Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division title hopefuls North Leigh have set their sights on promotion to the Dr Martens League. Secretary Barry Norton said the club had applied to the Hellenic League's ground grading committee to inspect their
An Oxford teenager who punched and stamped on the head of a tramp who later died has had his sentence cut from four years to three by the Court of Appeal. Stephen Bowers, of Lenthall Road, Rose Hill, was originally sent to a young offenders institution
A Bicester comprehensive school hopes to run another course for former teachers to return to the classroom. The first course started at Cooper School, Churchill Road, Bicester, in the autumn for 19 teachers, who were expected to go back into primary and
A fire crew was called out to a car fire outside the Pentagon office premises of data protection specialists Sophos UK on the Abingdon Science Park, off Barton Lane, on Wednesday night.
Pupils at Harwell County Primary can develop their IT skills, with a £68,000 computer technology suite. The suite has a server, 16 work stations for 30 pupils, and links a teacher's whiteboard to each computer. Headmaster Peter Cansell said: "Every class
A certificate of lawful development for the light industrial use of a barn at Lodge Farm on Old Reading Road, Crowmarsh, is being sought from South Oxfordshire District Council.
Benson Parish Council could lead a placard protest and block traffic at a controversial "pinch-point" in Watlington Road. Concerns centre on the traffic calming point where motorists approaching from both directions get the same instruction -- to give
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division title hopefuls North Leigh have set their sights on promotion to the Dr Martens League. Secretary Barry Norton said the club had applied to the Hellenic League's ground grading committee to inspect their
Best Mate, the rising star of Henrietta Knight's West Lockinge stables near Wantage, is to go straight for the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup without a prep race. Knight had put forward the Aon Chase at Newbury on February 9 as a possible warm-up. But yesterday
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division title hopefuls North Leigh have set their sights on promotion to the Dr Martens League. Secretary Barry Norton said the club had applied to the Hellenic League's ground grading committee to inspect their
An appeal against West Oxfordshire planners' refusal to grant planning permission for two food bins for a free range egg production unit in Southcombe has been dismissed.
The nine shrapnel bombs were among the most sophisticated devices of their kind ever found in Britain. The cache of explosives built by Jonathan Wilkes contained plastic water bottlers crammed full of steel nuts. Created to explode like hand grenades,
The confused alibi constructed by Jonathan Wilkes' mirrored character contradictions and disarray in his personal life. He had a long-term partner, Annie Henriot, with whom he had a son, Vincent. Former colleagues described him as an intelligent, pleasant
A five-year sentence handed to a Bicester magistrate for making bombs to maim and kill has been described as lenient by police. Det Supt Euan Read said police would ask the Attorney General if there were grounds to appeal the sentence passed on Jonathan
A Wantage charity has launched an innovative recycling appeal to improve its computers by calling for donations of unwanted software. The Vale and Downland Museum, in Church Street, Wantage, wants people to donate computer software they no longer use.
A talk on how people in Oxfordshire were involved in the Second World War will be held in the village hall in Steeple Aston, on Sunday, January 20, at 2pm.
Powergen Intermediate Cup 6th round: Oxford Harlequins v Hertford (2). English National League Div 1: Worcester v Henley. English Clubs Championship Southern Counties North: Grove v Chipping Norton. CLUB MATCHES Chinnor v Banbury, Banbury 2nd v Chinnor
Men South League Premier: Oxford Univ v Wimbledon. Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional: City of Oxford v Newbury, Henley v PHC Chiswick, Ramgarhia v Banbury. Area Div 1: Bicester v Mill Hill, British Airways v Abingdon. Div 2: ETESSA v Rover Oxford
The Thames around Oxford has been producing some cracking chub over the last few weeks. Stephen Harris, from Blackbird Leys, banked two fish of 6lb 7oz and 5lb 7oz from Godstow, using maggots on the feeder. The six-pounder beat his personal best by seven
There was a serious lack of small fish caught in the fifth match of the Kidlington AS Green Road Winter League on the Cherwell. Several anglers caught fish which had been damaged, possibly caused by cormorants, which have been seen in this area. Dave
Bicester's Citizens' Advice Bureau is to receive a council grant of £43,345 -- £12,000 more than last year. The organisation, based at the Garth, Launton Road, is one of several to benefit from nearly £170,000 allocated to voluntary groups in Bicester
The nine shrapnel bombs were among the most sophisticated devices of their kind ever found in Britain. The cache of explosives built by Jonathan Wilkes contained plastic water bottlers crammed full of steel nuts. Created to explode like hand grenades,
The confused alibi constructed by Jonathan Wilkes' mirrored character contradictions and disarray in his personal life. He had a long-term partner, Annie Henriot, with whom he had a son, Vincent. Former colleagues described him as an intelligent, pleasant
Oxford Harlequins' head coach Matt Maudsley seems likely to lead from the front when his side take on Hertford in the sixth round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup at Horspath Road tomorrow (2pm). The former Henley captain has missed most of the season
As a key cog in the legal machine, magistrates are used to hearing half-truths and conspiracy theories from guilty defendants who refuse to own up. But now one of their number is rubbing shoulders with the people he was employed to protect society from
A five-year sentence handed to a Bicester magistrate for making bombs to maim and kill has been described as lenient by police. Det Supt Euan Read said police would ask the Attorney General if there were grounds to appeal the sentence passed on Jonathan
7.35 450m A8 Bankers Glory...(Paddy Curtin) Magiorino...(Tony Magnasco) Burwood Dasher...(Jim Morgan) VILLA FANTASY...(Terry Atkins) Curley Michael (W)...(Angie Kibble) Malbay Dustin 3 (W)...(Ian Wills) 7.50 450m A7 Rosstemple Band...(Gilly Hepden) True
A Wantage charity has launched an innovative recycling appeal to improve its computers by calling for donations of unwanted software. The Vale and Downland Museum, in Church Street, Wantage, wants people to donate computer software they no longer use.
Oxford United were today set to sign goalkeeper Andy Woodman on a month's loan from Colchester. Woodman will make his U's debut in tomorrow's Division 3 game at Rochdale because both Ian McCaldon (thigh) and Richard Knight (shoulder) are injured. However
Thame United manager Andy Sinnott has warned his side against complacency as they take on basement boys Windsor & Eton tomorrow in Ryman League Division 1. He said: "It's a game we should win, but it's a dangerous fixture. We have to be on our toes
Pupils at Harwell County Primary can develop their IT skills, with a £68,000 computer technology suite. The suite has a server, 16 work stations for 30 pupils, and links a teacher's whiteboard to each computer. Headmaster Peter Cansell said: "Every class
Three workers were taken to The Horton Hospital in Banbury last night with breathing difficulties following a chemical spillage. Thirty litres of a corrosive liquid was spilled at Hella Ltd, in Wildmere Road, when a pallet loaded with 24 HGV batteries
TV celebrity Isla St Clair will be the special guest at a folk evening in Banbury. Ms St Clair shot to fame in the 1970s as Larry Grayson's assistant on the popular BBC gameshow The Generation Game. She became known to millions for her bubbly manner and
Three teenagers who admitted hanging a sack of stones in front of an express train doing 90mph have been ordered to pay compensation to the train company and the engine driver. The trio -- two from Kings Sutton and one from Middleton Cheney -- cannot
Men South League Premier: Oxford Univ v Wimbledon. Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional: City of Oxford v Newbury, Henley v PHC Chiswick, Ramgarhia v Banbury. Area Div 1: Bicester v Mill Hill, British Airways v Abingdon. Div 2: ETESSA v Rover Oxford
Morrells Oxford Sunday League Presidents Cup 2nd round: Oxford YMCA v Star Royal, Highfield or Mason Arms v Rose Hill, Blackbird Sunday v Star Wands, Yarnton Village v Morris Motors, Barton Utd v Cricketers or Riverside, Oxford Supps v Cowley Cosmos or
Nationwide League Div 3: Rochdale v Oxford Utd. FA VASE 4th round: Abingdon Tn v Clitheroe. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Oxford C v Bognor Regis, Thame Utd v Windsor & Eton. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Wisbech Tn v Banbury Utd. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE
The Asda supermarket chain will create 20 jobs in Oxfordshire. The company said the jobs would be made at its Wheatley store, as part of plans to create 10,000 jobs during 2002. The Leeds-based group, owned by US shopping giant Wal-Mart, said it would
A company that provides connections without wires is on the right wavelength at the Harwell Innovation Centre. Multicap came into existence in 2000, but thanks to the flexible nature of the centre, it has now expanded without having to move home. Originally
Blind people will benefit from space-age computers that talk, thanks to a grant from the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op. The £1,000 grant was given to the Oxfordshire Association for the Blind to buy screen-talking software for specially adapted
A teenager who had drank 16 cans of lager and snorted cocaine stabbed a friend during a drunken fight, a court heard. Gary Davies, 19, stabbed Alexander Gardner with a flick knife on July 15 after they had been out drinking together, Oxford Crown Court
The leading lady of a village pantomime has taken to the stage despite picking up a throat infection on the eve of the show. Kennington Amateur Dramatic Society's production of Red Riding Hood Meets Robin Hood was thrown into chaos earlier this week when
A man accused of being part of a blackmail plot was caught after he fled out of the back of a house and over a garden fence, a jury was told. Mark Dawes was arrested after police went to an address in Shepherds Hill, Greater Leys, Oxford, following the
Three teenagers who admitted hanging a sack of stones in front of an express train doing 90mph have been ordered to pay compensation to the train company and the engine driver. The trio -- two from Kings Sutton and one from Middleton Cheney -- cannot
Witney snooker professional Grant Conquest edged through the the fifth qualifying round of the Embassy World Championships with a 5-4 victory over Scotland's Thomas McSorely in Harrogate.
Witney's Windrush recorded a major upset in Division 2 of the Oxford and District Men's League when they overturned leaders Evenlode A 5-4. Although Evenlode's Mark Sheldon and Lee Ackrell were undefeated, Windrush A relied on a 2-2-1 team effort from
Councillors want a reliability study to be carried out on a troubled bus service. Last August, the 10/10A city circle bus, which links the city centre with the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Wood Farm and Cowley, was split in two after Stagecoach
Oxford planners -- last year labelled the worst performers in the country -- have beaten a Government target for completing applications. Last year, staff from the city council's planning department were summoned to a meeting with Government planning
The annual county conference of the Royal British Legion will be held in Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, tomorrow Saturday 19 at 2.15pm.
A talk on how people in Oxfordshire were involved in the Second World War will be held in the village hall in Steeple Aston, on Sunday, January 20, at 2pm.
TV celebrity Isla St Clair will be the special guest at a folk evening in Banbury. Ms St Clair shot to fame in the 1970s as Larry Grayson's assistant on the popular BBC gameshow The Generation Game. She became known to millions for her bubbly manner and
Abingdon Town will be looking to strikers Paul Sherwood and John McMahon to fire them to victory in tomorrow's fourth round FA Vase home tie with Lancashire side Clitheroe. Top-scorer Sherwood, the ex-Thame United forward, and recent signing McMahon are
The bombs, buried deep in the Oxfordshire countryside, were crafted with such skill that a list of "usual suspects" was compiled by police. Terrorists, animal rights extremists and racists were all on the list of those thought to be responsible for the
One of the first people in England to use cannabis for medical purposes said the drug has changed her life. Elaine Hogben, who has Multiple Sclerosis and is chairman of the Banbury and District MS branch, volunteered in September 2000 to take part in
Belchers Barn could be incorporated into the grounds of Queens Cottage in Toot Baldon to provide extra living space if a plan before South Oxfordshire District Council is approved.
The Government has been accused of not doing enough to tackle the shortage of teachers in Oxfordshire. Witney MP David Cameron said new Labour "control freakery" was discouraging teachers from joining the profession, while schools were being denied the
Percy Vernon An Oxfordshire dairyman, who rose through the ranks to become a director of the company he served for more than 30 years, has died. Percy Vernon, of Yarnton Road, Kidlington, who was 86, was honoured by family, friends and former colleagues
Norwyn MacDonald Ramm Canon Norwyn MacDonald Ramm, who has died aged 77, was one of Oxford's most popular and colourful clergymen. Mac Ramm, as he was universally known, was vicar of St Michael at the Northgate Church in Cornmarket Street for 27 years
Organisers of a Wallingford youth transport scheme, are to meet town councillors to discuss a grant for a new minibus. Wayout (Wallingford Area Youth Organisations' United Transport) service has been operating for 20 years and helps 23 local organisations
A councillor in Wallingford is fighting to get a collection point installed in the town so that people can give in their old foreign currency to go to poorer countries. South Oxfordshire District Council is asking businesses and individuals to donate
West Witney FC is holding a disco for over-18s in the Langdale Hall on Friday, January 25, starting at 7.30pm.
The Government has been accused of not doing enough to tackle the shortage of teachers in Oxfordshire. Witney MP David Cameron said new Labour "control freakery" was discouraging teachers from joining the profession, while schools were being denied the
As a key cog in the legal machine, magistrates are used to hearing half-truths and conspiracy theories from guilty defendants who refuse to own up. But now one of their number is rubbing shoulders with the people he was employed to protect society from
Thame United manager Andy Sinnott has warned his side against complacency as they take on basement boys Windsor & Eton tomorrow in Ryman League Division 1. He said: "It's a game we should win, but it's a dangerous fixture. We have to be on our toes
The bombs, buried deep in the Oxfordshire countryside, were crafted with such skill that a list of "usual suspects" was compiled by police. Terrorists, animal rights extremists and racists were all on the list of those thought to be responsible for the
A prison worker has been found hanged in woods near Bicester. Paul Moran, 37, who lived in the town and worked at Bullingdon Prison, Arncott, was discovered in Ardley Woods, Fewcott, on Sunday afternoon by a person walking their dog. An inquest has been
English oaks will grow in farmland hedges, thanks to a special tree planting project. More than 80 oaks were being planted along Heet Road, leading into Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester, this week. The planting is part of a Millennium project to increase tree
A Bicester comprehensive school hopes to run another course for former teachers to return to the classroom. The first course started at Cooper School, Churchill Road, Bicester, in the autumn for 19 teachers, who were expected to go back into primary and
Witney snooker professional Grant Conquest edged through the the fifth qualifying round of the Embassy World Championships with a 5-4 victory over Scotland's Thomas McSorely in Harrogate.
Morrells Oxford Sunday League Presidents Cup 2nd round: Oxford YMCA v Star Royal, Highfield or Mason Arms v Rose Hill, Blackbird Sunday v Star Wands, Yarnton Village v Morris Motors, Barton Utd v Cricketers or Riverside, Oxford Supps v Cowley Cosmos or
The bombs, buried deep in the Oxfordshire countryside, were crafted with such skill that a list of "usual suspects" was compiled by police. Terrorists, animal rights extremists and racists were all on the list of those thought to be responsible for the
Nationwide League Div 3: Rochdale v Oxford Utd. FA VASE 4th round: Abingdon Tn v Clitheroe. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Oxford C v Bognor Regis, Thame Utd v Windsor & Eton. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Wisbech Tn v Banbury Utd. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE
An Oxfordshire firm claims it is dealing with thousands of divorces over the Internet. Management at Abingdon-based www.divorce-online.co.uk said more people are turning to the online option because it is cheaper and quicker than going through the process
7.35 450m A8 Bankers Glory...(Paddy Curtin) Magiorino...(Tony Magnasco) Burwood Dasher...(Jim Morgan) VILLA FANTASY...(Terry Atkins) Curley Michael (W)...(Angie Kibble) Malbay Dustin 3 (W)...(Ian Wills) 7.50 450m A7 Rosstemple Band...(Gilly Hepden) True
Oxford Harlequins' head coach Matt Maudsley seems likely to lead from the front when his side take on Hertford in the sixth round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup at Horspath Road tomorrow (2pm). The former Henley captain has missed most of the season
Combined Counties League Steve Gesner returns to AFC Wallingford's squad after a two-and-a-half year lay-off with a cruciate ligament injury as the Premier Division leaders host fourth-placed Chipstead tomorrow. Bradley Ward is also back following a six-month
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division title hopefuls North Leigh have set their sights on promotion to the Dr Martens League. Secretary Barry Norton said the club had applied to the Hellenic League's ground grading committee to inspect their
One of the first people in England to use cannabis for medical purposes said the drug has changed her life. Elaine Hogben, who has Multiple Sclerosis and is chairman of the Banbury and District MS branch, volunteered in September 2000 to take part in
Powergen Intermediate Cup 6th round: Oxford Harlequins v Hertford (2). English National League Div 1: Worcester v Henley. English Clubs Championship Southern Counties North: Grove v Chipping Norton. CLUB MATCHES Chinnor v Banbury, Banbury 2nd v Chinnor
Anyone interested in finding out about the science area at Littlemore is invited to a talk on March 26 at 2.30pm in Room 2 at County Hall in New Road. The guest speaker will be Ian Macpherson, the Oxford Science Park development manager.
Andy Morgan has been appointed by PricewaterhouseCoopers to lead its corporate finance business in the region. Andy previously headed up the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) team throughout the Midlands region of PwC. As well as leading the team in
Toby Blackwell, who started a row about whether the family's publishing company should be sold, has backed down from confrontation. Mr Blackwell, the great-grandson of the founder of the Oxford bookshop, was reportedly intending to use the bookselling
An Oxfordshire firm claims it is dealing with thousands of divorces over the Internet. Management at Abingdon-based www.divorce-online.co.uk said more people are turning to the online option because it is cheaper and quicker than going through the process
A man accused of being part of a blackmail plot was caught after he fled out of the back of a house and over a garden fence, a jury was told. Mark Dawes was arrested after police went to an address in Shepherds Hill, Greater Leys, Oxford, following the
Oxfordshire schoolchildren will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day on stage with a performance entitled Hope for Humanity. Pupils from six schools -- Cooper School, Bicester, Cheney Upper School, Oxford, Henry Box and Wood Green schools, Witney, John Mason
Fewer than one per cent of nurses and teachers will be awarded £10,000 loans from the Government to help them get onto the property ladder. Unions have dubbed the Government's starter home initiative as little more than a gimmick, which will not help
A new chancellor has been appointed to head the Diocese of Oxford. The Worshipful Reverend Dr Rupert Bursell QC, an ecclesiastical lawyer, will succeed the late Peter Boydell. Dr Bursell was chancellor of the Diocese of Bath and Wells in the late 1980s
The nine shrapnel bombs were among the most sophisticated devices of their kind ever found in Britain. The cache of explosives built by Jonathan Wilkes contained plastic water bottlers crammed full of steel nuts. Created to explode like hand grenades,
Thieves stole an Oxford Mail van containing 1,500 newspapers yesterday afternoon. The van was stolen outside Iffley Road News, Iffley Road, Oxford, at 1.30pm, while the driver was delivering copies to the shop. After being driven south, the van stopped
The confused alibi constructed by Jonathan Wilkes' mirrored character contradictions and disarray in his personal life. He had a long-term partner, Annie Henriot, with whom he had a son, Vincent. Former colleagues described him as an intelligent, pleasant
The leading lady of a village pantomime has taken to the stage despite picking up a throat infection on the eve of the show. Kennington Amateur Dramatic Society's production of Red Riding Hood Meets Robin Hood was thrown into chaos earlier this week when
As a key cog in the legal machine, magistrates are used to hearing half-truths and conspiracy theories from guilty defendants who refuse to own up. But now one of their number is rubbing shoulders with the people he was employed to protect society from
No action is to be taken against city council executive committee member Colin Cook who was caught secretly taping a debate about the sale of a guest house last month. Yesterday, the standards committee heard there was nothing in the council's new constitution
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division title hopefuls North Leigh have set their sights on promotion to the Dr Martens League. Secretary Barry Norton said the club had applied to the Hellenic League's ground grading committee to inspect their
An Oxford teenager who punched and stamped on the head of a tramp who later died has had his sentence cut from four years to three by the Court of Appeal. Stephen Bowers, of Lenthall Road, Rose Hill, was originally sent to a young offenders institution
Oxfordshire star Tim Henman is going into today's Australian Open battle of Britain against Greg Rusedski as the red-hot favourite. Henman was odds-on at 4-7 to win the third-round tie in Melbourne, with Rusedski the 7-4 outsider.
Oxford United were today set to sign goalkeeper Andy Woodman on a month's loan from Colchester. Woodman will make his U's debut in tomorrow's Division 3 game at Rochdale because both Ian McCaldon (thigh) and Richard Knight (shoulder) are injured. However
Oxfordshire's Tim Henman won the Battle of Britain to move into the last 16 of the Australian Open in Melbourne this morning. Henman, from Weston-on-the-Green, saw off fellow countryman Greg Rusdeski 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to set up a fourth round tie with
Thame United manager Andy Sinnott has warned his side against complacency as they take on basement boys Windsor & Eton tomorrow in Ryman League Division 1. He said: "It's a game we should win, but it's a dangerous fixture. We have to be on our toes
West Witney FC is holding a disco for over-18s in the Langdale Hall on Friday, January 25, starting at 7.30pm.
Anyone interested in finding out about the science area at Littlemore is invited to a talk on March 26 at 2.30pm in Room 2 at County Hall in New Road. The guest speaker will be Ian Macpherson, the Oxford Science Park development manager.
The leading lady of a village pantomime has taken to the stage despite picking up a throat infection on the eve of the show. Kennington Amateur Dramatic Society's production of Red Riding Hood Meets Robin Hood was thrown into chaos earlier this week when
