The Dragons spat fire today and beat the League Champions! For the first half St Edmund demonstrated why they are Yellow League Leaders, their constant pressure resulting in a 3-1 lead. However, after the change of ends the Dragons started playing
A COUPLE whose prematurely-born son died aged just five weeks have raised £7,500 to help scores of other special care babies. Mark and Louise Steffens’ son Freddie was born 16 weeks early in December 2008. He weighed less than a pound. He was treated
A RETIRED doctor died after his son ran him over as he guided him into a parking space, an inquest heard yesterday. Reading Coroner’s Court was told former Kennington GP Dr Salim Verjee died from multiple injuries after he was dragged under
TRIBUTES have poured in for a well-known face in local football. Linda Hackett, a familiar face at Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium, passed away aged 54 on Friday morning, having battled cancer on and off for 15 years. Mrs Hackett, mother of former Oxford
THREE Oxford United fans were today banned from attending football matches for three years for invading the Kassam Stadium’s pitch. John McMahon, Joseph Nicholls and Paul Woodburn encroached on the pitch after James Constable’s goal in United’s game
SIX men are to appear at Didcot Magistrates’ Court on February 3 accused of hare coursing at East Hanney. Edmond Lee, 28, Fredrick Price, 30, Benjamin Price, 30, all from Dyfed, Wales, and Fredrick Edwards, 67, Joseph Smith, 41, Thomas Bryan, 44, all
LANDLORD Paul Gresty told tonight of his relief after he was cleared of assaulting a kitchen worker who swore at him in a row sparked by a karaoke session. Oxford Magistrates Court heard that after Mr Gresty grabbed Danielle Young, bruises appeared on
Henrietta Knight is preparing to unleash two of the big guns from her West Lockinge stables, near Wantage, this weekend. Somersby holds entries in novice chases at Doncaster on Saturday and Hereford on Sunday. And Calgary Bay will attempt to defy 11st
Ducklington moved to within three points of Hailey at the top of the Witney & District FA Premier Division after a crushing 5-0 victory over Kingham All Blacks, writes Anthony Barlow. Ducklington had five different scorers, with Ian Peedle, Matt Gorman
Hailey booked their place in the last eight of the John Fathers Oxfordshire Junior Shield following a 3-1 victory over Benson Lions. Joel King scored twice for Hailey, with Dean Mays grabbing the third. Hanborough eased to a 7-0 success against Northway
Dan Sayer smashed a fine hat-trick as Hanney United won 5-2 against North Bucks League side MK Wanderers Res in the Berks & Bucks Junior Cup. Jason Maynard and Joseph Ledbury also scored for Hanney, who now travel to Old Windsor of the East Berks League
Ducklington moved to within three points of Hailey at the top of the Witney & District FA Premier Division after a crushing 5-0 victory over Kingham All Blacks. Ducklington had five different scorers, with Ian Peedle, Matt Gorman, Darren
DRAYTON ended AFC Wallingford’s unbeaten North Berks League Division 1 record with a 4-3 win. Joe Brewerton and Rob Powell scored doubles for Drayton, with Matt Rolfe, Tom Collins and Craig Duncan replying for Wallingford. Leaders Saxton
Matthew Taylor grabbed a late winner as Vale of White Horse Schools Under 13s pipped Aldershot & District 1-0 in the Meeson Trophy at Milton United. A goalless draw looked on the cards, but Taylor had different ideas and raced clear
Cherwell School (Oxford) marched on in the ESFA Under 14 Premier League Schools’ Cup sixth round with a 2-1 home win over Chace School (Enfield). Michael Raff and Duran Martin’s cracking strike gave Cherwell the edge. They now entertain Queens (Watford
Harvey Savin hit a hat-trick as Ducklington returned to action with a 7-0 win over Grendon Rangers in the Giles Sports Witney Youth League Under 10 A League. Finlay Heritage added a brace, with Devon Wright and an own goal completing the scoring. In
Three Oxford United fans have this afternoon been given three year football banning orders following a pitch invasion. John McMahon, 27, of Fern Hill Road, Oxford, was fined £150 and told to pay £100 costs, as well as a £15 victim surcharge
Members of the Yorkshire Building Society have voted in favour of a merger with the Chelsea Building Society. A majority of 86.68 per cent of of savers and 85.44 per cent of borrowers passed the resolutions to merge with Chelsea, which has a branch in
‘OUR job isn’t just to put tickets on cars – but to help people’. That’s the pledge from one of west Oxfordshire’s new community wardens. Kathryn James, a former police officer, is one of the district council’s six wardens who took to the streets on
PEOPLE across Oxford are set to throw open their homes to neighbours to share breakfast with a prayer. For the past two years, neighbours in a street in Marston, Oxford, have been meeting once a week for a prayer breakfast. The gatherings
A man knocked a nightlclub reveller unconscious after being told he was wearing a “Brokeback Mountain shirt”. Jamie Mcanulla, 28, punched 24-year-old Craig Sewek on the dancefloor of Izi nightclub in Witney town centre on November 23, 2008. Mcanulla
DIDCOT Railway Centre has unveiled major expansion plans after securing its long-term future. Last month, Network Rail agreed to give the Great Western Society, which runs the centre, a 35-year lease for its home next to Didcot Parkway station, where
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a group of young people were robbed in Littlemore. At about 7.30pm yesterday, a group of teenagers, three boys and a girl were walking home from the cinema when they were approached by four teenage boys, all
Aaron Barrett smashed a four-timer for Corner House in their 9-2 thrashing of Oxford City Blues in the RT Harris Oxford City FA-based Premier Cup. Jamie Brackett hit a hat-trick and also missed a penalty, with Mark Boaler and Marlon James completing
FOR most 17-year-olds their main concern when they get behind the wheel is mastering the three point turn. And on Valentine’s Day most teenage girls probably have their hearts set on romance, but Amy Chandler has her eyes on a different prize – trying
Contributor Brian Kirk went beyond the call of duty this weekend, submitting reports via his laptop from a hospital bed after suffering a double leg fracture while playing in goal for Marston Saints against Horspath. Kirk, who was 55 yesterday, suffered
Garsington Sports moved to within a point of Premier Division leaders Rover Cowley with an impressive 4-1 victory at Stonesfield in the Oxfordshire Senior League. In an entertaining first half, Garsington stormed into a 3-1 lead with goals
Autotype UTV League Leaders Barton United dropped their first points of the season in a 1-1 draw with Oxford Yellows in Division 1, writes TIM SIRET. Both sides spurned early chances with Barton keeper Chris Flowers saving a spot kick from Yellows
Autotype UTV League Freeland Yeoman crushed Leys 12-1 in Division 3A, with hat-tricks for John Leader and Ben Glastonbury. Jamie Hodges and Ben Sadler hit doubles, with brothers Adam and Matty Longford completing the scoring. Jamie Wells netted for
Autotype UTV League Witney Exiles, who are rooted to the bottom of Division 3A, upset Didcot Casuals 4-2 in round two of the Ridgeway Cup. In a fixture reversed due to a soggy pitch, new hosts Witney scored from four corners to humble second division
Darren Turner was named today as one of the drivers for the ‘Young Driver AMR’ team in the FIA GT1 World Championship. The move will see the British sportscar driver, from Chacombe, near Banbury, reunited with the car that took him to successive
Six men have been charged with daytime trespass in pursuit of game following a police operation to tackle hare coursing. Police said the charges were in relation to a report of hare coursing on December 4 in East Hanney. The men have
SPORTS teams and community groups in Oxfordshire are over the moon after winning than £100,000. In its latest wave of hand-outs, the environmental body Wren, which distributes cash from landfill tax credits, has awarded £122,244 to four projects in the
A PROJECT to expand Carterton’s skate park is one step closer after a £10,000 cash boost. A group from the Extreme Wheels project — which organises an annual festival at the Upavon Way skate park — put their ideas to Carterton Town Council and councillors
FORMER governors and teachers’ representatives at Oxford School have called for the new governing body to be ousted. Oxfordshire County Council removed the school’s governing body last term to make way for an interim executive board (IEB).
The River Windrush and River Cherwell were taken off flood watch today. A number of other waterways in the county including the River Thames, River Ray, River Thame and Chalgrove Brook, remain on flood watch, the lowest level of alert issued
A MODERN tale of Mother Goose will be performed at a Witney theatre. Witney Amateur Dramatics will put on its annual pantomime at the Corn Exchange, in Market Square. Performances, starting at 7.30pm, run from today until Saturday. There will also be
OXFORD City Football Club has pledged to make the beautiful game more accessible to deaf people. The club, based in Marsh Lane, Headington, has signed up to the National Deaf Children’s Society’s (NDCS) Deaf Friendly FC project, which aims to get thousands
THE children of boxing coach Ken Reynolds have paid tribute to their father’s work with youngsters in the county. Former SAS soldier Ken Reynolds, 63, died after the car he was driving hit a parked car and a wall in the Horton Hospital car
AN art student created a dramatic dress inspired by her mother’s childhood travels. Laura Ralph, 17, from Woodstock, designed and created the piece for her final A-Level art coursework on the subject ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, in July last
Police this afternoon renewed an appeal for witnesses after a man was stabbed in Oxford during the early hours of Sunday. At 12.46am, police were called to The Four Candles pub in George Street, after doorman Lee Donnelly, 39, was stabbed in the stomach
THE body of a man has been found in an office in Witney. Police were called to a business premise above the Post Office, in Market Square, at about 9.20am today. A dead man in his 40s, who has not been named, was found. Police are not treating the
FOUR men accused of raping a teenage girl have been released on bail. An 18-year-old girl has told police she left Kukui nightclub, in Park End Street, Oxford, in the early hours of Sunday with two men. She said she was taken in a taxi
A body was found in an office in Witney today. Police were called to business premises above the Post Office, in Market Square, at about 9.20am today. A man in his 40s, who has not been named, was found dead the scene. Sgt Dave
Four men arrested on suspicion of rape after an 18-year-old woman reported she was raped in the early hours of Sunday, have been released on bail. The men, aged 18, 20, 22 and 24 have all been released on police bail until March 8. Anyone
Oxford band Radiohead have given a special concert for Haiti earthquake relief in Los Angeles and raised more than 500,000 dollars (£307,650). The band performed for more than two hours on Sunday at the Henry Fonda Theatre. The benefit show drew
Three men have been arrested in connection with a series of offences in Witney in the early hours of Saturday. Two of the men, both 18, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault following two separate incidents. The first incident
Police today appealed for witnesses after a man was assaulted while walking along a street in Banbury. The 26-year-old victim was walking along West Street at about 4.35pm last Tuesday, when a car pulled up alongside him and a passenger got
A young man who suffers from a string of illnesses linked to severe brain damage has been awarded £2.5million compensation. Nathan Preece, 19, from Bosley’s Orchard, Grove, is wheelchair bound and suffers from cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, seizures
The UK's longest and deepest recession finally came to an end in the last three months of 2009, new official figures show. A 0.1 per cent expansion in the economy between October and December ended six straight quarters of shrinking output, according
An Oxfordshire mental health charity is claiming that reading can make you feel better in a variety of ways. It has helped to set up Get Into Reading groups in Oxfordshire, who have been reaping the benefits of discovering some stimulating literature
The subs’ bench for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso will be an all-Australasian affair for 2010, as the two teams confirm their reserve drivers: Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo and New Zealand’s Brendon Hartley. The two drivers, who are both
Excellent entertainment from the boys after such a long enforced break. Both teams started well and the game flowed from end to end, with both keepers relieved to see the ball rebound off the post. Towards the end of the first half Didcot edged ahead
Under 9 Red League Kidlington Youth v Summertown Stars 7-6 Chalgrove Cavaliers v Grove Challengers 3-3 Crowmarsh B v Horspath P-P Radley Youth v Littlemore Youth P-P Under 9 Blue League Oxford Blackbirds v
New centre back Jake Wright says Oxford United’s players are having to produce their best – to stay in the team. Wright gave his most authoritative display to date in Saturday’s thumping 4-0 win at Grays Athletic, which keeps Oxford snapping at the heels
HEALTH officials can find themselves damned if they do and, more often, damned if they don’t. Oxfordshire’s primary care trust has a higher body mass index threshold for free weight-loss surgery on the NHS than the guidelines suggested by Nice, the National
WHATEVER the rights and wrongs of Littlemore people’s concerns about the Oxford Academy, senior figures from the school must give them fair hearing. The parish council has called a special meeting tonight to air worries that the Academy, which replaced
AN emergency team from Oxfordshire is expected to return to England today after spending a week helping the international rescue operation in Haiti. Members of the charity Emergency Response Team – Search and Rescue landed in the capital Port-au-Prince
Boss Billy Jeffrey has urged Banbury United to keep up the good work when they host Tiverton Town in the Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division on Tuesday night. It follows Saturday’s 2-1 home win against Rugby Town. Victory could lift the Puritans
Oxford University will be looking to build on an encouraging display in Lisbon when they take on the RAF in their first home game of 2010 on Tuesday (7.15pm). The Dark Blues, who lost 24-18 to Portugal on Saturday, will be captained by Australian scrum
