KIDLINGTON: Oxfordshire County Council has re-submitted its planning application to open a new tip at Langford Lane, Kidlington, serving Oxford and the surrounding area. The original plans were withdrawn after questions were raised about data on the
MARK Thompson, the Director General of the BBC, supports keeping open threatened TV’s BBC Oxford, The Oxford Mail has been told. Mr Thompson, who lives in the city, visited the programme’s Banbury Road, Oxford offices on Friday to speak to staff about
PEOPLE IN Oxfordshire are living about four years longer than they did 20 years ago, leading NHS chiefs to warn services will be pushed beyond breaking point. Men living in the city and surroun-ding districts have added about four-and-a-half years to
THE humanitarian director of charity Oxfam will become an OBE for her services to the voluntary sector. Jane Cocking, 51, of Sutton, near Witney, has worked for the charity, which provides aid for development overseas, since 1997. She leads Oxfam’s
OXFORD * Robert Pyne, 37, of George Moore Close, Oxford, admitted failing to attend a drug assessment on March 3 and breach of a suspended sentence by commission of a further offence. Given a three-month conditional discharge and told to pay £25 costs
THOUSANDS of people from Oxford’s gay, bisexual and transgender community marched through the city at the weekend. A colourful troupe, some in fancy dress and waving rainbow flags, walked from Cornmarket Street, through Carfax and Queen Street
A PROJECT celebrating 140 years of history at a Headington hospital has been unveiled. The mural at The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, in Windmill Road, has been developed with cash from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It charts its small origins as the Wingfield
IF YOU played darts at any pub or club, the chances are you played on a dartboard made by Stan Allen. His boards were used extensively throughout the Oxford area. Ron Slater, landlord of the Nags Head in Thame from 1954 to 1964, recalled: “I bought
THÍS is the second part of the panoramic picture of staff and pupils at Cheney School in Headington in 1955. As we recalled (Memory Lane, May 30), it replaced the old Secondary Technical School in St Ebbe’s a few months earlier. At the
ONE of the most popular acts to appear at the New Theatre was the Crazy Gang. The zany comedians would try out their new review in Oxford for two weeks before taking it to the Victoria Palace in London. Bob Hounslow, whose mother, Win, worked as a dresser
PRESSED Steel were one of the top football teams in Oxfordshire. They were so successful that the Pressed Steel company, whose workers made car bodies at Cowley, provided the players with a new ground and stand at Romanway. This picture, taken in about
VILLAGERS took a step back in time with a medieval fair in 1981. Between 30 and 40 village groups set up stalls, there was a variety of entertainment and many people dressed in period costume. In the first picture, Brynley Elias plays an alto cornamuse
BOB Hounslow has fond memories of seeing the Crazy Gang in action at the New Theatre, Oxford. He had a rare insight into what went on behind the scenes because his mother Win was a dresser there. Mr Hounslow writes: “In one of their
A COUNCIL chief has told of his delight after recycling rates in West Oxfordshire almost doubled in the last six months. Last November West Oxfordshire District Council introduced a new recycling scheme. At that point, only 34 per cent of waste was
LITERARY lovers can visit Witney at the weekend for a new book festival. Witney Book Festival will run from Friday to Sunday and feature workshops, signings, readings and talks. There will be 25 authors taking part, including Midsomer Murders creator
TRADING standards have warned computer users not to give out personal information to callers claiming to be from an Oxford firm working with Microsoft. Cold-callers have been phoning residents saying they need access to their computers in order to correct
FORMER hostage Terry Waite helped to launch a charity shop for the homeless in Oxford. Mr Waite, who was held captive for 1,760 days in Beirut after trying to negotiate the release of hostages, came to the city in his capacity as president of Emmaus
WHEN a friend of Jason Tasker’s son had her limbs removed after contracting meningitis, he felt he had to do something highlight her plight. Though not a natural runner, the father-of-two is to compete in the Oxford Half Marathon for three-year-old
A gambler who bet tennis star Roger Federer would win the Wimbledon title seven times could scoop more than £100,000 from beyond the grave. Nick Newlife staked a bet of £1,520 on the Swiss ace to clinch seven Wimbledon singles’ titles at odds
An Oxford charity which helps disabled people get back into work is celebrating after receiving its biggest single donation in five years. Pathway Workshop, in Dunnocks Way, Blackbird Leys, gives jobs making handmade garden furniture to people
A POSTMASTER admitted swindling his branch, leading to concerns about its future. Vipin Patel, who ran Horspath Post Office and Stores for more than five years, has been suspended from his duties after admitting a charge at Oxford Magistrates
THOSE who remember Jericho Street Fairs of the 1950s may have been surprised to stumble across a more genteel affair this weekend. The annual shindig, marking the feast day of St Barnabas, patron saint of the parish church, was once home to
There was a thrilling tie in Division 10 of the MP Sports Cherwell League as Thame 3rd and Great & Little Tew 4th finished all square. Replying to Tew’s 162, Thame looked on course as youngsters James Hawkes (54) and Sam Alexander (51) helped them
THE cost of removing graffiti and repairing vandalism in Witney almost doubled in the last year. It cost Witney Town Council £9,964 in 2010/11, a rise from £5,260 the previous year, to put right damage to its property. And a further £700 has already
SATURDAY’S RESULTS 7.35: 1 WINSLOW WONDER 3-1, 2 Lisnakill Chaz 2-1. Trio: (5x4x2). Trainer: Yeates. Time: 27.50. Grayfox Onyx (2) 5-4 fav. 7.50: 1 MOORSTOWN MYSTIQ 6-4 fav, 2 Majestical Jojo 3-1. Trio: (4x3x5). Trainer: Baker. Time: 27.32. 8.05: 1
Left-arm spinner Luke Ryan played the starring role with figures of 6-65 as Banbury edged to a thrilling two-wicket victory at home to Bishop’s Stortford in Division 1 on Saturday. Winning the toss, Banbury skipper Ian Hawtin put the visitors
I would like to say a huge thank you to the 150 runners, who took part in this year’s London Marathon in support of The Children’s Trust and who have, to date, raised an incredible £250,000 for the charity. Sponsorship money raised from the marathon
Regarding the incident of foxes killing chickens in front of children (Friday’s Oxford Mail). I really question if this is the full story. Foxes are very timid creatures and very wary of humans. As for the chickens, it is up to the owner to protect
I write with reference to the letter from Bob Johnston my local councillor (Oxford Mail, June 8) commending the building of the HS2 railway, from London to Birmingham. I was surprised to read it, as I always believed him to be a keen conservationist
I am looking forward to the pleasant summer evenings that can be spent in my garden-not. Yet, even though the summer has not even started, I have had to put up with smoke from bonfires. This is obviously the shape of things to come, as more people decide
Could I please thank your lovely readers for all of the knitting patterns they kindly sent out to my daughter after my letter was printed in the Oxford Mail. Jacqueline Fisher, Pickhill, Thirsk
The one certainty life holds for us all is death. It is not a pleasant thought, I know, but something we all need to remind ourselves of on occasion. While many people, on their demise, are happy to be cremated, many others are not, and the absence of
BRADLEY SMITH thrilled home fans with a miraculous ride to come second in the AirAsia British Moto 2 Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday. Revelling in the wet conditions, the 20-year-old Oxfordshire rider produced an incredible ride to storm
CRICKET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Western Division Oxfordshire v Wiltshire – 1st day abandoned. PERSIMMON VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP Oxfordshire final Shipton-under-Wychwood v Challow & Childrey abandoned without a ball bowled. SERIOUS CRICKET HOME
A superb unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 106 between Thad Cooper and Wes Morrick saw Aston Rowant come back from a precarious position to post a 36-run victory at Burnham in Division 2 West. Batting first, Rowant were in dire trouble at 88-7 before Cooper
Rain brought an early end to Horspath’s Division 2 West clash at Reading with the outcome in the balance. Chasing Reading’s 180 all out after putting the hosts in, Horspath were 85-3 with just under an hour’s play left when a downpour left
Jaydeep Bhatti claimed six wickets as Thame made it back-to-back Division 2 West victories with a four-wicket triumph against Gerrards Cross at Church Meadow. The visitors opted to bat first, and were handily-placed at 90-3 at lunch. But the afternoon
Usman Arif’s six-wicket haul was not enough as Oxford were denied victory by an obdurate last-wicket stand by Radlett at Roman Way. The visitors won the toss and put Oxford in, with Daniel King and Jason Harrison putting on 38 for the first
see that the county council has not only put a stop to a very worthy fundraising event at Cassington on health and safety grounds (Oxford Mail, June 4), but, in its decision over the new repatriation route, has also shown a total lack of respect for
IT IS strange, the things that cross your mind when stuck in heavy traffic, like on the A40 into Oxford. For example, I remember the days when towns would twin with another non-English town for mutual cultural and business advantage, and this seemed
This was the horrifying aftermath of a head-on crash on the A420 in south Oxfordshire. Miraculously the three occupants of the mangled vehicles were not killed outright. Two with the most urgent medical needs were airlifted to Oxford’s John Radcliffe
COUNCIL workmen have filled in 14,000 potholes across Oxfordshire since December. Figures show 77 potholes a day were repaired between December 1 and June 1 after the county’s coldest winter for decades. Altogether, 13,986 potholes were
Following the postponement of yesterday’s Oxfordshire final of the Persimmon Village Cup between Shipton-under-Wychwood and Challow & Childrey, a dispute arose as to where the re-arranged game would be played. The eagerly-awaited game was called
THE Oxford Mail today lets you find out how many crimes police are solving in your neighbourhood. A Freedom of Information request has produced figures to show exactly how many offences are being reported across Oxfordshire – and what percentage
Today we get an answer to a big question: will justice come if you are a victim of crime? The Oxford Mail has obtained figures through a Freedom of Information request about the number of crimes committed in the last year in Oxfordshire.
IF your home is burgled there is only a slim chance the crime will be solved, the Oxford Mail has discovered. Latest figures from Thames Valley Police show less than one in eight domestic burglaries were detected in Oxford last year. There were 642
OXFORD: One of the last remaining drop-in sessions to comment on the Barton West project will be held today in Northway. Residents are invited to the session at Northway Community Centre between 4.30pm and 7pm. The plans for the proposed site, which
An 18-year-old woman died last night after a car was involved in a collision in Adderbury, near Banbury. A spokesman for Oxfordshire Fire Service said the crash happened shortly after 11pm on the B4100 Aynho Road. Fire crews from Banbury
HOSPITAL chiefs collected more than £2m in patient parking fines and charges last year, figures obtained by the Oxford Mail show. The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust gained £2,032,030 in 2010/11, about £95,000 more than the previous year. Bosses
