People convicted of offences at Magistrates' Courts around the county recently BANBURY Colin Macnee, 60, of Clay Hill Close, Enstone, admitted drink-driving on June 1. Had 59 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35
BOSSES at Travelodge say its planned new hotel in Oxford will generate £850,000 a year for the local economy. They have petitioned city centre businesses to rally support for the development on the former Motorworld site, on the corner of Abingdon Road
A POPULAR swimming pool should be allowed to open later, a council report says. Chinnor Community Swimming Pool, in Station Road, has applied to open from 8.30am to 7.30pm in the week, from 9.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday and 10.30am to 4.30pm on Sunday
For people with autism, the world can often be a scary place. But a new card introduced in Oxford this week aims to make their lives easier and help others understand the problems they face. The Autism Alert Card was launched in Oxfordshire
This is the centrepiece of next month’s Olympic celebration in Oxford’s South Park. The Tree of Light will gradually illuminate at the climax of the event on Monday, July 9, during an hour-long performance to feature 750 singers and dancers. This latest
LONDON Welsh have won their appeal against a Rugby Football Union (RFU) decision preventing them from winning promotion to the Premiership. The ruling by an independent panel paves the way for the Exiles, who have agreed a deal to play at Oxford's
11.03: 1 BLUE ROSE LADY 5-2 jt fav, 2 Greencroft Angel 4-1. Trio (4x6x5). Trainer: Hannan. Ballyer Flower (3) 5-2 jt fav. Time: 28.17. 11.19: 1 DUBLINHILL TINY 4-1, 2 Ardmayle Fizz 6-1. Trio (4x3x1). Trainer: Atkins. Slaneyside Abbey (1) 2-
OXFORD'S Botley Road is gridlocked in both directions because stop/go signs are being used to replace traffic lights at the Seacourt Tower junction. Oxfordshire County Council is due to complete work on the junction, which will include installing
INDEPENDENT booksellers across Oxfordshire are hoping to give their trade a boost with a new campaign. Tomorrow sees the launch of Independent Booksellers Week, which gives shops the chance to showcase their distinctive wares. Ten bookshops
A nursery and pre-school where a third of the children speak English as a second language has been rated outstanding by Ofsted. Culham Science Centre Nursery and Preschool was given the top rating in every area after an inspection last month
Forget your calculator, or chatter in class twice, and you get a warning. Do it a third time, and you'll land in detention the same day. The three strikes behaviour policy at the Warriner School, in Bloxham, was one of the changes introduced
Crowds have been rolling up to the big top as a circus tours the county. Jay Miller’s Circus arrived in Kidlington for the first time in its history for a three-night stay from Monday and is now in Wantage. The show, which only has human
Police who patrol Oxford’s Blackbird Leys estate say they are frustrated they cannot stop youths buying toy pellet guns. At a Blackbird Leys Parish Council meeting on Tuesday, councillors raised the issue of young people purchasing BB (ball bearing)
A FRITWELL man with a history of mental health problems took his own life after spending the afternoon in the pub, an inquest heard yesterday. Ralph Pratley, 48, of Forge Place, was found hanged at his home by his friend Jonathan Howes on Saturday, December
HUNDREDS of static classic aircraft will help transport people back in time for Fly to the Past later this year. Up to 200 planes, including Tiger Moths, Sopwiths, Gypsy Moths and Tipsy Belfairs, are expected to make up the display. Show organisers
IT has taken several decades but Oxford’s Sikh community is finally to get a permanent home. A former plumbers’ building in London Road, Headington, will be converted into a temple by the Sri Guru Singh Sabha group after it won planning permission
Bernard Tollet Oxfordshire Cup RICHARD Beer’s 17 not out saw Oxford beat Thame Town by three wickets with two balls to spare in round one. SCORES 1st round: Thame Town 89 (T Geeson-Brown 4-21), Oxford 92-7. 2nd round: Abingdon Vale 116-7 (M Howe-Davies
Captain John Connaughton returns from a knee injury to lead Oxford Cavaliers against Bristol Sonics tomorrow (2pm, Oxford RFC). Australian stand off Ben Bushby is also in the squad, along with brothers Mario and Johnno Da Silva. The Cavaliers are attempting
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AFTER almost a whole year of planning, Cornbury Festival will open its gates to music-lovers today. The event, now in its ninth year, is likely to attract up to 16,000 people to Great Tew Park, near Chipping Norton. They will be treated to
Aston Rowant rider Joe Hill is celebrating after winning two national titles in his first season in the saddle. The 16-year-old captured the Wilkinson Sword prize – sponsored by the Racing Post Weekender – for the leading novice rider aged under 21 without
Yorkshire Tea Village Cup ANDY Harris hopes Great & Little Tew’s battles so far will hold them in good stead in the first national round of the Yorkshire Tea Village Cup on Sunday. Tew visit Gloucestershire champions Apperley after sealing the Oxfordshire
Oxonian riders are in control of the inter-club league at the halfway stage of the competition. The club’s members occupy the top three places in all four divisions of the time trial competition, sponsored by Beeline Bicycles. STANDINGS Div 1: 1 M
THERE was a change from the normal diet of diesel trains at Oxford station yesterday as Britain’s newest main line steam locomotive, No 60163 Tornado, powered through. Completed four years ago, Tornado is a £3m re-creation of a 1940s A1 Class
FLAGS will be raised across the county for tomorrow’s Armed Forces Day. A ceremony to mark the hoisting of a flag will take place from 2pm at County Hall in Oxford’s New Road. Representatives from the Oxford University Officers Training
BURGLARS stole alcohol from a home in Prescott Close, Banbury, while its occupants were asleep. The incident happened between 3am and 4.45am on Monday. They stole a bottle of Bell’s Scotch whisky and 20 cans of Stella Artois after forcing their way in
IS IT not about time that dogs were banned from all children’s play areas, sports fields, and parks? Fair enough, it would be a shame for responsible owners who do clear up after their dogs, but even then, there is very often a wet, messy patch still
OXFORD University head coach Graham Charlesworth said the blame for the Varsity Match petering out lay more with Cambridge. The four-day game in the Parks ended in a draw when Oxford declared on 215-5, 228 runs ahead. Charlesworth admitted Oxford had
HOSPITAL bosses are appealing for 1,500 people to help shape the future of health care in Oxfordshire. The government wants all NHS care providers to gain foundation trust status – which would give them greater control over their finances –
We attended the Vale of White Horse District Council planning meeting on June 20, when the conversion of 22 Appleford Drive, Abingdon, into four one-bedroom flats was approved. The Abingdon councillors voted against the proposal. There were 21 letters
I see that the Tory and Lib Dem Government is giving £1bn to Rolls-Royce to develop nuclear reactors for a new generation of submarines armed with nuclear missiles. Whatever happened to the coalition promise to delay the decision on whether to renew
Interesting though it might be, Bruce Ross-Smith's letter (Wednesday’s Oxford Mail ViewPoints) says nothing about how to address the fundamental problem with Barton, and that is, as has been known for a long time, that either the A40 or the Barton estate
HOW lovely to see a picture of Doris Hyde, 102, looking so well (Oxford Mail, June 17). She’s a lovely lady. I remember her working at the Hygienic Laundry in Abingdon. I worked there from 1956-1963. Her husband and her brother worked in the washhouse
A pity that the recent doctors’ strike has taken the headlines away from this Government’s disastrous fiddling with our beloved NHS. Apparently, dopey ministers like Sarah Teather and William Hague have been campaigning to save hospitals in
IN 2009, the Oxford Mail published my letter praising the outstanding achievement of Combe School (2008 Ofsted report) which was a bright moment during dark days, with a nation sickened by lies and mismanagement and soon to end the shameful years of New
The A34 northbound was partially blocked this morning after a van broke down. Police were called just before 7am to the A34 between the turn to Wytham and the Peartree Roundabout. The high-sided van was moved to a layby by about 7.30am and later recovered
VISITORS to Oxford’s Museum of Natural History got the wildlife bug when they got up close with a host of insects. Creatures, including a praying mantis, tarantulas and scorpions, were brought out at the Parks Road attraction to mark National Insect
IT was plain that Victor was ready for a verbal fight as he bounded across Queen Street, narrowly avoiding an uneven encounter with a double-decker bound for High Street and beyond. “What have you to say about your precious Queen forcing Princess Kate
North Oxford finished their Aegon Team Tennis League season in style by whitewashing Caversham. The 12-0 victory saw Balasz Vuksitz (pictured) and his team leapfrog their visitors into the Southern Reg-ional Division’s top three. They
MILITARY wives showcased the fruit of their labours when the BBC visited to catch up on their new garden. A crew from TV’s Gardeners’ World paid their fifth visit to Didcot’s Vauxhall Barracks to see food and flowers grown by the women.
A CAREER criminal serving nine years in jail for 101 distraction burglaries has been told to sell his house to compensate the victims. William Vinson, who targeted elderly people in at least nine counties in the south and Midlands, is believed
Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League IAN Crosby says things are finally looking up for Oxford as they prepare to visit Tring Park in Division 1 tomorrow. Oxford’s captain was delighted with their first league win of the season
Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League THAME Town captain Mike Higgs has challenged his side to pull away from the drop zone in the next two matches. Higgs’s men visit Gerrards Cross in Division 2 West tomorrow hoping for a second successive
HOW right and proper to see justice served. Which is why we should all applaud the decision made yesterday at Oxford Crown Court to see “despicable” burglar William Vinson pay back his elderly victims, even if it means he has to sell his own home. When
Today we talk to Paul Cann, who is the chief executive of Age UK Oxfordshire WHAT I’M CALLED: Paul Cann. MY AGE: 58. WHAT I DO: I run the county’s charity for older people and carers, Age UK Oxfordshire. HERE I LIVE: Hook Norton, famous for
I really enjoyed reading the letter sent by Adrian Taylor (Monday’s Oxford Mail ViewPoints), about how green the older generation was and indeed is. I have always felt that pensioners are in many ways far more conscientious towards the environment.
THE Queen Street branch of Marks & Spencer in Oxford was evacuated after a small fire was found in a light fitting. Staff and customers left the building at around 1.15pm yesterday and gathered in Bonn Square. Both the fire service and
OXFORD car owners have fallen prey to a spate of smash-and-grab thefts in the past week. There were five vehicles broken into across the city in the last seven days, with thieves taking cash, wallets, mobile phones and a sat nav. The first incident
THE train companies which serve Oxfordshire passengers have been given a broad thumbs-up in a consumer survey. Of the 2,989 First Great Western (FGW) passengers surveyed by Passengerfocus, 82 per cent were satisfied or rated the service “good
CARTERTON resident Douglas Tew, a veteran of 17 bombing raids over Germany, best summed up yesterday’s unveiling of a memorial to the airmen of Bomber Command, when he said: “I hope the memorial shows future generations what a waste of lives the
NEW details about the life and death of an Oxford war hero are contained in the 50th anniversary edition of a classic biography. In 1962, Michael Cumming chronicled the exploits of Alec Cranswick, who flew 107 Second World War missions – more
A FORMER bomber navigator shed a tear as his dead friends and colleagues were remembered with the new memorial in London yesterday. Douglas Tew, 88, from Carterton, flew 17 bombing missions during the Second World War including raids over Berlin
Hatti Archer last night accepted her Olympic dream was all but over after failing to run a qualifying time in the European Champion-ships. The 30-year-old former Radley athlete clocked 9mins 57.00secs to finish tenth in her 3,000m steeplechase heat in
A £3m “superdump” in Kidlington could be scrapped because of confusion over access land. The planned Oxfordshire County Council recycling centre was announced in 2010 as the showpiece of the authority’s ongoing recycling effort. But failure
OXFORDSHIRE health bosses have been selected to lead the way in delivering a new health visiting service. Earlier this year the Government announced plans to train an extra 4,200 health visitors across England by 2015 to make sure every family with children
LOOK after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves. The adage has definitely paid off at Blake CE Primary School, in Witney, where pupils, staff and parents have raised £1,394 for the Jubilee Fund for Oxfordshire – just by collecting their small
YOUNG actors and dancers from as far afield as Iraq and Thailand are to descend on Oxford for an international youth arts festival. It is the second year that East Oxford theatre Pegasus has hosted the Mesh festival, bringing theatre and dance groups
