City of Oxford swimmer Maia Little stormed to three victories to clinch the best all rounder trophy for ten-year-old girls in the county age group championships held at Aylesbury. The ten-year-old Oxford High junior school pupil touched first in the
PRISONERS are being encouraged to trade a life of crime for yoga and quiet meditation. The Prison Phoenix Trust, based in Summertown, Oxford, is teaching yoga to hundreds of prisoners across the country. It is now in 89 prisons, including HMP Bullingdon
NICK FELL has spent more than three years surveying the streets of Oxford, making detailed notes and gathering evidence. But he has not been cataloguing landmark architecture, historic buildings or even significant trees. Mr Fell, of Ash Grove, Headington
A BLUE plaque has been unveiled to honour the man who gave his name to Oxford Brookes University. The plaque, commemorating educationalist John Henry Brookes went up at the house where he lived in The Slade, Oxford. Joining the unveiling ceremony on
Police are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated burglary in Littlemore, Oxford, early today. Shortly before 7.30am, two men knocked at the door of a property in Brocklesby Road and pushed their way past the two victims, a 15-year-old girl and a
A COUPLE who slobbed in front of the television and lived off junk food and takeaways have transformed their lives. Stephen and Sarah Mitchell have lost more than 12 stone between them in just 11 months. Mrs Mitchell, 43, fell from 18st
PATIENTS at an Oxford hospital can now enjoy the latest Ashmolean installation from the comfort of the waiting room. Three walls at the Oxford Eye Hospital, based at the John Radcliffe, have been papered with enlarged images of skies, taken from famous
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THE owners of the Kidlington Centre have blocked a council bid to make shoppers pay to use the village’s main car park. Cherwell District Council wanted to raise £184,000 a year by overturning a decades-old covenant guaranteeing free parking in Watts
THREE more businesses are quitting Bicester town centre, prompting fresh calls for free parking. In the past few months hair salon Andrea and Achille, butchers Regent’s Meat, both in Crown Walk, and Clark’s shoe shop in Sheep Street have closed. Now
A fundraising evening with award-winning writer and author Anthony Horowitz will be held in Abingdon on Tuesday, May 10. The writer of Foyle’s War and the Alex Rider novels, will speak at an evening in aid of Oxford hospices Helen and Douglas House.
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A NEW cafe bar is set to open in Oxford city centre this summer as part of the new headquarters of a student volunteer group. Oxford Hub is in the final stages of signing a lease for a Turl Street building previously used as a private members’ club.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault following an incident in Church Cowley Road, Oxford, on Wednesday night. He will appear before Oxford Magistrates today. A 16-year-old boy who was also arrested
YOUNGSTERS put on their dancing shoes to celebrate St Patrick’s Day yesterday. For the fifth year, pupils from St Mary’s Catholic School, in Bicester, showed off their Irish dancing skills at Cherwell Valley Services to mark the day.
Struggling Witney United have been plunged back into crisis after manager Richard Hill resigned. Hill, who took over at the end of January, oversaw an upturn in the club’s fortunes. But his decision to quit has rocked their bid to escape relegation
North Leigh boss Mark Gee has urged his players to go out and do it again when they travel to fourth-placed Frome in Division 1 South & West on Saturday. On Tuesday they ended Sholing’s 100 per cent home record with a 2-1 win, with new signing Nick Thorne
Aaron Woodley and Oxford United will find out on Sunday if they have landed any honours at the Football League Awards 2011. There will be 17 awards presented at The Brewery, London on Sunday night and United are one of just a few nominated
THE boss of a car yard is mystified why criminals punctured every tyre on every vehicle for the third time in six months. Rick Howes, the owner of Solo Italia in Begbroke, discovered on Wednesday his cars had been vandalised overnight for a third time
PEOPLE in Oxford are rallying round to support survivors of the earthquake in Japan. Students, tour operators and Japanese people living in Oxford are behind a string of events to raise cash. Last Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami
Imogen Langford, from Oxfordshire, maintained her excellent form by winning the under 17 girls title in the Badminton England bronze grade tournament at the White Horse Leisure & Tennis Centre, Abingdon, on Saturday. Considering she is still
There may be nothing at stake leaguewise, but Chinnor and Oxford Harlequins will be hell-bent on victory in their derby clash at Kingsey Road tomorrow. Hosts Chinnor have had the upper hand over their Oxfordshire rivals this season. They not only stand
Oxford United yesterday signed midfielder Ryan Burge on loan until the end of the season from Doncaster Rovers. And U’s boss Chris Wilder admits it’s an indication that he now has one eye on the future as well as the present. Although United will still
Very difficult – but not impossible. That was the assessment of Oxford United manager Chris Wilder on the team’s chances of reaching the play-offs following this week’s contrasting games. “We’re not out of it,” he insisted. “I feel we need to win seven
Oxford City striker Lee Steele says he may have to put his plans to retiretire at the end of the season on hold after putting his hamstring problems behind him. And now Steele, 37, wants to use his new-found fitness to fire City to safety, starting
EMPLOYMENT Minister Chris Grayling says that people on sickness benefit will be tested from April to see if they can work. That’s a laugh; work where? Every day we read of job losses – with police numbers to be slashed and thousands to lose their jobs
THE Prime Minister is reported to have said that our country has failed to have a proper debate on how we can make society stronger and give people more power. But there has been no more serious issue in recent years than the question of whether we should
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. NPOWER LEAGUE TWO. Oxford Utd v Crewe. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Hemel Hempstead v Oxford City, Truro City v Didcot Tn. Div 1 South & West: Frome Tn v North Leigh, Gosport Boro v Abingdon Utd. UHLSPORT HELLENIC
Didcot Town skipper Jamie Heapy believes that boss Ady Williams has all the qualities needed to guide them to Premier Division survival. Since the former Reading defender took over as boss in January, a first-game loss against Bashley was followed
MOTOR Mouth Kevin Dyer (Oxford Mail, February 18) should have gone further with his criticism of builders’ vans and lorries. All commercial vehicles over the size of a family car should be mechanically restricted to 50mph maximum speed.
WITH all of the Government cuts recently announced, Oxfordshire County Council transport chiefs still saw fit to spend £4,500 at Heythrop Park resort (last Saturday’s Oxford Mail). And the bill was paid for by us, the taxpayers. Why could they not have
I FEEL so sorry for John Prescott, now Lord Prescott. Despite the hefty allowance for taking his seat in the Lords, he has to do TV adverts for car insurance. ROGER TUCKER Kidlington
SUPPORTERS of the closure of the Headington library in Bury Knowle Park, though few, have been primed to give the fact that the library has no lift for the disabled as one of the reasons it should close. Plans for installing a lift at the side of the
THIS country deserves electoral reform and we don’t have a minute to waste. Now we have a referendum on May 5 where we can deliver change to the way we conduct our politics. We have a simple choice: we can keep using the first past the post system
YOU report that the denizens of Wood Farm, Oxford “turned a blind eye” as undercover officers prowled the estate posing as burglars (Turning a blind eye to bogus burglars, Oxford Mail February 21). Did it occur to anyone that the fact that they did so
The chairman of the Oxford group of the Institute of Advanced Motorists seemed to miss the point when complaining on Saturday’s front page that the average speed in the new 20mph zones has hardly changed. The average speed that motorists travel safely
THE headline on the front of Tuesday’s Oxford Mail exercised the five retired men tucking into afternoon tea at my favourite Covered Market cafe. Parking fees are a ‘tax on our religion’ it announced in large capital letters, echoing the views of five
AS THE man behind the Spice Girls, Paul Conroy knows a thing or two about music. So when the former managing director of Virgin Records heard his local church choir singing, he knew he had discovered something special. And thanks to his keen ear, members
Sam Waley-Cohen has shot down suggestions that Prestbury Park’s unique undulations will prevent Long Run from producing his best form in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup today. The 28-year-old amateur rider was aboard the gelding, who is owned by his
Thirteen long, and sometimes hard, winters of two-wheeled travel teach you a thing or two about respecting the dangers of snow and ice.You quickly learn that a winter wonderland of glistening trees means it’s just as likely that the road will be
IF WE are to believe the word of the former Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust, then there must be grave concern about the future of the services it is going to provide. The Oxford Mail obtained documents which show a series of planned
MENTAL health services in Oxfordshire look set to be cut by 20 per cent over the next five years, sparking fears of a rise in suicides and self-harm. Last night mental health bosses defended their plans to make ‘efficiency savings’ by cutting
A crash involving a bus, a lorry and a car today partly blocked a road in Watchfield. The collision happened on the B4508 Majors Road and access to the eastbound A420 from Majors Road is blocked. Emergency services are at the scene.
SOME people hate wedding lists but bosses at an Oxford environmental charity were delighted when they found themselves on one compiled by Prince William and fiancée Kate Middleton. Earthwatch is among 26 charities chosen by the Royal couple to benefit
TWO men were left fighting for their lives after a high speed head-on crash left them trapped last night. The two cars crashed on the A361 on the Milcombe side of Bloxham, near Banbury, about 10.30pm. Firefighters mounted a complex rescue
SOME people hate wedding lists but bosses at an Oxford environmental charity were delighted when they found themselves on one compiled by Prince William and fiancée Kate Middleton. Earthwatch is among 26 charities chosen by the Royal couple to benefit
ALL week our phones have been ringing off the hook, as schools around Oxfordshire tell us what they’re up to for Comic Relief today. Hundreds of schools have arranged events from fancy dress days and talent competitions to football matches
FROM schoolchildren to pensioners, one community in Oxford is preparing to come together to celebrate Red Nose Day today. Rose Hill community groups have announced their final line-up for a packed day of activities stretching into this evening in and
AN ARTIST is offering mums-to-be the chance to turn their baby bumps into artistic masterpieces for Red Nose Day. Mona Turnbull, right, an artist-turned-facepainter from Wheatley, is raising money for Comic Relief. She wants pregnant women to come forward
