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  • Green satisfied with big victory

    Two-goal Matt Green called it "a good day at the office" after Oxford United chalked up their biggest win of the season. Green was left out of the starting XI, but came off the bench to score two late goals to seal United's 5-1 victory over relegation-threatened

  • FOOTBALL: Injury-time goal ends Didcot bid

    Didcot Tn 1 (King pen 63) AFC Hayes 1 (Jordan 90)A stunning strike from op-scorer Danny Jordan deep into stoppage time saw ten-man Hayes end Didcot's lingering hopes of challenging Farnborough for the Division 1 South & West title on Saturday. It

  • FOOTBALL: Frustrated City fall to home loss

    Oxford City 0 Bridgwater Tn 1 (Pepperell 58)Oxford City's hopes of the Division 1 South & West title departed on a frustrating afternoon on Saturday. City created most of the chances as they dominated the first half, little being seen of the visitors

  • FOOTBALL: Abingdon's cultured play is unrewarded

    Windsor & Eton 2 (Williams 62, Chennell 72) Abingdon Utd 0Abingdon United made play-off-chasing Windsor work hard for their victory in Division 1 South & West on Saturday. At times, Abingdon played some lovely football without getting a breakthrough

  • FOOTBALL: Banbury forced to settle for a point

    Banbury Utd 1 (Blossom 62) Hemel Hempstead Tn 1 (Dillon 61)Banbury made Premier Division play-off candidates Hemel Hempstead look ordinary, but could not turn their superiority into victory on Saturday. It was a case of many missed chances for Banbury

  • FOOTBALL: Abingdon are four points from safety

    Fairford Tn 2 (B Gill pen 15, Griffiths 55) Abingdon Tn 2 (George 13, Flanagan 28)Abingdon are now four points from safety after goals from Lewis George and Mark Flanagan gave them only a share of the points away to fellow strugglers Fairford.

  • Oxfordshire runners conquer Marathon

    First-time marathon runner Neil Long, 34, from Souldern, said he was delighted to beat his target time of four hours - he managed the route in 3hrs 54mins and raised £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation. He said: "There was some rain, but not enough

  • Big-hearted bikers at children's hospital

    More than 150 big-hearted bikers roared into Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital to hand out toys and gifts to children being treated there. Dozens of sick children and their families gathered at the windows and at the entrance to the hospital to see members

  • Parks officer wins green spaces scholarship

    A parks officer from Oxford has won a scholarship to travel across Europe, learning how to design green spaces for young people. Sam Parry, who works for the city council, was one of 50 people who applied for the trip, which coincides with a three-year

  • Judge gets hall plaque

    Judge Blackstone is at last to get the recognition he deserves in his adopted home town of Wallingford. The town council has been given permission by South Oxfordshire District Council to put up a blue plaque on the historic town hall to commemorate

  • Veg plot gives homeless a lift

    Homeless and vulnerable people's lives are turning a new leaf - thanks to a bulging vegetable patch. To celebrate the turn of the Millennium, The Steppin' Stone Centre, a drop-in centre in Magdalen Road, Oxford, bought a patch of land spanning 250 square

  • Circus fired up for return

    Jugglers, wire-walkers and dazzling horsemen have descended on Oxford for a visit from Zippos Circus. The circus, which has set up its big top in South Park, East Oxford, has been impressing Oxford audiences for more than 15 years and is back this year

  • Wifi plan for bus service

    Passengers on a bus service in west Oxfordshire will be able to use free Wifi on their journeys within a couple of months. Stagecoach is to introduce the system on a new fleet of seven Alexander-Dennis Enviro double-decker buses based at Chipping Norton

  • Actors sought for Bugsy Malone

    Hundreds of young actors and actresses are to be put through their paces to win the chance to perform on stage in Oxford. This year's New Theatre Stage Experience will be the famous gangster-tale Bugsy Malone - and a cast of 300 eight to 18 year olds

  • Pupils spend holidays at school

    Oxford Community School has its fingers crossed for this summer's GCSE results after an Easter holiday of swotting. Pupils from the school in East Oxford volunteered a week of their holiday to attend daily revision sessions in a run up to this year's

  • Awards for veteran firefighters

    Retired and long serving member of Arncott's Defence and Fire Rescue Service member Edward Sheffield has received a Certificate of Appreciation. The 65-year-old, who had worked for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service for 31 years and the Defence Fire

  • Sort out budget priorities

    I read that Vale of White Horse District Council leader Jerry Patterson says that the new national bus pass cannot be used in the Vale before 9.30am. In most council areas, it is not before 9am. Mr Patterson says the Vale has "limited resources". I

  • Where can we go with bus passes?

    I was pleased to receive my new bus pass but disappointed to find out that I could not travel as far as Reading or Milton Keynes. I could go to Abingdon or Wheatley and probably a few more places but not as far as I had hoped. I know I can use the pass

  • Solution to bus pass problem

    There is a simple solution to the use of the bus passes for early hospital appointments. Why cannot the same approach be adopted, as in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and no doubt other places? The patient shows the letter stating the appointment to the bus driver

  • Damning judgment on tax policy

    The more people I speak to on the doorstep in Oxford, the more it becomes clear to me that Labour's tax policies are having a hugely harmful effect on working people across the city. Gordon Brown's decision to scrap the 10 per cent rate of income tax

  • Keep private hire cabs out of bus lanes

    I am concerned to learn that private hire taxis will be allowed to share bus lanes with black cab drivers. County council transport bosses declared that a November 2007 traffic survey proved there would be no harmful effects to cyclists. But how do

  • Limit bus lane traffic to 20mph

    I read James Styring's article about the dangers of private hire vehicles being allowed into Oxford bus lanes (On Yer Bike, Oxford Mail, April 8) and couldn't agree more. When I was a taxi driver, I rarely used bus lanes, because of the antics of some

  • Man found with head injury

    A 34-year-old man was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after being found unconscious with a head injury in Bulwarks Lane, Oxford. A Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) was on patrol in the city centre when she discovered the man between

  • Woman's body found in field

    POLICE are investigating the sudden death of a woman in Oxfordshire. The body of an elderly woman was found in a field near Wheatley at about 7am today. Police have since called off the search for missing 84-year-old Molvie Molly' Chambers who went

  • 100 consider police role

    MORE than 100 people have considered becoming new members of the Thames Valley Police Authority. Last month, the authority placed adverts in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire newspapers asking for people interested in policing issues to apply

  • Man found with head injury

    A 34-year-old man was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital after being found unconscious with a head injury in Bulwarks Lane, Oxford. A Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) was on patrol in the city centre when she discovered the man between 10am

  • Missing woman: body found

    The body of an elderly woman has been found in a field near Wheatley. It was discovered around 7am today and police immediately called off their search for a missing 84-year-old woman. Molvie "Molly" Chambers went missing from Headington on Friday

  • Burglary lowest for almost two decades

    Householders in Oxford are the safest they have been from burglars for nearly 20 years, figures released today revealed. According to statistics released by Thames Valley Police, there were 490 fewer domestic burglaries in the city over the past 12

  • Recycling scheme extended

    A WASTE recycling scheme for shops and businesses in west Oxfordshire is to be extended. Since it was launched last June, the scheme has stopped 130 tonnes of cardboard and glass from going to landfill sites. With 120 customers signed up so far,

  • Waste recycling is just the business

    A waste recycling scheme for shops and businesses in west Oxfordshire is to be extended. Since it was launched last June the scheme has stopped 130 tonnes of cardboard and glass from going to landfill sites. With 120 customers signed up so far, West

  • Yoga inspires estate

    MIDDLE-AGED people in Oxford are enhancing their physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing by taking yoga lessons. People aged over 50 are descending on The Clockhouse, in Long Ground, Greater Leys, for subsidised two-hour sessions in meditation and

  • 'Help write school past'

    FORMER pupils have been coming forward with their memories for a planned celebration book at St John's School, Wallingford, but many more are needed. The school's centenary will take place in 2010 Spokesman Claire Satchwell said she hoped former

  • Running out of places

    ONE of Oxford's three Race for Life events has already sold out - two months ahead of the day - but spaces are still available on the other two. Race for Life is the UK's largest women-only fundraising event, where women of all ages come together and

  • Club into swing of things

    A SWING dancing society has appealed for more members to join them in learning moves from the past. Members of the Oxford Swing Dance Society meet once a week in Barton Community Centre, in Underhill Circus, Oxford, to practise their moves. Beginners

  • The show goes on and on . . .

    FOR two decades youngsters have been bitten by the acting bug thanks to the Musical Youth Company of Oxford (MYCO). Children of all ages - and whole families - have been enchanted by the lure of the spotlight and the smell of greasepaint. And many

  • Memories won't fade away

    CURATORS of a graveyard are trying to preserve the memory of two boys who died in a skating accident 180 years ago. The Old Church Preservation Society wants to restore the weather-worn headstone that marks where James Joiner, 16, and Charles Pugh,

  • Speed decision angers estate

    CAMPAIGNERS seeking a 20mph zone on an Oxford estate are angry that a quieter area of the city has already been given one. Wood Farm residents have been calling for a 20mph limit for three years but were surprised to see the area around Wytham Street

  • All-action adventure at arboretum

    MORE than 80 children got their first taste of spring during an activity event to celebrate the new season at Harcourt Arboretum. The children, aged between five and 12, got up close and personal with dozens of varieties of trees and flowers during

  • Little goes Long way

    An £11,000 footpath connecting Long and Little Wittenham has opened. Walkers on the 2.2-mile path will go through the community woodland Neptune, the Northmoor Trust's wildflower meadow and its new arboretum before passing Project Timescape, the education

  • Lewis star talks of love of city

    AFTER playing Inspector Morse's sidekick Sgt Lewis for so long, you would think actor Kevin Whately would know Oxford like the back of his hand. Having first appeared in Inspector Morse in 1987, the 57-year-old Geordie actor has been coming back to

  • Green tips for villagers

    THREE local gardening experts will be on hand to answer questions at a Gardeners' Question Time tomorrow at 7.30pm in the Scout Hall, Cholsey. The event is open to the whole village.

  • Fireman set to fight the flab

    OXFORDSHIRE firefighter Gavin Hyatt is doing his colleagues and himself a favour by fighting the flab. He's the heaviest of the Witney crew, weighing in at more than 19 stone, and is now running into the station every day and then exercising in its