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  • Terrorist supects 'lovely neighbours'

    A PAIR of suspected terrorists accused of attempting to assassinate the King of Spain in 1997 spent two years living in Oxford. Armed police arrested Eneko Gogeaskoetxea Arronategui, 44, at his £200,000 house in Cambridge last Thursday, after acting

  • CRICKET: Oxford's finals bid

    Oxford face Henley in the last four of the Home Counties Premier League Twenty20 finals day at Roman Way on Sunday (11am). Jason Harrison’s side were handed a walkover by High Wycombe as the Bucks club are at home to Cardiff in the ECB National Club

  • Ghost trees are taking root

    AN ART installation of African trees outside an Oxford museum has proved so popular it has taken root and will remain for another year. For the past year, the lawn of the Museum of Natural History in Parks Road has been the home of Angela Palmer’s Ghost

  • Council's libraries proposals 'flawed'

    THE campaign group battling to keep Oxfordshire’s libraries has claimed County Hall’s latest plans contain “major gaps and unfounded claims”. Save Oxfordshire Libraries was formed earlier this year, when 20 branches were at risk of losing their funding

  • Festival set for 20th anniversary party down at the allotments

    THE city’s quirkiest festival is set to mark its 20th anniversary next month. And organisers promise this year’s Elder Stubbs Festival, held at the allotments in Rymers Lane, Cowley, will be the biggest and best ever. The festival, from noon to 5pm

  • United nations meet at school

    STAFF and children at Bure Park School, Bicester, welcomed visitors from across Europe as part of a scheme to link schools. A total of 61 adults and children from Latvia, Poland, Italy, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Wales, joined lessons and social

  • Could you hack a walk for NSPCC?

    MORE than 3,000 Oxfordshire children called the confidential phone service ChildLine for help last year. And now a mum-of-two from Boars Hill is calling on others to join her in hiking to protect the ‘lifeline’. Samantha Addington, 38, has signed up

  • Local share prices (PM)

    AEA Technology 3.45 BMW 6113 Electrocomponents 245.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 95 Oxford Biomedica 7.03 Oxford Catalysts 69.5 Oxford Instruments 962.75 Reed Elsevier 553.75 RM 152.25 RPS Group 238.7 Courtesy

  • Opportunity to learn how to fly a Spitfire

    FOR many pilots, flying a Spitfire is beyond their wildest dreams. But they are being given the opportunity at Oxford Airport in Kidlington – provided they can stump up £4,500. The most famous British fighter aircraft of the Second World

  • Schools' top university admissions revealed

    Rising student fees should not put off youngsters wanting to apply for admission to the nation’s top universities, a senior educationalist has insisted. The assertion comes as new figures lay bare stark differences between how Oxfordshire schools

  • Monster concert

    OXFORD band Stornoway are planning a triumphant homecoming charity gig in Oxford nearly a year after their last performance here. The band will premiere some new material as a special treat for their fans. The Cowley-based four-piece will be raising

  • Parking fee rebate for Cherwell drivers

    A council has been forced to suspend an administration fee for parking fines after an investigation found it was being dished out without proper authorisation. Anyone who got a parking ticket in one of Cherwell District Council’s car parks

  • Popular teacher leaves after 32 years

    A POPULAR PE teacher has waltzed out of Bartholomew School in Eynsham after 32 years of running sports events for pupils. Terry Pearce, 58, joined the school in 1979, intending only to stay a couple of years. But he said the time was now right to leave

  • Swimmers' fresh bid to save complex

    A THIRD petition against the planned closure of Oxford’s Temple Cowley Pools has been handed to councillors, this time with a call for them to resign. The 2,385 signature petition was presented to Oxford City Council on the heels a 2,600-signature petition

  • Oxford United to take look at American keeper

    CHRIS Wilder will use Oxford United’s tour to look at a potential new goalkeeper. The U’s boss revealed to the Oxford Mail that he will cast his eye over an American stopper during the nine-day trip. Although refusing to name him, Wilder said: “We’

  • CRICKET: Eason hands over Horspath reins to Krol

    Robbie Eason has sprung a surprise by resigning as Horspath captain. The former Oxfordshire batsman led the club to the Cherwell League Division 1 title last season and promotion to the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. But he has found

  • Just 20 seconds to stab footballer to death

    A YOUNG footballer was stabbed to death in a knife attack that lasted just 20 seconds, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Godwin Lawson, 17, died on the spot after a single wound to the heart. A member of the Oxford United Football and Education Academy

  • OAPs stuck for six weeks after lift breaks again

    PENSIONERS say they have been trapped in their own homes for more than six weeks because of a broken lift. New Beveridge House, in Wood Farm Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, has 27 sheltered flats for elderly people over three floors, and many residents are

  • CRICKET: Hole rues Shipton failings in Village exit

    Skipper Simon Hole was philosophical in defeat following Shipton-under-Wychwood’s four-wicket loss at Carew in the Persimmon Village Cup in Pembrokeshire. Hole pointed at a poor last ten overs with the bat and some unusually wayward bowling as the key

  • CRICKET: Coach laments Varsity defeat

    Coach Graham Charlesworth felt his Oxford University side paid the price for batting too cautiously in their first innings as they slipped to a 56-run defeat against Cambridge in the Varsity Match at Fenner’s. The Dark Blues were bowled

  • AUNT SALLY: Cook dishes up winning recipe

    Fred Cook bagged himself a six in his 14 doll haul (3-6-5) to guide The Rowing Machine to a 2-1 win over New Club A in the Premier/Section 1. After losing the opener 28-23, Rowing Machine took the next leg 31-21, before winning the decider 26-22. Luke

  • Teenager bailed over alleged bag theft

    A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of snatching a handbag. A teenager allegedly tried to grab a handbag from a 20-year-old woman as she walked along Dene Road, in Headington, at 2.30pm on Monday. The suspect, who is from Oxford, has been

  • CRICKET: Oxon rocked by Jewell blow

    Oxfordshire batsman Alex Jewell has suffered a broken thumb, which could rule him out for the rest of the season. Jewell picked up the injury while keeping wicket for his club, High Wycombe, in a fundraising Twenty20 match against the Professional Cricketers

  • Delight at estate’s flagship children’s centre

    FAMILIES on an Oxford estate have celebrated the arrival of a multi-million-pound children’s centre. The Slade and Headington Children’s Centre in Wood Farm, on the site of Wood Farm Primary School, will officially open on Saturday. But the Oxford Mail

  • Tesco wins bid for Faringdon superstore

    TESCO has won its appeal to open a new superstore in Park Road, Faringdon, after a prolonged battle between two rival supermarkets. Supermarlet chains Tesco and Waitrose had both hoped to open stores in the town, but on different sites. Planning inspector

  • Takeaway man 'tied and robbed'

    A MAN has gone on trial accused of tying up a takeaway owner at gunpoint and stealing more than £9,000. Suat Demirci, 45, is charged with the armed robbery at USA Fried Chicken in Corn Street, Witney. The owner of the takeaway, Malgil Bulent, was allegedly

  • Card to make life easier for autistic

    FOR people with autism, stressful situations can leave a sufferer panicked and confused. But a new card, launched in Oxfordshire yesterday, aims to make those situations easier and help others understand the problems they face. The Autism

  • Education needs a good foundation

    IS primary school education poor in Oxfordshire? Good education needs a good foundation, which is provided by a happy year spent in the foundation class. Some of our children in Oxfordshire are missing out on this very desirable good start. In Wantage

  • Bogus insurance in a land of make believe

    FOLLOWING my letter referring to the recorded telephone message beginning: “We have recently been trying to contact you regarding your recent car accident” (Oxford Mail, June 17), I have since received a postal communication from QuickPages commencing

  • Nuclear is necessary for Britain's future power needs

    IF DAVID Williams (The Issue, Oxford Mail, July 6) wishes his anti-nuclear views to be taken seriously he must cite references to the source(s) of the data that he quotes. It is not acceptable for him to use phrases such as “recently published

  • Incinerator will be a blot on countryside

    THE High Court decision to allow the Viridor rubbish incinerator at Ardley (Oxford Mail, July 9) is really bad news for Oxfordshire. It will bring in lorryloads of rubbish from far and wide, beyond the county, lands the taxpayer with a multi-million

  • 'Cue attack victim headbutted player', court told

    A MAN who said he was attacked with a pool cue case admitted assaulting another man in the same incident and writing aggressive comments about Swindon Town football fans. Players from two rival pub pool teams clashed in Riley’s in Between Towns

  • No answers over dangers of tailgating

    I WRITE in response to Neil Thompson’s letter in Friday’s Oxford Mail, refering to his perceived failure on my part to recognise the professionalism of all emergency vehicle drivers. This is not the case, and if he were to refer to my original letter

  • Car park vote takes place tonight

    Controversial plans to build student flats on St Clement’s car park will be put to councillors for a decision tonight. A planning officer’s report recommends Oxford City Council’s west area planning committee approves the plan for 141 flats in a three-storey

  • Attack victim may lose sight in one eye

    A woman could lose her sight in one eye after being punched during a robbery in Rose Hill. The 36-year-old was struck in the face by a man “several times” near the junction of Ashurst Way at about 9.30pm on Saturday, police said yesterday. The man –

  • Petition against BBC Oxford TV closure plan

    A viewers’ petition against closing the BBC Oxford TV centre has been handed to the corporation’s governors. Campaigners against the proposal collected 950 signatures, which director general and Summertown resident Mark Thompson has already signalled

  • Man found guilty of assaulting woman

    A 67-year-old man has been found guilty on four charges of sexually assaulting a woman. David Winters, of Fallow Way, assaulted a woman four times between May 2008 and April 2010. He was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court on Friday and was bailed to

  • Could painting be a priceless Michelangelo?

    A PAINTING that hung in an Oxford college but now believed by one expert to be a Michelangelo will soon be on display at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum. The painting at Campion Hall, a permanent private hall of Oxford University run by the Jesuits, has generally

  • CRICKET: Perkin stars as Oxon cling on

    JAMIE Perkin played an innings of great maturity as Oxfordshire held on for a draw in their Western Division match at Whitchurch yesterday. The 21-year-old, who top-scored with 36 in Oxon’s first innings of 183 all out, hit a patient 69 to

  • Mother's agony after death of son, 23

    WHEN Adam Rowbottom went to sleep on Wednesday night the 23-year-old was a picture of health. But the former Larkmead School pupil, pictured above, never woke up and was found dead by his mother Ulrike the next day. Last night Ms Rowbottom, 50, from

  • Oxford United feel the heat

    CHRIS Wilder put his Oxford United players through their paces yesterday – just to remind them that the pre-season tour to America is anything but a holiday. The U’s landed in Boston on Monday, but with their opening match against Seacoast United kicking-off

  • COMMENT: Time council did the right thing

    THERE will be a volcanic explosion at County Hall this morning when councillors and transport staff see the cut-out letter on page 2, which motorists in Oxford can use to ask for a rebate on their parking permit. Oxfordshire County Council is steadfast

  • Red carpet event to help hospice

    THE red carpet will be rolled out in East Oxford for a premiere of a top children’s film – and it is all for charity. The regional premiere of Horrid Henry will be held at the Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP), Jeune Street, on Wednesday, July 27. As well

  • RAF personnel finish 28-mile swim

    RAF Benson personnel swapped the dry deserts of Afghan-istan for the cold, wet surroundings of the River Thames to complete a marathon swim. The 28-mile swim from Eynsham Lock to Benson Marina was organised by Sergeant Alex Hicks in aid of