A PENSIONER is devastated after suspecting his cat Paddy was ‘stolen’ from his allotment. The semi-feral ginger cat was once a stray but was taken in by 83-year-old Stan Lodowski 15 years ago, and he has kept him fed and watered every day since. Paddy
A 34-year-old man has been charged with robbery and possession of a firearm in connection with an incident in Witney in August 2009. Suat Demirci, of Alma Terrace, Selby, Yorkshire, was arrested following a stop-check by officers in Yorkshire on December
Police are appealing for information after two burglaries in Bampton. The first burglary was at an address in Mill Lane, sometime between 3pm on New Year’s Eve and 3pm yesterday. Burglars forced their way into the house through the kitchen door and
Police are appealing for information after camera equipment was stolen in a burglary in Stanford in the Vale. Burglars forced their way into a property in High Street sometime between 1pm on December 29 and 1.45pm on Sunday and stole a Canon Rebel camera
COUNCILLORS will meet tomorrow to decide whether to call for a rethink over plans to raise car parking fees in the Cherwell council district. Last month the council’s Conservative-run executive agreed to increase the hourly rate by 10p, charge
A PRIVATE school’s plan to take on 150 extra pupils will put youngsters at risk and clog roads, residents have warned. Abingdon’s St Helen & St Katharine Girls’ School wants to increase its roll from 650 to 800 pupils. But residents and members of
A TEACHER is aiming high for dyslexic pupils with plans to become the first state school in the county to have a specialist class — but she needs a little help. English teacher Natalie Dale is hoping to get Banbury School, Ruskin Walk, recognised by
A SCHOOL governor is hoping to put her camping experience to the test when she joins a Nepalese mountain trek. Chris Hunt will sleep on a wooden bed and her only luxury will be a cup of tea in the morning. The 62-year-old, of Forge Place
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Police this afternoon appealed for information after a man exposed himself to a woman in Thame. The incident happened at 12.30pm on Friday as a 42-year-old woman was walking along the Phoenix Trail, a trail that leads from Thame to Princess Risborough
“IT MAY have been seen as a ‘school for crime’ to everyone on the outside. But to me it was home.” Those were the words of Daniel Cooke, a former resident of Thornbury House, a controversial home for boys that has been open in Kidlington for almost 50
BOOKWORMS will love our competition to win £200-worth of books in Thursday's Oxford Mail. Pick up our entertainment section, The Guide, for a chance to win this fantastic prize in the Costa Book of the Year competition. And two runners-up will also
IF you like your music then buy Thursday's Oxford Mail for our brilliant Golden Ticket competition. In our entertainment section The Guide we are kicking off the year with our Golden Ticket offers. For music fans we are offering the
EVERY movie fan in Oxfordshire will want to buy Thursday's Oxford Mail for our brilliant Golden Ticket competition. In our entertainment section The Guide we are kicking off the year with our Golden Ticket offers. And for cinema fans
IT'S time to consign thoughts of the Christmas turkey to the bin and think of a lovely meal for two at Coco's before taking in a show, all through Thursday's Oxford Mail. We are offering the chance to win a three-course meal with a bottle of champagne
EVERY theatre fan in Oxfordshire will want to buy Thursday's Oxford Mail for our brilliant Golden Ticket competition. In our entertainment section The Guide we are kicking off the year with our Golden Ticket offers. And for theatre fans we are offering
BUSINESS leaders have hit out at plans for a national anti-cuts march through Witney, targeted as the constituency seat of David Cameron. They said the union-led demonstration – set to attract 500 from across the UK – would hit traders. There are also
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Two men have been charged with aggravated burglary in connection with an incident in Oxford on New Year’s Day. Terry Peacock, 36, of Samphire Road, and Paul Warman, 33, of Knights Road, were charged in connection with a burglary at an address in Samphire
FOUR women are soaring through the skies in an attempt to represent the UK at the skydiving world cup. The skydiving team, who train at Weston-on-the-Green, near Bicester, are currently getting ready for the competition in Germany in August. Victoria
A 23-year-old man has been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm after an assault in Banbury. Christopher Paxton, of Cromwell Road, Banbury, was charged on Friday in connection with an assault on a 38-year-old man in Cromwell Road
A PREMIER Inn and restaurant plan for Banbury must be thrown out, councillors will be told on Thursday. A Cherwell District Council planning officer’s report says the out-of-town Southam Road scheme will drive shoppers away from the centre. More than
A FAMILY say they have been left shivering because a new eco-friendly heating system is failing to keep their homes warm. Ground source heating was installed three years ago at homes in Jerome Way, Shipton-on-Cherwell, that are owned by Charter Community
PLANS for a new pelican crossing on a busy street in Chipping Norton will be decided tomorrow. Rodney Rose, Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet member for Transport, will decide the proposed crossing near the Cornish House care home on the A44, London
BRITAIN’S only dual-controlled four-armed robot is cutting hospital stays for men with prostate cancer from five days to just 24 hours. One year ago the £2m Da Vinci robotic surgery system was installed at the Oxford Cancer Centre at the Churchill hospital
A SPECIAL public meeting has been called to save Botley Library from closure. The meeting, on Thursday, January 13, has been organised by North Hinksey Parish Council to look at ways to save the Elms Court facility. It will be chaired by Liberal Democrat
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TOWN Hall planning officers have ordered campaigners to remove a poster protesting against a controversial plan to build on a busy car park. A planning application to build 141 student flats on part of St Clement’s car park would see half the
With the prospect of more anti-government protests a strong likelihood in 2011, the recent violent clashes between mounted police officers and students raises questions about the welfare of the horses used in these situations. The horses, who had no
Reading the letter Meat is unhealthy, by Edward Sanderson in Wednesday’s Oxford Mail, I thought to myself here’s a bit of nonsense. Humans’ nearest relatives in the animal kingdom are the Chimpanzees – who are omnivores. The first development on the
I am working in an area that comes under the waste collection service of Oxford City Council. Over the Christmas period the waste and recycling collection was on normal days. Well done to the city council. Unfortunately, I live in the Vale of White
We, the family of Ann Powles, would like to publicly express our most sincere thanks to all the police officers and to the volunteer search and rescue teams who helped when our mother went missing in the week before Christmas. We don’t know the names
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has been branded a “slow coach council” for failing to publish its spending data. Six months ago, local government secretary Eric Pickles wrote to all councils calling on them to open their files to make local government spending
MORE than half of Oxford’s household rubbish is now being recycled, the city council has revealed. New record figures show that since blue bins were introduced into the city for recycling in October, following food waste collections last summer
QHave you advice on worming my dog who will not take tablets? I have tried everything possible but he is wise to what food the tablets are in. Is there an injection I can get from my vet? C Weston, Oxfordshire A Yes there is an alternative
I’VE been spending Christmas and New Year travelling round Europe. Without argument our first stop was the cycling capital of the world – Amsterdam, for a couple of days of unadulterated city cycling. But on arrival at Amsterdam’s central station I quickly
Who said of the disabled people (some in wheelchairs) protesting the imminent axing of their county council concessionary travel facilities: “They’ve got to get real... they ought to get off their soapboxes”? Keith Mitchell, Leader of Oxfordshire County
B Gibbs (Oxford Mail, December 28) is less than fair in attempting to blame the former Labour government for the banking meltdown. The banks caused their own crisis when they first created and then traded in worthless securities. It is arguable that
work has begun to give Reading rail station more platforms and passenger capacity. This huge project will be done in phases from now until 2016. For several days this Christmas, First Great Western diverted all Paddington trains via Banbury to avoid
A CANCER campaigner yesterday dedicated his MBE to “the many we have lost” and said the award has made him more determined than ever. Oxford Mail columnist Clive Stone, from Freeland, near Witney, was honoured in the Queen’s New Year’s list for his services
FAMILIES travelled into the New Year on buses from a bygone era. The Oxford Bus Museum in Long Hanborough opened on Saturday and treated visitors to free rides on some of their prized vehicles. Museum spokesman Sheila Freeman said: “The free bus rides
Didcot Tn 3 (Lawrence 26, Huggins 63, Bartley 67) Windsor & Eton 1 (Robinson 32) Didcot Town secured their first Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division victory for nearly three months yesterday – and inflict Windsor & Eton’s first away defeat
Brackley Tn 1 (Green 55) Oxford City 0 Controversy surrounded Oxford City’s defeat in the Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division at local rivals Brackley Town. Trailing to a goal from former Oxford United striker Franny
Abingdon Utd 0 Thatcham Tn 3 (Parfitt 25, Self 30, Clark pen 65) Abingdon United slumped to their fourth successive defeat in Zamaretto Southern League Division 1 South & West. Thatcham went ahead in the 25th minute when Jon Beames’s attempted
Evesham Utd 4 (Accam 10, Palmer 41, Scheppel 62, Shaze 82) Banbury Utd 3 (Martin 50, Benjamin 65, Owen 84) Banbury United slipped to defeat in a seven-goal thriller in the Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division against Evesham United at Worcester
HUNDREDS of Oxford residents could be driven out of the city when housing benefit is slashed this summer, councillors fear. The payments – which help cover the rent of about 3,000 people in private housing in Oxford – will drop by up to 13
Jack Midson says he let his football do the talking after hitting a sensational hat-trick in Oxford United’s dramatic 4-3 win at Torquay yesterday. The striker, brought back early last week from his loan spell at Southend, was a surprise starter
THE first planning application for Bicester’s proposed “eco-town” has been submitted – complete with an “eco-pub”. Developer P3Eco has lodged its pilot project application with Cherwell District Council, seeking permission for an initial 394 homes and
JOBLESS people refused credit by their banks can get help to start up their own businesses thanks to a new £60,000 fund. The Fredericks Foundation charity was set up in 2001 as a social enterprise to help young people who had made bad decisions to get
FOUR housing association tenants in Banbury have been issued with court orders after complaints about drug dealing and antisocial behaviour. A2Dominion was granted two undertakings and two injunctions at Oxford County Court against four residents of
