Zamaretto Southern League Nuneaton Town 5, Banbury Utd 0 BANBURY United were well-beaten as they they crashed 5-0 at Nuneaton Town in the Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division on Friday night. Ollie Stanbridge had the ball in the net first for
A NEW trader has been found to move into Wantage’s former Woolworths store, which has stood empty since 2008. The arrival of a Cargo furniture store later this month has been hailed as a key step in the revival of the town’s fortunes by traders and civic
NEIGHBOURS in West Oxford have claimed victory after Thames Valley Probation Service unveiled its new headquarters in the city centre. Residents of Mill Street, off Botley Road, have fought bitterly a planned probation centre in the road for
A MAN who walked into a Blackbird Leys pub with a pool ball in a sock and smashed it over the head of another man has escaped being sent to jail. Kevin Clifford, 44, of Paradise Street, Oxford, struck Daniel O’Loughlin in the Bullnose Morris on May 24
STRIKE action at Oxford Bus Company has been averted after drivers, engineers and office staff voted to accept a new two-year pay deal. Members of the union Unite yesterday voted to accept a final pay offer of 1.2 per cent that also removed some working
Oxford University said it had no plans to produce a perfume after it was reported perfumers were working with the promotional arm of the university, Oxford Limited. A university spokesman said: “The University of Oxford has absolutely no plans to produce
DISABLED people have been falling out of their wheelchairs in a North Oxford street because of the poor state of pavements. That is the claim from Jean Fooks, Liberal Democrat county and city councillor, who has urged transport leaders at County
YOUNGSTERS in Witney are celebrating after their youth centre reopened with new and improved facilities. Base 33 in Welch Way, which helps socially excluded young people, has undergone a £25,000 refurbishment, thanks to a one-off grant from Oxfordshire
A COUPLE have been reunited with pictures from a camera they dropped overboard on an Atlantic cruise, thanks to an Oxfordshire woman. South Africans Barbara and Dennis Gregory were en route from New York to Southampton on the Queen Mary 2 in
AN OXFORD University academic indulged in “scandalous” behaviour in trying to sue a professor for sex discrimination, a judge ruled today. Dr Cecile Deer accused the university of a conspiracy of collusion to block her career. But the 41-year-old’s
A MUM-of-three has created a box of miniature memories to raise money in tribute to her late mother. Professional miniaturist Celia Thomas, 50, was just 18 months old when she lost her mother Joyce to cancer. A few years later, her grandmother was also
A SURPRISE guest helped hundreds of teenagers take a first look at what their future careers could hold. Britain’s Got Talent finalist Shaun Smith, pictured, joined almost 50 businesses visiting Cooper School in Bicester yesterday to give tips and advice
A 41-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed after forcing himself on a 14-year-old girl at a sleepover while her two friends hid behind curtains and filmed the incident. Married father-of-two Peter Blackwell was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court having earlier pleaded
YOUNGSTERS in Witney are celebrating after their youth centre reopened with new and improved facilities. Base 33 in Welch Way, which helps socially excluded young people, has undergone a £25,000 refurbishment, thanks to a one-off grant from Oxfordshire
TWO schoolgirl entrepreneurs have stumbled across a cracking money- spinning idea for the Churchill Hospital in Oxford. Dragon School pupils Sorcha Maynard and Sophie Kitchen, both 12, started off with £2 from their teacher at the Bardwell Road school
SPEED limit cuts across the county have been branded “barmy” and “madness” by on oxfordmail.co.uk Readers hit out at Oxfordshire County Council after it rubber-stamped plans to lower the speed limit on dozens of Oxfordshire’s roads. Councillors said
A host of stars from the literary world have been lined up for King Sutton’s seventh festival. Top of the bill over the weekend March 6 and 7, is actor and director Sir Derek Jacobi who will give a talk about theatre with local writer Garry O’Connor.
PUPILS at Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor Hill are backing the prospect of a wind turbine being sited at their school. Low Carbon West Oxford, a community group set up by residents of the area, has put up a 15m-high temporary anemometer at the school
A CHEF who quit his restaurant after his food was labelled “too poncey” has been backed by one of Britain’s best chefs. Ryan Simpson and his entire team left The Goose, in Britwell Salome, just weeks after winning a Michelin star because his
TEACHER Matthew Maudsley will be jetting off on holiday after his pupils used Facebook to praise his Elvis impression in a singing contest at Gatwick Airport. Mr Maudsley, 39, a sports teacher at the Cherwell School in Oxford, had plenty of time to spare
FREEDOM Emma continues to sparkle on the open race scene after trotting up after coming from last to first in the William Hill.com Poker Stakes at Wimbledon on Tuesday, but no luck for Johnny Mayo’s Burwood Freddie in a supporting open. With both tick
PARENTS and children, pensioners and Women’s Institute members sat down together for a proper breakfast. The Farmhouse Breakfast day at Brize Norton Primary School on Wednesday was organised by the healthy schools group, made up of parents, governors
BANBURY’S tax office will close by March next year with the loss of up 26 jobs. Staff have been told the office in Southam Road will close as part of nationwide programme of cost cutting. A small inquiry centre will be set up elsewhere in the town,
UP For Sam lit up the Oxford Bookmakers Trafalgar Cup with a blistering display to crush the track record by an amazing 17 hundreths of a second on Thursday night. It was the Carol Weatherall- trained black dog’s first race in England after proving
GREYHOUNDS are looking for new owners after they were left homeless following the closure of their racing stadium in Wales. The dogs are recent arrivals at the Blue Cross Centre, near Burford, and although two have found new homes, five are still looking
A VILLAGE is divided over plans to build a pre-school on a part of children’s play area. Stanford Pre-School, in Stanford-in-the-Vale, has applied to build a new centre amid fears it could close down if it does not provide more spaces. However, residents
A HOST of new employers will be waiting to chat to job hunters at the Oxford Mail Job Fair next week. Twenty-three firms will be on hand to receive CVs and talk about job opportunities within their sector in a bid to get more people into work
A MAN exposed himself to a woman who was walking through a Banbury park. The 44-year-old woman was near the Prescott Close entrance of Princess Diana Park when a man exposed himself, before running off down Prescott Close in the direction of
SNOWBOARDING is full of (what I believe to be the correct terminology) gnarley dudes enjoying a lifestyle not dissimilar to a very long boys’ weekend. And Constantine, the man charged with turning novices into, well, not-quite-novices, on the
An Oxford University student is flying Bermuda's flag at tonight's opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Tucker Murphy is the island's sole representative at the 2010 Winter Games after compatriot Patrick Singleton failed to
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Ashton rule the roost in Division 1 of the Oxford and District League after defeating champions Riley A 2-1. Peter Fenn (+50) lost the opening game to Riley’s Gary Bough (+70) 150-107. But wins from John Street (+50) over Malcolm Bough (+20) 200-181
Riley B fought back to beat clubmates Riley C 4-2 and turn up the heat on Premier/Division 1 leaders’ Fieldside in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Gentworks. Trailing 2-0 after Andy Toole’s win against Malcolm Bough, Adam Brown levelled
Long Hanborough sportscar driver Ben Robinson has set his sights on glory in the Ma5da MX5 Championship. The 27-year-old, who was a frontrunner in the series last year, has been signed up this time by the works Mazda racing team. And he will be hoping
Banbury's Will Bratt suffered the disappointment of a late-race crash in the fourth round of the GP2 Asia Series Championship in Abu Dhabi. The 21-year-old Party Poker Racing.com Scuderia Coloni racer looked set to secure a career-best GP2 result as
Enterprising students from Oxford Brookes University are tuning up their engineering skills after setting up their own rallying team. Students from the undergraduate Motorsport Performance and Automotive Technology course, which is based at Oxford Cherwell
An exhibitions company has undergone a major expansion after taking over a specialist coach building business. Banbury-based Inchmere Design Group has bought out Didcot-based Olympic Coachbuilders for an undisclosed sum. The companies both employ 25
A glance at the price tag on this svelte estate version of the Accord might understandably produce a sharp intake of breath. This is well into Audi and BMW pricing territory and that is no coincidence. For the Type S version of the Accord
Notice the drop in anti-4x4 sentiment as winter threatened to bring the country to a snow-covered standstill? Around Oxfordshire, owners of off-road vehicles quietly did what they could, helpfully ferrying around people and provisions and generally
Blenheim Palace Lake is a huge tourist attraction and also draws anglers from all over the country who come to fish the famous lake which holds plenty of bream, tench and pike. Now it is getting a reputation for producing some very large perch, including
With the Thame still pushing through, Cuddesdon Mill VAA switched their Pairs Knockout Cup from Cuddesdon to Chistlehampton, where the ten anglers still struggled, with only the odd chub being caught. The winning pair were Vernon Adams and Phil Almond
Dave Gardner ended Eamonn Deeley’s 100 per cent record in Gladiators B’s 7-3 win against Vikings D in the Oxford & District Table Tennis League. They also lost top spot in Division 2 to Viking E who beat Begbroke A 6-4. Bicester A beat Rutherford
Strike action at Oxford Bus Company has been averted after drivers, engineers and office staff voted to accept a new two-year pay deal. Members of the union Unite haev voted to accept a final pay offer of 1.2 per cent which removed some contentious
Berinsfield's 2009 National Schoolboy champion Jordan Flynn moved a step closer to a second successive title after stopping Joe McNulty in the third round of their quarter-final at Sittingbourne. After edging the opening session, he allowed his Ports-mouth
Promising young fighter Peter Rourke, from Arncott, just missed out on reaching the semi-finals of the ABA Championships. The 13-year-old, who competes in the under 44 kilos class two category, was pipped by one point in his quater-final against Tom
World champion swimmer Darvis Tarwater held a coaching session for more than 90 City of Oxford juniors. Tarwater, who won gold with the USA in the 800m freestyle relay last year, gave the youngsters tips in freestyle and butterfly at Temple Cowley Pool
Youngsters aged five and upwards are being invited to enrol for a course at Westminster Sports Centre, Harcourt Hill, near Botley, from Monday to Friday next week (10am-12pm). The course is being run by Senshu Judo and Self Defence, which was founded
Great & Little Tew A beat Sandford St Martin A by 31 runs to be crowned Banbury Indoor League Division 2 champions with a perfect record of seven victories. Curtley Slatter (26no) and Robbie Cattling (26no) took Tew to 138-1, before Sandford were bowled
Police issued a warning to people in Oxfordshire to be extra vigilant when leaving their home during the day. The warning follows the burglary of a house in Shiplake, in which a substantial amount of valuable jewellery was stolen. A woman returned
Launton School and Langford Village School were victorious in the sportshall athletics competitions orgainsed by pupils at Bicester’s Cooper School. Key Stage 4 students put on two events which attracted around 100 children from Langford Village, Glory
England's under 16 development rugby union squad will meet for a three-day training camp at Abingdon School from February 16-19. The 65-strong party includes Oxfordshire flanker Gus Jones (Eton College) and lock Matt Thomas (Shiplake College), plus Bloxham
An award-winning biotech company which is developing a needle-free drug delivery system has received a major cash injection. Glide Pharma, based at Milton Park, near Didcot, has picked up £2.7m from investors including the Oxford Technology venture capital
How do you convert your prospects into customers? That is the question being raised at a series of seminars being run by sales development specialists Amplia. The workshops will tackle a range of issues including giving customers what they want, improving
Law firm Blake Lapthorn is running a fourth series of free breakfast seminars focusing on some of the most important climate change issues today. The aim is to bring together the academic community, local government, professionals, business
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A 29-year-old man from Thame has been arrested on suspicion of burglary. This arrest is in connection to two burglaries on the nights of January 27/28, at Essex Road, Thame, and January 28/29 in Nelson Street. He has been released on police bail until
Police are warning owners of Land Rover Defenders to take extra security precautions following the thefts of two of the vehicles this week. Between 7pm on Tuesday and 7am on Wednesday, a red Land Rover Defender was stolen from Park Hill, Wheatley.
Police warned drivers to be on their guard today after ice affected some untreated roads in Oxfordshire. A car overturned in a crash on the B4437 west of Wootton, near Woodstock, between the A44 and the B4022. The road is not closed
RESIDENTS in West Oxford spoke of their relief this morning after Thames Valley Probation bosses unveiled their new headquarters in the city centre. Last year, neighbours in Mill Street, off Botley Road, were bitterly opposed to a planned probation
His unique style of Irish crooning has won him fans around the globe...although few will be as dedicated as these three. When Daniel O’Donnell arrives in Oxford in April, George Graham, 65, Denise Graham, 67, and Hilary Parker, 62, are determined
HIS unique style of Irish crooning has won him fans around the globe...although few will be as dedicated as these three. When Daniel O’Donnell arrives in Oxford in April, George Graham, 65, Denise Graham, 67, and Hilary Parker, 62, are determined
Thousands of TV viewers have been left without several channels because of work on Oxfordshire’s transmitter that could last another six weeks. Viewers say they are angry they were not warned about the loss of pictures, caused by the work to
THOUSANDS of TV viewers have been left without several channels because of work on Oxfordshire’s transmitter that could last another six weeks. Viewers say they are angry they were not warned about the loss of pictures, caused by the work to
THE dedication of Daniel O’Donnell fans is well known but you have to give George and Denise Graham and their friend Hilary Parker their dues. To face last night’s sub-zero temperatures – and a freezing night tonight – to secure front row seats for the
DIGITAL UK has done itself, as well as thousands of Oxfordshire people, a disservice over its handling of upgrading the county’s television transmitter. Dozens of people have contacted the Oxford Mail mystified why various channels have been tuned out
OXFORD United have forked out several thousand pounds to cover the whole pitch at the Kassam Stadium – and avoid a repeat of the Boxing Day debacle against Rushden & Diamonds. The covers were put on by club staff, stewards and Oxford University groundstaff
OXFORD is England’s only city to have round-the-clock specialist trauma care for people who have been seriously injured, a new report has revealed. Unlike any other hospital, the John Radcliffe, in Headington, always has at least one surgeon available
THE Michelin-star food cooked at The Goose restaurant was “not quite in line” with what locals wanted, it was claimed last night. Paul Castle, who owns the Britwell Salome restaurant, revealed he is now looking to run a pub which works “critically
CHESTER City will have to wait another week to learn if they can continue in this season’s Blue Square Premier. Cash-strapped City have been charged with breaking competition rules by the Conference after being forced to postpone two matches in succession
