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  • Colleagues devastated by road deaths

    STAFF at a car parts firm where two car crash victims from Bicester worked have paid tribute to their colleagues. James McCabe, 21, of Hemingway Drive, and Adam Davis, 19, of Oxlip Leyes, both worked at First Line, in Bessemer Close, Bicester. Police

  • Out of tune

    Imagine the look of disbelief on the faces of rail users at Oxford station next Tuesday when they get serenaded by a so-called performance poet. What PR spin doctor thought that Sally Crabtree's tour of First Great Western stations would immeasurably

  • Licensees fail teenager tests

    One in 10 of licensed premises checked in Oxford failed a covert underage drinks operation. More than 30 pubs, bars and off-licences across Oxfordshire were visited up to five times by 14 and 15-year-old police volunteers as part of the campaign.

  • Plotters say agency failed

    Allotment holders in the flood affected area of Oxford are demanding compensation from the Environment Agency. Members of the Osney, St Thomas and New Botley allotment association have written to the agency's chairman, Baroness Young, this week to seek

  • Water gushes as workers hits pipe

    Gallons of water turned an east Oxford road into a lake after workers fixing a worn road surface hit a pipe. The accident happened at about 5pm today in St Clement's - just hours after road improvement works started. Thames Water cut off the pipe

  • Copter crash kills RAF men

    The two airmen killed when their Puma helicopter crashed in Yorkshire were both serving at RAF Benson, near Wallingford. Flight Lieutenant David Sale, captain of the Puma, and Sergeant Phil Burfoot were killed when the helicopter crashed on Wednesday

  • Colleagues devastated by road deaths

    Staff at a car parts firm where two car crash victims from Bicester worked have paid tribute to their colleagues. James McCabe, 21, of Hemingway Drive, and Adam Davis, 19, of Oxlip Leyes, both worked at First Line, in Bessemer Close, Bicester. Police

  • Children's services may be at risk

    A question mark hangs over the future of children's support services after it emerged Oxfordshire County Council might not receive key Government funding. Respite services for children with disabilities and programmes which support young carers would

  • Lifting of ban 'no help to me'

    Farmers may have welcomed the lifting of a freeze on cattle movements following the foot and mouth scare - but it is not much use to Robert Florey. Mr Florey has 80 head of beef stranded on a relative's farm 30 miles away and cannot move them back because

  • Drivers 'still use rat-run'

    More work needs to be done to prevent speeding motorists rat-running through a north Oxford estate, a councillor has warned. In March, Oxfordshire County Council introduced a permanent ban on left turns from the A40 Elsfield Way part of the ringroad

  • £30k pledge for cyclist safety

    More than £30,000 of developers' money is to be spent on cycle safety measures in East Oxford. Oxfordshire County Council has about £32,000 to spend along Iffley Road. The chairman of Oxford cycling pressure group Cyclox, James Styring, who lives

  • Bad review for cinema scheme

    A multi-million pound plan to redevelop Oxford's Gloucester Green has been described as "half-hearted' and "unambitious" by a leading city councillor. On Monday proposals for a new multi-screen cinema complex were due to be debated by the Town Hall's

  • Crop idle

    Tim Hughes savours the greatest folk festival of them all - Cropredy. Despite threats of floods and even plague (well, foot and mouth disease), music lovers from around the world yesterday raised their tankards to toast this year's three-day feast

  • Tintin's at his peak

    When Tintin has a dream and sees his friend Chang lying in the snow, he is determined to rescue him. He then finds out that the youngster has been on a plane that has crashed in the Himalayas, but does not lose hope of finding him alive. His constant

  • Globe crew roll into town

    The world famous Globe Theatre Company is coming to Wadham College, Oxford from tomorrow (Saturday) for a six-day run of Romeo and Juliet. A small troupe in period costumes will perform Shakespeare's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers in the stunning

  • The Oxford Passion @Oxford Castle

    Creation Theatre's reincarnation of a medieval passion play begins with a modern twist. Traditionally passion plays were often staged outdoors in the market square, so Creation begins its production in Oxford's Market Square - no, not Gloucester Green

  • Campsfield fire suspect bailed

    A man arrested on suspicion of arson with intent at Campsfield House detention centre, Kidlington, has been released on police bail. The 29-year-old man, who has not been named, has been released back to Campsfield House and is due to answer bail on

  • Revving up for the Bash and Reading

    Europe's fastest, maddest and ugliest festival The Bulldog Bash kicked off on Thursday night at Long Marston, near Stratford-Upon-Avon. Expertly organised by the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, the Bash is about noise, bikes, rock, techno and three days

  • A Silent Film @ The Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford

    A hushed silence pervades the darkened room. Every seat in the tiny cinema is taken, the audience expectant, waiting for the main event. But instead of the latest arthouse movie, the crowd are tonight ready for Wheatley minstrels A Silent Film to provide

  • Benson airmen killed in crash

    THE Ministry of Defence today named two members of the RAF based at Benson who were killed in a helicopter crash last night. Flight Lieutenant David Oxer Hanson Sale and Sgt Phillip Anthony Burfoot both died at 8.20pm when their Puma helicopter crashed

  • Post strike suspended

    THE postal strike has been suspended after unions and management agreed to get round the table for talks. But while local Communication Workers Union leaders have welcomed the move, they say it could take until the end of next week to clear the backlog

  • Airmen from Benson killed in 'copter crash

    The Ministry Of Defence has named two members of the RAF based at Benson who were killed in a helicopter crash last night. Flight Lieutenant David Oxer Hanson Sale and Sgt Phillip Anthony Burfoot both died at 8.20pm when their Puma helicopter crashed

  • Post strike suspended

    The postal strike has been suspended after unions and management agreed to get round the table for talks. But while local Communication Workers Union leaders have welcomed the move, they say it could take until the end of next week to clear the backlog

  • It's old school, says Paul Schrader

    The writer/director tells Paul Stammers he's not afraid of going back to basics. ON THE FILM: "The Walker is old school: no shakycam, aqua gels or multi-angles. It's about old fashioned people amid their chinoiserie and card games. I'm an old person

  • The Walker (15)

    Gay escort Carter Page III (Harrelson), who caters to Washington DC's society ladies, becomes embroiled in a murder case. Both the film and the script are by Paul 'Taxi Driver' Schrader, and the cast boasts some veteran names. Sounds promising, doesn't

  • Fare offer for rail reopening

    First Great Western is giving passengers on its Cotswold Line services a treat next week by halving the cost of cheap day return tickets. The gesture by the train operator, which was described as a welcome piece of PR spin by a passenger pressure group

  • Parking loss to cause gridlock

    Bicester's first residents' parking scheme has got the go-ahead despite fears it will increase congestion caused by the town's redevelopment. Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet rubber-stamped the plans despite one of its highways officers suggesting

  • Waitress (12A)

    For a film crammed to bursting with vitality and joy, Waitress is tinged with inescapable sadness. The senselessness of writer-director-actor Shelly's murder (see below) hits home most powerfully in the film's lingering final shot as the fictional heroine

  • Campsfield: 11 escapees still on run

    POLICE this evening said they were continuing to search for 11 outstanding detainees who escaped from Campsfield House immigration detention centre on Saturday night. A 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of arson with intent has been released back

  • Today's local share prices (PM)

    AEA Technology 122 BMW 2998 Electrocomponents 260.25 Isoft Group 65.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 150.5 Oxford Biomedica 47.75 Oxford Instruments 274 Reed Elsevier 602.5 RM 202.75 RPS Group 345.5 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • Feeling Sluggish

    Is it just me, or is people-watching the most over-rated element of eating out since smoked salmon? It can sometimes be fascinating to gaze at the tide of humanity as you nibble away, but if you're choosing to do so in George Street, there's precious

  • Two women hurt in car crash

    Two women were taken to hospital following a head-on collision at the junction of Langford Lane and the A44, near Kidlington. The accident happened at around 10.30am today, and involved a silver Ford Focus and a Nissam Primera. Four casualties were initially

  • Woman robbed of handbag

    A 37-year-old woman had her handbag snatched in Oxford yesterday. About 11.50am a woman was walking through Gillians Park, Blackbird Leys, when a man cycled up behind her and snatched her bag, police said today. There was a struggle between the man

  • Conman steals £1,800

    Bogus callers stole about £1,800 from an 83-year-old man in one of Oxford's largest distraction burglaries. A burglar claimed water was leaking from the pensioner's flat into the one below in Amory Close, Cowley in Oxford yesterday. But once inside

  • Three sought over stab murder

    Detectives investigating the murder of an Afghan man are seeking three men they need to interview. Enayit Khaili, 26, died after being stabbed when he answered the door at Fiennes Road in Rose Hill, Oxford, in March. Six men arrested on suspicion

  • Gig helps Rosy hire new nurse

    The lives of sick youngsters and their families will be made a little more comfortable thanks to the fundraising efforts of an Oxford recording studio. Cowley-based Studio 45 organised a charity gig with proceeds of £3,400 going to ROSY (Respite for

  • Inquiry 'would cause no delay'

    Developers of Oxford's planned replacement for the Westgate Centre said the project would not be delayed despite a public inquiry being ordered. The hearing has been set up to listen to concerns of businesses and residents whose properties will be compulsorily

  • Nice little home for someone

    The developers of a derelict public lavatory block have announced that its conversion is nearly complete, and that soon it will be put onto the market as office space. Surprisingly, though, I learn that the city council turned down the developers' initial

  • Sailor is now in the Arctic Ocean

    YACHTSMAN Adrian Flanagan has begun sailing through Arctic pack ice in one of the most dangerous sections of his round-the-world voyage. The 46-year-old said although it was hard to see the extent of the ice, he estimated it covered about a third of

  • Movie festival is a hit

    Film fans from across Oxford have been turning out en masse this week to enjoy the week-long series of movies that have heralded the Oxford Mail's first film festival. Opened officially on Monday night by the Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Oxford, John

  • Children urged to enter picture competition

    The winner of a children's art competition being run by Oxford's Ashmolean Museum will have their work paraded across the city for thousands to see. But there will not be a giant canvas or huge exhibition - the winning artwork will appear on the back

  • Jean d’Alibert Southern French mixed case, £63

    JEAN d'Alibert are based in Peyriac to the north of Carcassonne and specialise in making really top-class wines that are really excellent value for money. Crisp refreshing whites and smooth rich reds are their hallmarks and quality is consistently high

  • Etiquette rule for wine and friends

    I HAVE never had a problem with estate agents. Not that is until this week, when I had invited one in to have a look at the house. I couldn't really tell whether the room dimensions and décor where up to scratch but I had noticed the approving glance

  • SPEEDWAY: Young guns are big attraction

    The fans are warming to the new-look Oxford Cheetahs and those who say the racing is not up to scratch should come and have a look for themselves. There's no substitute to the blood and thunder these youngsters provide. They may not have the class

  • FOOTBALL: Duffy ready to go all the way!

    Last year's Oxford United top scorer, Rob Duffy, is convinced he'll be better equipped to last the whole of the season this time. The 24-year-old striker finished with 21 goals last term in his first full season at the club. But the former Stevenage

  • We cannot afford to blow it again

    Striker Rob Duffy says Oxford United are unlikely to get off to the same sort of flier as last season - but they hope to finish on a high this time with a ticket back to the Football League. Lessons have been learned from their first season in the Conference

  • Man rescued from blazing house

    FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from a burning house in Littlemore, Oxford, today. Shorty before 7am they were called to the "very serious" fire in a flat at Thomson Terrace. Crews from the Slade fire station went into the flat wearing breathing apparatus

  • FIXTURESAugust 10

    FIXTURES. SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. BLUE SQUARE PREMIER. Oxford Utd v Forest Green Rov. SPORT ITALIA HELLENIC LEAGUE. Premier Div: Abingdon Tn v Harrow Hill, Bicester Tn v Almondsbury Tn, Carterton v Highworth Tn, Fairford Tn v Flackwell Heath, Hungerford

  • RESULTS: August 10

    RESULTS. CRICKET. MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP. Western Division Cheshire 358-7 (B Spendlove 120, N Dumelow 69, D Leech 51, J Whittaker 35no, W Goodwin 33, J Hewitt 3-86) 340 (W Goodwin 84, D Leech 71, J Whittaker 58, L Ryan 5-103), Oxfordshire 349

  • Eve the very friendly dog

    Eve is a very friendly little girl is in need of a little training from her new owners. Eve loves nothing more than to have a good run around and play and when she eventually stops have a cuddle and fuss. Eve is unable to live with children but may

  • Life before the Normans

    We don't need much reminding that the water table is close to the surface in much of the Thames Valley. Bad luck for some, but good news for archaeologists, who can study organic sediments preserved in water holes, including seeds, leaves, twigs and insect

  • Today's local share prices (AM)

    AEA Technology 117.25 BMW 2998 Electrocomponents 262.25 Isoft Group 65.75 Nationwide Accident Repair 150.5 Oxford Biomedica 47.5 Oxford Instruments 274.75 Reed Elsevier 611.25 RM 206.25 RPS Group 350.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • Spy who came from Oxford

    THE DISCREET INTERVENTIONS OF VERDON JAMES Julian Roach (Harbour, £9.99)Anyone who writes a story about a house party where Sir Edwin Drew-Page, clad only in a dressing gown, stumbles into the room of an innocent lady called Alicia, who is then rescued

  • Explorers with a ruthless streak

    In 1973, Tim Jeal published a monumental life of Livingstone to both critical acclaim and missionary outrage. This was the legendary explorer with a heart of steel, a disaster as a family man, a failure in his quest for the source of the Nile and in converting

  • CRICKET: Hawtin unhappy with Cheshire's tactics

    Oxfordshire captain Ian Hawtin was left disappointed after their Minor Counties Western Division clash with Cheshire was abandoned as a draw on Tuesday with a full session remaining Looking to preserve their top-of-the-table spot, Cheshire showed little

  • Local author

    In 1980, Rob Silverstone, a 25-year-old hospital nurse, was part of a protest group demanding a venue for live punk music in Oxford. In 1994 he opened a fish restaurant in Brighton. Now he has written A Mule in Brighton (Pegasus, £7.99), about his rambles

  • Holiday reading

    Looking for a sizzling read this summer that you can start on your journey and finish on the beach? Whether it's the new Harry Potter or thumbing through new releases by popular authors including Jeffery Deaver, Alexander McCall Smith, David Baldacci

  • A way out of chronic unhappiness

    If you've ever suffered from or know someone with depression, you will know what a horrible illness it can be. Around 12 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women will suffer a major depression at some point in their lives. Of those, 15-39 per cent of

  • Publishing staff hail 'victory for democracy'

    UNION representatives at Macmillan publishers in Oxford say they have won a victory for "democracy at work" after their employer was fined £55,000 by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The case, brought by the union Unite, was the first case of its kind

  • FOOTBALL: Strong midfield can take us up says Smith

    JIim Smith believes Oxford United will be better equipped, physically, this season to handle the demands of the Blue Square Premier. United begin their programme at home to Forest Green on Saturday, and Smith, starting his second full season since returning

  • Mystery hero sought

    Police need to speak to a driver who helped rescue a family in a car crash. A silver Subaru Impreza crashed and rolled on the A4130 near Oakley Wood between Wallingford and Nettlebed at 7.30pm on Tuesday trapping a family of five inside. A number

  • Train ticket to ride

    The chairman of Oxford's cycle promotion group Cyclox, James Styring, tells me that an ever-increasing number of us are riding to work, adding that employers should not shy away from installing showers at workplaces, since the reward will be a workforce

  • Crews rescue man from blaze

    Firefighters rescued a man from a burning house in Littlemore, Oxford, this morning. Shorty before 7am they were called to the "very serious" fire in a flat at Thomson Terrace. Crews from the Slade fire station went into the flat wearing breathing

  • Volunteers making Headway in help for injured

    The Oxford group of Headway was founded about 20 years ago by Reg and Sheila Sargeant and a group of dedicated volunteers, most of whom had experience of the problems caused by a brain injury. Headway is a charity that supports people with a brain injury

  • Remembering the 1947 Oxford deluge

    When it comes to devastating floods, the 1947 deluge was far worse, writes CHRIS KOENIG Who could he have been, that half-smart gent I saw two weeks ago in Botley Road? A solicitor, an estate agent, a banker? He was wading along through the water in

  • Animated film workshops

    Science Oxford is offering workshops teaching teenagers how to produce animated films and podcasts this summer. The weeklong workshops are designed to help teenagers aged 14 to 19 develop skills in digital broadcasting. The workshops cover writing,

  • The delight of mallow from the Holy Land

    VAL BOURNE traces the history of a plant that is still popular today. Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) can be star performers in August if the weather is warm and sunny! I have planted several along the south-facing wall of my cottage. But so far summer has

  • County's wildlife washed away

    DEBBIE LEWIS the Survey Officer for the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, considers the impact the poor summer has been having on our local wildlife. It is official, this summer has been the wettest since records began

  • Taking the Bard around the Globe in a camper van

    GILES WOODFORDE talks to Dominic Dromgoole, the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, about Romeo and Juliet. "I would like to see someone who could clear away all the cant about original practices' and the fetishistic obsession with Elizabethan

  • Jack returns to his very special Holywell home

    NICOLA LISLE talks to Oxford's famous musical son, Jack Gibbons, who is playing his 20th summer season in the city For someone accustomed to performing in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls, Jack Gibbons's devotion to the Holywell

  • Tale of Tintin

    A. S. H. SMYTH looks at how the children's classic Tintin in Tibet is brought to the Oxford Playhouse stage I have never been to Watford before, or even considered going. The only thing I know about the place - not counting Billy Mack's radio interview

  • Crash 'copter was from Benson

    THE RAF helicopter which crashed last night in North Yorkshire killing two people was based at RAF Benson near Wallingford. The aircraft involved in the crash was a Puma helicopter from 33 Squadron, RAF Benson, according to the Ministry of Defence.

  • Tuition fees 'not boosted education’

    Students and lecturers say fees have not solved chronic problems, writes TIM ROSS Universities are still facing many of the chronic problems which led to the introduction of tuition fees ten years ago, according to students and lecturers. A decade

  • Mourning a fine old hostelry

    A number of readers contacted me - in person or by letter and email - to say they shared my concern about the future of the Coach and Horses pub in St Clement's. Local councillors, if you remember, wisely rejected the advice of their planning officers

  • Double blow for poor Boris

    This has not been a good couple of weeks for Boris Johnson. First, he had to endure the loss of his bike and then the loss, in part, of his good name. I sympathise with him greatly over the former, as a keen cyclist (just returned from a lunchtime spin

  • Crashed chopper from Benson

    The RAF helicopter which crashed last night in North Yorkshire killing two people was based at RAF Benson near Wallingford, it emerged today. The aircraft involved in the crash was a Puma helicopter from 33 Squadron, RAF Benson, according to the Ministry

  • Why are they no longer dredging?

    Something stinks - and I am not just referring to the noxious effluvium drifting over large sections of the city as a consequence of the floods. A powerful pong hangs in the air, too, concerning the role played in the drama by the organisation charged

  • Valiant struggle of the carers

    Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell (ITV1) has aroused such controversy that it's hard to see it simply as a documentary about Alzheimer's disease, rather than the latest example of that hot topic: TV fakery. Filmmaker Paul Watson has declared that he

  • BAR BILLIARDS: Corner House on the up

    Corner House put themselves in contention for the Section 3 title in the Oxford & District League after winning 5-1 at home to rivals Cavalier. They now lead the table by a single point, having lost just once. Don Jenkins won the first game 2,280-

  • FOOTBALL: Youngsters get chance to shine

    Oxfordshire junior trials take place over the next two weekends with under 16s the first to get their chance. Trials are 12.45pm for a 1pm start on Sunday at Kidlington FC, Yarnton Road. Under 18s will be in action at the same time on August 19 at

  • Eating in sunshine at the Flowing Well, in Sunnningwell

    The Flowing Well in Sunningwell looks a very old pub but actually isn't. At busy times - and especially when a lot of the locals are in - you are quite likely to find yourself at the bar alongside somebody who used the place when its very first pints

  • GOLF: Results round-up

    FRILFORD HEATH Ladies' Skelton Salver: 1 R Booth 85-18=67, 2 J Manson 87-18=69, 3 J McCairns 80-9=71. CHIPPING NORTON Senior Ladies' Stableford: 1 P Murphy 37pts, 2 M Pettifer 32 (cb), 3 E Marx 32. Ladies' Monthly Stableford: 1 J Laurie 36pts, 2 B

  • GOLF: Burford cruise

    Burford set up a quarter-final tie with Frilford Heath after cruising past Drayton Park in the Shaw Gibbs Oxfordshire Foursomes Knockout Trophy. John Wilks and Adam Salter set the ball rolling in their 3-0 victory with a 4 & 3 success against Drayton's

  • Farmers assess the cost of our lousy summer

    We have taken the availability of cheap fresh food for granted for far too long - possibly the recent floods will act as a timely reminder that despite all our modern farming methods, nature always has the upper hand and that food comes at a cost. The

  • Vegetable pasties recipe (serves 4)

    This is one of those recipes that aim to encourage the cook to use their imagination. The list of ingredients is a suggestion only. Other seasonal vegetables can be added for extra flavour. It is, therefore, a great way of using up all those vegetables

  • Families tell of holiday misery

    TWO Oxfordshire families told last night how trips to the Caribbean had been turned into holidays from hell because of a suspected dysentery outbreak. The Simmonds and Edwardson families were both staying at the 941-room, four-star Bahia Principe

  • Waitress and Licence to Wed

    For a film crammed with vitality and joy, Waitress is tinged with sadness. Writer-director-actor Adrienne Shelly penned her third feature while she was eight months pregnant, and dedicated her sweet, small town yarn of pastry and maternal angst to her

  • Olivier's Henry V and Tom Courtenay as Billy Liar

    The BBC's Summer of British Film must rank among the corporation's finest initiatives of recent years. BBC2's Saturday night series surveying our cinematic past has, so far, been lively and informative, and the minor gems that have been unearthed for

  • Merry confident of exciting times

    Chairman Nick Merry believes Oxford United are better this season - even though last year they were bigger. The 2006-7 squad was the largest in the Nationwide Conference, but it fell just short of achieving promotion back to the Football League. Now

  • BOWLS: Results check

    KENNET LEAGUE Abingdon 51 (2pts), Hungerford 57 (8) (Abingdon skips first): T Chamberlain 17, P Smith 21; A Preest 23, E Hughes 11; R Etheridge 11, A Barter 25. Abingdon 53 (2), Milton Hill 54 (8) (Abingdon skips first): J Davie 22, R Wiggins 14; B

  • BOWLS: County's double trouble

    Oxfordshire suffered a brace of defeats in their two latest friendlies. With two winning rinks and one drawn, Oxon went down 124-105 to Hertfordshire at Thame. And then they slipped to a 133-103 defeat against Monmouthshire at Blaina BC, with Henry

  • BOWLS: Schwab claims OBA title – at just 16

    BANBURY Chestnuts' George Schwab became the youngest winner of the Oxfordshire Bowling Association's Allison Cup - at the age of just 16. The talented teenager triumphed 21-18 over Witney Town's Brian Bloomfield at Banbury Central in the final of the

  • HORSE RACING: Gandolfo moves on to Somerset

    David Gandolfo is on the move. Oxfordshire's longest-serving trainer - known throughout racing as Gandy - has sold his Wantage yard and is setting up at a new base in Somerset. It marks the end of an era for the 69-year-old handler, who has sent out

  • GOLF: Mixed fortunes for O'Connor

    Frilford Heath member Katherine O'Connor recovered from six shots behind to win the Welsh Girls strokeplay event at Woodlake Park. The 17-year-old was six shots back after the first round, but a level par score in the afternoon saw her roar back and

  • BOWLS: Hagbourne ace Hall grabs glory

    Hagbourne's Dale Hall was crowned Berkshire singles champion with a 21-8 victory over Sutton's Alan Price on finals day at Windsor Castle. Malcolm Edney and Ian Snowdon brought the Hagbourne club further success with a 23-9 triumph over Thatcham in

  • BOWLS: Kidlington are crowned champs

    Kidlington clinched the Division 3 title in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries Garden Centre. With two weeks of the season still to go, they made sure of a swift return to Division 2 with a 5-1 win against Charlbury. However

  • BOWLS: Oxon's surge stops the rot

    Oxfordshire produced a late flourish to bounce back to winning ways in the Home Counties League with a 123-114 win over Middlesex at Oxford City & County. Oxon, who had lost their three previous matches, finished strongly over the last six ends to claim

  • Victory as new mast plan rejected

    COUNCILLORS have blocked a third attempt by mobile phone companies to put up a mast next to an Oxford school. Telecoms firms Hutchison 3G UK and O2 have each tried to install a reception-boosting phone mast next to Peers School, in Sandy Lane West,

  • Teams rip up poison weed

    TO MOST people, it's just a pretty flower, but ragwort can cause liver disease and even death in horses, cattle and wild animals. The weed is such a problem the Oxfordshire branch of the British Horse Society has this year spent £4,000 on employing

  • County fears over foot-and-mouth

    A FARMER whose livestock were slaughtered during the foot-and-mouth crisis six years ago has spoken of his sadness at the latest outbreak. Clive Hawes, of Grange Farm, in Little Chesterton, near Bicester, was the only county farmer whose animals were

  • Neal tips Giovanardi for title

    REIGNING Dunlop British Touring Car Champion Matt Neal says Jason Plato is too mentally fragile to win this year's crown and instead the title will go to Italian Fabrizio Giovanardi. SEAT driver Plato, from Oxford, has a 14-point advantage over Greatworth-based

  • Residents aim to close net on damage

    A NET could be put over the top of a controversial kickabout area in Crescent Road, Cowley, Oxford, to stop balls coming out and hitting people's homes. Residents living nearby have been plagued by damage from balls smashing windows, breaking guttering

  • Sisters celebrate double diamond

    TWO sisters who walked down the aisle together to marry their sweethearts have each celebrated 60 years of marriage. Former Oxford headteacher Melville Summers, his wife Gwen, her sister Rose and her husband Ambrose Pope were married in Beaufort, Wales

  • Lemon Tree application rejected

    RESTAURANT owner Clinton Pugh has failed in a bid to get the all-clear to demolish one of his restaurants and replace it with housing. Mr Pugh, who wants to build three townhouses and six flats in place of The Lemon Tree, in Woodstock Road, has said

  • Moving tributes

    Whatever emerges as the facts behind the deaths of Adam Davis and James McCabe, there has certainly been an outpouring of grief from their peers. Say what you will about the perceived attitudes of the youth of today, dozens of those who knew the pair

  • New warning on post disruption

    ROYAL Mail customers have been warned there will be further industrial action tonight at the city's mail centre. The official stoppage at the Cowley sorting office will be followed by 24-hour strike action tomorrow at delivery offices across the county

  • Crash deaths shock friends

    Dozens of friends of two men killed in a road crash are going to drive their cars to the spot where they died to release balloons in tribute. Members of Cruise Bicester, a group of young car enthusiasts, will hold a two-minute silence at the scene of