CYCLE safety mirrors being tested out in London should be used in Oxford, according to Liberal Democrat councillors. Trixi mirrors, which are designed to help drivers spot cyclists at busy junctions, have recently been installed at junctions
Five cars have been involved in an accident on the A34 this evening. The incident happened at around 5pm, on the A34 northbound near the Botley interchange. The road was partly blocked by one vehicle facing the wrong way. The accident has led to slow
Oxford University is setting out its plans for the Park Hospital in Headington at public exhibitions for staff and residents. It will confirm the 28-acre Headington site is to combine with the neighbouring £57m Old Road campus to form a medical research
A COMMUNITY football club looking forward to setting up a new girls’ team, thanks to an FA grant. Since it was formed 25 years ago, Barton United have been credited with keeping young boys from the city estate off the streets and out of trouble. Now
A MOTHER who began writing an Internet diary to promote her business, has reached the final of a competition for the best parenting ‘blog’ in the country. Karen Combe, from, appropriately, Combe, near Woodstock, runs parties for children. She set up
A FOLK singer and an electro-rock outfit are among the acts chosen for a concert showcasing the best of Oxford’s new music. For the fifth year, the OCM Open will feature an eclectic line-up of groups and artists. This year there will be three events
FAR-REACHING plans to overhaul youth football in England have been overwhelming approved by the Football Association. In total 87 per cent of voters at the organisation's AGM at Wembley backed the proposals this afternoon. From the 2013
A DAY of changes was on the cards for Oxfordshire Rail passengers today with new-look trains taking to the tracks on the Chiltern and Great Western routes. The first set of Chiltern Railways’ silver Mainline coaches to be fitted with sliding
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A PROJECT hunting down history in East Oxford has been nominated for a national award. Archeox, the East Oxford Project, has been named one of the top three community archaeology projects at the British Archaeology Awards. The four-year
TWO Cheney School pupils who have never missed a day of school were rewarded with a limo ride to lessons. Year 11 pupils Hamza Akhtar, 16, and Justin Strong, 15, were met by fellow students at the Headington secondary on Friday – their last day before
A family believe a venomous snake bit, and almost killed, their pet dog in their back garden. Sarah Martin, from Stockham Park, Wantage, found three-year-old black Labrador Porter vomiting, shaking and foaming at the mouth. A vet later
COUNCIL bosses have lost a bid to get affordable flats built in an upmarket North Oxford street. Oxford City Council last year threw out a plan to knock down a former children’s home in Hernes Crescent, and build nine houses, because the scheme did not
A FRENCHMAN has been appointed as primary headteacher of Oxfordshire’s first free school. The Europa School UK, which is due to open in Culham this September, announced that primary headteacher Pascal Maréchau will take on the role. The appointment
Villagers will be turning out in their hundreds on Saturday to enjoy the fun of the 60th Bampton Great Shirt Race. Some claim that the origins of the race can be traced back to 784 when Ethelred the Shirtless chased the burghers of Bampton through the
The tattoos on his leg tell their own stories. The hedgehog is there to celebrate Hugh Warwick’s obsession with the prickly little beasts that he has been studying and rescuing for 25 years. As for his new toad tattoo, the tale behind that is a central
Villagers held a draw in 1967 to mark Edward the Confessor’s Day and raise money for their 10th century church, aptly named Edward the Confessor. Lord Elton, left, is seen in the picture above drawing the winning tickets, assisted by Colonel Charles
Witney Mills cricket team had clearly tasted success when this picture was taken. They posed proudly for the cameraman, with the gleaming trophy in front of them. But what was the trophy and when did they win it? Joyce Croft, who sent in the picture
There has always been great camaraderie among apprentices at Morris Radiators. We recalled (Memory Lane, September 22, 2008) how young apprentices working at the North Oxford factory held annual dinners in the early 1960s. And the friendship continues
DETECTIVES have this morning said the woman who died in Territorial Way, Wood Farm is 25 years old. Police were called by the ambulance service just before 9pm yesterday. A police spokesman said: “Her death is being treated as unexplained and there
PEOPLE convicted of offences at magistrates'courts around the county: Thomas Fletcher, 22, of Eastfields, Blewbury, admitted possessing cannabis (Class B) in Didcot on January 13. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay £85 costs
We have a long tradition of holding parties to celebrate Royal occasions. Next weekend, weather permitting, hundreds of people in Oxfordshire will close their streets, set up tables, lay out food and drink and celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
BANBURY threw away a winning position and agonisingly lost by one run in their titanic Division 1 top-of-table battle at High Wycombe on Saturday. Chasing Wycombe’s formidable total of 275-9, Banbury were bowled out for 274, with more than five overs
FIREFIGHTERS have told how they tried to save two men killed when their car crashed into a house and burst into flame. Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after the single-vehicle accident happened at about 3.40am, on the A4130
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POLICE officers are investigating an unexplained death in Wood Farm. A police spokesman confirmed that the death of a woman in Territorial Way yesterday is now being investigated, but added that it is not being treated as suspicious.
Firefighters were called to a pan fire at a house in Wychwood Close, Shipton-under-Wychwood, at 4pm yesterday. They used a thermal imaging camera to tackle the fire, which started on an electric hob.
Five cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M40 on Saturday, causing long delays. The collision happened on the northbound carriageway, between junction 11 at Banbury and junction 12 in Warwickshire at about 3pm. The ambulance service treated
No date has yet been set for the repatriation of a serviceman killed in an Afghanistan bomb blast on Saturday. The as-yet-unnamed soldier, from 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh, was on patrol in Helmand province when his vehicle was caught in the blast.
WHILE Oxfordshire prepares to welcome the Olympic torch, a woman from Witney is remembering the time her husband carried the flame in 1948. June Barker’s husband, Peter, carried the torch during what became known as the ‘Austerity Games’ following the
A LATE fourish with the bat from Ryan Newhook secured Shipton-under-Wychwood a thrilling last- over victory at Harefield on Saturday. With nine runs needed from the final over, Newhook struck two fours and a single to secure a two-wicket success with
CRICKET KINGFISHER BEER CUP 3rd round Banbury 237-5 (45 ovs, J Cater 49no, I Tew 49, R West 38), High Wycombe 165 (37.4 ovs, R West 3-25). SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Bishop’s Stortford 210 (63.2
FROM the opening bars of Detour it was clear that Duane Eddy has lost none of his ability to thrill an audience with his unique guitar style. The audience at The Cheese and Grain, Frome, most of whom were not much younger than the star, who
A MATURE century from Pratik Patel was the highlight as Thame Town defeated Farnham Royal by six wickets at Church Meadow on Saturday. Following two heavy defeats in Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West, Thame turned it round
OXFORD: A flat caught fire after a householder left food cooking in a microwave and went out. Two fire engines were called to the fire in Bath Street on Friday, at 3pm. Smoke was billowing from the windows of the first-floor flat and a smoke alarm was
Oxford slipped to their third successive defeat and prop up the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 1 table after losing by eight wickets away to Potters Bar. After choosing to bat first, none of Oxford’s top seven batsmen played the
BANBURY: A man has been jailed over a plot to trap a Banbury couple in their home and rob them at knifepoint. Edward Stirling, 44, knocked on the door of a home in High Acres and said he had been hit by a car on November 25 last year, a judge heard.
Aston Rowant could not build on a promising start and lost by 88 runs in their Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West game at home to Cove on Saturday. The hosts made early inroads, with Glen Carlton bowling Cove opener Nick Randall
PATRIOTIC cupcakes featured at a Jubilee cake sale and hat-making competition at a North Oxford primary school. St Aloysius Primary School’s 230 pupils have been learning about the Queen in preparation for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and
CHILDREN in Wantage were thrilled to be given their very own commemorative coins to mark the Jubilee. To celebrate 60 years of the Queen’s reign, the town’s mayor Charlotte Dickson has been handing out specially minted coins to primary school
CHILDREN across Bicester will be raising a mug to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Youngsters at all nine primary schools and a string of nurseries and pre-schools will be given a Jubilee mug as a memento of the special moment in history
OXFORD came to a standstill as servicemen and dignitaries marched through the streets to launch the city’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Crowds cheered and clapped as the procession passed from County Hall to Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday
THE ‘kept-secret’ proposals that would take away employees’ job protection has come to light. Top Conservatives say that it is acceptable for an employer, simply because he or she doesn’t like a person, to sack them – it doesn’t matter if they are the
READERS can rest assured that, far from giving up, many Cheney School parents are to continue campaigning against schools converting into academies (Parents Lose Fight to Stop Academy Plans, May 24). The brief consultation processes being launched on
HOW disgusting, a volunteer ambulance car driver passed the gate in High Street and is fined £60! An official ambulance would have been ok but if a ‘real’ ambulance had been used, what a drain that would have been on NHS funds. The volunteer put the
I know Groucho Marx once said: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member” but that doesn’t cut it for me. I like ‘belonging’. It means others buy you drinks, fast-track your promotion and stump-up alibis when you murder
OXFORDSHIRE’S Hannah England and Mara Yamauchi raced to victories over the weekend. And triple-jumper Nathan Douglas made his long-awaited return to competition. World championship 1500m silver medallist England won on her seasonal debut over that distance
MICK Channon enjoyed Classic glory for the first time yesterday when Samitar sprang a surprise in the Etihad Airway Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh. The West Ilsley trainer was in Ireland to see his charge storm up the home straight under young jockey
THE children of Radley Primary School tucked into a right Royal treat made up of sandwiches and ice cream to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. As well as eating, more than 100 youngsters, pictured, made their own crowns and painted portraits
After a gloomy, freezing winter and the seemingly never-ending tide of economic bad news, county residents finally have something to smile about. The sun is out and celebrations for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee are getting into full swing. It’s great
THE banks often get a tough reputation, but it is no surprise when you consider the history of dodgy products and poor customer service that have littered the industry. The Financial Services Bill is passing through Parliament and will change the way
SO now we hear it again – Strasbourg judges getting involved in British law and saying prisoners should be allowed to vote. Well, it was and always has been “break the law and if you go to prison you lose all your rights”. Prisoners have known this
COUNCILLOR Colin Cook is pictured (on the front page of the newspaper on Friday) wrongly dressed! Where is the Lycra bodysuit? Those are the wrong shoes and, more importantly, there is a lack of gloves. You fall off a bike and what goes down first?
OF course it should be easier for employers to dismiss incompetent staff! On my return from Spain in 1979, when I, a faculty-prize winning university graduate, was reduced to cleaning lavatories, one of the factors which made me figuratively – and eventually
HAVING visited our wonderful JR hospital in so many follow-ups to my 11-year treatment of serious illnesses, the League of Friends is a welcome respite, not only to visitors but staff as well, getting a well-earned tea break. The hospital trust, in
WE have always known what the worst of employers have been thinking and now Adrian Beecroft, yet another very rich Conservative party donor and adviser to this Government, comes along and, without qualm or regrets, says employers should be able to sack
TWO people died in a car crash this morning. The accident happened on the A4130 near the Hadden Hill Golf Course near Didcot around 3.45am. The road was closed between the junction with Long Wittenham Road and the B4016 until about an hour ago
PLANS for a further car park at the Bicester Village shopping complex have been approved. The car park, at the far end of Pringle Drive, is currently being used by shoppers under temporary permission from Cherwell District Council. But councillors agreed
GREAT Britain collected five medals including a golden hat-trick on finals day at the World Rowing Cup event in Lucerne. The men’s four, women’s pair and women’s double scull all served notice of their potential for Olympic success with victories. The
DEDDINGTON: A driver was taken to hospital after his car crashed through the main window of a hotel. The accident happened just before 9.30am on Saturday at the Deddington Arms Hotel in Horse Fair. The driver was released from his car by the fire service
THE Queen and her great, great grandmother have been reconnected through their support for an Oxfordshire church. Queen Victoria gave St Michael & All Angels Church in Leafield a tenor bell in 1887 as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. But the
Firefighters rescued two adults and two children from a kitchen fire in School Court off Great Clarendon Street, in Jericho. The fire service was called at 1.45am on Saturday after a pan of food in the three-storey building caught fire. Firefighters
THE memorial bell that will toll as fallen servicemen are brought home to RAF Brize Norton was unveiled over the weekend. It will stand opposite the memorial garden on the edge of Carterton, where thousands have gathered for repatriation ceremonies.
OXFORD City may seek compensation after being placed in Blue Square Bet North next season. City, who secured promotion to the Conference by winning the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division play-offs, were hoping to be placed in Blue Square Bet South
THE grief-stricken parents of a teenager who died after jumping into the River Thames last night said: “You will never be forgotten.” Hussain Mohammed, 15, jumped off Donnington Bridge with a female friend at about 8.30pm on Friday.
Road bosses at Oxfordshire County Council need to look closely at safety mirrors which campaigners say can save cyclists’ lives. Trixie mirrors are attached to traffic lights to allow lorry drivers to see cyclists and pedestrians on their nearside.
SCHOOLS have less than three weeks to be in with a chance of winning a £7,500 makeover. For the fourth year, the Oxford Mail has teamed up with Abingdon construction company Leadbitter to offer one lucky primary school the chance for much needed improvements
THEIR lives are worlds apart, but a love of running has united two primary schools in Jericho and Ethiopia. The Run Jericho event, organised by the St Barnabas Primary School’s Parent-Teacher Association, was first held last year to raise money for the
