WEST Oxfordshire District Council has announced what it will be doing to support local businesses. Some business properties will not be asked to pay their business rates this year. These will be day nurseries, retail, leisure and hospitality
A CAR collided with a roundabout, before leaving the road and catching fire in a field. The driver of the silver Saab 9-3, a 31-year-old man, sustained serious injuries and is currently receiving treatment in hospital. The collision occurred
AN ESSENTIAL free travel concession for elderly and vulnerable people will not be halted during the worsening Covid-19 pandemic, Oxfordshire County Council announced in a dramatic U-turn in its policy. Oxford Bus Company revealed that the council
A BREAKTHROUGH mobile application that alerts people if they have been in contact with coronavirus infections could soon be released. Developed by an Oxford University team, it is set to help in the fight against the global pandemic. Medical
MARK Sykes will have to wait even longer to make his international debut after UEFA postponed all international fixtures in June. Oxford United's uncapped 22-year-old was named in the Northern Ireland squad for their Euro 2020 play-off against
A FLY-TIPPER has been ordered to pay £700 after dumping waste on the road. Jason Paul Turley, of Herald Gardens, Longworth, admitted leaving rubbish on an unnamed road near the B4019 on May 10. The 40-year-old appeared at Oxford Magistrates Court
OXFORD United’s official charity is offering schools that remain open to children of key workers the opportunity to receive free coaching sessions. Oxford United in the Community’s regular schools’ programme has had to be placed on hold due to the
UNION leaders have called for urgent cuts to postal distribution in the worsening coronavirus outbreak. The Communication Workers Union demanded that daily deliveries to be reduced to three times a week with priority for essential parcels and first
A PRIMARY school teacher and his partner have been using the coronavirus lockdown to get creative and make parody videos. Tom Codd, a year six teacher at Edward Field Primary School in Kidlington, has been creating Disney-style parodies in relation
WIMBLEDON has been forced to cancel due to coronavirus. It is the first time since the Second World War that it has cancelled. The tournament was due to be played between June 29 and July 12. The French Open was previously postponed until
The Didcot Play2Give charity football tournament has been cancelled due to coronavirus. The football tournament was due to take place on Sunday July 19 but it will now be postponed until July 2021. Read also: NSPCC wants more to be done for children
TECHNICIANS at Harwell Campus are part of a UK team producing ventilators for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Science and Technology Facilities Council group at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is leading training for others to carry out
CHILDREN'S charity NSPCC is calling on the Home Office to do more for children experiencing domestic abuse. Emily Hilton, senior policy and public affairs officer, said: "Hundreds of thousands of children are currently living in homes where they
DEATHS from coronavirus have increased by almost 600 in the UK. The latest figures released today show that 2,352 people have died as of yesterday. This is an increase from 1,789. Patients were aged between 13 and 99 years old. Twenty
SOCIAL media has been full of football clubs setting challenges for their young players in lockdown, but Oxford United are also looking for other types of skills. While the 196 players in their academy system have physical programmes to follow,
A SHOPLIFTER with a taste for booze was caught trying to walk out of Sainsbury’s with six bottles of Vodka without paying. Tha man was confronted by two staff members at the supermarket who tried to stop him but the offender threatened them with
Bicester Town Council has launched a £20,000 emergency grant fund to support the town’s community. Grants of up to £500 each are available to organisations in the town that are helping the community through the coronavirus pandemic. Applications
A TASTELESS April Fools' Day joke posted on social media angered Oxfordshire residents. An image circulating on the Facebook group Spotted:Thame was photoshopped to look like a breaking news bulletin that read 'Coronavirus in Thame tap water -
OXFORD United have repaid the money owed to Darryl Eales as part of the 2018 takeover. Companies House have today confirmed the £4.2million charge taken out two years ago has been satisfied. It includes the small stake Eales, who took over
A SPEEDY thief snatched high-end bottles of alcohol from Westgate shopping centre. Officers have launched an investigation into the incident at the large Sainsbury's store where an offender stole bottles of Jack Daniels 'Honey' and a bottle of
Dear Sir, I am very surprised that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not asked China what steps it is taking to avoid a repetition of the present epidemic in the future. The WHO should insist on independent persons to check inside China
COUNCILS across Oxfordshire are awaiting government guidance about whether they can make decisions through virtual meetings. The coronavirus act, which was passed through parliament last week, included a section which said the secretary of state
FASTER internet connections into people’s homes are needed so Oxfordshire can compete with the likes of Silicon Valley, according to a council report. Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet agreed a new digital infrastructure strategy at its meeting
THERE was drama at the Sandford Lock when seven-year-old Raymond Tuckwell had to be rescued from the depths on July 7, 1970. Raymond's determination to catch a fish nearly cost him his life and he had to be rescued by Celia Hillier, 21, [both pictured
Dear Samantha Harman, Oxford Mail Editor Would you please give a great big thank you to all your team for keeping the Oxford Mail going through these troubled times. I have been an Oxford Mail reader for a long time and my husband and I
AN OPTICIANS in Botley has been extending its services to support vulnerable people in the community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Team members at David Spicer Optometrists, in Elms Parade, are delivering glasses to those in need, including the
RESIDENTS across Oxford have said ‘thank you’ to a community hero who has been working around the clock from her kitchen-table to make sure nobody stuck inside goes without food. Despite being forced into lockdown herself, 72-year-old Sue Holden
The UK’s newspaper publishers have joined forces to call on advertisers to support quality journalism during the Covid-19 crisis. While all news brands - including those owned by Newsquest Media Group - have seen a surge in demand from readers
A PUPIL who dressed up as his teacher - his sporting hero - has managed to raise more than £300 for an Oxford-based charity by doing a sponsored park run. Ethan Baynes, from Bicester dressed up as his teacher Richard Laurie at his school, King’s
We look back at Oxford United's results on this day... April 1 2013 League Two Aldershot 3, Oxford Utd 2 Jon-Paul Pittman scores in Oxford United's defeat at Aldershot Picture: Jon Lewis 2006 League Two
EVE Johnson Houghton is putting horse welfare first as she keeps her Blewbury string, near Didcot, ticking over following the suspension of racing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oxfordshire’s leading Flat trainer for the last three years had been
THE coronavirus has seen several clubs put out an appeal for help already – but one Oxfordshire side have flipped the call on its head. Woodstock Town’s players and coaches have committed to use the time they would normally be spending on football
A CRICKET team stranded for a fortnight in a coronavirus lockdown 6,000 miles from Oxfordshire have finally returned to the UK. Stanton Harcourt’s South America tour was thrown into disarray by the introduction of rigid controls in Peru, which
Over the course of just a few short weeks, Covid-19 has brought the country to its knees. Now more than ever we are reliant on our doctors, nurses and healthcare workers. These guardians of the community are serving on the frontline under
A DJ will now play a set through Facebook after hundreds of pounds was raised through Go Fund Me when all of his gigs were cancelled. The fundraiser is one of 10 good causes that people in Oxfordshire are donating their cash to after coronavirus
A FOOTBALL-MAD newspaper delivery boy has taken on extra rounds to ensure residents in his community continue to get their copy of the Oxford Mail. With many vulnerable residents across the country self-isolating, their morning copy of a newspaper
A VIOLENT offender who inflicted grievous bodily harm on a man in Wallingford has appeared at court. Shane Prothero appeared for sentencing via videolink from HMP Bullingdon at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The 43-year-old of Allnatt Avenue,
HOTELS in Oxfordshire closed by the coronavirus lockdown could be providing accommodation for key workers and vulnerable groups including the homeless. Last week the government said businesses providing holiday accommodation, including hotels, hostels
A NURSE has started a petition to get hand sanitiser in all schools across the country. Marianne Wood is calling on the government to fund hand sanitiser dispenser units in all secondary and primary schools in the UK. The chemotherapy nurse from
