A hat-trick from Oxford Downs bowler Paul Hebbert was not enough to earn his side victory over Sandford St Martin in the preliminary round of the Bernard Tollet Oxfordshire Cup on Tuesday. In a high-scoring encounter, Downs rattled up 163-7 from their
An investigation has been launched after a man's body was found at a caravan park. Police close off Weald Street, Bampton, close to where the body was found on Monday night The body of the 63-year-old man was discovered at The Paddocks residential caravan
Oxford Cavaliers are celebrating after Darryl Griffin made his debut for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats against Widnes. It was the first time that a player from the Total RL.Com Rugby League Conference has played in the Superleague. The prop, who is currently
Gloucester's exciting young winger Marcel Garvey will be the main attraction when England kick off their Under 21 World Cup campaign against Australia at Oxford University's Iffley Road ground on Friday, June 13 (7pm). GarveyThe 20-year-old sprung to
A rail passenger claims people in Bicester travelling to London are being ripped off by ticket price anomalies. Howard Allen has found out that separate rail fares are considerably less than the return journey price from Bicester to London Howard Allen's
Abingdon Amblers posted three club records in winning their latest Southern Men's League Division 3 fixture. Competing on their home track at Tilsley Park, Amblers fielded their strongest team this season, recording six A string victories and nine B string
Peter Haarer (Ranelagh) stormed to victory in the 5,000m to complete a long distance Oxfordshire Track & Field Championship double. Haarer's victory in 15.39.0 at Horspath Road - where the final championship races formed part of an open meeting -
Witney United have announced the appointment of Andy Townsend as their new manager. Andy Townsend Townsend, who has been manager of Old Woodstock Town for the last three years, has experience of Hellenic League football both as a player and a manager.
Two women police officers were assaulted during separate incidents in Oxford on Saturday. One of the police constables, who have not been named, was allegedly punched in the face twice during a disturbance outside the Westgate Centre, in Queen Street,
Dieticians are running a poster competition in a bid to teach children about healthy eating and prevent obesity. Primary school children are being invited to take part in the contest, which coincides with the British Dietetic Association's Eat 2b Fit
An Oxford man who funded a six-year, £70-a-week drug habit by selling cannabis to his friends has escaped a prison sentence. Axel Foley, 39, of Burchester Avenue, Barton, was sentenced to 120 hours' unpaid community work on Tuesday, June 3, after a judge
Oxford's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008 has failed, judges revealed. The picturesque waterfront in the city of Liverpool, which beat Oxford A panel chaired by former Royal Opera House chief Sir Jeremy Isaacs weighed up the rival merits
Oxford Cavaliers paid the penalty for a slow start and lost 40-26 at home to Gloucestershire Warriors in the South West Division of the Totalrl.com Rugby League Conference. The visitors punished Oxford for continually losing possession and had already
The Oxfordshire church where John Wesley preached his first sermon is celebrating the 300th anniversary of his birth. St James the Great Church in South Leigh, near Witney, is holding a tercentenary flower festival on Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June
A shop owner who was clearing out new premises in Witney found vintage sewing machines dating back to the 19th century. John Saunders John Saunders plans to make his discovery a centrepiece of his shop in the town's High Street. Mr Saunders, of the Witney
The Duke of Edinburgh is making his first visit to the Bicester and Finmere Show on August 3. He has been patron for most of the show's 43-year history but has never been able to visit before. Sally Haynes, a show committee member, said: "We have to write
A club which has had its home at a Bicester sports centre for almost 30 years is moving on. Club members and medal winners Bicester Gymnastics Club has started looking for new premises because Bicester and Ploughley Sports Centre, in Queens Avenue, cannot
There are fears that the re-organisation of secondary schools in Banbury could cause traffic problems in the town. Oxfordshire County Council's highway engineers have been asked to carry out a full traffic impact assessment on the proposal to close Drayton
Radley's newly-formed men's team continued their perfect start to the season with victory in the Southern League Division 5 West meeting at Kingston. They achieved 24 first places to cruise home by 19.5 points from Bicester, and go top of the table with
Willy Waite clanged off his fourth sixer in the last five matches as George B snatched a 2-1 win at Rowing Machine in the Premier Division of the Greene King Oxford League. Last week, Waite, a former member of the now-defunct Cricketers A, hit a double
Results from the Greene King Oxford League <image large="sport-sally.gif" small="sport-sally.gif" type="portrait"></image>RESULTS Premier/Section 1: Cricketers B 3, Fox 0; Garsington Spts 3, Royal Sun 0; Rowing Machine 1, George B 2; Highf'ld
A charity shop in Didcot is closing, despite making £30,000 profit last year. The Arthritis Research Campaign shop at 184 Broadway, will shut on Saturday, June 14. Part-time managers Jenny Owen and Madeline Watts are retiring and the charity's head office
Oxford researchers have discovered the macabre way a parasite disguises itself as a layer of body tissue belonging to the insect it lives in. The strepsiptera lives inside ants, grasshoppers and crickets but until now it has not been known why its insect
Oxford's Capital of Culture bid was always going to struggle against the stunning regeneration effort of Liverpool. While Oxford promised to resurrect the waterways with a new canal basin on the site of the Worcester Street car park, the Merseyside rivals
