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  • MOTORCYCLING: Smith suffers last-lap blow

    Oxfordshire's Bradley Smith endured a frustrating final lap as he finished 19th in the Moto2 race in yesterday’s Catalunya MotoGP. Smith, who started in sixth place, lost eight positions on the opening lap, before climbing to sixth with some

  • SCALES OF JUSTICE ON MONDAY: Who's been before the courts

    OXFORD *Tracey Egdell, 39, of Lenthall Road, Abingdon, admitted failing to tell Vale of White Horse District Council of a change in circumstances regarding entitlement to housing and council tax benefit on April 10, 2008, namely that she was in receipt

  • Child burnt in house fire

    A CHILD suffered a burn injury to their arm in a fire in Witney today. Fire crews were called to a small fire in the front of a home at Fettiplace Road at 12.45pm. An elderly woman was also treated for smoke inhalation. Crews used breathing appratus

  • MAN ABOUT TOWN: What's in a name? Quite a lot actually

    News that Oxford’s top boys names – at least last month – were Thomas, George and, in joint third place, Benjamin, Oliver and Samuel, opened old wounds. For years I’d hated ‘Jeremy’ (although in truth it could have been worse; my parents had initially

  • A lot of lunch

    Villagers in Wolvercote enjoyed a spot of lunch and met their neighbours yesterday, as part of a nationwide event. Other “Big Lunch” celebrations took place in Kidlington, Oxford Castle, Wantage and Longworth. The event was started by the Eden Project

  • Dog Days may soon be over at Oxford Stadium

    Oxford greyhound racing stadium is no stranger to financial crises and the looming threat of closure. Indeed, its history is more chequered than the flags which signalled speedway racing at the track until 2007. We reported recently how Oxford City

  • Walking in memory of my big sis

    AN Abingdon man is stepping out to raise cash for a cancer charity in memory of his big sister. Darius Evans, 32, will walk 10 miles alongside his family and friends to honour Elicia Bolam, who passed away in March. The 44-year-old council worker suffered

  • Local share prices (PM)

    AEA Technology 4.2 BMW 5412 Electrocomponents 295.8 Nationwide Accident Repair 95.5 Oxford Biomedica 5.7 Oxford Catalysts 84.25 Oxford Instruments 762.25 Reed Elsevier 557.75 RM 148.75 RPS Group 238.3 Courtesy of Redmayne

  • Individuals show real class

    In a disappointing finish to the season for Oxford’s Four Nations Chess League club, not only did Oxford 1 get demoted from division 1 to division 2 — but Oxford 2 narrowly missed promotion and so — once again — failed to escape the hugely competitive

  • Police probe fifth sex attack

    POLICE believe a serial sex attacker may have struck for the fifth time in ten days. A 19-year-old woman was walking along Westbury Crescent at about 3.30am yesterday when she was pushed to the floor and sexually assaulted. Officers

  • Help get mental health issue all buttoned up

    A PIECE of art made of buttons will go on display at the Cowley Road Carnival event in South Park to highlight the issue of mental health. Jane Yates, from Wolvercote, is asking for contributions from residents to help the six-foot-tall ‘Button

  • Townies invited to take a trip round the farm

    FARMS across Oxfordshire will open their gates to the public on Sunday to give urban folk a glimpse of country life. Farms across the county will invite people to drop in and find out how live produce makes its way to their dinner tables, as part of

  • No truck with lorries

    I write in response to a letter in Friday’s Oxford Mail from Neil Thompson, in response to my letter, reference lorry drivers on the A34. If, as he claims, lorry drivers receive the extensive training they do, that fails to explain why many incidents

  • A farcical waste

    both the letter Council not listening to us on St Clement’s and The Issue (Oxford Mail June highlighted once again the problem with councillors and politicians in general. They only listen to people who agree with them. Also David Robertson said in

  • Local share prices (AM)

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  • Burst leaves homes without water

    A BURST water main left hundreds of homes without water in Oxfordshire yesterday morning. The burst pipe in Glympton Road in Stonesfield affected houses across a large swathe of the county, including parts of west Oxford, villages around Chipping Norton

  • It's raining fun

    THE PEOPLE of Headington proved their spirits could not be dampened by the rain yesterday. The ninth Headington Festival attracted more than 2,000 people to Bury Knowle Park for face-painting, dancing and welly-wanging. And despite showers throughout

  • Man jailed for doormen attack

    OXFORD: A 24-year-old man has been jailed for verbally and physically assaulting door staff outside a city nightclub. Anthony Joyce, of Redbridge Hollow, South Oxford, admitted using racially aggravated fear or provocation of violence towards

  • Dealer guilty

    N OXON: A teenager has admitted dealing drugs. Lemone English, 18, from South London, appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Friday and admitted possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply in Goldfinch Close, Bicester, on July 15. He also admitted

  • 37 years of sweet success for sisters

    A VISIT to Dulcies sweet shop in Woodstock’s High Street is like stepping back in time. Children climb an old pair of steps to pick out their 1p and 2p sweets with a pair of tongs, while quarter-pounds of gobstoppers, liquorice comfits and

  • UK Mini sales rise

    Sales of the Cowley-built Mini rose sharply in the UK last month, lastest figures haver revealed. Statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show 4,262 cars were sold, compared to 3,445 in the same month last year, a rise of 23.72

  • COMMENT: Sweet farewell

    IT IS the end of an era in Woodstock as sisters Dulcie Smith and Ann Grant prepare to weigh out their last quarter of comfits after 37 years. But let’s hope it’s not the end of the values they have championed. Dulcies is an old fashioned shop and

  • Oxfordshire's finest show they really have got talent

    AN AUDIENCE of hundreds watched some of the county’s best young talent strut their stuff at the Kassam Stadium. The Talent Oxford finals featured 64 young acts aiming to make it big, including dancers, singers and musicians. Competition

  • Temple action not a question of faith

    I WRITE with reference to Didcot resident Chris Halford’s over-emotional reaction to the Sikh house/temple, in Old Marston, being forced to close (Oxford Mail, May 27). I have to say that, much as I agree that Sikhs have a peaceful inoffensive religion

  • RESULTS: Greyhounds 04/05

    SATURDAY’S RESULTS 7.35: 1 SNAZZY SKY 2-1 fav, 2 Lingrawn Penny 8-1. Trio: (6x1x2). Trainer: Bicknell. Time: 28.34. 7.50: 1 SIERRA LOBO 5-2, 2 Moorstown Mystic 4-1. Trio: (3x4x1). Trainer: A Kibble. Time: 27.18. (2) Pennys Awesom 2-1 fav. 8.05: 1 SHELBOURNE

  • New bid to save European School

    PARENTS have applied for a new ‘free school’ to carry on the work of Culham’s European School, which is set to close in 2017. The “Europa School” would run alongside the European school and offer the same curriculum until the latter closed. It would

  • GIVE US A REVAMP: 'Crown Walk is dead'

    TRADERS have demanded improvements to a shopping precinct which they say is essential to compete with the £70m redevelopment of Bicester town centre. Businesses in one half of Crown Walk say they are fed up looking at empty units and claim

  • Littlemore pupils on song for speech day

    THESE young people must have raised the roof. They belonged to the choir and orchestra at Littlemore Grammar School in 1966. Smartly dressed, they assembled in the school hall to entertain parents at the annual speech day. We don’t know what they sang

  • Paper mill shot up in flames

    IT WAS all hands to the pump when Sandford Paper Mill caught fire. Sixty firemen from seven brigades fought the blaze, one of the biggest in the Oxford area for many years – and were helped by scores of volunteers. The alarm was raised just before 9pm

  • School top class in road safety quizzes

    CHILDREN at Woodstock Primary School were top of the class when it came to road safety quizzes. The four children pictured, Rebecca Dresden, Matthew Simmons, Richard Glazer and Angela Carritt, were worthy winners of the 1983 countywide competition.

  • Musical mayhem at Gosford Hill

    STREET war flared among rival gangs at Kidlington – but all the action was on stage. The Jets and the Sharks were sharpening their flick knives and chains, ready for cutting-edge conflict. Gosford Hill School had decided to depart from its usual offering

  • Marston pupils met up to make music

    PUPILS from four schools in Marston, Oxford, teamed up in 1990 to form a huge choir, accompanied by 10 instrumentalists. The 250 singers from St Nicholas First School, St Michael’s First School, New Marston First School and Marston Middle School

  • Cotswold Line commuters back on track

    COTSWOLD Line commuters were back on the rails this morning as the route reopened on time after a week-long closure to commission new double track and signals in West Oxfordshire. New platforms were opened at Charlbury and Ascott-under-Wychwood

  • RESULTS: 04/05

    CRICKET SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Bishop’s Stortford 244-8 (66 ovs, S Lindop 53no, P Barker 5-96), Welwyn Garden City 183 (54.2 ovs). Bishop Stortford 25pts, Welwyn Garden City 5. Banbury 299-7 (66 ovs, L Sabin 58

  • U's face blues in pre-season

    Birmingham City and an Everton XI are the eye-catching opponents from the list of pre-season fixtures that Oxford United have announced today. Both they, and Milton Keynes Dons from League One, will be making their first appearances at the Kassam Stadium

  • CRICKET: Bhatti bonanza wrecks Rowant

    Jaydeep Bhatti took 7-54 to give Thame Town a crushing 89-run victory at arch rivals Aston Rowant – and their first win of the season in Division 2 West. The Indian left-arm spinner, who posted a club record 64 wickets last season, sent Rowant crashing

  • CRICKET: Ryan stars for Banbury but Henley tail hold out

    LUKE Ryan’s five-wicket haul wasn’t quite enough to bring Banbury victory as Henley’s last pair held on for a draw at the Brakspear Ground in Division 1. The Oxfordshire left-arm spinner took 5-83 off 21 overs as Henley closed on 215-9 in reply to Banbury

  • CRICKET: Horspath battle to maiden victory

    Horspath posted their first win in Division 2 West with a three-wicket victory to shatter joint leaders Harefield’s 100 per cent record. After winning the toss and electing to bowl, the hosts dismissed their Middlesex visitors for 144. Some fine swing

  • CRICKET: Harrison hits 5,000 mark as Oxford go marching on

    Skipper Jason Harrison reached the milestone of 5,000 Premier League runs during his unbeaten 55 as he steered Division 1 leaders Oxford to a five-wicket win over second-placed Harpenden at Rover Cowley. After winning the toss and putting the Hertfordshire

  • Pippa Middleton joins stars at Blenheim Triathlon

    PIPPA Middleton was one of the head-turning stars to compete in this year’s Blenheim Triathlon. She was one of 5,5000 competitors and ran the 5k distance as part of a team relay. Formula 1 driver Jenson Button, also took part in the

  • When new gate was picked for lock

    SYLVIA Clark won’t forget the time this picture was taken. It dates from the 1980s when workmen were fitting a new gate at Sandford Lock, the deepest on the River Thames. A crane was brought in to remove the old gate and lift the new one into position

  • The changing face of Oxford

    PUPILS at Headington Junior School learned French with the aid of colour films. Ann Slack, on the left in the first picture, who wrote the script and played the teacher in the films, visited the school to introduce the revolutionary method in 1965

  • Police swamp streets in anti-knife drive

    DOZENS of police officers took to the city’s streets on Saturday night as part of their war on knife crime. The large scale deployment took in East Oxford, Blackbird Leys and the city centre and was branded a success despite no knives being found. Six

  • GIVE US A REVAMP: 'Crown Walk is dead'

    TRADERS have demanded improvements to a shopping precinct which they say is essential to compete with the £70m redevelopment of Bicester town centre. Businesses in one half of Crown Walk say they are fed up looking at empty units and claim the areas

  • Family led to safety after firebugs start bin blazes

    A YOUNG family were led to safety after a bin fire spread to their home. Police are investigating four rubbish fires which were started deliberately started in Cowley early yesterday. Fire crews were called to blazes in Cowley Road, Ridgefield Road,

  • Locum doctors earn up to £1,200 a DAY

    LOCUM doctors are earning up to £1,200 a day working bank holiday shifts in Oxfordshire, the Oxford Mail can reveal. The medics are being paid £100 an hour to cover at surgeries across the county when other doctors are off duty. Last night the NHS trust

  • COMMENT: Campaign must continue

    Police swamped our streets as part of Operation Blade on Saturday night, and we fully support any campaign that will rid our communities of knife crime and the devastation it causes. The crackdown yielded no knives, but officers say they have sent out

  • Witney becomes world's 1,000th Fairtrade Town

    WITNEY is celebrating becoming the world’s 1,000th Fairtrade Town this weekend, after years of campaigning. The move will see the town’s businesses and community groups “pledging to do what they can to support Fairtrade and promote the Fairtrade