ASPIRING musicians of all ages will be able to get lessons for free in Oxford and Witney. Learn to Play Day, a national scheme backed by musicians including Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum, will see music shops, teachers, venues and schools throughout
RAVE reviews have continued to pour in for a new Summertown restaurant. The Daily Telegraph's Keith Miller has added his plaudits alongside the Oxford Mail's very own Katherine MacAlister in his write up of Pompette in South Parade. FULL REVIEW
A TWITCHING curtain may not be a rare sight in some Oxfordshire villages but when the house in question burnt down more than 130 years ago, then questions start to be asked. During a visit to the 'cursed' Hampton Gay manor house, near Kidlington
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has finally fixed a handrail outside the home of a blind grandfather. The council had promised to mend the 'ricketty' rail, outside where 87-year-old Colin Bryn Jones lives in Letcombe Regis, as 'a matter of urgency' in
Our gallery of images from Saturday's clash. All pictures by David Fleming
SOUTH Oxfordshire will see a new Lidl open by the end of the month, the budget German chain have announced. The new supermarket will open its doors for the first time on Thursday, January 31, in Wallingford, for a launch day. That will bring
OXFORD University has said will no longer accept research grants and funding donations from a Chinese firm, until further notice. The institution has moved to sever links with Huawei amid growing security concerns about the firm’s telecommunication
PLACES for this year's Oxford Half Marathon will be decided by a ballot system due to the increasing popularity of the event. Virgin Sport, which will stage the race for the third time on October 13, has introduced the change rather than expand
A NIGHTCLUB has bid farewell to its home of nine years at an all-night party attended by hundreds. Plush Lounge, one of Oxford’s only LGBTQ+ venues, bowed out of Park End Street on Saturday night. Nearly 200 people had signed up on Facebook
WATCH the main moments from Oxford United's 2-1 victory against Portsmouth in Sky Bet League One. Video via Oxford United's official Youtube channel MATCH REPORT - Oxford Utd 2, Portsmouth 1 REACTION - Pompey's pre-match
TEMPLARS Square manager Owen Acland is exactly the type of person that health chiefs are targetting with a free NHS Health Check. The shopping centre boss falls into the category of men aged between 40 and 55 who have so far neglected to sign up
DRUGS, a knife and large quantities of cash were seized by police as they made a late night arrest in Oxford city centre. Thames Valley Police Oxford tweeted news of the incident at 4.45am on Sunday morning. Little detail has been revealed but
LOOKING back on the past year, Bicester Green Gym enjoyed the help of between six to 20 volunteers week by week , with a steady set of regulars. Two or three keen members only missed a couple of sessions throughout the past year. We did less
POLICE have attempted to reassure residents in Abingdon that the town is safe after a teenager who randomly stabbed a dog walker was jailed. Oliver Welsby, 18, was jailed for eight years with an extended licence of five years at Oxford Crown Court
THE fire service has thanked people for their patience during rush hour on Friday while they tackled a van blaze in Wantage town centre. Crews from Wantage and Didcot were called to Ormond Road at 5.45am following reports of a van on fire with
AN ELDERLY woman had be freed from her flipped car after crashing into a tree on a rural road yesterday. Emergency services were called at 6.44am to Mill Lane, Chalgrove. Fire crews stabilised the car to stop it rolling into a nearby ditch
A FREE training course in Oxford will teach people how to set up a community fridge in their area. Community group Replenish is hoping to help create more of the facilities which store surplus perishable food from local shops for those in need.
THE British Motor Museum has announced a programme of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the Oxford-built Mini. Special events will be held throughout the year to celebrate the iconic car, including an attempt at breaking a Guinness World Record
OXFORD'S branch of the Campaign for Real Ale has called on pubs to be more supportive of local breweries, as it gears up to celebrate the best of the city's pub scene. The group conducted a survey of 29 city centre pubs and found a lack of locally
By Catherine Somerville of Sustainable Wallingford. The issue of excess plastic in our lives and how it is disposed of does not go away. It has a useful role, just not as much as has become the norm. If you are looking at how to reduce how much
A £70,500 grant will help visitors to enjoy even more the Pitt Rivers Museum’s fascinating collection of unusual artefacts. The attraction, in the Parks Road building accommodating the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, was founded in
AS temperatures plummet, homeless charities Homeless Oxfordshire and Aspire are launching a sleepout to raise vital funds to combat rough sleeping. The event, the city’s only mass participation sleepout, will take place on Saturday, March 16 at
BUS bosses and taxi drivers have welcomed Oxford’s new Zero Emission Zone plan, which waters down proposed regulations. Under the revised scheme published this week, buses will be made to switch to low-emitting Euro 6 models by the end of next year
