Henley Hawks waved farewell to National League Division 1 with a 38-26 home defeat by Penzance & Newlyn. Played before a packed crowd at Dry Leas, the teams served up a nine-try thriller, in Henley coach Nigel Dudding's last match in charge. Hawks
Oxfordshire's hopes of reaching the national finals of the Women's County Championship in Sheffield ended in the South and Midlands qualifying tournament at Banbury Road North on Saturday. In the three-match tournament, Oxfordshire finished with two defeats
Everyone in Bicester is being invited to a massive party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bicester Village. The designer outlet is hosting a free carnival celebration on May 6, from 7.30pm, when the shopping mall will be closed. The whole event is
A train operator is warning people not to trespass on the railway lines after a child was spotted laying across a line near Bicester. The incident was just one of several life-threatening incidents reported on the Chiltern Railways route between London
More than 100 people have given their support to disgraced Oxford surgeon Henk Giele in his battle to be reinstated by the General Medical Council. Patients and members of the public are furious that the Radcliffe Infirmary plastic surgeon was struck
Only the quick thinking of an RAF helicopter pilot saved his crew from potential disaster after a wheel fell off his Chinook craft as he came in to land at an Oxfordshire airshow. More than 70 aircraft from the 1930s to the present day, including the
A reveller who paramedics feared could be paralysed after jumping from Magdelen Bridge into the River Cherwell will recover fully. Paramedics treat an injured jumper Medical staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford have confirmed that 12 people
An illegal rave on the Ridgeway near East Hendred attracted 500 revellers at the weekend, but police and villagers said the event passed off peacefully. The two day rave started at about 8.30am on Sunday morning but caused little disturbance to villagers
Two rows of trees which have lined Burford's main street for 134 years are to be felled over fears they are unsafe. Experts have found that the 40ft lime trees, planted along The Hill leading to High Street in 1871, are rotten and have recommended they
Didcot Town's hopes of promotion to the Southern League next season have been dramatically rekindled. Their chance looked to have gone after they finished runners-up in the GLS Hellenic League. But now they face a play-off against either Enfield or Winchester
Fans of Monopoly are being challenged to don a hat or an old boot and raise money for charity. Macmillan Cancer Relief has taken inspiration from the Oxford version of the game and organised a real-life enactment, on June 8. The charity is fundraising
A satellite is the latest weapon in the fight against muggings, graffiti and anti-social behaviour at Oxford's tower blocks. Evenlode and Windrush tower blocks in Blackbird Leys will be monitored Oxford City Council is poised to install cameras on every
People complain that there is nothing to do at Wood Farm in Oxford (Oxford Mail, April 22). We would like to point out what goes on in the community centre in Titup Hall Drive. Mondays: Drop-in club for anyone to have lunch or just a cup of tea, Women's
An unbroken stand of 84 by Dan Fox and Chris Stearn steered Oxford UCCE to a four-wicket win over Oxfordshire in their friendly in The Parks yesterday, With Oxford 120-6 in reply to Oxfordshire's 201 off their 50 overs, the county looked set to end a
THEY think Michael Howard looks bossy and Charles Kennedy fat and rich, while Tony Blair seems to have cornered their vote. The bad news for the Prime Minister is that they are only six, but if today's schoolchildren at Cutteslowe Primary School think
Ramon Diaz will not be at Oxford United next season - but the rest of the Argentine management will stay. I understand that an agreement has been reached, in principle, to keep Jean Marc Goiran, Horacio Rodriguez, Giuilliano Iacoppi, Rafael Giuiletti
