Click the above headline for a full round-up of next week's listings. Odeon, George Street, Oxford: Ice Age 2, U, daily 11.30am, 2, 4.30, 7pm. Alien Autopsy, 12A, daily 1.15, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45pm. She's The Man, 12A, daily 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9pm. Scary
Mankind has always been fascinated by the heavens. Early people, like the ones who built Stonehenge, believed the Sun was a god and worshipped it. The Egyptians, through geometry and astronomy, believed they had found heaven. Even the Romans and Greeks
In November 2014, a spacecraft named Rosetta will engage with a comet 790 million kilometres away from the sun. This comet is the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with a diameter of just four km wide, speeding towards the sun at around 135,000km/h and orbiting
At first, there was nothing. No matter, no energy, no time or space: in short, no universe. And then, suddenly, out of this nothing, an infinitesimally small point of energy was formed. This point began to expand, and as it did so, matter was created
Whether as a sun-seeking holidaymaker in the Mediterranean or as an intrepid voyager on an uncharted Arctic plain, humans are often on the move to new destinations. For many purposes and by many means we routinely journey across the surface of our planet
One autumn day, 170 years ago, a very relieved young man stepped ashore at Falmouth dock. He had sailed away nearly five years before and despite never overcoming terrible seasickness, he had circumnavigated the globe. On landing, he hurried home to
Oxfordshire MP Boris Johnson has escaped the sack from the Conservative Party front bench following reports he was having an affair. Tory leader David Cameron said today (April 4) it was a private matter and his higher education spokesman should only
JUST because it's cold outside doesn't mean you can't get out on your bike and where better to go than Christmas Common. Go now, while it's dry, and you won't even have to hose the bikes down afterwards. Just as well with the hosepipe ban. It's a bright
It is human nature that motorists will try to find an alternative route if the road ahead is blocked. But the truth is that many of our rural roads are simply not capable of taking the extra traffic. Villagers at Islip know only too well of the dangers
PAUL Cole's Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, have been boosted by the $1.75m purchase of five well-bred two-year-olds at the sales in Florida. Cole and his son Oliver splashed out that figure at the Fasig-Tipton Calder Sale on behalf of Russian owner
TRAINER Martin Bosley is on the move from his Kingston Lisle stables, near Wantage, to a new yard at Marlborough in Wiltshire. The 42-year-old handler, who has been at Kingston Lisle Farm Stables for the last nine years, has already transferred his
Oxfordshire-based actor Jeremy Irons returns to the West End stage for the first time in 17 years in Embers, writes GILES WOODFORDE Housekeeper Nini is fussing round her master, a retired general called Henrik. "I'm a little anxious," she says, "chef
City of Oxford had to be content with third in the Oxford & North Buckinghamshire County Championships. They finished behind winners Maxwell and second-placed City of Milton Keynes. In the junior section, Witney were second, just being outpointed
Oxfordshire are on the brink of becoming the Kaliber Inter-Counties League Division 3 champions after recording a convincing 25-14 victory over Northants at Kettering. This result, which included three bonus points, puts Oxon ten points clear at the
Joe Canlan-Shaw, Matthew Corbett, Matthew Sanderson and Emma Ball, warmed up for this weekend's British Championships at Sheffield as City of Oxford finished second in the final round of the Home Counties League at Aylesbury. Canlan-Shaw won the 100m
BANBURY motorsport factory Prodrive havemade a dramatic eleventh-hour bid to join the Formula 1 ranks. The firm's application to have cars on the grid for the 2008 world championship was made on Friday the deadline day for entries. Prodrive are one
Oxford Hawks finished their Women's South Clubs Leagu season with a 2-1 defeat at home to Hampstead & Westminster, but with promotion already in the bag, there was still plenty to celebrate. Victory for Hawks, and defeat for leaders Southgate would
Oxford Hawks signed off their Men's English League South Division campaign on a high note with a 4-2 win away to Ipswich which lifted them up to eighth in the table, third from bottom. With their coach pulling out at the last minute due to illness,
One man died and another was critically injured in a head-on car crash near Oxford yesterday (April 3). Eyewitnesses talked of their horror at seeing the driver who was killed pull out to overtake four cars as a bend in the road approached. His car
GROVE defeated Beaconsfield 29-12 in a re-arranged Southern Counties North game at Cane Lane. They successfully challenged the original result, which saw the match finish with uncontested scrums after Beaconsfield could not field a front-row replacement
A year-long drive to increase achievement in Oxfordshire schools, particularly at GCSE, has reached the half-way point but is it inspiring people to get behind their local schools? As pupils prepare to file into examination halls next month, parents
BARRY Reeves inspired Henley Hawks to a 21-12 home victory over Manchester and ended their National Division 2 relegation fears. The fly half scored one try and made another on his comeback after three months out with an arm injury. Only one team
Thame United will be without Dave Tregurtha, skipper Robbie Eason (head injury) and Luke Fisher (knee) as they look for only their second home win of their Southern League Division 1 West season against Bromsgrove Rovers tonight. Tregurtha is on holiday
Reserve pairing Adam Pietraszko and Lubos Tomicek appear to be on borrowed time after another disastrous night saw Oxford Cheetahs crash out of the Knockout Cup at the first hurdle last night after a 54-40 defeat at Wolverhampton. Once again Cheetahs
May I congratulate the Wheatley Karate-Do Rydou-Kai Club on their marvellous haul of medals in the international competition in Worthing (Oxford Mail, March 25). Twenty one gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze. The team are fantastic. Well done, everyone.
OXFORD Downs 2nd extended their lead at the top after an easy eight-wicket win at home to Aston Rowant 2nd. Steve Roberts took 6-34 as Rowant were bowled out for 136, before Tim Crouch hit an unbeaten 75 as Downs took the points with more than seven overs
I was interested to read the article, Councillors debate how to get rid of waste (Oxford Mail, March 25). I was, however, disappointed to see a major inaccuracy. You state that "Oxfordshire County Council, which is responsible for disposing the county's
GREATER precision and attacking flair saw Wallingford defeat Gosford All Blacks 26-10 in an entertaining Oxfordshire Shield final at Iffley Road. Their excellent half-back pairing of Derek Viljoen and skipper Olli Henderson created plenty of space
Former world champion Damon Hill is on the verge of a return to motorsport as president of the British Racing Drivers' Club. Hill, son of two-time world champion Graham, has been nominated to succeed Sir Jackie Stewart as president of the BRDC, who
Bernie Ecclestone has no choice but for the Australian Grand Prix to return to the start of the season, it was claimed. The Melbourne race was switched from its traditional season-opening slot to April this year after Bahrain and Malaysia in order
Oxford City Council has been forced to offer its free swimming scheme to all under-17s, no matter where they live, to avoid falling foul of European law. Last Saturday, the authority introduced free swimming for city children at municipal pools, but
Oxford's rivers were full to capacity yesterday on the first morning of a hosepipe ban affecting millions of water customers. Thames Water bosses can now fine persistent offenders caught flouting the hosepipe ban up to £1,000 as they attempts to tackle
Electrician Stuart Panter walked into his local, the Royal Standard, in Oxford, for a pint but before he could order a drink he was shown the door because he was wearing tracksuit trousers. The new management at the pub, in London Road, Headington,
Development plans for a university campus have caused concern among neighbours who fear existing parking problems will be exacerbated. Oxford Brookes University has submitted an application to build a new research building at their School of Health
It is the end of an era in the Wychwoods area of west Oxfordshire, where there has been a Dr Scott looking after local residents for more than 70 years. Sandy Scott retired from the surgery in Milton-under-Wychwood on Friday after 35 years, a job his
Oxford United fans who halted the game against Mansfield by invading the pitch are facing a three-year ban from domestic and international matches. Nottinghamshire Police are investigating incidents that occurred towards the end of Saturday's game at
A mum stabbed a teenager after he pushed over her daughter during an argument between two groups of girls at a neighbour's Oxford home, a court heard. Geraldine Alder and then boyfriend Richard Tremlett are accused of going armed with a knife and iron
Environmental consultants have been hired at a cost of £24,000 to examine the possibility of creating an exclusion zone around Oxford city centre to ban high- polluting traffic. Oxford's air pollution problem is reported to be so bad that city council
With the average house price in Oxford now £217,000 and still climbing one first-time buyer is taking a risk and advertising for a stranger to share a mort- gage. Marketing executive Fergus Cable-Alexander, 24, has been renting in east Oxford since
Three single mothers have set up a youth club for children on an Oxford hosuing estate. Kay Phillips, Candice Phillips and Simone James, who all live at Wood Farm, decided it was time somebody did something for children, who had nowhere else to go,
A banner made by 48 people to celebrate the granting of Abingdon's Royal Charter in 1556 was unveiled in the town library by oldest member, 92-year-old Ivy Lester. Library users and staff produced the wall hanging to celebrate the Royal Charter, granted
AN ABINGDON clergyman charged with child pornography offences will stand trial next month at Oxford Crown Court. Rev Richard Thomas, 55, of Eason Drive, is charged with creating indecent pseudo photographs of children and possessing pseudo-images.
UNEMPLOYED glazier Michael Humphries has denied stabbing to death Oxford academic Dr Barbara Johnston. Humphries, 42, of Ferndale Street, Faringdon, is accused of murdering the 55-year-old between January 23 and January 26. He spoke only to enter
BORIS Johnson has retained the "full support" of his local party following reports he cheated on his wife with a 29-year-old journalist. The Henley MP, currently on a fact-finding tour of China, is expected to hold on to his job as Tory Party education
A 20-YEAR-OLD Oxford University student has been cautioned for sending a malicious email to an animal rights group. The man was arrested at the end of February on suspicion of sending a malicious communication after an email containing a photograph
A NURSE accused of murdering two patients was the only person in the right place at the right time to have done it, according to the prosecution at his trial. Ben Geen, 25, from Banbury, is accused of murdering Anthony Bateman, 65, and David Olney,
