THE Bishop of Oxford is joining other bishops to fast for 24 hours on Thursday as part of a campaign to highlight poverty. The Big IF initiative hopes to highlight the fact that one in eight people around the globe go hungry every day. It wants
A TEENAGER has been arrested after a suspected stabbing in Bicester. The 17-year-old from Bicester was arrested on suspicion of possessing a weapon after the alleged stabbing of a man in the arm on Saturday. The teenager has been bailed until
FIVE postgraduate students will be awarded scholarships in a new joint business masters programme offered by the University of Oxford. The Oxford 1 + 1 MBA initiative, established through a partnership between the New York-based hedge fund Pershing
People convicted of offences at Oxford Magistrates' Court recently: Krzysztof Okroj, 48, of Cranmer Road, Oxford, admitted drink driving in Windmill Road, Headington, on April 24. Had 124 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal
WITNEY Town Council will look into using a swipe card system or keypad in a bid to stop vandals driving over graves. The council locked the gates at Tower Hill Cemetery in March and reinstated a system of opening them only by appointment. The
THE importance of self-esteem among young girls is being promoted by a city charity in the wake of Oxford’s child sex gang scandal. Last month, seven men were convicted at the Old Bailey during the Operation Bullfinch trial of sexual offences linked
THE competition for the Strictly Oxford glitterball trophy is set to hot up after dancing partners were unveiled. Sixteen contestants from across the county, ranging from heart surgeons to business directors, are set to take part in this year’s
CROWDS packed into Wantage Market Place as the town revived its carnival after a 25-year hiatus. Local charity champion Ray Collins organised the event to boost town pride and raise money for local charities and community groups. Mr Collins
AN EVENING of music, theatre, magic and games took place at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on Friday. Iain Bennett, of Guerrilla Archaeology, is pictured trying on an antler mask at the event, organised by Cornbury Park’s Wilderness Festival as
HUNDREDS turned out for the annual Fun in the Park event in Abbey Grounds, Abingdon. Saturday’s Abingdon Town Council event included go-karts, a climbing wall, play bus and mobile soft play centre. Young and old also had a chance to learn circus
HUNDREDS of people got to see science first hand and step inside the tunnels of a giant X-ray machine at a major UK research centre. About 500 people visited the national Diamond Light Source Synchrotron at Chilton, near Didcot, on Saturday at
MORRIS dancers entertained ale-loving crowds in the sunshine at the 10th annual Chadlington Beer Festival. There was also a fun fair and live music throughout the day in the village on Saturday. Festivalgoers were able to sample a total of 21 beers
BICESTER: Sat Navs, cash, a camera, and aftershave were stolen when three cars were broken into in the Kings Meadow area last week. The crimes happened in Forsythia Close, Meredith Close, and Walpole Close, between 6am on Tuesday and 7.30am on
DIDCOT: An 18-year-old man was arrested after a driver failed to stop for police before being involved in a crash that left an 86-year-old man with broken bones. Police doing a road safety check tried to stop a black BMW at about midday on Sunday
WATER bills could be £440 a year for Oxfordshire residents at the very least within the next seven years. Thames Water announced plans to hike bills by an average of £100 to pay for infrastructure improvements. Britain’s largest water company
HUNDREDS of Catholics joined an annual procession through the city centre to mark Corpus Christi. The tradition of processing from one Catholic church to another to celebrate their faith was revived in 2000 and this year saw its biggest crowd on
CHERWELL LEAGUE - Division 5 CUMNOR 2nd’s batsmen had no answer to Jason Heslington, who took 7-26 for Twyford 2nd to help dismiss the visitors for only 35. Twyford needed just 5.2 overs to reach 39-1. Twyford 2nd 25pts, Cumnor 2nd 1
CHERWELL LEAGUE - Divisions 6-10 MARK Carpenter was out lbw for 99 as Cumnor 3rd defeated hosts Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 3rd by four wickets in Division 8. Carpenter, playing his first game for five years, did not realise he was
CONOR Taylor scored his second century in seven days as Shrivenham cruised into the quarter-finals of the OCA League’s Airey Cup with a 129-run home victory over East & West Hendred. Taylor smashed 110 and Mark Whale 76 in Shrivenham’s 282-
THIRTY-SEVEN properties have had their water supply restored in Northway this afternoon following a burst water pipe. The three-inch pipe broke beneath Borrowmead Road in Northway this morning. Residents said that the water flowing out smelt
A PRINTING firm’s warehouse was devastated in the second fire to hit the company in less than 12 months. The Bicester base of printing firm Polestar, which prints magazines including Hello, Good Food and the New Scientist, was hit by the fire in
CHERWELL LEAGUE - Division 2 ALI Morteza smashed a magnificent 122 and Adam Cook stroked a classy 63 not out as Cumnor found scoring easy to at home to Tiddington. The title favourites amassed 230-3 from their 53 overs. Nick Pykett’s 61
CHERWELL LEAGUE - Division 3 OXFORD Downs 2nd won a thriller at Dinton 2nd by one wicket. The home team’s score of 138 on their fast-scoring ground should never have been enough. Steve Roberts was back to his rampant best, taking 6-44 in a
CHERWELL LEAGUE - Division 4 KINGSTON Bagpuize squeezed past Stokenchurch by only four runs to condemn their opponents to their fourth straight defeat. David Pearce hit 41 in Bagpuize’s 127 against Stefan Read (6-31) and Paul Maddock (3-28)
KENNINGTON: A bike was stolen after burglars raided a shed in Poplar Grove. It was broken into between 10pm on Saturday and 7am on Sunday police said. Anyone with information about the raid can call police on 101.
WANTAGE: A 107-year-old man – believed to be one of the oldest people in the country – died on Sunday. Horace Preedy, of Garston Lane, Wantage, moved to the town in 1982 to be with his daughter Brenda Owens, who ran the Ardington Pottery with her
A BODY found in a Scottish river is believed to be that of missing former Bicester Advertiser reporter Clive Dennier. Mr Dennier, who lived in Inverness, failed to turn up for work at the Strathspey and Badenoch Herald in March. He had talked
TWO teenagers responsible for a spate of Oxfordshire burglaries last year have been deprived of their liberty. Cheyenne Webb and Reece Tickell, both 18, targeted homes across the county in a “highly-planned” series of break-ins which netted thousands
I HAVE no idea if divine intervention is lending a hand here, although maybe it is given the presence of a vicar in their ranks, but Far From The Madding Crowd ‘A’ (Oxford City) are on fire! After racking up 84 points in defeating the unfortunate
CHERWELL LEAGUE - Division 1 HORSPATH seamer Lee Mason took 5-32 to send Twyford’s batsmen reeling to 79 all out. Mason, who also took a five-for the following day in The Cricketer Village Cup, was ably supported by Patrick Foster (3-30) as
CHERWELL LEAGUE - MATCH OF THE DAY WITNEY Mills have not enjoyed a season in which they have won more Cherwell League matches than they lost since 2000, when they captured the Division 3 title. But their excellent start to the 2013 season in
HAS anyone else walked into a shop and felt they had entered a Monty Python sketch? I did – I entered an out-of-town shopping area in Banbury. The shop in question was Boots. I asked for a pack of disposable gloves. “Yes,” said the assistant
IN WITNEY about 2,000 people have signed a petition against plans to shut their high street post office branch. Abingdon has already lost its high street post office. So here is a reminder of where it is all coming from. Many will have
HAVE Cllr Melinda Tilley (Spelling Doesn’t Matter, May 31) and the writer of the Oxford Mail editorial (Our View: Debate, Don’t capitulate on child spelling, May 31) found time to read Professor Simon Horobin’s scholarly and beautifully written book
HOW can public money be used against the wishes of the same members of the public who are legally obliged to contribute to the Oxford City and Oxford County Council purse? Is it right to hold power – remove public buildings and land without public
REGARDING the Oxford Mail’s front page story Pothole Target Proves Elusive (May 28), the Government should be ashamed for not giving local authorities enough money to keep our roads in good repair. Where does the revenue raised from vehicle road
I’M sorry to hear that Chris Brewer (ViewPoints, May 28) is disappointed that only 30 new homes are included in the redevelopment of the Westgate shopping centre. This is, of course, 20 more homes than are currently on the site. The substantial
IT didn’t take long for Tim Siret to resort to his usual “tactic” of suggesting misquoting when challenging his generalisations (ViewPoints, May 30). For the record, I quote his language and it is insulting to anyone’s intelligence to repeatedly
I AM delighted that the seven men from Oxford were found guilty in the Bullfinch underage sex trafficking case. What has concerned me is the lack responsibility taken by the senior officers in the county council, social services and the police.
A forgotten aspect of the Roger Dudman development is that it has closed the very useful cycle path that led from west of the railway station to Port Meadow, Walton Well Road and North Oxford. Cyclists who used to use this route are now forced
The Oxford Mail has published a whole-page spread about the proposed extended new shopping mall and multi-storey car park on the publicly-owned land behind the Westgate centre. We are told this “will” extend current chain-store provision in Oxford
FIRST Great Western initially told me a return to Abergavenny would be £87, but it transpired that I could have “Supersavers” to and from Swindon and a return from Swindon to Abergavenny for a total of just £37.50. If it makes commercial sense
JOHN Maden writes (ViewPoints, May 30) on behalf of Oxford UKIP Committee to make complimentary remarks about Paul Marlow’s excellent letter (ViewPoints, May 23). Can we hope that the committee is in agreement with Paul, that marriage has always
THE traders in Oxford’s Covered Market would like to say a heartfelt thank you to every member of the public who has taken the time to complete our petition forms. We are overwhelmed by the comments you have made, and we very much appreciate the
THERE are two types of people in the world who I refuse to believe. The first is anyone who says there’s a Town and Gown divide in this city, because not once, ever, have I witnessed this so-called ‘them-and-us’ scenario. In fact, isn’t that one
ABOUT 100 protesters turned out to hold a peaceful rally held in support of the demonstrators in Turkey. Sunday’s Cornmarket Street protest was organised by Turkish students at Oxford University. Turkish demonstrators took to the streets in
SEAN Morris scored in the closing minutes to seal a 27-22 win for Oxford RL at Iffley Road. The victory sent Tony Benson’s men up to second in the Kingstone Press Championship One table, but they were pushed all the way by a struggling Gateshead
Been thinking of getting old trusty out of the garage? Fed up of only cycling your boring commute? If you want to try new routes and meet new people I have a few dates for your diary. From June 15 to 23 the country will be knee deep in cyclists
FIREFIGHTERS are still at the scene of a blaze in a Bicester printing warehouse which broke out yesterday. The fire broke out at the Polestar warehouse at around 12.55am and more than 40 firemen were called to the scene. One crew remains at
Oxford City striker Steve Basham has agreed to sign a new contract with the Conference North club. Last season, City finished tenth, and 35-year-old Basham, who scored five times in 29 appearances for the Marsh Lane outfit, wants to do it all over
THE storm that has engulfed Oxford’s deputy Lord Mayor Tony Brett over the past couple of days is another depressing example of a handful of keyboard warriors attempting to humiliate and smear a man because he dares to disagree with them. Mr Brett
MYSTERY surrounds the future of a distribution centre which closed last month. A total of 115 staff lost their jobs following the closure of the Co-op chilled distribution centre on the Osney Mead industrial estate, West Oxford. Bosses at the
OXFORD’S largest development in a generation could get under way as early as this year, it has been revealed. Four years after it was first proposed, Oxford City Council submitted an outline plan for the 885-home Barton West development yesterday
OXFORD: A computer and a bike were stolen when burglars targeted an East Oxford home. The crime happened overnight on Thursday in Hurst Street. Police said the burglars broke in through the front door. Call police on 101 with information.
OXFORD: Fans of noughties pop singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield were disappointed last night after the star cancelled an Oxford Union performance. The Sussex-born 31-year-old was due at the Oxford Union in Frewin Court from 8.30pm until 9.30pm
A BRAVE campaigner who has battled and raised awareness of a potentially fatal neurological disorder is off to Buckingham Palace to have tea. Lorraine Jackson, from Cowley, will be at the palace on Thursday to mingle with several thousand people
DEPUTY Lord Mayor of Oxford Tony Brett has refused to resign after becoming embroiled in a row with an anti-fascist group. Mr Brett criticised members of Oxford Unite Against Fascism (OUAF) after claiming he saw rowdy behaviour at Oxford’s war
TERRY Woods and Dan Wyatt hit three maximums apiece as Rose Hill Community Centre won a high class Oxford and District Darts Association Section 2 fixture at Ampleforth Arms B. There were nine 180s in total and after Woods opened in style, Geordie
OXFORD darts is mourning the death of well-known local player Steve Pladdys last month, aged 59. A stalwart at Rose Hill Community Centre, he won a host of trophies across the last three decades, including the men’s pairs. His funeral will
A DEVELOPER has submitted revised plans for a controversial bid to build homes on sports pitches at a closed Cowley social club. Cantay Estates has cut the number of homes for land at the former Lord Nuffield Club in Barracks Lane, from 43 to 40
WORK is to begin on ambitious plans to transform closed RAF Bicester into a specialist business park. Efforts to reopen six buildings will begin this summer in the first phase of plans for 100 heritage motor and aviation firms. They include
