Opener Sam Agarwal made a fine 71 as Oxford MCC Universities drew their second first-class match of the season against Notts in The Parks yesterday. Chasing a massive 452 for victory, Oxford reached the close of a rain-affected final day at 217-4. Agarwal
CHILTERN Railways’ chairman has reacted angrily to the prospect of a £500,000 fine from the Government for failing to stick to the letter of the firm’s franchise agreement. The Department for Transport said it intended to impose the fine because the
ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour, dog fouling and traffic issues are the key problems people in Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst want police to tackle. More than 200 residents of the Oxford estates were polled by officers to set their priorities for the 12 months
Ardington under 11's entertained Summertown at Home on Friday evening, and with only two games remaining in the league the result was crucial as to where the title could or could not go. The game began with several opportunities going Ardingtons
A COUNCIL has been branded “undemocratic” after rejecting calls to make footage of council meetings available online. Conservative-run Oxfordshire County Council voted down a motion to show video of its meetings online so residents can catch up on key
Rhys Johnson, 21, of Townsend, Didcot, admitted failing to comply with a community order by failing to attend unpaid work on January 23. Given an extra 10 hours’ unpaid work and told to pay £50 costs. Evelyn Brown, 45, of Wessex Road, Didcot
Prodrive boss David Richards cannot wait to bring the Mini name back into front-line rallying following the official launch of their John Cooper Works World Rally Championship challenger today. The Mini WRC Team, which is run by the Banbury-based
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A man has been jailed for 14 months for an unprovoked assault which left his victim with a fractured skull. Christopher Paxton, 23, of Cromwell Road, Banbury, admitted causing grievous bodily harm, after a 38-year-old man was left with serious head
The mother of murdered Becky Godden-Edwards has told of how her daughter's death has devastated her family. Karen Edwards said her daughter's drug addiction had turned her into a "very different person". A tearful Mrs Edwards was comforted by her
RACING driver Will Bratt has signed an 11th-hour deal to compete in the 2011 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Off the back of a highly successful track return during official F2 testing at Snetterton in Norfolk the week before last, the 22-year-old
FOR a setting where the festival prided itself on a family-friendly ethos and idyllic Oxfordshire surroundings, the new Wilderness event at Cornbury Park in Charlbury has had a turbulent year. First organiser Hugh Phillimore, who ran the original
A MAN died after being struck by a train on tracks just outside Bicester. British Transport Police officers were called to the line close to Bicester North railway station just before 9am today. A BTP spokesman said: ”BTP and Thames
FOOTBALL. NPOWER LEAGUE TWO. Oxford Utd 2, Wycombe Wands 2. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Banbury Utd 4, Stourbridge 0; Halesowen 0, Oxford C 3; Swindon Supermarine 2, Didcot Tn 3. Div 1 South & West: Sholing 4, Abingdon Utd 1; Stourport
A BID to open Chipping Norton’s first kebab shop has failed after an outcry from residents. Thirty-six residents wrote to West Oxfordshire District Council warning the plan for Horsefair would increase antisocial behaviour, noise, littering and create
A BID to open Chipping Norton’s first kebab shop has failed after an outcry from residents. Thirty six residents wrote to West Oxfordshire District Council warning the plan for Horsefair would increase antisocial behaviour, noise, littering and create
A FATHER has admitted the double axe murder of his ex-girlfriend and her son. Michael Kelly, 46, admitted killing Sally Cox and her son Martin Faulkner, 22, when he appeared at Oxford Crown Court this morning. He also admitted causing
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A beautiful late afternoon in April saw three very fine musicians playing on the terrace at Quod. Tim Dawes, an Oxfordshire based bass player, always manages to bring some of this countries finest jazz players to Oxford. Dave Lewis a very fine tenor
Britain's unseasonably warm spell of early spring sunshine will start to beat a retreat today as the mini-heatwave gives way to more traditional April weather. Barbecues are set to be replaced with brollies as a front sweeps across the UK from
CHILDREN as young as eight from an Oxford estate have been conning nearby residents in a fake sponsorship scam. Police said children from Barton have moved in to target communities in Headington after their own neighbours had wised up to their cheeky
BUDDING young stars in Oxford have taken their first steps on the road to fame. Talent Oxford returned to Templars Square Shopping Centre at the weekend to unearth the city’s undiscovered stars. A total of 300 youngsters sang, danced
A SEMI-PROFESSIONAL footballer whose father played in the Premier League has been jailed for a racist tirade towards a bus driver. Former Abingdon United defender Samuel Elkins drunkenly abused Haigar Abdallah on a late-night route before snatching
A FUNDRAISING appeal has collected more than £7,000 for survivors of the Japanese tsunami. An estimated 1,000 people headed to Marlborough School, in Woodstock, this weekend for a two-day celebration of Japanese culture. As many as 25,000 people are
THE opening of a new discotheque at Botley, Oxford, brought plenty of smiles. Youngsters who claimed there was nothing to do in the evenings, suddenly found themselves dancing to the latest pop tunes. And two well-known disc jockeys,
RON Tombs has a memento of an event which thrilled thousands of people in Oxford more than a century ago. Among his collection of postcards is one produced for a pageant which took place in the city in 1907. The caption reads: “Henry II visited Oxford
THREE members of the town branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution received long service awards in 1990. Colin Tait, Sandra Winzor and her husband, Brian, are seen in the first picture with lifeboat models built by Vic Cole, of Faringdon. Wantage
OXFORD’S civic mace dates from 1660, but one part of it is much newer after it ended up – with some councillors – in the River Cherwell. On August 17, 1892, three years after the city had been extended and become a county borough, the mayor and a group
DID you live or work in Littlemore, or know anyone who did? If so, the re-formed Littlemore History Society would like to hear from you. Spokesman Mary Steele writes: “Everyone is very eager to begin new projects. “One project we would like to start
WHY all the fuss about mixed wards in hospitals? I myself was once in a mixed ward and didn’t have any problems. Each bed was separated by a heavy curtain stretching from floor to ceiling and I never heard a sound from my nearest patients. KEN HILL
RECENTLY I was told something that I thought could not be true, but after investigation, to my horror, I discovered it to be correct. Winter Fuel Allowance is being reduced from £250 to £200, and, for those over 80, from £400 to £300. Did the Chancellor
Banbury Utd 4 (Haisley, 40, Stone 49, 80, 82 pen) Stourbridge 0 A second-half hat-trick from David Stone saw Banbury United all but seal their Premier Division survival in their gave United their biggest win of the season at Spencer Stadium on Saturday
Halesowen Town 0 Oxford City 3 (Barcelos 46, 65, Anderson 63) Felipe Barcelos bagged a double as City secured the win they needed to secure their Premier Division status with a straight-forward victory in the Midlands. Back in January Mike Ford’s
Sholing 4 (Wort 19, Mason 42, Gibbens 67, Ashcroft 84) Abingdon Utd 1 (Parfitt 7) Abingdon United’s misery continued as they went down to a heavy defeat at Division 1 South & West high-fliers Sholing. They got off to an ideal start when Aaron Parfitt
Wantage Town 4 (Malton 47, Eatwell 84, Edney pen 86, Jones 89) Witney United 3 (McKeon 49, Mays 51, Tustain pen 65) Gavin Jones headed a late winner as Wantage kept up their Premier Division 1 title hopes in a seven-goal thriller on
THIS is another picture of the Teenbeats, one of the local groups which played at the Carfax Assembly Rooms in Oxford. As we recalled (Memory Lane, January 24), the five-strong band – Mick Hopcroft, Tony Meehan, Mick Charlton, Richard Burrage and Mike
WOMEN’S Institute members never missed an opportunity to bake a cake and celebrate. We recorded the occasion that Botley WI cut a cake to mark its 60th anniversary in 1979 (Memory Lane, February 14). Now another picture has come to light
Swindon Super 2 (McHugh 17, Bampton 50) Didcot Tn 0 Didcot Town dropped back into the Premier Division bottom three following a below-par performance at Supermarine. Weymouth climbed out of the drop zone at Didcot’s expense following a 4-0 win at
Stourport 0 North Leigh 4 (Hopkins 1, Reardon 12, Hole 37, Taylor 39) North Leigh boosted their Division 1 West play-off hopes with a superb display at Stourport. Four first-half goals ended the game as a contest and saw Mark Gee’s side move to within
SAM Waley-Cohen was able to reflect on the best ten minutes of his life after finishing a gallant second on Oscar Time behind Ballabriggs in the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree on Saturday. The 28-year-old amateur rider went agonisingly close
Cheltenham Sara 4 (Crosskey 25, 28, Hammond 55, 77) Headington Am 1 (Jacob 80) Headington’s Division 1 West title charge suffered a dent as they were handed a harsh lesson in finishing. The visitors started strongly, with Ollie Zaja twice denied
Oxonians just aren’t as fit as they used to be. Or rather, it’s that they’re more interested in looking fit than being fit. And trust me, the difference isn’t that subtle. Most mornings, the pant-pant-pant and swish-swish-swish (of nylon shorts) invariably
IN response to Steve Chandler’s letter (Oxford Mail, March 25), I wrote letters to this page before the General Election, telling people not to trust David Cameron or the Tory party. I have never trusted them since Thatcher ruined this country. And
ON Friday, March 25, my husband and I took two sofas to Help The Heroes charity shop, which is in Drayton Road, in Abingdon. The man took a look at them and said: “Wrong colour – people like colours”. They were brown and in perfectly good condition
Angela Cummine’s analysis of the possible outcome of using the Alternative Voting system (Oxford Mail), April 4) is flawed, because it has assumed that the electorate’s first choice of candidate will remain unchanged under the new, improved system, but
PEOPLE of Oxford, especially council tenants, should beware the fanfare accompanying the announcement of the housing group GreenSquare’s intended development in this city. Once the trumpetings have faded we will find that the icing on the cake is in
The Cumnor goal scorers were: Match 1: Mark McCarthy, Freddie Nunn, Gregor Horn and Match 2: Gabriel Rooma, Maxi Madrian. For Summertown goal scorers were: Match 2: Tommy Bleakley, Daniel Owen (2).
Chris Wilder rued “a mad ten minutes” as his Oxford United team squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Wycombe at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday. It was a richly entertaining spectacle for the 9,309 spectators, but the U’s were kicking themselves
LITTLE Charlotte Nott will soon be able to play with her friends again, thanks to big-hearted Oxford residents. Just three months ago the toddler’s parents feared the worst after she was struck down with an aggressive form of meningitis.
A WOMAN who sparked a large-scale police investigation after claiming she was robbed and stabbed in a Bicester churchyard has admitted making the story up. The 23-year-old stabbed herself in St Edburg’s Churchyard in December, but told officers she was
FAMILIES are celebrating a half-a-million-pound windfall which will help boost community spirit on their estate. Over the past four years Rose Hill in Oxford has seen 98 prefabricated homes knocked down and replaced by 254 new homes. Now the focus
A MAN was threatened with a bottle and had a wheelie bin repeatedly thrown at his head in a street fight. Rudy Pollard was attacked as he cycled in Oxford Road, Cowley, on December 29. Tamir Mutwali and a 17-year-old boy were sentenced at Oxford Crown
A broken-down van today caused delays for drivers on the A34. The van broke down on the southbound carriageway, between the Peartree Interchange and the Botley Interchange, blocking one lane. Long delays were reported back to junction 9 of the M40 at
A CYCLIST was injured in a crash with a car this morning. The man sustained minor injuries after the accident on the roundabout between Mill Road and Drayton Road in Abingdon. Police were called at 7.43am and are still on the scene. Motorists
A SPECIAL school is appealing for help to finance a state-of-the-art classroom after being hit by Government funding cuts. Bardwell School, in Hendon Place, Bicester, needs to raise £30,000 for the classroom, which will feature specialist equipment such
A TEAM of 12 cyclists from RAF Benson are to retrace the 860-mile escape route of a pilot who was shot down in the Second World War to raise money for charity. Bomber pilot George Duffee, 87, parachuted into Nazi-occupied Holland in 1943
