MORE than 50 jobs have been created at a business park as a direct result of the Science Vale Enterprise Zone. Ten firms have opened for business at a new, speculative scheme at Milton Park, near Didcot. Park bosses are delighted with the success
JON Meades tonight marked his long-awaited return to fitness with two goals for Oxford United’s development squad. The midfielder struck the first of two penalties after just three minutes in a 5-0 win against Oxford University at Iffley Road,
ALEX Edwards was just 20 and still in his second year at university when he set up his business. Six years on, as managing director of The Cotswold Tailor, he has shops in Woodstock and Shipston-on-Stour and employs four staff. Turnover is
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has reduced its element of the council tax bill for the third year running. In its budget for 2014/2015, district councillors have agreed to cut the SODC part of the tax bill by 2.5 per cent. Already
MARTIN Cowell has combined a love of travel with a successful business career to find himself running his own niche firm. Absolute Touring offers mainly foreign visitors the chance to see the delights of the English countryside from the comfort
FIFTEEN jobs have been created after a transport company opened a new £1.5m depot. Reason Transport has moved into Heyford Park at Upper Heyford and bosses say more jobs are likely to be created there later this year. Principal Alan Reason,
VOLUNTEERS pitched in to dig flower beds that will be used as an attraction for disabled children. Seven people took part in creating the sensory garden at Fairytale Farm, Southcombe, near Chipping Norton, at the weekend. Farm owner Nick Laister
APPRENTICES at a leisure and golf resort are breaking the mould. Witney Lakes has taken on three new recruits who are learning the ropes at the front end of the hospitality industry. Director Sean Parker said: “Since we opened 19 years ago
PUPILS at Drayton Community Primary School are celebrating an improved Ofsted rating. The school, in Hilliat Fields, discovered it has progressed from a satisfactory rating to good last week after inspectors visited in February. Headteacher
Last week, figures were published suggesting that Oxfordshire needs to build a staggering 100,000 houses by 2031, an increase of nearly 40 per cent in under 20 years. For Oxford, the proposed increase is 28,000 houses – the size of Didcot. This equates
FROM Hollywood blockbusters to TV favourites, Oxfordshire has proved the perfect setting for many filmmakers. Oxford is famously home to television detective series Inspector Morse and its spin-offs Lewis and Endeavour. But not everyone may know
A LORRY has jack-knifed on the A34 Western Bypass north of Oxford between the Peartree interchange and the Wytham turn off. The road is partially blocked southbound, and long delays are now being reported. It is not yet known if anyone has
A FORMER magistrate and organiser for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in Oxfordshire has died aged 85. Alison Margaret Layng was the first Youth Officer in Oxford for the Duke of Edinburgh Award and once had special responsibility for the Girls
A FATHER-of two who embarked on sailing voyages across the world has died aged 81. Patrick Grant lived in Oxfordshire for more than 50 years, in Headington, Horspath and later Abingdon, working for W H Smith in county newspaper distribution for
A West End actress who married an Oxford don has died aged 91. Iris Chapman, known by her stage name Iris Russell, took a variety of stage and television roles in a career that spanned more than 60 years. She later married William Gordon Chapman
A DAD-of-two who twice battled testicular cancer and won is encouraging more men to get tested for the disease. Paul Currah said doctors saved his life both times by diagnosing his condition early. He is supporting a new Cancer Research UK
Take a look at some of the best features, interviews and reviews from this week's edition of The Guide Rambert lead dancer Stephen Wright tells Katherine MacAlister about their bold new rock & roll show Racing Glaciers are coming
Sarah Mayhew-Craddock is excited by the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see works by impressionist Paul Cézanne at the Ashmolean Could art in Oxford get any more exciting than it is at the moment? From the likes of Dancin’ Oxford’s interactive
James Luxford discusses his experiences with premiere screenings We’re heading into March, and the movie releases are getting a little bit more interesting. The smaller releases, such as The Raid 2 (which I am disproportionately excited for
Emma Dolman reports on some of the great things Cornerstone have been up to recently We’ve been having a great time here at Cornerstone since I last posted! Bumper audiences have been watching our shows, doing our classes and viewing our exhibitions
Katherine MacAlister chats to comic Rob Beckett ahead of his upcoming appearance at Glee in Oxford Rob Beckett is so lovely you want to take him home to meet your mum, which is no doubt why he’s been such a big hit on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out
Global sales of the Mini fell significantly last month. A total of 15,975 cars were delivered to customers, down 13.8 per cent on the February 2013 figure of 18,527. Bosses said the slowdown was due to anticipation of the new model being launched
Mel Fewster samples a popular spot for tea, treats and more I have driven past Maison Blanc so many times over the years but never thought to go in. I’m not sure why, because it looks so inviting, but that changed when we decided to pop in for
While flinching about a speech given to diners, Katherine MacAlister loved the pumpkin raviolo and parsnip soup As a dry month is to an alcoholic, so February was as carnivorously lean as possible. Not to quite the same extent as Jay Z and
"If food is a symbol of love, let's all eat" says Rupert Whitaker Alan D Wolfelt famously said “food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.” I started my pop-up restaurant as an act purely from the heart. Cooking and feeding people
Shayek Ahmed shares his recipe for Tiger Prawn Curry My name is Shayek Ahmed and I worked as a trainee chef for eight years under head chef Nurul Amin at the Aziz Restaurant. I am presently the head chef at Aziz and my cooking style is Bangladeshi
“BUSINESS is about people, not business,” according to graduate Gregory Coussa. That’s one of many powerful messages in a new photographic exhibition at Oxford University’s Said Business School. More than 30 scholars, including Mr Coussa, pictured
HOMEOWNERS faced with a bill for thousands of pounds after a green heating technology system broke down have been offered a replacement free of charge after the Oxford Mail stepped in. Alison and Daniel Lindenbaum’s home in Old Post Mews, Horton-Cum-Studley
Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry has been recognised for his efforts in securing a cut in beer duty at last year’s Budget. Mr Baldry was presented with a Beer Champion award and a specially brewed bottle of beer at the Ye Olde Reindeer Inn in Banbury
Marc West has a surprise when what looks like the hottest disco in the city is populated by tiny tots It was so busy a one-in one-out policy was in operation on the door. This must be the hottest ticket in town, I thought. Once finally inside
Tim Hughes is told from a bolt hole ‘oop north’ that this pop band are seeking fame, fortune (and free festival tickets) Epic pop, evocative folk-rock, alternative-indie, baroque & roll... it’s hard to pin down the music of Racing Glaciers.
Clean livers to a fault, Tim Hughes hears that while Amber Run are big foodies, they also make regular trips to the gym, aren’t big party animals and don’t pig out on junk food There was a time when being in a band was all about sex, drugs and
Stephen Wright tells Katherine MacAlister about their bold new rock & roll show It’s been 14 years since Rambert visited Oxford with their world famous choreography, and with them comes lead dancer Stephen Wright, ready to blow you away.
Gill Oliver speaks to the reluctant reader turned best-selling author Steven Butler Steven Butler hated reading as a child. These days, he’s a best-selling author on a mission to show youngsters storytelling can be fun. The first of his The
Gill Oliver on a celebration of ‘a phenomenon’ Midnight feasts, magic and lashings of nostalgia are on the agenda for an event about Enid Blyton. The author’s much-loved characters the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, Noddy and Big Ears have
Police are at the scene of another armed robbery in Oxford. Two robbers this morning targeted the Stan James betting shop in Roundway, Headington and stole cash, police have said. Thames Valley Police spokeswoman Rhianne Pope said the force
Reg Little looks back at a glorious decade of Childish Things, the acclaimed comedy and music fundraiser for East Oxford hospice Helen and Douglas House Memories will come flooding back: Bill Nighy fronting Radiohead to perform Love Is All Around
Having had a ringside seat during her rise to power, Jonathan Aitken is a biographer who saw many sides to Margaret Thatcher. Gill Oliver talks to him about his rollercoaster journey From time to time biographer Jonathan Aitken caught the rough
Matt Oliver on the efforts being made in Oxfordshire to halt the worrying decline in the bee population The bees are disappearing. At least that’s what scientists and environment campaigners have been telling us for a long time now.The statistics
Seamus Perry takes time out from the lovely Scarlett to talk about committees I became what any other university would call ‘head of department’ a few months back, and as a consequence I find myself spending more time even than usual in committee
Linda Watson says the county’s rural communities are far from dead It is hard to say for how long the death of England’s villages has been forecast, but it’s certainly decades and possibly centuries. Is there any truth in it? As the outgoing chief
The bridge links Roger Dudman Way with River Thames towpath, writes Christopher Gray I was dismayed to see while out on a bike ride in the weekend sunshine that there are plans to take down the useful footbridge that links Roger Dudman Way, next
TO some she is but a notorious serial killer from an age of poisoning and hanging for villains. But to one Oxford woman, the Victorian-era story of Mary Ann Cotton is key to understanding British social history. Now Jericho’s Victoria House
Sir — It was heartening to read Reg Little’s report and the subsequent correspondence (Report, January 30, Letters, February 20) on the current threat to the unique character of Holywell Cemetery. The cemetery is a repository of our shared history.
Sir – I write as a regular user of the West Way shopping centre in Botley. The Doric Properties planning application proposes demolishing the existing centre with some surrounding buildings, including Field House and replacing this with among other
Gill Oliver speaks to prolific county author Melanie King The award for most arresting book title at this year’s festival must surely go to Secrets in a Dead Fish. Written by Woodstock-based author and historian Melanie King, it’s a fascinating
Sir – This letter is from 2024. A decade ago Botley residents hoped redevelopments would improve their neighbourhood. This happened instead: Doric wasn’t the developer of the whole site. Instead, it flipped the land with planning permits
Sir – The city council may have chosen to receive Vincent Goodstadt’s review of their procedures that led to the decision to approve the Roger Dudman Way development as exoneration. However those that have taken the trouble to read that document
Sir – Ms Garbutt’s letter (February 27) speculates about the number of new dwellings the Strategic Housing Market Assessment may call for — by the time you print this letter — if indeed you choose to — the figures may well be out in the public arena
Sir – Despite West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) not having finalised their Local Plan for 2016 onwards, Bloor Homes have put in a planning application for 700 homes on land between Carterton and Brize Norton. This application, known as Carterton
Gill Oliver welcomes the bustling hub of eating, drinking and literary pleasure that is Blackwell’s festival Marquee At the heart of this year’s Oxford Literary Festival will be a bustling hub where bookworms can chat, eat, drink and have fun.
Sir – While your correspondent Clare Weiner is completely right to state that cyclists should always obey traffic signals, and I share her sympathy with the student who was recently injured by an errant cyclist on the George Street pedestrian crossing
Sir – I agree with the sentiment in the letter Move dangerous George Street pedestrian crossing (February 20). As a pedestrian and cyclist, I have found the junction confusing and potentially dangerous. It is to be hoped that the young student
Sir – ‘Once in a hundred years’, they said of the 2007 floods. But only seven years later Oxfordshire (and much of southern England) is again under water. And it’s a safe bet it’ll soon happen again, only worse. If all this flooding misery is what
Sir – Oxford has led the way, outside London, in introducing a Low Emission Zone in the city centre from which high-frequency buses exceeding Euro5 emission levels are banned. This has helped to reduce the NOx levels but the air quality is still
Sir – I was walking along a road near my home one night recently when a man called out to me from behind to stop and come to him. He was not wearing a helmet or any hat and in the dark I could not make out the detail of any uniform, but I was later
Sir – Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain which is caused either by an infection invading the brain or through the immune system attacking the brain in error. It is extremely difficult to diagnose and rare — although around 6,000 people are diagnosed
Sir – I was astonished to read the letter from councillors Fooks and Campbell (February 20) which tries to score party political points in addressing Oxford’s flooding disaster. Surely they know that the councillors who represent the worst affected
Sir — Your article on the Turin Shroud (February 13) was 25 years out of date. Carbon dating presumes the sample being tested is uncontaminated. The shroud had been displayed on feast days in the Middle Ages, so had become contaminated with smoke
Sir – Since Mr Gray is usually such a stickler for correct usage, it was disappointing to find him applying the adjective problematic to his journey to Brighton, in the modern sense of being a problem. I would argue for its original meaning of
Christopher Gray reports back after attending the Oxford Playhouse production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle Last week’s admirable production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Oxford Playhouse was one of many given over the years
A CHILDREN’S doctor has been inspired by the youngsters he treats to take part in the OX5RUN for Oxford Children’s Hospital. Viz Ravindran and colleagues Hide Baba and Dominic Pimenta will take on the five-mile run at Blenheim Palace in 17 days
Richard Jones on a historian’s thriller with Knights, Nazis and alchemists in the mix The race for the Ark of the Covenant may be a well- worn fictional path but this novel has a lead character whose escapades wouldn't look out of place in a comic
A THREE-CAR crash has blocked a road in Abingdon this morning. Police were called to the collision between a blue Land Rover Defender, a yellow Renault Megane and a white VW Golf at 10.54am in Audlett Drive outside indoor adventure playground Snakes
OXFORD West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood has called for more businesses to take on apprentices. She said that last year 600 people began an apprenticeship in her constituency meaning new apprentices gave a £1.29m boost to the area in 2012-13
After having seen one of her rave restaurants massacred by one Giles Coren, Katherine MacAlister wants a little black book staple to cheer her up The problem with sticking one’s neck out is that it’s very easy to cut off. Just one fell swoop will
Helen Peacocke meets students from Brookes University organising a ‘Supper to Save the Sea’ Meeting four enthusiastic young final year students studying Hospitality Management at Brookes University proved a great experience. Our meeting reminded
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Cowley is still being held by counter-terrorism police in Manchester following his arrest in Oxford on Tuesday morning. The suspect was arrested - along with two men and a woman in Manchester- on suspicion of supporting fighting
Val Bourne is ready to start sowing her crop for tomatoes, sweet peppers and aubergines The light levels have been so low that I haven’t begun to sow any seeds as yet, but now I must get busy. The first things to go in will be the tender vegetable
A BURGLAR who stole a carriage clock from an 81-year-old woman has been jailed for what a judge called a “despicable” crime. Ashley Jeacock, of Pembroke Way, Bicester, admitted carrying out the offence on February 5 of last year. Iain Wicks
CHILD actors, producers and directors got their first taste of red-carpet life at Wallingford Children’s Film Festival. Pupils from four schools were the VIPs at Wallingford Corn Exchange on Monday and Tuesday night. The budding film-makers
OXFORD has helped to produce inspirational women, from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to Nobel Prize winners Dorothy Hodgkin and Aung San Suu Kyi. But a new award launched this month aims to mark the county’s “ordinary” women, inspiring others
OXFORD MAGISTRATES Elizabeth Jakeman, 56, of Farm Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, admitted possession of Class B drug, amphetamine, in Templars Square Shopping Park, in Between Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford, on December 24. Given a six-month conditional
Colin Williams of the wildlife trust gets set to welcome insects and other species Every spring I wonder when I’m going to see the first butterfly of the year. Will it be a red admiral fluttering among the cobwebs in a garden shed, or a small tortoiseshell
A wild pre-wedding weekend in this comedy seems more of a Stag Don’t than a Stag Do, reports Damon Smith Boys will be buffoons in John Butler's raucous comedy about male friends who gets into scrapes during a stag weekend in rural Ireland.
Giles Woodforde discovers from a Theatre Guild rehearsal how demanding a part is Streetcar’s Southern belle Blanche ‘What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street. But the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains,”
David Bellan talks to Fiji-born director Mark Baldwin as Rambert Dance Company prepares for a rare visit to Oxford Mark Baldwin has had a long association with Rambert, first as a dancer, then as a renowned choreographer, with his work also performed
David Bellan is impressed by the quality of the pieces at the Pegasus In the new shorter duration of Dancin’ Oxford, events have been coming thick and fast, and the Pegasus has been humming with activity. Following the successful Moving with
Christopher Gray enjoys a performance of the Errol John play Errol John’s remarkable picture of Trinidadian life, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, has been too little seen in the half century and more since it was first staged (and screened — those being
Giles Woodforde watches an infectiously enthusiastic performance of a classic musical It’s not every Reverend who gets the chance to say: “I now pronounce you – men and wives”. But the preacher in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers does
A BROKEN down car is causing delays on the A423 Southern Bypass Road this morning. One lane is blocked on the westbound carriageway between the Heyford Hill Roundabout and Kennington Roundabout.
The pianist tells Giles Woodforde about his version of a Wagnerian epic Whisper it quietly in case his many fans are listening, but some people hate Wagner. The very thought of sitting through the many, many hours of his Ring cycle of operas is
Tim Hughes joins an enthusiastic crowd fir the ever-cheerful Louisa Rose Allen... aka Foxes It’s not hard to see why so many people are getting excited about Louisa Rose Allen. The Southampton-born singer, who trades under the suitably Vulpine
TWITTER was ablaze recently after Witney MP David Cameron, right, – who also holds another, apparently important, position – posted a picture of himself looking extremely serious while on the phone. David Cameron tweeted a picture of himself
I WAS saddened to hear about the man with Asperger Syndrome, who died after having his disability benefit taken away by Atos. People at Atos are being paid to get disabled people off their disability benefits and this can be very worrying for disabled
FOLLOWING my father’s recent death it was decided that various items should go to charity. Sobell House was included in this as a way of thanking the staff at the Churchill Hospital for their undoubted care and support at a difficult time.
IS it a comedy or a tragedy that the residents of Botley are all ‘swotting up on the material considerations of planning applications for their Doric objection letters’ as John Marriott so rightly says they are (March 11). The picture has its nicely
I agree with the sentiment in the letter ‘This is a dangerous crossing that needs to be sorted out properly’ (February 26). As a pedestrian and cyclist, I have found the junction confusing and potentially dangerous. It is to be hoped that the young
THEY offer an insight into the history of Oxfordshire, but now museum visitors can get a taste of the action through a new app. This weekend sees the launch of the Museum Trails App, produced by Oxfordshire-based app designers Wild Knowledge, at
ON Saturday, millions of women across the world celebrated achievements of women as well as focusing on areas that require more attention. Sadly, one of those areas is violence against women. Information released by the Office for National Statistics
I WOULD like to thank our team of volunteers in Old Marston who joined us in our seventh annual litterpick. We collected about 30 sacks of litter, a kitchen sink and some car tyres. Litterpickers are helping to keep the city clean
Regarding Labour party people celebrating the Witney election win, “Even in a true blue district we can make a difference” (March 6): Labour must surely also be celebrating their control of Oxford City Council and the horrific events reported by solicitor
Well the truth is starting to emerge about the Coalition’s unpopular attempt to address the incidence of TB in cattle. As many as one in six badgers of the 1,861 badgers shot in the Gloucestershire and Somerset trial areas took longer than five
Tim Hughes speaks to Blues Caravan’s Christina Skjolberg ahead of a Jericho gig Things used to be so much simpler in music. Take the blues. Everyone knew that to play ‘the devil’s music’ you had to be old, black and American — preferably with a
Anne James views some moving images of young Spaniards Dario Sanz Padillo wanted to — and has — created an optimistic series of portraits of young professional Spaniards, who have decide to move to the UK and to change career, to escape the 50
Anne James studies the latest works of Magdalen Road artists This is an exhibition which serves to celebrate the energy, synergy and talent of 18 of the artists working out of the Magdalen Road Studios. And it provides an opportunity to see a wide
Marios Papadopoulos, Music Director of Oxford Philomusica and new MBE, thanks all who have supported him over the years February 2014 was a very special month — it was the month I went, with my wife and children, to Buckingham Palace to receive
Jet Black of The Stranglers almost died ahead of his last Oxford gig. But that won’t stop the great survivor’s return, he tells Tim Hughes Jet Black is one of rock’s great survivors. For four decades The Stranglers drummer has hit it hard. And
Mickey Lewis remains convinced that despite a lack of results he is the right person to be leading Oxford United as the season enters the final ten games. It is now more than six weeks since Chris Wilder left the club and his former assistant was
THERE is a stand-out figure that truly shows the quality of the motor vehicles produced in this city: 4,000 advance orders for the third generation Mini have been made before anyone has seen the car. Today our Motoring Editor, David Duffy, gives
DESPITE what you may have read elsewhere, the overwhelming majority of our police officers are dedicated, brave and scrupulously honest. They have to be, to retain their credibility while doing a job that is challenging and at times downright dangerous
Intelligent people are more trusting, Oxford University research says. The study examined the results of an American social attitudes survey and found those who are more trusting are more likely to have better health and greater happiness.
Police are still hunting a man believed to be linked to two suspected armed robberies. He attempted to take money from a till and from a customer in the Esso petrol station, Ermont Way, on Monday, March 3, at about 10pm, but left when they both
The main post office in Witney closed down yesterday. The branch, in Market Square, has now been moved to the WHSmith store in the Woolgate Shopping Centre. The closure is part of the Post Office’s plan to stem £40m-a-year losses across the
YOU would have to be bananas not to listen. Staff and patients at Oxford’s Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre yesterday got advice on ways to quit smoking and get healthy. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust combined its latest so-called Healthy Hospital
TWO public sports facilities in Oxford are to be refurbished. Oxford City Council is to reroof the changing rooms in Sandy Lane, Blackbird Leys, and replace the roof of the Bottom Pavilion in Cutteslowe Park, Harbord Road. The Cutteslowe Park changing
A RARE 17th century clock built by Oxford clockmaker Joseph Knibb was sold at auction for £286,800. The longcase clock, right, dating from 1665-1667, was auctioned at the Donnington Priory in Newbury on Tuesday for more than double its estimated
WHEN I watched the last of the original Minis roll off the Longbridge production line in October 2000, it was in the presence of Sixties popstar Lulu, to the music of the film The Italian Job, followed by a pint and a sandwich, writes David Duffy.
A CORRUPT cop who stole and sold the contact details of car crash victims has been jailed, leaving Thames Valley Police facing a fine of up to £500,000. Former Oxford-based Pc Sugra Hanif, was yesterday sentenced to three-and-a-half years behind
DETECTIVES have seized an estimated £5m worth of heroin and cocaine and charged two Oxfordshire men with plotting to import hard drugs. Five kilos of heroin were seized at a Woodstock property on Monday along with 3kg of cocaine and 1kg of heroin
RUNNERS from across the UK pounded the streets of Oxford yesterday. They took part in the annual Teddy Hall Relay Race, which has been a fixture since the 1960s. Originally just for Oxford University students, it has grown in popularity.
OXFORD West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood has had a meeting with the Transport Secretary to discuss the A34. Ms Blackwood, left, met Patrick McLoughlin to lobby for investment into improving the road which runs through her constituency and is
Oxford MCCU’s Karl Penhale and Wilf Marriot have been selected for the Combined MCC Universities squad, which flies out today for a pre-season tour to the United Arab Emirates. Bowler Penhale, who also plays for Aston Rowant, and batsman Marriot
Gordon Ross says London Welsh must guard against another south west slip-up when they visit Cornish Pirates on Sunday (3). Assistant coach Ross was part of the Exiles team that lost 36-15 at Plymouth Albion on their last Greene King IPA Championship
AN EMPLOYMENT tribunal was told yesterday Kellogg College had a “culture of bullying”. Former events co-ordinator Catriona Carter Jonas, of Adkin Way, Wantage, is suing the Chancellor, masters and scholars of Oxford University for alleged discrimination
CROSS COUNTRY JESS Gibbon produced the best Oxfordshire performance in the CAU Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park, Birmingham. The 17-year-old, from Henley, finished fifth in the under 20 ladies’ race over a very muddy
Even those who reluctantly accept that the Green Belt is unlikely to be left untouched by development in the coming years will have been stopped in their tracks by a new report suggesting that Oxfordshire needs 100,000 homes by 2031. When you realise
Abingdon Town have sent out an SOS for help after being submerged by floodwaters for three months. The cash-strapped Culham Road club hope to host their first Uhlsport Hellenic League game since December on Saturday when tenants AFC Hinksey are
West Ilsley trainer Mick Channon was proud of Somersby’s rejuvenated run to finish second to Sire De Grugy in the BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival yesterday. The ten-year-old, who unseated Dominic Elsworth in the
KINGSTON BLOUNT RACING CLUB Sharp Suit was compared favour-ably with his Cheltenham Festival hope, Harbour Court, by Aston Rowant trainer Alan Hill after maintaining his unbeaten record between the flags with victory at Kingston Blount. The
MATT Williams says he has fallen in love with Chinnor less than a month after being unveiled as the club’s new director of rugby. Williams achieved the first victory of his tenure when Chinnor beat Launceston 28-20 in National 2 South on Saturday
Secondary school students were talked down from a winning streak in a public speaking competition. The Larkmead School team from Abingdon made it to the third stage of the Rotary Club’s Youth Speaks contest, but were outspoken by students from
A 15-year-old who went missing from her home in Banbury has been found safe and well. Thames Valley Police said Maisie Laing, who was last seen at her home in Easington at about 6.15pm, was found in Banbury shortly before 8am this morning.
The `difficult second' is one of the great cultural conundrums. Be it a novel, album or film, the sophomore outing tends to disappoint those who had enthused about the ingenuity or restraint of the debut and leads to inevitable accusations of creative
This is quite a year, with the centenary of the Great War coinciding with the referendum on Scottish independence. Given the growing number of factual and dramatic programmes about the 1914-18 conflict showing on the BBC, it seems apt to focus the
CHARLOTTE Nott and mum Jenny Daniels are both practising their running, but for very different reasons. Since receiving her first set of special running blades a year ago this week, amputee Charlotte has developed a love of sport. Now the six-year-old
4:09pm Soldiers, RBL members and friends of Sapper Adam Moralee of 32 Engineer Regiment have gathered at the memorial garden in Carterton for the repatriation. 2:59pm Take
OXFORD: A 20-year-old female student at Oxford University is in a critical condition in hospital after falling through a skylight. Thames Valley Police spokesman Hannah Williams said officers were called to commercial premises in Iffley Road last
AT just two foot high, this cantankerous monkey knows how to control the stage. Moses, a Japanese puppet with a soft body and a cardboard head, is the star of the Blind Summit Theatre’s hit show The Table. Moses was star of the show at the
A man from Cowley in Oxford who was arrested as part of terror raids across the country on Tuesday is still in custody. The 29-year-old was being quizzed by counter-terrorism detectives alongside three other suspects. Last night he was still
A MAN killed himself after his pet dog was taken away by police, an inquest heard yesterday. Officers were called to the home of Matthew Bonner, also known as Matthew Vella, on the evening of November 29 after the 36-year-old’s dog Oreo attacked
OXFORDSHIRE RFU are helping develop rugby in Romania as part of a global initiative. The “Unity Project” is designed to grow the sport ahead of the Rugby World Cup (RWC) in 2015. It has been launched by the RFU nationally, alongside the International
GUS Jones described himself a “very happy boy” after his impressive four-try haul for England Under 20s at Kingston Park, Newcastle. The Oxford University and Wasps flanker was named man-of-the-match for his salvo in England’s 67-7 Six Nations
ROAD RUNNING PAUL Fernandez showed impressive durability to win the Banbury 15 on Sunday. The previous day, he was Oxfordshire’s second runner home in the senior men’s race in the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park, Birmingham
INDOOR ROUND-UP KAY Reynolds won double gold in the British Masters Athletic Federation (BMAF) Indoor Championships at Lee Valley, London. The Radley ace won the vet 45 ladies’s 60m title in 8.49secs and added the 60m hurdles in 9.32. Abingdon
Oxfordshire edged to a 122-99 victory against South Warwickshire in a friendly at Oxford & District bowls club on Tuesday. It followed Sunday’s 122-100 triumph against Devon in another friendly at Oxford & District bowls club. RESULTS
Katherine Hawes enjoyed one of her proudest moments when she was named player of the series after helping England retain the Clara Johns Trophy in an international competition. The Oxford & District star was originally a reserve for the British
LONDON Welsh Rugby Club will continue to use Oxford’s Kassam Stadium as its primary ground even if the club achieves promotion, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Club chairman Bleddyn Phillips said although a site at Witney was being considered for the
A HORSE racing legend is urging people to help fight kidney disease on World Kidney Day today. Richard Pitman, of Letcombe Regis near Wantage, donated one of his own kidneys in 2011 to an unknown donor. He made his decision after watching a
GOVERNMENT ministers have 21 days to intervene on the Westgate redevelopment. Because the proposals fall outside Oxford City Council’s development plan, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, must be given three
POLICE have moved to reassure Oxford residents they are now less likely to become a victim of robbery following a recent spike in the crime against businesses. The Oxford Mail reported last month there were 17 business robberies in the city between
A GROUP of residents has called on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to review the planning permission for a 1,500-home estate. The Crab Hill estate, between Wantage and Grove, was given outline planning permission by
THEY had not ridden off from the Killingworth Castle pub in more than 30 years, but this year riders from the Heythrop Hunt revisited the pub in Wootton to relive old memories and recreate a recently discovered photo. Pub landlord Jim Alexander
OXFORD Rugby League head coach Tony Benson says there were still positive signs in their 47-28 defeat at Gateshead Thunder. Oxford were sunk by a poor 13-minute spell in the Kingstone Press Championship 1 clash. But Benson remains optimistic
VIKINGS and Didcot Conservative Club missed out on the change to make up ground on Kennington as the top three Premier Section sides triumphed 3-2. Vikings had to battle back from 2-1 behind against Masons B. A superb 18,790 break from Chris
(senior men unless stated) CAU INTER-COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS OXFORDSHIRE RESULTS MEN Senior: 60 D Bruce (Highgate/Oxf) 37.03, 129 P Fernandez (Abn) 38.18, 130 A Burgess (Oxf) 38.19, 154 J Richardson (V40, Oxf) 38.52, 161
A CENTRE that uses ancient meditation techniques to combat depression is aiming to raise £500,000 to expand. The Oxford Mindfulness Centre – part of Oxford University’s department of psychiatry – teaches Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, a type
PETER Dempsey led the way with 14 dolls as General Foods booked their place in the Banbury Indoor League President’s Cup final. They won 19-14 against Easington and will meet Deddington, who took the other semi-final 20-10 against Banbury.
A NATIONWIDE movement of “death cafés” that aims to break taboos about the subject of dying is to hold events to Oxfordshire. The death café movement started in London in 2011 and has since inspired 588 events around the world. People gather
A CLINIC for children is being launched in a bid to bring down waiting times in the north of the county. The rapid access clinic is opening today at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. It will allow GPs to refer urgent cases, which they
So David Cameron thinks he had got us a better deal in Europe – the only deal which is good for us is out. We pay £55m a day and get very little back. That’s like asking a lady out to dinner, and, after asking her to pay, you pocket the change.
