AN ARMY driver who claimed he was too drunk to intentionally bite a man’s face in a club has been found guilty. Jurors took just two hours yesterday to convict Keenan Samuelson, of Tyne Road, Abingdon, of wounding with intent and he now faces a
THIEVES broke into a store in Botley and stole cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol. Thames Valley Police said the break-in happened at the shop in Pinnocks Way on Saturday at about 11.30am after a man smashed in the front door. He is described as
FANTASY author Philip Pullman is to take part in a discussion on creativity at an East Oxford theatre tomorrow. The author of His Dark Materials and La Belle Sauvage will speak at Pegasus Theatre, on Magdalen Road, of which Mr Pullman is a patron
WANTAGE MP Ed Vaizey is encouraging local charities and good causes to apply for more than £3 million of People’s Postcode Lottery funding. Applications are open until February 20, with numerous groups eligible to apply for grants of between £500
BEN Charlesworth played a starring role for England Young Lions on the opening day of their first Test against Bangladesh Under 19s. The Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire opener scored 99 runs off 248 balls as the tourists, who elected to bat, found
ALMOST 11,000 people were admitted to hospital in Oxfordshire with an alcohol-related condition last year, new figures reveal. Data from Public Health England revealed a total of 10,832 needed hospital treatment during 2017/18, an increase from
DINERS bared all to toast the success of an unusual supper club in Oxford this week. The 'naked feast' saw people throw away their inhibitions and clothes for a four-course meal at the Tap Social brewery bar on Tuesday. The brewery in Botley,
THIEVES tried to steal a pub plaque honouring Oxford band Supergrass and left it damaged before running off. But unlike the teenagers in one of the group’s favourite songs Caught by the Fuzz, they were not arrested for the attempted theft last
TWO Oxfordshire trainers are among those to have had their yards placed into lockdown by the British Horseracing Authority after the outbreak of equine influenza. A directive from the sport's governing body this afternoon means any British-based
A LAWYER is to give a talk in Abingdon about his victory in one of the most famous court cases of the past 20 years. Richard Rampton QC will visit Abingdon School’s Amey Theatre on Tuesday, February 26 at 7pm, to recall his defence of Deborah Lipstadt
A 90 minute trundle through the domestic lives of three friends while discussing the merits of modern art sounded like a pleasant way to spend an evening, especially as the play was only 90 minutes long without an interval. Throw in an inspired
A 90 minute trundle through the domestic lives of three friends while discussing the merits of modern art sounded like a pleasant way to spend an evening, especially as the play was only 90 minutes long without an interval. Throw in an inspired
A TRAIN passenger said he felt like he was ‘treated like a criminal’ after trying to buy a ticket for a journey he had just taken. The dad-of-two from Long Hanborough had to jump straight on the train at Hanborough station on Monday morning, having
Karen Gruet from Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons won a Gold Service Scholarship at Claridge’s on Monday. This follows the final assessment lunch which was held at Corinthia Hotel London in January. Karen Gruet is Assistant Restaurant Manager
BURGLARS broke into a home in Wallingford. Thames Valley Police has not yet said if anything was taken from the home in the Winterbrook area today between 9.20am and 1.40pm. Officers also reported a man behaving suspiciously, asking to read a
NEW plans have been revealed to add a window to a Grade II-listed shopping arcade. The owner of Wantage's Victoria Cross Gallery has sent a new design to install the window for one of the new flats created upstairs. Helen Sopher, who owns the
A BUILDING was been almost destroyed following a suspected arson attack near Faringdon. Firefighters from across Oxfordshire and Wiltshire were called to tackle the blaze at the derelict building in Great Coxwell in the early hours of Thursday
A TROUPE of dancers in Bicester officially now hold the title of world record holders after a performance of Beauty and the Beast. The determined dancers from Stagecoach Performing Arts Bicester were the 'Belle' of the ball as they smashed the Guinness
WORK is moving forward on a scheme to build 200 homes in Abingdon. David Wilson Homes, which won approval to create the estate on land north west of Dunmore Road in 2017, has now submitted a new reserved matters application to Vale of White Horse
The career prospects of Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright in ITV’s Morse prequel Endeavour are not looking healthy. He has been reduced to monitoring traffic and his personal life has also taken a blow, as he discovers that his wife has been
"I’m like the grim reaper” our cheerful Irish God of a waiter grimaced as he arrived to tell us that yet another dish we’d been about to order had just run out. First it was the game pie special with roast garlic mash, carrots and a red wine jus
"I’m like the grim reaper” our cheerful Irish God of a waiter grimaced as he arrived to tell us that yet another dish we’d been about to order had just run out. First it was the game pie special with roast garlic mash, carrots and a red wine jus
THE managers of a popular wedding venue want permission to serve alcohol in new areas. Kirtlington Park, a Grade I listed manor house, overlooks the Chiltern Hills. Its owners now want permission to serve alcohol in its first floor rooms and
A FORMER Lord Mayor of Oxford, Lady Patsy Yardley, has died aged 85. Lady Yardley served a term as Lord Mayor in 1989/90, but she was also a respected and likeable city councillor for many years. Her husband was the late Professor Sir David Yardley
MARCUS Browne is in contention for a return to the Oxford United squad to face Sunderland on Saturday. But there is a new injury doubt over Mark Sykes, following a collision with the woodwork in training earlier this week. Browne has missed
STUDENTS from an Oxford college are set to embark on the 'trip of a lifetime' to learn the art of traditional Thai massage. Seven students from Activate Learning's City of Oxford College, in Oxpens, will be jetting off to Bangkok in February half
Tom Cornfield reviews an exhilarating trip down the slopes in the Swiss resorts of Grindelwald and Wengen BATHED in the shadow of the imposing Eiger mountain, the Jungfrau ski region boasts 220km of slopes, stunning scenery and some of the prettiest
THERE was simply no stopping Grove’s Connor Hull in January as he topped all three leaderboards. The Oxford Mail have been compiling league statistics from clubs who submit match reports and can reveal the standings for overall points, tries scored
A BUS roadshow will soon be touring to seek people’s views on what Oxfordshire should look like in 2050. For five days from Monday, February 18 the Oxford Bus Company vehicle will be visiting towns and villages to encourage people to have their
OXFORDSHIRE has no shortage of places to grab a kebab, and most people have their favourite. Testament to the choice on offer for the county's kebab fans, yesterday it was announced that three Oxfordshire eateries have been shortlisted for the
A COMMITTED cleaner was given a fitting send-off by staff and pupils at the school she calls a 'second home'. Janet Rhodes retired on Thursday after spending more than three decades cleaning Hailey Primary School, near Witney. The 71-year-old
By Dr Jan Flaherty, Nuffield College THINK ‘homeless’ and we tend to envisage people sleeping rough on the streets - particularly given the shocking news about those who have died in our city in recent weeks. But many people, including families
A SCHOOL has threatened to ban students from leaving the site at lunchtime after neighbours complained of 'antisocial' behaviour. Year 11 students at Henry Box School are currently allowed to leave the premises during their lunch break, but the
MORE than 105,700 (19.1 per cent) of adults aged 19 and over in Oxfordshire are deemed to live inactive lifestyles, according to a new report. The county’s Health Improvement Board aims to reduce the number of adults who do less than 30 minutes
The nation's favourite baker Greggs has, for now, ruled out opening a new branch in Oxford city centre. Market traders at Gloucester Green said they had been told the chain, which recently started selling vegan sausage rolls, was due to occupy
RESIDENTS received potentially lifesaving defibrillator training after a Woodstock pre-school raised £3,500 to install the device. WUFA, a charity pre-school, held a free session last Monday to increase the number of people in the community trained
CHILDREN at a Witney primary school could become maths masters after a £1,800 grant from a housing association. Pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School are learning 'Numskills' run by Oxford charity Quest for Learning, which received the money
OXFORD fantasy author Philip Pullman will be on TV to discuss his work with historian Mary Beard. The author of the His Dark Materials trilogy is featuring in the Front Row Late programme on BBC2 at 11.05pm tomorrow. The arts discussion show
EXECUTIVES will be speaking at an event at New Theatre Oxford on Sunday. TEDxOxford will be presenting speakers who will talk on this year's theme, Building Bridges. Talks will focus on the power of human relationships and how by uniting towards
CHILDREN from the Springfield School in Witney were given a police motorcycle escort through the town when they went for a ride in their brand new minibus in November 1983. The minibus was a specially converted van with seats for 11 passengers and
CYCLISTS want nominations for the 'most useless cycle lane in Oxford' after a string of complaints about cars. Lobby group Cyclox put the call out on Twitter in response to cyclists posting pictures of vehicles straddling the cycle lanes and pavements
HEARINGS into whether 4,400 homes should be built on the Green Belt north of Oxford have started. Planning inspector Paul Griffiths will sit at hearings due to end next Wednesday in Cherwell District Council’s chamber in Bodicote. He will be
FORMER Aston Rowant bowler Linsey Smith has been awarded a rookie contract with England Women. The left-arm spinner is included in a 21-player list issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board, with 17 offered full-time deals. Smith, who has
WILLIAM Shayler and Quinn Miell-Ingram continued to dominate their age groups in the fourth round at Adderbury. Witney Roadrunners’ Shayler made light work of the icy conditions to make it four successive wins in the under 11 boys’ event. And
According to a caption at the end of Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased, 700.000 LGBTQ Americans have been subjected to gay conversion programmes in the United States. Adapted by the director from Garrard Conley's memoir, Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity,
KENNY Redmond praised the character of his Oxford City Stars players after they earned an 8-4 victory at Peterborough Phantoms. The win keeps the side, who have up to three games in hand on their rivals, within six points of the leaders in English
I had been feeling mildly useless as six inches of snow tumbled down while a thoroughly practical 4x4 sat idle on the driveway. I was happy to heed the advice to stay off the roads unless travel was vital, but surely the vehicle could be of help
SEAN Stratford and Melvyn Johnson booked their place in the semi-finals of the Oxford & District League Men’s Pairs competition, writes PETE EWINS. The Oracle B duo just got the better of Richard Garrett and Terry Green, from West Oxford Democrats
NEW owners at an award-winning Oxfordshire pub are aiming to maintain 'the same high standards' that have made it a local favourite. The King and Queen near Faringdon is due to welcome punters back on Friday, March 1. The new duo at the helm
A DRUG dealer will spend a further six months behind bars before he is deported after prison guards caught him with a mobile phone. Edison Cemenja was on remand at HMP Bullingdon near Bicester before he had even been sentenced for his drug dealing
NATHAN Douglas is determined to end a 12-year wait and qualify for the European Indoor Championships. The Oxford City AC triple jumper, who won silver in 2007, eyes an eighth national title in Birmingham on Saturday as he attempts to earn automatic
THE head of an Oxford food delivery company who claimed licensing conditions were an ‘injustice’ which would ‘cripple’ his company and favour big business will have to obey them anyway. Marlon Naidoo, who runs Oxford-based OrderIn, was told his
Tom Cornfield reviews an exhilarating trip down the slopes in the Swiss resorts of Grindelwald and Wengen BATHED in the shadow of the imposing Eiger mountain, the Jungfrau ski region boasts 220km of slopes, stunning scenery and some of the prettiest
VOLUNTEERS from an Oxford Muslim group will help out with Oxclean's Spring Clean in early March. Oxford's branch of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK(AMYA) is one of countless groups helping out with the clean up, which is now in its 13th year
A TEENAGE photographer has snapped a historic ride on a formidable and world-famous toboggan track. Will Webb from Oxford photographed Carina Evans as she hurtled down the deadly Cresta Run in Switzerland, becoming the first woman to take on the
SHOCKING failings behind an NHS decision to hand care for 63,000 people to a private company have been revealed. A damning new report exposes the fiasco after Oxfordshire health bosses handed physiotherapy services for the county to Healthshare
A THIRD cash machine was damaged during a night of ATM raids, police have revealed. The Co-Op's ATM in High Street, Bloxham, was smashed up just 40 minutes before thieves targeted a post office in Eynsham in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
POLICE are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man at an Oxford church. Officers said they were 'keeping an open mind' after the body of the unidentified man was found in the grounds of St Frideswide Church in Botley
A FRUSTRATED pensioner who asked a train driver to lower the volume of their horn has denied 'verbally abusing' the woman and instead claimed it was the driver who became 'aggressive'. Passengers on the 10.26pm Great Western Railway service to
THREE Oxfordshire eateries have been shortlisted for the seventh annual British Kebab Awards. Two city shops, both on Cowley Road, are nominated for awards alongside a kebab van from Thame in the running for van of the year. Antep Kitchen Oxford
A MAN in his 60s died outside a church in Oxford, police have confirmed. The death at St Frideswide Church on Botley Road was reported at 10.30pm on Tuesday, with the whole churchyard cordoned off throughout today and two blue forensic tents erected
ENCOURAGING residents to use technology could be a key way of reducing inequality across Oxfordshire, according to the manager of an innovative scheme. Tony Hart, programme manager for Smart Oxford, told a panel that although the city has the sixth
A CAFE has been inundated with interest since it became the first in Oxford to offer 'cannabis coffees', according to its managers. The Organic Deli Café in Friars Entry started selling coffees infused with Cannabidiol (CBD)at the weekend and customers
WHEN children are separated from their parents and admitted to hospital, it can be one of the hardest things a family can go through. Now, a visionary multi-million pound project in Oxford will allow more families to stay together. Ronald McDonald
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ KRYASTAN MUCHA, 22, of Curtis Close, Watchfield, admitted unlawful possession of a knuckle duster as well as using a vehicle without third party insurance on January 6 at Watchfield. He was fined £150 for each offence and must
AN ARMY driver tore the flesh from a man's face with his teeth during a 'vicious' attack at a city centre nightclub, a court heard. Prosecutors at Oxford Crown Court said that the biting attack carried out by Keenan Samuelson, of Tyne Road, Abingdon
A MAN who was accused of bursting into a parked lorry before raining blows on the driver and stealing a silver chain worth hundreds of pounds has been cleared of any wrong-doing. Throughout his brief trial at Oxford Crown Court, Adam Winch, of Oxford
