ONE in four journeys should be made by bicycle under Oxford City Council plans to push people out of their cars. The Town Hall is set to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in improving facilities for cyclists, which could one day include two new
CHILDREN at an Oxford school have been letting their imaginations run away with them. But the pupils at St Aloyisus Primary School, in Woodstock Road, have something to show for their flights of fancy, after putting together a magazine of stories they
CAMPAIGNERS see this month as crucial in their fight for all cancer services to be under one roof at the Oxford Cancer Centre. When the centre opened at the Churchill Hospital, Headington, in 2009, it was planned that head and neck cancer services
BIG name authors including Inspector Morse creator Colin Dexter have backed a new literary festival in Chipping Norton. More than 50 authors will speak at the event, which will take place across six venues in the town between April 20 and 22. The festival
GRITTERS have been out on Oxfordshire’s roads since midday to prepare for an expected snowfall tonight. A severe weather warning has been issued for Oxfordshire tonight, with snow expected within the next few hours. The Met Office has issued an amber
MEMBERS of a cycling team are swapping their bikes for training shoes to take part in this year’s OX5 Run. Team Oxford Bus Company pedalled 21,000 miles between them last year, but has now scaled down its training schedule over the winter and switched
BARTON residents are having a wheely good time at new exercise bike classes. An cycling studio has been set up at Oxford City Council’s Barton Leisure Centre with classes on Tuesdays to Thursdays and Saturdays and Sundays. Van Coulter, council board
WE know about the importance of giving blood to help human victims of illness and accident, but now there is a push for doggy donors to boost supplies at a Pet Blood Bank. Shitsu puppy Molly would have died without an emergency blood transfusion after
POWER has been restored to homes in Rose Hill and surrounding areas after about 1,000 homes were left without electricity. A Southern Electric spokesman said an underground cable fault caused the problem at about 7.15am. Power was restored shortly before
RESIDENTS in Woodeaton are stepping up a campaign against a proposal to dump 520,000 tonnes of rubble in a quarry after a planning application was submitted. McKenna Plant Hire wants to restore Woodeaton Quarry by transporting an average of 20 lorry-loads
OXFORD’S Ashmolean Museum has won “a substantial grant” for its conservation gallery Restoring the Past. Restoring the Past is one of two conservation galleries at the Ashmolean – the only major museum of art and archaeology to have permanent galleries
Today's Evo-Stik Southern League matches between Frome and Oxford City and Cinderford v North Leigh have been postponed due to frozen pitches.
THE Big Splash Oxford Swim Sunday takes place tomorrow, with free swimming and fun sessions at pools around the city. Sessions are taking place at the Barton, Blackbird Leys, Ferry and Temple Cowley pools. The aim of the day is to encourage more people
Joseph Bonassisa, Oxford’s newly-crowned national junior champion, has celebrated his gold medal at the British International Karate Championships by unveiling a new sponsorship deal. Under the agreement the 14-year-old, who won two bronze medals at
Oxford University’s James Watson claimed the boxer-of-the-night award as the Gown were beaten 8-5 by the Town at the Oxford Union. The Corpus Christi fighter came from behind to outpoint Tewkesbury southpaw Gavin Maber in an absorbing light welterweight
WHEN Mini bosses decided to sponsor a weather system, they thought it would be a good way of boosting the car brand. But little did they know freezing temperatures caused by the high pressure system in question – hailing from Siberia – would
Berinsfield's Michael McDonagh was in determined mood to stop Milton Keynes rival Fred Lane as the National Schoolboys Championships got under way at Cheshunt. After an intense toe-to-toe first session, McDonagh intensified his attack. An unanswered
LEWIS Sumner (Bicester Community College) claimed the under 16 boys’ title in the most competitive event of the day at the Oxfordshire Schools Individuals Championships. Sumner pipped Simon Price (Matthew Arnold) at Fitzharry’s School, Abingdon, while
KIDLINGTON started the year with a second place in the first round of the Chiltern League at Aylesbury. The ten years and under swimmers did exceptionally well, with the girls, Amy Broome, Ellie Broome, Katie Parsons and Zoe Hazel winning their medley
MIDDLETON Cheney are the new champions of Division 2 in the Banbury Indoor League after winning their clash of the titans against Sandford St Martin A. Both teams were unbeaten going into the final week of the season and it was Middleton Cheney who
Oxford United striker Alfie Potter broke an ankle in training and is likely to be out for the rest of the season. The 23-year-old fell awkwardly and broke a bone in the lower part of the ankle, and will require an operation.
OXFORD Health & Racquets slipped to a 3-2 defeat at home to unbeaten Group A leaders Benz-Bavarian Duffield in the Premier League. Despite the last-minute withdrawal of the Derbyshire club’s new world No 1, Nick Matthew, Oxford saw their opponents take
THE Richard Yeates kennel received a double boost this week with Freedom Emma whelping a litter of five (four bitches and a dog) to Derby winner Westmead Hawk. Then at Monday’s trial session, newcomer Roseville Bullet posted a superb 27.01secs with a
PAUL Robinson’s 76-break, a Section 1 season’s best, helped Fieldside beat Eynsham 2-1 in the Gentworks Oxford & District League. RESULTS Oxford Bowls Club 1, Riley A 2; Eynsham 1, Fieldside 2; New Club 3, Cowley Con Club A 0; CCC B 0, Ashton 3; Riley
WITNEY A’s Paul Chester won the final two frames as his Division 1 side pegged back Premier Division leaders Fieldside for a gallant 3-3 draw in the Gentworks Oxford & District League. RESULTS Premier & Div 1: Fieldside 3, Witney A 3; Littlemore RBL
A BUILDER who overcharged five clients more than £100,000 and left them paying for remedial work totalling £140,000 has been jailed. Mark Harmer, who traded as MH Construction, was a “shoddy builder of quite marked incompetence” who failed to get his
FORUM I provided the biggest upset of round three in the Oxford & District Association’s Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield by beating Division 1 leaders Vikings A. Vikings were missing Jingyu Sun due to illness, so Pavel Jaskolski and Alan Cherry
OXFORDSHIRE’S healthy school dinners service looks set to be handed over to private contractors, after councillors were promised that standards would not drop. Cabinet members have been recommended to include the primary school meals service as part
Abingdon School suffered heartbreak in rugby’s Daily Mail Under 18 Schools’ Cup quarter-final – with Dulwich College taking victory as the away side following a 17-17 draw with tries level. Having reached the last eight for the first time, Abingdon were
NORTH Oxford AS chairman Julian Humm left the winter weather behind to do a spot of fishing in Belize, catching bonefish to around 4lb on the fly. Julian has issued a reminder that North Oxford’s AGM is on February 21 at the Plough, Wolvercote (8pm),
HELEN WERIN ventures north to explore the historic city of Lincoln and its awe-inspiring architecture and quaint streets. I was standing in a pretty, medieval cobbled square with one of the finest Gothic buildings in Europe, Lincoln Cathedral, beyond
CORPORATE Award, runner-up in his last outing, is napped to land the Brian Goodenough Robins Stakes over 595 metres at Oxford Stadium tonight. The black dog’s run behind Meaghans Teddy was over the four- bend trip on Sunday, and with the extra yardage
Match fishing A CRACKING net of fish caught by Chris Webb saw him take Littlemore AC’s Classic Flooring Shield at Stable Lake, Kirtlington. With temperatures dropping to below freezing overnight, getting the fish to feed was always going to be hard
A BURGLAR who was caught breaking in o an Oxford school has been jailed. Drug addict Paul Bromley was seen by a neighbour as he smashed a window at d’Overbroeck’s College in Banbury Road, North Oxford. He was found inside the building when police arrived
HE may still have over a year to go in his treatment for leukaemia, but little Adam Sokoli is beaming all over after being presented with a Little Star award. Six-year-old Adam, from Cutteslowe, received a Cancer Research UK Little Star Award for the
A 61-year-old woman killed in a car crash on the A420 by the Botley/ Farmoor sliproad was last night named as Valerie Ford of Besselsleigh Road. She died when her VW Passat collided with a Citroen near the Eynsham Road junction at about 5.20pm
A man appeared in court charged with raping a woman as she slept. William Benn yesterday appeared at Oxford Crown Court accused of raping a 37-year-old woman in Luther Street, Oxford, at about 4am on January 23. The 43-year-old, of no fixed
AN MP and a Bishop were lifted towards the heavens to get a bird’s eye view of a village church bell tower in need of repair. Wantage MP Ed Vaizey and Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd John Pritchard, were elevated in a cherry picker to get the special view
OXFORD is to host a world summit tackling the problem of illiteracy in poor and developed nations. It is the first time the global event has been staged, and comes as concerns are raised about the low levels of reading among children across the city.
A man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and criminal damage after a man suffered stab wounds. Banbury magistrates remanded Kelly Stanley, 38, of Piddington Road, Ludgershall, near Bicester, in custody on Thursday until next
A biker was taken to hospital with a leg injury after a collision with a car in Old Abingdon Road, Oxford. Emergency services were called at about 8.20am yesterday to the collision between a white Suzuki motorbike and a silver Smart car. The motorcyclist
HOMES in Oxfordshire could run out of water over the coming decades. A combination of population increases and climate change could cause major shortages in the Thames basin, according to new predictions. The threat could eventually
IDEAS that sound good in a corporate planning meeting frequently explode in your face. BT was once planning to get press coverage of a charity donation to children in wheelchairs by painting the cheque on the side of an elephant – until the
THE report about the potential for water shortages is a worrying one indeed. We take water supply for granted in this country – and coming on a freezing day like this, fears that we could face significant supply problems in the future might
A WOMAN who was stabbed at random in an Oxford shopping centre says she is “still struggling to make sense” of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lewis Cyprien was jailed at Oxford Crown Court yesterday after admitting he plunged the eight-inch
POLICE want to find a 32-year-old woman who has gone missing from an Oxford mental health hospital. Field Avenue, Blackbird Leys resident Jade Williams was last seen at Warneford Hospital, where is a patient, at 11.30am on Friday. She
Oxfordshire's clubs in the Evo-Stick Southern League are facing a blank afternoon today due to the big freeze. Oxford City’s trip to Frome in the Premier Division hinges on a 9.30am inspection, while there is an 11am check for Banbury United’s game at
Oxford United assistant manager Mickey Lewis said the npower League Two club would have to take it on the chin after Saturday's game against Barnet was called off due to a frozen pitch. It was hoped putting covers over the Kassam Stadium's
OURS is a vibrant city that is always changing, but today we’re having a nostalgic bit of fun merging the old with the new of Oxford. We’ve taken some of our favourite old photographs and sent our photographers out to recreate them in the modern
ALL successful entrepreneurs have to start small. But there are 27 pupils at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College’s Peter Jones Enterprise Academy who are hoping to take inspiration from and match the success of the Dragon’s Den star by setting
PRIME MINISTER David Cameron must have felt in familiar territory as he teamed up with George Osborne to take on the red team. But rather than a battle of wits in the Commons with the Chancellor at his shoulder, the match-up took place on a
