The cold and rain that greeted the first ever Cornbury Festival meant it was just like a mini-Glastonbury -- in more ways than one. Bryan Ferry Big-name performers including the James Taylor Quartet, Blondie, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra
Thousands of pupils entitled to free school transport could be charged £1 a day under controversial Government proposals. Ministers are considering allowing local authorities to scrap free transport for children living more than three miles from their
The unseasonal summer weather was the main winner as the league programme was badly-affected by torrential rain on Saturday. In Division 1, just one game reached a conclusion, where Freeland continued their good form with a two-wicket victory over Charlbury
Swimmer Andy Joyce ploughed through the water at Witney's Windrush Leisure Centre as part of the BBC's Sports Relief. Andy Joyce The national event raised £11m on Saturday as 81,000 people took part. Swimmers, runners and walkers accepted the challenge
SHRIVENHAM moved into the Airey Cup semi-finals with a three-wicket victory at Charlbury in their re-arranged clash yesterday. Charlbury managed 177-8, Ajit Shah top-scoring with 71, but Surajit Banerjee (44) and Gordon Aitken (38) helped Shrivenham to
IC3 Home Counties League: An exciting finish was ruined by the rain in Saturday's local derby between Thame Town and bottom-of-the-table Aston Rowant at Church Meadow. A much-depleted home side, with six first-teamers on tour to Barbados with Lord Williams's
Plans by a far-right group to field candidates in four Oxfordshire constituencies in the next general election have been condemned by pro-asylum and anti-Nazi groups. The National Front claims four of its members will stand as potential MPs in the county
A painting capturing east Oxford's multi-cultural community will go on display as part of an exhibition celebrating this year's Cowley Road Carnival. Artist Ali Clements Photographs of carnival day last month, when about 16,000 visitors took part in the
Oxford University's richest college has bought one of the city's historic pubs. St John's College, which has assets worth £202m, has taken over The Eagle and Child in St Giles -- once a favourite drinking haunt of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, author of The
Thames Water plans to start a £3m scheme within weeks to stop sewage flowing through streets at Marston, Oxford. The scheme has been welcomed, but described as long overdue. As reported previously in the Oxford Mail, the work follows experiments in sewers
A child prodigy who fled Oxford University blaming her parents for putting too much pressure on her, has found new happiness. Sufiah Yusof, who won a place at St Hilda's College to study mathematics when she was just 13, married a trainee lawyer at the
Proportional representation is not conducive in providing long-term, stable government. The current system is not broke and therefore does not require fixing. The Conservative Party would be horrified by Michael Hugh-Jones's suggestion of the Single Transferable
Pavements are for the use pedestrians so that they can go about their business in a carefree and uninterrupted manner. But their rights and relaxed use of the pavements is infringed by the improper and illegal use by others. They include cyclists; motorists
Sophos, an Abingdon company which protects businesses against e-mail 'spam' and viruses, has received the Queen's Award for International Trade. Vice Lord Lieutenant for Oxfordshire Malcolm Cochrane presented Dr Jan Hruska and Dr Peter Lammer, Sophos's
CRICKET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Western Division Oxfordshire 239 (83.1ovs, I Evans 51, P Evans 40, S Hole 39, I Hawtin 38, M Rawnsley 3-48, S Roberts 3-54), Herefordshire 58-3 (23ovs, H Langford 30) IC3 HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury
Oxford City triple jumper Nathan Douglas has realised a boyhood dream by winning a place in Great Britain's team for the Olympic Games. The 21-year-old produced the leap of his life to post 16.95m - the Olympic qualifying distance - with his last jump
There is no doubt that action is needed to try to curb the 'School Run'. Parents taking their children to school are said to account for a fifth of motorists on the road during the rush hour. Everyone knows that children should take more exercise. Too
Teenagers will be able to join in a range of summer-holiday activities at Didcot beginning next week. Will Roberts, of Didcot Youth Centre, said: "Consent forms available from the Youth Centre will be required for some activities including the popular
A special secondary school in Oxford saved from the threat of closure earlier this year has been placed on special measures following an unsatisfactory Ofsted report. Northfield School, in Blackbird Leys -- the only school in the county for pupils with
The Government has ordered Oxfordshire to reduce the amount of rubbish it buries in landfill sites by 75 per cent. The directive will force the county council to increase recycling and find alternatives to landfill. It could also increase pressure to
Since my letter about road humps (Oxford Mail, July 6), I have had several telephone calls, all supporting my view. But I have also been told that they are not there to stop speeding, but to deter outsiders using Wheatley as a rat run. Our parish council
Sophos, an Abingdon company which protects businesses against e-mail 'spam' and viruses, has received the Queen's Award for International Trade. Vice Lord Lieutenant for Oxfordshire Malcolm Cochrane presented Dr Jan Hruska and Dr Peter Lammer, Sophos's
