THE company behind a £100m waste incinerator planned for the county faces another hurdle before it can build the plant. Viridor, the firm behind the incinerator, is already facing a public inquiry later this year over its plans for a waste facility at
A CONTROVERSIAL revamp of Oxford Brookes University’s Headington campus was approved tonight despite opposition from local residents. Oxford City Council’s strategic development control committee voted nine to three in favour of the plans at the Town
PLANS to build a new teenage psychiatric unit on a century-old cricket ground were finally approved tonight. Last week, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust narrowly won permission to build a 20-bed mental health unit on a two-and-a-half
Peggy Barson knows a thing or two about Oxford’s New Theatre – she’s worked there for a staggering 70 years. Yesterday, staff at the George Street venue congratulated the great-grandmother on the landmark seven decades of service by presenting
PEGGY Barson knows a thing or two about Oxford’s New Theatre – she’s worked there for a staggering SEVENTY years. Yesterday, staff at the George Street venue congratulated the great-grandmother on the landmark seven decades of service by presenting her
A SCHOOL was transformed into a cult television game show, where teams of disabled children competed against each other. Marlborough School, in Shipton Road, Woodstock, became the backdrop for a Crystal Maze challenge. Teams from the
A MOTHER whose 22-month-old son was critically ill withsuspected meningitis was told there was no intensive care bed available for him at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Hailey Keane’s son Louis had to be taken to London by ambulance because all
Oxford & District’s Howard Watts ended his long wait for a second Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire singles title English Indoor Association comeptitions with a 21-11 win over holder Mark Sykes (Banbury Cross). Watts, whose previous success
Oxfordshire's Premier side crashed out of the English Short Mat Association Inter County Competition with a 27-13 thrashing by Dorset in the quarter-finals at Caroline Chisolm School, Northampton. It was a disappointing end to the campaign for Oxfordshire
Oxford & District’s Katherine Hawes faces Dorchester’s Annette Hallett in the English Indoor Association Ladies’ National Singles Championship first round at Kempston IBC, Bedford, on Wednesday. Hawes, a former national runner-up, secured her place in
Golfers have until 5pm on Monday to enter the Faldo Series qualifier at Frilford Heath. The event, which runs from March 31 to April 1, is one of nine across the UK and 30 across Europe, South America and Asia. Winners are then invited to compete in
The finalists in the Banbury Indoor League’s triples competition were decided after coming through their rounds unbeaten. Keith Skinner, Bobby Allen and Phil Allen will face Andy Wallington, Nigel Tustain and Steve McAteer on finals night. Both teams
Andrew McMahon smashed a hat-trick for Oxford Irish in their 11-1 thrashing of Oxford City Blues in the RT Harris Oxford City FA Premier Cup. Aidan McManus bagged a brace, as did substitute Ciaro Folan, with Darren Cuddy, Liam Parker, Danny Nichols and
Shaun Sole hammered a treble for Kings Sutton who boosted their hopes of escaping the drop from Banbury District & Lord Jersey FA Division 1 with a 3-2 success against fellow-strugglers Glory Farm United. The visitors took the lead on the half hour when
Johnny Roberts scored an extra-time winner for Hors-path as they reached the last four of the President’s Cup with a 2-1 success against Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division rivals Kennington. Paul Cooper fired Horspath ahead from the penalty spot
Liam Fudge netted a penalty equaliser as Enstone salvaged a 1-1 home draw against Chadlington in the Premier Division of the Oxfordshire Senior League. Jamie Wyatt had given Chadlington the lead. Watlington eased to a 4-1 victory at North Oxford in
A Gareth Fenton brace and a Brendan Morris strike secured a third win on the spin for Harwell Village with a 3-1 win against Division 1 basement boys Warborough & Shillingford. Nick Goodman hit back for Warborough. A penalty from
A SCHOOL which teaches children with severe learning difficulties has been rated outstanding for a second time with an inspector describing it as ‘fantastic’. Frank Wise School, in Hornbeam Close, Banbury, received Ofsted’s highest ranking following
HUNDREDS of pensioners can now look forward to a fabulous tea party, now that a date for their annual get together has been fixed. The Oxford Annual Pensioners Tea Party has been held every year since 1936, usually in January. But this year’s event
A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft following several incidents at an Oxford nightclub last night. Officers were called to Kakui in Park End Street shortly after midnight, after door staff allegedly caught the man trying to pick
Vegas Blvd” read the prosaic notice taped to the door. The year was 1996, and the Sands Hotel had closed for the last time. Now the Venetian stands on the site – a surreal experience indeed, with its double-deck canal, and singing gondoliers gliding under
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JOHN WEST is happy to have been recognised for trying to save a mother and her two children but there is a nagging regret. Mr West went to the aid of MariaMontserrat Parsons and her children Vanessa, three, and 10-month-old Monica. The former policeman
The public address system was out of action when I travelled back from London on the Oxford Tube on Tuesday night, so the driver was warning as we boarded that we all needed to be able to recognise our stop. Still capable of being played, however, was
Thieves stole £16,000 worth of televisions from a lorry in Thame. Some time between last Tuesday and Monday, thieves entered the yard belonging to Interoute Transport Services in Rycote Lane and cut open the curtains of the lorry containing the televisions
Brooklyn boys the Drums have just wrapped up their stint as the opening act on the NME Awards Tour, the music magazine’s tour of who it believes are the best new bands in the country. The first berth and the one the Drums have just had has been nicknamed
Owl City is the brainchild of 23-year-old Minnesota native Adam Young. He’s enjoyed a rapid rise to the summit of the UK charts in recent weeks with his debut UK release Fireflies hitting the number one spot and his first proper tour going from scraping
FORMER volunteer Phil Handyside was keen to make use of her extra hours since retiring. Now she has an appointment with Oxford homelessness charity Gatehouse and is hoping to return to volunteering in the organisation’s cafe, and doing administrative
If a week is a long time in politics, then 45 years is a lifetime in the precarious world of classical music. But that’s the milestone achieved by the City of Oxford Orchestra, which will be marking the occasion this weekend with a suitably celebratory
As New College director of music Edward Higginbottom says in his sleeve notes: “The motets of J.S. Bach are small in number and confined in scope”. Confined in scope because they are all cast in choral format, with no solo arias or orchestral instrumentation
Oxford came fairly early to a knowledge of the remarkable photography of Robert Mapplethorpe. His pictures were seen at the Museum of Modern Art (now Modern Art Oxford) in 1984, the first year he exhibited in Britain. Last autumn the same venue hosted
BUDDING actors are being urged to showcase their skills in a new film bringing an Oxford estate’s past to life. Filming for the movie Deja Vu starts on Saturday at the community centre in Rose Hill. The film is inspired by archived issues
LITTLE Ruby Bennett spent a week in the Oxford Children’s Hospital after being struck down with whooping cough. The six-week-old contracted it before she could be vaccinated against the disease. Now her father Andrew Bennett is pounding the pavements
Oxford Harlequins director of rugby John Brodley is urging talented players to stay in the city rather than pursue their careers elsewhere. And Brodley hopes Quins’ success this season will give them added persuasion to join his side who are third in
Oxford University coach Will Thompson is urging fans to turn out for the women’s Varsity Match at Iffley Road. Thompson, who plays for Oxford RFC, hopes his players can gain revenge for their male counterparts’ defeat to Cambridge at Twickenham
Oxford University wing Tim Catling and former captain Andy Dalgleish have been named in the Barbarians squad to face Bedford in the annual Mobbs Memorial Match. The duo will line up alonsgide Cambridge Blues Jimmy Richards, Will Jones and Jon Dawson
Banbury Bulls player-coach Grant Holmes admitted their 10-10 draw at Northampton BBOB felt like a defeat. Bulls’ match was the only one to go ahead in Midlands 2 East South on Saturday, but it proved a missed opportunity to reinforce their lead. Holmes
‘There’s guilt on your soul. I say it to your face – it’s my duty.” Iain Glen’s Pastor Manders, in full vocal flight in the latest West End production of Henrik Ibsen’s grim drama Ghosts, puts one in mind more than once of the Rev Ian Paisley in
Oxford RFC president David Bagnall receives a plaque to mark the club’s centenary from his RFU counterpart John Owen during the recent England v Wales RBS 6 Nations clash at Twickenham. The game also marked the stadium’s 100th year and the pair are flanked
Tim Burton's new 3D blockbuster Alice In Wonderland will not be screened in Odeon cinemas in the UK, Ireland and Italy, the chain said, with other films taking priority. The stance is a response to a dispute over plans for the interval between
Oxford City Stars secured a place in the end of season play-offs as they comprehensively beat Streatham Redskins 5-1 in Division 1 South of the English National League on Sunday. Bolstered by the return of Darren Elliott, Dean Francis and Andy
Oxford City duo Steve Male and Dave Parsons secured their respective veterans titles at the Wokingham Half Marathon. Male clinched the vet 40 crown by more than 90 seconds after finishing ninth overall in a time of 1hr 11mins 59secs. Parsons was similarly
WHITE Horse Harrier Richard Jégou set a British veteran age group record while picking up two victories in a throwing competition at Stoke-on-Trent. Competing in the LSW Strongest Man (Light) competiton for men aged 60 to 69, Jégou proved unbeatable.
Two boys, aged 16 and 17, were arrested on suspicion of robbery after an incident in Oxford. At about 10.45pm yesterday, a 49-year-old woman was walking along Crescent Road, Cowley, when she was approached by two youths who tried to snatch
OXFORD City star Hannah England has opted out of an indoor season to concentrate her focus on this summer’s European Championships in Barcelona. England, who was in Birmingham on Sunday watching the UK Indoor Grand Prix, said: “I have had a nagging foot
Premier side Kennington stormed to their tenth successive victory in the Johnson’s Buildbase Oxford & District League, writes PETE EWINS. Their latest victims were Section 1 leaders Masons A, who crashed to a 4-1 defeat. Mark Trafford (9,710, break
OXFORD retained their Inter-Area ladies’ five-a-side title at Didcot Conservative Club, with three good wins. They overcame Wycombe 4-1, Berkshire 4-1 and Witney 3-2 to win the round-robin competition with 11 points. Melissa Standbridge and Pauline
Police are appealing for information after thieves stole two pallets of coffee from the back of a lorry in Bicester in the early hours today. Some time between midnight and 2.45am, thieves slashed open the curtain of the lorry, which was parked
Burglars stole a stash of cash after breaking into a health shop. Police are appealing for witnesses after burglars forced their way into Beanbag Natural Health Shop, in Wesley Walk, off High Street, Witney, between 6pm on Monday and 8.30am yesterday
Police today appealed for witnesses after a shop was burgled in Witney. Between 6pm on Monday and 8.30am on Tuesday, thieves forced their way into the Beanbag Natural Health Shop in Wesley Walk, off High Street. The thieves carried out
VERA Porter, a pillar of the Appleton community, has died aged 89. She will be remembered as a person who contributed so much to the village, near Abingdon, for more than 40 years. Mrs Porter spent the first 13 years of her life in Europe, North America
PUBLIC toilets in Woodstock are being regularly targeted by vandals. Police are appealing for witnesses after the toilets in Brown’s Lane fell victim to yobs on several weekday afternoons over the past two months. Pc Gordon Richardson, of Woodstock
Oxford University’s Catholic Chaplaincy will be hosting a live broadcast of Radio 4’s Any Questions programme on Friday, March 12, at 8pm. Panellists will include Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, and MP Ann Widdecombe, above. To apply for tickets e-mail
BIG hearted bikers have named their annual charity toy run after young cancer victim Jake Spicer. Fifteen-year-old Jake, from Blackbird Leys, lost a six-year battle with cancer last July. The teenager, known as the ‘OX4 soldier’ to his friends, did
Police today appealed for information following a spate of criminal damage at public lavatories in Browns Lane, Woodstock. Woodstock Neighbourhood Specialist Officer PC Gordon Richardson said: “The vandalism has been ongoing at the toilets since before
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A firm which specialises in timber tracking devices has undergone major expansion prompting a move to larger premises. Helveta has seen its workforce grow from 12 in 2007 to 40 and there are plans to take on more than 20 staff by the end of this year
Juliet Gardiner brands the 1930s the ‘forgotten decade’ on the cover of her latest book, The Thirties: An Intimate History. She does so partly because the ten-year-period of art deco and swing, of hunger marches and a suburban housing boom, is
An Oxfordshire charity with an impressive roll-call of scientific advisers is pressing for the drug LSD to be used more for medicinal purposes. Perhaps ironically, the charity — Beckley Foundation — has its headquarters at Beckley Park, the secluded
A DROP in centre which teaches mothers about breast milk will celebrate its fourth birthday today. The Headington Baby Cafe will celebrate the anniversary with a party and a cake at the Roundabout Centre in Waynflete Road.
The Government sounded "last orders" for the car scrappage scheme as the offer of a £2,000 discount on new models entered its final phase. The £400 million fund provided by the Government will run out by the end of March, with ministers making
Members of the Royal British Legion and other well-wishers will line Headley Way, Oxford, tomorrow as the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan are repatriated. The names of the two men were due to be released today. The convoy is expected to
James Constable admitted it was a huge relief to get back on the scoring trail after his double for table-topping Oxford United downed the Dons last night. The U’s leading scorer grabbed a goal in each half in a very impressive 2-0 win over
AN engineer who won more than £90,000 in an online poker tournament is planning to test his winning streak with a trip to Las Vegas. Alan Lake, of Thorney Leys, Witney, won a nine-hour poker tournament with an ace-to-four straight on the PokerStars.com
THE police search under terrorism powers of Stephen Russell, a man out buying a fish supper, is outrageous. The Terrorism Act was put in place to keep us safe from those who wish to do our communities widespread harm not to harass members of
Sir – Why are John Tanner and Oxford City Council so fixated on the idea of trams for Oxford? Have they never heard of trolley-buses? While cities such as Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol have had their tramway schemes rejected, the proposal for a tram
ELDERLY people have been targeted by crooks in a television licence scam. Police are linking three incidents where a man has offered pensioners £10 refunds on the cost of their TV licences. In one incident, a couple had £325 stolen.
A MAN who photographed police while he was on a trip to buy fish and chips was searched under legislation designed to stop al-Qaeda bombers. Stephen Russell, 59, spotted police swarming Kidlington High Street and, as he had his camera with
CINEMAGOERS in Oxford may not be able to watch Hollywood blockbuster Alice in Wonderland, left, when it is released next Friday. Despite the book’s close ties to Oxford, film fans will not be able to watch the new Tim Burton movie at the city
Oxford Univ 19, Army 41 Oxford University were outclassed by a powerful and skilful Army side at Iffley Road tonight. They were worthy winners of the Mike Campbell-Lamerton Trophy contested in memory of the former Army captain and Oxford
