TRAIN company First Great Western is due to announce a revised timetable following a day of disruption due to snow. Details will be available on its website firstgreatwestern.co.uk The company has said planned road replacement on Sunday
OXFORD City Council has ordered a multinational pension fund to open a community room locked to residents of a North Oxford estate for four years. An enforcement notice has been issued to Harmsworth Pension Trustees Ltd after the Oxford Mail highlighted
TRAVELLERS across Oxfordshire continue to face severe disruption tonight after heavy snowfall. Motorists face long delays on roads within the city itself and driving conditions on county roads are hazardous. There is severe congestion
Police said due to adverse weather conditions the front desk at Witney police station would be closed to members of the public on Sunday. The front desk at Banbury police station will also be closed from 5pm today. A spokesman for Thames Valley
OXFORD Bus Company will stop all services at 7pm tonight because of the winter weather conditions. Phil Ashworth, a spokesman for the bus company, said services are still running but conditions for drivers are extremely difficult. A
BUS and train journeys across Oxfordshire are being disrupted by the heavy snowfall. Bus company Stagecoach in Oxford has suspended all its services in the city due to the weather conditions. A statement issued by the company said:“We
A KEY phase of work to reinstate a second track on the Cotswold Line Rail route through west Oxfordshire as part of a £67m improvement scheme is under way. Network Rail contractors have been at work since Monday clearing old stone chippings
POLICE have urged drivers to avoid using the A34 in Oxfordshire as heavy snow has caused traffic to grind to a halt. Vicky Brandon, a spokesman for Thames Valley Police, said there were major tailbacks between the Chilton and Bicester as drivers
CHILDREN at an Oxford respite centre have been given 15,000 more reasons to celebrate Christmas. Viking House, in Headington, received a £15,000 donation to help stimulate disabled youngsters. Most of the money, donated by Abingdon-based petrol additives
Oxford United's League Two match against Shrewsbury Town at the Kassam Stadium today was postponed after an early-morning pitch inspection. The pitch had been covered, but the frost had penetrated underneath, and with overnight snow as well, the game
Didcot Devils under 11s were pipped into second place at the ‘Mini-ballers’ tournament in Northampton, losing by four points against Oxford Brookes Juniors. Devils, for whom ten-year-olds Max Biddell and Matthew Duley were playing in their first competitive
A BAR manager has been jailed after being convicted of raping a teenager in his pub’s toilets. Rogerio Coito was working at the Priory near the Kassam Stadium in Oxford when he raped the woman in January this year. Yesterday, jurors at Oxford Crown
A CHARITY has launched its Christmas push to get food to thousands of Oxford’s most vulnerable people. Volunteers at the Oxford Food Bank are working day and night to deliver supplies for more than 3,000 meals a week over what they say is becoming an
Ten anglers turned out for Coldstone’s Christmas match on the Evenlode at Ascott-under-Wychwood, writes Andy Webber. With the chub reluctant to feed in the clear water, it was a bit of a struggle. Steve Arthurs managed to tempt three of them around
THIS suspected thief appeared to have run out of engine oil – so decided to steal £350 of it. The man walked into the BP garage in Wantage Road on the B4493 about 12.20pm on December 11, and walked around the shop before approaching the shelf
Kidlington AS’s Henderson Cup attracted 15 anglers on an icy Oxford Canal at New Bridge, writes Andy Webber. Henry Clarke won with 5.4.0 of roach and perch on pole with double bloodworm on the hook, fished over joker. Five perch, including one of 2.4.0
After a couple of weeks of freezing weather,last weekend turned out quite mild and getting out on to the banks was a real must, writes Andy Webber. The cold snap has returned, but local angler Alan Storey made the most of his trip to the Thames at
Former Middlesex seamer Chas Taylor was the hero for Sandford A as they beat Westbury by two wickets in Division 2 of the Banbury Indoor League. Chasing 120-4, 39 of which came from Tom Boardman, Sandford reached 121-4 in 9.2 overs, with Taylor (46no
The Drennan GOT Baits team held on to their Angling Times Winter League Oxford Div-ision title after their fifth win from six outings on Sunday, writes Andy Webber. A field of 50 anglers fished the final round on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Avington
Vikings A have worked their way back to the top of Division 1 in the Oxford & District League, following a 9-1 demolition of British Rail. Gareth Hayward and Mark Scott were unstoppable for Vikings, with James Lovelock beating Roel Dullens for BR's only
SNOW is causing disruption across Oxfordshire and Oxford United’s clash against Shrewsbury Town is the first casualty. The home game at the Kassam Stadium was scheduled to kick off at 3pm this afternoon but severe frost has penetrated the pitch covers
IT’S almost Christmas and there could be a fitting winner tonight in form of the Tony Magnasco-trained Alfies Cracker. TONIGHT’S RUNNERS. 7.45: SCATTY OSCAR, Blandford Abbie, Garryglass Bud, Lady Canderal, Hillcross Gypsy 3, Mt Leinster Lola. 8.01:
The British Greyhound Board have reduced their funding for next year by 23 per cent. Money for facility developments has been eliminated, and the unit of prize money grant is cut from £5.50 to £5. Drugs sampling and research budgets
Oxford University Judo Club celebrated a double success at the Oxford University Sports Federation Awards. The club won the Elmer Cotton sports club of the year trophy and judoka Becky Bayliss won sportswoman of the year. Bayliss, a 2nd dan, won bronze
Oxford City Stars will be without the injured Andrew Shurmer when they take on the Bracknell Hornets at the newly-refurbished Oxpens ice rink tomorrow (face-off 6.15). It will be the first South Division 1 game for the Stars since the work was completed
THE amount of confidential data contained on one computer memory stick, lost in the city centre, is truly frightening. Where this data would previously have been held in filing cabinets, it can now be transported on a device the size of a stick of chewing
TALK about a culture shock. One day I was scraping the ice off the windscreen in cold old Oxfordshire; the next I was being served a truly delicious al fresco lunch in about 30 degrees, on a table complete with white cloth and napkins, outside my tent
Holders Fieldside A, from the Premier & Division 1 battled their way to a 5-1 win at Eynsham D in the first round of the Buildbase Cup. With Fieldside required to give a 40-point start per frame to the Division 4 side, the match was tight all the way
Ryland Hale, of Didcot Barramundi, won three gold medals over three different distances in Maxwell SC’s Christmas Meet at Aylesbury. The 12-year-old won the 50m butterfly, 100m individual medley and the 200m freestyle to help Didcot to a total of 32
THE personal details of more than 140 vulnerable pensioners were found on an unencrypted data stick dropped in Oxford city centre. One Tradings Standards officer last night said the information would be a “Christmas list” for conmen who seek to target
A TERMINALLY-ill toddler will be guest of honour at the Kassam Stadium today after fans raised more than £4,000 to send her on the trip of a lifetime. Supporters first heard of three-year-old Tess Sullivan’s plight before the Yellows played her local
Hearts were heavy and emotions ran high as Freedom Emma achieved her late owner’s dream by landing the £6,000 William Hill Oaks classic in brilliant style at Wimbledon on Tuesday. It was a lifetime ambition of the late Stuart Locke-Hart to
THESE are the moments a lifelong Oxford United fan punched two opposing supporters in a busy city centre street. Wayne Cox, who had taken cocaine, attacked a group of Port Vale fans as they walked down Cornmarket Street at 6pm on October 2 after the
FAMILIES of asylum seekers were being given warm gloves yesterday, as snow returned to the county. Oxford City of Sanctuary, a group promoting safety and inclusion to people seeking refuge in the city, donated 60 pairs to Asylum Welcome to celebrate
OXFORD United keeper Ryan Clarke says team success will always come before personal targets. Clarke, 28, who will make his 73rd appearance for the U’s when they host Shrewsbury Town today, kept 24 clean sheets last season. And this campaign, he started
RECENTLY we have been reporting on the shocking state of education in Oxford, with the city’s schools performing badly compared to most of England. Now we learn that one in five Oxford 11-year-olds are classed as obese. The rest of the
ONE in five 11-year-olds in Oxford is obese, it has emerged, as health bosses said some parents did not see their children’s health as a priority. Figures released by the NHS for the school year 2009/2010 revealed 19.8 per cent of city 11-year-olds are
Police today issued a series of tips to help keep people safe during severe winter weather. This weekend is expected to be one of the busiest of the year on the roads and before setting out, police said drivers should check the road conditions
WHEN the Sundaram family home was first built in 1932 it would have taken a team of builders months of back- breaking labour to construct their brick bungalow. Now the family of five are getting used to a new standard of living after demolishing their
AT THIS time of year reindeer are everywhere but how many people can say they have actually seen Rudolf in the flesh rather than just on a Christmas card? James and Karina Moreton have not only witnessed these magnificent creatures at first
