A WOMAN who systematically stole her adoptive parents’ life savings was last night beginning an 18-month jail term. Sarah Cotterell, 29, of Blenheim Drive, Witney, appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday after pleading guilty to two counts of theft
A MAN was jailed yesterday for breaking the arm of a 12-week-old baby girl. Jermain Drennan, 28, of Marlborough Place, Banbury, was sentenced to a year in prison at Oxford Crown Court after admitting causing grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing
A ROMAN Catholic deacon preached from the pulpit where the man he believes miraculously cured him of a serious disease once stood. Jack Sullivan, from Boston in America, spent 45 minutes at the Anglican church of SS Mary and Nicholas, in Littlemore,
A list of people convicted of offences at magistrates courts around the county recently: Vitalij Lazarev, 25, of Milton Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood, admitted driving while disqualified and driving without insurance in Southam Road, Banbury
CHANGES to the way parking permits are allocated at the county’s hospitals will not affect volunteers, according to the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. In the past, volunteers were each given their own permit, now they will all be stored centrally
SCHOOLCHILDREN, a rap group and civic leaders have been drafted in to turn on Oxfordshire’s Christmas lights this year. Lights switch on events will begin in Bicester on Thursday before running through to a final ceremony in Wallingford a fortnight later
TWO people appeared before Oxford magistrates today accused of stealing from three charities, including the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. Michael Bailey, 25, and Sabrina Burton, 24, both of Fettiplace Road, in Barton, are jointly charged
A DISPUTE over pay and conditions at Oxford Bus Company has intensified – with more than 80 per cent of union members rejecting a new pay deal and saying they are prepared to strike. A total of 283 bus drivers, engineers and office staff voted in a secret
SKATERS in Oxford are warming up for a gala weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s ice rink. The rink in Oxpens Road opened in 1984 and the gala celebration will be held on the weekend of December 5 and 6. Music for
MORE than 900 students enjoyed the Carnage UK pub crawl in Oxford with police saying the event passed without any major incidents. One man was arrested and two others were warned for drunken behaviour during Thursday night’s doctors and nurses themed
A BANBURY boss has completed one of the most gruelling marathons on the planet by running 26 miles through ankle-deep snow. Carlton Hide ran through a remote Arctic desert in Greenland in sub-zero temperatures in order to complete the Polar
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST from Oxford is joining the first man to walk to both poles on an expedition to Antarctica. Aaron Holdway, a 30-year-old masters student at Linacre College, is one of 44 people selected from across the world to join explorer Robert
A four-car crash this afternoon caused long delays on the A34 near Oxford. One lane was closed and queueing traffic built up after the crash and resulting fuel spillage on the A34 northbound, between the Peartree Interchange and the B4027.
FAMILIES are celebrating after learning an overgrown riverside plot in East Oxford will soon be given new lease of life. Aston’s Eyot, a beauty spot at the bottom of Jackdaw Lane on the banks of the River Thames, has been gradually “suffocated” by brambles
English National League Oxford City Stars will be looking to climb the Division 1 South table as they face a double-header this weekend. The fifth-placed side travel across the Solent to face Isle of Wight Raiders at Ryde Arena tonight
Oxford & District Association Kidlington Saints came back to earth with a bump in Division 1 after shocking Rutherford Lab the previous week. Without Andy Misseldine, they were held to a draw by British Rail. Michael Wilkins won all three matches
Imogen West and Olivia Law won silver medals in an encouraging Abingdon Vale display at the South East Regional Championships. Vale were one of only three Oxfordshire and North Bucks ASA clubs competing and also had five top-ten finishes. West, 17,
Eight-year-old grass track racer Tom Brennan swept to victory in the 50cc ACU British Championship. The youngster from King-ston Lisle, son of National Hunt horse racing trainer Barry Brennan, quickly mastered the 400m track in Winchester on his KTM
Isabel Lainsbury landed the most improved gymnast aw-ard when Wantage GC held their club championships and recreational competition. Lainsbury also won the A squad under 8 trophy for her performances on floor, vault bars and beam. The under trophy 10
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BEN Watson (pictured), from the St Birinus Weightlifting Club in Didcot, gained a bronze medal for England in a match against Norway and hosts Sweden in Falkoping. Watson came third in the junior section, in which two competitors from each country took
BACK-to-back 6-0 win have propelled Fieldside A to the top of Premier & Division 1 of the Gentworks Oxford & District League, writes DAVID WHITE. Following on from their success against Oracle A the previous week, Fieldside made light work of Witney
DIVISION 1 strugglers New Club produced a fine display as they beat Cowley Conservative Club B 3-0 in the Oxford & District League. Alan King (+10) got New Club off to a flying start when he saw off Brian Mabbutt (+20) 200-131. Dave White (+80) made
THERE was disappointment for the two remaining Oxfordshire contenders in the semi-finals of the ABA Junior Novice Championships in Romford. Blackbird Leys southpaw Les Hill looked thoroughly dejected after the result of his Class B featherweight (57
Batsmen again ruled the roost as Kidlington recorded a crushing victory over Cumnor in Section B of the Oxfordshire Indoor League. Batting first, Kidlington amassed a huge 175-1, Ali Morteza leading the way with an unbeaten 53. Andy Buckingham, Shazad
YOUNG drivers will be confronted with the trauma of road accidents as part of a police safety campaign. Hundreds of young people from Oxfordshire are set to attend a Thames Valley Police Safe Drive Stay Alive presentation on Monday. They will be shown
MORE nurses, doctors and cots will be added to an Oxford unit for premature and sick babies by the beginning of next year. In July, the Oxford Mail revealed babies were being turned away from the John Radcliffe Hospital because its specialist intensive
LILY Rules, or she did, until a computing error led to the Richard Yeates-trained runner being turned down twice by Romford racing manager Peter O’Dowd. It left owners Wendy and Matt Richards non-plussed as the bitch, a good winner at Oxford and runner-up
The Robert Hannan-trained Watchill King can reign in the £1,000 added Greyhound Breeders Forum British Bred Stakes over 450m tonight. Pennys Juve and Run For Cover are the dangers. It was named as a top-grade event after just 20 entered. A vast class
A PLAYscheme for disabled children and adults is calling on the public to help it buy a special new bus. The Oxfordshire Playbus project’s 30-year-old single-decker sensory bus broke down more than a year ago and is now beyond repair, leaving
MORE than 100 people will shun their warm beds for a cold pavement during a fundraiser for homelessness charities in Oxford. The annual Oxford Sleepout, held in St Clement’s Churchyard, Marston Road, tomorrow night, has raised more than £200,000
Farmoor are holding their Fur & Feather Xmas Match on Saturday, December 19 (briefing 9am, fishing 10-4). Tickets are £25 (season ticket holders £15) including buffet. There will be a raffle in aid of the Stroke Unit at JR Hospital and all donations
Two Botley anglers, Rod Smith and Colin Howse, have caught some specimen fish in recent weeks, writes ANDY WEBBER. Travelling down the Botley Road to Potts Stream, Rod found some nice chub, including one of 6.2.0, his best to date. Fishing the free
Yarnton AC had a good turn-out of 16 for their latest match at Lower Court, which did not fish as well as it can in the cold and damp conditions. At the final whistle, Nick Collier emerged the winner with 22.14.0 of carp on the feeder. Scott Miller
Christmas Carol Singing Throughout December 2009 From 4.00pm Traditional Carol Singing and Festive Music to celebrate Christmas and the end of the year at the Castle Oxford Castle, New Road, Oxford OX1 1AY
THE moment when the first morning light illuminates the five towers of Angkor Wat is a magical one. Fingers of light creep over every inch of Cambodia's most famous and breath-taking monument, uncovering stunning carvings, astonishing architecture
A 25-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman will appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today each charged with five counts of theft. Sabrina Burton, 24, and Michael Bailey, 25, of Headington, were arrested yesterday after a number of Royal British
A hi-tech firm has seen its fortunes slide by more than 40 per cent, thanks to the impact of the recession. Electrocomponents, which employs 80 staff at based at its Oxford Business Park headquarters, made a pre-tax profit of £24.8m for the half year
Residents are to get a say on changes proposed as part of a £1m makeover for Bicester’s Market Square. Designs for three different schemes to improve the “tired” square will be unveiled at a public consultation exhibition on Friday, November 27, and
Police were called to a house in Henley following a report that a man was on fire in a rear garden. Emergency services were called to Trust Corner, Henley, at 8.15pm yesterday where they found a man, in his forties, who had suffered extensive
A major academic publisher has moved its worldwide headquarters to new premises near Wallingford. GTI Europe, a publisher of graduate careers information, will move to the Fountain Building at Howbery Park from its current base at Preston Crowmarsh.
What was your first job and what did your responsibilities include? I worked as a bookkeeper for a towel company in Bristol, doing all the accounts for the business. It was horribly unexciting but I learnt a lot about how much accounts are as much art
ONE man was arrested and two other men were warned for drunken behaviour at last night’s Carnage UK pub crawl in Oxford. It is estimated between 900 and 1,000 students took part in the crawl around six city pubs and clubs wearing distinctive white and
One man was arrested and two other men were warned for drunken behaviour at last night’s Carnage UK pub crawl in Oxford. It is estimated between 900 to 1,000 students took part in the crawl around six city pubs and clubs wearing distinctive
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November 2009: the biggest scientific experiment in history, the Large Hadron Collider is about to be switched on. Scientists are confident it will prove that the universe began with a big bang; religious creationists fear it will create a black
GP2 Series rookie Will Bratt capped off his official test outing at Paul Ricard in France with a superb front-running effort – the Briton posting the fifth fastest time in the morning of the final day before improving to fourth quickest in the
SCHOOLCHILDREN, MPs and a rap group have been drafted in to turn on Oxfordshire’s Christmas lights this year. Lights switch-on events will begin in Bicester on Thursday next week before running through to a final ceremony in Wallingford a fortnight
Manager Chris Wilder says he is happy to stay at Oxford United because he wants to achieve something here. And he stressed that the excellent working relationship he has with chairman Kelvin Thomas, and the staff around him, have played a big
I WOULD like to share some of my thoughts in a quiet moment. Why do we send millions of pounds to help other countries and yet we are unable to look after parts of our own community? To name just a few – those suffering from kidney cancer
AS BILL Jupp says (Oxford Mail letters, November 5), the increase in maximum savings a pensioner can have, before being means tested – from £6,000 to £10,000 – merely keeps pace with inflation over the past 10 years. A much bigger con is the ridiculous
I AWOKE on Remembrance Sunday to wind and rain, and thought it would be tough for all at the war memorial for our annual show of respect to those who died for our freedom. This was after a week when more innocents were placed on that black
WE HAVE all – except those who’ve stockpiled – recently been forced to use so-called longer life light bulbs. Some have even been supplied for free by power companies. Now, apart from the fact that they are generally ugly, cause headaches to many, are
NHS Oxfordshire, the new name the Primary Care Trust has given itself, is right to educate people about when they should be using the county’s A&E departments. Figures showing almost 40 per cent of people who turn up at casualty would get the correct
We wish the youngsters in Blackbird Leys the best of luck in securing a new skate and BMX park for the area. A long battle has been waged in a bid to secure a similar spot in Cowley. There is no doubt the city lacks facilities which are so common in
THOUSANDS of people with minor ailments such as hangovers and runny noses are clogging up the county’s two casualty departments and costing up to £3m a year, we can reveal. NHS Oxfordshire said about 40,000 out of the 108,000 people who go
2012 (12A). Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Tom McCarthy, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, Liam James, Morgan Lily, Woody Harrelson. Director: Rolan Emmerich. Cancel the London Olympics! Our time
Tim Hughes takes a trip to Planet Gong for a chat with the high wizard of space rock –Steve Hillage. GONG are not like other bands. While most groups are content to bang out short snappy bursts of guitar, drums and vocals, these psychedelic
THE BIG BANG, 124 WALTON ST, OXFORD 01865 511441. It was Sausage Week last week, writes KATHERINE MACALISTER, which seemed the ideal time to pop into The Big Bang, which has had a big revamp and continued trading despite the fact that its former
IF you visit a high street book store at this time of year, it’s quite likely that you will end up leaving with a smile on your face – and an additional purchase. As the festive period approaches, book fans will find the shelves stacked full of “humour
Juan Rodriguez – the name alone is enough to send shivers down your spine. But as the lead in the English National Ballet’s all male line-up, Juan is ruffling more than a few feathers, as stripped to the waist he performs some of the most revolutionary
MORE than 1,200 hopefuls auditioned for a part in Chipping Norton’s pantomime this year. 200 made it to the short list, and seven actors were chosen for 2009s Chippy extravaganza – Dick Whittington. But after securing the lead role, Jason Langley, aka
Dirty Little Monsters @ Morals Bar, Clive Booth Hall, John Garne Way, Oxford. This week our intrepid efforts to seek out the best nights in the city have led me back to my beginnings in Oxford. I arrived as a fresher at Brookes University
