Sky Bet League One next season. Collins, promoted from
BENSON'S National Police Air Service have taken the potentially risky step of asking for public contributions in naming two new 'Bowser' vehicles. They have already been inundated with over 60 light-hearted suggestions after throwing it open to
AN INSURANCE company will give business people in Witney a crash course in GDPR. All businesses face a potential risk from data breaches or systems interruptions due to a cyber-attack. The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies
MANAGERS at Oxford’s Westgate Centre have said they will be making changes to the Westgate Social. It follows The Oxford Mail’s report on complaints about the food hall at the £440m shopping centre. Traders and customers said a lack of signage
THE long-running problem of dog poo in Port Meadow is keeping the cows away and having an impact on the habitat. The Wolvercote Commoners community group will continue their efforts to warn dog walkers of the effects of leaving their pet's mess
OXFORD United have sold more than 3,500 season tickets for the new 2018-19 season - matching sales figures from 12 months ago. Due to the strong interest, the initial deadline for existing season ticket holders to renew their seats has been extended
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners will launch a clean air charter for Oxfordshire to tackle high levels of air pollution. Oxford Friends of the Earth has drawn up a series of policies to reduce toxic emissions, which have reached illegal levels in the
WORLD Cup fever will hit the country tonight as England kick off their campaign against Tunisia at 7pm. Here are five places to watch the game in Oxford. The One Bar on Botley Road is showing off all the competing nations’ flags for the third
A GROUP which aims to help overseas workers feel more at home in Oxford will be hosting a day of celebrations this weekend. The Fillipino Community of Oxfordshire will mark the Philippines Independence Day with a special church service at Corpus
THOUSANDS of people supported a community festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan for fasting Muslims. The Oxford Eid Extravaganza was organised voluntarily by a group which seeks to organise Eid events with the aim of bringing all communities
HUNDREDS of hens have been re-homed in Didcot as part of a nationwide drive to save thousands of birds from the slaughter. The British Hen Welfare Trust has hailed the 'incredible' effort of volunteers to find new places to live for 316 hens in
HOSPICE supporters are set to sport Lycra and leg warmers for an 80s-themed walk in Oxford. Sobell House Hospice has issued a last call for participants for its annual Moonlight Stroll, which takes place on Saturday. People can sign up online
A PLAN to knock down flats in Oxford and replace them with a new apartment development has been submitted to a council's planning bosses. Developers want to knock down 20 Eynsham Road in Botley and replace them with six apartments. The building
THINKING caps are needed to help residents mastermind a campaign to raise money for charity. Weekly quiz nights in support of fundraising organisation Play2Give will start on Sunday at Boundary Park in Didcot. The Didcot-based fundraising organisation
A WOMEN'S refugee group will cook up a feast of different cultural dishes for a pop up cafe. Tomorrow's event, part of Refugee Week, will see the East Oxford Community Centre opened up for the free meal with dishes cooked up from a specially created
AN APPLICATION for 62 new bedrooms at the Ronald Mcdonald House in Headington has been lodged with amended plans to the Oxford City Council. Developers have updated the application four times since 2016, and have added an updated energy statement
ONE of history's very first Naturalists is the topic of conversation at an Oxford University lecture. The lecture 'Maria Sibylla Merian – Naturalist and Illustrator 'par excellence'' will be held at The Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, on June
FIRST World War diaries penned by a recipient of the Red Cross medal will be sold in Oxford tomorrow. Diary entries written by Lady Eleanor Esher, an aristocrat who served near the front line for much of the conflict, comes in for sale at Mallams
THE next Headington Ward Focus Meeting will be held at Headington Baptist Church, Old High Street. The regular community event is an opportunity for residents of Headington to discuss all the issues affecting the eastern parcel of the city. There
DISRUPTION along the A34 will continue this week. Highways England is continuing to work to improve safety in a lay-by near South Hinksey. As a result, the A34 southbound carriageway will be shut from the Botley Interchange to the Hinksey Hill
IT'S one of the world's fastest growing sports with even the England football team joining in and now students are hoping to get more people playing Kabaddi in Oxford. The ancient Indian sport is enjoyed by millions in Asia where it is taught in
GARY Barlow entertained crowds at Blenheim Palace's Nocturne Festival last night, as he rounded off a weekend of live music in Woodstock. Playing solo, the Take That lead singer was the final act at the yearly event, which also saw Noel Gallagher
TOM Cosford and Jamil Faruq took four wickets apiece to set Horspath on the way to a convincing six-wicket win at home to Thame Town in the Home Counties Premier League. Spinner Cosford (4-30) and seamer Faruq (4-58) led the way as the visitors
TOM Cosford and Jamil Faruq took four wickets apiece to set Horspath on the way to a convincing six-wicket win at home to Thame Town in the Home Counties Premier League. Spinner Cosford (4-30) and seamer Faruq (4-58) led the way as the visitors
TEAMS of residents with no professional care experience will be asked to look after neighbours in a £100,000 trial to help solve Oxfordshire carer shortage. Oxfordshire County Council is testing the Dutch-inspired model in a bid to 'unlock the
AN ALL singing, all dancing cast of performers ensured everyone was on their feet at the ninth annual Oxford Mela festival. Entertainer Jay Kumar led a Bollywood dance-off inside the Leys Leisure Centre with Oxford’s Lord Mayor and High Sheriff
SLIPPING standards at two Oxfordshire schools have been attributed to serious staffing turbulence. As the county’s teacher retention crisis rumbles on, respective Ofsted reports have rated Carterton Community College and Manor School ‘requires improvement
A NEW Costa Coffee drive-thru will open today. Lord Mayor Colin Cook will officially open the new branch of the coffee giant in Horspath Driftway at 1pm. The new cafe proved controversial when it was approved last year with county councillor
THOSE who popped along to the Grove and Wantage Extravaganza were treated to an afternoon of sheer strength as the Tug of War championships rolled into town. Hundreds of people enjoyed the festival and its live music, food, and activities for all
A BARN dance is being held in Witney on Wednesday to support a charity that uses video games to help people with disabilities. The dance is in aid of SpecialEffect, which enhances the quality of life of people with physical disabilities by helping
OPPONENTS rallied on Saturday against a controversial plan to charge for school transport for disabled pupils across Oxfordshire. Parents, children and staff gathered more signatures for a petition which has already got support from 2,100 people
BRIGHT yellow polka-dot walls, the school's name in glowing neon lights, and a towering chimney painted to look like a pencil: boring, this place is not. And that's only the entrance - stride just a little further into Church Cowley St James CE
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THOUSANDS packed into an Oxford park to celebrate the fifth annual festival run entirely by volunteers. The first Flofest was held in 2013 and was organised by people living in and around the Florence Park community, and organisers say this year's
oxford magistrates OLIVER NEWTON, 23, of Chesterton, Bicester, admitted using a vehicle with the front offside wheel fitted with pneumatic tyre which had the ply or cord exposed at Blackthorn, Bicester, on June 20. He was fined £100 and must pay
KARL Robinson believes England should go into their World Cup opener full of confidence – because they have attacking players that will scare any opposition. Oxford United’s manager will be watching with interest when Gareth Southgate’s side open
CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Thame Town 178 (49 ovs, C Russell 48, G Kanishka 47, T Cosford 4-30, J Faruk 4-58), Horspath 182-4 (36.2 ovs, D Brown 53, T Cosford 36no, H Mushtaq 3-47). Banbury 122-7 (61.3 ovs, G Harris
A TELEVISION station for Oxfordshire funded with public money should be investigated, say critics, after reportedly pulling in as few as 30 viewers a day. That’s Oxfordshire was launched in 2015 as part of a local TV revolution spearheaded by then
A PROJECT to replace cladding on two Oxford tower blocks following the Grenfell Tower disaster has been completed – weeks ahead of schedule. Oxford City Council said it is among the first councils in the country to complete the work, after setting
