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OXFORD United twice came from behind to beat Cheltenham Town and progress in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. Harry Worley, James Constable and Peter Leven scored in the space of 13 second half minutes as the U's overturned a 2-1 deficit to reach

Good evening everyone and welcome to Whaddon Road. Oxford United are at Cheltenham Town in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, with a place in the third round up for grabs. As always we want to hear from you, so post a comment below to join in the

CHILDREN have helped to design and stock their new school library. Youngsters at Church Cowley St James Primary School, in Bartholomew Road, Oxford, came back after the summer holidays to a new library. The pupils were involved in every stage

A READING charity is desperate for volunteers to help children develop a love of books. Assisted Reading for Children, ARCh, needs people to help youngsters who are struggling to read at schools across Oxfordshire. People must be able to commit

A DIDCOT Steam Railmotor is set to carry passengers on a Cornwall branch line in November. The Great Western Society has announced that plans are in place for the unique Steam Railmotor 93, which was stored in a carriage shed in Didcot, to carry

THREE years ago 24-year-old Kristina Painting was told she had a benign tumour in her brain. Suffering from fatigue, headaches and hormone problems, she had to leave her job as a child carer and went through an unsuccessful operation to remove

CHILDREN were let loose in a car showroom with paintball guns, chocolate and modelling clay on Saturday, all in the name of a good cause. The Chevrolet garage in Bicester welcomed more than 50 people to its mad hatter’s tea party in aid of military

A couple from Southmoor are getting ready to run 10 miles for their nine-year-old god-daughter, who has type one diabetes. Steve and Leanne Jones, will run in the Great South Run in Southsea on Sunday, October 28, to raise money for the Diabetes

A STUDENT from Oxford daringly descended from the roof of St Pancras International to raise funds for Royal Marines and their families in need. Sophia Antoniou, 20, is in her second year at the University of Exeter studying Law with European Studies

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THE sun shone as more than 130 people enjoyed a children’s entertainer at a fundraiser for the Oxford City Farm project. Musician Nick Cope, arts and crafts and face painting thrilled youngsters who attended at Florence Park Community Centre in

A GROUP of Oxfordshire schoolgirls will represent the UK in an international debating competition. Teams from more than 100 schools across the country took part in heats for the European Youth Parliament. And after winning triumph in a regional

LONDON Welsh begin a new chapter in their 122-year history when they play their home games at Oxford’s Kassam Stadium in the 2012-13 season. The Aviva Premiership newboys started life in 1885 when a group of Welshmen founded a club for their fellow

OXFORD Darren Wilkins, 26, of Campion Road, Abingdon, admitted shoplifting a Blackberry mobile phone from the Westgate, Oxford, on July 27. Also admitted possession of cannabis at Campion Road, Abingdon, of September 3. Sent to prison for seven

“I WENT to stand up, only to find the tip of her sabre at my throat, and I realised I was in love.” Those are the words of 27-year-old Richard Hill, on meeting his girlfriend Nichola Middleton-Stewart at university. Welcome to the romantic, dangerous

RESIDENTS and councillors are fighting to defeat revised plans for an “alien” apartment block in the centre of Botley. Vale of White Horse District Council gave planning permission in April for a block in West Way of 12 apartments despite concerns

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CARTERTON: A 19-year-old man was left with bruises on his face after being beaten up by a group of five on the top deck of a bus. The incident happened on the Stagecoach S1 bus which left Oxford at 3.15am on Sunday. There were three white men

CONSTRUCTION work started yesterday on a £15m centre for the research of China. The new building, at St Hugh’s College, will have a floor space of 5,491 sq m over five floors plus a Chinese central courtyard and garden. Once it is completed

Oxford Under 18 girls stormed into round two of the England Cup with a 4-1 win over Maidenhead. Martha Foster (2), Marian Cooper and Holly Fox were on target. * Bicester Under 10s won League 3 at the Oxford Hawks junior festival, winning all four

Southern Counties North GUY Nicholl scored four tries and fellow wing Harry Carr three to propel Grove to a 64-22 victory over Thatcham. Grove were always comfortable winners, despite taking their feet off the gas at the start of the second

THE story of brothers Nick and James Clarke, who have both faced testicular cancer, is a solemn warning that all men, at whatever age, should carry out checks. There’s no point in being the least embarrassed man in the graveyard.

Midlands 2 West South TWO tries from full back Andrew Joubert could not save Banbury Bulls from a 35-20 defeat at Dunlop. Joubert converted his own try and David Taylor’s score put Banbury 12-0 up. Dunlop hit back to lead 21-12 with three

Round-up NEIL Penny and Barry Nutt shone as Chipping Norton hammered Bicester 55-0 in the BB&O Premier Division at Greystones. Wing Penny grabbed a hat-trick of tries, while full back Nutt bagged a brace and kicked 15 points. Nutt converted

Oxford Hawks fired a warning to their South League Premier 1 rivals as they hit six goals in each half to crush West Hampstead 12-1 in London. They set their stall out early on when Tom Godding netted after three minutes. West Hampstead levelled

Oxford found newly-promoted Marlow too strong, going down 3-1 in South League Division 2. The home side went ahead early on, but Oxford rallied with Kelly Scott and Kim Haynes testing the keeper before Rachael Lammey netted with a deflected shot

South West 1 East WITNEY put in a valiant performance, despite losing 33-14 at second-placed Old Centralians. Two converted tries put Centralians ahead and a rout looked on. Scrum half Gareth Campbell’s interception try, converted by fly

CANDIDATES wanting to become the Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police have 10 days to officially put forward their nomination. The nomination process for the £85,000 a year job began yesterday and continues until October 19. It is the

A WITNEY-based firm had to fight back the River Thames to build a stunning £1.5m home. The three-storey, four-bedroom home has a basement below water level and Hyatt Construction had to dam the River Thames around the site in Henley to create it

JASON Bowers said having fun had been the key to Chinnor’s shock home victory over Worthing. Chinnor’s head coach said: “We talked a lot this week about just enjoying playing. “Today we played with a big smile on our faces from the first minute

National 2 South HENLEY Hawks went seven points clear at the top after a bad-tempered 26-13 home victory over Launceston. Two tries from No 8 Robbie Stapley helped Henley to their sixth straight win. Launceston, who are known as the Cornish

SANTA found his Latino roots in Oxford yesterday as he took part in a zumba workout. As part of the launch of Helen & Douglas House’s sixth Santas on the Run Christmas fundraising event, Zumba instructors were at the Westgate Shopping Centre

HAVING seen acres of editorial on the push to improve reading ability in Oxford or is it Oxfordshire, I am confused. The results for Oxfordshire are pulled down by the Oxford city results – take them out and against published national figures,

SEVERAL people in my ward have contacted me about a letter they have received promising a no win-no fee service by a firm, Randall and Vickers from Manchester, to appeal about the council tax band in which their property has been placed. The appeal

YOU can’t trust a word George Osborne and Danny Alexander say. Of course the deficit has come down since Labour was battling to cope with the banking crisis, but government debt is continuing to rise and is up by 22 per cent even on last year.

CONGRATULATIONS on your front page headliner of October 4 highlighting the inflation-busting pay increases awarded to Oxfordshire NHS chief executives. Scrutinising the three photos of the beneficiaries underneath, it struck home the similarity

THE petition to reverse the decision by Cameron’s Government to slaughter our badger population has now reached 146,000 signatures, which is well in excess of the statutory 100,000 required for a full parliamentary debate. An online opinion poll

You can’t beat a good traffic jam to raise the spirits. It happens every morning for commuters coming from nearby villages Eynsham and Farmoor to Oxford. Those spirits were raised slightly more than usual last Wednesday morning when congestion

Chinnor 36, Worthing 21 CHINNOR upset National 2 South title hopefuls Worthing Raiders with a highly committed team performance at Kingsey Road. Outscoring the visitors by five tries to three, Chinnor were well worth a victory that took them

National 3 South West OXFORD Harlequins slipped to the bottom of the table after an 18-13 defeat at Maidenhead – the only team who had a worse record than them beforehand. Like Quins, Maidenhead had suffered five heavy defeats in their opening

THE first 70 soldiers to be made redundant as part of Ministry of Defence cuts at Bicester have been ann-ounced, and more are facing the axe. Troops from 23 Pioneer Regiment, based at St David’s Barracks, will not all leave at once but are expected

DIDCOT Town are quietly confident of continuing their superb FA Cup run after avoiding a big name in the fourth round qualifying draw. The Railwaymen are enjoying their best run in the competition after upsetting Blue Square Bet South side Maidenhead

MY MUM had dementia and until she came to live with me she lived alone. Although hugely sociable, she had become afraid of going out. Instead she stayed in and started to lose her social skills. Loneliness is as bad for us as smoking 15 cigarettes

WHAT an extraordinary city Oxford is. It is blessed, in Broad Street, with one of the great urban spaces of Europe. Nicole Rahimi realised this would make a fantastic venue for a Christmas Market and hoped that 200 traders would run the festive

IS NOT Mr Boswell somewhat contradictory (ViewPoints, October 5) in adjuring children not to throw eggs and flour at Hallowe’en, yet attempting to kill two birds with one stone? RACHEL CORY, Chestnut Avenue, Headington, Oxford

THE family of a murdered musician were yesterday praised for their courage, as his killer was sentenced to life behind bars. Eighteen-year-old Haydan O’Callaghan, of Saunders Road, Oxford, will serve a minimum of 21 years after stabbing father-of-two

Chris Wilder says he is happy to provide medical evidence if Oxford United break Johnstone’s Paint Trophy rules tonight because of the number of injuries which have ravaged the squad. Under competition rules, teams have to include six players who

THE volunteers who run Oxford’s Museum of Scouting have been told there is no longer a place for them at the oldest scout camp in the world. The John Kirby Museum of Scouting has had a home at Youlbury Scout Camp in Boars Hill, since 1994.

TWO young boys are trying to come to terms with the fact they will never see their daddy again. Seven-year-old Aaron Jay, known as AJ, and Cory, two, treasure the photos they have of their musician father Aaron Buron, who was stabbed to death by

STUART White was the last-gasp hero as Oxfordshire staged a Ryder Cup-style recovery to beat Warwickshire 19-17 in the Premier Diviison clash at Coventry. Oxon at one staged trailed 13-7, but a sterling recovery by their ladies’ A team, saw them

I WANT my daddy back. Those five words from seven-year-old AJ Buron should act as yet another wake-up call to the senseless killings caused by this fascination with knives by too many young people. Haydan O’Callaghan was yesterday told he would

FIRE crews have been battling a blaze at a DIY store in Milton-Under-Wychwood this morning. Emergency services were called to the incident in Shipton Road between High Street and Milton Road shortly after 5am. Shipton Road remains closed in

A WATER leak which has been going on for more than five weeks is due to be fixed tomorrow night. Thames Water said workmen would repair the leak, on the corner of Cowley Road and Shelley Road, during the night to minimise disruption. Tradesman

A BIZARRE water bicycle, which lay unused in a shed for years, had its first bid for glory scuppered by strong river currents. Terry Hammond set off on Friday from Lechlade on an ambitious charity cycle ride down the Thames. But he only got as

A PLANNING application to redevelop Oxford’s Westgate shopping centre is expected in the new year, according to city councillor Colin Cook. Members of the West End Partnership have been given a briefing by the Land Securities Group and the Crown

THE owner of The Fox Inn in Stanton Harcourt has applied for planning permission to convert the pub into a home. Agent Neil Boddington said a survey of local residents had resulted in “substantial” support for the change of use. The Main Street

GREEN-thinking people in West Oxford were giving away items they no longer needed. A Bring and Take event took place at West Oxford Community Centre on Saturday, run by Low Carbon West Oxford. People were invited to bring reuseable items such