Firefighters stumbled across a £30,000 cannabis factory in Oxford after neighbours saw steam pouring from the roof and thought it was smoke. Residents thought the house was ablaze, but the smoke was actually hot air created by lamps used to grow cannabis
A 15,000-strong army of wheelie bins is lined up ready for action as Oxford gets set for its 'recycling revolution'. As dawn broke over Cowley Marsh on Monday, regiments of 240-litre green bins were loaded on to trucks to begin their invasion of the
A clergyman has been cleared of sexually abusing a 10-year-old street child during a charity trip in South Africa Father Tony Hogg, 52, was said to be "simply thankful" the charge of indecent assault against him had been dropped by prosecutors in Cape
Soldiers from conflicts old and new united at the war memorial in St Giles in Oxford on Sunday in remembrance of those who have died in foreign fields. It was a particularly moving occasion for Fred Farley, 92, the President of the Oxford City Group
A CLERGYMAN has been cleared of sexually abusing a street child during a charity trip in South Africa. Father Tony Hogg, 52, was said to be "simply thankful" the charge of indecent assault against him was dropped by prosecutors in Cape Town yesterday
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Renowned entrepreneur Trevor Baylis will the star attraction at a public lecture being held at Oxford Brookes University tomorrow. wed Mr Baylis, who invented the clockwork radio, is an honorary graduate of the university and will take part in a panel
CHRISTMAS is going to be extra special for an Oxford family after their grandmother won more than £100,000 playing bingo. The 72-year-old, mother to six and grandmother to nine, won the National Bingo Game prize at Gala Bingo, in the Ozone Leisure Park
FIREFIGHTERS stumbled across a £30,000 cannabis factory in Oxford after neighbours saw steam pouring from the roof and thought it was smoke. Residents in Margaret Road, Headington, thought number 11 was ablaze, but the smoke was actually hot air created
A TEENAGE joyrider who led police on a 35-mile chase has been jailed for 14 months. Mark Byrd, 18, drove off after police spotted him in Horspath Driftway with three passengers in a Ford Escort van late on Sunday, October 15, Oxford Crown Court heard
TEACHERS, governors and parents are being asked for feedback about possible changes to primary education in the county, ahead of a major review next year. From 2009, the Government will allocate millions of pounds worth of extra funding for schools.
FOSCOTE private hospital in Banbury has raised £900 for Breast Cancer Awareness. The hospital, in Hightown Road, started the collection at Banbury Canal Day and continued fundraising through October. A stall near the Italian market on Canal Day attracted
Restaurants, bars and cafes in Oxford are being warned that tax inspectors are making spot checks in the city. Accountants Wellers say officials from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) could visit premises at any time and ask to inspect daily
WORKERS at the Cowley Mini plant will this week vote on whether to accept a deal which will see their wages rise by 4.9 per cent. The deal on the table will see the annual basic wage for a grade two day shift worker rise to £22,095 from this month for
SCHOOLCHILDREN from all over Oxfordshire will be pitting their wits in Abingdon today in the regional heat of the The Kids Lit Quiz an annual competition focused on literature. There are 32 teams of four contestants, aged between 11 and 12, representing
RAIDERS stole jewellery worth £1,000 in a break-in at a house in Oxford Road, Adderbury. The thieves broke into the house through a front kitchen window during the day on Wednesday, November 8. PC Rebecca McCamley, of Banbury priority crime team,
Remembrance Day was marked at the Commonwealth War Graves section at Botley Cemetery.
Remembrance Day was marked at the Commonwealth War Graves section at Botley Cemetery.
Remembrance Day was marked at the Commonwealth War Graves section at Botley Cemetery.
Remembrance Day was marked at the Commonwealth War Graves section at Botley Cemetery.
Remembrance Day was marked at the Commonwealth War Graves section at Botley Cemetery.
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire Hugo Brunner and Lord Mayor of Oxford Jim Campbell lay wreaths.
A gang of masked men burst into a house and assaulted a family of three in a violent attack. The group of three or four men wearing balaclavas knocked on a door in Champion Way in Littlemore, Oxford, at 6.30pm on Saturday then when it opened forced
Burglars broke into Kidlington Social Club and stole a plasma television. Police are appealing for information following the burglary, which took place between 2.30am and 3.30am on November 6, at the club in Yarnton Road, police said today. A rear
A GANG of masked men burst into a house and assaulted a family of three in a violent attack. The group of three or four men wearing balaclavas knocked on a door in Champion Way, Littlemore, Oxford, at 6.30pm on Saturday, then, when it opened, they forced
ACTOR Edward Fox in his guise of author Anthony Trollope is the latest big name artist to be on stage at the Players' Theatre in Nelson Street, Thame, in a one-man show. On January 12 he will provide an insight into the Victorian novelist's life through
Calls of nature can be inconvenient for ladies at the best of times - but on Mount Everest being called short brings its own perils. But relief was at hand for six women climbers from the 37th Signal Regiment of the Territorial Army on their recent
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FOOTBALL FA CUP 1st round: Wycombe Wands 2, Oxford Utd 1. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Northwood 1, Banbury Utd 2. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd 3, Swindon Supermarine 0 (abandoned injury time - floodlight failure); Bashley
BURGLARS forced their way into the Kidlington Social Club, in Yarnton Road, Kidlington, through a rear door and stole items including a plasma television. The break-in happened between 2.30am and 3.30am on Monday, November 6, and police at Bicester
FOUR people needed medical treatment after their car crashed into a hedge on the A40 near Oxford early today. The accident happened at 3.50am between Cassington and Wolvercote. Fire crews and paramedics attended and four people were taken to the John
Mickey Lewis was just about to celebrate victory in his first game as Abingdon United's coach when the lights went out during injury time in Saturday's Division 1 South & West clash at Northcourt Road. With manager Andy Slater away, former Oxford United
Steve Hill says his Oxford University side believe they can claim another Premiership scalp when they host Northampton Saints at Iffley Road tonight (7.30). Oxford's director of rugby has noticed a marked change in attitude after last week's 18-17 victory
Banbury United gained welcome revenge on Northwood, who were the only side to complete the double over them in last season's Premier Division campaign, with a 2-0 victory. The first half belonged to Banbury, who were unlucky several times before taking
Oxford City made it 11 goals conceded in two Division 1 South & West games under their new management team when leaders Bashley hit them for six on Saturday. Player-manager Justin Merritt and his assistant Mike Ford could do nothing to halt the rampant
FAMILIES and childcare staff from across Oxfordshire met to celebrate the creation of several new centres for children. As part of the event children were able to add to a Wish Tree at the Kings Centre in Osney Mead, Oxford, with requests ranging from
With the well-being of teammate Danny Campbell to the forefront of their minds, Didcot took maximum points away from their Division 1 South & West trip to Hanwell Town on Saturday. Campbell is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with leukaemia
RESIDENTS in Cropredy are looking forward to a second Fairport Convention festival this year. Cropredy, which hosts the folk/rock group's annual three-day event every August, will welcome the band and other entertainers later this month for a special
Clanfield continued their improvement with a narrow victory over Old Woodstock Town in a tight Division 1 West game. The home side went ahead in the eighth minute when a long throw by Nathan Radbone caused problems and Lee Cooke beat Woodstock keeper
MOTOR sports specialist Prodrive in Banbury is sponsoring a performance of the classic children's story Tom's Midnight Garden. Banbury Cross Players are presenting a dramatisation of Philippa Pearce's book, on Monday, November 27, at The Mill, Banbury
A SPECIAL exhibition of landscape paintings will bring sunshine and warmth to the Mill Art Centre' s Foyer Gallery in the run-up to Christmas. Highly-regarded artists Ian Staples, Andrea Bates, James Jackman, and Nigel Fletcher, in an exhibition curated
Both goals came in the first ten minutes as Headington secured an away point at Holyport in Division 1 East on Saturday. Headington got off to a flier, with Jay Hill putting Matthew Phillips behind the home defence. Phillips's cut-back was converted
HEALTH trusts in Oxfordshire are featured on a list of 15 in the South-East most at risk of closure, cuts or significant deficits. The DoH has released 'heat maps' of trusts the Government believes face 'media attention' as a result of reforms. The
CLIMATE change has already cost Oxfordshire County Council £16.4m, it was claimed this week. More than 260 costly weather related incidents have been recorded by Oxfordshire County Council over the last ten years. Damage has resulted from flooding
Andy McCabe came off the bench to score twice in three minutes as North Leigh came from behind to secure a thrilling 3-1 victory over their Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division title rivals Slimbridge and go second in the table. Visitors Slimbridge
NORTHWOOD 1 BANBURY UNITED 2 BANBURY gained welcome revenge on Northwood, who were the only side to complete the double over them in last season's Premier Division campaign. The first half belonged to Banbury, who were unlucky several times before
Eddie Hutchinson urged his Oxford United teammates to put the disappointment of their FA Cup exit behind them and not let it affect their push for the Conference title. The midfielder (pictured battling it out against former U's defender Sam Stockley
When Valerie Sutton visited the Oxford Bus Museum in Long Hanborough and picked up a leaflet, the last thing she expected was to read about herself. Her eyes glued to a paragraph about a crash in 1943: "A bus skidded into 14 Cowley Road on 14 September
War veterans, proudly displaying their medals, march along St Giles, Oxford, to remember their fallen comrades, as they do every year. This was the scene in 1970, when nearly 700 members of the armed forces and ex-service and other organisations took
Stage productions were regular features of life at Headington Secondary School in Oxford. We published a picture of one - an opera in 1956 or 1957 - sent in by former pupil Norma Stallard, of Cromwell Way, Kidlington (Memory Lane, August 28). Another
Four people needed medical treatment after their car left the road this morning and crashed into hedge on a busy road outside Oxford. The accident happened at 3.50am, on the A40 between Cassington and Wolvercote. Fire crews and paramedics attended
Where has city councillor Matt Sellwood been if he thinks the plan for the new Westgate shopping centre is being rushed through (Oxford Mail, November 6)? A new shopping centre has been on the cards for most of the time I've been on the city council
I would like to reply to Peter Collett's letter (Oxford Mail, October 27). I don't know what part of Florence Park at Cowley, Oxford, he lived in, but I moved there in 1954 and experienced flooding almost from day one. It was this flooding that persuaded
Blackbird Leys is hardly awash with facilities - residents even had to battle for a decent cashpoint - and now the city council is planning to shut down seven play areas. This is a short-sighted policy and the council should carefully review the controversial
THE victims of two road accidents in the past week have been named. Lynette Parish, 55, from Banbury, died after her Volkswagen Polo was involved in a collision with a BMW estate on the B4011 near Bullingdon Prison last Tuesday. The man driving the
STAFFING a major anti-terrorism operation has cost Thames Valley Police £5.2m - and this could rise to £7m. Officers from Thames Valley Police, including many from Oxford, have been helping the Metropolitan Police with Operation Overt - a search of
Soldiers from conflicts old and new united at the war memorial in St Giles in Oxford yesterday to pay respects to those who have died in foreign fields. It was particularly moving for Fred Farley, 92, the president of the Oxford City Group of the Royal
There has been an angry reaction from friends of weapons expert Dr David Kelly over the BBC's decision to investigate his death for a new TV series. Dr Kelly, who lived in Southmoor near Abingdon, was at the centre of the controversy over the so called
Memories of almost 50 years in Blackbird Leys in Oxford were brought to life through black and white photographs and texts showing the origins of the housing estate. Many visitors to the Blackbird Leys Local History Day at Blackbird Leys Library eagerly
A mother-of-five is warning parents to beware of stray security tags after a two inch pin pierced her daughter's foot at an Oxford store. George McFadden, nine, of Balfour Road was leaving Wilkinson's in Cowley when she suffered a pain in her big toe
Fireworks filled the sky and now Oxfordshire charities are filling their pockets with £19,000 raised from the biggest public fireworks display in the county. The Oxford Round Table-run celebration in South Park in Morrell Avenue, Oxford, sponsored by
Designing a sculpture is not usually child's play but for youngsters on an Oxford estate their ideas will form a inspiration for a new piece of public art. A sculpture is to be installed outside a new superstore currently being built at the entrance
AN ULTRASONIC device which mimics the whine of a mosquito is to be used to stop youths from hanging around in an Oxfordshire shopping arcade. The device, called the Mosquito, will be used at Chipping Norton's Westgate Shopping Centre from next week.
Christmas will come early when the festive lights are turned on this month - but celebrity spotters may be disappointed as no-one famous is doing the honours. Last year Coronation Street star Amanda Barrie joined former Lord Mayor Bob Price and cartoon
The leaders of two 'warring' factions have been united - over a bicycle. Oxford City Council's Lord Mayor Jim Campbell has been lending his mayoral bike to Lesley Legge, chairwoman of Oxfordshire County Council. The two councils are more often arguing
Oxford City Council is searching for a good performing authority to offer advice on how to tackle a £9m maintenance backlog. Years of under-investment in buildings has led to the state the Town Hall currently finds itself in. To address the problem
Changes to two bus routes have left one group of residents feeling cut off and another feeling besieged by buses. Two new bus-only entrances to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, Oxford, have meant the Stagecoach number 10 and the Oxford Bus
FOUR Tory candidates will be battling for the public vote tonight to have the chance to fight the Oxford West and Abingdon seat at the next General Election. The contest includes a martial arts expert, former army regular and a human rights campaigner
A £1.5m sports hall complex has been officially opened at Didcot Girls School. The ambitious project, that has taken four years to come to fruition, includes a multi-use hall, a smaller group room, and three sets of changing rooms with showers and toilets
A CYCLE path running from Ferry Road in Marston to South Parks Road in Oxford has been re-opened, a week after it was closed for resurfacing. The path was closed last Monday for a new surface to be laid along the stretch between the river and the city
THE new owners of Thames Water have announced the appointment of a new chairman and chief executive once the company's multibillion-pound deal is completed. Chairman Jim Forbes and chief executive Jeremy Pelczer will be replaced by Sir Peter Mason,
DANCER Wayne Sleep will be coming to Oxford to teach dance to people of all ages later this month. He will be at Oxford High School for Girls, Belbroughton Road, Oxford, on Sunday, November 26. Visit www.waynesleep.org or call 0208 4733428.
EIGHT people were hurt in three separate car crashes in Oxfordshire over the weekend. A man was taken to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning after a collision involving a lorry and a car. Fire and ambulance crews were called to the northbound
FIRE crews were called to the lane between Stratton Audley and Poundon at 5.30am on Saturday where they found a car which had been completely destroyed by fire.
FIRE crews were called to tackle a blaze at a mobile home site in Garsington yesterday. The blaze at the King's Copse mobile home site, at 4am, is being treated as arson. Firefighters were also called to an arson at Elmthorpe Convent in Garsington Road
PLAYTIME could be over for children on some of Oxford's estates as play areas are set for closure in a city council cost-cutting review. According to council officers, 16 of the city's 97 play areas are surplus to requirements as there are similar facilities
THE band Angelis, featuring county schoolgirl Amy Dow reached number two in the album charts last night. The classical/pop group, put together by X-Factor judge and music boss Simon Cowell, were beaten to the number one spot by funk act Jamiroquai.
THREE sites in Oxford have been identified as possible locations for giant wind turbines. Although the city council has shelved plans for wind generators until proper costings have been made, it has already earmarked sites should money become available
The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Services took part in the remembrance parade at the Menin Gate Ypres. The picture shows the Marching Party from both brigades with their Standards & Union flag.
On Saturday morning there was a United Nations Association stall in Charlbury calling on people to demand a ban on cluster bombs. It was very well supported. If you want to join in by sending a special card to the Defence Minister, Des Browne, please
