This year’s Pink Ribbonwalk will be a bittersweet experience for mother and daughter Camilla and Clare Hanchet – coming just over a year after they lost their beloved friend Beverley Fenwick to cancer. Mrs Hanchet, 56, and from Churchill, near Chipping
Paul Clarke, 30, of Crescent Road, Oxford, admitted shoplifting jewellery valued at £13 from Matalan in Banbury on February 29. Given an 18-month conditional discharge and told to pay £13 compensation and £85 costs. Charles Pusey, 59, of
Zija Kazia, 34, of St Peter’s Road, Oxford, admitted assault by beating in Oxford on February 26. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay £85 costs. Daniel Ludlow, 47, of Kingston Court, Oxford, admitted causing criminal damage
SPORTS fans across Britain will be hoping the country’s athletes won’t need spiritual intervention this summer. But if they do, an Oxford vicar will be at the ready to help them. Reverend Andrew Wingfield Digby of St Andrew’s Church in Linton Road has
OXFORD Bus Company will invest £5.5m into green buses after being recognised for its work on environmentally friendly transport. The money will be ploughed into 36 new electric hybrid buses, making the company the biggest operator of these vehicles in
Swimmers are being urged to dig out their swimwear as Woodstock’s heated outdoor pool is to open for the season on Saturday. West Oxfordshire District Council’s pool in Shipton Road is set in a grassed area and the deep end has a diving board and a depth
St John Ambulance cadet Joshua Vickers from Thame was invited to Buckingham Palace for his work with the charity. The 14-year-old was recognised by the Princess Royal on March 28 for completing the Grand Prior Award, which is the highest a cadet can
One of the highlights of Oxford hospice fund-raiser Childish Things is to be turned into a download to raise further cash for the cause. Each year Helen and Douglas House, based in East Oxford, stages one or more nights of comedy at Oxford’s New Theatre
A canal boat was badly damaged today after what firefighters believe was an arson attack. Firefighters were called to the barge blaze at about 1.40pm in Wolvercote Mill Stream. Police also attended.
The Oxford Jazz Festival ended on a high note after nearly 30 performances across the city and a combined audience of 7,000. The week-long fourth annual music event which ended on Saturday night, included shows from international musicians. Pianist
OXFORD United conceded a late goal for the second game in a row as they were pegged back by ten-man Torquay United at the Kassam Stadium. Ryan Clarke got a hand to Taiwo Atieno’s shot, but the ball spun into the net as the U’s were denied victory. The
THE police helicopter was sent out today to look for a man threatening suicide after splitting up from his girlfriend. Police sent the helicopter out close to the Kassam Stadium after getting the call at about 1pm. Inspector Mike Webber-Gant
Top scorer James Constable returns to the starting line-up as Oxford United attempt to halt a run of two successive defeats with the visit of high-flying Torquay United. The striker replaces Scott Rendell after spending two games on the substitutes’
A £350m investment in new signals on the Great Western main line Rail route marks the next step in a programme which could eventually see trains as far away as Cornwall controlled from Oxfordshire. As reported in the Oxford Mail last Wednesday
LIKE his award-winning alpacas, Mike Coghlan says he is getting a bit “long in the tooth” – so he’s selling off half his herd. The first person to import Peruvian alpacas into Britain, Mr Coghlan owns Blenheim Alpacas, in Ewelme, near Wallingford
ANIMALS at one Oxford venue made sure the bank holiday weekend was not just about Easter bunnies and chicks. Miniature Shetland ponies paid a visit to Barefoot Books in Summertown, to the delight of visiting children. Busy meeting a pony was Zoe Davies
WE’RE not sure if this was a joke or for real. Two men look decidedly glum as they sit in the stocks. Whether that was deliberate, or whether they were guilty of some felony, we will probably never know. The picture comes from John Cummings, of Westland
A new picture of Rosie, the most famous animal at Oxford Zoo, has come to light. Crowds flocked to Kidlington in the 1930s to see the popular elephant, Hanno the lion and their fellow attractions. This picture comes from regular Memory Lane contributor
Oxford City's Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division match at Hemel Hempstead today has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch
A JUDGE has hit out at the prosecution system after “grotesque blunders” in the case of a man who assaulted a baby. The judge said prosecutors charged the 21-year-old babysitter too lightly, causing what he labelled a “manifest injustice”.
It doesn't matter what age you are, Easter bonnets are always very popular. In Picture 1, members of Kidlington Evergreen Club show off their natty headgear in 1980. They paraded around Exeter Hall in a friendly battle of the bonnets, trying to impress
A Royal British Legion stalwart who has served the Witney community for decades has been recognised for his work. Don Deaney, 78, of Curbridge Road, has been awarded Citizen of the Year by Witney Town Council. Mr Deaney is vice chairman, welfare officer
When their library was under threat of closure in 1986, villagers were not prepared to give up without a fight. They were determined to adopt any means to defend it – even a dog joined the protest. Pupils who feel like burning down their school had their
You could be forgiven for thinking this was not a happy occasion. A few smiles, but mostly glum faces – one child is even shedding tears at the bottom right of the picture! Perhaps the weight of all that headgear was to blame – or, perhaps, the intimidating
A MAN who was seriously injured in a collision by Oxford airport has died in hospital. The 68-year-old from Yarnton, who was a passenger in a silver Subaru Impreza, died at the John Radcliffe Hospital on Saturday. Police were called to the A44
A student was in intensive care in a Spanish hospital last night after falling from a balcony. Luke Parry, 21, fell 25 feet in the accident in Costa Brava on Friday. The Jesus College student was in the country for the student sports festival Lloretfest
A man was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital with head and arm injuries after rolling his car into a ditch. The man was cut from the car by firefighters after the accident in Lower Road, Church Hanborough at about 12.45pm on Saturday by the junction with
Thames Valley Police will share IT and information management services with Hampshire Constabulary. The new joint information management unit will manage data and records for both forces, and will not lead to any redundancies. Armed response units,
Teachers have said they are “scared” of the impact of academies on the education of the city’s youngsters. Members of the Oxford City branch of teaching union NASUWT are at the organisation’s national conference in Birmingham. Michelle Codrington-Rogers
STUNT-RIDING, fly-fishing and a spot of axe-throwing were the star attractions at the Thame Country Fair yesterday. Thousands of visitors braved the looming black clouds for the 14th annual event, which continues at the Showground today. The fair aims
GOSFORD All Blacks captain Tim Ellis proved the kicking king as his side won the Oxfordshire Shield in unusual circumstances. It took a penalty from Chippy fly half Sam Jackson to make it 11-11 with the last kick of the match, but that was
With the annual hype surrounding the Grand National about to begin, now is a good time to remember the disgust that people felt after last year’s race. As well as the sickening deaths of Ornais and Dooneys Gate, television viewers witnessed Ballabriggs
We have a drought and a hosepipe ban. But, in 1976, when I questioned the use of sprinklers on tennis courts and golf courses. Thames Water said “that’s okay, they pay more”. So if I pay extra, can I use my hosepipe? ROGER W TUCKER,
FORMER Bicester Town manager Chris Hurley will become the new Clanfield boss after Peter Osborne steps down at the end of the season. Hurley (pictured) will be assisted by Dan Tompkins at the Division 1 West club. Osborne, who had a big say in the appointment
Abingdon United gained one of the two points they needed to secure their place in Southern League Division 1 South & West with a goalless draw at home to Cinderford. Lewis Sommers had an early chance for Cinderford before, but Abingdon’s Sam Collier
DIDCOT were heading for their sixth away win in Southern League Diviison 1 South & West until Matt Kemble’s 74th minute equaliser secured a 1-1 draw, and the point Wimborne needed for safety on Saturday. The home threatened in the first minute as Jamie
A 25-YEAR-OLD has appeared in court accused of a burglary in Weyland Road, Headington, Oxford. Ben Blair, of no fixed address, is accused of the burglary on February 17. He was remanded in custody by Oxford magistrates on Wednesday.
It is worse than regrettable that the Higher Education Funding Council cap on student numbers (Oxford Mail, March 30) has hit Oxford Brookes University’s plans for expansion of foundation degree courses at its partner colleges. Yet some of these colleges
OXFORD City Nomads, hot favourites to land the Hellenic League Premier Division title, lost their chance to complete the double when crashing 5-0 away to Highworth Town in the Bluefin Insurance Insurance Brokers Cup semi-final on Saturday. Ardley United
NORTH Leigh kept alive their outside chances of making the Southern league Division 1 South & West play-offs thanks to a 1-0 win courtesy of a cracking second-half winner from Brian Bowles. North Leigh’s early efforts from Bowles and Morgan Williams
BANBURY United, battling hard to move clear of the Southern League Premier Division relegation zone, suffered the heartache of losing 1-0 to an injury-time goal at Bedford on Saturday. The visitors had enough chances have won the match twice over, before
OXFORD City spent a frustrating afternoon in trying to break down a staunch Cambridge City side in their quest to improve their Southern League Premier Division promotion prospects, but were held to a 0-0 draw. Mike Ford’s men slipped to third place
THE smell and tastes of world cuisines filled Oxford’s market place over the Easter weekend. The Fogg’s Street Food Festival came to Gloucester Green and on sale was everything from spicy Indian curries to South African zebra burgers.
THE sun’s rays reflecting off a shaving mirror and onto a curtain is believed to have been the cause of a house fire in Bicester. Three fire engines and 18 firefighters were called to the blaze in a back bedroom of a house in Lily Close at 9.50am on
IN most villages, old phone boxes lie derelict and vandalised on street corners. But for one Oxfordshire community, that phone box could now be the difference between life and death. Long Wittenham has become the first village in the county to install
CHINNOR coach Martin Moran was full of praise for his side’s defence after their victory over Henley. “I thought we defended superbly,” Moran said. “If you think about the number of chances we restricted them to, it was only that break at the end. “
In On Yer Bike (Oxford Mail, April 3), James Styring finds himself ‘in yer car’, no doubt hoping to escape the numerous frustrations he regularly complains cyclists suffer. But alas, he soon found that, in order to proceed, he had to get out of the car
British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan admits police and security chiefs can never completely eliminate the threat of “one idiot” disrupting events at London 2012. Moynihan was speaking after a lone protester forced Saturday’s
The nation’s 11 million pensioners are bruised battered and bewildered by the attack on them in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget. The proposed gradual withdrawal of our age-related tax allowances will affect nearly five million of us with incomes
My late husband took this photograph in June 1975 in or near Bullingdon Road when we visited Oxford to attend our son’s wedding. We did not know the child or the kitten but just thought it made a lovely picture. I don’t know if any of your readers
While I truly love Oxford, I can’t help but slip into daydreams every time an Oxford Tube or Espress coach crawls past me bound for London. Same with the Airline coach service, emblazoned as its fleet is with glorious vistas of blue skies, beaches and
A corner of Oxford was ablaze with music, colour and dancing this weekend, as the Nepalese community celebrated their New Year. Dozens of residents descended on the Roman Way Social Club, Cowley, for an evening of celebrations on Saturday.
A charity which has been helping disabled people for nearly 30 years is being forced to close. The ACE Centre, in Headington, provides communication help for vulnerable children and adults but is set to close in just over two months’ time. The charity
'NO' says Dr Joe McManners, executive member for housing needs at Oxford City Council. Oxford is the least affordable city to buy property in the UK, outside parts of London. The previous right-to-buy scheme led to half the council’s family
WhAT is it with boys and balls, and I don’t mean anatomically? This week I have mostly been shouting “Watch the light fittings!” I rue the day a red-suited white-bearded idiot gave the boys cushions that look like footballs for Xmas. I once trained
FULL back Alex Woodhouse scored all Chinnor’s points as they won the Oxfordshire Cup for a third successive year with a 13-10 victory over Henley Hawks. Chinnor’s victory was more emphatic than the scoreline suggests, with Henley scoring a
TAKING on npower League Two’s form team holds no fears for Chris Wilder this afternoon as Oxford United attempt to halt a slide which has put their play-off place in jeopardy. The U’s go into the game after suffering back-to-back defeats for the first
PLANS to fill in Woodeaton Quarry with rubble look set to be approved next week. Wheatley McKenna Plant Hire wants to restore the quarry but some residents have raised concerns about noise, traffic and dust. A decision is due by Oxfordshire County Council
A FIRE which caused dozens of people to flee their homes could have been an arson attack, police said last night. Emergency crews were called to a block of flats in Venners Water, Didcot, shortly after 5am on Good Friday. About 50 firefighters battled
CHIPPING Norton’s BB&O Premier promotion hopes suffered a setback with their 11-11 draw with Gosford All Blacks – as their Oxfordshire Shield clash doubled as a league clash. Chippy must now win their final game and hope Thatcham fail to.
HARWELL were crowned BB&O Championship champions after their 27-5 victory over Winslow on Saturday. The win was their 20th in a row and sees them pick up the title. However, the success was not as one-sided as the scoreline suggests,
HUNDREDS of people are expected to turn out to compete in the first World Bun Throwing Championship in Abingdon on Saturday. The chairty event at Abingdon Vale Cricket Club in Culham Road, from 2–4pm, costs £1 per bun and registration will take place
FIREFIGHTERS were called to four suspected arson attacks on vehicles across the county over the weekend. On Friday crews were called to a blaze at about 11.30pm in Rupert Road, Cowley, and then at about 11.35pm in nearby Ridley Road. Firefighters were
DATING can be difficult enough for those living near the dreaming spires of Oxford, but it’s even harder when you’re based in a war zone. Aid worker Mary Thida Lun, 30, and her fiancé Captain Tom Berry, 27, fell in love in war-torn Sudan and now work
Oxford cox Zoe de Toledo has reiterated her belief Saturday’s Boat Race should have been re-rowed after one of her crew-mates broke his oar. Dr Hanno Wienhausen, Oxford’s six man, had his blade snapped clean off in a clash 45 seconds after the
A holidaymaker from Oxford was in a group of four rescued on a Cornish beach after being cut off by the tide. The three women and one man became trapped at Porthcurno beach on Saturday. Three of them were airlifted off a cliff by a helicopter from the
CHINNOR remain favourites to secure the National 3 South West play-off berth after an exciting 22-22 draw at Redingensians. Although the game signals the end of their realistic title aspirations, it strengthens Chinnor’s grip on second place – meaning
A move to build a new £15m leisure centre at Didcot looks set to be approved by South Oxfordshire District Council’s cabinet on Thursday. The meeting will be recommended to approve outline proposals and agree to release £60,000 to begin a feasibility
JUSTICE is a tricky concept. In our criminal system it involves the right punishment dished out at the right time. Of course, what is just to one person may not be seen as fair to another. But it is extremely unusual for a judge to hit out in such strong
PETER Leven could return for Oxford United this season after the initial assessment of an injury picked up on Good Friday revealed less damage than originally feared. The Scot was stretchered off 20 minutes into the 2-1 defeat at Northampton
It started 50 years ago as a bet in a pub between two friends. But Radley villagers have kept up their Good Friday tradition and this year was no exception. Villagers did the 12.5 mile walking race from Bowyer Arms to Oxford and back again on Friday
Changes to the way housing and council tax benefits are assessed will cut time and money, Oxford City Council has promised. Last year, the Government’s watchdog branded the council’s benefits system as “poor” and criticised its high cost to taxpayers
BAD Eggs comes to a close today with a man wanted over an attempted robbery in Cowley. Police officers are hoping that this e-fit image will lead them to two men who threatened a woman as they tried to snatch her bag and phone. The 39-year-old victim
