18/05/2006 pm AEA Technology 111.5 BMW 2699 Electrocomponents 250.5 Isoft Group 89.75 Oxford Bio 28 Oxford Instruments 214 Reed Elsevier 516 RM 187 RPS 201.75 Torex Retail 87.5 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 9B. Sat 13 May Brackley II v Bicester & NO IV Hanborough II v Horspath III Oxford IV v Kidlington IV Shipton III v Oxf.& Bletch.Nonds. IV Banbury IV v Spare Sat 20 May Bicester
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 9A. Sat 13 May Henley IV v Kimble II Stokenchurch II v Abingdon Vale III Thame III v Didcot III Tiddington III v Stanton St.John II Spare v Aston Rowant III Sat 20 May Abingdon
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 8. Sat 13 May Bledlow Village II v Cropredy II Bicester & NO III v Cumnor III Kidlington III v Dinton III Oxf.& Bletch.Nonds III v Chearsley II Wallingford II v Princes Risborough
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 7. Sat 13 May Aylesbury II v Wallingford Didcot II v Witney Mills II Horspath II v Buckingham III Kingston Bagpuize II v Henley III Long Marston II v Morris Motors Ex. II Sat 20
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 6. Sat 13 May Abingdon Vale II v Wolverton II Bledlow Ridge II v Oxford III Bourton Vale II v Great Tew II Kidlington II v Tiddington II Sandford St.M II v Leighton Buzzard II Sat
OXFORDSHIRE are just one game away from Twickenham after destroying Berkshire 50-19 in their final Pool 3 clash at Tadley on Saturday. Having scored six tries against Hampshire and seven against Dorset & Wilts, they put eight past Berkshire to set up
OXFORD City and Bicester both enjoyed 9-0 whitewashes in Mixed Division 1 of the Wilson OLTA Inter-Club 3-Pair League. City brushed aside the challenge of Woodstock B, while Bicester proved too strong for North Oxford B. City's first pair of Nilay
OXFORD Harlequins are set to ground-share with Oxford RFC to boost their chances of reaching the National League. The clubs plan for Quins to move their first team games from Horspath Road to Oxford's Hinksey ground, while their mini and junior sections
OXFORD City's Swords family stole the show at the Oxfordshire Track & Field Championships at Horspath Road last weekend. Their father, Dominic, and his daughters, Beth and Bea, each achieved a brace of victories at a hugely successful event, which produced
ABINGDON School produced a stunning performance to win four trophies in the Bedford Regatta on Saturday. It was the perfect tonic with the National Schools Regatta and the Oxford Summer Eights just around the corner. Abingdon's first eight collected
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 5. Sat 13 May Milton Keynes Park II v Stokenchurch Oxf.& Bletch.Nonds II v Aston Rowant II Shipton II v Banbury III Stanton St.John v Bledlow Village Thame II v Banbury XX II Sat
OXFORD City can look forward to Oxfordshire derbies against Didcot Town and Abingdon United after they were promoted to the Southern League. The decision was rubber-stamped at a meeting of the FA's League Sanctions Committee in London last week. The
KINGSTON Lisle-based jockey Chris Catlin recorded his first Classic success with victory on the Mick Channon-trained Royal Power in the German 2,000 Guineas in Cologne, writes Russell Smith. Catlin hit the front a furlong out on the son of Xaar in the
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 4. Sat 13 May Bicester & NO II v Brackley Buckingham II v Long Marston Chearsley v Aylesbury Oxford Downs II v Didcot Princes Risborough v Challow & C II Sat 20 May Aylesbury
HUGH PHILLIMORE In the rolling hills of West Oxfordshire, one man's dream to establish an annual music event is being realised the very civilised Cornbury Oxford Festival Hugh Phillmore is a man who can make the impossible happen for those who can
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 3. Sat 13 May Cropredy v Horspath Cumnor II v Sandford St.M Kimble v Dinton II Morris Motors E. v Oxf.& Bletch. Nonds Wolverton v Hanborough Sat 20 May Dinton II v Wolverton
The school launches an ambitious fundraising campaign to give children from poorer backgrounds the chance to attend, writes MONICA SLOAN Anyone who has seen St Edward's School's impressive grounds in Oxford might be surprised by its claim in a recent
JULIAN DANCER gets ready to ride the fastest steam engine of its time through the Cotswolds In 1904, the Swindon-built steam locomotive City of Truro hauled the fastest train in the world. It was the first engine anywhere to pull carriages at more
Grace your summer food with healthy alternatives. Words and pictures by VAL BOURNE I was definitely trained in the hedonistic school of gardening the one for people who enjoy life's pleasures. One of the greatest is picking summer salad for supper
A revived Victorian kitchen walled garden in West Oxfordshire offers inspiration, writes PETER BARRINGTON A Victorian kitchen walled garden that was left to become overgrown and derelict has blossomed once again into a source of fruit and vegetables
Panellists from the worlds of art and science will debate this year's Art Forum question on the creative process, writes PHILIPPA BOSTON Oxford Artweeks may mean the chance to look at not just the art but at the artist at work, but the annual Art Forum
GILES WOODFORDE talks to Adrian Schiller about his role as the odious character in Molire's comedy at the Playhouse "You should be surprised every time, when you realise again and again, that he's a fake," Adrian Schiller tells me. "You shouldn't believe
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 2. Sat 13 May Great Tew v Bourton Vale Henley II v Bledlow Ridge Leighton Buzzard v Kingston Bagpuize Tiddington v Cumnor Witney Mills v Abingdon Vale Sat 20 May Abingdon Vale v Henley
A OXFORDSHIRE man who set the land speed record for towing a caravan has died aged 69. Eric Prue, of Bicester, died last week after a debilitating condition which he had fought for many months. Mr Prue was interested in cars from a young age and got
AUBREY Martin, former chairman of the Abingdon branch of the Royal British Legion, has died aged 79. Mr Martin, from Ladygrove Paddock in Abingdon, was born in Eynsham, but moved to Jericho in Oxford with his family as a young boy. He spent most of
VETERAN Conservative city and county councillor Janet Todd has died aged 88. Friends say her health deteriorated last year and she had been living in a nursing home. The former Lord Mayor of Oxford began her political career in the city in 1965, and
DAVID Bagshaw, the former head groundsman at Abingdon School and chairman of Abingdon Conservative Club, has died. Mr Bagshaw, who was 78, died after a brief illness just 11 days after relinquishing his post at the town's Conservative Club. In 1946
IT IS OSCA time again for the hundreds of people working behind the scenes to make Oxfordshire a greener and cleaner place. The Oxford Times, and Oxfordshire County Council are launching the 2006 Oxfordshire Sustainability and Conservation Awards. Schools
HOMEBUYERS are paying £20,000 for underground parking spaces linked to new canalside apartments in Jericho, Oxford. Berkeley Homes is selling the 200 underground spaces with the two and three-bedroom apartments at Oxford Waterfront, on the site of the
Fixtures for The Oxford Times Cherwell league Division 1. Sat 13 May Aston Rowant v Buckingham Banbury XX v Oxford Downs Challow & C v Milton Keynes Park Dinton v Shipton Oxford II v Banbury II. Sat 20 May Banbury II v Aston Rowant
A woman died this morning in a head-on crash near Banbury. A blue Vauxhall Nova travelling from the direction of Hopcrofts Holt towards Deddington collided with a Citroen on the A4260 Oxford road at about 8.30am. A woman in the Citroen died at the
Three men kidnapped the driver of a lorry and stole £360,000 worth of computer equipment from his vehicle while it was parked at a service station. The 34-year-old Czech driver was asleep in his cab of his lorry, which was parked in the Welcome Break
Carterton are looking for a new manager after Terry Merriman quit the GLS Football Hellenic League outfit. Merriman feels he needs a rest from football, and after spending eight years at Kilkenny Lane. He took Carterton to three cup finals, the latest
Anaclet Odhiambo smashed a second-half hat-trick as The Nelson clinched the double by adding the League Cup to their Premier Division title with a 7-1 demolition of Saxon Warriors at Oxford City. It means that Nelson become the first side in the league
A controversial defeat for southpaw Peter Bucta marred a night of solid achievement by Oxfordshire fighters in the ABA Senior Novice Championships quarter-finals at Watford. Buchta looked dumbfounded after failing to get the decision over Ferry Street
Karl Bushell was taken to a deciding set before winning the men's singles title in the Oxford & District Invitation Tournament at the Forum, Kidlington. His opponent in the final, Andy Misseldine, was in blistering form as he won the opening game.
Reigning world champion power-lifting Martin Green won gold at the European Bench Press Championships for the fourth successive year, in Italy last week. The Didcot star, competing in the 90kg class, lifted 212.5kg on his opening lift. But he failed
Oxfordshire continued their winning build-up to their Middleton Cup campaign when they beat Northamptonshire 118-110 in a friendly at Banbury Central. In a tight contest, Oxon won only two of the six rinks, but skips Greg Moon and Calvin Carpenter won
It's so easy to ruin your dream holiday, simply by lifting your suitcase too quickly, sitting awkwardly on the plane or throwing that frisbee too hard on the beach. Chiropractor Finn O'Brien shows how to take care of ourselves when travelling. TIPS
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Oxford University was today seeking to extend an injunction against animal rights protesters campaigning against its new animal research laboratory. The university said the number of threats and incidents of criminal damage had risen since building
The bodies of five British military personnel killed when their helicopter crashed in Iraq are due to be brought home today, with a ceremony at RAF Brize Norton. Among the five dead is 32-year-old Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill, the first British
When it comes to talking, three students from St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon are the talk of the town. Upper sixth formers Lucy Evans, Jessica Liddle and Kate Shouesmith, all 18, are the champions of Rotary International's youth speaking
North Hinksey Primary in Oxford is a good school that values its pupils, education watchdog Ofsted found. Inspectors said pupils achieved good standards because they were well taught, and praised the strong leadership of the headteacher and governors
An Oxfordshire man who set the land speed record for towing a caravan has died at the age of 69. Eric Prue, of Bicester, died last week after a debilitating condition which he had fought for many months. Mr Prue got involved with caravan rallying
The former cricket coach and head groundsman at Abingdon School and chairman of Abingdon Conservative Club Dave Baggers' Bagshaw has died only 11 days after relinquishing his post at the club. Mr Bagshaw, 78, died after a brief illness. In 1946 he
Environmental (sponsored by Oxfordshire Sustainable Business Partnership): Oakwood Building and Joinery, Benson; The Stile Company, Banbury; Stewart Milne Timber Systems, Witney. Tourism (sponsored by Four Pillars Hotels): Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford
Aubrey Martin, former chairman of the Abingdon branch of the Royal British Legion, has died from cancer at the age of 79. Mr Martin, a widower, from Ladygrove Paddock in Abingdon, was born in Eynsham, but moved to Jericho in Oxford with his family as
Women from Bicester are gearing up to walk 26 miles through the night to raise money for breast cancer research and care. Jeanette Watts, 46, from Orchard Way, is taking part in the Playtex Moonwalk 2006 with her 16-year-old daughter Rachel, friend
A volunteer bureau is organising an open-house coffee morning in a bid to encourage more people to give up their time to help others. The 'drop-in' session will be on Thursday, June 1, at the Carers Centre, in Horsefair, Banbury, and free coffee, tea
"This was an eventful day in the life of the Jacqueline du Pr", pronounced Marie-Alice Frappat, its administrator. She was referring not only to the new art exhibition, but to the pair of concerts offered by their quartet in residence, the Belcea. The
Farmers' markets have become London's new salons, according to last week's Spectator. (According to various other publications they have also become a place for swindling butchers to con the public with a massive mark-ups on fake 'organic' meat but let's
The Co-op has unveiled new plans for its store in West St Helen Street in Abingdon and they've received a warm welcome from critics. OUT goes the contentious contemporary design that caused one of the biggest controversies in Abingdon for years.
Not since a boy wizard strayed into Hogwarts has a book captured the public imagination quite like Dan Brown's hugely enjoyable historical conspiracy thriller The Da Vinci Code. Boasting worldwide sales in excess of 40 million copies, the book is a literary
Your movie-going options are rather limited this week, unless you fancy taking a crack at The Da Vinci Code. The majority of distributors have fought shy of competing directly against such a behemoth. So all credit to those behind One Day in Europe, which
This was my first visit to the great Stratford Bardathon. Anticipation was slightly tinged with apprehension at what might await. The season so far has had mixed fortunes with the exception of the universally acclaimed Antony and Cleopatra. Now we were
The Ashmolean doesn't officially do' photography, which came rather late to the world as an art form. So we learnt from its director Christopher Brown, deputising with unruffled urbanity for novelist Jeanette Winterson marooned on the M40. He was opening
Last Saturday's Sheldonian concert continued the Oxford Philomusica's tribute to the Mozart anniversary in fine style, with a performance of all three of the last symphonies. The event made one wish that this excellent idea was realised more often; all
It's every woman's dream a cottage industry run by two enterprising designers that can create colourful garments that not only fit, but have been tailored to suit their fashion needs. Eynsham-based June Middleton and Margaret Underwood are displaying
Bets are being taken on how much longer the painful and long-running feud between heavyweight county councillors John Howell and Zoe Patrick will last. The pair must have writers' cramp, having penned all those vitriolic letters to the Oxford Mail,
Kidlington Amateur Operatic Society joined in the Mozart birthday celebrations last weekend with a robust performance of the profoundly moving Requiem Mass in D minor, famously left unfinished by the composer's death in 1791 and subsequently completed
The panelled "medieval" hall and the vernal terraces offer a fine setting for the varied and gifted artists of three Oxford Sculptors Group. Christopher Townsend coats his surreal sculptures of mild steel in coloured powder coats. A protection against
The article, We're fed up with eyesore (Oxford Mail, May 1), referring to the half-completed building in Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford, highlights the problems faced by residents in the area, when the Government 'tinkers' with planning laws and the
Featured event: A series of breakfast briefings on a range of legal topics is being hosted by Oxford law firm Morgan Cole. Each interactive briefing will cover a specific legal topic, explaining what the key issues are, how organisations can address
Councillor David Turner (Oxford Mail, May 6) accuses me of encouraging the lack of democracy I complained about. Not so! If the Conservative candidate in my ward had won, there would have been a more democratic city council. Regrettably, he misled
The NHS in Oxfordshire has been valiantly wading through a quagmire of debt and under-funding for more than a decade. But in recent months the situation has hit crisis point, and now we hear that at least 600 posts are likely to be cut at the county's
Are you the next big thing on the music scene just waiting to be discovered? Well the wait could soon be over with the launch of a new Local Heroes online talent search to uncover the best unsigned artists in the country. Artists will download songs
Business leaders and politicians in west Oxfordshire say that Renault F1's decision to support the Formula One organisation will safeguard 500 Oxfordshire jobs. In a bid to frustrate moves to form a breakaway competition, the Renault F1 team, based
A former Woodstock Town Council clerk who felt she had been accused of fiddling funds has received an apology. Marian Moxon, then town clerk, said at a meeting in August 2004 that the council's petty cash book appeared to be in the red during Ann Cooper's
Doctors in Didcot are confident a new multi-million pound health centre will be built - but say the town will need to pull together to make it happen. According to the GPs leading the project, building work must start by November or a fragile funding
Parents and governors at Wantage Primary School have criticised highways officers for delays in repairing a 'School-Slow' sign. Oxfordshire County Council has refused to spend £430 to fix the reactive sign, which warns drivers on one of the town's busiest
FRILFORD HEATH Ladies' May Stableford Div 1: 1 A Gowing 41pts (cb), 2 C Pearce 41 (cb), 3 I Smith 39. Div 2: 1 H Mercer 42, 2 C Nightingale 37, 3 C Chapman 36 (cb). Spring Invitation: 1 B Cooper & J Cooper 80pts, 2 R Withey & C Bryant 78, 3 M Smith
A Wallingford company is flying high with the launch of a new in-flight magazine which will be read by five million customers. The Ad Plain based in The Street, South Stoke, has just been appointed to relaunch Altitude, the magazine for Excel Airways
THE Jamega Tour comes to Witney Lakes for a second year in a row next week. And tour organiser Tony Jones has hailed the course ahead of the event on Wednesday and Thursday. Jones said: "We are delighted to be returning to Witney Lakes. "We have
Yobs gave their own verdict on plans for a second dispersal zone in Abingdon by ripping down and torching warning signs about it. South Abingdon will be covered by a six-month trial Dispersal Order to combat antisocial behaviour and underage drinking
Darren Kitching and his wife Jemma were so pleased with the maternity unit at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital when their twin daughters were born that they decided to return the favour. Mr Kitching, 35, who owns the Exclusive hair salon in West St
Cherwell District Council has agreed to fund 46 new affordable homes at a cost of £1.9m. The council's executive agreed to set aside the funding for the new homes which will be built in five separate schemes. Forty-two of the units are in rural areas
ROGER Mawle holed-in-one as hosts Tadmarton Heath routed Ellesborough in Section 1 of the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League. Mawle aced the tenth hole as they eased to a 3-0 victory and into title contention. Mawle and Spencer Hallam defeated
Drivers can only fill up with £70 worth of petrol within 24 hours at pumps at an Oxfordshire supermarket in a bid to drive out credit card fraud. The scheme is designed to stop thieves from using stolen cards at pay-at-the-pump facilities, which do
THE English Golf Union have given their backing to The Oxfordshire's 2011 Solheim Cup bid. The course, near Thame, hopes to host the 'women's Ryder Cup' in five years time and owners the Leaderboard Group are drumming up support for their campaign.
FRILFORD Heath's Jim Wilson produced an excellent display to finish second in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Seniors Championship at Beaconsfield. And it was a good two days for Oxfordshire clubs as John Summers, of Oxford City, came just one shot behind in
Churches in Charlbury have set themselves a target of raising more than £8,000 for charity in one weekend. From 10am on Saturday and Sunday, St Mary's Church, in Church Road, will be filled with flower arrangements, paintings, textiles, sculpture and
A young Muscular Dystrophy sufferer who has completed the Town and Gown fun run seven times will be taking part again this year - this time in memory of a friend who died of the disease. James Lewis, 18, of Cumnor Road, Farmoor, has been the top fundraiser
People in Wallingford are being urged to rally round the town hospital and those under threat of closure elsewhere by signing the biggest protest petition the town has ever seen. Town council member Lynda Atkins, who is leading the protest, is asking
Primary school children in Oxfordshire will be able to learn a musical instrument for free thanks to a £30,000 cash injection from the Government. School Minister Andrew Adonis made available £2m across the country, with more money promised for next
Oxford University scientists said they were pleased with the response after 80 people responded to a plea for volunteers to test a new vaccine against the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Scientists from the university's Oxford Vaccine Group
Residents in villages around Oxford say they are being driven mad by rat-runners avoiding roadworks at the city's biggest roundabout. On Monday, a contraflow system was put in place on the A40 near the Green Road roundabout in Headington. The measures
The leader of Oxfordshire County Council has given a clear signal that the authority could bid to take over all major council services in the county. Keith Mitchell told the Oxford Mail yesterday that the county was looking into making a bid for unitary
An airman based at RAF Brize Norton who stabbed his girlfriend more than 20 times because of the ''pressure cooker'' of service in Iraq has been jailed for three years. Flight Sgt Paul Newton, 45, became obsessed with Cathy Molloy-Fogarty after returning
A mother who was told her son could make it as an actor but then she was asked for £180 in return is warning other parents to be wary before parting with their cash. Rachael Burnham, from Long Hanborough, near Witney, took her two sons, Joshua, 11,
At least 600 jobs could go across Oxfordshire's NHS in a bid to reduce an estimated £33m deficit within the county's largest hospital trust. The county's MPs revealed the figures after a briefing with Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive
