A KIDLINGTON playgroup hopes to bring families closer together with a fathers’ themed week. The Robin Playgroup, at Edward Feild School, has been inviting dads to attend a session with their children, so they can learn more about the way they
SOLDIERS, veterans and their families watched as Oxfordshire became the first county to sign a groundbreaking military covenant on Monday. The signing at County Hall saw charities, businesses, communities and individuals come together to pledge
POPULAR Oxford-based TV detective drama Lewis has been recommissioned by ITV for a sixth series. Attracting a regular audience of more than seven million viewers, the Inspector Morse spin-off regularly features in the top three most-watched
BLUSHING bride Julie Cox has finally got the wedding of her dreams – 25 years after tying the knot with her husband Terry. The 47-year-old said “I do” to 59-year-old Terry in a white wedding at St Andrew’s Church in Old Headington – a quarter of a century
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THEY are the great and good of 1960s British life and Oxford Mail photo- grapher Jim Griffiths was there to snap them all. Mr Griffiths, who died last week aged 78, was a familiar sight on the news frontline for four decades, bringing Oxford
TOWN councillors who blamed contractors for delays in opening a £900,000 community hall, have been criticised by an adjudicator and ordered to settle a £67,000 bill. An independent adjudicator rejected Witney Town Council’s claim that the floor
MORE than two thirds of child car seats in Oxfordshire are unsuitable for children, a road safety officer has warned. Checks on county cars as part of Child Safety Week showed many parents were using the wrong sized seats or were not fitting
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FROM a walk-in sandpit to a new allotment, a wildlife hide to spiritual gardens, one amazing project will be built at a lucky Oxfordshire primary school later this year. The Oxford Mail has again teamed up with Abingdon construction firm Leadbitter
A WITNEY youth centre could soon be forced to axe most of its work if emergency funding is not found. Base 33, in High Street, has been hit by more than a 50 per cent drop in public donations in the past year, threatening 75 per cent of its work. Support
Neil Lyon (5-6-5) shone with 16 dolls for Three Pigeons, but it was to no avail as they lost 2-1 at home to New Club in Premier/Section 1 of the Greene King Oxford & District League, writes ANDY BEAL. Chasing a set of 28 in the first leg, Lyon needed
ART lovers can get dancing thanks to a new series of DJ sessions at Modern Art Oxford. Hosted by Neural Ohmlette – aka Martin Andrews, – the DJ Mixtape Sessions will be taking place in the museum’s outside space, The Yard. It will feature talent
CHALLOW & Childrey cricketer Joe Harris is coming to terms with the news that his season is over, following his serious injury in Sunday’s Oxfordshire final of the Persim-mon Village Cup. The 19-year-old left-arm spinner dislocated his left
SIMON Eastwood has joined Northern Premier League side FC Halifax. The 21-year-old goalkeeper was released from his contract at Oxford United and returns north following one year at the Kassam Stadium, where he spent the entire season on the bench, failing
DEAN Windass has added his name to the list of confirmed players for the Joey Beauchamp/Dave Langan testimonial match at the Kassam Stadium on Friday, July 8. The striker, who still holds the record as the most expensive player bought by Oxford United
FIREFIGHTERS battled overnight to stop a serious blaze at Didcot power station spiralling out of control. More than 100 firefighters battled for 15 hours after the fire broke out in the main turbine hall at the coal-fired Didcot A plant just
OXFORD University were edged out by three wickets in an exciting Charles Russell Varsity Twenty20 clash at Fenner’s. Cambridge University reached 112-7 with three overs to spare, having been pegged back in their chase of Oxford’s 107 all out. The hosts
SOUTH Oxfordshire Amateurs break new ground tomorrow when they take part in their first Twenty20 encounter. Ever since their formation in 1983, the SOA have declined to play limited overs games, preferring declaration cricket. But tomorrow, Oxon’s leading
THE Bishop of Oxford has issued a “call to action” to safeguard the future of Church of England schools. The Rt Rev John Pritchard, who is chairman of the Church’s national Board of Education, said in a report to the General Synod that action needed
FORMER Abingdon Vale skipper Dave Ward has quit the club to become director of coaching at Kingston Bagpuize. Citing disillusionment with Abingdon’s selection policy, Ward said he was sad to be leaving the club after nearly 20 years. “For the the first
TWO friends are hoping to cast a spell over top magicians Penn and Teller – and win a chance to perform in Las Vegas. Richard Young, from Cowley, and Sam Strange, from Eynsham, who perform as Young and Strange, will appear on ITV1 show Penn and Teller
Horspath Youth had a big surprise when former Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown presented them with their winner’s medals at the Clacton-on-Sea six-a-side tournament. Their under 12 team beat Gorleston Rangers 1-0 in the final, before the squad
STUDENTS at Oxford Brookes University slugged it out to find the best plot of the lot. The Best Brookes Vegetable Plot competition was judged by Anne Marie Owens, head gardener at Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, and Jo Campbell, the Great
TESCO last night denied it was planning to open a store on the site of a closed grocery shop in Headington. The 24-hour Londis shop in London Road closed its doors in February, when a sign on the door said it had “gone into receivership”. Rumour has
I FELT I had to write to highlight the dangers of walking to my local shops in Headington. On entering the subway under Headington roundabout, I, and others, were nearly knocked over by a speeding cyclist, only to be followed by six or seven more with
I HAVE read the letter from Barrie Blackburn about the excellent Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (Oxford Mail, June 17), and I agree with him. My mother, Gladys Taylor, who is 87, attended the NOC two weeks ago for a partial knee replacement, and the care
I read with interest the article in the Oxford Mail about the new repatriation route. I have another suggested route which could be used and that is having corteges leave by the original exit, come up Black Bourton Road and turn into Wycombe Way. This
I THINK to bring these brave soldiers through the back door at Brize Norton would be unforgivable and I, for one, find this totally offensive. They have laid down their lives for this country and deserve total respect accordingly. If a council thinks
I AM pleased that Bea Bradley’s family enjoy the antics of foxes and badgers in their garden. I, however, fail to see how one can respect foxes. I can forgive a fox for taking one chicken for food, but not when they wantonly destroy the rest. Badgers
Have you ever wondered how many is too many when it comes to taking souvenirs from a hotel? The reason I ask is that at the weekend, I think one of my friends severely overstepped the mark. Yet, when I asked the guys I work with, most of them said ‘You
REGARDING his criticisms of the Government, perhaps the phrase ‘physician cure thyself’ would be an apt mantra for the Archbishop of Canterbury, as the flock he should be guarding stray off to Rome. BRIAN GORTON, Witney
I WOULD like to ask your readers to help with our campaign to highlight the unfairness of proposals contained in the UK Government’s Pensions Bill. We support the move to bring the women’s state pension age in line with men’s at 65, but we are objecting
AS nobody thought about the cortege leaving the Brize Norton base from the gate at the bottom end of Black Bourton Road? The people of Carterton could then line the roads that lead round to the main gate and on to the rest of the proposed route leading
WE think it shows a lack of respect for those killed in Afghanistan for their corteges to leave RAF Brize Norton by the back entrance (Monday’s Oxford Mail). If the repatriation flights are landing at Brize Norton, why can’t their bodies of the servicemen
SKIPPER Simon Hole praised his Shipton-under-Wychwood team for maintaining their amazing winning streak at home after their six-wicket success against Challow & Childrey. Hole’s side cruised home in the Oxfordshire final with more than seven overs left
Megan Burton’s second half-century in three matches could not prevent Oxfordshire going down by three wickets to Cornwall at Werrington in Division 5 South & West. After being inserted, Oxfordshire started well, with Bridget Rhodes-Moore scoring
Pop star Lee Ryan was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm outside a nightclub. Reports suggest the 28-year-old member of boyband Blue, who lives in Henley, and competed in this year’s Eurovision contest, was attending his own birthday
IT is reassuring that BBC director-general Mark Thompson has seemingly ruled out cutting the corporation’s local TV news service. The proposal was to end bulletins produced in Oxford and subsume their content into the South Today programme from Southampton
MOTORISTS speeding near a controversial new roundabout have been targeted by police dishing out hundreds of pounds in fines. Thames Valley Police began conducting speed checks on the A41 in Bicester after receiving reports of speeding motorists and
THE HEAD of the BBC has promised that Oxford’s “valuable” television news service will not be axed. Director general Mark Thompson – who lives in Oxford – told Prime Minister David Cameron a plan cutting production in the city would be “a
A MAN has been told he faces jail after being convicted of arranging a sham marriage at an Oxfordshire register office. Nigerian national Abiola Abdulkareem helped arrange the wedding ceremony between French national Maria Deroff, 20, and 36-year-old
THE appeal direct to the East Oxford sex attackers may be optimistic when it come to the wish that they will give themselves up, but we hope it strikes a chord with others. There is a good chance that someone will have their suspicion that
“You will be caught in the end, at least hand yourself in, it’s the least you can do to make it up to your victims.” Those were the words of one of the victims of a sex attacker who targeted women in East Oxford. Last night she was joined by another
AFTER four months of trying to get an answer over the future of closed Barton Post Office, fed-up councillor Van Coulter hopes he can get a response, via the Royal Mail. The exasperated Oxford City Council member has fired off a letter – registered delivery
A FIREFIGHTER staged a motorcycle safety event to try to cut the number of deaths on Oxfordshire’s roads. The event was the third time Dave Smith, who is also a motorcyclist, has invited road safety experts and companies to visit Abingdon Fire Station
CASH-strapped Oxford City Council has sold its offices in Blue Boar Street for £3.25m. It is one of a number of properties put on the market by the council in recent months, including cemetery lodges, stables and even a Victorian public toilet in Headington
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Temple Cowley Pools in Oxford have entered the record books – by submitting 126 questions to council leaders who decided to close the leisure facility. Protesters said the number of questions over the closure, to be followed
