OXFORD Connor Dawson, 19, of Station Road, Didcot, admitted criminally damaging a wing mirror in Long Wittenham on February 25. Fined £100, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs. Also told to pay £50 compensation. Nicole Blackman, 20, of
A DOG lover has praised two mystery good Samaritans after they helped save the life of her pet. The pair of rowers halted their training to rescue Biff after he got into trouble chasing ducks on the Thames. The nine-year-old pooch was struggling
SHAKESPEARE and smoked salmon are just two of the offers being dished up to Oxford Mail Loyalty Card holders this week. The Loyalty Card now has its own dedicated page in the Mail every Saturday featuring an exclusive offer, plus a voucher for
A CEREMONY will be held next month to honour two airmen who died in a crash near Oxford’s Port Meadow. Wolvercote Local History Society is organising the event to mark the 100th anniversary of the crash on September 10, 1912. The pilot, Lieutenant
BLACKBIRD Leys residents are being urged to make the most of the area’s community spaces. Oxford City Council will work with the Leys Area Forum to find ways to promote the estate’s six community buildings, including the Blackbird Leys Community
YOUNG visitors to Oxford’s Botanic Garden have been turning over a new leaf. The garden has been running fun activities based around the weird and wonderful leaves in its collection. Eleven-year-old Jessica Hackett, and her sister Ellie were
AN OXFORD teenager had her own podium finish after winning a medal in a programme insired b y the Olympics. Jenny Butterworth, a pupil at Oxford High School, was one of 35,000 young people who took part in this year’s Inspire-Aspire Awards programme
THE death of a woman who was pulled from a burning house in Abingdon is now being treated as unexplained, police have confirmed. The identity of the woman, who died following a fire in an upstairs room in a terraced house in Spey Road, Shippon,
IT felt like a rite of passage: a bit like when I replaced my backpack with a wheeled suitcase. And it wasn’t helped by comments about pensioners, blue rinses, bingo and norovirus. I was heading off for my first cruise. And it felt a bit like
MANY parents may worry about their teenage children spending too much time on the computer. But not Aaron Sabin’s family. Because instead of playing online games with his friends, the 13-year-old spends his time helping out others with their
The ninth match of the Carp League 2012 series saw some massive weights coming out of Rissington, with the winner catching more than 300lb. Thirteen of the 14 anglers caught over 100lb, which made for a staggering overall weight of 2,296lb.
PRINTER Mike Hissey is creating his own Tour de France by cycling from Grove to Paris to raise funds for forces charity Help for Heroes. Mr Hissey is one of 50 riders who will set off for Paris on April 5, 2013. The 30-year-old, who works for
Here's a familiar tale for regular readers of this column. It’s the massive mirror carp from St John’s Pool at Linear Fisheries’ Stanton Harcourt complex caught by James Bell, who travelled all the way up from Cornwall. It weighed in at 44.1.0
ACCOUNTANT Malcom Ross from Didcot cycled more than 900 miles with his 72-year-old dad Iain to raise more than £3,000 for charity. The pair biked from Land’s End to John O’Groats to support charities Bowel & Cancer Research and the Pancreatic
WHEN Bicester soldier Patrick Burns lost a leg in an explosion in Afghanistan it brought home to many the devastation war can cause. But it got Zena Rose thinking what she could do to help Patrick, the son of her work colleague Diane Limb, and
THE great outdoors was explored by adults and children alike at an event in Abingdon. The Earth Trust Centre in Little Wittenham hosted the family “bushcraft day” earlier this month. Among the amateur adventurers taking part was Alan Burke
BICESTER is currently one of the cheapest places in the county to find your final resting place, but not for much longer. The town council wants to bring charges in line with other local authorities like Witney and Didcot, which could mean sharp
Oxford City Stars have signed Josh Oliver, Alan Stansfield and Jayson Lyon ahead of their National League Division 2 campaign. It follows the capture of forwards Jacob Smith and Warren Jones, and defenceman Jonathan Bayliss. Oliver, 19, who
CHILDREN immersed themselves in British culture at a special camp aimed at those whose first language is not English. The Discovery Summer programme at Radley College focused on localism and sustainability. The children, aged 11 to 14, visited
A CELEBRATION of all things local will be held at Oxford Castle next month. The idea is to celebrate the richness of local producers, purveyors and performers based in Oxfordshire or one of the surrounding counties. The event, due to take place
MARCHAM: A woman was freed from her car after it left the road near Abingdon on Thursday afternoon. The A415 Frilford Road near Marcham was closed as emergency services worked at the scene. Police said her red Honda car crashed after she fell
CHIPPING NORTON: Nearly 100 per cent of people have backed plans for a new household recycling centre in West Oxfordshire. West Oxfordshire District Council wants to develop a household recycling centre at Greystones, a former council depot on
VILLAGERS yesterday complained after waking up to a “nauseating smell” coming from a nearby waste site. FCC Environment, which runs the Sutton Courtenay landfill site, said it identified the compost odour in the Harwell Road area of the village
AN engineer who helped pioneer the early days of television celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday. Andy Andrews worked alongside TV inventor John Logie Baird. Mr Andrews was present at both the first public television service broadcast in
Not surprisingly, the man who helped pioneer the early days of television in the 1920s and 30s says he believes inventor John Logie Baird would not have been impressed with today’s TV shows. “He would not have liked the rubbish that is on nowadays
Champion trainer Angie Kibble was topped for the first time this year in the monthly statistics for this year’s title race by female colleague Gilly Hepden. The Chalford handler sent out 24 winners to take her total to 114 for the year, but Kibble
CHIPPING NORTON: A charity foobtall match will be held in memory of a former Chipping Norton Town FC player tomorrow at 3pm. Town resident Shaun Weller died from liver cancer in May, aged 22. Proceeds go to his family and Oxford’s Churchill Hospital
Didcot powerlifter George Winston had reason to celebrate after finishing fifth in the Great British championships in Morecambe, Lancashire. Winston, 21, was third going into the last event, only to drop two places after a slight slip on the Atlas
With all the doom and gloom surrounding the future of Oxford Stadium it is good to hear that crowds are on the up. Reports from the Greyhound Racing Association say that the track is unprofitable, despite BAGS bringing in almost £1m a year.
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in a first floor bedroom in Cowley Road last night. They were called at 11.10pm and the fire was already out by the time they arrived. The occupants had extinguished the fire and were given advice on ventilating
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Desborough Crescent, Rose Hill, in the early hours of this morning after an alarm malfunctioned in a block of flats. They were called at 5am and sent one fire engine to the scene, where they discovered the alarm was
FINSTOCK: A two-vehicle crash shut off Witney Road yesterday morning by School Road. The accident happened at 7am and one of the drivers suffered minor bruising to his face. Police shut the road at about 7.40am but reopened it within the hour.
RISINGHURST: Police have dropped an investigation into an arson attack at the McDonald’s restaurant last year as riots hit London. Police at the time believed the attack on August 9, 2011, was a copycat incident. Three people were arrested but
A HEROIN addict has admitted two burglaries. Martin McDonagh broke into a house in Aldrich Road, North Oxford, on May 5 and stole £50, a Blu-ray player and children’s clothes. On May 14 he broke into an address in Margaret Road, Headington,
AN ANONYMOUS donor sent £600 in cash to a volunteer group after reading about their struggle against arson attacks in the Oxford Mail's sister paper the Witney Gazette . The Witney Woodland Volunteers have been developing Deer Park Wood since
MUM Kirstie Slay has questioned new childhood obesity figures after health bosses said her three-stone son was overweight. New NHS figures show of 1,311 reception year children weighed at city schools, 177 are overweight and 111 are obese.
TV presenter Suzi Perry mucked in with a group of ex-servicemen to help renovate an Oxfordshire Scout hut. The building off Lashford Lane in Dry Sandford, which is home to the 24th Abingdon Scouts, was spruced up for a new Channel Five television
Bicester welterweight Matt Williams avenged a controversial defeat by Bedford’s Johnny Cooper earlier this year with a stylish victory in the Unique Boxing promotions show at the Oxford Hotel. The last time they met, Williams suffered a hotly-disputed
BAGS RESULTS 11.03: 1 WEE BOLT 7-2, 2 Kates Maldini 8-1. Trio (6x1x5). Trainer: T Kibble. Time: 28.60. Icy Lady (3) 2-1 fav. 11.19: 1 BROADACRES FAWN 7-4 fav, 2 Roskeen Point 5-2. Trio (3x6x4). Trainer: A Kibble. Time: 28.04. 11.34: 1 SHELBOURNE
Oxfordshire's Sarah Thomas reflected on a crazy two days after helping Great Britain’s women to a hockey bronze at London 2012. The 31-year-old, from Henley, scored the third goal in a 3-1 play-off victory over New Zealand at the Riverbank Arena
BURGLARIES in the city have fallen by a quarter after police targeted drug dealers. Reports of domestic breaks-ins in Oxford rose by a third in 2011/12 compared to the previous year – from 640 to 846. But in the past four months house break-ins
Eynsham’s Dave Messenger overcame a series of mishaps to finish fourth in class in the ninth round of the Alfa Romeo Championship at Brands Hatch. Messenger ended up at the back of the field after a start-line multi-car crash. He then fought his
PIG farmers in Oxfordshire have warned they are finding it increasingly difficult to bring home the bacon and many could go bust because of rising feed prices. The county has a long tradition of pig farming and even pioneered pigs living outside
THE decision to drop two charges against a motorist who ran over a mum in Sainsbury’s car park in Witney has been defended. The Crown Prosecution Service charged Carol Glynn, 66, from Finstock, near Charlbury, with three offences after the incident
PEOPLE in Wheatley, Horspath and surrounding villages are being invited to discuss Thames Water’s plans to build a new reservoir. Last month residents in Wheatley said they feared the new reservoir, to serve people in East Oxford, would mean hundreds
THE death of a woman who was pulled from a burning house was last night being treated as suspicious. Detectives were yesterday scouring the remains of the fire-damaged home near Abingdon for clues. Firefighters were called to the scene in Spey
EIGHT people accused of keeping almost 80 animals in squalid conditions in a charity rescue centre face trial on animal welfare charges. The creatures were removed from Crunchie’s Animal Rescue in Longworth, near Abingdon, by police earlier this
THOUSANDS of festival-goers have descended on West Oxfordshire for a weekend-long celebration of music, food and the countryside. Wilderness, which got under way yesterday, will see up to 10,000 people enjoying live music, theatre, comedy and fine
A teenager charged with murder has appeared in court ahead of his trial. Haydan O’Callaghan denies killing Aaron Buron and causing actual bodily harm to Latasha Peck in Rose Hill on March 31. The 18-year-old, of Saunders Road, East Oxford,
A 23-year-old man has been charged with robbery after two teenage girls were threatened with a knife and £10 stolen. Jacob Chambers, of no fixed address, has been charged with one count of robbery, one count of assault, one count of attempted robbery
Tragically, when it comes to bringing home the bacon, it would seem the county’s pig farmers are being hijacked by both the weather and cheaper products from abroad. As pig farmer Sally Stockings from Ewelme, near Wallingford, says: “Each week
Tom Craddock got both goals as Oxford United rounded off their pre-season games with a 2-0 win against Oxford City. The striker profited from a collision between Tyrone Marsh and on-trial City goalkeeper Warren Carter to open the scoring on 37
London Welsh take on Bath at the Rec on Saturday as they continue their build-up to life in the Premiership. No fewer than nine of Exiles squad have Bath connections. Captain Jonathan Mills began his career there, while Simon Whatling, Martin Purdy
Grandmother Mo Merchant, 70, from Wantage, was nominated to carry the torch through Nettlebed because of her long and continuing commitment to the Air Training Corps. She said: “There’s no way I would part with this torch. It held the Olympic flame
