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  • RESULTS: April 19/20

    BLUE SQUARE PREMIER Woking 1, Oxford Utd 2. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Tiverton Tn 0, Banbury Utd 2. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn 2, Bridgwater Tn 2; Marlow 3, Abingdon Utd 1; Oxford City 1, Burnham 0. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH

  • CRICKET: Brooks helps Oxon to win

    IN bitterly cold conditions, Oxfordshire 'warmed up' for the forthcoming Minor Counties Trophy campaign with a comfortable five-wicket victory over Buckinghamshire at Kidlington yesterday. Bucks, who surprisingly won the toss and chose to bat in damp

  • Trainer in rich vein form

    Phil Trainer is now enjoying the best scoring run of his professional career, writes JON MURRAY. His winner at Woking was the former plumber's fourth goal in the last seven games. "They just keep going in at the moment. I'm in the right place at the

  • Airborne tribute to troops

    Balloons were released at an RAF base to pay tribute to British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan - and help a charity sending presents to servicemen and women on overseas duty. Fifteen-hundred yellow balloons were released into the grey skies above RAF

  • FOOTBALL: Romeo puts City in pole position

    Oxford City 1 (Romeo 75) Burnham 0Oxford City put themselves in prime position for a home semi-final in the Division 1 South & West play-offs following a narrow victory over Burnham at Court Place Farm on Saturday. This result, secured by a late goal

  • FOOTBALL: It's Vine to the rescue

    Didcot Tn 2 (Vine 30, 85) Bridgwater Tn 0 (Clark 5, Young 31)Ashley Vine's late strike, his second of the game, rescued a point for Didcot in an entertaining British Gas Business Southern League Division 1 encounter at Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday

  • FOOTBALL: Abingdon pay price for sluggish start

    Marlow 3 (Roche 3, 31, Coyne 45) Abingdon Utd 1 (Meade 77)Abingdon madea nightmare start, conceding a goal after only three minutes into their British Gas Business Southern League Division 1 encounter. The visitors' allowed Marlow's Jermaine Roche

  • FOOTBALL: Banbury boosted by late strikes

    Tiverton Tn 0 Banbury Utd 2 (Gordon 79, Fuller pen 90)Two goals in the last 15 minutes gave Banbury victory in an entertaining British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division clash on Saturday. After an uneventful first half, the game sprung

  • FOOTBALL: Boss Stopps ordered off as Abingdon's woes continue

    Abingdon Tn 0 Hook Norton 3 (Szczukiewicz 15, Standen 21, Jackson 31) Abingdon Town manager Keith Stopps was ordered from his area and saw two of his players red-carded on Saturday as they plunged deeper into trouble in the Premier Division. The home

  • Court sent me people's secret files

    Oxford County Court has tightened its security procedures after a member of staff mistakenly sent sensitive medical information and National Insurance numbers to a woman trying to settle her parking fines. Emma Kelly said she was worried identity fraudsters

  • FOOTBALL: Letcombe keep runners-up hopes alive

    Old Woodstock Tn 1 (Fowler 90) Letcombe 2 (Roberts 23, Claydon pen 73)Letcombe kept themseves in contention for runners-up spot in Division 1 West with a notable success away to second-placed Old Woodstock. In one of their best displays of the season

  • Musician joins comedy gala

    A MUSICIAN who has stayed at Helen and Douglas House will raise funds for the hospice by lining up on stage with his comedy heroes tomorrow night. Singer-songwriter Ally Craig will share the bill with Jimmy Carr, Bill Bailey and Kevin Eldon at Childish

  • Man dies after fall from car park

    A 41-year-old man died today afternoon after falling from the Castle car park in Cowley, Oxford. Police were called at 3.30pm after reports a man had fallen from the multi-storey car park, near Templars Square shopping centre, in Between Towns Road.

  • Man dies in car park plunge

    A 41-year-old man has died after falling from a car park in Between Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford, today. Police were called at 3.30pm after reports that a man had fallen from the multi-storey car park, near Templars Square Shopping Centre. He was

  • No thought

    What a disturbing report, Flood action not worth it (Oxford Mail, April 15). It would appear that those residents of Oxford and Oxfordshire, whose homes were flooded last summer, have to band together and protect their properties from future flooding

  • Well tried solution

    Oxford is a dirty city. How can this be changed? 1. Every house owner, renter, student renter, shop and business should be responsible for the front of their 'property', including the pavement and the road. 2. This would apply wherever the rubbish comes

  • Ignored for too long

    I would like to ask Oxfordshire County Council what it plans to do with Mary-Wood House, a large building in Leiden Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, that has been empty for more than four years. This was, and still is, a perfect looking property that could

  • Brilliant care

    I was a patient at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital in Oxford in March. I would like to say about all the horror stories we get that mine is not one of them. I had surgery on my spine. The care I received was brilliant. The hospital was clean and

  • Rude police disciplined

    Serving police officers have been found guilty of unjustified questioning or surveillance, failure in duty and rudeness to the public after internal investigations. Half the 96 complaints processed by Thames Valley Police Authority over a two-month

  • Man dies in fall from car park

    A 41-year-old man has died after falling from the Castle car park in Between Town Road, Cowley, Oxford, today. Police were called at 3.30pm after reports that a man had fallen from the multi-storey car park, near Templars Square Shopping Centre. He

  • Carry on nursing

    Full of vitality and committed to improving the health of her patients, there is little indication nurse Violet Fazal-Sanderson, 47, has been through any kind of ill health - let alone two gruelling kidney transplants. A specialist endocrine nurse based

  • Race to help at Blenheim

    IF you are keen to get involved in one of the county's biggest sporting events but are worried you might not be fit enough, there is an easier option. The organisers of the Mazda Blenheim Triathlon, which is due to take place on Saturday, June 6, and

  • Passengers flee blazing bus

    PASSENGERS on a bus in Wantage were evacuated as flames swept through the vehicle. The Thames Travel bus was destroyed in the blaze, which took hold in Mably Way at about 1.35pm yesterday. No one was injured in the fire, but the road was briefly closed

  • Police appeal for help in tracing missing woman

    A woman is feared missing after disappearing from her Banbury home last night. Sharon Wilkins, 44, left her home in Conway Drive, Bretch Hill, at about 10pm and has not been seen since. She is 5ft 4ins with short, medium-brown hair and was dressed

  • Passengers evacuated from blazing bus

    Passengers on a bus in Wantage were evacuated as flames swept through the vehicle yesterday afternoon. The Thames Travel bus was destroyed in the blaze, which took hold in Mably Way at about 1.35pm. No one was injured in the fire, but the road was

  • St Ebbe's in the past

    People living in an ever-changing part of Oxford's city centre are being offered the chance to take a glimpse at what it looked like half a century ago. The parish of St Ebbe's, which included the area around the soon-to-be-demolished Westgate Centre

  • Woman goes missing

    POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a missing Banbury woman who was last seen leaving her home on Friday night. At about 10pm, Sharon Wilkins left her home in Conway Drive in Bretch Hill. She has not been seen since and officers are concerned

  • Ex-daredevil takes on politics

    A MAN who once tried to drive a Volkswagen Beetle across the sea is planning to make waves in his home village. Steve Good has made a splash by helping to force the first parish council elections for years in Northmoor, near Witney. Normally, there

  • Minister to retire from city estate

    A CHURCH leader has announced she will retire after seven years at the heart of an Oxford estate. The Rev Fleur Houston will address the congregation at the Holy Family Church, in Cuddesdon Way, Blackbird Leys, for the last time on Sunday, June 29.

  • History man to retire

    WHEN Malcolm Graham came to Oxford in 1970, his only experience of the city had been a hasty drink in the bar of the Chequers Inn, in High Street. But here he was, a twentysomething with a Beatles 'mop-top' being given the unenviable task of transforming

  • Festival for rare flower

    HUNDREDS of people are expected to flock to Ducklington today to celebrate a rare wild flower. The Snake's Head Fritillary thrives in a small field just a few yards from St Bartholomew's Church and is one of the few remaining meadows in the Thames

  • New toy library for children's hospital

    PATIENTS at Oxford Children's Hospital will benefit from a new toy library, thanks to a mother whose son was born with severe learning difficulties. Sandra Gomme has raised £5,000 to help the community paediatrics department set up a specialist toy

  • Watercolour work shown

    PICTURES by a famed Witney watercolour painter are being given their own space in a new exhibition. The work of James Allen Shuffrey has gone on display at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock until September 28. He was born in in Witney in 1859,

  • Community recognition

    A YOUTH club leader, councillor and the founder of Woodstock Carnival have been recognised by the town's Rotary Club with community service certificates. Chris Oliver has had a life-long involvement with youth work and was made an MBE in 2006. John

  • Photos focus new light on estate

    TEENAGERS have been photographing their home turf to help improve perceptions of their Oxford estate. They spent two days working with artist Katy Beinart and took pictures of parts of Rose Hill which they felt reflected its true nature. The pictures

  • Mother-to-be ready to 'race'

    HEAVILY pregnant she may be, but Amy Beatty is looking for a "waddling" partner to join her in this year's Race for Life. The 21-year-old mother-of-one from Witney will be eight months' pregnant when she takes part in the event on Sunday, June 8, in

  • Disused home used for fire training

    A DISUSED Orlit house in Rose Hill is being used for firefighters' training exercises. The 1950s property in Nowell Road has been taken over by Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Anyone who could donate furniture to make