Didcot mayor Jeremy Goff put aside his chain of office to try out the town's new £42,000 skate park - but the teenagers who joined him at the official opening said it was too small. Nic Pollock, 19, performs a jumpKevin Craperi, 17, said: "It's good,
Dozens of Bampton parents are still boycotting a double-decker bus fitted out to take more than 100 pupils to Burford School. Last term two buses were used to take pupils from the village but one operator withdrew. The remaining operator, Angela's of
A petition opposing plans for a centre for asylum seekers near Bicester was being presented to the Government today (Tuesday). Containing about 5,000 signatures, it was being handed in to the Home Office in London. The petition objects to a centre for
The Budget is likely to focus on three key areas, according to Oxfordshire experts. Chartered accountancy firm James & Cowper, which has an office in Wantage, believes VAT, national insurance and stamp duty will all figure prominently in Chancellor
A former prison officer is facing a substantial jail sentence after being found guilty of four rapes and four other serious sexual offences at Oxford Crown Court. Steven Holt, 37, used to work at Huntercombe Young Offenders' Institution, near Wallingford
The mother of a dead hitch-hiker is angry that the driver has walked free from court. Shauna Preston's son Richard, 24, was killed after he wandered on to the A34 near South Hinksey. Robert Eccles, 66, of Austin Place, Abingdon, drove home following the
Dozens of Bampton parents are still boycotting a double-decker bus fitted out to take more than 100 pupils to Burford School. Last term two buses were used to take pupils from the village but one operator withdrew. The remaining operator, Angela's of
Eight organisations in Oxfordshire are to share almost £1m in charity handouts. The awards, made through the Oxfordshire Community Fund, the county's major funder of Lottery grants for community groups, range from £15,000 to more than £250,000. The Oxfordshire
The charity Age Concern is moving its information and advice office to St Edmund's House, in West St Helen Street, Abingdon, from Tuesday, May 7. The telephone number is 01235 849400.
Oxford UCCE lost to Worcestershire by 332 runs in The Parks yesterday following a collapse which by their own standards was spectacular. Facing a target of 537 after Worcestershire declared at their overnight 159-6, Oxford again started badly, losing
Oxford Cheetahs had to dig deep to snatch a 45-45 draw from the jaws of defeat in their Elite League speedway clash against Belle Vue in Manchester last night. Leigh AdamsIt seemed everything was going Oxford's way early on as Leigh Adams took his rider
An Oxford church where author C S Lewis worshipped is opening to visitors for the first time in 20 years. Holy Trinity Church, in Trinity Road, Headington Quarry, has been locked after services because of vandalism and crime. But churchwarden Adrian Wood
Court security in Oxford had to be severely stepped up for the appearance of a prisoner who has twice taken hostages in a bid to escape jail. Mervyn Plummer, 20, was handcuffed and flanked by six officers in the dock when he appeared at Oxford Crown Court
Motorists in Oxford have been warned that untaxed, abandoned vehicles will be removed after just 24 hours' notice and destroyed a week later, under new fast-track procedures to tidy up the environment. New laws now in force mean councils no longer have
A former prison officer is facing a substantial jail sentence after being found guilty of four rapes and four other serious sexual offences at Oxford Crown Court. Steven Holt, 37, used to work at Huntercombe Young Offenders' Institution, near Wallingford
The mother of a dead hitch-hiker is angry that the driver has walked free from court. Shauna Preston's son Richard, 24, was killed after he wandered on to the A34 near South Hinksey. Robert Eccles, 66, of Austin Place, Abingdon, drove home following the
Bicester Bowls Club is holding an open day and barbecue at its clubhouse and greens, off London Road, on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6, from 2pm to 6pm.
A new Oxfordshire industrial park is being hailed a major success with firms queuing up to take places. The first phase of the Thame 40 development has sold or pre-let 70 per cent of its units just two months after being built. The latest firms to sign
The Blackwell company is putting in a bid, believed to be about £5m, for a chain of 11 academic bookshops in Scotland. The Oxford company, whose bookshop in Broad Street is one of the biggest in the world, said if the bid were successful, it would spend
A PENSIONER was injured when she fell victim to a pair of thieves on mountain bicycles. The 71-year-old woman was cycling in Barns Road, Cowley, Oxford, when she was targeted. Two white men rode up to her and grabbed her bag at 1pm on Thursday. She lost
A schoolgirl was raped in her tent at the Reading music festival as a friend slept beside her, a court was told. The 16-year-old from Oxford, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was allegedly told by the attacker 'we can do it the hard way or the easy
The world's most famous steam locomotive pulled the world's most famous train into Oxford on Sunday. The Flying Scotsman and the Orient Express were renamed the Hogwarts Express for the day after the fictional school of witchcraft attended by Harry Potter
An Oxford church where author C S Lewis worshipped is opening to visitors for the first time in 20 years. Holy Trinity Church, in Trinity Road, Headington Quarry, has been locked after services because of vandalism and crime. But churchwarden Adrian Wood
A schoolgirl was raped in her tent at the Reading music festival as a friend slept beside her, a court was told. The 16-year-old from Oxford, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was allegedly told by the attacker 'we can do it the hard way or the easy
Executive members of the county council took time out from financial anxieties to visit the Oxford Mail at our headquarters in Osney Mead. People who normally find their names in print saw how our newspapers were put together before being entertained
An inquiry will be held into a plane crash at an Oxfordshire airfield at the weekend. Two pilots were injured when they aborted the flight of a Nomad twin propeller aircraft at RAF Weston-on-the-Green on Saturday. The aircraft was carrying 12 parachutists
Midfielder Justin Lee will be looking to win his sixth Oxfordshire Senior Cup final winners' medal, when he plays for holders Thame United against North Leigh in tonight's final at The Kassam Stadium (Tues, 7.30). Justin Lee Lee, who moved to the Ryman
A work-free chill-out area for Oxford hospital staff has proved so successful that the scheme is being expanded to other NHS sites in the county. The Work Free Zone, at the Churchill, in Headington, was set up so health workers could take time out from
