The family of an Oxford shopkeeper who lost six teeth in an attack are shocked by the way Oxford police responded. Mr Singh lost six teeth in the attack The police decided it was "not necessary" to attend JK News in Abingdon Road on September 16, after
Sska-core masters Capdown bring their blend of punk, reggae and hardcore to the Zodiac on September 23. Renowned for their ferocious live performances, the Milton Keynes band, featuring Jake Simms-Fielding (vocals/sax), Boob (bass), Keith Minter (guitar
An Abingdon man is among a trio who have appeared in court facing charges arising out of Oxford United's home match with York City at the end of the last football season. Peter Webb, 28, of Rupert Road, Cowley, Lee Hutton, 27, of Abbey Close, Abingdon
They are eccentric, they are Welsh and they have the best name in rock. And on September 22, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci roll in to Oxford. If you think their name is confusing, their early material will leave you bewildered. They once released an EP called
Aston Rowant have been given the green light to join the Home Counties Premier League. The Oxford Times Cherwell League champions' promotion to Division 2 West was rubber-stamped at a meeting with Home Counties officials on Tuesday. Rowant skipper Chris
A charity golf tournament is being organised to boost funds for redeveloping the Old Free Library in Wallingford as a church and community centre. Businesses are being asked to provide sponsorship and prizes for the event on October 14. The entry fee
Oxford Cavaliers' hooker Mike Castle has become the second player to leave the rugby league club for the professional game within the space of a few weeks. Following the success of Darryl Griffin at Wakefield Trinity, the talented teenager has been snapped
Chinnor ring the changes with a completely changed front row for Saturday's Powergen Intermediate Cup first-round game at home to Oxfordshire rivals Grove. With coach John Brodley searching for the right combination up front, Tony Wilkinson and Mark Weeks-Pearson
Hundreds of people flocked to The Leys on Monday and Tuesday in perfect weather to enjoy the thrills at the Witney Feast, in a tradition dating back to the 13th century. A boy looks at the big fair rides at the event Its origin can be traced to Henry
The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor 'That's what I said last time, never again," exclaims Ben, as he dresses to go to the annual reunion dinner. So what is it that pulls these eight people together each year? They have little in common, and certainly don't
Matches scheduled for Sunday, September 21, 2003 MORRELLS OF OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE Premier Div: Rose Hill v Blackbird Sunday, Stadhampton v Mansfield Rd, Highfield SC v Six Bells Kidlington, Star Royal v Morris Motors. Div 1: AFC Rileys v Wolvercote, Oxford
Fears are growing that Bicester's new 30-bed community hospital -- estimated to cost between £10m and £13m -- will not be built, leaving the town with a small and out-dated hospital. Bicester MP Tony Baldry, mayor Norman Bolster and Rose Stratford, from
FA Vase preview: Abingdon Town have suffered a major blow with new goalkeeper Joe Cockerhill ruled out for six weeks by a freak training injury. The ex-Hitchin Town player, due to make his debut in Saturday's second qualifying round trip to Combined Counties
Banbury United midfielder Ollie Stanbridge is set to make a dramatic comeback less than two months after having emergency surgery to save his right leg. Stanbridge, 23, who signed from Aylesbury last season, had an operation to remove a blood clot, after
Ian Atkins knows he's getting things right with the Oxford United squad - because some of the players aren't speaking to him! Ian AtkinsThere is strong competition for places now at the Kassam Stadium and everybody wants to be a part of the third division's
Matches scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2003 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Doncaster v Oxford Utd. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Aveley v Thame Utd, Wivenhoe Tn v Oxford C. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Fleet Tn v Banbury Utd. FA VASE 2nd qual round: Cobham
A charity golf tournament is being organised to boost funds for redeveloping the Old Free Library in Wallingford as a church and community centre. Businesses are being asked to provide sponsorship and prizes for the event on October 14. The entry fee
Last Thursday was, it seemed, a thoroughly appropriate day to see the West End hit The Play What I Wrote (now on tour and at the Oxford Playhouse until September 20). At lunchtime, I bumped into a young man rolling a monkey-nut along a street in Central
A free travel scheme for street wardens has been so successful in Banbury that it is being extended to Oxford. The move follows a year-long pilot by Stagecoach and Cherwell District Council. Street wardens in Banbury travelled free of charge on Stagecoach
A shop worker who was the victim of an armed robbery met Prime Minister Tony Blair, as part of her union's Respect for Shopworkers campaign. Co-op store manager Sharon King, 41 visited 10 Downing Street on September 17 with a delegation from service workers
Genetic material on the clothes of a towpath sex attack victim was a match for the defendant's DNA, Oxford Crown Court heard. Michael Purcell, 41, is alleged to have indecently assaulted a woman as she cycled on the Thames towpath near Binsey, Oxford,
People in east Oxford are calling for action to tidy up abandoned supermarket trolleys and road signs stolen by students. Pam Webber, of Bullingdon Road, said the increasing number of students was making the area look untidy because most of the front
Hundreds of award-winning gardenders attended the awards ceremony for this year's Oxford in Bloom competition. The Lord Mayor hands over the awards The increasingly popular contest, sponsored by the Oxford Mail, has reached the end of its seventh year
Norfolk farmer Tony Martin was a special guest at Thame Show, talking about the problems of rural crime. Tony Martin is interviewed by Bill Heine of BBC Radio Oxford He was there at the invitation of Bill Heine of Radio Oxford but he spoke first to the
Robert Radcliffe (Little, Brown, £14.99) This is that rare thing, a novel on the Second World War that should appeal to both male and female readers. Radcliffe's novel not only shows the hellish life of those on the Atlantic convoys, when the German Enigma
North Oxford ensured they retained the Men's Division 1 title with a 6-3 victory over Oxford Sports in the OLTA Wilson Inter-Club 3-Pair League. Although they seemed certain to clinch their third successive championship earlier this season, a shock 7-
Virginia Ironside (Fourth Estate, £16.99) This book raises the question all women encounter at one time or another -- do we inevitably become our mother? It explores the uncomfortable truths of the relationship of journalist Virginia and her mother, fashion
An exhibition of painted silks has gone on show at the Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage. Artist David Morton with some of his works The colourful display of scarves by Sylvia Asher, from near Newbury, follows a successful exhibition at the museum on
Oxford University college heads and bursars are to be given a preview of plans for Broad Street recommended by a £35,000 flagship study. Kim Wilkie, an urban design and landscape consultant, will set out his ideas for improving the street to the most
Matches scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2003 ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE Div 1: Henley v Manchester. POWERGEN INTERMEDIATE CUP 1st round: Banbury v Luton, Chinnor v Grove, Henley Wands v High Wycombe. POWERGEN JUNIOR VASE 1st round: Gosford All Blacks
Fixtures scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept 20-21, 2003 SATURDAY: Women's friendly: Oxford Hawks v Rover Oxford (Banbury Rd North, 3.30) SUNDAY:English National League South: Streatham v Oxford City Stars.
FA Vase preview: Abingdon Town have suffered a major blow with new goalkeeper Joe Cockerhill ruled out for six weeks by a freak training injury. The ex-Hitchin Town player, due to make his debut in Saturday's second qualifying round trip to Combined Counties
It won't exactly blow your bloody doors off, but director F Gary Gray's reinterpretation of the classic 1969 Michael Caine vehicle is a solid enough modern crime caper. As remakes of cool old films go, it may not swing like Ocean's 11 and it's not as
Oxford Silver Machine Academy take centre stage at Cowley for the next three Fridays. September 19 sees the visit of the Wolverhampton Wolf Cubs in the Conference League, with Oxford, who are boosted by the return of Chris Schramm, needing to win by 13
Striking workers at luxury car maker Aston Martin are hopeful the dispute can be resolved. Production was again stopped at the Bloxham plant on September 19 for the third time in recent weeks after members of the Transport and General Workers' Union rejected
Oxford City's Judy McCairns was a member of the English Ladies' B team who won the secondary event at the European Senior Amateur Championships in Germany, for the first time. Fielding a team of golfers with handicaps of six or more to take on the weaker
Alex Gavrilovic struck a blow for the older generation when he won the Club Championship at Frilford Heath. The 41-year-old, known as 'Dickie' to his friends, beat off the challenge of Frilford's talented youngsters to land his second title - ten years
Vandals have smashed ancient stained glass windows at a village church. Church warden Sue Burghard by one of the damaged windows Villagers were disgusted to find bricks had been thrown through three windows at St Mary's Church in Long Wittenham, near
Three indecent exposures took place around Oxford on the same day. A man exposed himself to a woman and her nine-year-old daughter in Leiden Road, Wood Farm, on September 18 at 7.50pm. He is white, aged about 30, with fair hair. A woman was walking her
A man held a knife to a woman's throat and attempted to rape her in woodland. The attack happened in Iffley Fields, an area of woodland running off Jackdaw Lane, east Oxford, and covering an area between Meadow Lane, Donnington Bridge Road and the River
Oxford City Council is to consider selling its housing stock, after a survey revealed it needs millions of pounds of investment. It is the only Oxfordshire local authority to retain its housing stock, with others transferring council homes to housing
Businesses are being asked to support a charity golf tournament organised to boost funds for redeveloping the Old Free Library in Wallingford as a church and community centre. Firms are needed to provide sponsorship and prizes for the event on October
Stephen Fox (Harper Collins, £25) The 19th-century growth of commercial sea travel between Europe and North America was steered by the canny business acumen (and uncanny luck) of Samuel Cunard, as well as the engineering genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
