Workmen will lay eight different road surfaces in Bonn Square in Oxford -- so that the public can choose their favourite for Cornmarket Street. On Sunday, October 13, contractors will repair the crumbling square with black asphalt. Then on Monday, October
A PROJECT to build a new school arts centre has been given a £400 boost, following a concert in Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. About 450 people attended the fundraising concert for Abingdon School, which featured a performance by the school's orchestra.
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
WITH new students settling in at universities and colleges and enjoying the thrills of freshers' weeks, attention is once again being focused on the options for young people after school. Despite this summer's grading fiasco, many students continue to
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
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
Fitness enthusiasts at leisure centres are being urged to keep an eye on the clock, to raise money for the Douglas House hospice being built in Oxford. Centres at Berinsfield, Thame, Wheatley and Henley are taking part in the Soll to Soll game devised
OXFORD racing driver Andy Wallace was fourth fastest in practice in the LMP675 class for smaller prototypes at today's final race in the American Le Mans Series at Road Atlanta.
SIMON Cox was racing back from Budapest to be on stand-by for United today. United's youth team keeper has been on international duty with the Republic of Ireland Under 19s for two friendly games in Hungary this week. They lost the first one 3-2 and drew
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,
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
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
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
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
Campaigners have accused the Government of putting newts before humans over its plans for an asylum seekers' centre near Bicester, writes Samantha Mcgregor. In June, it was revealed that a colony of rare great crested newts had been discovered on Ministry
A 55-year-old man has been given a five-year jail sentence for firing a handgun at a neighbour. A jury at Oxford Crown Court yesterday found William Muir, of Chillingworth Crescent, Wood Farm, Oxford, guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger
Time running out for cat charity seeking a home HOUSING WORRIES: Lou Tyack, pictured with Toffee the catPicture: Antony Moore By David Horne Witney Reporter A CHARITY for unwanted and abandoned pets faces losing its home in west Oxfordshire at the end
A burglar ransacked the home of Oxford United player Jamie Brooks in a break-in police described as the worst they had encountered, writes Philip Seton Anderson. Mark Palmer, 24, of Cuddesdon Way, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, and an accomplice broke into the
Heritage Lottery Fund supports Victorian revival By Gordon Rogers Abingdon Reporter RESTORATION plans for one of Abingdon's oldest public parks have been given a £826,000 boost by the Heritage Lottery Fund. A 125-year-old Ordnance Survey map is being
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
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
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
A woman's fight to raise awareness about a debilitating disease prompted villagers to rush to help her. Eileen Samways Eileen Samways, 52, of St Giles, Bletchingdon, near Bicester, wants the public to know more about Lupus -- the condition suffered by
Arthur Miller wrote A View from the Bridge -- or at least refashioned his earlier one-act version into the play we now know -- during 1956. Robert Gwilym plays tough dock worker Eddie Since this was also the year in which he married the legendary Marilyn
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 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
CHILDREN'S TV presenter Angellica Bell joined dozens of young fans to open a new school hall. The star of Children's BBC signed autographs and unveiled a commemorative tree, during a visit to Wolvercote Primary School. The presenter, who lives in London
SPANISH restaurateur Antonio Lopez whose Restaurant Elizabeth in St Aldate's became a byword for top-class cuisine, has died. He was 75. Senor Lopez put the Elizabeth on the market earlier this year, announcing that he had decided to "consider retiring
FORMER mayor of Bicester James Ball died on Friday, September 27 after an illness. He was 75. Mr Ball was a Conservative East ward town councillor and was town mayor in 1999/2000. His death is expected to cause a by-election. Town council leader, Norman
A RESPECTED Oxford clergyman who celebrated 50 years in his local ministry last year, has died aged 82. The Rev Tom Stiff marked his half-century at Collingwood Road United Reformed Church, at Risinghurst, Headington, with an anniversary service in September
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
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
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
THAMES Valley Police and the Royal British Legion have joined forces to present a festival of remembrance on Saturday, November 2 in the Civic Hall, Wantage. The Waterloo Band and Bugles of the Royal Green Jackets and Royal Rifles will play. Tickets,
A CONCERT will mark the 30th birthday of one of Wantage's biggest musical organisations. Wantage Silver Band, originally formed as a children's band in 1972, is holding a concert at the Civic Hall, Portway, on Saturday, October 12. The band, which has
CHERWELL Club's Dick Foster hit a perfect nine-dart finish in the Oxfordshire play-off for the Embassy World Professional Darts Championships. Despite his amazing feat, Foster lost the match to Cowley's Ade Larner, who went on to beat clubmate Simon Smith
HEADINGTON cyclist Rachel Heal , who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, is aiming for glory in today's women's World Championship road race in Zolder, Belgium. Heal, 29, who recently struck bronze at the National Time Trial Championships, said
OXFORD Schools FA, who have been in existence for 104 years, have disappeared off the representative football map. Having run teams at under 11 up to under 15 for over a century, Oxford are not fielding a side at any age group this season. The 'Oxford
Eastbourne Eagles 52, Oxford Cheetahs 38 ON a bitterly cold night down in Sussex, Oxford Cheetahs crashed to a heavy defeat against the Eastbourne Eagles, and with it went their hopes of progressing to the Craven Shield final. Cheetahs, needing to win
Commuters from Bicester and Banbury are having to get up earlier to catch a train to London following the introduction of a new timetable. One of the most popular morning trains used to leave Banbury at 7.22am and Bicester 12 minutes later. Now the train
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
untaxed vehicles Thousands of car tax dodgers in Oxfordshire could have their vehicles crushed under tough new measures announced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. Wheelclamping 'hit squads' will look for untaxed cars and the owners of clamped
A family of asthma sufferers have had to wait six weeks for a housing association to repair their central heating. Jayne Mustion, 35, of Port Hill Road, Benson, near Wallingford, said the delay by South Oxfordshire Housing Association (SOHA) was unacceptable
A charity for unwanted and abandoned pets faces losing its home in west Oxfordshire at the end of October. The woman who runs the local branch of Cats Protection, the country's leading cat welfare charity, has to leave her rented farmhouse on Thursday
Children from homeless families should not be forced to live in multiple-occupation buildings in Oxfordshire, according to Save the Children. The charity published a report this week called Home Is Not Just A Place To Keep Our Stuff, examining the effects
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
A host of television, sports and showbiz personalities helped raise more than £30,000 for the Helen House hospice in Oxford by taking part in a charity go-kart event at the Grove Technology Park. Twelve teams of eight took turns at the wheel as part of
