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  • Representative Team Coaches Required

    Our U10 and U15 age groups require coaches to assist with running the Rep teams. Anybody who is interested should contact Paul Lyon with details of experience in youth football. The teams only play one game per month at the most so this will not

  • Under 14 Representative Team Trials

    Trials for the U14 Rep Team will be held on 30th October at Cox’s Fields, Abingdon Junior School Frilford Heath, OX13 5NX. Start time is 10.30am. Please note that entry is via A338 near to traffic lights. Please contact Manager Joe Hughes to put

  • 'Irreplaceable' brooch stolen

    POLICE want to speak to two people after a elderly woman’s bag containing a 70-year-old brooch given to her by her late husband was stolen. The 89-year-old, who is registered blind, was shopping with a friend at the Co-op in The Square, Botley, at 12.50pm

  • Jericho bids for conservation area status

    ITS VICTORIAN terraced streets were immortalised in 1987 when Inspector Morse took to our screens for the first time. Now, 23 years on, a bid to preserve Jericho’s ‘special heritage’ is moving from fiction to reality. Next month consultation will begin

  • Pensioner guilty of 1970s sex attacks

    A PENSIONER has been convicted of 18 sex attacks dating back to the 1970s. George Prior, then known as Fred Smith, was found guilty yesterday of 16 counts of raping a female under 16, one charge of indecent assault and an attempted serious

  • Men jailed over fruit machine con

    A gang of men have been jailed for a total of more than 10 years for stealing £40,000 in pound coins from gambling machines. The group used electronic devices to trick high-stakes gambling machines at services stations, including Cherwell Valley on

  • Local share prices (PM)

    AEA Technology 5.9 BMW 4425 Electrocomponents 240.4 Nationwide Accident Repair 105 Oxford Biomedica 10.25 Oxford Catalysts 68.5 Oxford Instruments 525 Reed Elsevier 553.75 RM 168.5 RPS Group 213.85 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley,

  • Bicester teen missing

    BICESTER: A 15-year-old is missing after leaving his home in Bicester. Elliott Harper has not been home since Monday, October 11 and police are concerned for his welfare. He is white, around 5ft10ins, thin, with light short brown hair

  • THE CAR'S THE STAR: Ferrari 575 M Maranello

    Over the years there have been lots of great Italian artists and sculptors. Da Vinci, Donatello, Bernardi. Their names live on in Dan Brown books and tourist attractions. These great men have left a trail of stunning works. Indeed, there are so many

  • MOTORMOUTH: Those darn bikes

    Traditionally at this time of year, most people except teachers, vegetarians and eco-warriors (or is that worriers?) would be hanging up their cycle clips until the good weather returned, leaving only the totally committed fitness bores to get in the

  • THE WORST CARS EVAH! Aston Martin Cygnet

    It seems the world has gone mad — one of the most iconic British motoring marques has suddenly decided to make a micro-car that owes more to Dinky toys than engineering excellence. The Aston Martin Cygnet will go on sale next year for £30,000

  • RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre

    Celebrate Christmas at the home of AT&T Williams Party bookings are now being taken For more information visit the website: www.rbswilliamsf1conferences.com

  • The Habit of Art: Milton Keynes Theatre

    Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art seemed to me a masterpiece when I reviewed it at the end of last year at the National Theatre. This opinion was confirmed when I saw it out on tour this week, with different actors in the main roles but with the production

  • Clydesdale banks on Caroline

    Clydesdale Bank has appointed Caroline Pearce as business partner at its Oxford Financial Solutions Centre (FSC)in Seacourt Tower, Botley. Ms Pearce, who has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector, previously working as relationship director

  • Shop ’til you drop!

    Win tickets for the fabulous Festive Gift Fair at the NEC Birmingham — and get your Christmas shopping all wrapped up in one go! Go Christmas shopping the fun way — at the fantastic Festive Gift Fair, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham

  • Waitrose plans Faringdon store

    WAITROSE is drawing up plans for its first supermarket in Faringdon, which the retail chain says will create up to 120 new jobs. The retailer wants to build a 15,000sq ft food store and car park with more than 140 spaces on land north of Gloucester Street

  • Judges reject flooding fears over Eynsham development

    AN EYNSHAM woman fearful of the flooding risks posed by a development of 100 houses has lost a High Court fight to block the plans. The Appeal Court in London upheld West Oxfordshire District Council’s decision to grant planning permission to housebuilder

  • Inspiration, perspiration & desperation

    Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration - 99% perspiration and I often think of this when trying to plan the next stage of strategic growth or working with sales and marketing people on a campaign. Too often we are looking for the next

  • Local share prices (AM)

    AEA Technology 6.2 BMW 4451 Electrocomponents 240.3 Nationwide Accident Repair 105 Oxford Biomedica 10.55 Oxford Catalysts 68.5 Oxford Instruments 521 Reed Elsevier 555.75 RM 169.75 RPS Group 207.4 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon

  • BADMINTON: Players left in dark

    Players in round one of the Five Disciplines Division 1 at Headington were left in the dark when an eager security guard turned off the lights. Two of the four matches had been completed when the guard, claiming he was “just doing his job”, flicked the

  • ROWING: Dent in Dark Blues squad

    Former president Alec Dent’s hopes of making Oxford University’s crew for the 2011 Xchanging Boat Race are still alive after he was named in the Dark Blues’ 27-man squad. The 21-year-old, from Bampton, resigned as president for 2010-11 when a back

  • 'St John Ambulance medics saved girl's finger'

    THE father of a girl who was injured in a fairground accident has thanked quick-thinking first aid volunteers for saving her finger. Ella Sharman, seven, could not wait to try out some of the rides at Banbury’s Michaelmas Fair last Thursday

  • COMMENT: Valued volunteers

    THEY are often overlooked at the numerous events they attend, but St John Ambulance volunteers showed just how invaluable they are when they saved seven-year-old Ella Sharman’s finger after a fairground accident.

  • Oxford United have second-best gates

    Oxford United are second in League Two for their average home attendances this season. Former Premier League side Bradford City, where the U’s visit next Saturday, are averaging 10,742. Oxford follow them with 7,167 and Port Vale are third with 6,365

  • Helicopter firm spared cuts axe

    WORKERS at helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter breathed a sigh of relief after the company’s key contract was spared the axe in the defence cuts. Fears had been raised that the £300m agreement to overhaul the RAF’s Puma fleet would be scrapped. This

  • Kelly death 'typical of self-inflicted' wounds

    WOUNDS to the body of Oxfordshire weapons inspector David Kelly were "typical of self-inflicted injury", according to previously secret medical documents. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said he was publishing the documents on how Dr Kelly died "in

  • Falklands veteran Weston warns of defence cuts' impact

    A FALKLANDS war hero has warned military families across Oxfordshire will suffer after Britain’s defence budget was cut by £3.6bn. Former Welsh Guardsman Simon Weston said the armed forces were vital to the county’s economy and the cuts would

  • £860,000 playgrounds grants escape spending cuts

    A RARE ray of sunshine broke through the cuts gloom yesterday when children in Barton were told an £800,000 play project for the Oxford estate will go ahead. And another 11 play area projects around the county, including one in Appleton, will

  • Unions warn of strikes over public sector job cuts

    TRADE unions warned of strike action last night as anger over the impact of Government spending cuts grows among Oxford’s 50,000-strong public-sector workforce. Calls for council, NHS, school and university staff to “stand up and be counted

  • RUGBY UNION: Wallbridge skippers Grove

    Prop Jimmy Wallbridge will captain Southern Counties North leaders Grove for tomorrow’s trip to Newbury Stags. Regular skipper Nick Sevier, his brother, Roger, and centre Tom Clipsham are unavailable, so John Nedelkoff, John Barrett and Jamie Burns come

  • SPORT: Fixtures October 22

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd v Northampton Tn. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE South West Conference: Oxford Utd v Hereford Utd. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd v Oxford

  • BADMINTON: Oxon hammered in opener

    Inter County Championships Oxfordshire slipped to a resounding 11-4 defeat away to Warwickshire 3rd in their Division 1C opener. Alison Ross and Helen Palmer, and Sarah Torgersen and Claire Tait each picked up a women’s doubles win for Oxon. David

  • FOOTBALL: Lovegrove boosts Bicester

    Bicester Town welcome back Adam Lovegrove from suspension for their Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 West trip to Cheltenham Saracens as they look to keep up their winning run. Bicester Tn (v Cheltenahm Saracens, away): from Simmonds, Williams, Kimbangi

  • FOOTBALL: Kidlington duo have to sit it out

    Kidlington will be without Jordan Parker and Mark Flanagan when they host Highworth Town in the first round of the Bluefin Insurance Brokers Cup on Saturday (2pm). Parker is unavailable, while Flanagan is out injured as they look to make it

  • Labour win Lib Dem seat at by-election

    LABOUR tightened their grip on Oxford City Council last night after a landslide victory in the Barton and Sandhills by-election. Mike Rowley won the seat, previously held by the Liberal Democrats, with a majority of 503. Labour now has

  • Buses to replace Banbury-Stratford trains during signal work

    CHILTERN Railways train services between Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon will be suspended for the coming week, due to resignalling work. Buses will replace trains between Banbury and Stratford from Saturday until Sunday, October 31. Network Rail is

  • FOOTBALL: Boss Ford goes for mind games

    OXFORD City manager Mike Ford has turned to psychology as he looks to end one of the worst runs in the Premier Division club’s 128-year history. Tuesday’s goalless draw against Halesowen stretched their winless run in league and cup to 18 matches

  • RUGBY UNION: Chinnor warned of Tigers threat

    Chinnor are taking nothing for granted as they prepare to host winless Cheltenham Tigers in National 3 South West tomorrow. Head coach Jason Bowers is looking to make the most of facing four of the bottom five sides in the next five matches. But he

  • Army cameraman is ready to rock

    AFTER a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Army cameraman Tom Robinson is keen to get back to Bicester and play some music with his friends. Corporal Robinson has spent the past eight months hanging out of the back of helicopters or in the thick

  • Oxford United's opposition: Leon has scoring knack

    Leon McKenzie (pictured) struck a 21-minute hat-trick in the first half for Northampton Town last week, yet still ended on the losing side. There used to be half a dozen ex-Oxford players at Northampton, and ex-Cobblers men at the Kassam Stadium. Billy

  • Cancer patients do not deserve delays

    The article in Tuesday’s Oxford Mail (Cancer patients waiting too long for treatment) was brilliant. Thank you for calling attention to the problem of delays and to the general negligence regarding prostate cancer. It does seem like a form of sexism

  • Wasting money over recycling bins

    OXFORD residents have now experienced a blue bin invasion. I may add that this system has been in operation in some parts of the country for quite some time but we in Oxford are playing catch up. And don’t be fooled by the microchip inside, they’re

  • Where's our blue bin?

    Following the story in Monday’s Oxford Mail, regarding delivery of the blue wheelie bins, we decided to telephone Oxford City Council to find out why we had not received ours. We were told we were not on the list, and wouldn’t be getting one. We were

  • It's all about winning

    I WRITE in response to the letter by George Massingham about crowd trouble at the Kassam Stadium (Oxford Mail, October 14). I think that Oxford United fans are not used to the ‘big time’ and get excited, then frustrated, because United keep losing games

  • Of course the White Horse is a horse

    I cannot comprehend the logic attributed to Olaf Swarbrick’s belief that the White Horse at Uffington is something other than a horse (yesterday’s Insider column). Indeed, I am also amazed that the Oxford Mail believes these views are newsworthy enough

  • Neighbour disputes should be sorted out by councils

    SO Pcso Natalie Thrussell thinks people need to be more tolerant (Oxford Mail, October 27)? Why is a Pcso even getting involved with acting as a spokesman for Thames Valley Police? The Pcsos I have seen in Abingdon are about as much use as a chocolate

  • Money's too tight to keep spending

    THE longer this coalition Government is in power, the worse things are going to get. They keep saying they have no money but still keep paying out millions of pounds. For instance, they have sent millions to aid Pakistan recently. Where is this money

  • Thanks for not making a mess

    I AM grateful to the burglar who raided our house earlier this month, while we were on our way to a 60th birthday celebration, for not making a huge mess indoors. I would be even more grateful if he could see his way to returning the jewellery, smokes

  • Cabbages & Kings: All at sea over the real news

    HIS face was like thunder – no more than was to be expected bearing in mind the Prime Minister had announced cutbacks to his beloved Royal Navy less than an hour before. Captain Jack, as he is known to some of the landlocked admirals whose narrowboats

  • Prostitutes return to former haunts in East Oxford

    PROSTITUTES are back selling sex in the heart of East Oxford after police drove them out three years ago. Police said the women had ventured back onto Cowley Road from their regular spots in Cowley. Officers say the public have reported seeing working

  • Relief as science is spared

    OXFORDSHIRE scientists are celebrating after learning they had been spared swingeing cuts. Months of campaigning appeared to have paid off when it was revealed that the science budget would be frozen over the next four years. Allowing for inflation,

  • COMMENT: A problem that won’t just go away

    IT IS no surprise to hear that prostitutes have returned to working in Cowley Road after moving their activities to Cowley. The depressing fact is that under the current laws and with the current drug problems afflicting Oxford and every other British

  • Thame housing plans a tragedy, says Bee Gee Robin

    FORMER Bee Gee Robin Gibb took a break from the world of showbusiness to tackle a council over plans for new housing. The star and his wife Dwina have joined a fight over where to locate 530 new homes in their home town of Thame. The

  • Crosby relishing Oxford United return

    Malcolm Crosby, assistant to boss Ian Sampson at Northampton, says he’s looking forward to coming back to Oxford United in an official capacity. Not that he’s ever been that far from the city, having lived in Cumnor for years, and with his son Ian, 28

  • Man posed as teenage girl on Internet

    A 31-YEAR-OLD man who posed online as a teenage girl has been sentenced for child porn offences. Stuart Grainge was caught when a text he sent asking for a picture of a young girl was found on the phone of a man under investigation in Cheshire. Police

  • GCSE results on the up

    OXFORDSHIRE schools have seen the biggest jump in GCSE results in recent years, with a four per cent improvement on last year’s figures. Results released by the Government yesterday showed an increase in pupils gaining five or more GCSE passes at grades

  • Rapist loses appeal over sentence

    A SEX fiend who raped a teenage girl he groomed on Facebook has failed to overturn his conviction. Martin Dews, 30, was jailed for six-and-a-half years in December over the sexual assault and rape of the 17-year-old. The Court of Appeal

  • Digger fire causes delays

    THERE are long delays northbound on the A34 in Oxford after a flatbed truck carrying a digger caught fire between the Peartree Interchange and the M40 Interchange. Fire officers were called to the scene at 7:30am to put out the blaze. One carriageway

  • Bomb victim's sister vows to stop extremists

    ESTHER Hyman, the sister of a woman killed in the July 7 London bombings, is determined she will bring different communities together to try to prevent another atrocity. Miss Hyman, 41, from Oxford, is working with the school she and sister

  • Wilder backs Oxford United youth

    Manager Chris Wilder insists he will not abandon the faith he has in his younsgters. And for that reason, there seem unlikely to be wholesale changes following last week’s collapse at Macclesfield, where the U’s surrendered a two-goal half-time lead

  • Radio 1 DJ goes live from university

    RADIO 1 DJ Fearne Cotton broadcast live from Oxford Brookes University and challenged students to prove their domestic skills. The presenter hosted her mid-morning show on Wednesday from the Mez Bar as part of the station’s student tour. Fearne, joined

  • Iffley Road sports ground revamp 'could spoil views'

    PLANS to redevelop the historic Iffley Road sports ground could spoil views from Christ Church Meadow, councillors warned. Oxford University will launch an appeal to fund the proposed £30m redevelopment scheme if planning permission is granted. But

  • Mum makes rallying cry for heart unit

    PARENTS of children treated at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital will rally against a decision to stop child heart surgery next month. They are calling on parents to unite outside Oxford Town Hall on November 25 to show their support for the unit. Last

  • Rare editions and bargains on sale at Oxfam's book fair

    WHERE can you find England soccer legend Billy Wright, children’s author Arthur Ransome and Welsh poet Dylan Thomas all in one room? This ecletic mix of big names from the 20th century are just a few of the subjects of books for sale at Oxfam