Police are using pedal-power to crack crime on Oxford estates after it was found that using bicycles dramatically reduced crime in east Oxford. A new team of six officers is patrolling Blackbird Leys, Greater Leys, Rose Hill and Littlemore on bikes. Sgt
Drivers who park illegally in Abingdon's taxi ranks face prosecution in a council crackdown. Cars left at taxi ranks in East St Helen Street, in the Square, and during evenings in the layby outside the former Braggs cycle shop, in High Street, are causing
A window cleaner was found dead in his room by his landlord after taking a heroin overdose, an inquest heard. Aaron Baker, 27,of Wilding Road, Wallingford, died in his bed after smoking heroin on January 29. He was found the next evening by his landlord
SOUTH LEAGUE Premier Div 1: Oxted v Oxford Univ. MBB&O Regional: Banbury v Ramgarhia, City of Oxford v West Hampstead. Div 1: Hayes v Rover Oxford, Bicester v Hendon. Div 2: Windsor v Abingdon, Witney v Harrow, Enfield v Wallingford. 2nd XI Premier
Grandfather Fred Grundy has started a one-man crusade to clean up his town. The 60-year-old has written to Bicester Town Council and attended a meeting to voice his concerns about the Glory Farm area. He said a surface water sewer behind Lancaster Close
Michael and Jane Stooks are looking for volunteers to help their son George overcome his autism. They have just returned from a week-long trip to the USA, where they visited a specialist autism centre that could help cure their son. Mr and Mrs Stooks,
NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Oxford Utd v Swansea City. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Gt Wakering Rov v Oxford C, Hertford Tn v Thame Utd. Div 2: Leighton Tn v Abingdon Tn Dr MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Histon v Banbury Utd. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE Under
Worldwide sales of the Cowley-built Mini are continuing to spiral with another key landmark overtaken. The new Cowley-built Mini is proving a worldwide success story, with soaring sales Up to the end of September, 104,900 Minis had been sold this year
A soldier was further remanded on a charge of indecently assaulting a girl under 14. On October 10 Didcot magistrates bailed Noa Niubaleirua, 24, of 3CS Regiment, Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, to appear again next Thursday, October 17. Niubaleirua, who is
Residents in an Oxford suburb are being urged to show off their creative flair by entering this year's Headington Poetry Competition. The event, which is in its second year, made national headlines last year when retired mechanic Reg Burnley, of Burchester
German Formula 1 racing driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen is joining the Inland Revenue in attempting to wind up the troubled Arrows Formula 1 racing team. The High Court in London has been asked by the tax authorities to give the go-ahead to a winding-up
Drivers who park illegally in Abingdon's taxi ranks face prosecution in a council crackdown. Cars left at taxi ranks in East St Helen Street, in the Square, and during evenings in the layby outside the former Braggs cycle shop, in High Street, are causing
An Atkins is resisting any temptation to make sweeping changes to the Oxford United side for tomorrow's Division 3 game at home to Swansea. Supporters, frustrated by the team's home results, have criticised the United boss this week, but Atkins insists
An asylum seeker has been jailed for seven years for repeatedly stabbing the woman he loved and her uncle in what a judge described as "a horrific attack". Javir Ahmed, 25, collapsed screaming in the dock at Oxford Crown Court on October 10 after hearing
Police were called to Borders bookshop in Oxford amid scenes of uproar at a talk given by the controversial philosopher Andrew Malcolm. Members of the audience were escorted from the shop in Magdalen Street as the author tried to continue. Borders staff
A £40,000 games wall and youth shelter -- also known as a Muga, or Multi-Use Games Area -- has been unveiled in the recreation ground at Cholsey, near Wallingford. John Griffin John Griffin, the chairman of South Oxfordshire District Council, cut the
Plans to improve the cycle route and footpath between Benson and Wallingford are out to consultation. Oxfordshire County Council was unveiling proposals on October 11 at an exhibition in Benson parish hall. They include widening the existing cycleway
Work is about to start on converting former blanket mills in Bridge Street, Witney, into offices and flats. The Elliott Charles Group has been granted planning permission by West Oxfordshire District Council to turn the ground floor at Bridge Street Mills
A fleet of lorries are rumbling into schools across Oxfordshire as part of a safety campaign. Pupils Ben Harris and Catherine Grove, both eight, at the wheel of a lorry The county council road safety group and logistics company Exel have teamed up to
MORRELLS OF OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE League Cup, 1st round 1st leg: Sporting Launton v Chalgrove, ONS FC v Ashton Villa, Jammi v Berinsfield Utd, North Oxford Con Club v Arncott, Oxford Supporters v Donnington Hotspurs, The George v Athletico BST, Cowley
A soldier was further remanded on a charge of indecently assaulting a girl under 14. On October 10 Didcot magistrates bailed Noa Niubaleirua, 24, of 3CS Regiment, Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, to appear again next Thursday, October 17. Niubaleirua, who is
An oxfordshire architects firm is on the expansion trail after taking over a Welsh rival. Nightingale Associates, based in Harwell, has bought h2M, marking the first phase of rapid growth plans for the company. Chairman Mike Nightingale said: "We are
Biotech company Genzyme celebrated the tenth anniversary of a life-saving treatment at its Oxford offices. Patient groups and doctors joined Genzyme representatives at a ceremony at Oxford Business Park to mark the UK anniversary of Cerezyme, an enzyme
Work is about to start on converting former blanket mills in Bridge Street, Witney, into offices and flats. The Elliott Charles Group has been granted planning permission by West Oxfordshire District Council to turn the ground floor at Bridge Street Mills
Police are searching for an attacker who pushed a man off his bicycle and robbed him. The cyclist's mountain bike was stolen and he was robbed of £40. The attack happened on Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, at about midnight on October 7. The thief was an
A window cleaner was found dead in his room by his landlord after taking a heroin overdose, an inquest heard. Aaron Baker, 27,of Wilding Road, Wallingford, died in his bed after smoking heroin on January 29. He was found the next evening by his landlord
Grandfather Fred Grundy has started a one-man crusade to clean up his town. The 60-year-old has written to Bicester Town Council and attended a meeting to voice his concerns about the Glory Farm area. He said a surface water sewer behind Lancaster Close
A referendum may be held to decide the future of the 100-year-old village hall in Marcham. A proposal to demolish the Anson Institute and sell the site for housing to pay for a new hall has run into fierce opposition. The Institute, in North Street, along
Worldwide sales of the Cowley-built Mini are continuing to spiral with another key landmark overtaken. The new Cowley-built Mini is proving a worldwide success story, with soaring sales Up to the end of September, 104,900 Minis had been sold this year
Oxford City's club captain, Matty Hayward, could be just a month away from ending his two-year injury nightmare, writes Nick Farrant. Hayward, 29, who has been out of the game for two years after suffering cruciate ligament damage to both knees, will
Aston Villa's decision to force Oxford United to switch the date of their Worthington Cup third round tie to the Wednesday night, November 6, shows the clout of the Premiership. The change, from United's normal midweek match night of Tuesday, has been
