An inquiry has been launched after it emerged body tissue from workers at the atomic research centre in Harwell may have been removed for testing - possibly without the consent of grieving families. Earlier this month, it was revealed tissue had been
The rush for tickets has begun for Oxford United's play-off semi-final, second leg after it was confirmed for Tuesday, May 8 (7.45). Tickets went on sale on Monday to season-ticket holders and ticket-stub holders from last Saturday's Nationwide Conference
Oxford Cheetahs, with only one win from nine Sky Sports Elite League meetings, received another blow on Wednesday as skipper Jesper B Jensen quit the captaincy. Bubbly Aussie Steve Johnston, captain when Cheetahs last lifted the Elite League title in
Oxfordshire have boosted their bowling attack for Sunday's Minor Counties Trophy clash with Cambridgeshire at March Town by calling up Gloucestershire seamer Dave Burton. Burton played for Gloucestershire against Oxford UCCE in the Parks earlier this
The Dubai Duty Free Stakes has proved a lucky race for West Ilsley trainer Mick Channon - and it proved the case again as Majestic Roi sprang a 25-1 surprise in the Newbury Group 3 contest. Channon, successful in the seven-furlong fillies' event with
FIXTURES. SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE York City v Oxford Utd. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd v Maidenhead Utd. Div 1 South & West: Andover v Abingdon Utd, Didcot Tn v Hanwell, Oxford City v Thatcham.
RESULTS. FOOTBALL. NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Oxford Utd 2, Stafford Rgrs 0. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Cirencester Tn 0, Banbury Utd 2. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd 1, Hillingdon Boro 2; Burnham 2, Didcot Tn 0; Paulton Rov
Eddie Pepperell's fine early season form continued with a fourth-place finish in the McEvoy Trophy at Copt Heath. The 16-year-old Drayton Park member from Abingdon was a model of consistency in the leading boys' open tournament. Pepperell shot round
Evenlode A landed the Mixed Division 2 crown in the Oxford & District League, with Abingdon B as runners-up. Windrush B are Division 3 winners ahead of Oxford. Both these teams were promoted last season and now go up again. North Abingdon B lie clear
Abingdon rowers won two gold medals while helping the Upper Thames to first place in the Junior Inter Regional Regatta at Nottingham on Saturday, writes Mike Rosewell. Abingdon School won the junior 16 eights, while Julia van Campen, of Abingdon RC,
Radley College's rackets professional Mark Hubbard is on top of the world after he and his American partner Neil Smith won the Lacoste World Doubles Championship Hubbard, the British Professional champion, and former world champion Smith caused a major
York City manager Billy McEwan says he is not looking for any favours from his good friend Jim Smith for the Minstermen's critical final match against Oxford United this Saturday. It's a game York may have to win to qualify for the play-offs, although
POLICE are appealing for information after two houses were burgled in villages near to Wantage last week. In the first incident, thieves smashed a first-floor window of a house in New Road, Childrey, sometime between 11am on Thursday, April 19, and
FIVE young people from the Thames Valley area have won an iPod after entering an online competition run as part of the regional Safe Drive Stay Alive campaign. They will be presented with their prize tomorrow. Safe Drive Stay Alive was launched in
The blending of different grape varieties together adds interest, complexity and diversity to a wine. This ancient practice started off in the Old World, where winemaking was originally (and still often is) passed down from father to son. Over time, traditional
Apart from their obvious celebrity, what do Cliff Richard, Ken Hom, Ernie Els, Mick Hucknall, Nick Faldo, Gerard Depardieu, Francis Ford Coppola, Ian Botham, Bob Willis, Sam Neill, Greg Norman and Paul Burrell all have in common? Given the nature of
A man was today jailed for raping and indecently assaulting young boys. Trevor Baker, 44, formerly of Wessex Road, Didcot, was found guilty of six rapes, three serious sexual assaults and three indecent assaults, which occurred between the late 1970s
THE MARCHESA Simonetta Angelo Hornby (Penguin, £7.99)Translations often struggle to do well in Britain. English has almost become the international language, so we can enjoy an embarrassment of riches. I think La Marchesa, published in translation by
Tony (A. D.) Nuttall, former Professor of English at Oxford University, died suddenly in January at the age of 69, before his magnum opus, Shakespeare: The Thinker (Yale, £19.99), could be published. In this posthumous work, he tackles the great themes
A MAN was today jailed for life for raping and indecently assaulting young boys. Trevor Baker, 44, formerly of Wessex Road, Didcot, was found guilty of six rapes, three serious sexual assaults and three indecent assaults which occurred between the late
SILENT FIELDS Roger Lovegrove (Oxford University Press, £25)Our elimination of a species such as the polecat has been so successful that the name has been eradicated from public consciousness, yet it was numerous throughout Britain until three or four
TOMORROW Graham Swift PICADOR £16.99)Every story is said to have a pivotal moment - let's call it the Big Bang. Graham Swift's latest novel follows the pattern of his previous one, The Light of Day, in recounting the events leading up to this moment
The Queen's Awards, established more than 40 years ago to promote British enterprise as a force for good in the world, are becoming ever more finely tuned to the changing needs of modern business. This year's crop of Oxfordshire winners includes a green
I dropped in at my local last night, Mostly Books in Abingdon, to hear Tim Pears talk about his latest novel, Blenheim Orchard, which is set in north Oxford. In the novel, father-of-three Ezra Pepin finds that his relatively well-ordered life begins to
VAL BOURNE with hints on a plant which responds to warm generosity We are having a very dry spring. But, should it rain again, mid to late-spring is the ideal time to plant a clematis. I recommend you plant small-flowered, drought-tolerant clematis
Every day we make choices and decisions, however small, that affect us personally. Most people take it for granted that they will be directly involved in these decisions and that their views and wishes will be taken seriously. However, there are people
Given that most small children love anything to do with animals or vehicles or both, then The Boy on the Bus is likely to strike a welcome chord. It simply takes the theme of the familiar song The Wheels on the Bus and applies it to the story of a boy
Graham Greene's publishing skills have helped put Garsington Opera on the international map, writes GILES WOODFORDE The man sitting next to me on the X90 bus looked most alarmed as I burst out laughing for no apparent reason. I was reading the CV
Two police officers were injured while arresting an escaped prisoner at Oxford railway station last night. Shaun Hewitt, 29, jailed for robbery and aggravated vehicle taking, escaped through a toilet window at the Churchill Hospital, in Headington,
Police believe two burglaries in villages near Wantage may be linked. In the first incident, a first-floor window at a house in New Road, Childrey, was smashed, some time between 11am on Thursday, April 19, and 6pm the following day. The bedroom was
THE LONG dispute over the introduction of parking restrictions in Summertown could be finally drawing to a close. Efforts to create parking controls to rid Summertown streets of commuter cars have divided residents. But Oxfordshire county councillors
BODY tissue was removed from workers at the atomic research establishment in Harwell until the early 1980s, the Government has said. Following the revelation earlier this month that tissue had been taken from 65 nuclear workers at Sellafield, in Cumbria
Shotover Country Park was once part of the royal forests, where the king hunted, writes CHRIS KOENIG Anyone concerned about the debates over the environment and the freedom to roam should perhaps spare a thought for the medieval inhabitants of Oxfordshire
Plovers will be visible in Oxfordshire over the coming weeks and the public can play their part in recording them for a survey, writes ELIZABETH EDWARDS The British Trust for Ornithology is launching a survey of Ringed and Little Ringed plovers during
AEA Technology 107 BMW 3113 Electrocomponents 306.75 Isoft Group 36.75 Oxford Biomedica 48.5 Oxford Instruments 271 Reed Elsevier 625.5 RM 191 RPS Group 323.25 Oxonica 115 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
Robert Maxwell severed his connection with the Daily Mirror by falling (or being pushed) from the Lady Ghislaine. Editor Piers Morgan did it by falling out with boss Sly Bailey - after falling for a stunt that led him to print fake pictures showing British
The Unknown Monet exhibition at the Royal Academy is something of a revelation, writes THERESA THOMPSON. It seems a bit of an oxymoron to call an exhibition The Unknown Monet. After all, Claude Monet is one of the most popular painters in the world
A car crashed into the central reservation on the A4142 Oxford Eastern Bypass today at about 6.30am, between the Littlemore and Garsington Road roundabouts. Paramedics and police attended, but the driver had left the scene. It is not known if the motorist
I see a new craze in the offing. Elvis impersonators, you can put aside your jewel-encrusted jumpsuits and wrap-around sunglasses. (Frankly, they suited you no more than they did the King.) But hang on to your black hair dye and - if necessary - the body
Heartthrob Daniel Radcliffe's famous full-frontal turn in Peter Schaffer's Equus is not to be followed in the West End by similar revelations from another young actor. Producer David Pugh has decided to close the play when the stars' contracts run out
The Greyhound at Besselsleigh once slaked the thirst of cars as well as their drivers and passengers - to which end a petrol pump stood sentinel to the left of the front door. I don't recall using it myself, but no doubt others found it a useful facility
This recipe comes from the recently published The Perfect Pickle Book, by David Mabey and David Collinson (Grub Street Press £8.99). This excellent book contains pickle recipes that I have never seen published before, including one for asparagus pickled
T.S.Eliot's Alfred J.Prufrock measured out his life with coffee spoons. I use the changing seasons to measure out mine - starting with the asparagus season, which officially begins in May. As regular readers will know, the arrival of that first bunch
The searing heat and choking humidity of 1920s Shanghai provide a suitably steamy and exotic backdrop to John Curran's handsome period romance, The Painted Veil, adapted by Ron Nyswaner from W.Somerset Maugham's novel. Falling in love is a perilous business
Although there's an autobiographical element to Shane Meadows's 1980s saga This Is England, it's tempting to suggest that this powderkeg of a picture might have been even more effective had it been set in the present, as its ideas on crumbling communities
A CAR crashed into the central reservation on the city's ring road today. The accident happened at about 6.30am on the A4142 Eastern bypass between the Littlemore and Garsington Road roundabouts. Paramedics and police attended, but the driver had
Light floods through the huge plate-glass windows of the remarkable theatre foyer, an ideal setting for Lee-Anne Hampson's colourful and provocative exhibition informed by all her travels. Downstairs one enters a sea-green world. Her pictures of traditional
The closing of the Radcliffe Infirmary after more than 200 years' service is the end of an era for Oxford. Last Saturday's Gala Concert at the Town Hall was a wonderful tribute to a much-loved city landmark and a celebration of its many achievements.
Residents in a Didcot cul-de-sac have been left fuming after phone lines were cut off without explanation. Four houses in Oxford Crescent lost their BT landline phone connections on April 4. Southern Gas was carrying out maintenance work in the street
More than 40 years after all that fuss over Dylan going electric, it is remarkable to see how audiences are still left divided by his concerts. There are the die-hard fans who relish their hero's unpredictability on stage and delight in three fine albums
The Museum of Natural History, usually the preserve of gigantic dinosaurs, is now hosting in its upper gallery a display of much more delicate objects. There are 84 of them, the work of the distinguished botanical illustrator Rosemary Wise, recording
The Burton Taylor Theatre, beside the Playhouse, regularly houses some of the most innovative theatre to be found in Oxford. I often think of it as our own miniature version of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The surreal theatre company Gonzo Moose underlined
The World of Dissocia has won over critics and audiences alike and next week comes to Oxford, writes HELEN PEACOCKE. When you find yourself tumbling through a topsy-turvy world of strange and wonderful things that you don't want to leave, why should
Scientists push the borders, and the rest of us try to follow. ANNABEL COOK aims to help The Wellcome Trust is one of the world's largest charities and the largest in the UK. Established in 1936, the trust funds biomedical research in the UK and abroad
The company brought to the Playhouse last Thursday and Friday two works premiered last month. The first was Brink by dancer Martin Lawrance. Lawrance has been dancing for Alston for 12 years, and this is the second piece he has made for the company.
I have to admit I hadn't been harbouring any burning desire to visit Belgium. Venice maybe, St Petersburg yes, but Belgium, home to Hercule Poirot and the EU did not overwhelm me with travel desire. But when you have no preconceptions or expectations
An opportunity to see an impressive new musician at the dawn of his career is offered tomorrow night at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building. Sasha Grynyuk is hailed by his teachers as one of the finest and most exciting of the new generation of concert
The glorious evening of entertainment offered by 42nd Street is first and foremost a matter of the tunes. Can any show fail when it boasts numbers like Getting Out of Town, We're in the Money and I Only Have Eyes for You? And this is only naming a
While I find it easy to accept that Robert Maxwell was a villain with some redeeming features, I remain unconvinced that the saintly Mother Teresa of Calcutta existed beneath a somewhat tarnished halo. This, in a sentence, is my major problem with Ian
A new centre for Classical and Byzantine studies is opening at Oxford University thanks to a donation from a Greek family. The Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies is the first purpose-built centre for Classical and
On paper this looked like a curious event. Two jazz quartets, one from Lyon the other from Pretoria, playing to the accompaniment of, or accompanying, photographs of South Africa by the German Jurgen Shadenburg. In reality the question as to who was accompanying
More organs could be available for patients waiting for transplants, thanks to research carried out in Oxford. The move involves a virtual about-turn in the way donor organs are preserved, using a warm environment instead of the conventional fridge
Friends and family have expressed sadness at the loss of Crowmarsh man Reginald James Kimber, who passed away on March 30, aged 89. Mr Kimber, known as Reg, was born on February 10, 1918, in Cholsey and spent his whole life in the area. He and his
Come and meet those dancing feet is the cri de coeur of this week's show at the New Theatre, and the happy-tappy moves of 42nd Street are pure escapist fun to watch. Though the Hollywood film it is taken from was made in back in 1933, this production
Nelson A are still chasing an Oxford & District League and cup double after beating Section 1 side Democrats A 3-2 in the semi-final of the Group A Knockout Cup at the Vikings. Pete Ewins & Keith Sheard (11,150) put Nelson 2-0 up, but Democrats levelled
Tributes have been paid to a "good, honest, fair-minded" local councillor who died shortly after making an after dinner speech. Keith Stone, 65, collapsed from a suspected heart attack on Saturday evening at a St George's Day fundraising dinner, organised
The faintly lugubrious title chosen by Malcolm Sparkes for his latest collection of paintings and drawings is, I suspect, intended mainly as a variation on his more usual Reflections. Certainly, the 40 or so works on show testify to a keen eye for the
England's World Cup winning rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward tees up in the Burford Pro-Am on Saturday. The six-handicapper is the star turn in the £3,000 plus prize money event, which starts at 8am. Eddie Pepperell's fine early season form continued
Student nurses from East Oxford are hoping to raise £2,000 for a children's hospital in India, where they plan to spend three weeks as vol- unteers. Lucy Botting and Anneka Dye, of Bartlemas Road, Julia Knight, of Southfield Road, and Nicole Junker,
A hi-tech new service will allow South Oxfordshire residents to find out next week's local election results by text message, email or live online webcast. Residents can register to receive the results of the district council elections electronically
Two monster putts ensured Drayton Park and Burford halved a dramatic Section 1 clash in the Shaw Gibbs Oxfordshire Foursomes League. Drayton were two down with four to play in match two before David Major holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the last to clinch
Isn't it great when you hear someone mutter those immortal words "don't you know who I am?" - especially when in a spot of difficulty. So it was for Liberal Democrat Alan Bryden, veteran county councillor for Abingdon North, who was spotted in Lloyds
Skipper Phil Gilchrist has admitted that he is delaying surgery on his knee until the summer because Oxford United are in the play-offs. The 33-year-old centre back has been troubled by the problem for several weeks and was rested at the weekend to
Shaun Hewitt may not be one of the most dangerous criminals in our midst. But the fact that he was able to slip his police guards while receiving treatment at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, is a matter of public concern. It is the oldest trick in
Autotype UTV League Robin Hood lifted the Ridgeway Cup for the second time in their history after a 2-0 final victory over Goodlake Arms at Wantage's Alfredian Park. The Witney-based outfit were the first winners of the Ridgeway Cup 25 years ago, and
Regarding MPs' outside earnings (Oxford Mail, April 17), it's worth pointing out that Oxfordshire does have one full-time MP. Andrew Smith has no outside earnings, claims no foreign trips, and works 24/7 for his Oxford East constituents. MPs are paid
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League Nelson secured the Premier Division title with a 9-0 drubbing of Six Bells Kidlington. Anaclet Odhiambo led the way with a four-timer, with Liam O'Callaghan netting a double. Dean Simms's 40-yard effort, plus further
I find it astonishing that defecting city council members, Sajjad Malik, Paul Sargent and Tia MacGregor, have the effrontery to continue sitting as bona fide councillors in the wards they abandoned. They have disenfranchised the voters who elected them
A festival will be held this summer to encourage people to get out and about on the city's waterways. Alex Martin, of Grandpont in Oxford, has for 16 months been planning a string of events for the area's rivers and canals. The Go with the Flow festival
Fire, the abolition of slavery and the 1,000th anniversary of Oxfordshire have been chosen as this year's themes for the annual Cowley Road Carnival. Last year's event, which was a food festival without a parade, attracted 20,000 people, but organisers
A church in East Oxford has closed for three months so a £150,000 programme of improvements can be completed. Works already carried out at SS Mary and John, in Cowley Road, include woodworm treatment, updated electricity systems, new lighting and replacement
FROM television documentaries to people at bus stops - teenage parents face a constant stream of negative attitudes, whispered comments and rude remarks. But now a group of young families from Blackbird Leys are hitting back. About 15 teenage parents
Members of Oxford's Jamaican community will be joining hundreds of local reggae fans for a rare concert by one of the Caribbean's biggest ever bands. The Skatalites, which formed in the Jamaican capital of Kingston in the 1960s, play the Zodiac, in
A man accused of murdering window cleaner Roy Helm told a drinking partner he thought Mr Helm's "chest had caved in", a jury heard yesterday at Oxford Crown Court. John Beckley, 42, denies the charge. Mr Helm was found dead with 20 rib fractures and
A £5m plan to revamp the Abingdon Museum building - which could see the entrance area encased in glass - was unveiled yesterday. Abingdon Town Council has received £50,000 of Heritage Lottery funding so that staff can start organising the project.
A man who has worked with some of the big names in the music and film industry is involved in one of Oxfordshire's top events of the year. Terry Jervis will be bringing his expertise, through his company Jervis Entertainment Media (Jem), to provide
Confusion reigns over the future of Wallingford's post office amid fears that the shop where it is based is poised to close. The post office based in the Martin's newsagent, in St Martin's Street, looks set to close as the shop's lease runs out on Monday
Sixty six motorists a day are still flouting driving bans in Oxford city centre - two months after enforcement cameras went live. The arrangements are clearly baffling many drivers and even the Royal Mail was unclear whether it was now affected by the
MEMBERS of Oxford's Jamaican community will be joining hundreds of local reggae fans for a rare concert by one of the Caribbean's biggest ever bands. The Skatalites, which formed in the Jamaican capital of Kingston in the 1960s, play the Zodiac, in
Police now believe a second car was travelling with a car that smashed through a primary school fence and narrowly missed several children. However the force yesterday refused to say if officers were investigating if the cars were racing. Children
Oxford residents took to the streets equipped with speed guns and posters yesterday as part of an international campaign to get drivers to slow down. As part of the 20's Plenty Action Day, members of the Divinity Road area residents' association, in
Tory leader David Cameron yesterday made an impassioned plea for urgent action to help an Oxfordshire man and thousands of others who have lost their pensions. The Witney MP told a packed House of Commons that 67-year-old John Brooks paid into his occupational
Oxford Cheetahs, with only one win from nine Sky Sports Elite League meetings, received another blow yesterday as skipper Jesper B Jensen quit the captaincy. Bubbly Aussie Steve Johnston, captain when Cheetahs last lifted the Elite League title in 2001
Cold Arbour entered the history books as they lifted the Morrells of Oxford Sunday League President's Cup for the third year running with an emphatic 5-0 win over Barton United, writes GEOFF BOWER. Cold Arbour had all the early running, and Barton keeper
Oxford & District's Dale Hall staged a stunning fightback to pip Banbury Cross's Calvin Carpenter 21-20 in the Oxfordshire indoor singles final at Oxford City & County. Trailing 18-9, Hall was staring defeat in the face. Carpenter had several chances
From television documentaries to people at bus stops - teenage parents face a constant stream of negative attitudes, whispered comments and rude remarks. But now a group of young families from Blackbird Leys are hitting back. About 15 teenage parents
Scores of shoppers across Oxfordshire queued from dawn to get the latest must-have celeb eco-statement - a shopping bag by designer Anya Hindmarch. The limited edition designer bag, which carries the message "I'm not a plastic bag", went on sale for
A convict who escaped from police after asking to go to the toilet at an Oxford hospital was recaptured last night after 10 hours on the run. Shaun Hewitt - jailed for robbery and aggravated vehicle taking - was supposed to be under police guard after
A CONVICT who escaped from police after asking to go to the toilet at an Oxford hospital was recaptured last night after ten hours on the run. Shaun Hewitt - jailed for robbery and aggravated vehicle taking - was supposed to be under police guard after
Skipper Phil Gilchrist has admitted that he is delaying surgery on his knee until the summer because Oxford United are in the play-offs. The 33-year-old centre back has been troubled by the problem for several weeks and was rested at the weekend to
An NHS health trust hoping to sell off three of its sites for development has been told to go back to the drawing board. Planning officers asked Oxford City Council's strategic development control committee to approve outline plans for a number of options
SCORES of shoppers across Oxfordshire queued from dawn to get the latest must-have celeb eco-statement - a shopping bag by designer Anya Hindmarch. The limited edition designer bag, which carries the message "I'm not a plastic bag", went on sale for
THE Victorian fountain in the middle of The Plain roundabout, Oxford, could be restored as an attractive gateway to the city centre. It is the third attempt to bring back into use the Victorian fountain, which was built in 1899 and has been dry for
OXFORD shoppers will be given an environmentally friendly nudge when supermarket chain Sainsburys bans disposable bags tomorrow. Shoppers will be given free re-usable 'Bags for Life' made from 100 per cent recycled material instead of the plastic carrier
A PIGEON stuck in a church tower caused a flap - bringing traffic to a standstill as firefighters tried to rescue the injured bird. Fire crews were called to rescue the pigeon, which was caught in netting on the clockface of St Helen's Church, Abingdon
WHEN Darryl Simpson was diagnosed with stomach cancer last October, things looked bleak. But six months on, the 41-year-old from Manor Drive, Horspath, has just finished treatment and, thanks to the support of his community, has raised more than £11,000
PUPILS at a village primary school are taking the healthy route to lessons as part of a green travel campaign. Children in Great Rollright have joined forces with Oxfordshire County Council to organise a week of cycling, scooting, skateboarding, and
BANBURY MP Tony Baldry has forecast chaos in the housing market when new selling rules come into effect in June. Mr Baldry has said the Government is short of of housing inspectors who will be required to produce compulsory reports before a property
PUPILS at Banbury School raised awareness of St George's Day on Monday by reviving the dragon-slaying legend. Students Lewis Cullen (dragon), Joe Delarue (maiden), and Andrew Duffy (St George) performed the ritual after governors at the school asked
BANBURY'S historic May Day traditions are to be revived this year with a street procession and maypole dancing. Mayor John Donaldson said: "I am keen to see some of the old traditions brought back to life. This town is known throughout the world because
A CAMPAIGN to keep cyclists off Banbury's pavements has been launched by Age Concern volunteer Neville Halford. Former police officer Mr Halford is concerned about the increasing number of people who ride bicycles, often at speed, on pavements - and
A MOBILE phone company has been asked to think again about a transmitter mast near Drayton School in Banbury. Town MP Tony Baldry has written to O2 asking the firm to reconsider the siting of the mast recently installed at the junction of Bretch Hill
CHIPPING Norton's fourth annual Lido Fun Run will take place on Sunday, May 13. The run follows an off-road countryside circuit and walkers, dogs and babies in backpacks are welcome to take part - though the route is not suitable for wheelchairs or
A FIGHTING fund for a boy who needs a costly operation has been boosted by staff and customers at Banbury's Woolworth store. Connor Rose, eight, suffers from cerebral palsy and is in urgent need of an operation to inject muscle relaxant into his spine
A CAR boot sale on Sunday is being organised by Hook Norton Sports and Social Club. The event, on the village sports ground, will run from 9am to noon. Booters' charges will be £5 for a car and £10 for a van. Inquiries to 07967 088795.
BANBURY'S new Sunshine Centre was opened on Friday with a promise that its services would be available to everyone. The centre, now based at the Bradley community hall in Edmunds Road, on Bretch Hill, completed the move from premises on the Orchard
THINGS subverting ideas; Africa in the British Museum, is the subject of a lecture at the Said Business School. It will look at the impact of new objects arriving from sub-Saharan Africa throughout the 20th century and how they changed British interpretations
BUSINESSES on a disused airbase fear their livelihoods will be at risk if planning chiefs enforce strict rules on how the site should be used. Dozens of businesses moved on to the base at Upper Heyford, near Bicester, after the US Air Force left in
SOUTH Newington rider Gareth Hughes has won first and third prizes at the Teviot Elementary Open class at this year's Event Insurance Services Winter Dressage Championships at Solihull Riding Club. He took gold riding Timlei, a seven-year-old gelding
WELFARE groups from across north Oxfordshire have welcomed Cherwell District Council's new homelessness strategy. The Banbury Cake reported in January that the council had stepped up efforts to reduce homelessness in the area, and that a new plan to
A CHARITY fundraising group has collected its highest-ever amount. The Banbury and District Friends of Cancer Research UK raised £37,000 in the last financial year. The group's secretary Norma Ablewhite said: "It is the largest total since the local
PUPILS from Banbury's Blessed George Napier School are getting ready for the 2007 Kielder Challenge - a unique outdoor adventure contest that sees youngsters with disabilities competing alongside able-bodied children. Two BGN teams, each consisting
PROF Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, from Exeter College, Oxford University, will give a talk on the art and power of festivals in 17th-century German courts, at the Anglo-German Club tonight. The meeting starts at 7.30pm in Abbey Chapel, in Checker Walk, Abingdon
