SILVERSTONE Circuit is opening its doors this weekend to showcase Silverstone's range of driving experiences, including the Junior Rally Experience which is specifically designed for children and teenagers aged ten to 17. The weekend is not just about
BUS operator Stagecoach is using the local touch to improve services to rural passengers. The company has introduced 'satellite' garages to provide country areas with more efficient public transport systems. The move means that buses can be parked
STUDENTS from Skills for Life classes in Banbury received their end-of-year certificates last week at the town's East Street Centre. Learners attended classes in literacy, numeracy, or English as a second or other language, at a series of venues in
BANBURY'S Frank Wise Special School is one step nearer to having a new state-of-the-art technology centre, thanks to a £12,000 donation from a company that finds employment for disabled people. The cash was raised at Remploy's annual golf day and work
COVENTRY City's first team will be the next pre-season opposition for Banbury United. The match will take place at Spencer Stadium, Station Approach, Banbury, on Monday, with a 7.45pm kick-off. One week later, on Monday, July 31, Oxford United will
BANBURY Town Council is being forced to rethink its annual in-bloom competition after three categories in this year's event received no entries. Other classes received only enough entries "to get by". A recent meeting of the Banbury in Bloom working
BANBURY Town Council's popular accountant Keith Brailsford has died following a stroke and short illness. He had been with the town council since 2001. He was married to Pauline and had three children Sally, Lucy, and Neil, and five grandchildren
CHERWELL District Council is hoping to encourage more than 800 recruits each year to its recycling service. The council has created a new welcome pack that it will send to up to 850 people that are estimated to move into the area each year. It will
A HEALTH watchdog has called for more time to discuss cutbacks to services at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. The Oxfordshire health overview and scrutiny committee made up of county and district councillors says people need longer to consider the issues
POLICE believe two burglaries, in which thieves walked through front doors of homes in Banbury, may be linked. In the first raid, a flat in St John's House, St John's Road, Banbury, was burgled, between 11.30pm on Thursday, July 6, and 5.30pm on Friday
PUPILS in Banbury are to help children in Kashmir, whose school was wrecked by last year's Asian earthquake. An appeal to build a new school in the village of Duhali, in the quake-shattered region of Muzaffarabad, will be launched at Banbury School.
MORE people are using buses in Banbury despite an overall fall in the number of passengers across the county. Additional services introduced a year ago between Banbury and Chipping Norton have seen a 38 per cent increase in use, and route B1/2, which
PAINTINGS by a Greatworth art student are hanging in a new prestigious £22m hotel. Gemma Cooke, 22, was one of three Nottingham University students commissioned by Marston Hotels to design original works based on the novels of D.H. Lawrence. The pictures
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Oxfordshire Under 23s let their Bedfordshire counterparts off the hook by dropping half a dozen catches on the first day of their Tom Orford Trophy match at The Queens College ground. On a day when temperatures were up in the 90s, Oxon took wickets
Ales Dryml's horrific smash last week has brought memories flooding back of 2003 when the Oxford Cheetahs star's brother, Lukas, was badly injured in action. Czech star Ales was severely injured after crashing during last Wednesday's meeting against
Cheetahs skipper Todd Wiltshire is black and blue after his crash in the World Team Cup event on Sunday, but delighted at being back on the world championship stage. The Australian, who takes part in the World Cup final at Reading on Saturday, said
Lucy Boggis and Katie Sams were the stars as Radley finished third in their Southern Women's League Division 1 meeting at Basildon on Saturday. Boggis produced a best throw of 10.88m in the shot, and also stormed to victory in the 100m hurdles in 14.8secs
Oxford City ladies consolidated their lead at the top of Southern League Division 3 West as they ran out convincing winners at Horspath Road. They now go into their final match of the season with a virtually unassailable lead of 187 points over local
We can understand the concern of county council employees at the growing role of outside individuals and companies in the provision of public services. There are legitimate concerns about the amount of taxpayers' money going into the private sector.
I was really amazed to recently hear the Conservative Party leader say that we should give the tearaways and antisocial yobs love and understanding. He even had the audacity to bring up that hoary old chestnut of 'broken homes'. Come off it, Mr Cameron
I was selling unwanted items at the Kassam boot sale at the time of the raid by the police and trading standards officers. Before we give them a large pat on the back for a job well done, I would like to add my opinion. The whole operation was too heavy-handed
Classmates of three teenage boys killed in a car crash took to the football pitch to remember their friends. Teams from Oxford Community School, in Cowley, and Peers School in Littlemore, played a football match in memory of Oxford's Eastern Bypass
Taxpayers have forked almost £17m on interim managers and consultants at Oxfordshire County Council in the past year, official papers show. The disclosure - in confidential documents obtained by the Oxford Mail from a senior council source - has so
A former barrister used the Freedom of Information Act to discover levels of MRSA on the hospital ward where he contracted the bug. Ben Beaumont, 65, of Scrutton Close, Headington, Oxford, was working in Hong Kong when he was diagnosed with prostate
An alcoholic thug who tore off a Sikh man's turban in Oxford has been convicted of racially aggravated assault. Kenneth Pollard, 56, of Speedwell Street, Oxford, denied the attack on Rattandeep Singh Ahluwalia, 26, from India, but was found guilty after
Premier Section 1/1A: Seacourt Bridge 0, Cricketers 3; Gladiators A 0, Plough A 3; Garsington Sports 1, Cowley Workers 2; Squire Bassett 2, Three Pigeons 1; White House 1, George 2. Section 2: Littlemore BL 2, Turners Arms 1; New Club A 1, Black Swan
Oxfordshire firefighters had their busiest day of the year so far as a series of blazes broke out during yesterday's sweltering temperatures. Twenty-eight of the county's 35 fire crews on duty were called into action to battle fires in farm fields,
We may have all been sweltering yesterday as temperatures hit 33C in Oxford, but US student Emerald McGowan was not too hot and bothered in her jacket and jeans. Asked why she was wearing such clothing in University Parks in the heatwave, the 19-year-old
Average house prices in Oxfordshire are set to break through the £300,000 barrier in the next three years, experts have predicted. Analysts at think tank Oxford Economic Forecasting (OEF) said a combination of increased demand for homes, limited supply
Banbury MP Tony Baldry has accused Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt of passing the buck on responding to petitions against cuts in Oxfordshire hospitals. The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust is facing a deficit of £33m and is to axe 600 posts, with
Prayers were said last night for the safety of a 36-year-old Oxford man who has gone missing after travelling to Lebanon two weeks ago. Members of the Muslim Education Centre of Oxford (Meco) have been desperately trying to contact Ahmar Houran, from
About 250 schoolchildren were stopped from going to Oxford's Peers Technology College because of yesterday's soaring temperatures. The school put out a warning on Fox FM's breakfast show, saying its year seven and eight pupils should not turn up.
Plans for a bigger, better building for Witney's largest health centre have been scuppered because of a lack of NHS funding. GPs and staff at Windrush Health Centre - which has about 12,700 registered patients - were finally given hope of replacing
Teenager Joseph Wenman used a brand new high-performance Audi car his parents bought as a present for him to race police at more than 120mph, a court heard. However, the 19-year-old, from Milton Road, Drayton, escaped jail after a judge was told his
Two Abingdon taxi drivers have been suspended after late night spot checks discovered they had flouted regulations, including using a dodgy fare meter. More than 40 taxi drivers were randomly stopped in a joint operation by police, the Vale of White
CRICKETERS leapfrogged George, Littlemore and White House to top the Greene King Oxford & District League Premier Section for the first time this season after a 3-0 victory at Seacourt. Den Sellar got better as the night went on with 15 dolls (4-5-6
