Two former BMW employees have denied murdering a fellow employee at his Oxford home. Graeme Faulkner and Martin Cooper appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday jointly charged with murdering Christopher Butt, who was found dead in his top-floor flat in
When postman Mick Neal arrived to deliver mail at the new entrance of Abingdon and Witney College, in Abingdon, he was in for a shock -- he was met by a woman on horseback. Amy Jackson takes the mail from postman Mick Neal Amy Jackson, 17, greeted Mr
A series of musical and cultural events takes place in Wantage over the coming week as part of the town's summer festival. Dave Moorwood and Friends are staging a performance called Jazz on a Midsummer Day, at Lains Barn, on Saturday from 11am to 6pm.
Parking charges in Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon look set to go up next year to meet a deficit of up to £131,000 in car park income. The Vale of White Horse District Council is facing a loss in its car park accounts this year, and is examining ways
Results from the Burford event. Scratch: 1 K Turner (N Oxford & Studley Wood) 81, 2 S Round (Tadmarton) 84, 3 G Porter (C Norton) 85, 4 S Owen-Pawson (Henley) 88. Handicap: 1 L East (N Oxford) 101-31=70 (cb), 2 G Porter (C Norton) 85-15=70 (cb), 3
Drayton Park carried off one of the most prestigious titles in Oxfordshire junior golf when they won the Smedley Shield for the first time at North Oxford. A total of 81 youngsters from 14 clubs in the county competed for the shield, which is a team event
Oxfordshire's new Middleton Cup campaign got off to a disappointing start as they went down 110-94 away to Berkshire at Suttons BC. It meant Oxon picked up only four points from the opener, while Berkshire pocketed 18. Oxon won on only two of the six
Farmland could be back on the agenda to take about 1,200 new homes for Bicester after district councillors changed their minds again. After switching the preferred location for the homes to the airfield at RAF Bicester, councillors this week voted for
A Jubilee street party organiser has branded thieves callous after they stole his flag on the morning of the celebration. Gerry Shea with the broken flagpole Gerry Shea, 55, of Bassett Avenue, Bicester, got up at 4am on Bank Holiday Monday to help set
A Chinnor firm is helping villagers celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee by sponsoring a family fun day on Saturday. The event, to raise money for the Village Centre, is being sponsored by the Sanderum Centre, in Oakley Road. The firm provides a range
Abigail Cullen swam 80 lengths in a sponsored swim -- then did another eight to complete a mile. Abigail Cullen, who raised £360 to help young cancer sufferers She raised £360 at Berinsfield pool for Ward 5E at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, to
The body of an elderly woman found floating in a canal at Banbury has still not been identified. The woman, believed to be in her 70s, was spotted by people on a passing boat who reported the sighting to police. The canal was closed to boat traffic for
A series of musical and cultural events takes place in Wantage over the coming week as part of the town's summer festival. Dave Moorwood and Friends are staging a performance called Jazz on a Midsummer Day, at Lains Barn, on Saturday from 11am to 6pm.
Farmland could be back on the agenda to take about 1,200 new homes for Bicester after district councillors changed their minds again. After switching the preferred location for the homes to the airfield at RAF Bicester, councillors this week voted for
Market Square in Wantage could lose its market after traders vowed to fight new parking charges. Traders say they cannot afford a new £40 charge levied by the town council to park vans by their stalls. The council say the vans are an eyesore and deny
Oxfordshire were out of luck in the Top Four competition. Their foursome of Stuart Richens, Alan Prew, Greg Moon and Baden Sparkes were pipped 22-20 by Surrey at Mid-Surrey BC. This is a straight knockout competition, and so Oxon's interest is over for
The Oxfordshire Bowling Association saw off Somerset at Winscome, Somerset, by a resounding 142-99. County president Jim Goatham was a member of the highest winning rink, skipped by Mike Petersen and including Mike Cissell and Fred Beer. The OBA President's
A company that makes particles smaller than one 800th of the width of a human hair has raised £4.3m to develop the products of the future -- from suncreams to cancer tests. Oxonica, an Oxford University spin-off company based at Begbroke Science Park,
A man suffering from depression hanged himself from the radiator of his room in a mental health unit. Roy Edmondson, 42, a patient at Orchard Lodge in Warwick Road, Banbury, was found by a nursing assistant with a television cable tied around his neck
Parking charges in Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon look set to go up next year to meet a deficit of up to £131,000 in car park income. The Vale of White Horse District Council is facing a loss in its car park accounts this year, and is examining ways
A Jubilee street party organiser has branded thieves callous after they stole his flag on the morning of the celebration. Gerry Shea, 55, of Bassett Avenue, Bicester, got up at 4am on Bank Holiday Monday to help set up Bassett Avenue's street party. He
A Jubilee street party organiser has branded thieves callous after they stole his flag on the morning of the celebration. Gerry Shea with the broken flagpole Gerry Shea, 55, of Bassett Avenue, Bicester, got up at 4am on Bank Holiday Monday to help set
Two areas in west Oxfordshire have been singled out as special attractions of the Cotswolds. Charlbury and Wychwood Forest share the distinction with the Tetbury area, in Gloucestershire, and will benefit from a £1.4m Heritage Lottery grant, under a Caring
Shock turned to surprise when an Oxfordshire woman whose flat was broken into discovered that the culprit was a wallaby. The news comes after a dead wallaby was found by police on the M40 in Oxfordshire during the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. And an
Horses and poetry have proved a winning combination for 18-year-old Laura Craigen, whose poem about the Queen's horse, Burmese, was placed top in its class in the Golden Jubilee Poetry Competition. Laura Craigen, who won a medal in the Golden Jubilee
A taskforce of NHS staff and social workers has been set up to discuss the future of community health care in Oxfordshire. The move follows proposals by the newly launched Thames Valley Health Authority to reorganise the county's five primary care trusts
A fraud investigation was launched after an Oxford University student complained his signature was forged on local election nomination papers. Christian Langkamp, a student at Lincoln College, discovered his name had been used to nominate Conservative
A teenager has been praised by police after leaping into a stream to save a homeless man during a night out in Oxford. Emma Cuthbertson and Ricky King, who rescued a homeless man from Castle Mill Stream Emma Cuthbertson plunged fully-clothed into the
Two former BMW employees have denied murdering a fellow employee at his Oxford home. Graeme Faulkner and Martin Cooper appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday jointly charged with murdering Christopher Butt, who was found dead in his top-floor flat in
Oxford United's fixtures for the forthcoming season have been announced. The first game is against Bury at home at the Kassam Stadium on August 10. For the full list see This is United
Oxford fan Adrian White reports from the Far East I'VE just got back into my hotel room after the game against Nigeria, and I'm absolutely baked. I'm sure the heat had an effect on the England players because, let's face it, it was a pretty average performance
A taskforce of NHS staff and social workers has been set up to discuss the future of community health care in Oxfordshire. The move follows proposals by the newly launched Thames Valley Health Authority to reorganise the county's five primary care trusts
Emergency services will have to wait several more months to receive medals to mark the Queen's Jubilee -- and emergency call operators will be left out entirely. Police, firefighters and ambulance service personnel who have given five or more years service
Emergency services will have to wait several more months to receive medals to mark the Queen's Jubilee -- and emergency call operators will be left out entirely. Police, firefighters and ambulance service personnel who have given five or more years service
A teenager has been praised by police after leaping into a stream to save a homeless man during a night out in Oxford. Emma Cuthbertson and Ricky King, who rescued a homeless man from Castle Mill Stream Emma Cuthbertson plunged fully-clothed into the
Parking charges in Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon look set to go up next year to meet a deficit of up to £131,000 in car park income. The Vale of White Horse District Council is facing a loss in its car park accounts this year, and is examining ways
A Wallingford man who had sex with a 14-year-old girl has been told to expect a jail term. Kevin Jacobs, 35, had intercourse with the girl in November and December last year. She became pregnant and had to have an abortion, Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday
A retired engineer used undue influence over his elderly mother to secure land he should have shared with his sister, a judge ruled. Leila Lackschewitz-Martin, of Kencot, near Carterton, gave her son Dominic the plot shortly before she died in March 1999
Two areas in west Oxfordshire have been singled out as special attractions of the Cotswolds. Charlbury and Wychwood Forest share the distinction with the Tetbury area, in Gloucestershire, and will benefit from a £1.4m Heritage Lottery grant, under a Caring
A Chinnor firm is helping villagers celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee by sponsoring a family fun day on Saturday. The event, to raise money for the Village Centre, is being sponsored by the Sanderum Centre, in Oakley Road. The firm provides a range
Market Square in Wantage could lose its market after traders vowed to fight new parking charges. Traders say they cannot afford a new £40 charge levied by the town council to park vans by their stalls. The council say the vans are an eyesore and deny
People in Faringdon have launched a campaign to clean up the streets and footpaths around their homes. The campaigners say streets in the town are overgrown with weeds and covered in dogs' excrement, and that the area around the town's famous Folly is
Reigning county champion Julie de Vere Hunt leads Oxfordshire Ladies' nine-strong team for County Week at Bearwood Lakes GC, Berkshire from June 18-21. Oxon face matches on successive days against Berk- shire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and, finally, Bucking
A potential new star of Oxfordshire golf was born when 14-year-old Kate Turner beat rivals considerably older than herself to win the county girls' title at Burford. The young nine-handicapper, who has been playing golf for only two years, shot a gross
Begbroke put in the performance of the day in Division 4 of the Oxford & District League with a shock win at home to Bloxham. Having suffered two 6-0 defeats in their first two games, Begbroke upset the formbook to take five of the six points. Hanborough
Results from the week ending Jun 12 COUNTY FRIENDLY Oxfordshire WBA 99, Wiltshire CWBA 125 (Oxon WBA first): K Hawes 23, M Alexander 11; S Lacey 17, K Lees 23; A Hathaway 17, J Lloyd 21; B Pearce 16, J Hardie 27; I Molyneux 22, M Cottle 13; H Woodward
A giant tortoise and life-size cow have been turning the heads of people going past Chadlington Primary School. Conrad Godfrey with his sculpture The 24 oldest pupils at the school designed sculptures to improve the school's grounds and six were picked
Horses and poetry have proved a winning combination for 18-year-old Laura Craigen, whose poem about the Queen's horse, Burmese, was placed top in its class in the Golden Jubilee Poetry Competition. Laura Craigen, who won a medal in the Golden Jubilee
Garsington Primary School resembled a zoo yesterday as more than 40 pupils put on animal masks for a rehearsal of Rainbow's Arc. Pupils put on their animal masks for rehearsal The children are part of a cast of 120 adult and young performers that will
A retired engineer used undue influence over his elderly mother to secure land he should have shared with his sister, a judge ruled. Leila Lackschewitz-Martin, of Kencot, near Carterton, gave her son Dominic the plot shortly before she died in March 1999
A woman who denied stabbing her son's friend with a steak knife after the two men started fighting has changed her plea to guilty half-way through her trial. Lorraine Bustin, 43, was alleged to have stabbed 22-year-old Aaron Tasker in the hand, lip and
The body of an elderly woman found floating in a canal at Banbury has still not been identified. The woman, believed to be in her 70s, was spotted by people on a passing boat who reported the sighting to police. The canal was closed to boat traffic for
A man suffering from depression hanged himself from the radiator of his room in a mental health unit. Roy Edmondson, 42, a patient at Orchard Lodge in Warwick Road, Banbury, was found by a nursing assistant with a television cable tied around his neck
Oxon's Greg Moon (Banbury Borough) has been selected to represent England in this season's International Series which are being held at Worthing from July 2-4.
A warehouse worker from Didcot is celebrating after winning almost £105,000 at bingo. But Andy Palmer, 51, said it would not be enough for him to give up his job at Booker food distribution centre on the town's Southmead Industrial Park. As reported in
People in Faringdon have launched a campaign to clean up the streets and footpaths around their homes. The campaigners say streets in the town are overgrown with weeds and covered in dogs' excrement, and that the area around the town's famous Folly is
When postman Mick Neal arrived to deliver mail at the new entrance of Abingdon and Witney College, in Abingdon, he was in for a shock -- he was met by a woman on horseback. Amy Jackson takes the mail from postman Mick Neal Amy Jackson, 17, greeted Mr
A warehouse worker from Didcot is celebrating after winning almost £105,000 at bingo. But Andy Palmer, 51, said it would not be enough for him to give up his job at Booker food distribution centre on the town's Southmead Industrial Park. As reported in
A man indecently assaulted an Oxford University student at knifepoint, a court heard. Edward Solomon, 38, grabbed the student as she walked along Banbury Road early on November 8, 1997. He held a knife across her throat and forced her down a side street
A woman who denied stabbing her son's friend with a steak knife after the two men started fighting has changed her plea to guilty half-way through her trial. Lorraine Bustin, 43, was alleged to have stabbed 22-year-old Aaron Tasker in the hand, lip and
Firoz Kassam told Oxford United's fans on Wednesday night that if he wasn't able to turn around the club's fortunes inside two years he would probably not remain as chairman. Firoz Kassam"How long I am here depends," he told around 250 supporters at a
Towering ambitions come crashing down in Michael Frayn's excellent play Benefactors. Emma Chambers and Neil Pearson in Benefactors at the Oxford Playhouse With a supremely talented cast of four -- Aden Gillett, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Neil Pearson and Emma
