Oxford University’s first match of the season in this country ended in a 28-10 defeat away to a powerful Esher side on Monday night. The Dark Blues, who lost both their games on the recent tour to Russia, were only 15-10 adrift at the break
A very wet outlook and gusting winds greeted Grove Challengers U11s as they squared up to the Ardington Eagles on their home ground for the first round of the OMBL Cup. The first half was disappointing for Grove Challengers as they finished 2 goals down
TWO teenagers are still fighting for their lives at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital after a red Fiat Punto crashed into a ditch and hit a footbridge in Horspath on Friday. The 19-year-old driver and a 17-year-old back seat passenger both have life-threatening
BURGLARS smashed through the front door of a house in Witney and stole £25,000 of music equipment and televisions, including six amplifiers, a stereo, a CD multichanger, speakers and three flat screen televisions. Det Sgt Dick White said the burglars
Kidlington youth hit the back of the net 16 times against a under strength Barton U.T.D side on Sunday morning, Kane Bennett started the scoring with bullet header from a early corner, he went on to score 3 more goals, with Morgan Parker scoring
OXFORD Lee McGinn, 25, of Croft Road, Wallingford, admitted £148.97 of criminal damage to a door in Oxford on August 10. Given a 12-month conditional discharge with £40 costs and £148.97 compensation. Christopher Peake, 29, of Hagard Road, Cardiff
HERETIC bishops have been burned at the stake and soldiers shot down during the English Civil War so it’s not surprising Oxford is regarded as one of the most haunted cities in England. But this spooky spectre took one tourist by surprise when
After four minutes both sides had been on the attack; Cholsey two corners. In the seventh minute William Thomas tackles Ardington’s strong defence and slots it past the keeper. With the tenth minute dawning Cholsey’s striker shoots but Ardington’s keeper
POETRY is getting competitive next week as Oxford’s budding lyricists take to the stage to battle it out in verse. The Port Mahon pub in St Clements is holding an Open Poetry Slam on Friday, giving poets three minutes to perform their best work. Organiser
TWO staff working on an £800,000 Oxford play project have been laid off because the Government delayed a crunch decision on funding. A four-man team had been assembled last year for Play Barton, based on agreed Government cash. But the grant was put
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Until Friday 24 December 2010 Enter Santa's Magical wonderland grotto at Millets Farm this Christmas and enjoy a Christmas fairytale read by Santa himself! The enchanted grotto takes you through a magical winter wonderland walk leading
Saints started slowly and took time to organise. The first goal came around the 10 minute mark, the ball pinging backwards and forwards in the area until Elias Djuiai headed in. After that, honours were more or less even leading up to half-time, but Harwell
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Police are appealing for information after a burglary in Chipping Norton. Some time between September 26 and Saturday, burglars forced their way into a property in Fox Close and stole a 32in flat-screen TV, three mobile phones, a colour printer, a
Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary in Witney where electrical items worth £25,000 were stolen. Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, burglars smashed their way through the front door of a property in Bartlett Close and stole six amplifiers
Oxfordshire swimmer Simon Burnett helped England to a silver medal in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay on the opening day of competition at the Commonweatlh Games in Delhi. Burnett, from Tetsworth, produced an impressive second length to hand
A KIDLINGTON beauty spot has been given a makeover to improve access for nature lovers. Over the past decade, volunteers have turned St Mary’s Fields into a haven for birds, bats and butterflies, clearing scrub and planting wild- flowers to
An exclusive UK premiere of the Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder will be taking place at this year’s MPH The Prestige & Performance Motor Show. Hand made in the UK, the latest model to be developed by the supercar company boasts a 4.2-litre V8 engine, generating
“ONE in four women will be the victim of sexual violence in their lifetime and every one of us knows a woman who has experienced it.” That is the message the organiser of a march through Oxford later this month said she was hoping to get across
A missing woman from Wheatley has been found safe and well, Thames Valley Police confirmed today. Ingrid Ferguson, 46, from Wheatley, was reported missing after she disappeared while camping with a group in Leominster, Herefordshire, on September 19
The annual visits of Music Theatre Wales to the Oxford Playhouse have long been not-to-be-missed events, and thus it proved again last week when this ground-breaking company brought its new production — the first in the UK — of Philip Glass’s In the
At the shiny new Pegasus Theatre the Gonzo Moose Company thrilled and delighted an audience of all ages with their spoof gothic horror show Is That a Bolt in Your Neck? A lively company of three took on a gamut of roles from peasants to corpses
OXFORDSHIRE County Council faces a £2.8m ‘green tax’ bill if it does not improve its environmental credentials. The authority – which is laying off staff and cutting services ahead of cuts in Government funding – has to buy ‘credits’ to make up for its
SWINE flu still poses a danger, NHS officials in Oxfordshire have warned as they prepare to offer flu vaccinations to pregnant women for the first time. NHS Oxfordshire is launching its flu campaign this week with the warning that the H1N1 virus is still
CHORISTERS at Abingdon’s St Helen’s Church are hitting all the right notes after winning a top award. Four young singers from St Helen’s Church have achieved the Bishop’s Award in the Royal School of Church Music’s Voice for Life programme. One of
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Oxford United’s two-goal hero, Tom Craddock, admitted that he felt he was due to score – and he couldn’t hide his delight at bagging a brace in front of the home fans. Craddock's double in the 2-1 win over Port Vale in npower League Two on Saturday were
U’S chairman Kelvin Thomas was among the scorers as Oxford United Legends beat Oxford City Veterans 4-2 in the Steve Tavinor Benefit Match at Court Place Farm yesterday. Chris Allen bagged a brace for the United Legends with Mark West also netting in
A PAEDOPHILE restaurateur got four young girls drunk and plunged them into a “sordid adult world” by photographing them naked in his bistro. James Diamond, owner of the Rats Castle, in Faringdon, “ripped away what should be an innocent and
RALPH Winter’s family and friends gathered around a special cake to celebrate his 100th birthday. Mr Winter, from Abingdon, was 100 on September 30 and celebrated his centenary with family and friends yesterday at the town’s Cosener’s House hotel and
Didcot power station has just been celebrating 40 years of operation with another five years before decommissioning. No mention was made about what will replace it. Power generators of any sort are not planned and built within weeks but in years, so
PLEASE can someone tell me what is going on in this country of ours. There are people being laid off all the time. Many years ago the workers did go on strike but soon went back to work as the pay was very poor so they had no choice. My husband started
ROSEMARY Waters (Viewpoints, September 23) is looking at the Catholic Church through rose-coloured spectacles. She arrogantly dismisses Mr Monaghan’s excellent letter and defends “blind faith”. History show that popes, like the rest of mankind, have
After more than two decades Betty and I have reached the point when we shall have to give up attending the Oxford Bury Knowle open air art exhibition, which was held on the University Parks railings on Sundays throughout the summer months. In its heyday
B-day for residents of the Vale starts today as we will now be getting our rubbish collected on alternate weeks, which is fortnightly in normal language. I must have missed any consultation meetings asking for the opinions of the council tax payers before
WE TAKE it for granted that water will come out when we turn on a tap. But for Doreen Santi and her family, life was much more difficult. They had to rely on passing steam trains for supplies of fresh water. Mrs Santi was the keeper of Islip level
THESE are the boys who represented Wheatley Primary School in a six-a-side tournament in about 1970. The players include Paul Mason, Philip Manger, Terrance Blake and Nigel Samuels. Can anyone identify the other two? The pictures come from Barbara Manger
PUPILS at Bartholomew School performed Toad of Toad Hall in 1963. In the picture immediately below, Eric Batts, who played Badger, is seen with fellow cast members checking their lines in the dressing room before going on stage. The school held a mammoth
DICK Reason gave villagers plenty to laugh about when he swapped his bike for a motorbike. He invited a friend to his home in Bletchingdon, near Bicester, to teach him how to ride it, but got impatient and decided to teach himself, with amusing results
HARVEST time at this school was celebrated in style. Children at Headington Junior School in Oxford in September 1973 turned it into an international festival. They produced a tableau of the world’s resources, acted the parable of the sower and dressed
FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Port Vale 1. FA TROPHY Prelim round: North Leigh 3, Sholing 2. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Didcot Tn 1, Cirencester Tn 2; Leamington 2, Oxford City 0; Truro
RIDERS donned their finest suits and braced the Oxfordshire rain yesterday to race their fold-up bikes around Blenheim Palace in the name of a good cause. In one of Oxfordshire’s most eccentric events, 750 owners of Brompton bikes travelled to Woodstock
Two teenagers are fighting for their lives after a car smash on Friday night, police said. A red Fiat Punto crashed into a ditch Cuddesdon Road in Horspath, pictured, before hitting a brick footbridge at about 8.30pm. Two people in the
SINGERS, songwriters, breakdancers and martial arts experts scooped top prizes at the final of 2010 Talent Oxford. Hundreds packed the final at Headington Theatre, Headington School on Saturday to watch 17 finalists impress the judges. They were plucked
WARNING: For those of you allergic to name-dropping, the following column may cause shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating and colonic spasms... As most of you know, the great Hollywood film actor Tony Curtis died last week. He was a huge
As Patron of children’s cancer charity Clic Sargent, I’m writing to urge your readers in Oxford to join me in a two day national collection to help raise £200,000. It will take place across Tesco stores in Oxford on December 10 and 11 and Clic Sargent
It is always disappointing to see politicians jump on bandwagons like Paul Hernandez of Oxford East Conservatives (Oxford Mail, September 24). Has he not spotted that there is a distinct lack of public money available at the moment? If he is in favour
One problem with The Issue is that it seems the contributors are not always told exactly what the question is that they are supposed to be debating, even when they are careful to ask. On September 24, it looked as though I was saying ‘no’ to the question
WHY are people so obsessed by speed either by doing it or complaining about others doing it? Now we have those wanting to build a high speed rail link between London and Birmingham claiming that a train doing 200mph is to everyone's benefit even though
I AGREE with R Matthew (Viewpoints, September 30) that the Vale of White Horse has not thought the issue of the new waste bins through correctly. Luckily with us, storage is no problem, but I am concerned about the fact that they will no longer collect
THESE were the people who led the Scout movement in Oxford. The photograph was taken at the leaders’ annual commemoration dinner in 1934. With empty beer bottles on the table, empty and half-full glasses and some of the men smoking their pipes, it had
IT could be classed as an early example of graffiti. When a concrete wall appeared at Iffley, in Oxford, in 1961, objectors made no secret of their opposition. Their message was neatly painted on it in large capital letters. Someone
OXFORDSHIRE County Council bosses could be treading on thin ice by heralding enlarged grit supplies for the coming winter. It is keen to trumpet that it didn’t run out during January’s prolonged snow – yet this is not the instance many drivers would
HIGHWAYS bosses have insisted they have stockpiled enough grit amid warnings that other councils do not have enough for winter. Oxfordshire County Council has about 30 to 35 per cent more rock salt in stock than it did this time last year,
Chris Wilder gave a massive pat on the back to Oxford United’s fans for the part they played in Saturday’s thrilling 2-1 win over League Two leaders Port Vale. Tom Craddock earned the U’s a dramatic victory at the Kassam Stadium with his second goal,
Zamaretto Southern League Leamington 2, Oxford City 0 OXFORD City are still looking for their first win after falling to two second-half goals at Leamington in the Premier Division on Saturday. Mike Ford’s men gave an encouraging first-half display
OXFORD United’s two-goal hero, Tom Craddock, admitted that he felt he was due to score – and he couldn’t hide his delight at bagging a brace in front of the home fans. They were his first for the U’s at the Kassam Stadium after his classy opening goal
Zamaretto Southern League Didcot Tn 1, Cirencester Tn 2 Didcot Town old boy James Mortimer-Jones played a key role in sinking his former teammates in the Premier Division on Saturday. Mortimer-Jones created one goal and scored the other as Cirencester
Zamaretto Southern League Truro City 1, Banbury Utd 0 A GOAL 20 minutes from time condemned Banbury to defeat on their long trip to Cornwall in the Premier Division. Billy Jeffrey’s men gave as good as they got in an entertaining contest, only for
Zamaretto Southern League Abingdon Utd 1, Almondsbury Tn 2 Abingdon United slumped to their third defeat in a row in Division 1 South & West. They fell behind when Ross Stearn converted a penalty after a handball in the box. Abingdon slowly pulled
Uhlsport Hellenic League Witney Utd 1, Ardley Utd 3 ARDLEY United stretched their lead at the top of the Premier Division to four points after a comprehensive win at struggling Witney United on Saturday. Despite enjoying all the early possession, Ardley
A BOMB disposal expert who saved his comrades by defusing buried roadside bombs with two broken fingers has been awarded the Military Cross. Staff Sergeant Gareth Wood, 29, of Didcot’s 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, cut his hand while
FA Carlsberg Vase Clanfield 2, Fairford Tn 1 DEFENDER Alan Rodgers’s broken leg marred Clanfield’s first-round win over Fairford Town. Rodgers was taken off in the 65th minute with a nasty injury, which was later diagnosed as a fractured fibula. Clanfield
THE selfless bravery shown by two young men in today’s Oxford Mail is humbling to say the least. Lance Corporal David Radband, just 24, led his men through a barrage of bullets to clear Taliban fighters from their positions. And Staff Sergeant Gareth
WHEN Lance Corporal David Radband found British soldiers under heavy fire in Afghanistan, he knew what he had to do. The 24-year-old, from Bampton, led the men through a barrage of bullets and cleared Taliban fighters from their positions –
A MASKED teenager armed with a knife robbed a Kidlington pet shop in broad daylight on Saturday. He walked into Alison’s Animals in The Parade at about 11.45am and threatened teenage shop assistants with a knife. He escaped with cash and fled towards
POLICE in the Maldives are investigating the death of a Kidlington landlady whose body was found washed up on a beach. It is understood that Sharon Duval, 42, had been on her honeymoon following her marriage to Nick Duval last year. Mr Duval is a former
Oxford University have named just four Blues in their side to visit Esher tonight (7.45). Captain Nick Haydon starts at scrum half, with Alex Cheesman and Sean Morris in the centres. The only other Blue in an inexperienced line-up is
Commuters have faced travel misery as a strike by London Underground workers caused chaos in the capital and sparked calls for changes to employment laws.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association
FA Carlsberg Trophy North Leigh 3, Sholing 2 A FINE early strike from Ben Reardon set North Leigh on their way to victory over Sholing in the preliminary round of the FA Carlsberg Trophy at Eynsham Park. Reardon’s 25-yard volley in the opening minutes
Chris Wilder gave a massive pat on the back to Oxford United’s fans for the part they played in Saturday’s thrilling 2-1 win over League Two leaders Port Vale. Tom Craddock earned the U’s a dramatic victory at the Kassam Stadium with his
WHEN the Reverend Paul Smith was a vicar in the Portsmouth area, local yobs tried to set fire to his vicarage. But he got a much friendlier reception from churchgoers in Abingdon after he was appointed team vicar at St Michael’s and St Nicolas’ churches
A LAVISH charity ball is to be held at Blenheim Palace in memory of DJ and cancer victim Ali Booker. Fundraising group Passionate Pink, founded by Ms Booker’s friend Deb Little, will stage the Grand Christmas Masquerade Ball on Saturday, December 11,
A BUSINESS student who broke a man’s kneecap in a fight outside an Oxford nightclub has been given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. Oxford Brookes University student James Ogden, 19, who lives at the Wheatley campus, was
