Archive

  • FOOTBALL: Champions North Leigh get home draw

    Reigning champions North Leigh have been drawn at home to Thame United, from the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, in the quarter-finals of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. Banbury United will also face Hellenic League oppoisition as they travel

  • Last chance to pick up your plonk on Christmas Eve

    While most of you picked up your festive fizz at wine fairs months ago, there are still a few who have yet to brave the shops. Maybe, you are hoping things will calm down, and you can pop to the grocery store Christmas Eve and pick up that perfect

  • RSPCA defends hunt case cost

    W OXON: The RSPCA has hit back at claims by MPs it broke charity rules by going ahead with a costly prosecution of the West Oxfordshire hunt. The Chipping Norton-based hunt and its former huntsman and master were convicted of illegal fox hunting

  • No let-up for Oxford United squad

    OXFORD United’s players will work hard over Christmas. Although Saturday’s game was off, the U’s players still trained both days over the weekend – and that will continue to be the case over the festive period. “We’ll train as usual, and are

  • COMMENT: Shining example

    CHARLOTTE Nott is an extraordinary young girl. Despite losing all her arms and legs to meningitis as a baby, she is never seen without a smile on her face. No doubt her parents were beaming themselves the first time they saw her new prosthetic

  • December 23: Suspects sought over theft of Twilight DVD

    REVEALED behind door number 23 of our Badvent calendar is a couple thought to have stolen a can of beer and a Twilight DVD. The couple were seen on CCTV at Co-op, in Barberry Place, Bicester, at about 3.30pm on Tuesday, October 16. A man and