People convicted of offences at Magistrates' Courts around the county recently OXFORD Ian Hunkins, 46, of Paradise Street, Oxford, convicted of possession of cannabis with intent to supply in Queen Street, Oxford, on December 22, 2011. Given
BUDDING Michael Flatleys are being invited to join a jig in the centre of Oxford next month. Inspired by performances such as Riverdance, O’Neill’s in George Street is joining in a Guinness World Record attempt on Thursday, March 14, at 8pm.
CONCERNS were raised about the state of bus company RH Transport’s finances almost two months before it went into administration, it has emerged. Copies of emails between County Hall staff released under the Freedom of Information act show officers
NEW chairs have arrived at St Mary’s Church in Witney as part of a £2m refurbishment of the historic building. The place of worship in Church Green has replaced most of its 32 pews with 160 chairs to create a more flexible space for community events
DEVELOPERS are being asked to increase the size of community facilities at a controversial 40-home block of flats in Cowley. Oxford City Council is to ask Haboakus, the developer of the Barns Road development, to increase the facilities from 182
A TEENAGER was raped again by her childhood abuser when she came back to him aged 17, the Old Bailey heard this afternoon. The unnamed witness known as Girl 4 told the Oxford sex exploitation trial Mohammed Karrar raped her on the same blue sofa
AN air ambulance charity has been accused of confusing the Oxfordshire public over its purpose. The Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance (TVCAA) has said it is concerned a new service set up for children does not make it clear it is not a medical
A CHILD was gagged, whipped, and tied up while she was made to act out "sexual fantasies" for groups of men, the Old Bailey heard this morning. A young woman, giving evidence at the Oxford sex exploitation trial, said she was driven to High Wycombe
CUSTODY sergeant James Holden-White has detected a way of entertaining bored prisoners at the police station where he works. The officer, who works at Banbury police station, has completed his debut novel Awaken Destiny after working on it for
PLANS for hundreds of new homes, a primary school, sports land and a community wood have been unveiled. Kingsmere developer Countryside Properties has revealed proposals for the second phase of its development at former farmland off Oxford and
OXFORDSHIRE highways bosses have objected to plans for a Travelodge in Oxford because hotel guests could leave their cars at the nearby park-and-ride. It is the second time the Thame-based budget hotel chain has tried to open a branch on the UK
A WINDOW cleaner from Didcot is encouraging people to take up the offer of a free health check with the NHS. The 30-minute checks have been organised by Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to help prevent heart disease, strokes, diabetes and
OXFORD United Ladies have been drawn at home to Everton in the FA Women's Cup fifth round. The side are into the last 16 for the first time following a 2-1 win over Newcastle United at the Kassam Stadium on Sunday. Their reward is a home game
THESE morris dancers attracted spectators from far and wide. The audience inside the grounds of Headington Secondary School in 1957 included a group of teachers from Oxford’s German twin city of Bonn. And the dancers also drew a crowd outside
THIS lovely bunch of busty beauties showed off their talents in the can-can to a delighted audience of elderly people. The party was organised by supporters of the City of Oxford Silver Band at the band’s headquarters in Temple Road, Cowley, in
THE many Oxford followers of Pegasus will remember the contribution Tony Pawson made to the famous football club. He played in the teams which won the FA Amateur Cup twice at Wembley in the club’s heyday in the early 1950s. But he wasn’t only
CLIVE Davies has fond memories of Oxford where he grew up. He now lives in Granada, Spain, but has never forgotten St Christopher’s and Temple Cowley schools, and the wonderful days of his youth in the 1950s. Born and raised in Cowley, he left
YOUNG members of the Salvation Army at Abingdon celebrated with a major prize in 1973. They won the coveted Salvation Army East Midland Divisional Efficiency Shield. Why they won it was not recorded at the time, but there is clearly delight
WINDELL ‘Joe’ Walcott left his Jamaican homeland at the end of the Second World War and joined the RAF because he thought Britain needed his help. Now, after almost two decades of public service, the former mayor of Carterton has stepped down to
THERE was no shortage of customers at the Jericho street fair in 1995 – residents packed the streets trying to find a bargain. In the picture immediately below, Lulu Wong Taylor tries to tempt shoppers to her stall of books, plants and knick knacks
LONDON Welsh have signed former England Under 20 wing Seb Stegmann from Harlequins. Stegmann, 23, joins the Exiles immediately and has agreed a deal that will keep him at London Welsh until 2015.
THESE young constables had completed their training to join the police force. They are pictured at their passing out parade at the police training centre at Eynsham Hall, near Witney, in 1974. The hall opened as a training centre in 1946 and
A MAN accused of affray and possessing an offensive weapon has appeared in court. Michael Hutchinson, 45, of Pegasus Road, Oxford, has also been charged with an assault causing actual bodily harm following an incident in Pegasus Road on May 21
TV SIGNALS could be affected by maintenance work on the Oxford transmitter starting today. Routine work on the systems that cool the transmitter in Beckley will take place between 10am-4pm and finish on Friday. Gary Follows, from Arqiva, the
A DRUG dealer who hid his stash of crack in his underpants has been jailed. Brandon Morris, 22, of Sorrell Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, was stopped driving a rented Peugeot 206 during a random police check on January 22. After giving officers
DIAMONDS are forever, and now 60 scientists and technicians are being recruited in Oxfordshire to find new ways of making them last even longer. A £20m hi-tech lab to research industrial diamond synthesis has just been completed at Harwell.
Good morning. Today we resume coverage of the Bullfinch child sex abuse trial. Oxfordshire County Council leader Ian Hudspeth is at the Old Bailey for day 24 of the Oxford sex exploitation trial. Updates to follow. — @Ben_Wilkinson
Good morning and welcome to this week’s discussion – we’re here until 11.30am to look over the main talking points at Oxford United. The U’s couldn’t find a way past York on Saturday and face a really tough week where they come up against the division
TOM Larman hit a hat-trick inside the first 23 minutes to set Abingdon Town on the way to a 4-0 win over Newbury in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division at Culham Road. Larman sandwiched a brace of penalties in the seventh and 23rd minutes
THERE are many things in this life that I find frustrating, and in this current climate there are lots of issues to get frustrated about – immigration and the economy to name just two. But the thing that drives me mad is when I phone an organisation
A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about acid rain. I have just read somewhere that the main cause of acid rain in the UK and possibly Scandinavia was the result of the jet stream blowing over from Canada the fumes from a giant iron smelting
CARTERTON cruised to a 6-2 win at Lydney Town in Division 1 West of the Uhlsport Hellenic League. Lewis Brownhill, Michael Duerden and George Seacole scored two apiece, before Lydney replied through Jonathan Kear and a Bailey Hoare penalty.
OUR county is full of towns and villages named after different places where our early ancestors could get across rivers and streams on foot without the need of a bridge. For example, Oxford had a deep ford, only suitable for big animals like oxen
FOLLOWING my letter printed February 12, I am pleased to report that most of the spurious signs claiming that the towpath in this vicinity was flooded have been removed. Nonetheless, I was disappointed – and indeed disturbed – to note on February
A police helicopter search was launched after a vulnerable man went missing on the Blackbird Leys estate. Officers spent 45 minutes over the estate between 10.45am and 11.30am yesterday and the man was found safe and well. Police initially
JOHN Tanner (ViewPoints, February 15) claims that pavements are for people to walk on and he is absolutely correct but I ask the following question: who is responsible for the broken white lines on parts of many pavements in the narrow streets of East
A military catering supplier which found horsemeat in frozen beef products did not supply Oxfordshire bases. Sodexo withdrew all frozen beef products from its UK catering operations on Friday. The company supplies 80 Army, Navy and RAF locations
Like most men I can’t dance. But since my early 20s, I have loved ballet. It was a surprise too – I’d never thought about men in tights or women in tutus. But it just so happened I had to review a ballet no-one else wanted to, so, fully suited
I’m sick to death of the Conservative party members, be it MPs or councillors, continually blaming the Labour party for the current state of Britain’s finances. After all, after close to three years, their policies have done next to nothing to
I SEE James Styring has at last seen fit to explain himself regarding what he said on cyclists jumping red lights. He now says this harmless crime (as he calls it) does not generally lead to physical harm or injury. He then goes on to claim
Today we talk to TREVOR TAYLOR, a former Radio 4 producer who launched a yacht club WHAT I’M CALLED: Trevor Taylor MY AGE: I’ve been around for 66 years, although it seems much less. WHAT I DO: I’m retired. WHERE I LIVE: Home is a small
IN response to John Brookes’s letter (ViewPoints, February 21) it appears that he has not yet seen the Port Meadow development. Yes, as he comments, the university should provide more accommodation for their graduates but not at all costs.
This week I have been bombarded by Gremlins. Not a derogatory term for small children in grubby clothing, although they’ve been in evidence too. Nor the big-eared, toothy variety that haunted a generation of teenagers in the ’80s – but the IT type
FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 0, York City 0. FA WOMEN’S CUP 4th round: Oxford Utd 2, Newcastle Utd 1. BLUE SQUARE BET NORTH Histon 1, Oxford City 1. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: AFC Totton 2, Banbury
Parishioners’ pets, from goats to worms, were blessed at a church service in Bampton yesterday. St Mary the Virgin Church, in Church View, held a service to bless the animals in a bid to increase church numbers. About 100 people – 30 more than
MICHAEL Hopkins grabbed a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Banbury United came from two goals down to win 3-2 at AFC Totton in the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division. The Puritans were caught out in the second minute when a cross from the
Didcot Town’s eight-game unbeaten run in Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West came to an end in controversial fashion at Shortwood United. In a game of few chances, the all-important goal was scored by home skipper Ashley Thomas
TWO late goals gave North Leigh a 2-0 victory over Wimborne in their Evo-Stick Southern League Division 1 South & West clash at Eynsham Park. The breakthrough came on 77 minutes after a period of sustained attacking play by the Millers involving
An unusual clash between Oxford and Cambridge universities went ahead yesterday . The two establishments’ cheerleading teams, the Oxford Sirens and the Cambridge Cougars, went head-to-head in a grudge match at Loughborough University. Oxford’s
OXFORD United’s players are well aware of frustration from supporters, but they are trying to do the right things, according to Michael Raynes, writes DAVID PRITCHARD. There was disappointment again on Saturday, as the U’s failed to break down
Oxford City got what they deserved against Histon on Saturday, according to assistant manager Stuart Peace, writes MATTHEW BRUCE. City snatched a draw with a late equaliser from Felipe Barcelos, but Peace felt that any other result would have been
ABINGDON United were denied victory at Taunton Town in Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West by James Short’s late goal. Neither side produced an effort on goal in the opening 20 minutes. Taunton’s Clay Bond headed over from
THAMES Water has been fined £10,000 for polluting a stream in Faringdon by allowing sewage to flow into the waterway. Environment Agency officers visited Faringdon Stream in August and found dead fish, including chub, dace, perch and roach.
CHRIS Wilder admitted Oxford United got what they deserved as a lack of invention proved costly in a goalless draw at home with York City. The U’s struggled to create chances, as the dogged Minstermen defended well – but United have now not won
Oxford City snatched a point from the jaws of defeat at Histon in Blue Square Bet North on Saturday thanks to a late equaliser from Felipe Barcelos, writes MATTHEW BRUCE. The hosts had dominated the game and deservedly led thanks to a well-worked
COWLEY Road’s O2 Academy has overturned a council decision that barred it from opening earlier. Academy Music Group won an appeal to The Planning Inspectorate on its bid to open at 6pm instead of 7pm Monday to Saturday. Bosses at the venue
South East MEP Marta Andreasen has defected from UKIP to the Conservatives. The Euro MP was elected to serve Oxfordshire and the rest of the region in 2009. Neither Ms Andreasen nor anyone at UKIP was available for comment yesterday.
WELSH voices boomed over a congregation of hundreds at an early St David’s Day celebration in Oxford. More than 200 people with connections to Wales attended a celebration at the Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall Street, on Saturday night.
JAMES Bond himself has given his blessing to a chic musical extravaganza based on the films’ memorable theme tunes As part of its five-day programme this summer, Henley Festival is staging a 007-themed gala evening to celebrate 50 years of Ian Fleming
ST MARY the Virgin Church’s animal blessing service was certainly unusual. If the intention was to get more bums on pews though, it appears to have worked. Faith is a very personal thing, but this has to be the first time we’ve heard of it
THAMES Valley Police has spent £5.6m on translators and interpreters for suspected criminals in the last five years. Last year it spent £1.16m, the sixth consecutive year the bill topped £1m. The money is spent on face-to-face interpreters,
A man has been fined for setting off fireworks inside a packed Oxford city centre nightclub. The 20-year-old was apprehended in the smoking area of The Bridge in Hythe Bridge Street. Thames Valley Police spokeswoman Rhianne Pope said: “Police
LONDON Welsh head coach Lyn Jones pulled no punches in his assessment of his side’s heavy defeat in Devon. The Exiles crashed to their 12th loss of their Aviva Premiership campaign to stay deep in the mire at the wrong end of the table. But
JED McCrory is to relinquish his ownership of Banbury United after taking over as Swindon Town chairman. McCrory has been left with no alternative as Football Association rules state a person cannot have an interest in two clubs. Banbury secretary
THE ambulance service has pleaded for callers to “stop wasting our time” to help improve response rates and save lives. South Central Ambulance Service said one in 10 of the 999 calls it has to respond to are inappropriate and do not need an ambulance
FROM calling 999 because a child has painted themselves blue to thinking an ambulance is needed to help with an eyelash, the reasons behind time-wasting emergency calls are staggering. How anyone, no matter how drunk they are, can think it’s acceptable
A DRIVER has been taken to hospital after a car crashed off the A40 tonight. The crash took place at about 6.20pm on the southbound carriageway just before the turn off for Wheatley. One person was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital but is
WOMEN’S Institute members in Witney have planted trees to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. West Witney WI, along with the woodland managers Witney Woodland Volunteers, planted two Walnut saplings in Deer Park Wood. The saplings were donated
RAIL passengers planning to travel between Oxfordshire and London over Easter are being warned to plan ahead, because of major engineering work at Reading. As part of a £900m five-year project to improve the railway through the Berkshire town,
