A teenage girl was taken to hospital with serious head injuries yesterday following an accident between a car and a coach on the A40. The 14-year-old girl was a passenger in a blue Rover which was in collision with an Oxford Bus Company Espress service
A former Campsfield House detainee said he was treated so badly when he was in the Kidlington detention centre he wanted to return to war torn Algeria. The former Algerian policeman, who has asked to be known only as Karim, was detained at Campsfield
Chipping Norton Town Swifts moved into the final of the Under 14 KO Cup with a 2-1 victory over Chesterton Juniors. Owen Hunt and Gareth Price were on target for Chippy, with David Aslett replying. Chippy will meet Middleton Cheney in the final.
Brize Norton romped to a 4-0 win over Slough in Thames Valley League Division 1. They went in front on 35 minutes through Kelly Matthews, then Laura King doubled the lead after the break. Matthews netted her second to make it 3-0, before substitute
Ben Brown was the Carterton hero as his brace secured a 2-1 victory over Oxford Blackbirds in the OFA Under 13 Cup final at Ardley United on Sunday. Playing on a sloping pitch in a blustery wind, Carterton struggled to get their passing going, although
Poppi Dando hammered a hat-trick as Wantage fought back from two goals down to beat Benson 4-2 in the Under 12 A League of the Oxford Mail Girls League. Benson took the lead through Danielle Merry after just two minutes. Luci Sokolowski doubled Benson's
Vale of White Horse Under 14s retained the Vale Cup - and they did it in style with a 100 per cent record. The youngsters lifted the trophy after brushing aside unbeaten Stroud 4-1 in their final game at Clanfield FC on Thursday. It was their second
Rob Hoskin hit a four-timer as Vale of White Horse Under 15s came back from the dead to beat Aldershot & District 5-3 in an amazing Wright Cup quarter-final at Milton United. It looked all over for Vale when Aldershot led 3-1 going into the last minute
An unbeaten 27 from Dave Clark as Banbury Twenty boosted their survival hopes with a 54-run win against King's Sutton in Division 2 of the Banbury & District Indoor League. Chasing 115-1, King's Sutton were restricted to 61-3. Ian Hawtin hit an undefeated
Saloon car racer Alex Dew was pipped to victory by less than a second in the opening round of the Hot Hatch Championship at Mallory Park. Dew, 21, from Bampton, who had rebuilt his Citroën Saxo VTR qualified in fourth in a 50-strong field. Dew, who
Oxford City Stars South Division play-off hopes have been given a boost, with Lukas Szabo returning from illness for this weekend's double-header against Streatham Redskins and Haringey Greyhounds. Szabo missed last Sunday's 4-2 win against league winners
Horspath Hammers unveiled their new look team, which included three 18-year-old English riders, as they came from behind to win their British Premier League opener against Coventry 90-89. Hammers took the early advantage in heat one, but after the next
Having lost to Witney A in the final of the Jubilee Cup a fortnight ago, Fieldside A exacted swift revenge as they defeated their rivals 4-3 in the Oxford League's Simonds Cup. Paul Robinson put Fieldside ahead with victory against Lewis Calcutt in
Excitement is building at Oxford Stadium with the racing office gearing itself up for an avalanche of entries for the £8,000 William Hill Pall Mall which gets under way on Thursday. The race, won last year by Ernie Gaskin junior's Seomra Rock, is the
As expected, the final weekend of the 2006/7 river season was a total washout around Oxford, writes Andy Webber. Every river was bank-high and the Environment Agency 'River Watch' was still being enforced. Although the rivers and floods were receding
Readers of this blog (mostly my family!) will be relieved to know that baby's bum has dried up at last. This comes much to her daddy's relief. It was touch and go there a few times - thought I was going to have to give him CPR during one particularly
Two youths stole cash from a pensioner after conning their way into his home. The pair called at the house of the 88-year-old man in Harcourt Green, Wantage, claiming they needed to check the water system. The man was distracted by one youth, then
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after two youths tricked their way into the home of an 88-year-old man and stole cash. They called at the house in Harcourt Green, Wantage, on Monday afternoon claiming to be from the water board. They said that
POLICE believe three burglaries in Wheatley are linked. An attempted burglary occurred at the Animal Rescue charity shop, on London Road, at 9.30pm on Tuesday, but the offenders were disturbed by a resident as they were attempting to force a door.
After his father's death, Kale (Shia LaBeouf) becomes sullen, withdrawn, and troubled so much so that he finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest. His mother, Julie (Carrie-Anne Moss), works night and day to support herself and her
That irascible Scottish green giant and his friends are back in a another animated fairytale epic from those CGI wixards at Pixar. Click on the link to view the trailer: Windows Media Player Med Hi Quick Time Med Hi Real Player Med Hi
An attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the shattering scheme has figured out every digital angle - but he never figured on an old fashioned, "analogue" fly-in-the-ointment
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If there's one thing that gets on my nerves during the summer months, when I'm trying to organise tennis teams for league matches, it's lack of commitment. The excuses some players come up with for dropping out at late notice, make you want to pull your
If there's one thing that gets on my nerves during the summer months, when I'm trying to organise tennis teams for league matches, it's lack of commitment. The excuses some players come up with for dropping out at late notice, make you want to pull your
If there's one thing that gets on my nerves during the summer months, when I'm trying to organise tennis teams for league matches, it's lack of commitment. The excuses some players come up with for dropping out at late notice, make you want to pull your
A WOMAN student was sexually assaulted in the Norham Gardens area of North Oxford. The woman, who is Chinese, was walking along Bradmore Road when, at the junction with Crick Rd, she became aware of someone behind her. She was grabbed from behind
A female student was sexually assaulted after being followed and grabbed from behind. The woman, who is Chinese, noticed someone following her at the junction of Bradmore Road and Crick Road, in North Oxford. She was grabbed from behind and held tightly
How can words ever describe the indescribable? I had no idea what to expect as I turned into Broad Street to witness the large-scale fire installation Luminox, which marked the beginning of the Oxfordshire 2007. Whatever my expectations, I had not allowed
JENSON Button admits there is a lot of work to do if Honda are to match their expectations after a disappointing performance in the first official practice sessions of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Button finished the morning
A WOMAN and a teenage girl were injured today in a crash involving a coach and a car on the A40 near Oxford. They were both in a blue Rover when it was in collision with an Oxford Bus Company's single-decker Espress from London, shortly after 9am.
Police are trying to trace the last movements of a Bloxham man who was found dead in his van. Barry Thomas, 47, of Winters Way, was found in his van, parked in the Spiceball Car Park, Banbury, on Friday, March 9. He had not been seen at his home since
A teenage girl was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, with serious head injuries after a collision between a car and a coach on the A40 in the city today, police said. The injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. The girl, 14,
POLICE today appealed for help in tracing the last movements of 47-year-old Barry Thomas, who was found dead in his van, parked in the Spiceball Car Park, Banbury. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A post-mortem examination has been carried
Anti-war protesters are to converge on Oxford tomorrow for a demonstration and rally organised by the city's branches of the Stop the War Coalition and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Organisers said they expected to see hundreds of people from
Four men and a woman appeared before magistrates charged in connection with an armed robbery at a High Street jewellers in Banbury earlier this month. Leroy Green, 28, Lorna Green, 23, Christian Hibbert, 20, Richard John, 24, and Clinton Hunte, 28,
FOUR men and one woman appeared before Coventry Magistrates' Court charged in connection with an armed robbery at Michael Jones jewellers in High Street, Banbury, on Tuesday, March 6. Leroy Green, 28, of Webster Street, Coventry, has been charged with
A coroner today described the friendly fire death of British soldier Matty Hull as entirely avoidable and hit out at the failure of the US military to co-operate with his investigation into the incident during the Iraq war in 2003. At an inquest at
IM Smith is trying to sign a striker to give Oxford United's promotion bid a new push - after freeing up a wage by releasing Latvian misfit striker Kris Grebis. The Latvian international forward made just three starts and one substitute appearance
OXFORD United manager Jim Smith says his Oxford United team are now playing for pride - to make sure they finish in the play-offs. After leading the Nationwide Conference for the first half of the season, and at one stage being ten points clear of
FELIPE Massa and Kimi Raikkonen secured a Ferrari one-two in the second free practice session on the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne today as the drivers prepared for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Ferrari are pre-season favourites after
What do you do if you're trying to run a restaurant in a village already saturated by restaurants and hotels? Such was the dilemma faced by the Holcombe Hotel in Deddington. There's the Deddington Arms, a smart contemporary restaurant, the Unicorn for
TO find out more details of the events listed below, contact Business Link Solutions on 0845 606 4466 or visit www.businesslinksolutions.co.uk unless otherwise stated. MARCH 19: Faringdon Businesswomen's Networking Group, Faringdon Enterprise Gateway
High grade accommodation and an attractive rural location are key factors attracting interest at a West Oxfordshire office development. Chalford Park Barns is situated just off the A44 between Enstone and Chipping Norton and lies within its own landscaped
Sherlock Holmes's best-known adventure is given a treatment like you've never seen before in the new version of The Hound of the Baskervilles at the Oxford Playhouse this week. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great Victorian sleuth does, it is true, strut
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, formerly owned by Royal Mail, Nominet and Prudential, and has now
Companies are flocking to The Business Park @ Harwell, drawn in by the nearby Diamond Light Source. Only five units of 1,900 sq ft are left in the Terrace for rent, along with a building of 8,000 sq ft which will be built in the coming months. The £250m
A new office building in a prime location on Oxford's Abingdon Road is being built - a development that will ultimately be worth £5m. Known as OX1, the building will be a two-storey high-quality modern office covering 14,000 sq ft and will be developed
BOTLEY: The Clydesdale Bank has boosted its team with three new appointments at its Seacourt Tower Financial Solutions Centre. Gordon Beach, Stewart Paterson and Francesca Woodhouse, all from rival financial institutions, have joined the expanding team
OXFORD: SQW Group, owners of Oxford Innovation, has appointed Sir Michael Lyons and Sir William Wells as non-executive directors. The duo have been taken on to help with plans to develop two new business areas focused on healthcare and the environment
Dozens of young actors are to take part in a film adaptation of St Trinian's, alongside Hollywood star Rupert Everett. Forty-three youngsters from Oxfordshire-based theatre school Perform!, which caters for students aged between seven and 16, were picked
WITNEY: Timber frame house builder The Stewart Milne Group is sponsoring part of the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show. It is backing the Suburban Courtyard House in the show village, and Stewart Milne Timber Systems (the Witney division of the group) has
Building firm Bluestone has played a major part in boosting the fortunes of its parent company Morgan Sindall, new figures have revealed. Bluestone's revenues rose to £343m for 2006, up from £336m the previous year. Since the beginning of 2006, the
Paramedics and fire crews were called to a collision between a car and a coach on the A40 in Oxford. Initial reports said that two people were trapped following the accident shortly after 9.15am today. Police were also called to the busy dual carriageway
Conservative party leader David Cameron set aside Parliamentary business to launch a new £4m industrial scheme in his Oxfordshire constituency. The Witney MP officially opened Nimrod, in De Havilland Way, on the Windrush Park estate, which has been built
The raft of proposed legislation which has poured from the Government recently has kept planners very busy. At the heart of it has been the Barker report, produced by Kate Barker, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, which has
As if it was not complicated enough already, the maternity legislation is set to change again! The Maternity and Parental Leave and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations came into force on October 1, 2006, and affect women whose babies
Oxford United manager Jim Smith says his Oxford United team are now playing for pride - to make sure they finish in the play-offs. After leading the Nationwide Conference for the first half of the season, and at one stage being ten points clear of Dagenham
Plans to slow 'rat-run' traffic through a village have received a mixed reaction. Oxfordshire County Council has unveiled a series of measures to slow down traffic through Crawley, claiming it is being used by drivers avoiding congestion in nearby Witney
There are a bewildering array of clubs, societies and interest groups run by and for students in Oxford, contributing to the creative and lively culture of the city. ClickUni is a young company that aims to provide an easy way to share information about
SATURDAY FOOTBALL NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Altrincham v Oxford Utd. VARSITY MATCH Oxford University v Cambridge University (Loftus Road, 2.30). BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Hitchin v Banbury Utd Div 1 South & West: Bashley
With more than a million square feet of business accommodation, Kidlington, Britain's largest village, is fast becoming Oxford's leading business venue. Companies from multinationals to start ups are attracted to the location, recognising the advantages
Imagine sitting in an office somewhere in Europe just finishing off your work before returning home to the UK. The telephone rings and you answer in the normal way but it rapidly becomes clear the caller is not actually on a telephone, but standing at
Milton United boss Gary Ackling has hailed his in-form Premier Division side following their 5-0 midweek victory at Bicester Town. Earlier in the season, Milton crashed to a 7-0 defeat at home to the same opponents. But since then, Ackling's team
Steady on, Grandad. You'll be using your television remote control next!" This cheeky response came from my 13-year-old grandson when it was revealed I was considering turning to Broadband. My determination to prove I had advanced beyond the cat's whisker
Headington B clinched the Division 2 title in the Five Disciplines League by overcoming The Park in their last match of the season. Set a target of 207 points to overtake previous leaders Cramic, who had already completed their fixtures, Headington
Oil is fast running out and the race to find alternative renewable energy sources is on, coupled with the need to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming. The Renewable Fuel Transport Obligation takes effect from April 2008 and will require fuel companies
The environment is a key priority for most firms these days and some are making it a cornerstone of their business. A good example is Stewart Milne Timber Systems, winner of the environment prize at last year's Oxfordshire Business Awards. The Witney-based
The Oxford Literary Festival was launched around a kitchen table during a conversation over a glass of wine, but in the ten years since then, its founders have learned to be hard-nosed and highly focused. Angela Prysor Jones and Sally Dunsmore were both
At the start of the Year of the Pig, when the Chinese economy is surging ahead and almost anything from that country is suddenly in the news, the Tong San Restaurant in Botley manages to retain a sort of timewarp quality. This is how Chinese restaurants
In recent months, a burgeoning number of pink page column inches have been given over to the role of private equity firms and their seemingly unquenchable thirst for bigger deals, their insatiable desire to acquire larger companies and their relentless
Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 0-62mph: 9 seconds Top speed: 124 mph Fuel consumption: 27.7 mpg (combined) Price: £33,990Jeep has travelled a long way since it made its debut as the ultimate light transport vehicle in World War Two. Then, it
Two sisters are carrying on a family tradition by running their own business in Witney. Maria Sawitzki and Ali McKendrick have opened an independent shoe shop, McSaw, and hope to be as successful as their father, Maurice Golder, was with his. "Our father
More and more of us, it seems, are refusing to wait for treatment from the National Health Service when we develop aches and pains. Alistair Dinmore, 36, business manager of the new Witney Physiotherapy Centre at Bridge Street Mill, said: "The main reason
It is with some trepidation that I read your report regarding the upgrading and enlargement of RAF Brize Norton (Oxford Mail, March2). It will mean that Brize Norton and adjacent towns and villages will be in the firing line for the people who wish
Spring may be just around the corner, but for some that simply means hayfever. Now an Oxfordshire company has come up with a revolutionary device to help sufferers fight it and win. Aerstream, which employs 13 full-time staff at the Wallingford offices
Since the 1960s, the Pegasus Theatre has been quietly building a reputation for experimental, avant-garde pieces of drama, and as being a place for young people to gain experience of all aspects of theatre work. Fifteen full-time staff are supplemented
How can a ten-strong production team mastermind a movie about bloggers and Web 2.0, shot in Las Vegas on mobile phones, as well as creating a half-hour video drama for an English language course, a five-minute weepy' feature for insurance company Axa
Oh, goody! I see that our lords and masters in Brussels are now going to ban ordinary light bulbs to reduce greenhouse gases and save the planet. This CO2 hysteria has now got out of hand. There is irrefutable scientific evidence going back centuries
If you have ever been trained in customer care you have probably heard that unhappy customers tell up to 15 people about their bad experiences with companies. This underlines the importance of dealing with complaints in a way that limits potentially
We are pleased to see that judges in Oxford are taking no notice of the Government's plea to keep criminals out of jail. Home Secretary John Reid and his colleagues cited prison overcrowding as the reason for the appeal. They urged that only the most
Highways chiefs have not replaced a road sign four months after it disappeared - and a pensioner fears a serious accident will result. The sign on the Rose Hill bound carriageway of Oxford's Eastern Bypass, about 200 metres from Sandy Lane West, signalled
When he is in his recording studio with a group of musicians, Joe Deller uses strange and poetic language to describe the subtle differences between sounds. He says things like: "that bass is quite rude", "there's not enough car crash", and "what we
The message from Jonathan Flint, chief executive of Oxford Instruments, is crystal clear - "growth is back on the agenda." "Our practical objective is to double the size of the business through nanotechnology," he explained. Such confidence is perhaps
The race is on to beat last year's number of entrants for the OX5 run and the message is clear: IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO ENTER! More than 600 people have so far signed up for the five mile event through the grounds of Blenheim Palace on Sunday, March 25
Readers of The Oxford Times will be familiar with the name John Stimpfig, anchor of our Wine Club and resident writer and expert on matters of the grape. But what will be less well known is that Mr Stimpfig has now drawn on his vast knowledge, and that
Some would say that the Three Pigeons pub, on Milton Common, was never the most salubrious of watering holes even when the last lap-dancer left and the place closed down in November last year. But now the only scantily clad lady in the old pub is a
It was the turn of Blackbird Leys' younger residents to make some noise to mark the Oxford estate's 50th birthday when they joined in a lively sports tournament. About 100 children enjoyed the spring sunshine to take part in the Street Olympix at Blackbird
The mother of a teenager branded "Bicester's biggest troublemaker" has apologised for his behaviour - and said she tried to bring him up well. Nicholas Hendon, 14, of Chalvey Road, became one of the youngest people in the country to be handed an antisocial
ARCTIC winds are set to hit the UK at the weekend bringing snow, gales and hail storms. The whole of the country can expect to see snow and subzero temperatures when warm weather from the west changes to a cold front coming in from the Arctic. Scotland
Residents have welcomed proposals for a 'satellite' police station on an Oxford estate. Police are looking into the possibility of setting up a permanent base in Rose Hill. The Rose Hill and Iffley beat team is currently based at Cowley Police Station
Vincent McKeown's fight to save his Oxford home from demolition as part of the Westgate redevelopment is to be heard in the High Court in July. The severely disabled council tenant - who suffers from multiple sclerosis and can only communicate by blinking
Shrouded in secrecy, Oxford United were today due to begin work on their latest treat for fans - and there won't be a football in sight. Much to supporters' disappointment, it is not a new player, nor is it a fourth stand. But construction will swing
CROWDS packed into Broad Street, Oxford, last night to see the first night of Luminox, a spectacular fire display. Oxford Inspires joined forces with French arts event company Carabosse, to host a series of fire installations in Broad Street. The show
Oxford City Council last night said the amount of money Olive McIntosh-Stedman is alleged to have falsely claimed in council tax benefit was £3,305.96. As reported in Wednesday's Oxford Mail, the Cowley and Littlemore county councillor, has been charged
Oxford University plans to revitalise the east end of Broad Street with a £50m scheme to take the New Bodleian Library into the 21st century. Oxford University library services has asked architects Wilkinson Eyre to produce plans that will make the
Oxford's showpiece Broad Street went up in flames last night with an incendiary fire display to launch Oxfordshire's Millennium celebrations. The centrepiece of the event was a bamboo spire holding a fiery pendulum, created by artist Ted Dewan and a
A sex attacker who targeted women in Oxford was jailed yesterday after being branded a "dangerous offender" by a judge. John Cassidy attacked four lone women in secluded spots in the city during a five-day spree last year. Neighbours and women's groups
Jockey Tom Doyle notched his first Cheltenham Festival winner when Oscar Park landed the Pertemps Final. Doyle, who lives at Stanford-in-the-Vale, kicked on the eight-year-old two furlongs from home, and the 14-1 shot held on grimly to beat the one-eyed
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton insists he is unconcerned by Ferrari's promising form over the winter testing period ahead of the Formula One curtain raiser at Albert Park in Melbourne on Sunday. Ferrari set the pace in testing in Bahrain last month but
The mystery surrounding sightings of a strange UFO over West Oxfordshire has been solved. Reports of an unusual object in the sky over Witney on the night of the total lunar eclipse led to speculation of extra-terrestrial involvement. But the origin
JIM Smith is trying to sign a striker to give Oxford United's promotion bid a new push - after freeing up a wage by releasing Latvian misfit striker Kris Grebis. The Latvian international forward made just three starts and one substitute appearance
Team manager Mick Horton is confident Oxford Cheetahs can open their season with a victory when they take on Belle Vue Aces in a Challenge match at Oxford Stadium tonight (7.45). New skipper Jesper B Jensen leads Cheetahs into action, and it's a meeting
Staff are counting up the costs at Campsfield House immigration detention centre after detainees ran riot and started a fire. About 60 detainees were moved to other detention centres, including Yarl's Wood in Bedfordshire, on Wednesday night. Anti-Campsfield
MATT Maudsley says Oxford Harlequins won't hand tomorrow's visitors Mounts Bay the South West 1 title without a fight. Quins' director of rugby is calling for a huge effort from his side against the league leaders, who would guarantee promotion with
Abingdon United boss Andy Slater has given his side's British Gas Business Southern League Division 1 South & West play-off hopes a big boost - literally - by signing former Oxford United youngster Michael Alexis and ex-City and Thame United midfielder
SPECIAL citizens in Carterton could be rewarded with a new award to mark their achievements. Carterton Town Council has set up an Exceptional Citizen's Award scheme, which will see honours presented to people in the town. Any resident, or former resident
AN EVENT to recruit people into the special constabulary to keep Henley a safe place is being held tomorrow. There are three special constables who cover Henley, including Special Sgt Linda Greenwood, who said: "It is a great way to give back to the
In the context of Oxfordshire County Council's overall budget, awarding rises of ten per cent to half a dozen of the most senior officers does not amount to a lot. What it does, however, is send out a confusing message to the thousands of people who
It is more than two years since a report set out a series of major improvements to Broad Street in Oxford in an effort to turn a poorly used space into a centrepiece of the city centre. Since then, there has been very little sign of any moves to implement
THE Antara, Vauxhall's new compact 4x4, goes on sale this July in Britain, and the good news is that the firm has pegged prices at under £20,000. The lead-in Antara costs £19,850, and Vauxhall has pitched prices to lure buyers from larger off-roaders
The Volvo V70, the UK's best-selling big luxury estate, gets a Special Edition Sport model for 2007, before the new model arrives in September. The Special Edition Sport gets a few racy additions, including leather sports upholstery, unique five-spoke
The British love affair with open-topped Alfa Romeos continues with the new Alfa Spider, which has just gone on sale in the UK. Derived from Giorgetto Giugiaro's multiple award-winning Alfa Brera design, and sharing much of its platform and components
THE famous British weather may be all over the place at the moment, but buyer advice website UsedCarExpert.com says it is time to start looking at convertibles - particularly at the sub-£6,000 price bracket. "Spring cannot be far away," says the firm's
FORD'S 14 years of Mondeo glory, with more than 1.5 million sales in Britain, get a boost in June with the arrival of a striking new version of the firm's large family car. That British sales figure is quite remarkable, out of a total production figure
Super Aguri Team principal Aguri Suzuki is confident the team will establish themselves within Formula One this season after launching their new 2007 challenger at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday. Leafield-based Super Aguri
UK DRIVERS will be able to buy right-hand drive versions of the Renault Twingo for the first time from September. Renault's small car has been a big player in Europe since 1993, the company has sold 2.4 million, but it has never officially been on sale
FIAT relaunched one of the motor industry's legendary performance and sporting car brands at the Geneva International Motor Show, when it took the wraps off its new Grande Punto Abarth. The car is the first of a new range of high performance and sporting
ANY tiny glimmer of doubt I might have had about the true nature of the new SEAT Leon Cupra was immediately snuffed out by the sight of a smiling, yellow-jacketed figure reclining on a comfy sofa at one of Oxfordshire's most idiosyncratic venues. The
OXFORD University plans to completely revitalise the east end of Broad Street with a £50m scheme to take the New Bodleian Library into the 21st century. The effect of the plan will be to create a new public square. Oxford University Library Services
MARCH'S lunar eclipse which turned the moon red was spooky enough for most. But those gazing moonwards in west Oxfordshire thought they had spotted a spooky UFO floating across their skies. An object, described as "a slow-moving orange light" was seen
The North Wall theatre at St Edward's School, Oxford, may be new and untried - but the same cannot be said for playwright Alan Bennett. Mr Bennett, who plans to take over the theatre at the North Oxford public school on Monday, is one of the most recognised
A WOMAN was sentenced to 150 hours' community service after attacking an Oxford United footballer she had previously accused of rape. Claire Patton smashed a glass bottle over Rufus Brevett's head in a pub on February 22 last year. Six months before
THE Oxford Bus Company is doing its bit for Red Nose Day today when a special Red Nose bus takes to the roads. The bus will be wearing a purpose-built red nose, designed in the company's workshops, in Watlington Road, Cowley. The nose was fitted to
WORK on a £500,000 scheme of improvements to the River Thames towpath in Oxford is due to start in the next few days. Oxfordshire County Council has pledged to spend £400,000, and Oxford City Council will top up the pot with £100,000. The aim is to
Sir - I think that you should be driven out of the city for your editorial reference Be a builder, (March 2) to the University of Oxford as 'one of the finest places to study on this planet'. Where are your superlatives? I can't see the Harvard Bugler
Sir - I was intrigued to read in The Oxford Times (March 2) that Oxford will be receiving a £29m book depository building. Once built, would it be possible to invite George W Bush to visit Oxford, preferably in an open-top motor cavalcade? Richard O
Sir - It seems the arts carry little weight with the mass of cultural degenerates holding sway in this country. Feeling like David Widdowson (Letters, January 2007), I wrote last year to The Oxford Times about the need for a new Oxford concert venue
Sir - Susan Ganter is quite correct in pointing out the non-enforcement of speed limits on the A44 (Letters, March 2). One constantly has to wonder about the lunatic drivers who overtake at 75mph just before the road narrows down to the next roundabout
Sir - Several times lately, I have walked past the queue of traffic waiting for temporary traffic lights to change at the Magdalen Bridge roadworks. Each time there have been several buses, coaches and lorries held up in the queue, and none of their
Sir - Any elected councillor involved in the choice of wheelie bins should certainly be held fully accountable for this fiasco. Bob Williams (Letters, March 2) is wrong to discourage criticism of Jean Fooks, regardless of how aggressive or childish
Sir - Your correspondents, Anne and Chris Jones, asked about alternative power suppliers (Letters, March 2). May I suggest that they look at EBIco Ltd whose website is http://www.ebico.co.uk/ or phone on 0800 458 7689. They are based in Witney. EBICo
Sir - The Trust notes with sadness that some of the 48 staff transferred from the private patients ward at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) in September 2006 are now facing redundancy (Report, March 2). The staff were transferred under TUPE legislation
Sir - Views have been expressed in your columns that the redevelopment of Bonn Square is not welcome as the environmental price to be paid is too high and will outweigh the benefits. While it will be distressing to see the mature trees felled, especially
Sir - A new bus route is always useful, especially now in the battle against traffic congestion and global warming. But there seems to be no 'official' method of announcing the good news. I discovered the new 700 route in mid-February while I was waiting
ALMOST 150 people have signed a petition to save Rose Hill's post office. The Royal Mail has confirmed it will shut the branch in Courtland Road, Oxford, on Monday, after failing to reach an agreement with the owners, Anna and Bharat Dalal. Mr and
TRAIN services in the county will be affected by engineering work on Sunday. The Oxford-Didcot Parkway route will be closed all day, with buses replacing First Great Western trains. Chiltern Railways and Virgin CrossCountry services are affected by
OXFORD City Council's payments and parking shop in Oxford High Street is to close tomorrow. The council wants people to pay for services using direct debits or over the phone. Residents wanting to pay their council tax, renew park and ride permits
WHERE in Oxford can you find restaurants from around the world, sex shops and flotation tanks? The answer is Cowley Road and, after discovering these attractions on his own doorstep, art publisher James Attlee decided to write a book about East Oxford's
HEALTH Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been asked to spell out who will benefit from the multi-million-pound development of a sensitive meadow site in Headington. Plans to develop 20 acres of open meadow next to Warneford Hospital have been opposed by
A WORKSHOP discussing the importance of customary Muslim female dress is being held tomorrow. The Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford (Meco) is holding the workshop, Hijab, Jilbab and Niqab, Intrinsic or Incidental to Islamic Text?, at Wolfson College
Sir - I was pleased to see Colin Dexter's letter (March 9) about the delights of Cutteslowe Park and praising the parks' officers for the work they do in keeping it so attractive. He may not be aware that, very recently, a Friends of Cutteslowe and
Sir - I know that I am one of many that are incensed at the unnecessary waste of resources and yet again council taxpayers' money being spent on the refurbishment of Abingdon's Market Place. Everyone without fail has commented that only minor repairs
Sir - As a humanist, I am not normally superstitious, but sometimes the facts speak for themselves. We are cursed by roadworks near Magdalen Bridge taking far longer than might have been hoped. This is obviously the result of not taking down the Christmas
Sir - I am one of the regular London commuters who has suffered the timetable changes of December 10, followed by the minor improvements on January 15. In my view the problems created by these changes would be dramatically alleviated if FGW swapped
Sir - Following your editorial of March 2, may I join you in congratulating Ox Rail Action on its report into First Great Western (FGW) train services between Oxford and London? I wonder how much of their report would have been necessary had the Transport
Sir - After reading your correspondent's moving appeal for the welfare of hungry urban foxes, I am inclined to adapt the phrase unfairly attributed to Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat rats"! Eileen Davies, Oxford
Sir - In your article on pavement parking (March 9) councillor Altaf-Khan claims that "the pedestrians' association were consulted" about proposals for footway parking in Ferry Road and William Street. I can assure him they were not. Oxford Pedestrians
Sir - I represented a number of villages which lie to the south of Oxford city at the Examination-in-Public into the South East Plan. We are all opposed to the threat to Oxford's Green Belt presented by the city council and the cohort of developers represented
