Carterton beat West Witney in the quarter-finals of the Hawker Cup and now face local rivals Witney Mills in the semis. Quarter-final results: Blackbird Leys bt Thame; Witney Mills bt Headington; Banbury Central bt Chipping Norton, Caterton bt West Witney
Summertown duo Mark Charlett and Richard Sampson won the Blackbird Leys Pairs Classic sponsored by 'Tavern' of Kingston Bagpuize. They carried off the trophy and 200 top prize, with Adrian Dunsby and Peter Maisey (West Witney) runners-up. They won 100
A 74-year-old south Oxfordshire man has been charged with indecent assault on a 13-year-old girl. The man, from Steventon, near Abingdon, was arrested on Monday in connection with an incident at Denchworth, near Wantage, last week. The arrest followed
A charity helping youngsters with reading difficulties is helping cut crime, according to police. Pc Graham Waddington, community bobby at Drayton School, praised Banbury Volunteer Reading Help. He listed six risk factors that led children towards crime
Charitable groups working in south Oxfordshire could tap into a 20,000 pound kitty. Priorities for the money held by Oxfordshire Community Foundation will be given to groups which work with poverty, disability, education or health promotion. Grants of
I don't remember there being many laughs in the Romantics' versions of the Faust legend, writes Paula Clifford. So it is heartening that the Palatine Theatre Company have rejected Goethe and chosen to go back to Marlowe and his 1604 A text of Dr Faustus
A WEb site has been launched to put schools in touch with businesses who want to donate equipment to them. Called Everything Education, the site also has details of work experience placements for pupils, equipment schools want to donate to others and
More leisure facilities and extra support for drug users were called for by teenagers who took part in a community safety survey, writes Paul Warner. A total of 750 boys and girls, aged between 14 and 18, took part in the questionnaire, conducted by Cherwell
A new hospital chief has vowed to stop patients waiting for treatment on trolleys. Neil Ashley will replace Peter Bagnell as chairman of the crisis-ridden Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust in November. At the moment, managers are struggling with staff
A married father-to-be was caught on CCTV having sex with an under-age teenager in an alley. James Hannon, of Coppice Close, Banbury, did not realise he had been caught on camera. When police confronted him with the evidence, he told them he thought she
A rugby club pulled together to help a player paralysed during a game. Members of Witney RFC raised 1,000 for 31-year-old Chris Sumner. Chris used to play for Gosford All Blacks in Kidlington, but he is not forgotten by former opponents in Witney. It
The revamp of empty properties will help reduce a waiting list for council homes. The projects in Banbury are joint ventures between Cherwell District Council, housing associations and private landlords. The first redevelopment in the council's 'empty
Merton is Oxford's top college for the third time in five years, writes Roseena Parveen. It heads the annual Norrington Table, which ranks colleges according to students' exam results. Merton College, fifth last year, went to the top of the table after
Young families are fighting to stop a district council selling a disused play area plagued by vandals and hooligans. The ground, between houses in Yare Close and Nene Grove at Ladygrove, Didcot, was fenced off after complaints from neighbours about unruly
THREE international matches are all that's stopping Mark Watson signing a new deal with Oxford United. The 29-year-old Canadian defender said that is the total number of games he would miss next season to play for his country. And after he had played
Quality of life in Oxfordshire is better than it's ever been, writes Mark Templeton. A report out today claims we've never had it so good, with low unemployment, high-quality housing and a healthy population. But the findings were disputed by top University
A charity helping youngsters with reading difficulties is helping cut crime, according to police. Pc Graham Waddington, community bobby at Drayton School, praised Banbury Volunteer Reading Help. He listed six risk factors that led children towards crime
A WEb site has been launched to put schools in touch with businesses who want to donate equipment to them. Called Everything Education, the site also has details of work experience placements for pupils, equipment schools want to donate to others and
Kirtlington golfers raised more than 1,500 for the Skin Cancer Research Fund, when they held a charity day in memory of their immediate past captain Mervyn Hunt. He died just after completing his year in office and the Mervyn Hunt Memorial Trophy was
IT'S another big weekend for British longtrack and grasstrack when the North Berks Club stage the second of the World Longtrack/ Grasstrack finals at Dalton Barracks on Sunday (1pm). With reigning champion Gerd Riss out injured,the way is clear for Oxford
JAN Staechmann is the rider who will make way for Brian Andersen in the new JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs line-up, writes JOHN GAISFORD. Staechmann will join Belle Vue after riding for Cheetahs in tomorrow night's Elite League speedway clash at home to Eastbourne
A rugby club pulled together to help a player paralysed during a game. Members of Witney RFC raised 1,000 for 31-year-old Chris Sumner. Chris used to play for Gosford All Blacks in Kidlington, but he is not forgotten by former opponents in Witney. It
Carterton have one hand on the Division 1 trophy after a superb six-point victory over challengers Summertown in the Kennington Bowls Specialists Oxford & District League. Robbie Clanfield and new county champion Stuart Richens led the way with handsome
Paul Barrow, from Studley Wood, came a highly-creditable fourth in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon's Courage Trophy at Lyneham. Barrow, a one-handicapper, fired rounds of 73 and 70 for an aggregate that put him five behind the winner Mark Housego, from Wycombe
WHAT a cracking night for British speedway a first ever home winner of the British Grand Prix champion, and the exciting news that Cardiff's Millennium Stadium will be the setting for the next four GPs. It was really 'Boys Own' stuff at Coventry on Saturday
A housing association has agreed to clear a weed-infested garden after complaints from neighbours. Pensioner Selwyn Jones has been threatened with eviction because of overgrown gardens at his home in Queensway, Didcot. Retired power station worker Mr
A COMPANY whose lasers could play a vital role in expanding the use of the Internet has received a 3m investment injection, writes Maggie Hartford. Oxford Lasers, based at Abingdon Science Park, is the world's leading manufacturer of ultra-violet lasers
A motorist needed hospital treatment after he was assaulted at a petrol station on the A40 near Eynsham, writes Suzanne Huband. The 43-year-old, who has not been named, was leaving the Esso filling station on Tuesday at about 5.50pm in his Rover 25 when
A mayor has called for a community effort to smarten up a town. Wantage mayor Jenny Hannaby is so concerned about the historic town centre that she has kick-started a campaign to give it a much-needed facelift. Though it remains one of Oxfordshire's most
Plans to turn a former hospital into a community health centre could be delayed by attempts to build houses on the site. Members of the Watlington Hospital Recovery Fund want to convert the former Watlington Community Hospital into a nursing home, and
