A robber has been jailed after his victim took a picture of him on her mobile phone. Kevin Banks was jailed for 30 months for taking a bag from a woman in Between Towns Road, Cowley, on December 5. Victim Anna Jubinal later saw Banks at a bus stop and
PEOPLE on an Oxford estate could be months away from seeing a post office up and running again in their neighbourhood. As reported in the Oxford Mail, the post office branch at the Spar shop in Underhill Circus, Barton, closed on February 18 after the
JUMPING, somersaulting and ducking under swords might sound like a dangerous way to spend your time. But that’s exactly how about 200 people from across the UK passed their weekend. Rapper sword dancing involves rhythmic tap dancing and jumping around
Kidlington Youth Rangers ran out comfortable winners against 10 player Summertown Stars at Evans Lane. Kidlingtons Goalscores were Conor Allsop 4, Raphael Rice 3,Ryan Hughes,Sam Newcombe,OG.
A MOTHER-of-two was tackled to the ground and robbed of £6,000 in cash as she walked to her car, a court heard. Serial offender Edward Highton knew the businesswoman had recently been to the bank when he attacked her off Bath Street in East
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TELEVISION presenter Michael Holmes says he can’t wait to take part in this year’s OX5 Run. The 42-year-old wants to thank the John Radcliffe and Oxford Children’s Hospital for their “exceptional” care of his daughter Lily. Mr Holmes, from Longworth
Police are investigating reports of the rape of a 39-year-old woman at the Holiday Inn in Grenoble Road, Blackbird Leys. Two 32-year-old men were arrested on Sunday morning on suspicion of rape and have both since been bailed until May 8. Police said
A WOMAN told police she was raped by two men in an Oxford hotel. Police are investigating reports the 39-year-old was attacked at the Express by Holiday Inn in Grenoble Road in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two men, both aged 31
The Williams F1 Conference Centre, at Grove, has received the Silver award for Best UK Conference Centre at the 2011 Meetings & Incentive Travel Awards ceremony. The Williams F1 Conference Centre was voted to silver place by corporate event
Three makers of luxury and sports cars have commissioned Banbury-based Prodrive’s specialist manufacturing division to supply carbon composite parts for 5000 vehicles over six years, in contracts worth more than £10m. The two manufacturers of luxury
ORGANISERS of the World Pooh Sticks Championships are confident this year’s competition will go ahead after last year’s event was cancelled because of bad weather. They are expecting 2,000 people from all over the world to descend on Days Lock
Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary in Oxford in the early hours of Sunday. At about 3am, thieves broke into a house in Scholar Place, off Arnolds Way, by forcing open a patio door. They stole a substantial amount of cash, together
Police targeted motorists in East Oxford today following concerns about dangerous driving in the Jeune Street and St Clements areas. Targeting the area around Jeune Street between 8am and 9.30am, the team issued Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) to drivers
The organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix have been given until May 1 to confirm whether they will be able to stage a race this year. The announcement comes following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris today during which the
Police today executed a warrant for animal welfare on behalf of the RSPCA in Littlemore. A property in Giles Road was searched and a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of breaching a ban on keeping animals. A Staffordshire Bull Terrier
THERE is no better way to make Nicaraguans feel at home than by singing the Misa Campesina – the Nicaraguan Peasant Mass. The Central American song was performed by the choir at Blackfriars Church in St Giles on Sunday as part of a weekend
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attack on a 46-year-old man in Brackley. The attack took place in the High Street, near to Tiffins Indian Restaurant, when the man was attacked by three young people. He was knocked to the ground and hit
MESSAGES of love were sent into the air on Chinese lanterns in memory of a four-year-old boy. Severely disabled Kye Sammons died a year ago. And his family, who live in Ambrosden, near Bicester, are keeping his memory alive with a series
A teenager is critically ill in hospital in Oxford after a car left the road in Newport Pagnell and hit two people. A blue VW Lupo was in collision with a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman at 5.14pm in the High Street. Police said the
LOVEBIRDS hoping to win the wedding of their dreams flocked to The Oxfordshire Wedding Show for ideas on how to stage the perfect occasion. About 600 people admired fairytale dresses, tiered cakes and sugared flowers at the event at Oxford Town Hall
The first Beaulieu ‘Simply Italian’ event takes place on Sunday, May 22. Owners of Italian vehicles are invited to bring their car or motorcycle to Beaulieu, both classic and new, and become part of the event. All Italian cars, from
THE trust which manages Oxfordshire’s most visited open space is changing its name. The Northmoor Trust, which looks after the Wittenham Clumps and Little Wittenham Wood beauty spots, will, from Friday, be known as the Earth Trust. To celebrate, the
Chilean wines are all about clean, fruity and ultimately drinkable wines that are ideal with or without food and are great value for money. Always a favourite wine country for wine personality Oz Clarke, we have included one of his Chilean
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RUSH hour drivers could only look on as two fire crews battled to extinguish a fire which consumed this car. A passer-by stopped to take a picture of the 4x4, which caught fire in a layby in Newton Purcell, near Finmere in North Oxfordshire.
Vehicle information firm HPI has come up with a few tips to squeeze a few more miles out of every gallon of fuel. The firm is supplying a CO2 certificate, highlighting the level of CO2 emissions a vehicle creates, with every information check
I bet you think that the Jurassic Way is in Dorset? Well no, it actually starts in Oxfordshire. The only connection to the Jurassic Coast, famed for fossils and romantic heroines, is the rocks that form one of the backbones of England. You don't have
A MAN accused of strangling his lover initially claimed he was sleepwalking but later changed his defence, a court heard. Sean Freaney said his memory returned through “dreams and nightmares”, jurors at Oxford Crown Court heard. The 51-year-old denies
Southern Counties North Chipping Norton earned their first league victory since April 24 last year with a shock 43-18 success at Oxford. Oxford were hopeful of winning to boost their survival hopes and led with a penalty from full back Dom Coe. But
Oxford University have included two oarsmen who have overcome serious setbacks for the 157th Xchanging Boat Race against Cambridge on March 26. The Dark Blue crew, announced in London on Monday, will be stroked by 27-year-old Londoner Simon
OXFORDSHIRE has been blessed with a string of royal visits over the past year. First the Queen took a trip to Oxford to open the Ashmolean in December 2009. Then Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited soldiers at Vauxhall Barracks in Didcot
MICHELIN-starred chef Raymond Blanc has announced he plans to plant 8,000 new trees at his Oxfordshire restaurant. On Friday the Oxford Mail revealed that Mr Blanc had ordered an investigation after two pine trees, with legal protection, were
National 2 South Henley Hawks lost their way in a 30-8 defeat at Worthing. Matt McLean kicked Worthing ahead with two penalties and they led 13-0 after centre Greg Sullivan bagged an interception try, McLean converting. Hawks suffered a second blow
Oxfordshire pulled off a magnificent victory over Somerset to keep their Rileys Inter-Counties Champion ship Division 1 promotion drive firmly on track. They triumphed 30-9 at Rileys SC, picking up three bonus points to stay top of the table
National 3 South West Mark Chase bagged 18 points as Chinnor saw off basement boys Cleve 48-13 at Kingsey Road. The fly half scored two tries and kicked four conversions on his first league appearance of the season. Cleve took the lead with a sixth-minute
Oxford Hawks Under 16 girls qualified for England Hockey Plate finals day in Manchester on April 9 after winning their quarter-final 8-2 at Rutland at the weekend. Hawks dominated from start to finish, going 2-0 up within ten minutes through
Somersby could yet be switched from the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase to run in the Ryanair Chase at next week’s Cheltenham Festival. Henrietta Knight, who trains the seven-year-old at West Lockinge, near Wantage, announced after
Sandra Frankland’s hat-trick helped South Clubs’ League Division 1 leaders Oxford Hawks to a 4-1 victory over Southampton. Hawks remain a point ahead of Havant at the top. Frankland struck twice in the last 15 minutes to put the game
LIGHT, music and shadow helped an aerial dancer entertain passers-by at Oxford Castle. The performance by Compagnie Retouramont, from France, drew a crowd near the Malmaison Hotel, off New Road, on Friday night. Dancin’ Oxford festival spokesman Tei
Midlands 1 West Banbury Bulls bounced back from last week’s 107-0 mauling to beat Old Laurentians 20-14 at Bodicote Park. Bulls wing Andrew Mawle outsprinted the defence to score on three minutes, fly half Mike Smith converting. Laurentians scrum
You might have seen me appearing on the TV show Dancing on Ice on Sunday evenings over the past few weeks – it really is a thrill for me to be taking part in the show and I have become incredibly enthusiastic about skating. Something else I am very
TODAY is the 100th International Women’s Day, which celebrates women’s achievements worldwide and recognises their ongoing struggle for equality. In war-torn countries, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, women’s bodies have become battlegrounds
I totally agree with Joe Richards about the cuts (Oxford Mail letters, February 23). I work with the elderly and disabled, and many are concerned and confused about buying in their own care packages. I believe the system will be open to abuse financially
A DROP-IN project for psychiatric patients has closed following an overhaul of Oxfordshire’s mental health services. The Gemini, in Rectory Road, East Oxford, offered daily living skills, self-management and basic tuition and computer training to people
South West 1 East Wallingford survived a second-half fightback to defeat Swanage & Wareham 20-10. The hosts led 20-0 at the break, but had to defend well after that to secure a win that puts them nine points above the drop zone. Wallingford, who
That great US president GW Bush once said ‘fool me once... (but) we can’t get fooled again’. But that’s just how I feel now. I was really impressed when David Cameron became the first leading western politician to visit Egypt to congratulate them on
WE ARE being forced to bow to a series of mad European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings giving votes and benefits to murderers and criminals in the interest of human rights. However, in my experience it is some other EU member states that need to
It should be recalled that Oxford City Council reduced an important social service by closing some of the city’s public toilets, even before the Government imposed financial cuts. Robert Sephton Colley Wood Kennington
IT seems county council leader Keith Mitchell and his fellow advocates of the Big Society are in fact classic anarchists. Mr Mitchell’s “new model of service provision” (OAPS to bear brunt of cuts, Oxford Mail, February 24) appears to be built on the
Nothing can beat the pure joy of getting out in the spring sunshine with the cooling breeze in your hair and the sun caressing your face. Those whose bicycles have hibernated during the past six months are trying to remember where they last saw their
Banbury beat Brighton 5-1 in their Premier Division 1 six-pointer. Both teams were level on points and fighting to stay above the relegation zone. With Brighton having won three on the bounce, Banbury were thrilled to put that run to
Q My Cocker spaniel stole a bar of dark chocolate and ate the lot – wrapper and all. I am told chocolate is toxic to dogs, is this enough to poison him? D Remington, Henley-on-Thames A Yes, and it is important you get him to your vet straight away.
Police are appealing for information after a 14-year-old girl was assaulted in Thame. The girl was walking along the alleyway that runs from the Cattle Market car park towards Barley Hill School and into the Lee Park housing estate, when the
Didcot Town’s dreams of lifting the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup were shattered with a 2-0 semi-final defeat at holders Maidenhead United last night. Ady Williams’s side fell behind to a Jermaine Hinds header inside the first ten minutes. And the Blue Square
BB&O round-up Jack Briggs ran in a hat-trick of tries as Gosford All Blacks saw off Premier Division basement boys Hungerford 46-0. Centre Briggs burst through for the opening try, converted by Tim Ellis. Ellis added a penalty and converted tries
CANNABIS plants and resin were seized during two early morning raids in Oxford. Police found 60 plants at a house in Alice Smith Square, Littlemore, and a “large” amount of cannabis in George Moore Close, off Iffley Road. A 25-year-old woman and two
THE sporting community in Oxford has been left shocked by the deaths of two well-known figures in separate incidents 3,500 miles apart. Former Wheatley Boys FC coach Martin Hayle, 50, from Stadhampton, drowned while swimming in the sea off a beach in
Alec Dent has battled back from a serious injury to achieve his dream of rowing in the Boat Race. The 20-year-old from Bampton, near Witney, was yesterday picked to row for Oxford against Cambridge in the 157th University clash on the Thames on Saturday
Rileys Inter-Counties Championship Oxfordshire pulled off a magnificent victory over Somerset to keep their Division 1 promotion drive firmly on track at the weekend. They triumphed 30-9 at Rileys SC, picking up three bonus points to stay top of Division
A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Ryan Clifford, of no fixed address, attacked the girl when she was out drinking on New Year’s Eve 2009 in Banbury. He was jailed for 32 months at Oxford Crown Court yesterday
CAMPAIGNERS over the weekend tried to highlight the country’s most expensive fuel. They picked a BP garage in Kent as the worst place to fill up. But little did they know a petrol station in Oxfordshire was charging 3p more a litre for unleaded than
Alchester 26, Stow-on-the-Wold 0 It was a case of job done, but little more as Alchester secured promotion from the BB&O Premier Division. Three tries from centre Tom Miles helped Alchester achieve the bonus-point win needed to ensure a top-two finish
Once they had posed for their team photo, there were no great celebrations among the Alchester ranks. The 26-0 victory over Stow secured promotion, but head coach Chris Kimber said they had not been at their best. “We are delighted to get promotion,
A MAN from Oxford has been charged with causing £100,000 of damage to headstones and other memorials at a cemetery. Jason Griffiths, 40, was remanded in custody after being charged with causing criminal damage at Thimblemill Cemetery, in Smethwick
HOW do you feel about paying 143.9p a litre for unleaded petrol? That’s the price motorists in one part of Oxfordshire were charged this weekend – possibly making it the dearest in theUK. As campaign group Fair Fuel UK claimed 140.9p
Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a large fire in Banbury. At about 11.30pm yesterday two crews from Banbury, one from Deddington, one from Hook Norton and a hydraulic platform from Oxford, were called to Warwick Road.
Oxford United’s Mickey Lewis says there remains real belief in the camp that they can still reach the play-offs. The U’s assistant manager insists that while last week was a major setback, the current side are capable of beating any team
OXFORD United legend Jack Casley spotted talent in hundreds of footballers over the years as one of the club’s scouts. But Violet Gray was impressed by Mr Casley when she noticed his “lovely smile” more than 60 years ago. The couple met while working
TEENAGERS have come face-to-face with traders and neighbours after complaints about their behaviour at the end of the school day. Pupils from The Cherwell School, North Oxford, invited local people and businesses into the classrooms in Marston Ferry
