Oliver Cosh, 22, of Wensum Crescent, Bicester, convicted of assault by beating in Bicester on February 5. Given a 26-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months and given a supervision and activity requirements. Told to do 100 hours unpaid community
Matthew Daglish, 23, of Keene Close, Sandford-on-Thames, admitted possession of cannabis in Abingdon on September 8. Fined £135, £15 victims’ surcharge and £80 costs. Jakub Szwed, 25, of Ock Mews, Abingdon, admitted drink-driving in Abbott Road
PEOPLE across Oxfordshire looked forward to Christmas as festive lights were switched on across the county. While Abingdon switched on its Christmas lights on Saturday, the Donnington Bridge Sea Cadets in Oxford started their annual Christmas Tree
DIDCOT’S Thong Rangers are taking to the streets again on Saturday to raise money for a meningitis victim. Thirteen-month-old Albie Logan caught the deadly brain bug soon after he was born, and needs 24-hour care. On Saturday, the Thong Rangers
Oxfordshire Cup HOLDERS Chinnor 2nd reached the semi-finals with a battling 28-20 victory over Henley 2nd at Kingsey Road. Henley hit back to lead 12-8 at half-time, but could not hold on. Adrian Hales scored the opening try for Chinnor
A SCORING system to rank Oxford’s community centres is set to be introduced to drive up standards. Oxford City Council is planning to introduce three standards of bronze, silver and gold. But the chairman of a group which represents the city
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby, St James's Palace has just announced. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and members of both families are delighted with the news, said a spokesman. But St James's Palace
THE traffic lights at the Ferry Hinksey junction with Botley Road are working again. Southern Electric has restored power and removed the troublesome temporary lights which caused long delays on the busy main road today. One lane inbound is
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury’s has applied to expand its new Bicester store before it has even opened. The supermarket is currently under construction as part of the £70m town centre redevelopment, which includes shops, restaurants and a cinema,
SOUTHERN Electric has said power will be restored to Ferry Hinksey junction traffic lights "imminently" after the woe it has caused motorists today. Drivers have been stuck in queues along Botley Road as problems delays caused by the temporary
IT WAS the night of the long scissors for a Shipton-under-Wychwood group who stayed up all night for their art. The Scrapdollys family history group took part in a 24-hour sponsored scrapbooking event at Wychwood Primary School on Saturday.
INSPECTOR MORSE creator Colin Dexter has said he would be “delighted” if the handwritten manuscript of his first novel fetches between £30,000 and £50,000 at auction. The autographed and heavily annotated manuscript of Last Bus to Woodstock will
An Oxford grandmother was found dead in a blood splattered caravan, a court has heard today. Jennifer Hume, 55, was beaten and stabbed to death in 28-year-old Stewart Dale's Horspath static home in May. Dale has admitted killing the grandmother-of-three
Apologies for the delay - avoid Botley Road if you can. Right, we're here until 2pm to look at all things #oufc. As usual plenty to discuss — @OxfordMailOUFC 03 December 2012 Some talking points: what did you make
A VERDICT of accidental death has been recorded after a woman died days after undergoing an operation to remove a tumour in her colon. Barbara Sargison, 66, of Prestwick Burn, Didcot, died at the John Radcliffe Hospital on April 13. An inquest
STUDENTS have reached out to the community this Christmas to help homeless and elderly people. Young people from Oxford University’s Jesus College and the Student Hub’s Homeless Action Group have both organised events to try to give something back
LITTLE Amelia Hewlett got busy with paints and glitter at a library fun event in Oxford. The three-year-old took part in a rhyme time, story time, craft event at Littlemore Library on Saturday. Mum Kellie, 41, said her daughter and the other
BLIND judo champion Ian Rose showed his medals to pupils as he opened a new building at a Blackbird Leys primary school. Mr Rose, a winner of two Paralympic, five World Championship, and nine European Championship Medals, joined a special assembly
Steve Howkins netted a double as Ardley United reached the Hellenic League's Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup quarter-finals with a 5-0 hammering of Premier Division strugglers Abingdon Town. The took the lead when Adam Garner headed in a corner. Joe
PUPILS crowded round to admire their school’s new means of transport. The 12-seater bus was bought by New Marston Primary School in Copse Lane, Oxford, in 1961 to take children on out of-school activities. When our picture was taken, the bus
CLIVE Dover will never forget the morning he was caught up in an armed robbery, 25 years ago this week. He and two colleagues parked their security van in George Street, Oxford, on Monday, December 7, 1987 when they were ambushed by two masked
SUSAN Malone had a special job at the ABC Minors, leading the singing of the ABC Minors’ song. Cinema manager Ted Reed would welcome everyone in the audience, invite the 13-year-old on stage, and hand her the microphone. As we recalled (Memory
THE Pumpkin Club organised a successful Bank Holiday street fair to raise money and give every pensioner in the village a £5 note at Christmas. Tracey Norman, from Witney, appears in a picture from 1983 admiring a carthorse. The fair raised £1,000
THESE 18 boys had good reason to be proud. The smartly-dressed group had just been presented with silver medals and certificates they had won under the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme. They were all apprentices at the Pressed Steel car body
THESE two pictures were taken at a rehearsal of the Oxfordshire County Youth Wind Band in 1987. The band, formed five years earlier, included more than 40 young wind, brass and percussion players aged between 14 and 18. They came from schools
SHOPS in Oxford need to start helping themselves if they are to survive, a city councillor warned. Colin Cook, city council board member for development, said businesses in Oxford’s shopping centres had to move with the times. He was speaking
Didcot Town’s winless run in Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West 1 increased to four matches as their injury-hit side went down to a 2-0 defeat against in-form Bridgwater Town at the npower Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday. Boss
Banbury United failed to build on an early lead as they went down to a disappointing 3-1 defeat at Chesham in the Evo-Stik League Premier Division. The Puritans, who were looking to make it three wins on the spin, were given the perfect start after
Justin Lee has resigned as manager of Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division outfit Witney Town. The former Oxford City midfielder had taken over the helm after Justin Merritt resigned. “I regret that I have made the decision to resign as
A PROJECT that provides food for the homeless is delivering 900 meals a day, 10 times more than when it opened three years ago. The Oxford Food Bank has moved to bigger premises as the demand for its service continues to grow. When it opened
Oxfordshire were taught a lesson as they crashed to a 25-11 defeat against Essex in their third Premier Division clash of the season at Chelmsford. By virtue of that victory, powerful Essex jumped to the top of the table. After other results
OXFORDSHIRE drivers have faced huge problems today as an accident on the A420 combined with post-flood road clean-ups has caused long delays. The A420 was closed in both directions near the Bampton turn for an hour from 7.25am to deal with a collision
SOLID silver elephants, saucy postcards and slightly scruffy spoons were among the gems Oxfordshire residents have been hoarding in their lofts. BBC antiques show Flog It! came to Oxford on Saturday and hundreds of residents raided their homes
A witness appeal has been launched after an assault in Barton. A 23-year-old man was attacked as he was walking along Bayswater Road, opposite St Mary’s Church at about 6.45pm on Friday, November 23. Police have only just released details.
Oxford City manager Mike Ford admitted that his side were lucky to take a point from struggling Droylsden in Saturday’s 2-2 draw. The match was City’s first for a fortnight after last weekend’s FA Trophy tie against Bishop’s Stortford fell victim
Substitute Andy Ballard scored a late equaliser as Oxford City battled back for a 2-2 draw against struggling Droylsden at Court Place Farm in Blue Square Bet North on Saturday. A flurry of late goals added some gloss to an otherwise poor spectacle
DURING all the repetitive debates about whether or which prisoners should be granted the vote, the following points seem to be seldom or never mentioned: Not all of those in such institutions are guilty of the crime for which they have been placed
WITH severe flooding in Oxford every five years, it is foolish of the city council to think of building on the flood plain at the north end of its proposed Barton Area Action Plan. It is already flooded and the area designated for shopping is under
JUST because I’m not a parent doesn’t mean I’m immune. Indeed until Friday, I became as obsessive, driven and mean as any parent charged with their buying their tot the nation’s number Christmas must-have. I guess I should be grateful; after all
As the mornings get colder, our breakfasts have been getting warmer and I’ve been pushing forward the frontline in the 2012-2013 battle of “You must wear a coat to school”, throwing hats and scarves into the fray. The Boys lose the equivalent of
A GROUP of music lovers who rescued a much-loved Oxfordshire festival are in the running for a national award. The Y Not Festival team took over the running of Truck Festival in Steventon, after mounting debts saw the event go into administration
SCRAP metal dealers in Oxfordshire are concerned new rules that ban cash payments could hurt their businesses. Changes to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act come into effect today, which mean dealers can no longer pay for metal with cash, in the latest
POLICE Commissioners – what a crazy scheme. We have had police authorities since 1856. Now it’s a one-man dictatorship. Remember Hitler? The old method worked. If it’s not broke, why try to fix it? ROGER TUCKER Kingsway Drive Kidlington
I WAS interested in Councillor Billington’s comments on how the flood defences were holding on the Cherwell estate in Kidlington. I would like to give a plug for my late husband John Wyse for fighting for these flood defences for Cherwell residents
IN YOUR report (Oxford Mail, November 22) of the county council scrutiny committee meeting at which progress against energy-saving targets was discussed, you correctly stated that I “launched a scathing attack on the council claiming the programme
THE figures you quoted from Morrisons (Oxford Mail, November 21) about their planned supermarket in Wallingford promised to create 300 new full and part-time jobs. What they do not say is which other jobs will be lost as a result of their gaining
I SHOULD like to pay tribute to the late councillor John Humphries, who has sadly passed away. Although John was a Conservative councillor on Wantage Town Council, he evoked respect from across the political spectrum and was always ready to work
SO, Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health and David Cameron’s sidekick, wishes to digitalise the NHS under his orders. To contact your GP via the Internet would be the ‘norm’. Is this the same person who made his fortune by setting up an Internet
WHOSE fantastic idea was it to change the longest stay allowed at the Woolgate Centre car park in Witney to three hours (Oxford Mail, November 19)? Could the district council tell Waitrose staff (mainly women) where they are supposed to park when
The young Benjamin Britten, as a student at the Royal College of Music, composed settings for two Psalms. Composer Frank Bridge, who was Britten’s mentor, admired them but at the time the music was too demanding for the chorus at the RCM. Both pieces
LYN Jones was left frustrated, despite London Welsh collecting their fourth win of the season. Welsh’s head coach felt his side deserved to beat London Irish, but it was hardly a display to get him effusing. “All wins are good wins, aren’t
THE Mill arts centre in Banbury is set to reopen tomorrow after being forced to close because of flooding. Part of the ground floor was flooded, forcing centre managers to close the venue on Thursday, November 22 and cancel upcoming shows.
STAFF and students have returned to the John Payne building at Oxford Brookes University after a fire on November 20. The interior of the building, which houses a laboratory, a workshop and offices, was badly damaged.
TRIBUTES have poured in for former Oxford United player Mitchell Cole. Mr Cole, 27, was forced to hang up his boots as a professional player in February last year following a heart attack. He suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an irregular
A PENSIONER was raped in a burglary at her home at the weekend, police have revealed. Detectives have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the incident on Saturday and he remains in police custody. Neighbours heard breaking glass and
MANY people have grown to love the cooling towers of Didcot Power Station. But Kelly Green is proudly displaying her fondness for this Oxfordshire landmark in a more permanent – and visual – way. Some wear their heart on their sleeve. Mrs Green
A WOMAN was rescued by firefighters after driving into a ditch on Saturday. Fire crews were called to the Banbury Road, near the Sturdy’s Castle pub, north of Kidlington, at 8am. Paramedics treated the woman for minor injuries after being trapped
A MAN has died from a suspected heart attack in a pub in Abingdon. The tragedy happened at the College Oak pub on the Peachcroft estate at about 10.30pm on Friday. Eddie Cavanagh, landlord of the Greene King pub in Peachcroft Road, said the
A WOMAN found stabbed to death at a house in Bicester was a mum-of-two who worked as a beautician. Police were called to Lucerne Avenue at 10am on Saturday following reports of a dispute, to find Janeé Parsons, 31, sufferering stab wounds.
A WOMAN has been charged in connection with an incident at the Witney Christmas lights switch-on. Bethan Tichborne, 28, of Campbell Road, Cowley, Oxford, was charged with one count of obstructing a constable in the execution of his duty and one
THOUSANDS of residents can breathe a sigh of relief as nearly all of Oxfordshire’s rivers were taken off Flood Warning yesterday. Water levels along the Thames dropped sufficiently for the Environment Agency to reduce its flood status. A solitary
STRIKER James Constable said that Mitchell Cole would have been proud of Oxford United on Saturday. The U’s twice scored late equalisers to snatch a 3-3 draw at Accrington Stanley in their FA Cup second round clash. Yesterday’s third round
CHRIS Wilder did not think the icy conditions at Accrington Stanley on Saturday contributed to the injuries sustained by Jon-Paul Pittman and Andy Whing, writes DAVID PRITCHARD. The pair were stretchered off in quick succession during the 3-3 draw
GORDON Ross refused to take much credit for London Welsh’s vital victory over London Irish, writes ED MEZZETTI. The Scottish fly half had a 100 per cent success rate from the kicking tee in the 15-9 win, but he was not getting carried away.
A POST mortem carried out on Janeé Parsons yesterday confirmed the Bicester mother died of multiple stab wounds. A 38-year-old man arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder remains in police custody. Mrs Parsons' family had flown over from
OUR latest seasonal suspect is this shopper who police say tried to steal more than £200 of cosmetics. The man, who was captured on CCTV at the Lloyds Pharmacy store in Botley, is the third wanted man to be revealed in the Oxford Mail and Thames
A MAN viewed indecent images of women and animals to try to curb his desire for images of child abuse, a court heard. Julian Last, 31, now of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing indecent images of children found on two computers
HUNDREDS of children from across Oxfordshire are preparing to take to the stage for the Big Christmas Sing. For the past five years, schools across the county have come together to sing their hearts out for the event, a Christmas fundraiser for
