Summertown's Dash Ward scored with two strikes followed up by Charlie Rundle's slot in from a corner. However Irish Rhys Clarke pulled one back with an 18 yard shot, giving a 3-1 half time scoreline. A brace from Kasam Gurung made the scores
Radley Youth v BYE Oxford Blackbirds v Wantage Concords 2-4 Cumnor Minors v Hanney Youth W/O Florence Park v Didcot Town Youth A 1-5 Summertown Stars Pirates v Marston Saints Blue 1-8 Summertown Stars A v BYE BYE AFC Henley v Benson Merlins P-P
More heavy rain and high winds are forecast for Monday, with gusts of up to 60mph possible in exposed areas, weather experts said. Downpours later in the week could see northern and western areas lashed with up to six inches of rain in just two days
A serious accident tonight closed the A34 in both directions in Oxfordshire. Both carriageways of the road were closed near East Ilsley after the collision between a car and a lorry, which caught fire. Police are on the scene. No details
Award Winners Sportsman of year: Keith Arnold (cricket) Sportswoman of year: Hannah England (athletics) Junior sportsperson of year: Holly Holden (rowing) Veteran sportsperson of year: Karl Bushell (table tennis) Disabled sportsperson of
Witney Utd 5 (Harper 29, Odhiambo 41, 42, 70, McMahon 51) Erith & Belvedere 1 (Tipple 59) Anaclet Odhiambo hit a superb hat-trick as Witney began their FA Vase campaign with a resounding victory over Kent League high-fliers Erith at a wet and windy
Tiverton Tn 1 (Bushin 77) Didcot Tn 2 (Bartley 43, Stanley 64) Didcot Town’s fine away form continued as they edged to victory at Tiverton in the Premier Division on Saturday. The home side looked to have snatched a last-gasp equaliser
Ardley Utd 3 (Blossom 59, Clarke 61, Mason 89) Oxford City Nomads 0 A superb second-half display saw Ardley United to victory over Oxford City Nomads in the Premier Division in the FTL Futbol Hellenic League. With a strong wind at their backs, the
Banbury Utd 2 (Redknap 64, 90) Nuneaton Tn 1 (Dillon 44) George Redknap was Banbury United’s hero with a late winner at a blustery Spencer Stadium in the Premier Division on Saturday in the Zamaretto Southern League. Banbury rode
Oxford City 0 Chippenham Tn 0 Oxford City had to be content with a draw as both sides failed to get on the scoresheet in gale-force winds at Court Place Farm. City had the elements in their favour in the first half, but to no real effect as passes
Andover 1 (Joryeff 72) Abingdon Utd 2 (Organ 37, Faulkner 78) James Faulkner grabbed the winner as Abingdon United stretched their unbeaten run to six matches with this battling Division 1 South & West victory in the Zamaretto Southern League. His
The Watlington goal scorers were: Robert Greenslade (2), Tom Clarke (2), Aaron Byleche (1), Dominic Savin (1), Dan Sutherland (2) and Ben Little (1). The Cholsey goalscorer was Jamie Sirett (1).
Chalgrove left it late to secure a victory against a Littlemore side who must consider themselves unlucky not to have come away with all 3 points. Littlemore took the lead within 40 seconds and despite a Josh Dobbins equaliser goals from Daryll Samworth
A TEENAGE girl who kicked a woman in the face and stole her handbag in an unprovoked attack burst into tears as she escaped jail. Paige Stanney-Brown, 18, of Iffley Road, Oxford, was given a suspended sentence at Oxford Crown Court on Friday for robbery
MORE than 100 people swapped their beds for a night in a cold churchyard to raise up to £15,000 for homelessness charities in Oxford. Since it was launched in 1996, the Oxford Sleepout has raised more than £200,000 for charities working with homeless
THERE were tears and hugs during an emotional service in memory of people who have died in road crashes. About 300 people attended the multi-faith service at St Mary the Virgin Church, Thame, today, to pray for their loved ones, and light a candle in
RAF Benson’s commander has reassured residents about the safety of helicopters flying low over their homes. Group Captain Jonathan Burr spoke out after neighbours complained about Puma helicopters “buzzing” homes in Dry Sandford. People living near
CONGESTION on the A34 between Oxford and Newbury has increased by 16 per cent during the past year, according to a survey conducted by Trafficmaster. Congestion has also increased on the western sector of the M25, but has fallen on the southern part
A FOOTBALL club facing closure over a £9,000 debt has been inundated with donations. Bicester Town FC recently launched a Famous 50 campaign, asking 50 people to donate £10 a month for the next six months. The club, which has been part of the community
A YOUNG writer met one of her heroes at Downing Street after finishing runner-up in a national writing competition. Lauren Kedar, who is 14 and a pupil at the School of St Helen and St Katharine in Abingdon, beat more than 2,000 entrants in a contest
A GIANT ark will be built in Oxford city centre in a bid to tackle climate change. The Ark Project is an ambitious scheme aimed at getting children and young people fired up about environmental issues. Organisers from Oxford-based CIAO
Diners will be able to check the hygiene standards of restaurants before they book a table. Cherwell District Council’s public protection team has joined Scores on the Doors, a service which gives restaurants marks out of five on cleanliness. Scores
YOUNG actors performed a hard-hitting play about knife crime at two schools in Oxford. Pupils from The Cherwell School and Cheney School watched as London-based Arc Theatre performed Boy X, which examines gang culture and the impact of crime on families
AN AUCTION of celebrity possessions is expected to raise thousands of pounds for a charity which helps children who ‘will never walk’ take their first steps. Footballers Phil Neville, Theo Walcott and Cesc Fabregas are among celebrities who have donated
I WAS extremely angry to read in the Oxford Mail that, when the city council met to discuss the closure of our public toilets, before they got around to discuss such an important issue, they had to watch a video which went on for so long that one member
RESIDENTS in a west Oxfordshire village hope work on a bridge’s foundations will reduce the threat of a repeat of the July 2007 floods which damaged more than 40 homes. An earth bank and a shallow channel are being dug across a field at Ascott-under-Wychwood
IT IS astonishing that, in the face of unanimous public opposition, the minority Labour group on Oxford City Council continues to press for closure of toilets. The Lib Dems have always opposed, and will always oppose, this measure, which will
WELL, now we know that the leader of the city council does not understand the constitution he purports to follow. Bob Price (Oxford Mail, November 12) asserts that ‘motions on notice at council meetings have no relevance for the council’s day to day
So, the city council, in its finite wisdom, has gone ahead with closing a quarter of Oxford’s public toilets, despite the widespread opposition to this move. Bob Price, Leader of the City Council, claims (Oxford Mail letters, November 12) that ‘the proposed
A BID to get a top bravery award for a Didcot-based bomb-disposal expert who was killed in Afghanistan is gaining momentum. Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid, 30, died last month as he tried to defuse a bomb in Helmand Province. The soldier, based
OXFORD City Council staff have issued 117 fixed penalty notices in the campaign to tackle litterbugs. The penalty notices included an £80 fine for Demetrios Samouris, 22, after he dropped a matchstick while shopping in Cornmarket Street. Council spokesman
IT was interesting to see how much Oxford City Council has learned from its adversaries on the county council, if its consultation on public toilet provision is to be believed. It all seems very reminiscent of the consultation carried out by the county
WHAT a relief to learn that the Prime Minister would never knowingly misspell a soldier’s name in a letter of condolence to the deceased’s mother. As for the quality of his handwriting, and making some allowance for his poor eyesight (which, in my view
Being an open-hearted, charitable, do-anything-for-anyone type of guy, it shouldn’t come as any great surprise to learn that I spent all of five minutes this week trying to choose a Get Well card for a friend of mine who has flu. She having spent the
AN OXFORDSHIRE primary school has received a glowing Ofsted report that praises everything from teaching to children’s behaviour. Longcot and Fernham Primary School, near Faringdon, is the 23rd primary and 35th school overall in the county to receive
A young woman hid a package of cocaine she tried to take into a music festival in July. But Kayleigh Brackett escaped being jailed after a judge at Warwick Crown Court said it was not clear whether it was to be sold, or was for another person’s personal
A lovely sunny morning saw Hinksey and Kidlington battle it out for a well needed 3 points. Kidlington started well, with a great passing move, finishing with Dylan Oakes shooting just over the cross bar. Shortly after, Dylan Oakes took a great
A HORSE-LOVER was left devastated after burglars stripped her paddock’s outbuildings of £5,000 worth of horse tack. Kerry Crook, 29, said she lost her life’s work after intruders took everything from £300 saddles to bags of horse feed.
A UNIQUE set of Indonesian musical instruments has been tuned for the first time in 24 years. The 55 instruments of the Gamelan Kyai Madu Laras were given to Oxford University in 1985. However, fine-tuning work on the gongs, drums, flutes and string
DIDCOT scout leader Marion Fountain has taken the Wolf Cub’s motto “Do Your Best” to the extreme. Mrs Fountain, better known as Rashka to members of 23rd Didcot Sea Scout Group, has celebrated 40 years with cub and scout groups. The 69-year-old, of
A WOMAN whose textbooks are used to teach English to millions of children around the world has written a book of stories to raise money for a parish church. Claire Selby writes pre-primary English language courses, and is about to launch China’s first
Summertown United retained its unbeaten home league record despite a sluggish start against Hinksey Park. Indeed, most of the initial pressure was from Hinksey Park although once Summertown scored, against the run of play, through a beautifully
After 5weeks without a game St Edmunds came out fighting against a strong Summertown side. Bupe Mutamba put St Eds ahead in the first ten minutes, but Summertown fought back having a good shot saved by the St Eds goalie Brandon Squires. With a
Kidlington managed to overcome Kennington 4-3 in a very tight and competitive game. Kennington went into a two goal lead only for two individual goals from Bradley Singh to bring KYFC level at half-time. Kidlington edged ahead through
St Edmunds secured a comfortable victory over Blackbirds on a perfect morning for football. St Edmunds took a two goal lead with goals from Phil Gray and Rob Anderson,although Alex Pigott produced an excellent double save to prevent Blackbirds
Didcot started well and got control off the game from the start. Goring's bad marking and bad start led to a goal within the first 10 minutes of the game when Didcot broke through and fininshed well. Straight after the kickoff Didcot put more presure
This was Abingdon Youth's first game in 3 weeks and it showed for the first 15 minutes Hinksey didn’t let Abingdon get the ball. After a goal mouth scramble the ball was charged down by a Hinksey player and the ball fell to Sam Eshiwani who floated
The weekend will continue to be a washout for much of the country, with heavy rain likely to follow the gale-force storms which have ripped across many areas. Forecasters at the Met Office say Sunday will be calmer, but with heavy showers in
CHILDREN battling cancer in Oxfordshire are to have their courage recognised by a host of celebrities. Well-known faces, including X Factor winner Leona Lewis and footballer Ryan Giggs, are backing the Cancer Research UK Little Stars award.
A fresh new version of the pioneering Safe Drive Stay Alive campaign is set to be shown to thousands of students and young drivers across the Thames Valley. This will be the fourth year the Safe Drive Stay Alive theatre event will be shown
