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  • Complaints prompt bid to move goalposts

    NEW goalposts in a Cowley recreation ground may have to be moved because they are too close to people’s back gardens. New play equipment and goalposts were installed as part of a revamp of Ridley Road recreation ground. But the goalposts were put close

  • Oxford United lose at Rotherham

    OXFORD United's npower League Two season got off to a disappointing start with a 1-0 defeat at Rotherham today. In a game that saw the Chris Wilder's side have a lot of the ball but not create clear-cut chances, it was the hosts who snatched

  • U's level at half-time

    Oxford United were drawing 0-0 with Rotherham at half-time in their opening League Two clash of the season. The U's best chance fell to Michael Duberry, who fired over after Asa Hall's header had come back off a post.

  • Jazz fest swings back into town

    IT’S that time of the year again when the sound of jazz music can be heard across the streets of Bicester. Bicester Jazz weekend includes a string of live performances by bands and singers in Bicester Village, the town centre and Garth Park, off Launton

  • Fair returns to city park after 30 years

    A SUMMER FAIR has pitched up at a Marston park, for what is thought to be the first time in more than 30 years. It is believed the last fair to take place at the Croft Road Recreation ground was in 1977, the year Elvis died. The fair

  • Oxford United starting line-up

    Oxford United's starting line-up v Rotherham today. Clarke; Batt, Duberry, Wright, Tonkin; Whing; Hall, Payne, Davis; Constable, Smalley. Subs: Brown, Pittman, Potter, Heslop, Leven.

  • Skaters remember mate

    SKATERS showed off their skills jumping through fire and across lines of people. In-line skate demonstrations were just one of a host of activities at Bicester Activity Day, in Garth Park. Organised by Bicester Town Council and the Oxfordshire

  • David takes a long walk back to happiness

    LONG-distance walker David Gibbard, right, raised hundreds of pounds to support his great nephew’s dream to walk. Last month, Mr Gibbard, 73, walked 40 miles from his home in Courtington Lane, Bloxham, to Greatworth and back, raising £820 for

  • Join the party - help raise funds

    SAMANTHA Millard survived an extreme allergic reaction to a swine flu drug. Now she wants as many people as possible to join her party and help raise money for the hospital that saved her life. Miss Millard, 20, has been left partially-sighted after

  • EQUESTRIAN: Faurie's a happy man

    Milton-under-Wychwood based Emile Faurie expressed his joy after being selected to represent Great Britain at the FEI European Championships in Rotterdam later this month. Faurie, 47, has represented Great Britain at World, European and Olympic level

  • Sailing round the world to help charity

    THIS time last year, Cath James, pictured, was sitting behind a desk as a strategic director at West Oxfordshire District Council. But today, the 41-year-old from Witney was setting off on an 11-month, 40,000-mile round-the-world yacht race

  • Amy's crowning glory gets the chop

    A WOMAN from Witney had her hair shaved off to support her mother through chemotherapy. Amy Temple, 25, of Hailey Road, had the cut last Thursday, raising thousands of pounds for charity. She said: “As soon as mum said she was going to have chemo and

  • Swimmers raise funds for footballers

    A sponsored swim has raised more than £300 for Barton Football Club. The Barton Swim Challenge, took place at Barton Leisure Centre from Friday March 19 until April 15, and its aim was to raise funds for Barton community projects. Every time

  • Raising cash for Maggie's Centre

    WHEN Christine Dunkin hit 65 she knew exactly who would benefit from her milestone. Mrs Dunkin, of Greenfields, Arncott, near Bicester, laid on a ‘Party with a Difference’ for friends and family and raised £871.52 for Maggies Centre, Oxford, in memory

  • Summer fun at Didcot Railway Centre

    AN enthralled family from San Francisco were among visitors to a day of summer fun at Didcot Railway Centre. Dima Blair, four, was among those to marvel at the 1937 Great Western Railway Pannier Tank on Wednesday. His mother Anita, along with daughter

  • ANGLING: Malone turns on the magic

    Tackley Estates fished a club match at Stable Lake and the 13 anglers made hay in the glorious sunshine. Drawing peg three, Stephen Malone cast a method feeder with pellet across to the island to catch 130.12.0 of carp. Also using the method feeder,

  • Expert casts an eye over family finds

    ANDREA Summers and her children were among visitors who had their intriguing possessions inspected by Ashmolean Museum experts. The Southmoor resident took sons Niall, eight, and Joseph, 12, to find out more about a marble they found while on holiday

  • SWIMMING: Murphy bags a double

    Didcot Barramundi’s Alex Murphy has wrapped-up the season in style. The 16-year-old took silver and bronze in his two main breaststroke events at the British Gas ASA Youth Nationals. Storming through heats and semi finals, he won bronze for the 200m

  • WATER-SKI-ING: Katie lands national title

    Ten-year-old Katie Nutt, from Standlake, was crowned national champion in the 12 & under girls age category at the British National Championships held at Lincoln. Nutt increased her preliminary round scores in both events to trick 1860 points and slalom

  • ANGLING: Oxon stillwaters doing the business

    Richworth Linear’s Manor Farm Lake at Stanton Harcourt and Linch Hill’s Willow Pool at nearby Standlake are both on song. Manor Lake produced a 39.12.0 mirror carp for Crewe visitor Scott Lloyd, who targeted a silt area instead of the clear gravel bars

  • Festival fraudster escapes jail term

    A CONMAN who sold £5,000 worth of non-existent festival tickets online has escaped being jailed. Sean Stevens offered tickets to music events including the Isle of Wight Festival on the Gumtree website and took buyers’ money without ever having the tickets

  • YOUTH CRICKET: Freeland win regional final

    Lady Taverners regional finals Freeland’s girls stormed to victory in the under 15 competition at Eversley CC, Hampshire. Rain meant the tournament was played indoors, but Freeland defeated Bristol Phoenix, Eversley and Tarka (Devon)

  • GREYHOUNDS: Oxford are looking for a new trainer

    Oxford are to advertise for a new trainer following the drop in the racing strength at Cowley. The management have been restricted to ten-race cards over the last month when one trainer short, following Ian Wills’s departure a few weeks ago, and are

  • GREYHOUNDS: Tango to dance in on Saturday night

    Punters could be dancing on the terraces at the Stadium on Saturday if Two For Tango lands the Hardings on a Hen Trophy, an A2 over 450 metres. The Richard Yeates-trained black bitch, just back from an unsuccessful open race at Hove, was a

  • ANGLING: Stewart lands top barbel

    After my ‘Red Letter Day’ on the Kennet the other week, I had an email from Stewart Moss, telling about a 14.14.0 barbel that he had banked from the same river during an evening session. Moss, who works for top tackle manufacturer Drennan, hair-rigged

  • CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Horspath crowned national champions

    Horspath Hammers were crowned British Open Club Champions in Sheffield. But it was tough, with their British champion Mark Boaler taking third place in the final race to win it by a point. Birmingham stormed into a lead after the first four races.

  • Bodleian launches a bible app

    THE Bodleian Library is an iconic institution, symbolising Oxford’s tradition and history. But now the 408-year-old Oxford University library in Broad Street has broken new ground – by creating a high-tech mobile phone application. The app, costing

  • YOUTH CRICKET: Oxon suffer mixed fortunes

    Under 13 OXFORDSHIRE Under 13s went from one extreme to the other in three ECB County Competition Group 2 matches. Having battered Herefordshire by ten wickets, Oxon lost to Northants by two runs after throwing it away in the final over, and then

  • YOUTH CRICKET: Sam stars in cruise

    Oxfordshire Under 17 Competition DIDCOT, Banbury and East Oxford all maintained their unbeaten records with emphatic victories. Sam Couldrick’s 46 helped Didcot overhaul Shrivenham’s 108-5 in a six-wicket success. East Oxford’s Abdul Saeed produced

  • 'I'm left trapped by my daily blackouts'

    JOHN Baker suffers daily blackouts, has no social life and rarely leaves the house. The dad-of-two, from Barton, Oxford, was diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy when he was just nine years old. Now he has spoken of his daily battle with the condition

  • SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC IN OXFORD

    If you weren’t at The Talkhouse, at Stanton St John on the 5th of August you missed a fantastic evening of wonderful music and singing of the highest quality. A young singer called Atila, backed by an all star band treated us to a spectacular run through

  • Cannabis plants seized from garden

    POLICE in Blackbird Leys seized cannabis plants in a drugs raid yesterday. The team found “seven or eight” plants in the back garden of a home in the area’s Peregrine Road. An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis and

  • YOUTH CRICKET: Coles's spell is in vain

    Under 17 OXFORDSHIRE Under 17s’ ECB County Cup hopes were ended by a 45-run defeat to Hertfordshire at Shipton-under-Wychwood in Group 3B. Oxfordshire’s bowlers all came in for punishment, with the exception of left-arm spinner Jamie

  • Dad ripped tot’s gum with bottle

    A FATHER who rammed a feeding bottle into his baby daughter’s mouth, causing a rip in her mouth, has been given a community order. Stephen Wright was looking after his eight-month-old child when she woke screaming at 5am. In what he called “a momentary

  • Kidnappers still on the run

    DETECTIVES were last night trying to trace the getaway car used by a kidnap gang who were still on the run last night. And yesterday officers revealed that the couple subjected to the terrifying ordeal on Thursday morning knew their attackers. The 30

  • Flag ceremony to mark passing on of role

    A CEREMONY to officially mark the start of Oxfordshire’s role in honouring fallen servicemen and woman looks set to be attended by hundreds of people. The event will see the Union Flag from Wootton Bassett officially handed over to the chairman

  • YOUTH CRICKET: Festival serves up late drama

    Under 15 THERE was plenty of drama as Oxfordshire hosted the inaugural Oxford Under 15 Festival at Magdalen College School. Oxon lost a nailbiter to Gloucestershire by three runs and pipped Hertfordshire by one wicket with a ball to spare. In between

  • Teenager trapped in wreckage after crash

    A car containing three teenagers left the road in a crash near Witney last night. Emergency services were called to the scene on an unclassified road between Ducklington and Curbridge at about 10.20pm. A fire service spokesman said there were

  • Ocado set to create 170 new jobs

    UP to 170 jobs are set to be created in Oxfordshire by online food retailer Ocado. The Internet supermarket is expanding rapidly and has chosen a 43,000sq ft warehouse at the White Horse Business Park in Stanford-in-the-Vale as a distribution depot

  • One man's planning fight against Oxford city council

    IT TOOK five years, several public consultations, two public inquiries and a High Court visit to create. But now one man is mounting a legal bid to have the masterplan dictating the future size and shape of Oxford torn up. Oxford City

  • COMMENT: Continuing salute to the fallen

    OXFORD already has a fine tradition of saluting fallen soldiers when their bodies are repatriated to Britain, with people gathering to pay tribute in Headley Way, outside the John Radcliffe Hospital. We are sure the new memorial garden close

  • COMMENT: Challenge could cost all of us dear

    EVERYONE loves a plucky battler, but Sean Feeney’s challenge to Oxford’s core planning strategy could end up costing us all dear. The masterplan was only completed after five long years of consultations, public inquiries, a High Court challenge

  • Scandinavian islands - no need to wrap up warm

    I was told to take warm clothes and a windbreaker and I took the words to heart, diligently loading up on jumpers of every kind. After all, following the word ‘Scandinavia’ with the words ‘warm clothes’ seemed sensible. So I admit I was feeling pretty

  • Relief in sight on rural parking pain

    RURAL housing developments could be built with more car parking spaces after congestion “conflict” in villages. Oxfordshire County Council has devised a new policy recommending how many spaces planners should permit for new developments. It recommends

  • Driving up donor register numbers

    A NEW online driving licence application system, which asks people to consider registering as an organ donor, has been welcomed by NHS staff and transplant recipients in Oxfordshire. The Government hopes that the initiative will drive up the number of

  • Man arrested after narrowboat fire

    A man was arrested yesterday after an arson attack on a narrow boat. Police and fire crews were called to Bossoms Boatyard, off Binsey Lane, shortly before 7.50am. The boat was badly damaged, but no one was injured. Fire officers also worked with