A 50-YEAR-OLD window cleaner is punching above his weight after beating more than 400 young bodybuilders in an endurance challenge. Steve Ellwood, from Wantage, lifted two 16kg dumbbells more than 850 times in 50 minutes to win the Dragan Challenge at
A BEAUTY queen who lost her father in a cycle accident will overcome her fear of bikes to pedal for charity cash. Newly-crowned Miss Oxford Kirsty Beer, 21, will cycle 60 miles from Kidlington to Banbury and Bicester and back to Kidlington,
TWO CHOIRS last night celebrated ten years of firm friendship with a concert at Oxford’s historic Sheldonian Theatre. This week the East Oxford Community Choir welcomed back old friends, the Ensemble Vocal Interlude, from Oxford’s twin city Grenoble
THERE have been calls for clearer signage after three men suffered ‘life changing injuries’ when their car flipped over at a new roundabout in Bicester. One of the men, 26-year-old Robert Singleton, could be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life,
CROWDS walking round with big sticks, scholars drinking beer flavoured with ground ivy, and students throwing coins off a tower roof... it can only be Ascension Day in Oxford. While most people had no idea that the Christian festival passed them by on
AUTHOR Dan Holloway is reaching out to thousands of fans and even winning favour with some over top city authors Evelyn Waugh and Colin Dexter – all thanks to the internet. The 39-year-old administrator is getting his thrillers into the hands of fans
Horspath Hammers were in top form as they maintained their 100 per cent record in the British Premier League by beating Ipswich 116-59 at Whitton Sports Centre. Hammers’ resident Polish star Matuesz Szymczak registered a 20-point maximum.
Nathan Harrison, the promising kart racer from Cumnor Hill, overcame a series of problems to come third in the second round of the Euro Max Challenge, held at Wackersdorf in Bavaria. The 14-year-old qualified for the first of three heats with
Reigning champion Jason Plato believes he will able to hit back in Oulton Park’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship round tomorrow after recent dramas at Donington Park and Thruxton. The Oxford driver, with an unrivalled six wins around Oulton
Tim Harvey, the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup champion and the most successful driver in the championship’s history, is withdawing from this year’s competititon. The 49-year-old from Bicester, with 35 race wins and 106 podiums, has stepped
White Horse Judo Club’s Stephen Miles won a bronze medal at the BJC Junior National Championships in Hereford. Competing in his last junior competition before stepping up to senior level, Miles won five tough fights to claim joint third place in the
THE closest finish in the Oxfordshire Under 13 League came in Group B where hosts Buscot Park squeezed to a one-wicket victory over Ducklington. An unbeaten 32 from Connor Newcombe, which included seven fours, backed up by 30 not out from Ben Allum,
THE star of TV’s Blackadder comedy has come up against a slithery problem in his bid to build a futuristic countryside home. Actor Rowan Atkinson was given planning permission to build the controversial hi-tech house in Ipsden last August. But the discovery
OXON: Police investigating a fatal crash on the A41 on Wednesday are looking into whether a vehicle was travelling without its lights. A black Honda Jazz and a black Sky Jet motorcycle collided on the A41 from Bicester to Aylesbury, near Piddington.
GREAT TEW: Members of British rockers Dire Straits will perform at The Cornbury Festival. The group, famous for classic rock tunes including Sultans of Swing, will perform for an hour on Sunday, July 3. The festival will run from July 1 to 3. Organisers
OXFORD United captain James Constable and a team of volunteers set off to Kenya on Monday on a 10-day trip to teach children English and sport. Constable, last year’s leading goal scorer, will be joined by the club’s social inclusion officer John Armstrong
Berinsfield ABC light flyweight James Maughan has added two victories to his tally. The 14-year-old stopped Zoltan Lesings inside a round at Hayes, and then recorded a points victory over the host club’s John Buckmaster at Chepstow. Maughan’s clubmate
OXFORDSHIRE Under 13s fell to a four-wicket defeat in their friendly with Dorset at Cokethorpe School. Having been inserted, Oxon made a fine start as Connor Graney and Kit Morland shared 61 for the first wicket. Morland’s half century included seven
Oxfordshire pipped Hampshire by one wicket in a dramatic ECB Women’s Under 15 County Championship South Division clash at Eversley CC. Harriet Boland led the way with 4-31 as Hants were dismissed for 137 in 28 over, opener Victoria Childs top-scoring
Five years ago, a young angler in the making appeared in the Oxford Mail at the tender age of two-and-a-half. It was Mitchell Foster, who took up angling when he received a magnetic fishing rod at Christmas from his grandparents and has never looked
Gerard Foley emerged as the Predator Spring Cup champion following the final match at Lower Court Farm, writes ANDY WEBBER. Third place with 36.12.0 of carp and skimmers on long pole with pellet and paste was enough to give him the title after he had
RESULTS Oakfield (Wednesday, Brook-Swallow, 18 fished): 1 J Rogers (Frenzee GOT Baits) 61.10.8, 2 R Foley (GOT Oakfield) 54.6.8, 3 N Bryan (The Matchmen) 35.4.8. Oakfield (Thursday evening match, Brook, 7 fished): 1 R Foley (GOT Oakfield
Witney had five individual winners as they finished fourth at the Braunstone 50m Trophy Gala in Coventry. Rupert Walker recorded a personal best to take the boys 11 years’ 50m breaststroke and the club’s swimmer-of-the-match award. Yolanda Speare, Aimee
A STEP into Dulcies sweet shop in Woodstock’s High Street is like walking back in time. Children climb an ancient set of steps to pick out their 1p and 2p sweets with a pair of tongs, while quarter-pounds of gobstoppers, liquorice comfits and sherbet
OXFORDSHIRE Under 14s were beaten by 87 runs after a disappointing performance with the bat in their friendly against Dorset at Dean Park, Bournemouth. Oxfordshire bowled and fielded well, and at one stage were well on top as they reduced their hosts
UNCONTROLLED parking around Oxford Brookes University will continue for at least four years, a council chief has said. The news comes after Oxfordshire County Council confirmed a U-turn on planned parking controls in Cheney Lane and Warneford Lane, Headington
AFTER serving the faithful in Oxford for five decades, the Rev Paul Rimmer must have seen it all. From the joy of weddings to the sadness of funerals, his role at St Nicholas Church, in Old Marston, saw him play a vital role in the community
OXFORD University will take on Australian Universities in an inaugural two-day match in The Parks, starting on Monday. It is hoped the students’ clash will become an annual one, with former Oxford University captain and England player Vic Marks stressing
Saturday meeting attendances continue to increase and last weekend was the best for some time. It featured the Kathy Russek charity night in aid of the Ian Rennie Hospice. Sponsored races have increased by 33 per cent on last year. A magnificent total
POLICE patrols have been stepped up in East Oxford following a report of another sex attack. Yesterday the Oxford Mail reported two sex assaults in Southfield Road, which involved three women. But now another victim has come forward to say she was also
ECB 50+ COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP A SPECTACULAR innings from Malcolm Evans helped Oxfordshire Over 50s to their third successive Group 4 victory as they defeated previously unbeaten Worcestershire by 75 runs at Oxford Downs. Evans struck an
OXFORDSHIRE Under 17s gifted Gloucestershire 42 wides as they were beaten by 28 runs in their final warm-up match before the ECB competitions start later this month. Oxon will need to rectify this and work on building partnerships with the bat after
TODAY the very cream of Oxford’s performing crop will be unveiled in the grand final of Talent Oxford. Yesterday singers, dancers, and models strutted their stuff at the Kassam Stadium. Among those performing was boy band Wireless, pictured, solo artist
NEIGHBOURS in an Oxford street have been reimbursed after an Oxford Mail investigation revealed they had been paying too much council tax. Residents in Mortimer Road, Rose Hill have been paid back the undisclosed sum after it emerged their identical
TODAY’S story about how 15 homes in Rose Hill have been paying too much council tax makes a strong case for checking if you’ve been wrongly billed. Residents in Mortimer Road, Rose Hill, were stunned to discover 18 homes were on a cheaper band than 22
Bears Zulu, out of luck since posting a fast time in qualifying, gets some respite tonight in the A4, the last race on the card, and could open his account for trainer Ron Bicknell. He will have to get his trapping boots on though. His latest races
Oxford United are breaking new ground by moving their training base back to the city. They are switching from their training facilities at Chesterton, near Bicester, to the Rover Sports and Social Club in Cowley for next season. The
A BIKERS’ convention which attracts around 8,000 motorcyclists has been cancelled for the first time since 1978. The Cassington Bike Night, organised by the British Motorcycle Riders’ Club (BRMC) of Oxford, was due to be held on Monday, June
A £130,000 overhaul of a Blackbird Leys play area could see the return of the estate’s skatepark. Oxford City Council will revamp the Pegasus Road playground later this year. Designs for the children’s play area are in the early stages but residents
CHLOE Henderson was just three months old when her own father beat her up, leaving the defenceless baby with a fractured skull and broken ribs. Charlie Henderson was supposed to be babysitting his tiny daughter, but instead launched the vile
Rot in hell – that is the verdict of Lauren Hamblin, whose boyfriend Charlie Henderson viciously attacked his own infant daughter. Any parent would rightly agree. Words cannot describe how appalling Henderson’s actions were, actions which left his defenceless
Police are appealing for help after a girl and a woman were shot at with a BB gun in Banbury. A 16-year-old girl was walking along George Street when she felt a sharp pain in her chest and realised she had been shot at. The incident happened at
GREATER Leys residents have completed the dream of a woman who died last year. Carrie Hetherington, former director of city dementia charity Daybreak, passed away before her vision of a sensory garden at the charity’s base could be finished. But members
