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  • HORSE RACING: Former Gold Cup winner Coneygree retired

    SARA Bradstock hailed Coneygree after the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was retired amidst emotional scenes at Ascot on Saturday. The decision was made after the 12-year-old was pulled up before the second-last fence by jockey Nico de Boinville

  • Warning after oven blaze almost destroys house

    TWO people had to be treated for smoke inhalation after an oven blaze nearly destroyed a West Oxfordshire home. Crews from Eynsham Fire Station and Rewley Road were called to a property in the village of Stanton Harcourt, near Witney, on Thursday

  • Exhibition of pics

    A NEW exhibition will showcase what life was like living and working in Bury Knowle House, before it became a picturesque backdrop for days out at the park. Photographs taken by Etheldreda Janet Laing, who died in 1960, have been put on show at

  • Brewery and car plant win gold at tourism awards

    AN Oxfordshire beer maker has been crowned a 'hidden gem' in the country's national tourism awards. Hook Norton Brewery won the title for the South East at the VisitEngland Visitor Attraction Accolades. Oxford's MINI plant, meanwhile, was crowned

  • Organisers speak out over 'unicorn' Brexit debate tweet

    THE organisers of Brexit debate who dropped a Lib Dem politician from the event at the last minute have spoken out about the decision. Catherine Bearder, an MEP for the South East, was booked to be part of a panel discussion on the topic 'Brexit

  • Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 17/2/2019)

    Always one of the tonics to pull you through the post-festive blues at the start of a new year, MyFrenchFilmFestival has produced one of the best programmes in its nine-year history. Taking pictures from across the generic range, while also introducing

  • Nearly 150 shoppers take up free health checks

    NEARLY150 people took advantage of a day of free 'mini NHS health checks' at Templars Square. Shoppers took 10 minutes to each get a 'road test' designed to spot early warnings of stroke, kidney and heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and dementia.

  • YouTube now available on Oxford bus wi-fi

    BUS passengers in Oxford can now watch YouTube using on-board wi-fi for the first time. Oxford Bus Company has announced it has become the first bus operator in the UK to use new technology to improve wi-fi experience for passengers. The bus

  • VIDEO: See inside town's historic Guildhall after £1m revamp

    WEDDING bells will soon be ringing again at a historic town hall following a £1 million revamp. Young couples and other party planners got their first glimpse inside the new-look Abingdon Guildhall this weekend at a grand reopening event. Hundreds

  • Shop sealed off while firefighters 'rescue pigeon'

    SHOPPERS were forced to evacuate Next in Didcot earlier today while fighfighters rescued a pigeon trapped in netting above the store's entrance. Pictures shared with the Oxford Mail show firefighters and security guards had put up a cordon around

  • Fears retail park redevelopment will add to A34 traffic

    THERE are fears a major redevelopment of an Abingdon retail park will put more pressure on a busy route onto the A34. Units currently housing Homebase, Topps Tiles, AHF and Vineys at Fairacres Retail Park, off Marcham Road, are due to be replaced

  • Game Plan: Banbury Cross Players

    Game Plan, the second play of the BCP season, is written by Alan Ayckbourn, and it shows. This is a funny play, although as many Ayckbourn productions do, it descends into darker issues in the second act. The plot however is simple. Sixteen-year-old

  • Names announced for next Turning the Pages ceremony

    THE names of 10 Oxfordshire men who gave their lives in the two world wars will be read out in the next Turning the Pages Ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral. Soldiers from the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars will be read aloud at the service in

  • The bumpy road ahead for Oxford's Mini plant

    By Tom Hayes, Oxford City Council board member for safer, greener environment ABOUT 1,000 Minis roll off BMW Group’s Oxford production line every single day, with eight in ten cars made in Cowley ending up on foreign roads. The car-making industry

  • Tattooist offers to honour shut shop's vouchers

    A TATTOO shop owner has offered to honour vouchers from a Headington business that closed last week. Oxford Ink Custom Tattoos shut and disappeared from Facebook leaving a trail of irate customers without refunds for vouchers that promised discounted

  • Car park to get 168 'urgently needed' new spaces

    AN extra 168 spaces are set to be added to an overcrowded town car park. Burford Town Council is planning to expand the council-run facility off Guildenford as a matter of 'urgency' to deal with parking problems in the town centre. In a submission

  • Garden centre plan for 31-home estate

    A FORMER garden centre is set to be turned into a housing estate. A firm calling itself Oxfordshire Homes Ltd has submitted the plans for the old Newington Nurseries, just outside of Stadhampton in South Oxfordshire. It is the latest set of proposals

  • Pub to be brought back to life with £50,000 council grant

    A COMMUNITY pub is set to be renovated and brought back into use partly thanks to a £50,000 grant from South Oxfordshire District Council. The Crown pub in South Moreton is one of seven community projects receiving a share of £117,000 in the latest

  • PICTURES: Do you remember drinking at these Oxford pubs?

    BOOZERS battling to survive, refurbished pubs and even a visit from the mastermind behind the world’s strong beer all feature in this latest dive into our archive of Oxford pub pics. ALSO SEE: More memories of city pubs in a bygone age Have