STAFF from McDonald's restaurants in Oxfordshire have helped to raise £30,465 for the Ronald McDonald House. Eleven restaurants - from Swindon and Gloucestershire too - raised over £20,000 from staff opting into the company's voluntary payroll
KARL Robinson hailed a memorable day as Oxford United rose to the occasion to claim a draw at a packed St James' Park. The 0-0 draw means both they and Newcastle United will be in the hat on Monday night for the Emirates FA Cup fifth round draw
RESIDENTS at a care home received a special guest yesterday as a Shetland pony visited. The Homestead in Carterton welcomed therapy pony Harry and owner Emma Hinds. See also: Oxford professor given security following threats The care home
A COMMUNITY housing project has been shortlisted as a finalist for a national housing award. West Oxfordshire’s ‘Our House’, which is run by Cottsway Housing in partnership with West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC), has been shortlisted in the
OXFORD United will be in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round draw after producing a big performance to force a replay with Newcastle United. More than 52,000 fans packed into St James’ Park, but it was the 3,710 travelling supporters who were making
YOUNG people leaving care will not have to pay any council tax in Oxfordshire under a new scheme. From April 1, people who have left care homes run by the county council and are between 18 and 21 will not have to pay any council tax. The council
A WINDOW of an old police station has been smashed and police are appealing for people who may have seen what happened to come forward. Police say the incident happened overnight between Wednesday and Thursday at the old Chipping Norton Police
PEOPLE can now enjoy a new community centre that has opened today in West Oxford. Seacourt Hall is the first facility to open on the multi-million-pound West Way development in Botley. PICTURES: Botley's West Way centre from opening to demolition
A FEMINIST Oxford professor has been given security guards to protect her following threats from transgender activists. Selina Todd, professor of Modern History at St Hilda's College, is accused of being 'transphobic'. The international expert
THE Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is to stage a new exhibition which focuses on the impact of colonialism on LGBTQ lives across the globe. Losing Venus consists of multiple installations by artist Matt Smith. READ AGAIN: Latest food hygiene results
LOW-LYING parts of Oxford and the surrounding areas were at risk from the flooded Thames back in February, 1974. A 'red' warning was issued to Oxford City but the rises were nowhere near record levels, with the flow only half that of 1947, when
Sir Patrick Stewart’s career may have spanned seven decades but there is one role he is synonymous with. Star Trek’s Jean-Luc Picard, a loyal, enthusiastic, kind leader – not dissimilar from the actor himself, who’s what you would describe as a
The Camera Club theme this week was music and pictures of people playing instruments, dancing and watching gigs have been posted to the Facebook page. Read also: 'Celebrate Burns Night with a Cotswolds single malt whisky' The competition winner
I’m not sure there’s much point me writing this page this week when most of Oxfordshire will be far too busy travelling up to Newcastle to read it! We are taking a huge away following to today’s FA Cup tie and I hope that everyone making the journey
ASTRONOMERS will enlighten hundreds of people at Stargazing Oxford today. The family-friendly event is hosted by Oxford University's Department of Physics, to celebrate the wonders of the universe. A virtual reality experience, child-friendly
Ahead of each of United's games this season, we are looking back at memorable matches against their next opponents. December 9, 1989: Newcastle United 2, Oxford United 3 OXFORD United produced an excellent all-round performance to claim an
ABINGDON Vale youngsters were in glittering form at the Oxfordshire & North Buckinghamshire Counties Championship. Elizabeth Elliott, Luci Foxall-Yap, Rhiannon Lillistone and Hollie Dickinson won silver in the girls’ 10-12 years medley relay, setting
MAX Ebner led the way as Falcon Rowing Club won eight events at Northampton Head of the Nene 2020. The teenager triumphed in the J16 singles, before adding double sculls gold with Toby Stephenson and taking the quadruple sculls with Stephenson,
RUTHERFORD overcame Forum B 7-3 to clock up a tenth successive victory in Oxford & District League Division 1. Matthew Davies led the way for the table-toppers with a maximum, but Forum’s Pierre-Olivier Colard was on song as he snatched a consolation
SNOOKER: Tony Allsopp won a dramatic decider to complete a hat-trick of victories in Oracle D’s 4-3 triumph against House Club. Allsopp overcame Antony Tinson on a respotted black to settle a rollercoaster fixture in the Colin Cutler Memorial Trophy
JAMIE Mackie says Oxford United’s encounters with Premier League sides earlier this season boosts their chances of pulling off an Emirates FA Cup upset today. Karl Robinson’s men visit Newcastle United, where the attendance looks set to be approaching
ATTEMPTS to save the lake at Blenheim Palace will get underway later this year. The £9m civil engineering project will see more than 300,000 cubic metres of silt - enough to fill Wembley Stadium - removed from the Queen Pool lake. A culmination
ENGLAND’S longest serving vicar, the Rev James 'Jim' Cocke, will conduct one of his last services at All Saints’ in Headington this weekend. He came to the imposing redbrick church in Lime Walk, 63 years ago and committed himself to serve God, his
A YEAR since declaring a climate emergency, Oxford City Council is looking at how it could get all its energy from renewable sources. At a city council cabinet meeting on Wednesday, councillors agreed to the principle of sourcing their utilities
A CLUSTER of 'truly affordable' homes have been unveiled by Blenheim Estates. The initial builds at Park View - on the doorstep of Blenheim Palace - were opened by Witney MP Robert Courts on Thursday. Work began last January and, owing to some
A WOMAN who ran a red light at a 'nightmare' roundabout causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist has been handed a community penalty. Amanda Day stared straight ahead from the dock at Oxford Crown Court yesterday as her victim's mother read out
CANDLES, photos and floral tributes were laid in poignant tribute to victims of a plane tragedy. All 176 passengers died when a plane was shot down near Tehran, Iran, on January 8. After initially blaming a technical failure, authorities finally
GOVERNORS have been replaced at an Oxford school after it was rated ‘inadequate’ again. The school improvement board at St Gregory the Great Catholic School disbanded on Tuesday, the Oxford Mail understands, to make way for replacements. According
RESIDENTS are ‘dancing the quickstep’ in a street closed to cars unexpectedly by the council, it has been claimed. Walton Street was closed to traffic last year fro roadworks and was kept shut by Oxfordshire County Council when construction came
