AMBULANCES are attending a five vehicle crash on the Eastern Bypass which occured at about 6pm close to the Cowley MINI plant. Four cars and a motorbike were in collision, and at least seven people are understood to have been involved. It happened on
IN A tradition dating back to the 1950s, hundreds of Scouts and Guides are getting ready to take to the stage this spring. The Oxfordshire Scout and Guide Gang Show will once again be taking place at the New Theatre in George Street in March, offering
AN OXFORD football club has blamed the financial climate for scuppering its plans for a top-of-the-range facility. Marston Saints Football Club was unable to find the £500,000 necessary to fund its new pavilion. The Old Marston based club had originally
PLANS to rebuild Rose Hill Community Centre at a new location away from The Oval are being explored by city council officers. A refurbishment of the current building was on the cards, but Oxford City Council is now looking into the financial viability
Oxford United's npower League Two trip to Burton Albion has been put back by 24 hours to Sunday, January 29. This is due to Derby County having a 3rd Round FA Cup tie against Stoke City on the Saturday. Burton stewards are predominantly from
A DIDCOT leisure centre needs fresh investment as it approaches its 10th birthday, according to a town councillor. Willowbrook Leisure Centre is the only one in South Oxfordshire owned by a town council. But the contract for running the centre on the
POLICE officers are appealing for witnesses after crooks struck twice to empty two vans of tools in Cowley and Blackbird Leys. A Stihl circular saw was taken from an unlocked Ford Transit van at 2pm last Wednesday as it was parked at the Oxford College
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WANTAGE and Grove have united for Queen and country to mark Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee this year. The town and village were planning separate celebrations to commemorate Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne, but decided to work together to create
Centenarian Margaret Hoddinott passed away in her former school in Wantage on December 23. The 100-year-old died in her sleep at the St Katharine’s care home in Ormond Road, which was formerly St Katharine’s School where she attended as a child. Mrs
The Oxfordshire branches of Witney-based retro-themed gift retailer Past Times have closed with the loss of about 30 jobs. The stores in Oxford, Witney and Banbury were among 47 to be axed by the firm out of 98 nationwide leading to 400 redundancies.
Amee Thomas’s future looked bleak last February when the Shakeaway chain went into administration and the Oxford branch of which she was manager was forced to close. But the 27-year-old decided she would take the plunge and relaunch the business with
The driving forces behind three of the most promising businesses in the county are celebrating today after being unveiled as the winners of a special competition. Headington-based Savvy Maintenance and Renovations, Oxford milkshake bar Shakespeare
Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the winners of the Business Accelerators competition which has run in newspapers across the country, including those published by Newsquest Oxfordshire. And he highlighted the role of the local newspaper industry
Wayne Campbell admits to being “absolutely delighted” at being selected as one of the competition winners. He set up Healthy Performance three years ago after working as a sports scientist with players at Derby County Football Club and decided he could
While cold winds rattle the window panes and we have to put on an extra layer of thermal clothing when walking the dog, it’s time to consider ways of keeping warm from the inside. Nourishing hot soups are so easy to make and provide a great way
Setting up Savvy Maintenance and Renovations was a family affair for brothers Stephen, David and James Dunne. Together they provide a comprehensive service for building, maintenance work for clients, including the Midcounties Co-op, Oxford
An email from Rupert Ponsonby, Cotswold farmer, beer-enthusiast and founder of the PR company R&R Teamwork, usually contains an invitation I simply can’t refuse. It was Rupert who arranged for me to take an air balloon trip with a food scientist
Another of its trademark four-act shows has been announced by The Glee Club for Saturday, January 21. With the quartet all being high-demand comics, the scene is set for an entertaining night. The most immediately recognisable name here is Tom Wrigglesworth
They’ve tasted the glory of playing to an Albert Hall audience, they’ve had a record in the charts, they’ve been on TV. And now ten members of the Wallingford parish church choir go to the other end of show business in the Sinodun Players pantomime, Aladdin
New year 1712 was not a happy one for the great Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), the commander of the allied forces against the French during the War of the Spanish Succession, and heroic victor of such momentous battles as Blenheim, Ramillies,
The casualties of war extend far beyond the terrible loss of human life. During the First World War, thousands of pigeons carried vital messages over long distances. Dogs detected mines and dug out victims of bomb blasts, while millions of horses
Another of its trademark four-act shows has been announced by The Glee Club for Saturday, January 21. With the quartet all being high-demand comics, the scene is set for an entertaining night. The most immediately recognisable name here is Tom Wrigglesworth
One in six of us will consult our doctor this year about a psychological or emotional problem. Mental illness touches us all. On Saturday from 1pm to 5pm Restore, in Cowley Road, Oxford, is staging an exhibition of exquisite cloth dolls from different
For this exhibition environmental artist Stanislav Shmelev has brought together three series of his work: Nature Reserves of the World, Sustainable Cities and Hommage à. The Nature Reserve series includes a photographic print of Third View of Mountain
Digging out our library file to discover when I’d last seen Tommy Steele in Scrooge (I hadn’t), I chanced upon a picture of the young entertainer at the New Theatre in 1968. He was playing the central role of Truffaldino in Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant
Tommy Steele as Scrooge arrived at the New Theatre this week rather late for Christmas in some people’s opinion (though not mine) but in ideal time to celebrate the literary genius of the character’s creator at the start of his bicentennial year
The warm, generous and highly cerebral two-page obituary in The Times on the Oxford philosopher Sir Michael Dummett inspired a moving and unusual tribute to him some days later on the newspaper’s letters page. Jan Cuomo, from Orpington in Kent, who was
‘I’ll be glad to see the end of 2009. It’s been a shocker of a year,” Antony Worrall Thompson told my colleague Katherine MacAlister in an interview 30 months ago as he prepared to become the face of Oxfordshire’s Local Flavours Festival. This followed
THE Oxfordshire flying club behind plans to create a new squadron of Spitfires has said it has been inundated with offers of help. Last week, the Oxford Mail reported how Enstone Flying Club and the Spitfire Club plans to build 12 replicas of the legendary
A 21-YEAR-OLD sex worker has been fined for allowing her Banbury home to be used for prostitution. Neighbours spoke of their ordeal after Barbara Bicka was handed a £500 fine for allowing her terraced Orchard Close home to be used to sell sex. She admitted
Young Chelsea midfielder Josh McEachran, who hails from Kirtlington, is expected to join Swansea on loan. Manager Brendan Rodgers is close to reaching agreement for McEachran to move to the Liberty Stadium. Ex-Reading boss Rodgers, formerly a youth
Spring seems to have sprung a month early. The mild weather is believed to be behind the early arrival of daffodils around the county. These, pictured at SS Gregory and Augustine Church, in Woodstock Road, Oxford, began to bloom earlier this week.
Oxford City bowed out of the Evo-Stik Southern League’s Red Insure Cup with a 3-2 extra-time defeat to rivals Banbury United at Court Place Farm in their third-round tie. Mark Bell put City ahead on 15 minutes from an acute angle, Simon Williams levelling
A former Wallingford primary headteacher has launched plans for a an independent school offering outdoor lessons. Lee Ryman was headteacher of Fir Tree Junior School for nine years until she retired from there in September, 2010. Now
Jamie Clarke hit a hat-trick as Ardington & Lockinge trounced Milton United Res 7-1 in their Berks & Bucks Junior Cup fourth-round tie. The Hellenic League side had no answer to the North Berks league outfit, whose other scorers were Chris Hunt (2),
The A34 remains partially blocked northbound after a collision between a Daf lorry and blue Peugeot partner van about half a mile before the Milton interchange near Didcot. No one is believed to be injured in the accident.
OXFORD City Football Club have terminated striker Lee Steele’s contract after a homophobic remark appeared on his Twitter account. The post, about openly-gay Welsh Rugby star and Celebrity Big Brother contestant Gareth Thomas, read: “I wouldnt
Witney & District FA Premier Division leaders Hailey moved three points clear with a 3-1 win against second-placed Hanborough. Joey King’s brace and a Russ Winstone strike made up their tally. Will Potter replied. North Leigh A boosted their title
Alex Fletcher hit a hat-trick as Cholsey United cruised to a 4-0 home win over AFC Burghfield in the Berks & Bucks FA Sunday Junior Cup fourth round. Jamie Newport also scored in another impressive defensive display, which earns Cholsey a last-16 tie
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CARTERTON were held to a 2-2 draw by Ascot United in Division 2 of the Thames Valley Women’s League. Ascot led through Candice Gill, but Bryony Vaughan and Marta Dyet put Carterton 2-1 ahead at half-time. Gill levelled five minutes
WITNEY youngsters are celebrating after their youth centre received a £75,000 boost. The Comic Relief cash will fund a full-time youth worker at Base 33, High Street, and projects to tackle alcohol misuse for the next three years. The centre runs a range
Mark Ingram claimed the match ball after scoring a hat-trick in Berinsfield’s resounding 8-0 success over FC Mills, from the Witney & District FA, in the OFA JOhn Fathers Junior Shield. . The North Berks League side’s tally was completed by
Eleven different players scored as Marcham Res returned to the top of North Berks League Division 4 West after an astounding 24-1 victory at bottom club Appleton Stars who played the whole match with nine men. Pat Clark grabbed six goals while Wes Coster
SCHOOLS' FOOTBALL VALE of White Horse Under 11s ran out 2-0 winners over Oxford City in a friendly at Oxford Brookes Westminster Institute of Education. James Ormrod raced on to Jack Sewell’s through ball to give Vale a half-time lead. And Calum
AN Oxford girl told a court how the son of the Earl of Mansfield befriended her before raping her as she slept. The teenager told jurors she suddenly fell asleep after drinking a glass of Ribena at The Honourable James Murray’s flat, and when she woke
A brace from Nick Allsworth fired Launton Sports Res to the top of Oxfordshire Senior League Division 2 in a 4-2 win over Eynsham Res. Andrew Chattey and Craig Ellis got their others with Tom Pickett replying. A 30-yard shot from Chris Mullard sealed
Didcot Casuals reached the quarter-finals of the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup with a thrilling 4-3 victory away to Newbury, from Division 1 East, of the Uhlsport Hellenic League. A double by Fletcher Hoey and a goal apiece from Lawrence Hoey and JR
GILES SPORTS WITNEY YOUTH LEAGUE CHARLIE McPherson and Paul Inch bagged a brace apiece as Tower Hill stormed to a 6-0 win at Ducklington in the Under 15 A League. Cameron Taylor and Tom Pemberton also netted. Leaders Easington Sports saw off Charlbury
POLICE are once again looking for a teenager who has gone missing for the second time in three weeks. Ellie-Mai Hall, left, was last seen in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, shortly before 4pm on Wednesday, January 4. A renewed appeal has been launched by the
HE War Horse story, which has resonated with so many people as a book, stage show and now a film, is a poignant and timely reminder of the fate of millions of animals drawn unwittingly into human conflicts. Any readers wishing to find out more about
The Tree eased to a 4-0 home win over Railway FC in the Berks & Bucks FA Sunday Junior Trophy fourth round. Strikes from Johnny James, Luke Fairclough, Jamie Dutton and an Ollie O’Hanlon spot-kick clinched a home quarter-final against FC Whitley Res
Walking through Oxford, over the Christmas – rather than ‘Xmas’ – holiday period, I was struck by the lack of Christian religious symbolism in shop and street displays. We seem to have got used to lacklustre and mediocre street decorations but they now
the Oxford Mail reported (January 5) on a call to parents to register their interest and back the proposals for the establishment of a ‘free’ school in North Oxfordshire, the Heyford Park Free School. The backers claimed that they want to create a “new
WHY is it that I feel no excitement about the creation of a Spitfire squadron as described in Thursday’s Oxford Mail? Is it because these planes are not replicas of the original but American scale models? And are there enough Rolls-Royce engines to
“I DON’T know what we would have done without it”. Those are the words of one father who relies on pioneering East Oxford hospice Helen and Douglas House to provide much-needed respite care for her young son. Yesterday the hospice launched a year of
Nick Andrews smashed in a last-gasp winner for Garsington to knock Oxfordshire Senior League President’s Cup holders AFC Hinksey out with a 2-1 victory. After a goalless first half, Garsington took the lead in this third-round tie when Aaron
OXFORD MAIL GIRLS LEAGUE NORTH Leigh broke their duck in style with a 9-0 defeat of Summertown Stars in the Under 16 League. It was 6-0 at half-time thanks to a Georgea Winstone hat-trick, plus strikes from Lucy McDonough (2) and Katie Weaving. McDonough
Three players were sent off as Oxford Yellows’ ten men hit two late goals to snatch a 3-2 victory at nine-man Dorchester United in a stormy Critchleys UTV League Premier Division clash. Tim Neill and Brian Rawlings had put United 2-1 up, but
January – the time of New Year’s resolutions… And, as it happens, it’s the month which contains the anniversary of my accident. Yes, three years ago I went from Walking Niall to Wheeling Niall. This makes January not only a very reflective month but
ALERT building society staff thwarted an attempt to con a 63-year-old man out of money over building work. Police said two men called at the victim’s home and said he needed work doing to his house. A spokesman said: “They persuaded him to go the building
A man has been charged with stealing a Royal British Legion poppy box in the week before Remembrance Sunday. Richard Richmond, 32, of no fixed abode, is accused of stealing the charity box from a Tesco Express near Wallingford on October 31. He is also
The same thieves are believed to be behind two burglaries. The first break-in, through a kitchen window, was at 12.45pm on Saturday in Cumnor Hill. The alarm was set off and the offenders left empty-handed. A house in nearby Arnolds Way was then burgled
A YOUTH and two men have been jailed for an attempted mugging in East Oxford. Muse Guled, 21, and Younis Ward, 18, both of Nye Bevan Close in East Oxford, and a 17-year-old had cornered three 16-year-olds in an alleyway next to Tesco in Cowley Road and
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, pictured, will visit Oxford today. He will visit East Oxford Primary School in Union Street and The Hub in Turl Street to hear about the work of Oxfordshire Community Foundation. He will also visit the Story Museum in
“Nothing has changed except the strength of the argument against it and the strength of the resistance to that argument.” So says Finmere resident Mike Kerford-Byrnes to the Government’s High Speed Rail link, which will skirt villages in North Oxfordshire
MIKE Kerford-Byrnes bristles when he and his neighbours are accused of opposing the £32bn High Speed Rail link just because they are “nimbys”. As expected, the Government yesterday signalled the go-ahead for the first phase of the link between London
One can’t find a single fault in her; the other can’t think of a nice word to say about her. So put together one of Margaret Thatcher’s most ardent admirers, county council leader Keith Mitchell, and one of her biggest critics, trade unionist Gawain
Before Helen House opened in 1982, there was no provision in the world for respite and end-of-life care specifically for children. It seems incredible now, after three decades of unconditional caring and support, that such a bleak fact could ever have
Jon-Paul Pittman says his dad is to thank for two of his three goals this season. The striker scored for the second time in two Oxford United matches in their 3-0 win over Aldershot. Pittman also found the net while on loan at Crawley
AN INNOVATIVE new art exhibition has gone on display in Oxford’s Old Fire Station. Phil Marston from art group Launch Collaborative, said: “Plus 1 is a group show, and the idea is that we invited three artists we knew, and they invited three more they
A FORMER Army officer has won an international business honour for the nursery firm she started 10 years ago when she could not find childcare for her son and daughter. Sarah Steel raised £500,000 to open the Old Station Nursery in Faringdon when she
POST Office bosses will be urged to reconsider their decision to rule out providing a branch in Summertown. Campaigners believe Sainsbury’s planned fourth supermarket in the area shows demand is there. Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood and
