Bob Harris is more than just a popular DJ and broadcaster, he is a national treasure. A rock & roll icon, he hung out with John Lennon, George Harrison, Brian Wilson, Marc Bolan and Led Zeppelin – and even had a run in with the Sex Pistols. But
CALLOUS burglars dressed in 'boiler suits' climbed into a hospice before escaping with bags of household goods donated by the community. A man and a woman were captured on CCTV entering the Sue Ryder Hospice in Nettlebed, near Henley, on two occasions
AN eco-friendly music festival has announced its first wave of acts for 2019. Experimental psych four-piece, The Evil Usses, UK-based quintet Me and My Friends and girl duo Bloom will be among 12 of the artists to play Tandem Festival, near Chipping
A MAJOR road connecting Oxford city centre to the ring road is closed off this weekend for roadworks. Oxford Road is shut just off the Littlemore roundabout at the junction with Newman Road. It means cars coming off the Eastern Bypass Road
FUNERAL homes across Oxfordshire are opening their doors to the community throughout next week. The Midcounties Co-operative Funeralcare will host coffee mornings at 11 branches across the county from Monday until Saturday. The initiative is
COMMUTERS in Oxford are among the most stressed in the UK. New research from property buyer Good Move found 44 per cent of workers in the city said their journey into work harmed their mental health. This puts Oxford sixth in the UK alongside
AN ELDERLY woman is in a critical condition in hospital after she was hit by a van. The 84-year-old was flown to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford by air ambulance following the crash in Henley yesterday. At about 11.20am, a blue Ford Transit
TWO men have been arrested in Botley after an attempted break-in at the site of a new shopping centre. Police were called to the building site, behind Elms Parade, at 11.36pm last night upon receiving reports that people were trying to get in.
THE Chancellor visited a major south Oxfordshire science campus to see its groundbreaking work up close. Philip Hammond received a tour of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) at Culham Science Centre yesterday. He found out about the centre's
CHILTERN Railways passengers in Oxfordshire are being warned to expect heavy disruption this weekend. Network Rail engineering works mean the line through Beaconsfield is closed throughout today and tomorrow, with a heavily-amended timetable on
A HIGH end fashion shop has closed its doors in Oxford's Westgate Centre. Notices have been posted in the window of L.K Bennett on the lower floor of the £440million centre, advising customers to go to Bicester instead. The shop, a favourite
A WOMAN who spun a complex web of deceit in order to get out of a speeding ticket has been convicted. Vanessa Cooke, of Rye Grass, Woodstock had denied one count of perverting the course of public justice. Prosecutors at Oxford Crown Court told
A RECORD number of runners are set to take part in this year's Town and Gown run in Oxford city centre on Sunday. While the 5,000 runners make their way around the city's historic streets, several road closures are in place throughout the morning
I WANTED to start this final page of the season with a thank you to the Oxford Mail for their help and support throughout the year. I was asked when I took over if I would like to do a regular column for the paper and I have found it a really good
THOUSANDS of patients are being forced to wait longer than a month to see their GP in Oxfordshire as practices struggle to recruit enough doctors to cope with demand. With GP numbers in ‘freefall’, coupled with a growing and ageing population,
IT WAS a twin celebration of twinning yesterday as trees were simultaneously planted in both Oxford and the French city of Grenoble. The crab apple tree was planted at the Elder Stubbs Allotments at midday to mark the 30th anniversary of the two
AN ATMOSPHERIC shot of an ancient Oxfordshire landmark at night is our worthy winner this week. The image captures the Rollright Stones, near Chipping Norton, under a starry sky. See more of our favourite 'local landmarks' themed images
SPECIALLY designed artwork for hoardings surrounding a £36m demolition scheme in Cornmarket will go up at the end of the month. Jesus College is refurbishing Northgate House, on the corner of Cornmarket and Market Street, to create new shop units
FALCON kayakers tasted glory in the iconic 125-mile Devizes to Westminster international race. Ben Haynes won the senior singles canoe class, with Jo Bates and Elena Golder first in the ladies doubles. Great performances by Anna Railton and Stephane
OXFORDSHIRE veterans Adrian Manger and Robin Pykett were thrilled with the support they received from colleagues as they celebrated a combined 100 years in the game. The two long-time friends organised the special centenary match at Horspath to
TUMBLER Ben Goodall took gold at the first British Championships qualifying event in Telford. The 20-year-old, from Harwell, competing for the first time since injury finished his 2018 season, won with a score of 68.5 – well over the World Championship
A RECORD number of runners are ready to take on the Oxford Town and Gown race. About 5,000 people have signed up to take part tomorrow - the biggest number in the annual event's 38-year history. The race is funded and organised by Muscular Dystrophy
OXFORDSHIRE’S teams will be looking for big improvement when they take to the grid for tomorrow’s Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Of the six cars prepared in the county, none picked up any points in Azerbaijan a fortnight ago. Nico Hulkenberg,
PETER Franklin Routh beat Ripon Masih to win the Oxford & District Snooker League’s Arthur Goodwin Handicap Cup. After beating Andy Benwell 2-0 in the semi-final – Masih seeing off Steve Blackman 2-1 – Franklin Routh took the trophy after coming
RISING star Todd Stanmore has hit a rich vein of form in high-profile events. The Under 13 player, who attends Abingdon Prep School and lives in Berrick Salome, near Wallingford, became the National IAPS champion when winning at Edge Grove, Hertfordshire
CONCERNS over treatment and delays and cancellations to appointments formed more than 40 per cent of complaints at Oxford University Hospitals in March. Of the 91 complaints received through the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) 23 were
A NEW fleet of mobility scooters have been rolled out in an Oxford shopping centre to help disabled customers. Templars Square Shopping Centre welcomed five more mobility scooters this week after investing £8,000 in an effort to make the building
OXFORD United will be watching transfer targets in four countries this weekend as they bid to make progress in their summer recruitment. While their season finished a week ago, leagues across Europe still have matches still to play. That provides
THE city council’s budget for new housing could soar next year to £41.8m from £3.4m after Government scrapped a borrowing cap. The council was told last October that a borrowing cap on its housing avenue account would be ended at the end of that
OXFORDSHIRE’S understaffed hospitals have been forced to breach a cap set by the NHS regulator on on agency worker spending in order to keep wards running safely. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust spent a total of £18m on agency staff
THE city council’s Lord Mayor will now be ferried to official events in a MINI ahead of Oxford’s proposed Zero Emissions Zone being rolled out. The authority said it will mean emissions from the Lord Mayor’s car are cut by 52 per cent after it
A MAN out celebrating becoming a father for the first time ended his night out by glassing a woman to the head and punching a bouncer. Thug Charlie Paterson left one of his victims permanently scarred after the shocking violence at the Cow and
A WOMAN repeatedly stamped on a stranger's head in a 'vicious, unprovoked' onslaught, a court heard. Thug Rachel Mason, of Bullingdon Road, Oxford, carried out the violent attack on a woman at Cowley Road on April 12. Oxford Crown Court heard
OXFORD University students shouted ‘shame on you’ at people going to watch TV star Katie Hopkins debate at Oxford Union. Boycott the Oxford Union is a campaign which aims to stop the debating society from inviting ‘fascist and racist’ speakers
