Hotel worker Kean Taylor said he was lucky to survive after being stabbed in the chest by a man in his shared house in north Oxford. Mr Taylor, 25, who lives with his wife Kimberley, 23, in the house in Woodstock Road, said yesterday that he was stabbed
Three men are lucky to be alive following a blaze that filled their homes in Oxford with thick, choking smoke. The scene of the fire in Jericho, Oxford The fire began at 6.30am yesterday in a basement bathroom in one of the two flats in the four-storey
Spartan South Midlands League - Welwyn Garden City 2, Oxford City 2: Substitute Harry Burnley was the hero for Oxford City after his last-minute leveller earned them a share of the spoils in Saturday's Premier Division clash in Hertfordshire. The result
Southern League: Thame United slipped to the bottom of the Division 1 West table despite a battling performance against the league leaders yesterday. Moved to a Sunday because landlords Aylesbury United had a home game on the Saturday, Thame matched Clevedon
GLS Football Hellenic League - Chipping Norton Tn 0, Abingdon Tn 3: Abingdon Town ended a miserable run in the Premier Division with victory in Saturday's bottom-of-the-table clash. Jason Mara and Jason Thomas went close for Town as did Ben Walsh and
Hundreds of people who gathered to see Oxford's Christmas lights switched on at the weekend were briefly fooled into thinking it had all gone horribly wrong. Shrek gives Amanda Barrie and Lord Mayor Bob Price a hand Star guest Amanda Barrie, Alma in the
The mother of an Oxford schoolgirl who was allegedly kicked to the ground by a school bully has decided to move her to another school to make a fresh start. The 14-year-old returned to Oxford Community School following the alleged attack during the half-term
An Oxfordshire vineyard swept the board in the Thames and Chilterns Vineyards Association annual competition - but there will be no wines next year and the vineyard will be closed because frost ruined most of this year's grape crop. Richard Liwicki harvests
Having watched various local football teams over the years, such as Swindon Town, Pressed Steel, Headington United, Oxford City and Oxford United, it puzzles me that a village the size of Wheatley does not have a team apart from the juniors. Has anyone
The proposal by the Home Office to merge the Thames Valley Police with the Hampshire Constabulary (Oxford Mail, November 18) will create one force stretching from Banbury to the southern tip of the Isle of Wight. That's more than 100 miles from north
Are our councils losing their enthusiasm for park-and-ride? The system which Oxford pioneered in the 1970s and has been copied in towns and cities the world over, is slowly being dismantled. The root of the problem is Oxfordshire County Council's decision
GLS Football Hellenic League - Wantage Tn 5, Wokingham & Emm 1: Paul Day fired a second-half double as Wantage ended a run of three successive defeats with an impressive display in the first round of the League Cup on Saturday. The Premier Division
COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Grimsby Tn 3. FA TROPHY 3rd qual round: Farnborough Tn 2, Banbury Utd 0. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Div 1 West: Thame Utd 0, Clevedon 1. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Under 16: Oxford Utd 3, Exeter 0.
Oxford Cheetahs are to change their race night to Wednesday next season. It is the second change of night in two years as new promoter Aaron Lanney tries to find a time that will prove profitable, after a few years showing big losses for respective promoters
The prospect of highly volatile nuclear material being transported past our front doors is an unnerving one, to say the least. So protesters were right to turn out at the weekend to highlight the practice and demand that safer methods of moving it to
Police made no arrests in Oxford city centre as drinkers peacefully welcomed extended pub opening hours on Friday night. No-one was arrested for drink-related crimes in the city centre but police hauled in two women and a man following a 40-strong brawl
Peace campaigners at a rally in Oxford vowed to keep up the pressure on the Ministry of Defence to decommission Trident nuclear weapons. Amanda Crawford, chairman of Youth and Student CND, addresses campaigners in Oxford On Saturday, campaigners in Broad
A mother struck by a car while carrying her 12-month old daughter outside her house is calling for a 15mph speed restriction on a dangerous bend in Marcham, near Abingdon. Jackie King with her daughters at the spot Jackie King, who lives in Packhorse
FA TROPHY - Farnborough 2, Banbury Utd 0: Banbury United's interest in the competition ended in a disappointing defeat against the Conference South side in Hampshire on Saturday. The injury-hit Puritans, who were without the strikeforce of Andy Baird
Oxford United's want-away striker Craig Davies has capped a miserable month for the club by handing in a written transfer request. As the Oxford Mail revealed last week, United had been told that the Wales international would not sign another contract
I refer to the letter from Ken Stallard, Let the British lion roar again (Oxford Mail, November 23). He is putting into words everything I and my many friends believe. We love everything about our beloved country and all things Christian. We have not
