Young Bourton Vale seamer Ryan Newhook took a hat-trick as Oxfordshire recorded their first Minor Counties victory for two years at Bicester & North Oxford yesterday. The Bourton Vale teenager finished with 3-20, helping Oxon to a miraculous 34-run
Businesses are invited to sponsor pages on the new Wantage Fire Service website in return for a donation to a benevolent fund. Fire station manager Tony Whiting said that the website, launched earlier this month, was a tremendous success with hundreds
Abingdon Amblers under 11 girls won their group in the Heart of England Division 2 match in Stourport. Some fine individual performances from every member of the team saw off strong opposition from eight other clubs, including Leicester and Sparkhill,
Traders believe Bicester's weekly Friday market will be regenerated when it is moved into the pedestrian precinct in the town centre. After years of debate and negotiations, Cherwell district councillors have finally agreed traders can move from Market
Oxford Silver Machine are pinning their hopes on David Norris as he takes over from captain Greg Hancock for their hectic three matches in three days schedule, starting with tonight's Skybet Elite League clash at Peterborough. The Eastbourne ace, who
A shopkeeper has been jailed for ten-and-a-half years after a judge described him as the ringleader of a drug dealing gang around Banbury. Mark Cookson, who ran the alternative gift Black Rose shop in Church Lane, Banbury, admitted conspiracy to supply
Businesses are invited to sponsor pages on the new Wantage Fire Service website in return for a donation to a benevolent fund. Fire station manager Tony Whiting said that the website, launched earlier this month, was a tremendous success with hundreds
Didcot's refurbished Red Cross charity shop will be relaunched on July 17 with a one-day sale. The shop in lower Broadway was closed for 18 months because of drainage problems. The enforced closure allowed the premises, which officially reopened in January
A joke that looked as though it had backfired, leaving an Oxford author with a £1,411 bill, has instead embarrassed Oxford City Council. In 2002, Andrew Malcolm briefly opened a bookshop opposite Balliol College in Broad Street, Oxford. He sold his own
Travellers who camped at the Oxford Retail Park at the weekend kept their promise to leave -- but moved less than a mile along the ring road. After being served with eviction notices by bailiffs on Monday requiring them to leave the Cowley site by 9am
The 11-year-old primary school pupil who died during a swimming lesson at Thame Leisure Centre got into difficulty as he swam under water, his headteacher said. Nathan Matthews, a pupil at Stokenchurch Primary School, died suddenly in 2ft 6in of water
A woman aged 85 has begun a 48-hour hunger strike in protest against an animal experimentation laboratory planned for Oxford University. Seasoned animal rights campaigner Joan Court, took up residence outside the laboratory construction site in South
Sir -- The stark choice, Green Belt or Homes, you presented (Oxford Mail, July 2) is not quite as stark as you make out. It leaves out some significant options and begs several important questions crucial to accurate long-term planning. First, "21,000
Sir -- Motormouth's case on behalf of urban 4x4s is deeply flawed in every respect (Oxford Mail, July 7). He may own a 4x4 that is more economical than some saloons, but he conveniently forgets that the extra weight, brick-like aerodynamics, excessive
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
Cases of the potentially fatal disease mumps have quadrupled in Oxfordshire in the last five years. The increase has prompted health experts to encourage parents to give their children the controversial MMR jab, which protects against the condition as
Education leaders have welcomed a £2.2m Government settlement grant to help alleviate the schools funding crisis in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire County Council is being given £2,193,000 to support schools in financial difficulty during 2005-2006 -- the sixth
SIR -- What a beautiful city Oxford is, 'olde-worlde' buildings, a seat of learning! For nine years, I have travelled on the National coach between Leicester and Portsmouth, during which we have a 40-minute break at Gloucester Green bus station. Lovely
Australian ace Nick Watkins hammered a superb century as Challow and Childrey sent Horspath packing in the quarter-finals of the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire KO Cup last night. Watkins hit the home bowlers to all parts of their village ground, cracking
Arsonists who torched two cars on an industrial estate destroyed three out of the nine units. Wallingford police are investigating the fire at Queenford Farm, Dorchester, which happened on Friday evening. No-one was put out of work -- people from the
A scheme has been unveiled to transform the site of Witney's last blanket factory into a major housing estate on the edge of the town centre. The detailed proposals, which would see 219 homes built at the former Early's mill in Burford Road, are to go
Abingdon middleweight Jake Guntert's third professional fight is not likely to be until September. The 21-year-old knocked out Mark Wall in just 96 seconds in his last outing at the York Hall, Bethnal Green on June 25. But the traditional summer boxing
Radley's men stepped up their promotion challenge in Southern League Division 3 with a superb victory at Woking. Rocked by injury, Radley, in just their second season, edged out Newquay & Par by 11 points to go third in the table, with the top two
An Oxford city councillor received a television licence reminder telling her she could go to prison -- 10 months after it was posted. Mary Clarkson, pictured, was shocked because she had transferred her television licence from her old house to her new
Petrol prices in Oxfordshire have fallen by 1.7p per litre from their high point in the middle of June, according to a new survey. Diesel prices also fell by 1.7p per litre, said the Fuel-Cards.co.uk regional fuel price report. The survey showed unleaded
Traffic became gridlocked in Oxford this morning after the sequence of traffic lights at one of the city's busiest junctions was changed. Oxfordshire County Council put the lights at the junction of High Street and Longwall Street back to normal after
The Football Association have persuaded FIFA to amend their controversial substitution limits that threatened to play havoc with pre-season friendlies, including Oxford United's. Eyebrows were raised when United changed all 11 players in Saturday's 4-
Oxford's bus companies which gave drivers a huge pay increase to avert a recruitment crisis, now say they are nearing a complete workforce. Less than three years ago Oxford-based Stagecoach handed drivers a 24 per cent rise after losing drivers to the
MPs are calling for an independent inquiry to explain why the county's major hospital trust is facing huge debts. But Health Minister Stephen Ladyman has answered David Cameron and Tony Baldry's concerns by accusing managers at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
