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  • Royal visitor helps charity celebrate its family work

    A ROYAL visitor is to help a children’s charity celebrate more than 100 years and will bury a time capsule in the grounds. HRH The Countess of Wessex, pictured, will attend a ceremony at Dorchester Abbey for Parents And Children Together (PACT)

  • Improvising their way to national comic fame

    THE likes of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Dudley Moore and Sally Phillips, can claim to have forged comedy careers in Oxford. And in their wake a comedy group in the city has gone from strength to strength. Oxford Imps is celebrating

  • Bristol Rovers 1 (O'Toole 84) Oxford Utd 1 (Constable 10)

    JOHN-JOE O'Toole denied Oxford United all three points with a late equaliser for Bristol Rovers in a windswept encounter. The midfielder headed in six minutes from time at the Memorial Stadium to cancel out James Constable's first-half strike.

  • Emotional goodbye to teenager Jayden Parkinson

    AROUND 150 mourners gathered today for the funeral of Jayden Parkinson whose body was discovered in a Didcot cemetery. The hour-long service took place at St Martin's Church in Cheriton, near the 17-year-old’s her former hometown of Folkestone

  • More than 500 runners already sign on for race

    MORE than 500 people have already signed up for this year’s OX5 Run as organisers urge fundraisers to break the £100,000 barrier. The charity race, which is organised by the Oxford Mail and sponsored by recruitment firm Allen Associates, raises

  • Updates - Bristol Rovers v Oxford Utd

    3:23pm #brfc 0 #oufc 1 Constable absolutely clattered by a pumped-up Beardsley, who had been having a battle with Newey. Booking. — @OxfordMailOUFC 08 February 2014 3:23pm

  • Lung cancer ‘won’t stop me running’

    FORMER paratrooper Ian Spackman is training for his eighth half-marathon despite being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 56-year-old from Cholsey said he has not let his illness stop him from taking part in long distance runs. He is gearing up to run

  • Inner Wheel group keeps little Lily whizzing along

    A LITTLE girl is whizzing around in her super new wheelchair and is now fully insured, thanks to a group of women. Last March Lily Ilott’s parents launched a £17,000 fundraising appeal to pay for a new motorised wheelchair to replace her worn-out

  • Top scientists deliver lectures to GCSE students

    OXFORD GCSE students were treated to lectures from some of the country’s most celebrated and famous scientists on Thursday. At the New Theatre, George Street, GCSE Science Live! saw Channel 4 documentary star Lord Robert Winston giving a talk to

  • Skateboard classes hit by weather

    YOUNGSTERS in Oxford may lose their skateboarding lessons because not enough people are attending. Oxford Wheels Project (OWP) runs sessions for young people aged between 14 and 17 at Fry’s Hill Skate Park in Blackbird Leys, teaching the basics

  • United duo set for return

    Ryan Williams and Michael Raynes return to Oxford United’s squad today after recovering from injuries. Williams has missed the last three games with a knee problem, but is available to start against Bristol Rovers – providing the match goes ahead

  • United desperate to extend away run

    Caretaker boss Mickey Lewis does not believe that Oxford United’s exceptional unbeaten away run will alter the way Bristol Rovers will approach today’s game. United’s third place was consolidated by a 1-1 draw at Bury on Tuesday night, a result

  • We must take steps to keep bees buzzing

    FEW things make as much noise on a quiet summer’s day as a bumblebee. But for reasons that scientists do not fully understand, fewer and fewer of them are buzzing around our country nowadays. It may seem like a small matter – but bees play

  • Opt out if you want to keep private details off the record

    INFORMATION is a priceless commodity. Companies want it and governments want it. Most of all, we want it – and when it involves private issues, we tend to want to keep it to ourselves. This issue is at the heart of a row between a city GP and the

  • Homes are hit as water levels rise in south Oxfordshire

    VILLAGERS in the south of the county woke up early yesterday to find flood water rising fast in and around their homes. Heavy rainfall led to many of the county’s waterways spilling out, swamping roads and hitting houses. Firefighters were

  • City braces itself for more floods as rain keeps falling

    BOTLEY Road and Abingdon Road are likely to close again as the city prepares for flooding on a scale not seen since 2007. Officials have said they believe flooding will hit the city from tomorrow in a repeat of last month’s chaos and insiders say

  • Question mark over source of £14.4m prevention cash

    OFFICIALS have still been unable to explain where funding is coming from for £14.4m flood prevention schemes due to begin this year. On Thursday, the Government revealed a list of flood schemes that would begin in 2014/15. On it was £14.4m

  • Victim of crash on A4130 not identified

    A WOMAN who was killed in a crash has not yet been identified. The 68-year-old woman from Wallingford died following a crash on the A4130 at Hadden Hill on Thursday morning. It was the fourth fatal accident on the stretch of road near Didcot

  • Residents have say at boatyard exhibition

    PEOPLE will be able to have their say on the redevelopment of the Jericho boatyard today. Developers have announced plans to revamp the site on Cardigan Street, which has not been an official boatyard since 1992. The exhibition will take place

  • Man robbed in alleyway

    FOUR men grabbed a 49-year-old man and demanded he hand over his wallet, mobile phone and house keys. The robbery happened in Cowley in the alleyway between The Grates and Barns Road on Wednesday between 11.30-11.45pm. Police said the robbers

  • Warning after motorbike is stolen

    POLICE are urging bikers to lock up their motorcycles after a blue Kawasaki was stolen from outside a home. The bike was taken in Margaret Road, Headington, on Tuesday. Police have asked anyone with information to call 101.

  • Conmen steal cash from OAP

    DOORSTEP conmen stole cash from an elderly victim in Cumnor Hill, Oxford, after claiming payment for roofing work they said they did while their victim was out. Police said the two white men, one in his late 20s or early 30s and the other in his

  • Wheatley wallet thief receives suspended sentence

    A WHEATLEY man who reached into a stranger’s pocket and tried to steal his wallet has been told to carry out unpaid work. Benjamin Joy, 29, of Kimber Close, admitted one count of attempted theft against Joseph Drake in High Street, Wheatley, on

  • Tragic teen Jayden to be laid to rest today

    THE funeral of teenager Jayden Parkinson is due to take place today in Kent. The service for the 17-year-old will take place from 11am at St Martin’s Church in Cheriton, where her family is originally from. Jayden was missing for two weeks

  • CRICKET: Horspath to host Tew in Village Cup

    Horspath have been drawn at home to Great & Little Tew in the stand-out tie in the Oxfordshire first round of the Davidstow Village Cup on Sunday, April 27. It’s a repeat of last year’s county semi-final when Horspath triumphed by five wickets

  • CRICKET: Sandford off to flying start

    Sandford St Martin opened their Division 1 campaign in the Banbury Indoor League with a 37-run victory over Charlbury. Chris Thompson (27no) and Martin Anson (25no) laid the foundations for Sandford’s 137-2, and Charlbury fell well short on 100

  • Win for comedy club could remove Glee from our TVs

    COMEDY club chain Glee has won a three-year legal battle against the TV show Glee in a move which could see it taken off the air in the UK. The High Court ruled yesterday that Comic Enterprises Ltd, which runs four stand-up comedy clubs, including

  • Minister Danny Alexander sees apprenticeships in action

    A LEADING politician came to a Kidlington training centre to promote apprenticeships and urge more businesses to take them on. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander visited the bricklaying and carpentry apprentice firm ACE Training on

  • RUGBY UNION: Burnell relishing visit of in-form Rotherham

    JUSTIN Burnell insists now is a great time for London Welsh to play new leaders Rotherham Titans. Head coach Burnell’s side enter tomorrow’s Greene King IPA Championship clash at the Kassam Stadium following a chastening 36-15 defeat at Plymouth

  • TABLE TENNIS: Basement side Forum into semis

    Forum J, the bottom team in Division 4, hammered clubmates and Division 3 leaders Forum H 447-353 in the Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield quarter-finals. Joseph McKenna-Jones, Christine Scaysbrook and Ben Pritchard had a start of 155 points for Forum

  • ANGLING: Pope at home down on the farm

    With most of Oxfordshire’s rivers over their banks again, clubs were forced to switch their fixtures once more last Sunday, but Littlemore AS’s Blind Pairs went ahead at Pimlico Farm, near Bicester, as planned. The 21 anglers put together a decent

  • ICE HOCKEY: Title-chasing Oxford bid for back-to-back success

    OXFORD City Stars face a crucial double-header this weekend when they will bid to go three points clear at the top of the English National League South Division 2 table. Stars are a point behind leaders Slough Jets, but can steal a march on their

  • Hospital launches new services for facial palsy

    A NEW service for people with facial palsy has launched at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. The new clinic brings together different treatments for the condition, a weakness and paralysis of facial muscles caused by nerve damage. The hospital

  • Pizza assault arrest

    A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an attack on a graduate near Dominos Pizza in Oxford. Thames Valley Police last month released CCTV images in a bid to trace a man in connection with the assault on the 25-year-old man in Park End Street

  • Driver fails to stop

    A driver failed to stop after colliding with a car and causing extensive damage in Kirtlington. Police say a van or a lorry collided with a Ford Kuga driven by a 33-year-old woman along the A4905 from Kirtlington towards Chesterton at 8.40am on

  • Former Cold war airbase could star in more movies

    A FORMER air base could see more Hollywood A-listers following in the footsteps of Brad Pitt. Mr Pitt was in the county twice in 2011 to film scenes for zombie movie World War Z at the former US Air Force base at Upper Heyford. Now the Dorchester

  • Teachers ready to take strike action

    Schools across Oxfordshire will be hit by a strike on Wednesday, March 26, it was announced yesterday. The National Union of Teachers called the strike for England and Wales over performance-related pay, curbs on pensions and conditions. The

  • Experts buzzing with ideas on how to tackle bee decline

    EXPERTS gathered at Oxford’s University Museum of Natural History to discuss ways of tackling bee decline yesterday. At the first Oxfordshire Bee Summit, organised by Friends of The Earth, businessmen, politicians and environmental campaigners

  • BILLIARDS: Oxford Bowls fight back to sink Ashton

    Oxford Bowls battled back to see off hosts Ashton 4-3 in round two of the Gentworks Oxford & District League’s Atox Cup. Despite a promising start, Ashton fell away and the visitors took advantage, with John Williams (+20) edging out for Terry

  • SNOOKER: Walker stars as Abingdon march on

    Abingdon Conservative Club A maintained their Premier Division title push in the Gentworks Oxford & District League with a 5-1 victory at Witney A. Karl Walker compiled a break of 57 as he hammered Witney’s Wayne Reddy 90-0 in their second

  • BOXING: Dark Blues triumph in clash with Town

    Oxford University avenged last year’s defeat with a 6-3 win in the annual Town v Gown show at the Oxford Union. Dark Blues skipper Ian Holland opened up in explosive fashion, winning by a technical knockout in the second round of his 71kg contest

  • Twin Town Challenge gears up to have special effect + Video

    ORGANISERS have announced SpecialEffect as the official charity for this year’s Twin Town Challenge. The event, from May 23 to 26, will see 80 teams drive cars worth £500 or less from Witney to its twin town Le Touquet, in northern France, over

  • Jeweller wins role on town council

    A new town councillor has been elected in the Woodstock by-election. Louisa Maybury, of Market Street, was elected with 416 votes. Her only opponent, Christopher Harris, received 68 votes. The by-election was called after the death of former

  • Man who sent indecent child images escapes prison sentence

    A MAN has avoided jail for sharing indecent images of children and possessing video tapes of extreme pornography. Colin Giles, of Usk Way, Didcot, admitted sending and receiving underage photos of children using his mobile phone after chatting

  • GP vows to take battle with the NHS through the courts

    A CITY GP who has vowed to defy controversial NHS plans to collect patient data said he is prepared to fight the ruling through the courts. Health bosses warned Dr Gordon Gancz, that he will be in breach of his contract if he refuses to hand over

  • Students win Rag challenge with Branson flight to Japan

    THREE Oxford University students managed to win a charity challenge by getting all the way to Tokyo for nothing, courtesy of Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson. Oxford Raise and Give (RAG), the university’s biggest student charity, hosted Jailbreak

  • ‘Convincing telephone con nearly cost me lots of cash’

    A MAN who says he “foolishly” fell victim to a phone scam has swallowed his pride to warn others of the fraud. Paul Fletcher, from Cutteslowe, is one of about 20 Oxford residents to report the con to police in the last six months. The scam

  • Looking for a boost from the Winter Olympics

    FOR Kerry Wood,  ice-skating is a way of life, working and training at Oxford Ice Rink. But the 23-year-old from Headington is hoping the Winter Olympics inspire more people to take up sports like ice-skating. She is currently training with

  • ‘Homes plan will wreck our heritage’

    RESIDENTS of an Oxfordshire village have hit out at developers who are trying to build homes on their “precious” open countryside. The villagers of Stanford in the Vale, near Wantage, say an application from Blue Cedar Homes to build 18 homes on