npower Village Cup Cumnor won the Oxfordshire final by two wickets in the most dramatic of circumstances last night to continue Horspath's heartache. Horspath lost out at this stage for the past two seasons, but must have thought they had done it
Fresh calls to sort out the running of the controversial Campsfield House immigration detention centre were made tonight after the fourth outbreak of violence in just over a year. Fires were started inside the centre and sources said about 20 detainees
Barton residents turned out in force for an afternoon of entertainment yesterday. The sun shone as hundreds of people of all ages enjoyed the third Barton Bash, which took place at the Oxford estate's neighbourhood centre. The Lord Mayor of Oxford,
SATURDAY'S RESULTS 7.25: 1 GLENCLOY BURGLAR 5-2 jt fav, 2 Miss Clara Belle 5-2 jt fav. Trio: (2x1x3). Trainer: Hepden. Time: 27.77. 7.41: 1 BROADACRES JILL 11-4, 2 Time Cracker 5-2. Trio: (4x2x1). Trainer: A Kibble. Zax Wren (5) 2-1 fav. Time: 27.57
A superb performance by former Middlesex all-rounder Keith Dutch saw Tring Park inflict Oxford's first defeat of the season in Home Counties Premier League Division 1 on Saturday. Dutch took 5-41 off 18 overs as Oxford were dismissed for 165 having
Former England seamer Paul Taylor continued his rich vein of form by taking 4-28 in Banbury's seven-wicket win over Reading in Home Counties Premier League Division 1 at White Post Road. Left-armer Taylor has now bagged 16 wickets in his last three
Thame Town produced three excellent sessions of cricket to eclipse a Burnham team that need to improve rapidly to avoid relegation in Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West. Put in to bat, Thame got off to an excellent start thanks to Manoj Parmar
Kidlington suffered their fifth straight defeat as they went down by seven wickets at Buckingham in Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West. Having won the toss, Kidlington crashed to 35-5 inside the first 14 overs before an unbeaten 72 from Shahbaz
A refugee child who fled civil war in Africa is continuing to 'freeze out' the competition in the world of ice skating. Segen Habtemichael, nine, of Rose Hill, Oxford, was just two and half when she and her mother Eden, 31, escaped from Eritrea. Segen
Matt Launchbury launched a one-man demolition job to steer Marcham to a six-wicket victory at home to Shriven- ham in Division 1 on Saturday. Chasing 239 for victory, Marcham lost their two openers for ducks, before Launchbury took over. In an incredible
Cyclists who work at Oxford's two biggest hospitals have organised bike rides to mark National Bike Week. And the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals Bicycle User Group (BUG) is inviting everyone to take part. On Tuesday at 5.15pm, the group has
One year on from Aston Martin's first victory in the GT1 class in 2007 - which was the first Le Mans win since the company triumphed overall in 1959 - the 009 DBR9 of David Brabham, Antonio Garcia and Darren Turner has claimed another GT1 win at the La
A congregation in Kidlington is gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its parish church. St John the Baptist Hall Church, in The Broadway to the south of the village, was built in the 1950s because St Mary's Church was too far away and too
Hundreds of Filipinos celebrated the 110th anniversary of their nation's independence at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital today. For the fifth year running the city's Filipino community came together to mark the occasion - with colourful parades and
Oxford's top police officer Brendan O'Dowda has described how he saved the life of a three-year-old child who had been run over by a car. Superintendent O'Dowda has been given a Chief Constable's commendation - and little Mekeda Beckford, who spent
An annual bike ride in memory of a teenager who died in a hit and run will carry on. The future of the fifth memorial ride for David Jones, left - or DJ as he was known to friends - was in doubt after the 17-year-old's father Charlie found the cost
An interpid trio of friends is set to tackle the 'Everest of open-water swimming' by crossing from Europe to Africa via the 22km-wide Straits of Gibraltar. Lennard Lee, Harry Fisher and Nicholas Berry were inspired by comedian David Walliams and Olympian
About 150 students were forced to evacuate flats in Linton Road, Oxford, today after a kitchen fire broke out. Forty firefighters from Oxford, Woodstock, Kidlington and Eynsham attended the incident at Wolfson College shortly after 7.30am. Initial
There have been further calls for people to pay their respects to five soldiers whose bodies are being brought back to Britain tomorrow. The bodies of five members of The Parachute Regiment killed in the past week in Afghanistan will be given a police
Managers at Cowley's BMW plant will decide tomorrow if they are resuming production after a weekend of enforced lay-offs. Hundreds of workers were forced to down tools at the Mini plant from Friday evening after a strike by Spanish truck drivers halted
A headteacher has hit back at warnings her school could be closed within three years if results did not improve. Dr Fiona Hammans said she felt frustrated that overnight she had gone from being the principal of a good and improving school to being portrayed
Twelve candidates, including two Miss Great Britain beauty contest finalists, a teddy and a Raving Loony, will battle to succeed Boris Johnson as MP for Henley. The by-election on June 26 was instigated by the resignation of Mr Johnson, who quit after
Forget about the 'minor tweaks' being needed to the Abingdon traffic system. Can no-one see that the on-going failure to improve the flow of traffic is all part and parcel of a devious plan to introduce congestion charges in the town? CHARLES CROSS
It seems that every time Oxfordshire County Council pours money into a new traffic scheme, it ends in disaster. At least Ian Hudspeth, the cabinet member for transport, has had the decency to admit that the Conservatives have got it all wrong in Abingdon
We would like to thank everyone who joined us on Sunday, June 8, as part of the BBC Springwatch SWAT team - staff, parents, children, governors, volunteers from the local community, the BBC and BBOWT. Their achievements in our spinney area were unbelievable
In reply to city councillor John Tanner (Oxford Mail, May 29), residents in Oxford Road, Littlemore, are just as much for recycling as residents in Kidlington. The fault is in the city-wide scheme, its implementation and those who collect the recycling
Police are today mounting high-visibility patrols to reassure residents after a disturbance at a controversial immigration detention centre. Fires were started and two people were treated for minor injuries, including smoke inhalation, during the disturbance
An Oxford man will appear before magistrates tomorrow accused of rape. Miroslaw Domzalski, 30, of West Way, Botley, was arrested shortly after 10.30am on Friday. He has been charged and will be in court on Monday, a police spokesman said.
A teenager had to be freed by firefighters last night after he impaled his foot on a wire fence. The 15-year-old was released into the care of the ambulance service. The incident, in a park off Moreton Lane, Thame, happened at about 7.30pm.
Firefighters from Witney prevented a car fire spreading to a nearby garage during the early hours of this morning. A crew was called to 82 Campion Way, Witney, shortly before 3am. The car was destroyed, but the garage only suffered heat damage.
BANBURY-based charity Dogs for the Disabled is urging people to send in their old mobile phones to help raise funds. For every phone the charity recycles, it gets £2.50 through Greener Solutions. Spokesman Sarah Watson said: "It couldn't be simpler
A HEALTH campaigner is riding around the county to encourage thousands of people to check if they suffer from debilitating eye conditions. Thousands of people in Oxfordshire suffer from eye problems without seeking medical help, according to Oxfordshire
ENGLISH lecturer Heather O'Donoghue is among the judges for this year's Duncan Lawrie Dagger, awarded by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel. Dr O'Donoghue, who lives in East Oxford, is a specialist in Old Norse and medieval literature
WAR veteran, prisoner-of-war camp survivor and former Witney town mayor Arthur Titherington has been awarded the Order of Mercy for his distinguished voluntary work. The award, created in 1899 by a royal charter granted by Queen Victoria, is for his
People in Oxford are being urged to line the roadside to symbolically pay their respects to the 102 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Thames Valley Police will be providing an escort to five servicemen killed in Afghanistan in the past few days - as a
