The National Trust has been criticised for allowing Channel 4 to use an Oxfordshire landmark to promote a TV programme. The Big Brother logo on a field behind the White Horse at Uffington, which was quickly removed A team from Channel 4 spent several
Peter Fenn previews the new Oxford Times Cherwell League season, which starts on May 10. Salman KhanFormer Oxford University paceman Salman Khan has signed for Morris Motors. Salman, who played for Bicester & North Oxford in the Homes Counties Premier
More than 4,000 people attended Chalgrove's annual carnival with its procession through the main street. Toby Knight It was led by Chalgrove Band and the village's prince and princess, Sam Perrit and Lyndsey Turner. Prize-winners in the walkers' section
Oxfordshire could have former England Under 21 fly-half Johnny Goodridge in their team for their Tetley's County Shield Pool 3 decider against Dorset & Wilts at Swanage on Saturday. The former Bicester schoolboy, who has missed much of his season
Oxfordshire Under 20s' dream of playing at Twickenham died when they went down 28-19 to North Midlands in their Tetley's Under 20 Championship semi-final at Dudley Kingswinford on Saturday. It was a gallant display from the Oxon lads, who actually trailed
Scores of people in the Witney area are storing their family memories for posterity through the hobby scrapbooking. Joanne Cox, left, and Maria Frindle It is popular in America, and is now sweeping this country. Friends Joanne Cox, of North Leigh -- pictured
The emergence of French sensation Norman Sylla helped Banbury United complete one of their most successful seasons in years as they finished eighth in Dr Martens League Eastern Division. Shown the door by Oxford United in the summer, Sylla was signed
A bus company may change one of its busy routes in an effort to improve its service. At the moment, Stagecoach runs buses from Bicester to Oxford via Banbury Road, Summertown. But in a bid to speed up rush-hour services, Bicester routes 27, 28 and 29
The deputy governor of an Oxfordshire prison faces losing his career after being fined for cocaine possession. Terry McLaren, who was second-in-command at Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester, was fined £250 and ordered to pay £55 costs after pleading guilty
Three members of the Headington women's squad - Jude Craft, Allison Hirst and Tracy Galbraith - helped the South of England to victory in an Inter-Area 10k road race at Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham. In very warm, windy conditions, the trio, together with
Neil Pratley defied dreadful weather conditions to clang off 15 dolls, including two sixes, as the Woodman beat Bull 3-0 in Section 2 of the Greene King Oxford Aunt Sally League. <image large="sport-sally.gif" small="sport-sally.gif" type="portrait
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Season review: Oxford City ended their season in 15th, capping their campaign by winning the Oxfordshore Senior Cup with a 3-2 extra-time win over Hook Norton. In the FA Trophy, City were just minutes away from forcing a replay at Conference side Stevenage
Competitors in the 14th annnual Hagbourne Fun Run raised more than £1,200 for skin cancer research. Runners at the 14th annnual Hagbourne Fun Run The five-mile course between East and West Hagbourne, near Didcot, attracted 235 runners and nearly 100 walkers
Nine hours spent incarcerated in a Glasgow police cell was among the more unusual highlights in the career of a retiring clergyman. The Rev David Platt with wife Gill The Rev David Platt, who is retiring as assistant priest at St Andrew's, East Hagbourne
Vandals caused thousands of pounds of damage after hurling concrete slabs at vehicles in a factory car park. One car was written off in the attack and windows were smashed in a delivery lorry. The damage was the latest in a series of incidents to hit
A Wheatley supermarket has launched a buy British campaign to support the country's farmers. Asda, which has a store in the village, plans to launch 60 new British products and promote its range of home-grown meat, produce and dairy products. The move
The Biblical tale of the feeding of the 5,000 is being mirrored in Oxford city centre. Thirteen churches are getting together from May 7 until May 10 to give out free burgers to passers-by. Music and drama will be performed on the streets at the barbecue
Health managers at Oxfordshire's largest NHS trust have welcomed a financial boost to help win super-hospital status. Financial problems at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals meant the four-site organisation had no chance of winning foundation status which
Residents' views are divided over plans to demolish The Fox pub on Oxford's Barton estate to make way for a new pub and a housing development. Some believe they will be deprived of the existing adventure playground and green space if the development,
The director of the Natural History Museum in London has been named as the next head of Wadham College, Oxford. Sir Neil Chalmers will take up the post of warden in October 2004. Sir Neil, who has been director of the famous museum in South Kensington
Sculptor Martin Jennings has been left stony-faced by an Oxford University college's plans to convert his north Oxford studio into homes. Mr Jennings, 45, has worked at The Annexe in Rawlinson Road for the past 18 years. He rents it from St John's College
Keen long-distance walkers and runners will be rising to the challenge of a 40-mile route along the Ridgeway, the ancient trail which passes across south Oxfordshire, this weekend (May 10-11). The 40-mile route starts at Overton Hill near Marlborough
Records experts in Oxfordshire are working to overcome legal problems so archives remain open to those interested in family history. New data protection law means personal information about living individuals must not be made available to outsiders without
The Prince of Wales waved off a record-breaking Oxfordshire pilot as she took off for her second solo circumnavigation of the globe. The Prince of Wales with Polly Vacher Prince Charles watched Polly Vacher leave Birmingham International Airport in her
Graduates from Oxford Brookes University are more likely to get a top job than their counterparts at its more illustrious neighbour, Oxford University, a survey has revealed. The former polytechnic came eighth in The Times's Good University Guide table
An Abingdon man has been jailed for eight months for assaulting his ex-wife after she attacked him with a cheese grater. James Nicholls, 38, admitted causing his former wife, Samantha, grievous bodily harm in a drunken argument on New Year's Eve. The
Peter Fenn previews the new Oxford Times Cherwell League season, which starts on May 10. Trevor Spindler Didcot will be placing great reliance on the old guard to assist new skipper Andy Broughton, who has taken over from Julian Hitchman. The club welcome
Villagers marked the rebirth of a new village hall and sports pavilion with celebratory drinks and a feast of local sport. From left, Roger Bell, Angela Alun-Jones and Tony Hayzelden The new pavilion in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, near Wallingford, replaces
Characters from films and books took part in a walking parade as part of a May Day Fair in Carterton which raised about £3,000 for Save the Children. The May Day Fair in Carterton The annual event, which has been held for around 30 years, included side
Teachers and pupils in schools in and around Wantage are to be given a helping hand in making the most of computer technology. Andrew Markham, 29, has become the e-learning specialist for the Wantage Area Secondary and Primary Schools. Mr Markham is based
Young singers and dancers are rehearsing for a charity song and dance night in support of two fundraising sisters. Mr Mitchell with local children Last summer, Jenny Carter, 40, of Wantage, and her sister Gill Parrot, 41, of Grove, both discovered breast
Eighteen-year-old Mathew Ashton, of Witney, made a successful start to the defence of his Mota-vation title in the first race of this year's series at Charlton-on-Otmoor. Mathew AshtonAshton left the village just behind Headington's newcomer Kevin Murphy
A man arrested in Samphire Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, on May 1 was charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Ian Francis, 22, of Selhurst Road, London, appeared before Uxbridge magistrates on May 6. Delroy Harrison, 36, of Abingdon Road, Oxford
Banbury's special constables have been praised for halting a crime wave at the town's super- markets. The specials were called into action after a spate of thefts from shoppers' cars. Following a series of high visibility patrols, the number of thefts
Radley AC men dominated their first-ever competition as a team in the Southern League meeting at Kingston. Out of 35 events, they had no fewer than 17 first and 16 second placings plus two thirds. As Radley only become a mixed-sex club in January, this
Season review: Abingdon Town, who finished fourth in Division 2, signed ex-Oxford United star Joey Beauchamp, but he rarely figured in the side. Ex-Aston Villa ace Garry Parker was often the star of the show, scoring regularly with his trademark free-kicks
Season review: Thame United boss Andy Sinnott turned to experience as they finished their Ryman League Division 1 North campaign in eighth. He snapped up Mike Ford after he was axed as assistant manager at Oxford United, and his experience added extra
RT Harris Oxford City FA: Mike Black hit a hat-trick as KEA crowned a marvellous first season in the league by clinching the Premier Division championship with a 3-1 win at Morris Motors. Mark Giles scored a consolation for Motors. North Oxford are favourites
Season review: The emergence of French sensation Norman Sylla helped Banbury United complete one of their most successful seasons in years as they finished eighth in Dr Martens League Eastern Division. Shown the door by Oxford United in the summer, Sylla
North Berks League: STANFORD-in-the-Vale were relegated from Division 1 on the last day of the season. Coleshill United won 6-1 at Hanney United to preserve their status, and send Stanford down. Paul Churchouse grabbed a brace as Warborough & Shillingford
Witney & District FA: MInster Lovell lifted the Senior Cup for the first time in their history with a 2-0 victory over Kingham in the final at Marriotts Stadium, Witney. Roared on by a partisan crowd of nearly 300, Craig Sallis fired Minster in front
For the first time in nearly 15 years, Didcot does not have a May Queen. Jessica Goodenough, left, and Shauni Nugent Previously drawn from the town's Brownies, the May Queen and her attendants from the Rainbow groups were chosen at the annual May Fair
A pub landlord and his wife bravely fought off two robbers armed with a gun. Martin Kotecki, manager of the Great Western Pub and Restaurant in Didcot, suffered a head injury when he was hit with the gun. His wife Yvonne, the assistant manager, was injured
The Vale of White Horse as it was 110 years ago can now be revisited, thanks to the republication of an old Ordnance Survey map of the area. The map covers the Vale between Shrivenham in the west and Didcot in the east. It includes the towns of Abingdon
A man has been charged with dangerous driving, attempted grievous bodily harm, driving with no insurance and resisting arrest after a police chase in Oxford. Justin Flynn, 23, of Shelley Road, Cowley, was involved in a collision with two police vehicles
An elderly woman who died after falling under a bus in Oxford has been named. Ivy Nay, 79, of Barn's Road, Cowley, Oxford, fell under the bus at Carfax shortly after 7am on May 4. She died in the John Radcliffe Hospital later in the day. The bus driver
Ill-feeling continues to simmer in Blackbird Leys over residents' claims that Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam has failed to honour an agreement to make improvements around the club's new stadium. Concern centres on the replacement of a footpath linking
A garden make-over and a helicopter ride are among the prizes at a charity auction to fund therapy for disabled children and facilities for mainstream school pupils. The annual auction, organised by the Friends of Ormerod Special School in Oxford and
Officers pounding the beat will soon be easier to get hold of thanks to an overhaul of Thames Valley Police's much-criticised handling of phone calls. Callers who need to talk to a specific officer will be put directly through to their mobile phone or
Oxfordshire veterans John Exley and Mike Shipway won national age group titles in the British Masters 10K Road Championships at Chelmsley Wood, Birming- ham. Mike ShipwayOxford City stalwart Exley completed the undulating course in very windy conditions
Ian McCaldon's two-year stay at Oxford United looks to be over. The experienced goalkeeper, signed by former manager Mark Wright from Livingston in July 2001, represented United for what he thought would probably be the last time yesterday in the reserves
