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JOHNNY Mullins hit the woodwork twice in stoppage time as Oxford United shared the spoils on a wet night at Barnet. The U's fell behind to Jake Hyde's early header, but they bounced back to lead with goals from Sean Rigg and Andy Whing. Hyde

People convicted of offences at magistrates' courts in Oxfordshire recently: Thomas Richards, 26, of Lowell Place, Witney, admitted sending false electronic messages to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety on June 21 in Witney.

A CAT has been left blind in one eye after it was shot with a pellet gun. Pensioners Tony and Marion Clark, both 77, of Frog Lane, Milton-under-Wychwood, were shocked when their pet Winstone came home with blood dripping down his face at about

9:07pm GOAL! #barnetfc 1 #oufc 2 (Whing 46) Yes! Leven swings in a fk and Whing smashes a header in off the bar. BOOM!! — @OxfordMailOUFC 20 November 2012 8:50pm

A SHINING light for recycling rates in the UK, Oxfordshire is also helping to show Europe the way. The third European Week for Waste Reduction began on Saturday, with 19 events across the county. A range of events, from a swap shop in Headington

A CITY youth centre is taking to the screen to promote its work. Wolvercote Youth Centre played host to a camera crew and director over the last nine weeks as it shot a promotional video. Lost Generation is a partly-fictional, part-documentary

ALMOST a third of day centre users could abandon the services if charges are increased by 150 per cent. In responses to a council survey on future fees, 70 per cent of users of the main “tier three” centres said they would continue to use them.

JOIN a canoe club and you can see the world, it seems. The Kingfisher canoe club in Abingdon takes yearly trips to far flung rivers from Costa Rica to Canada. “The thing about canoeing and kayaking,” says David Surman, “you can be competitive

Philip Pullman fans are eagerly awaiting an add-on to his award- winning His Dark Materials trilogy, to be called The Book of Dust, which he has been working on for some years. In the meantime, we must content ourselves with his new version of

ENGINEERS cut power to about 290 homes and businesses in Oxford’s Jericho area today. Southern Electric responded to faulty equipment in the Walton Street area at about 2.10pm and halted energy supplies while work was carried out. Properties

Jon Jukes won the singles title for the second time at the ODDA summer finals night at the Oxford Sports & Social Club on Friday. Jukes, from Chequers Inn A, saw off the challenge of first-time finalist Terry Wood from Rose Hill Community Centre

A TEMPORARY ice skating rink will be set up in Thame town centre as part of the Friday, November 30, Christmas lights switch-on. Other attractions include a snowboard simulator and the Rodeo Reindeer. The fun begins at 3.30pm, with festive

SO it was a Monday night and The Feelers are a little known band from the other side of the planet. Upstairs at Oxford's O2 Academy for the first night of their UK tour was always going to be a hard-sell to pull in large numbers of locals.

A SELECTION of explorers and daredevils are gathering for one night only to share their adventures with a live audience. More than 400 guests will be treated to a series of talks during Night of Adventure at Oxford Town Hall, in St Aldate’s, on

The Rothschild Arms (Aston Clinton) continue to lead the way in the Oxfordshire Super League with a 6-3 win over Horse & Jockey (Banbury). Stephen Wright put Jockey 1-0 up in the first set, but Steve Hanlon and Stuart Robinson won the next

FRIENDS and family who suffered the loss of their loved ones because of a road accident gathered at a church to commemorate their lives. The service has taken place every year since 2005 at St Mary the Virgin Church in Thame. Attending for

TALKS with prospective broadband providers are due to start this month as councils prepare to improve connections in parts of Oxfordshire. The county council has started “competitive dialogue” with providers ahead of implementation of its Better

CONCERNS a 200-home development could bring Faringdon’s saturated services to breaking point were raised over the weekend. Residents were invited to consultation events across the area to find out more about plans to build the estate between Faringdon

IT'S Christmas and the Oxford Mail is certainly in the giving spirit. This December we are launching our lucky Christmas Numbers scheme, where we have £100 to give away on four Mondays of the month. That includes Christmas Eve to really make a

Oxford University made Northampton Wanderers fight all the way for a 27-10 victory at Iffley Road in their penultimate game before the Varsity Match. The sides were level at 10-10 at the break after a first half dominated by two well-matched packs

A goal from Jon Else saw North Leigh reach the third round of the Evo-Stik Southern League’s Red Insure Cup with a 1-0 victory at Hungerford Town. It was a welcome return to form against a side riding high in second place in Division 1 South &

THE mobile ‘tooth bus’ has set out on its mission to improve Oxfordshire’s dental health. Yesterday the NHS’s latest dentist on wheels made its first stop in Broad Street, Oxford, offering free check ups to those who want them. Anyone who lives

Southern Counties North GROVE maintained their promotion push with a 31-16 home victory over 14-man Drifters. The visitors, who had flanker Matt White sent off after picking up a second yellow card in the second half, took the lead with a Mark

OXFORD: Plans to turn offices in West Oxford into 100 student rooms will be discussed at a meeting next month. On December 18, an informal hearing into the proposals from HXRUK3 Ltd for Innovation House, Mill Street, will be held by the planning

OXFORD: Asian jewellery, £2,500 cash and a laptop were stolen from two homes in burglaries police believe are connected. The first crime happened in Swinburne Road between 8.30am and 1.45pm last Tuesday, and the other in Cherwell Drive, Headington

OXFORD: A 29-year-old woman was attacked and had her handbag snatched in Headington. Police has just realeased information that the victim was walking at the junction of Trafford Road and Gladstone Road at about 10.50pm on Friday when she was approached

HARWELL: The world’s oldest original digital computer is to be rebooted today in a special ceremony after a three-year restoration project. The Harwell Dekatron, which first ran at Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment in 1951, will clatter

FORENSIC experts have said scarring on a homeless man’s liver may have contributed to his death. Denis Witney, 39, was found dying in St Clement’s Street, East Oxford, on November 8 last year. He had suffered more than 20 injuries to the abdomen

BB&O Round-up GOSFORD All Blacks won 33-7 at Harwell to climb above them in the BB&O Premier Division table. Skipper Tim Ellis kicked two penalties for Gosford either side of a sin-binning for Harwell scrum half Rob Froud-Williams.

A GROUP of students are bringing the 1980s porn industry to an Oxford University college this week. And they are leaving a trail of condoms across the university to make sure that no one misses their new production Volporne XXX. The show opens

National 3 South West OXFORD Harlequins felt there were some positive signs despite losing 57-12 at Redingensians. Quins’ tenth defeat in 11 matches sees them ten points adrift of safety, but their young side showed some improvement. Left

A SUB-POSTMASTER was told by robbers they would murder his wife unless he handed over his house keys. After beating and threatening Shiv Singal, 59, of Headington, his two attackers went into his house and stole his car – while his wife slept upstairs

South West 1 East WITNEY suffered a one-point defeat for the second match running, falling 17-16 at home to Windsor. The hosts led 10-0 in the first half, but were finally undone by a late penalty. Witney weathered an early storm to take

A robber held up a money transfer shop at knifepoint. The man went into the shop, in the Mak Food Store in Magdalen Road, East Oxford, and demanded money at about 7.05pm on Thursday. A 27-year-old female shop worker handed over a quantity of

Almost 300 residents are believed to have voted on the future of the Rose Hill Community Centre over the weekend. Residents have been asked to choose between a £650,000 refurbishment project of the current centre, or a £3m new build. The city

Ryan Clarke is backing Oxford United to continue their excellent record against Barnet at Underhill on Tuesday. The U’s have never lost to the north Londoners, winning six and drawing two of their eight meetings. It included a 2-0 away victory

THE Home Office told the Oxford Mail it is not going to consider scrapping the new police commissioner (PCC) role despite poor turnouts in last week’s vote. Only 13.3 per cent of the 1.69m electorate in the Thames Valley bothered to vote. The

Periodically during the quiz season there are breaks in the league programme in order to accommodate themed ‘Tabletops’. Instead of the usual head to head encounters, teams now congregate in larger numbers at selected venues around the county.

I WRITE regarding the Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Tory Cabinet Minister Francis Maude previously said that official union strike ballots with a turnout of less than 20 per cent of union members should be banned for lacking democratic

I have recently got into walking; this is quite a thing for me as I used to see walking as a sign of weakness. When you can get somewhere so much quicker and see so much more by bicycle, why spend your precious time walking at half the pace?

THE REGION’S new crime commissioner has brushed off a call to merge top jobs with a neighbouring force to save police cash. Thames Valley Crime and Police Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld yesterday said he wanted to raise council tax precepts to

A LITTLEMORE man assaulted the mother of his three children because he was “out of his mind on drink”, a court heard. Luke Ward, 27, of Barberi Close, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Sally-Anne Rose on October 27 this year at

WHILE we abhor any public waste, pushes to merge the upper echelons of Thames Valley Police with its sister force in Hampshire would be deeply flawed. Anthony Stansfeld has yet to settle into his new office in Kidlington as the Thames Valley’s

Henley Hawks 32, Chinnor 9 A STIRRING final quarter saw Henley Hawks confirm their superiority over Chinnor and stay top of National 2 South. Chinnor, who were without first-choice centres Matt Goode and Sam Stoop, had the edge up front for

HAYLEY Sawyer scored a hat-trick as Oxford cruised to a 4-1 victory at home to Southampton in South Clubs League Division 2. Sawyer netted Oxford’s first, third and fouth goals, with Kelly Scott scoring their second in a comfortable win. Witney

HENLEY Hawks head coach Nigel Dudding was delighted with the way his side bounced back to beat Chinnor 32-9. Having surrendered their 100 per cent record the previous week with a 49-5 defeat at Worthing, Hawks hit back with their tenth bonus-point

I THINK readers will be getting a little tired of Ian Cummings’ (ViewPoints, November 15), seemingly obsessive but inaccurate reaction to my contributions. “It was he... that suggested I watch the BBC...”, Mr Cummings wrote, but I never mentioned

IT WAS no surprise to read about Ann Madden falling due to faulty paving in Witney town centre (November 14). This was an accident waiting to happen. I have been contacting Oxfordshire County Council for almost two years now, asking it to make

IN REPLY to Ian Cummings’ letter (ViewPoints, November 15) regarding a vegan diet, in which I’m taken to task for saying that this is only possible for the affluent – perhaps I should have said affluent countries, since it seems unlikely that people

I APPLAUD Adrian Reynard for his bid to preserve RAF Bicester, acknowledging its aviation heritage, while also growing amenity and business opportunities for the community. It is good to see a substantial investment being made in this facility without

UNDER recently introduced legislation, people appearing in court on traffic offence charges can now only claim back their contractual costs with their solicitors, at Legal Aid levels, if they successfully defend their case. Unless the costs of

I AND others I have spoken to feel that police and politics do not mix. I believe if it had been a poll as to whether people wanted a police commissioner or not, it would have a ‘no’, with a better turn out. DEREK SHERWOOD, Barton Lane, Headington

A MAN who assaulted two men in their home avoided jail at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. Julian Dore, 35, admitted two offences of common assault and breaching a suspended sentence on August 10 this year. At about 7.30pm he barged his way into

OXFORD: A 41-year-old man has been charged with stabbing a 31-year-old man in the neck at a gipsy funeral. John Mongan, from Middle Ground, Wheatley, was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday. He is charged with possession of

BANBURY: An investigation into disturbed earth thought to be an unofficial grave has been called off. A council worker discovered the patch of earth in Bankside Park last Wednesday. Police launched an investigation after a mysterious item was

KAREN Allen loves each of her eight grandchildren dearly. But one will hold a special place in her heart after she delivered him herself. When daughter Bev Allen, 26, went into labour with her third child there was only one person she wanted

Air Training Corps cadets are set to be given the Bicester’s highest honour – the liberty of the town. The town council’s policy committee backed a recommendation to give the 100-strong 2507 Squadron ATC the honour. The final decision will

DETECTIVES believe it could be days before they discover what killed a man found dead in his burnt-out houseboat. Kevin Pryor’s remains were found on his narrowboat Lady of the Lake in Wolvercote after the blaze late on Friday night. But last

OXFORD Hawks, who trailed twice in the first half, fought back to win 4-2 at home to Staines in Premier Division 1. Staines took the lead against the run of play with a soft goal after five minutes. Hawks equalised through Ric Corbett’s deflected

AN adventurous squirrel got itself stuck in what was supposed to be a squirrel proof bird feeder. Former Oxford Mail photographer George Reszeter, 59, took this snap in his garden in Wootton near Abingdon. Mr Reszeter, who worked on the paper

A REPRINT of a council magazine which was sent out with “alarming errors” is expected to come too late to promote Oxford’s Christmas lights events. More than 60,000 copies of the front cover of Your Oxford need to be reprinted at a cost of £2,000

There be no radical shake-up for Oxford United as they head for a crunch clash with Barnet (8pm) on Tuesday looking to halt a poor run of form. The U’s have taken one point from a possible nine in the last fortnight and following a last-minute

A MAN had to be cut from his car with specialist equipment following a two-vehicle collision in Oxfordshire this morning. One land is closed on the A417 and diversions are in place about half a mile between Blewbury and Goring, where the crash

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at Oxford Golf Centre. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the blaze in a shed at the centre in Binsey Lane at 5pm on Sunday. Investigators said this morning the fire started after an electrical

TWO West Oxfordshire pubs are reopening after extensive refurbishment. The 17th Century Killingworth Castle in Wootton, near Woodstock, which has been closed for nearly a year, will open again on December 1 while The Chequers in Churchill, near

A headteacher has said a new inspection rating that her school “requires improvement” has set her efforts back by six months. Southwold Primary School in Bicester is only the second in the county to receive the new rating, which replaces “satisfactory

ACROSS Europe, motor companies are closing down factories. But here in Oxford, we’re bucking the trend. In Belgium more than 20,000 workers took to the streets earlier this month to protest at the closure of the Mondeo and Galaxy factories

IN this week's Oxford Times we have five prizes of return train travel for two people to enjoy. We have teamed up with National Rail to offer the prize for you and a chum to have a great day out by train across the South East. You could then