Talk about going from one extreme to another. It's only been a week or so since I was basking in the Lanzarote sunshine, yet all of that was easily forgotten today. I joined the lunchtime lads for the Tuesday favourite - a nine-mile run up to Boars Hill
Should have been my first day back at work today but baby still has a runny tummy so she couldn't go to nursery. Luckily Himself was working a later shift, so I could pop in to the office to check my 67,000 emails and say hello to the team. Then it was
Police are hunting a man who attempted to abduct a woman while she was out running in Banbury. The woman was jogging along a lane at the rear of Broughton Castle's grounds when she was approached by a white car with two men inside. The driver got
A ROAD was sealed off today after a lorry carrying three tonnes of straw caught fire. The lorry went up in flames on the A417 near Harwell at the Rowstock roundabout at about 1.15pm. Two fire crews from Didcot were called to the incident, in which
An Oxfordshire road has been sealed off after a lorry carrying three tonnes of straw caught fire. The lorry went up in flames on the A417 near Harwell at the Rowstock roundabout at about 1.15pm today. Two fire crews from Didcot were called to the
VANDALS damaged garden gates, plant pots and windows in Grove on Friday night. There were seven offences reported in Hardwell Close, Bosleys Orchard, St John's Road and The Willows. PC Darren James said: "It is unusual to have so many incidents
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after nine cars were damaged between Kennington and Radley on Saturday and Sunday. Youths are believed to have caused the damage and about five youths wearing hoodies were seen running away from Lower Radley Caravan
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A gang of youths is believed to have gone on a wrecking spree in Kennington, Oxford, causing hundreds of pounds of damage to nine cars. Windows were smashed and wing mirrors broken overnight between Saturday and Sunday in The Avenue, Kennington Road
Vandals have been on the rampage in Grove - damaging garden gates, windows and plant pots. Seven incidents, which happened in Hardwell Close, Bosleys Orchard, St Johns Road and The Willows last Friday (March 2) , have been reported to police. PC Darren
A MAN was found guilty today of attempted murder following an incident which left his victim in a vegetative state. A jury found Leonard Morrison, 37, of Bath Street, guilty at Oxford Crown Court after five hours' deliberation. Samuel Marriott-Gray
A man has been found guilty today of attempted murder following an incident which left his victim in a vegetative state. The jury found Leonard Morrison, 37, of Bath Street, Oxford, guilty at Oxford Crown Court after five hours' deliberation. Samuel
Charlton Athletic have just made a DRAMATIC announcement. My present season ticket at the Valley, in an excellent Upper West stand seat looking along the "home end" penalty line, costs £325. (I am over 60). Next season the cost will be only £300, if
Ramraiders who attempted a daylight robbery on a jewellers fled empty-handed when the shop window failed to break. Three men in balaclava helmets reversed a dark blue Honda Civic into the new Michael Jones shop in Banbury High Street today, before attacking
A FIRE alarm was raised at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, when staff noticed a burning smell and spotted smoke coming from the roof. Five fire engines raced to the hospital in Headley Way, Headington, at about 6.45pm yesterday. JR spokesman
FIREFIGHTERS released six teenagers from a lift at Oxford's Debenhams store last night. They were called to the shop at 7.37pm following reports the lift had stuck because of an electrical problem.
Gene therapy company Oxford Biomedica confirmed yesterday that it was on the brink of signing a partnership deal for its cancer treatment TroVax. If the deal goes ahead, Oxford Biomedica could become the first Oxford University spin-out company to see
A robber believed to be armed with a gun stole a woman's mobile telephone in Bicester this morning. The victim, in her 40s, was walking to work along Middleton Stoney Road at 6.30am when the robber pounced. She handed over her Samsung phone and he
An Oxfordshire school has declared itself officially open for business after unveiling a new £1m enterprise centre. Marlborough School in Woodstock is hoping to attract a host of local firms and community groups to its state-of-the-art facility which
Businesses in Oxfordshire are willing to consider road pricing as a way of providing "a transport system fit for the 21st century." The Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce believes the controversial proposal could be the answer to the growing problems of
Enterprising companies and individuals looking to enter the Oxfordshire Business Awards are being urged to come forward to beat Friday's deadline. To date, more than 130 entries have been received but organisers want to see more, especially in the tourism
Enterprising companies and individuals looking to enter the Oxfordshire Business Awards are being urged to come forward to beat Friday's deadline. To date, more than 130 entries have been received but organisers want to see more, especially in the tourism
A WOMAN was robbed at gunpoint by a man in Bicester today. The woman, in her forties, was walking to work along Middleton Stoney Road when she was attacked. She had just got off a bus at about 6.30am and was at the lower end near Bicester town centre
A developer has snapped up five buildings in a multi-million pound deal which will transform an Oxford industrial park. Frontier Estates paid £11m for the properties at Sandy Lane West which were formerly owned by Royal Mail, Nominet and Prudential
STAFF at the Co-op in Headington took part in a banana-eating bonanza to celebrate the start of Fairtrade Fortnight. In a record-breaking event, Co-op workers all got peeling bananas at the same time, joining 25,000 staff at Co-op stores nationwide
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I CAN'T believe that after tonight's match at Southport, there are only 11 games to go until the end of the season. As the old cliche goes it's been a rollercoaster ride and it could end up with a trip to Wembley, 21 years after our last appearance in
I CAN'T believe that after tonight's match at Southport, there are only 11 games to go until the end of the season. As the old cliche goes it's been a rollercoaster ride and it could end up with a trip to Wembley, 21 years after our last appearance in
I CAN'T believe that after tonight's match at Southport, there are only 11 games to go until the end of the season. As the old cliche goes it's been a rollercoaster ride and it could end up with a trip to Wembley, 21 years after our last appearance in
Abingdon Vale's Olivia Law broke two club records at the Oxon and North Bucks distance championships at Milton Keynes. She finished in 5mins 4.86secs in the 12 & under 400m freestyle and 5.50.04 in the 400m individual medley, in regional considered
Sam van de Schootbrugge had a triple success as he helped City of Oxford sweep the board at the Oxon & North Bucks distance championships in Milton Keynes. Competing in the 14 & under age group, the 13-year-old was crowned junior 15 & under county champion
Oxford Hawks gave themselves a lifeline at the bottom of Slazenger League Men's South Division by beating Ipswich 4-2 at Banbury Road. Jordache Rawson fired them in front from open play in the seventh minute, but Richard Evans converted a penalty stroke
City of Oxford demolished bottom club Windsor 8-0 in the Trysports 3 Counties League Premier 1. Windsor could field only ten players. Unusually for City, the prolific Rachel Lammey wasn't among their scorers, with the goals shared around between Kim
Abingdon striker Will Trigg scored his 150th league goal for the club as his side recorded a 3-0 victory over local rivals Wallingford at The Hithercroft to keep their hold on third place in Division 1. Abingdon took the lead midway through the half
Oxfordshire lost top spot in Division 2 despite winning 22-17 at Cleveland over the weekend. Somerset and Merseyside won their fixtures by wider margins to push Oxon down to third, one point off the top. After Saturday's games, Oxon were 11-7 up,
Rover Oxford Ladies moved two points clear at the top of Women's League Division 1 after beating Harrow 3-1, while title rivals Epsom could only draw. Rover went ahead when Vicky Mankelow pounced on a rebound off the goalkeeper's pads. Harrow levelled
The bane of any cyclist's life is rutted roads and potholes. Councils nationally are notoriously bad at fixing small, apparently inconsequential holes. But, while neither buses nor bikes will disappear into a four-inch round hole, these are enough to
I returned home from work to find that Oxfordshire County Council's 'graffiti gang' had been out in force again. The poor chaps were spraying unwanted white lines on the road to tell motorists where to park their cars. A day or so before, we were informed
Bravo to pensioner Frank Vickers for speaking out. So often, appeals for the elderly not to allow strangers into their homes come from the mouths of police officers or their spokesman. Judging from the number of distraction burglaries we report in
Bicester were pushed all the way for a 25-19 home victory over Drifters, which keeps them in the BB & O League Premier Division promotion hunt. The hosts lost flankers Dan Spencer and Anthony Nightingale to the sin-bin near the end, but were still able
Former Chinnor fly half James Cathcart was the scourge of Oxford Harlequins again as they lost 14-13 at Reading in South West 1. Cathcart's three penalties proved just enough in a tight game where Quins recovered from 11-0 down. The visitors could
I have been following the lively debate on unitary authorities in letters to the Oxford Mail over the last few months. I started work with Nottingham City Council in 1955, followed by spells at four other county boroughs, one urban district, one metropolitan
Harwell secured local bragging rights with a 7-0 victory over Didcot in BB&O Division 1 South. It was not an attractive game to watch, but Harwell dominated the first half and carved out a try for Ben Lacy against his former club, converted by Lee Lewis
WitneyY 2nd were comfortable 46-5 victors over Buckingham 2nd in the BB&O Premier A Division. They bagged 32 points against the wind in a near perfect first half, but failed to maintain that form after the break. Witney's try scorers were Martin Lyall
Banbury Bulls still control their own promotion destiny despite suffering a narrow 12-10 defeat at promotion-chasing Ampthill Midlands 3 East South. With a game in hand, Banbury will finish top should they win all their remaining fixtures. Ampthill
Witney returned to the top after a fortunate 11-6 victory at neighbours Chipping Norton in Southern Counties North. With the wind behind them in the opening 40 minutes, Witney found the Chippy defence difficult to break through and had only two Henry
Henley Hawks dug in for an excellent 32-8 victory at Manchester that saw them return to second spot. Promotion rivals Launceston dropped to third after losing at leaders Esher, but the league is still too tight to call. Henley fly half Mitch Burton
Holders Banbury United are sweating on the fitness of midfielder Paul Lamb ahead of tonight's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final at North Leigh. The ex-Aylesbury United skipper is struggling to be fit after going over on an ankle during Saturday's
Oxford Cheetahs skipper Jesper B Olsen was among Denmark's World Team Cup squad who were put through their paces at Oxford Stadium yesterday. The party included world championship contenders Nicki Pedersen and Hans Andersen as the bikes roared for the
The first person in Oxfordshire to appear in a name and shame poster campaign has won an appeal against his Antisocial Behaviour Order (Asbo). Ian Joseph, of no fixed address, appeared at Oxford Crown Court to appeal against an Asbo made by magistrates
A jury was told yesterday they must question if stabbing victim Samuel Marriott-Gray was right when he named a man as his attacker.o Leonard Morrison, 37, of Bath Street, in Oxford - known as Goldteeth or G - denies stabbing Samuel Marriott-Gray, 21
A young girl was paraded on an Internet chatroom web camera and made to perform sexual acts, a jury was told yesterday. Christine Nicolson, 53, is on trial accused of inciting a child to perform a sexual act and engaging in sexual activity in the presence
Scriptwriters are working on a second series of Lewis. The first series of the Morse offshoot, starring Kevin Whately, finished on Sunday night and ITV pronounced itself delighted with viewing figures of the final episode of 8.4 million - a million
More than 700 drivers have ignored the city centre ban on daytime traffic in Oxford. Surveillance cameras have caught 705 drivers flouting restrictions in the High Street since they went live on February 26. However, they might have all had a lucky
HOLDERS Banbury United are sweating on the fitness of midfielder Paul Lamb ahead of tonight's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final at North Leigh. The ex-Aylesbury United skipper is struggling after going over on an ankle during Saturday's British Gas
Theatregoers who packed out Oxford's New Theatre to watch stars of the comedy circuit have raised about £40,000 for a children's hospice. More than 1,800 comedy fans were at the theatre in George Street on Sunday night to watch stars including Stephen
Oxford's crumbling Castle Mound has been covered with plastic sheeting to protect it from heavy rain. Last Wednesday, safety fencing was put up along the pavement in New Road which borders the ancient monument after earth started to slip two days earlier
A sculpture of a family is to become the newest piece of public art installed on an Oxford estate. Hundreds of children living in Blackbird Leys were consulted by artist Diana Bell, who was commissioned to design and make a sculpture to go outside the
Parents have been left upset after being denied places for their children at their village school. At least six families in Minster Lovell, near Witney, are lodging appeals after being turned down for St Kenelm's School. All the families had listed
A north Oxford community association has won vital grant funding to help it keep local groups running for the coming year. Cutteslowe Community Association, which is based at Cutteslowe Community Centre, in Wren Road, has been allocated £10,000 for
Two talented Oxfordshire writers are getting Britain reading, after their stories were picked from 10,000 entries for a book promoting literacy. Oxford Mail reporter Fran Bardsley, 25, of Oxford, and Colette Dickinson, 37, from Radley, had their short
Blind sportsman Steve Cunningham has thanked a thief who returned his stolen phone. Mr Cunningham was drinking in the Cricketers pub in Middleton Road, Banbury, when his special phone was taken from his coat pocket. It has been adapted for use by visually-impaired
Plans to improve safety along a stretch of the notorious bends on the main road though Marcham near Abingdon are just around the corner. Oxfordshire County Council is planning a temporary trial period of traffic signals for one-way working and a temporary
A climate change monster led an environmental march through the city to kick off the Oxford International Women's Festival. More than 60 protesters wore suffragette colours - green, white and purple - as they followed one of the original routes of the
THE first two families flooded out of their Oxford homes by a burst water pipe have been told they should be able to return later this month. Twenty-four homes in Normandy Crescent were damaged after an estimated million litres of water flooded the
A team of intrepid cricketers from Didcot will be playing on a very slippery wicket later this month. The players, from Milton Park-based publishers Taylor and Francis, are competing in an Ice Cricket tournament on a frozen lake in Estonia in aid of
A JURY was told yesterday they must question if stabbing victim Samuel Marriott-Gray was right when he named a man as his attacker. Leonard Morrison , 37, of Bath Street, Oxford - known as Goldteeth or G - denies stabbing Samuel Marriott-Gray, 21, in
A SECOND World War veteran targeted by conmen has warned other pensioners not to let strangers in their homes. Former Royal Artilleryman Frank Vickers, 83, and his 74 year-old wife Mary had more than £400 stolen after a man knocked at their door claiming
Rover Oxford returned to the top of the South League Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional table thanks to a 3-2 victory at Maidenhead, combined with a defeat for promotion rivals Aylesbury. A Toby Langdon drag-flick broke the deadlock at Maidenhead
Best Mate, the triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner trained by Henrietta Knight at West Lockinge, near Wantage, is to be added to the Cheltenham Hall of Fame. The ill-fated gelding, who died of a suspected heart attack at Exeter in November 2005, will
Chairman Nick Merry will tonight miss his first Oxford United match since taking over the club after undergoing major knee surgery. He was yesterday booked into the Manor Hospital in Headington for an operation on the knee he seriously injured as a
Oxford United have thrown a spanner in the works of their manager's plans for squad rotation this month - by playing so well! o Jim Smith admitted he had planned to make two or three changes for tonight's match at Southport, but now, after seeing how
Gosford All Blacks 7, Wallingford 48 Wallingford sealed the BB&O Premier Division title after running in eight tries against a battling Gosford side at a very wet Stratfield Brake. For the fourth consecutive match, a Wallingford player scored a hat-trick
MORE than 700 drivers have ignored the city centre ban on daytime traffic in Oxford. Surveillance cameras have caught 705 drivers flouting restrictions in the High Street since they went live on February 26. However, they might have all had a lucky
THE butchered remains of four deer have been discovered in a rural Oxfordshire layby. The heads, hides and lower legs of two muntjac and four fallow deer were found dumped in a layby on Church Road, Great Milton, near the junction with the A329. The
A MOTHER attacked another woman who asked her 'have you had your baby yet?', 11 months after she had given birth. Stephanie Silver, 22, launched the attack in a kebab shop, biting her victim on the breast and hitting her with the heel of her shoe last
AN INTERNATIONAL row over Oxford's reputation as a top university has broken out after a broadside by two American Rhodes scholars. The Harvard students condemned the university as "outdated" and said the Bodleian Library was "less than inspiring".
A FORMER heroin addict has spoken of his life with hepatitis C as it was revealed that more than 3,000 people across Oxfordshire could be living with the infection. Mark Lambert, 37, contracted the illness by sharing needles during his 15-year habit
A SECOND river crossing seen as the answer to much of Abingdon's traffic problems is not regarded as a high priority by Oxfordshire County Council because of the cost and lack of enthusiasm from the South East Regional Assembly. But there is a glimmer
MORE than 300 Scouts, Cubs, Guides and their leaders in Oxfordshire are in the final stages of rehearsal for the annual Gang Show. The Gang Show has been running for more than 50 years and will this year see about 180 performers taking to the stage
A SECOND planning application for ten homes on the timber yard site between the bends in the village is raising concerns. The first application last year by Try Homes was rejected by the Vale of White Horse District Council, but the company has sent in
POSTAL deliveries in Oxford have continued their turnaround and are now in the top 30 in the country. New research by consumer watchdog Postwatch put the OX postcode at 30th out of 116 areas nationally, two years after it was the worst in the country
PARENTS at a school hit by a £100,000 arson attack have launched a fundraising drive to replace treasured toys and possessions lost in the blaze. Fire swept through the nursery section at Longfields Primary School in Bicester on Wednesday night, destroying
