A WOMAN was freed by firefighters from her car following a crash at around 8.30am this morning. The incident happened on the B4011 at Blackthorn, near Bicester. South Central Ambulance Service was called out to reports of a car that had spun
CHILDREN came face to face with their literary heroes for the Oxfordshire Book Award. Youngsters nominated, shortlisted and voted for their favourite books before three winners were crowned. And on Thursday, children from schools across the
RYAN Clarke made four terrific saves as Oxford United became the first team to take points off npower League Two leaders Gillingham, who had won all their previous away games. The goalkeeper, dropped to the bench for the previous two games, made a spectacular
IT’S impossible to escape the Vikings in Denmark. They are just everywhere. Not literally of course; the only axe-wielding tearaways charging around with helmets and shields these days are excited children. But the legacy of the Norsemen lies
A KIDLINGTON pub has been given a new lease of life thanks to a £250,000 investment. The Red Lion in Oxford Road re-opened for business this week having been shut for a month due to a major refurbishment. The result is that it has been transformed
A fundraising concert is being held in memory of Alex Lewis, who died of bone cancer last year. The former Wallingford School pupil from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell was also the subject of the BBC documentary Alex: A Life Forward, which first aired
Afternoon everyone and welcome to a bright but chilly Kassam Stadium. Should be an interesting afternoon - Oxford United broke their duck in midweek but face a stern test against the league leaders. All the build-up and action to follow and
A PLAYGROUP in Minster Lovell rated outstanding by Ofsted has created a new home to teach West Oxfordshire’s youngsters. Minster Lovell Playgroup’s new £80,000 centre replaced a dilapidated building in the grounds of St Kenelm’s Primary School.
MORE than £16,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent making West Oxfordshire trees safe to avoid costly claims from the public. A West Oxfordshire District Council project began last year to check the condition of 12,000 trees and 35 hectares of
TWO decades of the Oxford music scene are being celebrated in a new photographic exhibition launched tonight. Photographer and former soldier Johnny Moto is a familiar figure at concerts in Oxford, where he has documented the city’s recent musical
Police have released a description of the man they are looking for in connection with a post office raid on Thursday. The man, who attempted to rob the Easington Post Office at 11.50am was white, around 5ft 10ins tall, of slim build and in his
Running legend Sebastian Coe, who led the bid to bring the Olympic Games to London, will be signing books in Oxford next month. Lord Coe, pictured, will be at Waterstones in Broad Street on Wednesday, November 14, at 5pm to sign copies of his autobiography
A SEA of red and orange was created by charity-minded pupils. Youngsters from Carswell Primary School in Abingdon dressed in vibrant colours to raise funds for Helen & Douglas House in East Oxford as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations
A NEW market town coordinator for Wallingford has been appointed to bring in more visitors to the town. Tourism is worth an estimated £428m a year to South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse districts. Kate Rayner, right, who was appointed
WAS your grandfather a war hero? Or perhaps David Cameron is your second cousin twice removed? The Oxfordshire Family History Society has all the tools to help you uncover your family’s hidden history. And members are holding an open day today
CHIPPING Norton’s Sean Walkinshaw secured a season’s-best second place in the final round of the InterSteps Championship at Croft, in Yorkshire. Lining-up third on the grid, the 18-year-old fell back to fifth, before moving up to third. He then
JASON Buck held his nerve to give Littlemore Royal British Legion a 4-2 win over Abingdon Conservative Club in the opening match of the season. Buck lost the first of his two games to Karl Walker in the Premier/Division 1 clash in the Oxford &
CONCERNS have been raised that schools are being given “no choice” but to agree to Oxfordshire County Council’s plans to create more school places. Parents, teachers and governors have expressed their fears during the county’s consultation on plans
OXFORD University RFC have launched a new league to promote rugby in Oxfordshire state schools who do not have dedicated resources. The City and Thame Secondary Schools League starts on Monday will see participating teams coached by Dark Blues
COWLEY Conservative Club fought back to beat Ashton 2-1 in the Gentworks-sponsored Oxford Billiards League. Callum Vinall put Ashton ahead, but a 150-137 win for Arthur Coakley and 150-141 success for Keith Pearce gave Cowley the points. RESULTS
Daddys Round, trained by Richard Yeates, carries local hopes in the heats of the £1,000 Blanchford Building Supplies Oxfordshire Stakes at Oxford Stadium tonight. The High Wycombe-based handler has won this event before and will be looking to his
Oxfordshire pair Joe Harris and Rhian Todd both collected awards after being nominated by Sky Sports for the young coach of the year. Harris, from Challow & Childrey, and Freeland’s Todd were honoured for “outstanding services to grassroots
A 29-year-old man has been fined £100 for illegally parking in a marked taxi rank. Huseyin Colak, of Bath Street, Abingdon, admitted parking on the rank in March when he appeared before Oxford Magistrates last month. Yvonne Constance, cabinet
The 33-mile stretch of the Oxford Canal in Cherwell district now has conservation area status. Cherwell District Council this week approved the status, meaning tougher restrictions on changes along or near the canal. Councillor Michael Gibbard said
CITY of Oxford swimmer Rosie Bancroft, has been earmarked for the Paralympics by being invited to attend a ‘Road to Rio’ training camp in Dubai in December. The camp is run by the World Class Disability Programme of British Swimming. The 17
An Oxford man has been found dead in a bath at a hotel in Worcester. Stephen Williams, 36, of Crescent Road, Temple Cowley, was found dead in the Whitehouse Hotel on Saturday. An inquest into his death opened on Wednesday at Worcestershire
RYAN Conway and Delphine Little captured the top boy and top girl titles in the City of Oxford Championships at Temple Cowley. Conway, 17, accumulated 101 points and nine-year-old Little 102, with points being awarded for finishing positions in
WANTAGE'S Steven Liquorish is still in with a chance of the title as the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge GB season comes to a televised climax at Silverstone this weekend. The final two rounds of this 12-race championship for Carrera Cup cars put the
The first round of a new Oxford Winter League is being fished tomorrow and 28 anglers took part last week’s practice on the Clifton Hampden stretch of the Thames. The river was carrying extra water and some colour, while a howling downstream wind
Freeland beat Banbury by seven wickets to win the Oxon Girls Under 15 League title. A partnership of 59 between Emily Ong (21) and Lauren Caiger (16) helped Banbury reach 101-4 off their 20 overs. But Carla Wood (28no) and Suzy Halsey (26no
Berinsfield came home with two gold and two silver medals when they fought in the Haslev Box Cup in Denmark. This was the club’s first overseas trip and was deemed a success, although only four of the eight boxers they took to Denmark managed to
Banbury Rugby Club have been named Cherwell District Council’s sports club of the year. And groundsman Mark Woodward made it a club double by scooping the unsung hero award. Youth section chairman Chris White accepted the honour on behalf of
GAVIN Henson will make his Aviva Premiership debut for London Welsh when they host Saracens at the Kassam Stadium tomorrow (2.15). Henson will start at fly half in place of Gordon Ross after recovering from the fractured cheekbone he sustained
FLANKER Daniel Browne says London Welsh must improve when they host Saracens in front of the ESPN cameras tomorrow. Having won consecutive matches against Exeter and Sale, Welsh surrendered a 25-21 lead in Sunday’s 31-25 home defeat to Gloucester
LONDON Welsh face their toughest test of the Aviva Premiership season so far when they host Saracens tomorrow. That is the view of head coach Lyn Jones, who is looking for the Exiles to maintain their improvement against the star-studded title
OXFORD driver Jason Plato is pinning his hopes of a third Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship on a successful day at Silverstone tomorrow. Plato is in third place, 32 points behind leader, Honda’s Gordon Shedden, with just six races to
Deane Smalley says the chance to end Gillingham’s perfect away record gives Oxford United added incentive when the sides meet this afternoon. The Gills have won all five of their away games so far this season – and the Kassam Stadium holds fond
A CAMPAIGN group has launched legal proceedings against NHS officials who made the decision to close a children’s heart surgery unit amid a national shakeup of services. It is feared the bid could slow down the implementation of a new model of
A BARTON teenager has been jailed for more than three years for punching and kicking a 13-year-old in the head in a “nasty and prolonged” robbery. Cameron Evans, of Stowford Road, approached the boy and his friends as they were walking through
Traffic was delayed around Frideswide Square yesterday morning after a lorry clipped the Botley Road bridge. The lorry – heading out the city – stopped under the bridge at about 8.40am and had moved by 9am. The incident caused major delays
A bedroom blaze which blew out windows at a house in Morrell Avenue was started by unattended candles and incense sticks. Firefighters were called at about 10.15am on Thursday. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said there had been no battery fitted
AFTER 22 years of continuous operations in the Middle East, RAF Brize Norton’s 101 Squadron has handed over its duties. The squadron has been providing air-to-air refuelling using now 50-year-old VC10s since the first Gulf crisis in August 1990. They
REAL ale fans are invited to share a pint or two at one of the city’s major festivals next week. The Oxford CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival at the Town Hall runs from Thursday, starting at 5pm, to Saturday, October 13. The festival is now in
Parents and commuters were forced to organiser alternative transport plans yesterday after the sudden announcement on Thursday. Justin Sercombe, from Kennington, brought his son and daughter to Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor, along with two other
ANGRY drivers at failed bus firm RH Transport were told they had lost their jobs by text, it emerged last night. Up to 70 staff are facing up to joining the dole queue as the company officially went into administration yesterday. The company
A broken down van partially blocked the A34 southbound yesterday morning and led to traffic delays yesterday. The incident on the Woodstock Road by the Peartree interchange happened before 8am, and partially blocked lane one.
A MUM has spoken of her heartbreak that she will never be able to cuddle her baby son. Minutes after baby Anthony Brine was born his delicate skin started to peel and bleed as he was cleaned by medical staff at Banbury’s Horton Hospital. Within
FOR those who knew of Haydan O’Callaghan, his murder conviction yesterday may have felt inevitable. Aged 14, the Rose Hill teen became one of the youngest in the city to be given an Antisocial Behaviour Order (Asbo) in August 2008. He was banned
THE heartbroken family of murdered musician Aaron Buron say they have their own life sentence following the conviction of teenager Haydan O’Callaghan. Family and friends cheered, wept and hugged after the jury at Oxford Crown Court yesterday found
A HUGE cheer erupted from family and friends of musician Aaron Buron as teenager Haydan O’Callaghan was convicted of his murder. As the verdict was read out by the jury, a remorseless O’Callaghan gave Mr Buron’s grieving family the finger and made
ONE of the real tragedies about the murder of Aaron Buron is its inevitability. Haydan O’Callaghan has long been a dangerous young man with an obvious disregard and disrespect for anyone. His behaviour in the dock — a finger and a gun signal
A LITTLEMORE church is offering a Harvest Festival with a difference this month. The Harvest of Talents is a free exhibition at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, and features the artwork of people in the area, young and old. It is part of the
THE parents of a missing man, believed to be in the Oxford area, say they are desperate to know their son is safe. Christopher Kay, 37, was reported missing from his home in Reigate, Surrey, on Sunday, July 8. The former Oxford Brookes student
AFTER almost 18 months the Community Covenant has helped service personnel in Oxfordshire to the tune of £391,541. The Ministry of Defence’s £30m scheme, launched in June 2011, has so far backed 10 projects in the county. One of the main focuses
