Nina Brown, 28, of Sherwood Place, Oxford, admittted driving while disqualified and without insurance in Boundary Brook Road, Oxford, on July 2. Given a three-month curfew and told to pay £85 costs. Also given six penalty points.
GENERAL knowledge buffs are being asked to step forward and take part in the county’s quiz league. Teams have just over a months to sign up for the Oxfordshire Winter Quiz League which is held on Thursday evenings. Sponsored by the Oxford Mail
A CAREER burglar who headbutted his ex-partner has been given a “once-in-a-lifetime chance” by a judge who admitted her decision not to jail him would make people believe she was “off her head”. Alan Goodman might have gone to prison “for something
A PUB used by Oxford United fans could go bankrupt according to its landlord after it was told to remove its marquee next year. The Priory can be packed with hundreds of U’s fans on match days but because of a small bar area it says it is reliant
A GAS explosion prompted an emergency response in the early hours of this morning. Fire crews and paramedics were called to the Deddington Arms hotel in Horse Fair, Deddington at 7.10am. The explosion, described as “small”, was caused by a
MODERN Art Oxford’s latest exhibition looks at the county’s many waterways. Artists Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas and writer Tracey Warr have made a series films of river journeys in Oxford and sculptures for the show. The idea behind the residency
WHILE the eyes of the world were fixed on London, a small Oxfordshire village was also battling it out for the county’s sporting pride. The 60th annual tug o’war between Tiddington, near Thame, and Ickford in Buckinghamshire, attracted a crowd
AEA Technology 0.025 BMW 4753 Electrocomponents 222.3 Nationwide Accident Repair 60.5 Oxford Biomedica 2.25 Oxford Catalysts 69.25 Oxford Instruments 1258.5 Reed Elsevier 561.75 RM 77.5 RPS Group 249.9 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley
THREE of Oxfordshire’s children’s centres have received their first ever Ofsted report, and the inspectors have hailed them a success. Between them, Slade and Headington, Marston Northway and North Abingdon Children’s Centre see hundreds of families
RAIL commuters have called for Kingham’s car park to be expanded in the next development phase. Car parks at Hanborough and Charlbury stations are already being extended. Kingham Station’s 140-space car park is often full by 10.30am and commuters
COUNCIL chiefs hope to extend Carterton’s town hall to expand a job club for the families of RAF servicemen. Thousands of families are expected to move to the area after RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire closed last year and troops moved to RAF Brize Norton
PLANS to build on the site of a former Royal British Legion club in Wolvercote look set to earn £100,000 for the community, with the youth club among the first beneficiaries. The redundant club, in Plough Close, was owned by the Royal British
WE’VE featured workers at Morris Radiators enjoying social occasions, playing cricket and performing stage shows. This photograph shows the factory’s Home Guard in 1944. Can anyone name any of them? The picture appears in an album of memorabilia
OXFORD City ace Hannah England reached the Olympic 1,500m semi-finals today after finishing fifth in her heat. The 25-year-old former Cherwell School pupil looked in good form as she comfortably made the top six needed to qualify for Wednesday's
RECENT stories of renovations at St Michael at the Northgate Church in Oxford revived memories of one of the saddest incidents in its long history. The church, at the corner of Cornmarket Street and Ship Street, suffered severe damage in a fire
THE sporting achievements of Martin O’Connell have been preserved for posterity. As we recalled (Memory Lane, June 7, 2010), he excelled at football, rugby, cricket and athletics while at Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, in the 1950s. His greatest
UK sales of the Mini rose 19.52 per cent in July over the same month last year to 2,914 cars. But year-to-date figures for the Mini from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show only a 1.4 per cent increase in sales for the first
STANLEY Percival Phillips saw plenty of action during his time in the RAF during the Second World War. He took part in numerous bombing raids as the Allies fought to defeat the enemy. Mr Phillips – known as Tim to his family and Phil to the
AN OLD chest had remained locked in the attic of the chapel schoolroom longer than anyone could remember. When it was opened in 1971, it was found to include ancient documents, including an account book, which recorded the payment of a shilling to
PUB regulars rallied round when a group of disabled people faced a cash shortage. The Club, which catered for the less able and their friends, was trying to raise money for a holiday in Scotland and to pay legal bills. So customers at The Plasterer
People convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county recently: Patrick Desmond, 53, of Luther Street, Oxford, admitted shoplifting a £5.19 bottle of wine from Tesco Express on July 7. Given a six-month conditional discharge.
FANS of an Oxford rock band are so keen for the group to release a record they are clubbing together to pay for it themselves. Indie-pop act Secret Rivals may not have record label backing, but admirers of the young four-piece are determined to
A DATE has been set for the council meeting to decide the fate of Barton West . City councillors have to debate proposals for the 1200-home estate again after changes were made to the Barton Area Action Plan following last month’s public hearings
AEA Technology 0.035 BMW 4721 Electrocomponents 222.4 Nationwide Accident Repair 60.5 Oxford Biomedica 2.2 Oxford Catalysts 69.25 Oxford Instruments 1257 Reed Elsevier 565.25 RM 77.5 RPS Group 246.4
11:54am England qualifies in fifth 11:53am England well-placed with a lap to go 11:52am England fifth with two laps to
BUDDING detectives will have noted bus-loads of tourists appearing across south Oxfordshire, all on the trail of a TV super-sleuth. That’s because business brought in by the long-running detective drama Midsomer Murders is booming. Now four
A GROUP of classic car enthusiasts left their homes on Saturday to embark on a 14-day fundraising tour of the UK. Members of the Wolseley Register Club are raising money to save the home of Oxford philanthropist and car manufacturer William Morris
TRAFFIC was blocked on the M40 at Bicester after an accident involving two cars. The incident took place on the southbound road between junction nine, near the A34 turn off at Bicester, and junction 8A with the A418 at Oxford. The road was
UNIVERSITY professor and television presenter Diarmaid MacCulloch has expressed his “anger” at plans to auction a collection of manuscripts, rare books and pamphlets. The Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford has joined
A CAMPAIGN to save a Manet painting at the Ashmolean Museum will reach its deadline tomorrow. The museum was tasked with finding £7.83m to save the Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus, which had been sold to a foreign buyer. It was last week within
OXFORD’S Mara Yamauchi was in tears after pulling out of the Olympic Marathon due to a heel injury. The 38-year-old former Headington Road Runner was Britain’s leading hope at London 2012 after Paula Radcliffe herself withdrew before the Games.
Oxford's hopes of moving off the bottom of Home Counties Premier League Division 1 were dashed when their match at Henley was abandoned due to a waterlogged ground.
A brilliant catch on the boundary by Josh Megson clinched Banbury a 19-run victory at Potters Bar in rain-shortened Home Counties Premier League Division 1 match. Chasing a target of 204, the home side were all out for 184 with six overs swill
Thame Town suffered an agonising one-run defeat against Cove in a dramatic Home Counties League Division 2 West game at Church Meadow on Saturday. With three runs needed for victory from the last over, with two wickets remaining, Thame lost
A collapse when victory was in sight led to the Shipton-under-Wychwood last pair having to stave off defeat away to Gerrards Cross in Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West. Chasing 193, Shipton were well-placed at 160-4 thanks to Joe Barrett
The eagerly-awaited Division 2 West top-of-the-table clash between Aston Rowant and Dinton in the serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League ended in a thrilling draw at Butts Way on Saturday. On an excellent batting pitch, Dinton, chasing a
WEEKEND shoppers explored Oxford’s hidden past at a dig under the town centre. Managers of the Clarendon shopping centre who are planning a £6m revamp called in archaeologists after the discovery of the remains of a building from the 17th century
SO THE silly city council wants to raise market rents. Is not the real reason to force the tenants out, so the site can be closed and sold for flats which would be worth millions? R.W.TUCKER Kingsway Drive Kidlington
In light of recent Home Office announcements, it just goes to prove how disjointed and fragmented the Coalition Government departments really are. The latest fiasco concerning security for the 2012 London Olympics is just another complete breakdown
ADRIAN Blackmore of the Countryside Alliance (Letters, August 2) can wriggle and squirm all he likes, but he cannot escape the fact that swamping the countryside with game birds for the perverse pleasure of the blood sports fraternity creates a gross
SPEEDWAY supporters must never give up their hope of seeing our sport back in Oxford. Of course, we all hope that the council will continue to maintain the support they have given to the Oxford stadium over the years and maintain the Sandy Lane
IT may have come as little consolation, but a silver medal for Wallingford’s Zac Purchase and Leander’s Mark Hunter completed Britain’s most successful rowing Olympics. The duo were visibly distraught after being pipped by Denmark in the lightweight
CONTROVERSIAL plans for 140 student flats on the St Clement’s car park site have been recommended for approval. City planning officers have backed the scheme in their report, expected to go before councillors next week. The plan is expected
We’RE preparing to go away. For the first time I’m taking the children for a summer break in sunnier climes and we’ve unearthed sundresses and sunhats for the suitcases. And amidst the packing frenzy, I took a tea break for a flatpack. And if you
IN response to Cllr Robins’s letter (Letters, July 27): the 1975 referendum referred to was a vote on whether Britain remained in the Common Market (the EEC). This was to be a trading arrangement with Europe. What we have now is something completely
IN response to Mr Bowers’s letter (Oxford Mail, August 1), I would respectfully suggest he check the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) website, summer 2012, under the heading ‘RMI Guide to buying a new car’. Under things to be considered
I HAVE really enjoyed the informative discussion taking place in your columns regarding vehicle emissions. I was especially interested to read of the vehicle duty being levied on carbon dioxide emissions. This is to comply with the Climate Change
Like the little girl Longfellow wrote about – ‘when she was good, she was very, very good, but when she was bad she was horrid ‘ – I find myself forced to admit I was wrong. Finger-pointingly wrong. Because until Friday, June 27, I really didn
A deflected free-kick by former Oxford United striker Jamie Cook gave Oxford City a 1-0 victory in their warm-up match away to Rugby Town on Saturday. In a game of few chances, City, who will be starting their Blue Square North campaign in two weeks
OXFORD'S Andy Triggs Hodge revealed the pressure Britain’s men’s four felt under before winning their Olympic gold medal. The 33-year-old stroked Britain to victory alongside Oxford Blue Pete Reed, Henley’s Tom James and Leander’s Alex Gregory
LONDON Welsh have added experience to their front row by signing former Sale Sharks captain Neil Briggs. The 27-year-old made 104 appearances for Sale in a six-year spell before leaving for French Pro2 side Bourgoin last season. Briggs, who
ANDY Melville was in upbeat mood after seeing Oxford United move a step closer to the new season with a promising performance in a 2-1 defeat against a full strength Cardiff City. Despite suffering the first defeat in pre-season, the U’s first-team
Oxfordshire bowlers toiled without success on a rain-curtailed first day of their match againist Western Division leaders Cornwall at Great & Little Tew yesterday. Little more than two-and-a-half hours play was possible, during which the visitors
OXFORD Olympic gold medal winner Andy Triggs Hodge has two reasons to celebrate – he can now finally go on his honeymoon. Mr Triggs Hodge, who lives off Cowley Road, took gold in the men’s rowing four on Saturday, beating rivals Australia in a
THE government has awarded £750,000 of funding to Oxford University to help with its biomedical research. It is one of 14 universities across the UK to be awarded cash from a pot of £10m. Projects which the money could be spent on include work
WOODSTOCK’s newest mock mayor was appointed in rather unceremonious fashion, when he was thrown into the river. Every year a group of locals from old Woodstock elects a new “mayor”, in a ritual dating back to the late 1700s. This year the honour
VANDALS struck twice at Abingdon Rugby Club this weekend, destroying advertising boards and fencing. Coaches at the club in Lambrick Way discovered the vandalised signs on Saturday morning and found more yesterday. Damage is estimated at £2,500
CHALGROVE: Hundreds of people turned out for this year’s Chalgrove Music Festival. The three-day event began on Friday and continued throughout the weekend despite the mixed weather. It was held to raise money for armed forces charity Help
PART of New Road in the city centre was cordoned off in the early hours of Saturday after a fight broke out. Police attended the incident near the Bell and Compass pub in New Road at about 3am, after the venue had closed. A police spokesman
BLACKBIRD LEYS: Two people escaped from a house fire yesterday. Firefighters were called to Timothy Way at 10.15am On arrival firefighters saw smoke gushing out of first floor bedrooms of the house. One adult and a child, on hearing the smoke
WALLINGFORD rower Zac Purchase says getting married in three weeks’ time will help heal his Olympic heartache. Mr Purchase, who lives with fiancee Fliss Hill, was distraught after winning a silver medal alongside Leander Club member Mark Hunter
A TEENAGER is due to appear in court today, accused with the rape of a 57-year-old woman in Oxford at the weekend. Police were called to Oxpens Road, close to the ice rink, at around 6.40am on Saturday after receiving reports a woman was being
STRUGGLING Oxford schools will have to choose between rival council schemes aimed at boosting pupil performance. Oxfordshire County Council is investing £585,142 in a project to boost reading in primary schools, and is planning to work in 80 schools
WINDSURFER Bryony Shaw achieved her best result of the Games yesterday – but needs to do similar tomorrow to make the final. The 29-year-old, who was brought up in Oxford, failed to finish in the top three in her first eight races, but was first
How strange the county and city councils should come up with conflicting education strategies at the same time. How can that be in the interest of our young people? It would be of huge benefit for all children and teachers in the county to be working
OXFORD City ace Hannah England will be something of an unknown quantity when she begins her Olympic 1,500m campaign in the heats today (11.50). The 25-year-old won world silver in Daegu last year, but the Achilles ‘spike’ injury she suffered in
SO, you wait all week for Olympic medals from Oxfordshire and then two come along at once. Congratulations to both our local winners, Andy Triggs Hodge and Zac Purchase, after their rowing triumphs at the weekend. Not only do they represent sporting
AN OXFORD documentary maker is to have her internationally-acclaimed film shown on television on Saturday. Sharon Woodward’s 2009 documentary, Thank You! Skinhead Girl, became a worldwide success touring Europe and Asia. It is going to be screened
TEN worthy causes in Blackbird Leys are celebrating after landing community grants . The organisations, which range from a nursery to a community radio station and market, shared grants totalling £5,624. The grants come from Community First
WICKES customer service manager Melissa McGrath is to trek across Alaska for eight days for the charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. The 30-year-old, who works in the DIY firm’s Botley store, will set off on September 4 from the base of the
BUSINESSES in Headington have formed a lobby group to help keep the area’s shopping district vibrant. The group will raise issues with the city and county councils and will carry out a shopper survey. Andrew Topping, manager of estate agents
THREE generations of one family have set up a knitting production line to boost an appeal for miniature hats. For eight years, Age UK Oxfordshire has called on nimble-fingered supporters to knit hats for Innocent smoothie bottles– with 25p from
