POLICE have warned for the first time they may start fining drivers for breaking Oxford’s 20mph speed limit. Officers monitored motorists driving past St John Fisher Primary School in Sandy Lane West on Wednesday and spotted 44 out of 110 cars
CITY youngsters will play out a battle of the sexes at the Kassam Stadium tomorrow. Players from Oxford City under-12s girls’ and boys’ teams will stage a symbolic tug of war on the pitch before Oxford United’s clash with Lincoln City. Girls’ team member
YOUNGSTERS in Oxford will be offered more free swimming after Oxford City Council splashes the cash. Until last autumn, under-17s and pensioners had been able to swim for free at city pools. But the council cut that back to sessions
BREAST cancer survivor Helen Jordan will be lacing up her running shoes for the 11th time to take part in this year’s Race for Life. The 69-year-old will join about 10,000 other women at Oxford’s University Parks on Sunday, June 26, for the Cancer Research
There were delays on the A34 northbound between Pear Tree, Oxford, and Bletchingdon today following an accident. A vehicle crashed into the central reservation at about 11.45am. Two people were injured.
Police launched an investigation after a body was found hanging close to Christ Church Boathouse at 1.15pm today. The death is being treated as “unexplained”. Inspector Paul Beaney said: “A male body has been located by the Christ Church Boathouse.
A 66-year-old man from Carterton died after a head-on collision between two vans on the A361. The man was trapped in his vehicle and, despite the efforts of the emergency services, died at the scene. The accident happened between Filkins and Lechlade
A man was found dead close to Christ Church Boathouse, in Oxford, at about 1.15pm today. Police are treating the death as "unexplained". Inspector Paul Beaney said: “A male body has been located by the Christ Church Boathouse.
AFTER six months at the Witney office, I thought it was about time I immersed myself in the culture and traditions of West Oxfordshire. And what better way to start, I thought to myself, than trying my hand at morris dancing. So, despite
VILLAGERS have seen the light with a major solar panel scheme they hope will leave more cash for community projects. The village hall roof at Tackley, near Kidlington, has been fitted with solar panels thanks to a £160,000 green energy grant from British
EMMA LUDDEN had forgotten about her firefighters charity raffle ticket when she found out she had won a trip she believes has changed her life. Emma, then 29, was at her friend Laura Parker’s for a late-summer barbecue when a call came through telling
A crash today blocked the northbound carriageway of the A34 near Oxford. Police said a vehicle struck the central reservation between the Peartree Interchange and the B4027 turning for Islip. Stationary traffic is reported on the northbound carriageway
CHILDREN yesterday celebrated the Royal Wedding by holding mock marriages and street parties. Bampton Primary School pupils Ceira Fraser-Hobbs, seven, and Daniel Pilkington, six, dressed up as the bride and groom and vicar David Lloyd led the
CHURCH bells across Oxford will ring out to mark the Royal Wedding, with volunteers touring colleges and churches in one of the biggest celebrations since the 1980s. Christ Church’s Great Tom bell, the loudest in Oxford, will be rung at 12:
Congratulations to Dr Stephen Richards in becoming the lead for the proposed GP consortia for Oxfordshire (Oxford Mail, April 19). But being unopposed and with an electorate of GPs could suggest a lack of eagerness in the GP workforce to take the role
We are writing in response to the case featured in The Issue – Development (Tuesday’s Oxford Mail). There are several concerns regarding the granting of planning permission in this case. The planning application was made and validated on February
OXFORDSHIRE’S very own Kate and William are hoping to pick up a few tips from today’s Royal Wedding. Like the Royal couple, they broke up and endured a temporary split before love brought them back together. Katie Aldridge, 29, and William
YOU kindly printed last week a letter in which I sounded off about garden bags at nearly £2 each. Certain eyebrows have been raised at my statement that £2 can mean a day’s food for many folk. So, to save councillors the trouble (and some of them may
LEE, Ricky and John were bedding in the last of the hallowed flagstones of the Old Schools Quadrangle to what was Oxford’s biggest jigsaw puzzle. Hundreds have missed the tranquillity of this centuries-old haven of peace. But now we’ll miss Lee, Ricky
DEFENDING champions Westbury have strengthened their squad ahead of the new OCA League season, which gets under way tomorrow. Westbury take on last year’s runners-up Horley in their opener, and captain Richard Tredwell is hopeful of defending
Lincoln look set to bring more than 600 fans to tomorrow’s game at the Kassam Stadium after the offer of free coach travel. With the Imps hovering just above the relegation zone, Lincoln want their players to have all the backing they can. Lincoln chairman
Oxford United's Supporters group Ox-Vox are having a question and answer session with U’s director and TV sports presenter Jim Rosenthal before tomorrow’s game. It will take place in the Landmark Room inside the stadium, starting at 1pm.
OXFORDSHIRE may be opening their season on Sunday, but they are not sure who will open the batting against Dorset in the MCCA Trophy (11). Potential openers Damian Shirazi (work commitments) and Chris Sandbach (knee injury) are both unavailable for the
OXFORD United’s Reserves have been pipped to the Tote-sport.com Combination East Division title this week – on goal difference. Ipswich’s 1-0 win at Luton on Tuesday meant the Cham-pionship club’s second string just overhauled Oxford. Both clubs finished
Dfender Mitchell Hanson had an appointment with the doctor yesterday to see whether he can be involved for the U’s against Lincoln tomorrow. The unfortunate Hanson was stretchered off against Chesterfield at the Kassam Stadium last Saturday just 12 minutes
HARRY Burn’s rapid progress has been rewarded with an Oxfordshire call up for tomorrow’s Pool 3 clash with Berkshire at Chinnor (3). The 18-year-old Oxford Harlequins wing could make his county debut at Kingsey Road after breaking into his
I RECENTLY used the car park opposite Didcot Parkway railway station, and lost £6 to a faulty ticket machine, leaving me with just three spare £1 coins. The gentleman behind me not only produced the shortfall, but made sure I had my ticket
Long-time playing partners Duncan Todd and Adrian Roberts won the men’s over 55 doubles title at the inaugural Oxfordshire Veterans Open Championships, held at the Esporta Club Oxford over the Easter weekend. The Oxford City duo won all three of their
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. NPOWER LEAGUE TWO. Oxford Utd v Lincoln City. UHLSPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE. Premier Div: Reading Tn v Pegasus Juniors. Div 1 West: Purton v Hook Norton. President's Reserve Cup final
OXFORD United’s players are determined to thank the fans who have supported them so magnificently this season by signing off with a win in their last home game. The U’s, who have drawn their last four npower League Two games, finish off their league
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save their city swimming pool protested against its replacement complex before a crunch meeting last night. Planning permission for the council’s proposed £16m pool at Blackbird Leys was approved at a heated meeting of Oxford
AN AGRICULTURAL firm was fined £35,000 following the death of a newly-married woman whose car skidded on a mud-covered road near Abingdon. Victoria Cavanagh, 28, from Abingdon, was in her Lotus Elise when the vehicle skidded on mud on the A415 at Culham
HOSPITAL bosses have blamed being ranked the worst in the country for patients sharing mixed sex wards on ‘over-reporting’. Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals (ORH) Trust, which runs the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Horton hospitals, reported that in February
TRAPPED in a blazing car with both his legs broken, Anton Moiseyev prepared himself to die. He had crashed roof-first into a tree near Deddington and watched, semi- conscious, as the flames engulfed his legs and moved closer to his upper body. But
A man died and two people were taken to hospital with possible spinal injuries after two vans collided head-on. The accident happened on the A361 between Filkins and Lechlade at about 11am yesterday. A man was trapped in his van and
MORE than 90 firefighters continue to tackle a thatched roof fire in Great Tew, near Chipping Norton. The blaze, which has damaged two homes in New Road, started in a chimney at about 9.30pm last night. Ten people were in the houses
Apparently, there is a wedding taking place today. You may have heard a whisper. Wills and Kate are due to tie the knot, in fact, they may have even done it by the time you are reading this. The last week has seen a spark, nay, explosion of interest
THE work of specialist surgeons at the Oxford Children’s Hospital is to feature in a major new television series. Children's Craniofacial Surgery, A Fighting Chance, to begin on BBC Two next week, looks at the challenges faced by surgeons at
JADE Wyatt from Wheatley is hoping to realise her dream of being Miss Teen Queen UK. Jade was scouted at the Clothes Show Live event in Birmingham in December. Now the 15-year-old has reached the semi-finals. She said: “Since I was little I have always
Oxford United fans have just hours left to net themselves a true collector’s item. For the last home game of the season the U’s will wear special shirts with the Oxford Children’s Hospital logo. The signed shirts will be auctioned off
