BUNTING decorated Oxford’s Blackbird Leys Park as families from across the area united for their first Big Lunch yesterday. Families laid on a feast for their neighbours as people across the nation gathered for the annual event led by Cornwall’
THOUSANDS of people grabbed their plates and gathered in Bicester for the town’s fourth Big Lunch celebrations. About 5,000 people headed to the town centre for the annual event, which saw millions across the country come together to share lunch
A shoplifter stole six bottles of alcohol from Waitrose in Abingdon At about 7.50pm on Saturday he left the store in Abbey Close, running across the car park, towards a close behind the service road of the store. A member of the public told
FUN runners darted through woodland in Kennington as villagers celebrated the 25th anniversary of their annual race. Hundreds turned out for the Bagley Wood Fun Run and Walk on Sunday, which was organised by group Kennington Overseas Aid. Families
FOUR people have been sentenced for their part in a 22-month scheme which saw a man forced to work for them. Oxford Crown Court heard that the victim Daniel Collins, who had mental health problems, was forced to carry out a number of tasks including
A woman was sexually assaulted in Oxford by a man who grabbed at her while riding past on his bike. At 7.30am on Friday the man was riding along Old London Road near the Churchill Hospital when he grabbed at the woman’s clothing as she was walking
I moved from Oxford to Hampshire about 12 years ago, having spent my childhood living in Rose Hill. My brother-in-law Mick Jones regularly sends me cuttings from the Oxford Mail. You published a photograph of the Rose Hill Under-16 boys’ football
I can name three of the eight men you pictured at the 1963 dinner of the Pressed Steel 25 Year Club, for those who had completed 25 years with the company in 1962 (Memory Lane, April 20 and May 4). The first person on the left is Douglas Pattison
Young dancers were rewarded with a crop of medals and certificates when they passed their exams. They were members of the Arnside School of Dance run by teacher Elaine Green in the village hall in Bletchingdon, near Bicester. Twenty-five pupils
These workers turned up trumps when they were asked to complete an order in double quick time. A customer in West London had run out of casts for large central heating pumps. Normally, it would have taken two or three weeks, but staff at Walter
Frederick Charles Lay became headmaster of an Oxford school where he was once a pupil. He studied at the City of Oxford High School for Boys from 1908 to 1915, then became head in 1945, a post he held for 17 years. He was a pupil at the school
It was the end of an era. Didcot depot had been home to steam locomotives for more than 30 years. On Sunday, June 13, 1965, railwaymen gathered to say farewell as the last three left. No 7816 Frilsham Manor was pictured on the front page of
These women were looking forward to a pleasant day out. But before they could get on the coach, they had to barge their way through a horde of banner-waving pickets – their husbands! The women, all members of the British Legion club in Headington
There was no chance of sloppy work with a bobby standing over you. These children volunteered to clean police cars for charity at Cowley Police station in 1987, but before being let loose, they found their elbow power under inspection by Pc Matt
OXFORD MAGISTRATES Yousuf Ali Rahimi, 56, of Osler Road, Oxford, admitted driving a vehicle in London Road without a valid test certificate on October 10. Fined £400, ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Mario Jopia, 48, of
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A cacophony of sounds could be heard coming from the yard of a West Oxford lodging house on the morning on Saturday, September 3, 1892. Italian Tomasso Lanni, 52, and his son Francesco had risen early. They were tuning the street organ they would
OUR elected MEPs have a rare opportunity on Wednesday to vote in the European Parliament on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that the EU has been negotiating behind closed doors with US interests and with lobbyists
I HAVE had the misfortune to travel on a 4B bus from Oxford. Since the new bus timetables, both the 4 and 4B serve Abingdon, and it is obvious that this bus service is much needed. The bus was so full it had to miss out stops, thus leaving
FOR once with my metaphorical tongue firmly in its central position, may I say that few letters you have printed over the years have impressed me, with respect to both content and style, more than “On-the-job training rather than degrees for nurses
FOR Daniel Emlyn-Jones to raise the issue of sex in a layby toilet (June 4, about council time limits for parking on the A40) and turn it into a personal snipe at the Catholic and Methodist churches takes some skill. Yes, I am one of those who
THE result of the European Convention on Human Rights was eventually encapsulated and enshrined into UK law in the 1998 Human Rights Act. Labour minister Jack Straw at the time hailed the act as “one of the great legal constitutional and social
GEORGE Osborne says he wants to bring spending down so our country lives within its means. Does that mean that the electorate that put his party in government has to tighten its belts even more, while millions of pounds are still paid daily to
THE popular Barracks Lane Community Garden is looking forward to welcoming even more visitors this summer, thanks to a windfall of nearly £10,000. The green space in East Oxford has been awarded a grant of £9,650 by the National Lottery Awards
The Rev Canon Judy French, Archdeacon of Dorchester One of my favourite childhood films was Disney’s The Jungle Book. King Louie, ‘the king of the swingers all’, wants to know how to make fire, ‘so I can be like you’. The Pentecost story
Rev Dr Emma Percy Chaplain and welfare dean of Trinity College, Oxford Last week I found myself at the heart of a media flurry around how we talk about God. Is sometimes talking about God as She ‘unholy twaddle’, as some of the responses
A BLAZE of colours will decorate East Oxford as revellers from across the county gather to celebrate the city’s sixth summer mela. Members of the Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project are trying to raise £2m to give the city its first
A TEMPORARY road near Woodstock will be built despite residents’ complaints it represents a “travesty” for the area. The tarmac haul road will run from Shipton Road, Shipton-on -Cherwell, crossing a bridleway that forms the boundary and into an
A 22-year-old woman sustained cuts and bruises when she was hit and punched in the face by a gang of women at a taxi rank in Witney. Between 3am and 3.30am on Sunday, May 31, the woman left Nortons bar in Langdale Gate and walked to the taxi rank
Overwhelming response to comeback, prompts reformed band to announce more live dates REUNITED indie-rockers Ride say they have been so taken aback by the response to their comeback tour, they are going back on the road. The Oxford band, who only
NOBODY can deny Oxford Pride left a lasting impression on anyone lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it. The fiesta stole the spotlight on Saturday, with supporters of the LGBT community welcoming each other with open arms. Oxford Castle Quarter
OXFORD City’s top scorer Adi Yussuf has secured a dream return to the Football League after signing for Sky Bet League Two side Mansfield Town. The former Leicester City trainee scored 31 goals in all competitions after joining City last summer
CONTROVERSY raged as Horspath beat arch rivals Oxford by one wicket in a thrilling Division 1 basement battle at Roman Way. Chasing Oxford’s 198-8 after the hosts had elected to bat, Horspath arrived at the last over needing 11 to win with two
SWIMMER Laura Worsfold made a splash in Queenford Lakes in Dorchester to raise cash for homeless people. Crisis Skylight Oxford invited people to join its Summer Swim fundraiser at the lakes on Saturday. It called on its supporters to take
TODAY it is more important than ever for people to come forward and give blood. Oxfordshire needs a further 2,000 people to become donors if the NHS in the county is going to meet its quotas. And with a state-of-the-art donation centre reopening
TWO women from different sides of the Atlantic were yesterday brought together by a lifelong goal at Witney’s first World Poohsticks Championships. Among the hundreds of people who descended on a little footbridge over the River Windrush for this
DRIVERS will be restricted to travelling at 30mph on a stretch of the Eastern Bypass for at least six months. A £6m scheme to replace a water main alongside Normandy Crescent in Oxford will start next Monday with work expected to finish early next
ON A clear, blue day at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock the horrors of war could not seem further away. But a new project aims to remind everyone about the British heroes who flew Spitfire planes to defend the UK against Nazi Germany. Ian Meadows
OXFAM last night said it had suspended all operations with a call centre after claims it was harassing the aged and vulnerable into donating money. The Cowley-based charity said it had suspended operations with Listen Ltd and Street Academy, which
4:44pm Woman in Headington sexually assaulted by cyclist. 3:03pm Woman attacked by group of three women at taxi rank in Witney
Jamie Perkin’s rapid 77 helped Shipton-under-Wychwood go top of the Division 2 table after a 42-run success over Dinton. Perkin top-scored as the hosts were dismissed for 228, but their total proved more than enough as Dinton were all out for 186
Aston Rowant moved off the bottom of Division 2 after beating Great & Little Tew by 71 runs to record their first win of the season. A third-wicket partnership of 134 between Tim Morgan (85) and Josh Smith (77) was key to their success, before
Jack Brooks took 5-44 as Yorkshire dismissed Middlesex for 212 in their LV=County Championship Division 1 game at Headingley. The ex-Oxfordshire paceman wrapped up the innings when he had James Harris caught by Gary Ballance. Sport
Karl Penhale’s five-wicket haul and an impressive all-round effort by debutant Will Beer gave Oxfordshire the upper hand in their opening Unicorns Counties Championship Western Division clash against Berkshire at Henley. Banbury paceman Penhale
Lawrence Clarke admitted he was disappointed with his performance in the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix yesterday, despite his fastest time of the season, writes STUART WEIR. Clarke, from Christmas Common, near Watlington, came fifth in the
POSTMAN Dan Eisenhandler is going to take a while to get used to his new look. On Saturday night, the 47-year-old braved the razor as the beard he has lovingly grown for the past eight months was shaved off. So great was the challenge, that
A RAINBOW of banners and flags covered the city on Saturday as Oxford Pride returned for another year. Spectators lined the streets and hundreds marched through the city centre for the launch of Oxford’s biggest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
AUSTRALIAN opener Tim Paine and Lloyd Sabin hit half-centuries as Banbury bounced back to winning ways with a comfortable seven-wicket victory at Burnham in Division 1 on Saturday. The north Oxfordshire side’s bubble was burst by Henley the previous
CRICKET UNICORNS COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Western Division: Berkshire 119 (43.2 ovs, H Stephens 53, K Penhale 5-49, W Beer 3-23), Oxfordshire 210 (66.5 ovs, W Beer 68, R Kaufman 37, C Peploe 6-49). ROYAL LONDON UNDER 17 COUNTY CUP Bedfordshire
A WOMAN is appealing for “older people to be treated with respect” after criticising the care her husband received in a residential home. Alison Nicolson has questioned the care received by elderly people and dementia sufferers in the county after
PEOPLE across Oxfordshire are being urged to “give the gift of life” during National Blood Week. This week the Oxford Mail is calling on its readers to make a difference to those most in need, by donating blood at centres across the county.
