DETA Hedman missed out on a place in her fourth BDO World Championship final as she lost 2-0 to Lisa Ashton at the Lakeside Country Club. The Oxfordshire player, who made a lightening start to take a two-leg lead, was beaten 3-2, 3-2 by the defending
FORMER Oxford United manager Graham Rix has denied ‘all and any allegations of racial or other abuse’. The Guardian claimed three former youth players at Chelsea have launched legal claims as a result of treatment by Rix and ex-scout Gwyn Williams
A COUPLE who ran brothels across the country, including one in Oxford, have been jailed. Martin Cheetham and Christina Motta admitted to running a brothel in Cowley, as well as Bristol and Milton Keynes between November 2015 and April 2016 – making
A PUB between Oxford and Thame wants to extend its 'tiny dining room'.The Bull in Great Milton, which is run by the community, is seeking planning permission to extend its current base in The Green.The proposal would see storage sheds and the
A NEW display at the Ashmolean will display a range of archaeological finds discovered by metal detectorists on the Berkshire Downs.The display, which starts tomorrow, will show the story of the site through items such as coins, pottery and metal works.The
A VAN suspected of collecting scrap metal is being hunted by police.Thames Valley Police yesterday tweeted details of a Ford Transit Van licence plate N***VCM in relation to the incident.It was last seen heading towards Blewbury from Hagbourne.Any details
A MAN has been arrested after an elderly woman was mugged for her handbag.Thames Valley Police said a woman in her 70s was mugged in Bury Street in Abingdon on Tuesday.It happened about 9.50am and the victim had her bag stolen.The force has since arrested
STAFF ROOMS at a Pizza Express, a hotel and a dental practice have been targeted by thieves this week in Oxford. Entry was forced into one staff room but at the other two entry was gained via an insecure rear door. In all three raids wallets
AN OXFORD museum wants to install new toilets due to the ‘close to dilapidated’ state of the current facilities. The Natural History Museum in Parks Road says the existing toilets in the north east corner of the building are in a poor condition and need
RESEARCHERS at Oxford Brookes University are teaming up with Pancreatic Cancer UK to find out what sufferer's think of the care they receive.The university has launched a UK-wide survey to determine the impact of the disease on people's quality
A PETITION for a joined up cycling network in Oxford has been signed by more than 700 people.The Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon group launched the petition to urge Oxfordshire County Council to develop more cycle tracks and make sure the whole city can
BUSINESSES are invited to join a new networking event being held at The White Hart pub in Sheep Street, Bicester.The Business Buzz group is hosting the new event for people to drop in and meet other like-minded people.It will run on February 8, from 10am
RESURFACING works along the A34 are set to continue for another two weeks. Highways England are carrying out the work southbound on the dual carriageway between J9 of the M40 and the Peartree Interchange. This section will be closed overnight
A NEW 'grant-giving' and fundraising platform has been launched to make it easier for charities and community groups to get funding.Oxford City Council has launched a pilot partnership with The Good Exchange - an online facility matching charities
AN EXHIBIT dedicated to Britain's favourite beverage ends tomorrow.The Ashmolean is currently showcasing the history of tea drinking in Japan.The preparation of tea in a formal 'ceremony' has been practised in Japan since the 1400s, and the
A PETITION for a joined up continuous cycling network has been signed by more than 700.The Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon group launched the petition to urge Oxfordshire County Council to develop more cycle tracks and make sure the whole city can be
THEY welcomed people to an Oxfordshire town for generations but now a new home is needed to save historic street signs from being scrapped.Seven ‘Welcome to Didcot’ signs were replaced in the town in 2015 and they have sat in council storage ever since.Town
A CAFE for homeless people in a former Lush store in Oxford has closed. Action group Homes4All had originally intended to use the building, in Cornmarket Street, as a shelter. After facing problems with the initial plan it was operated as
A SCHOOL in East Oxford has been taken over by a new acting headteacher.Deborah Fearnley left as head of Larkrise Primary School last term, and Charlotte Stewert has stepped up until a replacement joins in June. Miss Fearnley wrote to parents stating
ISAAC Buckley-Ricketts has become the second player to join Oxford United from a Premier League side in less than 24 hours. The 19-year-old winger has signed from Manchester City on loan until the end of the season, following Cameron Brannagan’
RESEARCHERS at Oxford Brookes University are working with Pancreatic Cancer UK to undertake a UK-wide survey for patients affected by pancreatic cancer to determine the impact of the disease on their quality of life.The survey will also look at whether
DECLARATIONS of affection in Valentine’s cards can often be quite cryptic.Now historic Oxford Castle is offering couples the chance to make their feelings quite clear on the day itself.Couples on the site of the former prison off New Road can book their
CHILDREN are invited to unleash their silly side as enrolment opens for Oxford’s first Fool School.The court jester at Oxford Castle Unlocked will offer lessons in the distinguished arts of joke telling, plate spinning, juggling and feather tickling.
PLANS to convert the former Church of England headquarters into a block of flats have been rubbished by council binmen.The proposals for 20 self-contained apartments in former the Diocese of Oxford offices building in North Hinksey Lane have been put
HUNDREDS of drink and drug drivers were caught by police over the Christmas period - with young men revealed as the most likely to offend. Figures released from Operation Holly, which ran from December 1 to New Year's Day, also reveal a 10 per
AN Oxford musician has made it through to the national finals of a competition to find the UK’s next singing superstar.Mecca Bingo’s Mecca Star competition will see hopeful Robert Sanderson perform live at The Belfry Hotel in Sutton Coldfield, next Saturday.The
A £12.5m roadwork project across Headington has ‘ignored’ the pleas of Marston residents and will only worsen traffic in the area, councillors have warned.Oxfordshire County Council’s Access to Headington project will move on to its next phase on January
FOR a decade Andy’s Barber Shop has been cutting and styling men’s hair from its base in Bicester. Owner and barber Andy Willis started out on his first day in business on January 10, 2008, at the original Sheep Street premises, as the only one
AN Abingdon medical student has won a national competition aimed at promoting professionalism among future doctors.Charles Pope, a fifth year medical student at Cardiff University, won first prize for his workshop on honesty and integrity.It followed
AMID all the hullabaloo which comes with the January transfer window, what Oxford United’s most important signing this month could already have happened under the radar.Dan Harris’s appointment as head of the club’s academy was made with little fanfare
TAXPAYERS in West Oxfordshire are being consulted on plans to raise council tax by an average annual sum of £5.West Oxfordshire District Council has said it is faced with a number of significant financial pressures over the coming year with reductions
SAFE to say, a Roman coin from the reign of Emperor Constantine was just about the last thing we were expecting when we asked you send in pictures of mud, but it is absolutely perfect: a shining (after you've given it a quick polish) example of the
DIDCOT’S Ben Watson has been selected for England’s Weightlifting and Para-Powerlifting squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Watson, 27, is part of an 18-strong group to travel to the Gold Coast for the event on April 5-10. It
A TEUTONIC twinning group celebrating 25 years of Frankish friendships have invited their whole town to join them on a special silver anniversary expedition. The Wantage & Grove Twinning Association are planning to make a very musical mission
AN ACTION group has objected to a developer’s plans to build 50 homes in a village near Witney.Sharba Homes wants to build the houses on land off Charlbury Road in Hailey and a planning application will be discussed by West Oxfordshire district councillors
YOUNGSTERS can channel their energy into new toe-tapping activities in Oxford.Dance sessions for preschool-aged children will start at Rose Hill Community Centre next week, and parents can take their little ones to trial it out.The free taster for the
SKY lanterns and balloons have been banned from land belonging to West Oxfordshire District Council.Having reviewed a range of evidence showing the potential harmful effects of lanterns and balloons to wildlife and livestock, cabinet members backed the
ONE of Oxfordshire's biggest-ever housing developments has finally been given an official name.The 2,500-home estate on Grove Airfield next to Wantage will now be called Wellington Gate.Persimmon Homes Wessex said it came up with the name working
THIS Harry Potter Night come and test your Wizarding knowledge at Blackwell's Broad Street store'. The annual celebration takes place on February 1, with the Oxford quiz starting at 7pm and fancy dressed encouraged. Register via the bookseller
CHRONIC problems with parking at an Oxford hospital got even worse after a sign directing traffic broke, leading to long tailbacks.It normally takes up to an hour to wait for a space at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington, but this week patients
PLANS for nearly 4,000 homes between Oxford and Kidlington have been branded 'unsound, unlawful and deeply flawed' after a campaign group sought legal advice.The Begbroke and Yarnton Green Belt campaign group has written to all 48 Cherwell district
A COLLEGE near Didcot will welcome prospective students at an open day.UTC Oxfordshire, which opened in September 2015, will invite a fresh cohort of potential students to take a look around its campus in Greenwood Way.The event will run from 4.30pm until
THAMES Valley's police commissioner has suggested government ministers are reluctant to speak with him due to political differences. Anthony Stansfeld revealed he is yet to have a one-to-one meeting with the Home Secretary Amber Rudd, despite her
AN ASTRONAUT, who took part in six space missions, will speak about his career.Dr Michael Foale, a British and American citizen, is the only NASA astronaut to have flown missions aboard both the Russian Mir and International Space Stations.He was the
A HEADTEACHER at the helm of a Wallingford school said he is 'delighted' by its recent Ofsted success.Fir Tree Junior School has been rated 'good' by the education watchdog, as reported in the Oxford Mail on Monday.Nilofer Khan, headteacher
THE Westgate’s Mexican restaurant has been slammed over swollen tubs of pina colada mix, a foul smell and a risk of food poisoning. Benito’s Hat in the Westgate Social – an area of street food vendors in the new shopping centre – was given a two-star
IT MAY have been a special day for Ricky Gervais's family yesterday, but for one member of the family the moment was trumped after finding out they featured on the Bicester Advertiser's front page. The comedian's famous feline Ollie, known on Twitter
THE BUS companies behind Oxford SmartZone have announced prices are set to rise this month, blaming roadworks and congestion for the decision. Fares for four, 13 and 52-week tickets will increase on January 28 in line with inflation, by an average
A BUILDING at Magdalen College School will be named after a pupil who died in 1968 after his brother donated over one million pounds to the school. The Richard Record Sixth Form Building will be formally opened next month by Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt
CANICE Carroll has set new individual targets for the season after enjoying a run in the Oxford United team.The teenager is all set to make his sixth start in a row tomorrow, when the U’s visit Walsall in Sky Bet League One.He has already doubled his
JAMIE Cook explained this week why he has come out of retirement to help out his former club North Leigh.The ex-Oxford United forward, now 38, rejoined boss John Brough’s side following last Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Slimbridge in the Evo-Stik South
A CRACKDOWN on drug dealing in Oxford city centre will see police target hot spots. Officers will carry out a series of 'high visibility targeted patrols' aimed at stopping deals and reassuring local residents from Monday. Supported by extra
SATURDAY FOOTBALL SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Walsall v Oxford Utd. VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH Oxford City v Whitehawk. EVO-STIK SOUTH LEAGUE Premier Div: Bishops Stortford v Banbury Utd. West Div: Bristol Manor Farm v Kidlington
A PLUMBER was so enraged a customer hadn’t paid him that he hurled a tirade of abuse down the phone before threatening to murder him. But Jason Galvin, of Phipps Road, Cowley, Oxford, had not been short changed by his victim and had not even checked
JON Whitney has been impressed with the way Oxford United have responded since the record home league defeat to Wigan Athletic.Since the 7-0 thrashing at the Kassam Stadium, Pep Clotet’s side have lost just one of their next five games.The next assignment
A PLAY about the creeping effects of drinking alcohol, commissioned by the NHS, is being shown in Oxford this week. Produced by the Oxford-based Human Story Theatre company, DRY is a human story about the effects of alcoholism on a couple and their
JAMIE Cook explained this week why he has come out of retirement to help out his former club North Leigh.The ex-Oxford United forward, now 38, rejoined boss John Brough’s side following last Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Slimbridge in the Evo-Stik South
THERE was stirring, whisking and icing as a Wantage care home baked up a storm. Staff and residents at Wantage Nursing Home took inspiration from The Great British Bake Off to hold their own new year cake competition this week.Residents competed for the
THE family of a six-year-old girl who has just been given the all clear after battling a rare cancer have urged fundraisers to sign up for the OX5 Run. After falling from the sofa last year Anna Drysdale complained of a strange feeling in her arm
SCOTT Shearer rates Simon Eastwood as one of the best goalkeepers he has worked alongside during his long career.The 36-year-old was brought in by Oxford United last summer to ensure Eastwood kept his standards high.And Shearer has been very impressed
A SCHOOL trust tarnished by struggles at an Oxford school has taken another hit to its reputation. Dominic Barberi Multi Academy Company, which was slated by Ofsted last year for standards at St Gregory the Great Catholic School, has suffered a
A HISTORIC butchers’ shop at Oxford’s Covered Market is the latest fresh food seller to close. John Lindsey will open for the last time tomorrow, leaving only Feller’s, Hedges and David John selling meat. The closure of John Lindsey & Son
THE average age of Oxford United’s travelling support will be lower than normal tomorrow.United have selected the visit to Walsall as their designated family away day.A big hit two years ago when the U’s won 5-1 at Stevenage, last season’s event had to
THE expansion of Seacourt Park-and-Ride onto a green field is just one of a string of potentially ‘devastating’ similar developments in Oxford, one of the city’s top environmental protection groups has warned. Among the attacks on Oxford City Council
A BLACKBIRD Leys man drowned in the River Thames after jumping in to escape hallucinations caused by drugs.Kalem Edwards, 25, was spotted by concerned boat owners near Bossom's Boartyard in Port Meadow, Oxford, on August 31 last year talking to himself
A PROMISING athlete who ran for Oxfordshire has been jailed after he sexually abused a 13-year old girl. Jordan Dorrian, who was a sprinter with Radley Athletics Club and is of Springfield Road, Wantage, admitted one count of sexual activity with
CHINNOR have rung the changes following their shock 35-20 defeat by London Irish Wild Geese.The result knocked Chinnor of the top of National League Division 2 South and it will be stronger side that takes the trip to third-placed Redingensians tomorrow
BOB Price has set himself one final challenge – to do all he can to help solve Oxford United’s stadium conundrum. But it seems like he could be taking on mission impossible. The Oxford City Council leader, who will step down from his post at
OXFORD United made a major move in the transfer market by landing the highly-rated Cameron Brannagan. They paid an undisclosed fee, believed to be five figures, to bring the 21-year-old midfielder from Liverpool. He signed a three-and-a-half
OXFORDSHIRE’S Under 18s maintained their 100 per cent record this season with a 14-6 win over Sussex at St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon, lifting them to third in the Shires League with three matches to play. Christian Mitchell won all
OXFORD City manager Mark Jones hopes to have a new goalkeeper in the squad when they entertain basement boys Whitehawk at Court Place Farm tomorrow in Vanarama National League South.City lost the services of Jack Stevens at the 11th hour in midweek when
