WITH pubs given the green light to open this Saturday, hostelries are busy making arrangements to cope with the expected influx of socially distanced drinkers, parched by three months of lockdown. But for some, the recent good weather proved too
TWO people were arrested after police stopped a ‘suspicious’ vehicle in a layby on the A34 near Kidlington. Thames Valley Roads Policing, in a post on social media today, said it was spotted while officers were on patrol on Monday evening. ALSO
BLACK and Asian staff at Oxfordshire's hospitals have been twice as likely to get the coronavirus as their white colleagues, a major study has found. Almost 10,000 staff at the John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Banbury's
AN outpouring of tributes have been made to a gliding club that packed up and left its home today for the last time. In a convoy of vehicles, members of Bicester Gliding Club left their site at former RAF Bicester after 16 years of operating at
Amateur photographers from Oxfordshire scooped £600 awards for their work. 'Heart of My World' is a photo competition run by housing association Sovereign. It is designed to inspire locals across the south of England to have fun, get creative
WALLINGFORD Carnival is the town’s longest running event, so when this year's procession was cancelled over coronavirus, people simply moved the festival of fun to their driveways and front windows. Households, shops, local organisations and businesses
CRIMINALS tried to ram down a garage door using a lawn mower to get inside a home in Witney. Thames Valley Police is now appealing for witnesses following the burglary in Little Faringdon that took place on Thursday at around 12.45am. Offenders
ALDI has announced it wants to open new stores in almost every town in Oxfordshire. The supermarket chain said it is looking for new locations for shops across the county, including Oxford. It also said it is looking for sites in Abingdon, Wantage
TRIBUTES have poured on social media after the body of a 33-year-old man was discovered in Oxford. Thames Valley Police launched a murder investigation on Monday after a post-mortem examination concluded that the man had died as a result of a head
BICESTER Town Council has been forced to cancel three summer events due to coronavirus restrictions. Two music events – an Abba tribute act and a 1980s night, as well as the Superhero Activity Day, all which were due to take place in August, have
TO mark John Mousinho’s new contract at Oxford United, we pick out some key moments from his time at the club so far which highlight his contribution. While he was 31 by the time he signed for Pep Clotet in August 2017, the extra year should means
MOTORISTS up and down Oxfordshire are being stopped for seatbelt checks as part of a nationwide campain. Police officers were seen flagging down the drivers of a car and a van earlier today at around 1.30pm on the corner of Botley Road and Abbey
ANYONE with an Oxford United flag can contribute to a display at the Kassam Stadium for the Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final second leg. Coronavirus restrictions mean the clash with Portsmouth must be played behind closed doors. Hundreds
AN Oxford & District league season has been cancelled for the first time in almost 80 years. Coronavirus shut down the country a month before the campaign was due to begin, but there had been hopes a competition could be held if pubs reopened by
THREE catalytic converters have been stolen from vehicles in Oxford. The first theft took place in Leiden Road, Headington sometime between Friday, June 26 and Sunday, June 28 – reference 43200193660. ALSO READ: Coronavirus at Mini - 9 cases
A CHARITY is looking for people in Oxfordshire to ‘socialise’ puppies that will go on to help people’s lives. Dogs for Good provides assistance dogs to people with physical disabilities and families with a child with autism. The charity is seeking
OXFORD has seen one of the biggest slumps in the jobs market in the UK due to the coronavirus crisis, new figures suggest. That is according to the Institute for Employment Studies, which collected data from Adzuna – one of the UK’s largest online
AN OXFORDSHIRE artist was selected for the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. Last year Mark Draisey who is based in Watlington painted an oil portrait of 15-year-old Kitty Tait who, with her father, runs the Orange Bakery
POLICE are hunting for a pervert caught with child abuse images who failed to turn up to his sentencing hearing. Robert Miller was due to answer three charges of making images depicting the abuse of children at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. He
LOCAL residents cheered the closure of a city pub following a lengthy campaign in October 2002. The Horse & Jockey pub on Woodstock Road shut its doors after a campaign by residents. Mrs Tilly Flynn – living opposite the pub – kept a diary of
OXFORD City Council is calling for swifter action on climate change to be taken, after a government report on the worldwide emergency was published. The council, the first in the UK to hold a citizens assembly on climate change, has suggested a
A Hospital worker has vowed not to return to Tesco claiming there is a lack staff managing shoppers and concerns about a 'shocking' amount of people not using hand santiser as well as failing to keep social distancing. The woman, who did not want
A GREAT-GRANDFATHER who spent his life working on the railway believes he may be the oldest Great Western Railway worker still alive in Didcot. Treflyn Morris, 93 started working for Great Western Railway in 1943 at the age of 18 in Barmouth, North
Win your household bills paid for the next three months! Can you imagine the relief of not having to worry about how you’re going to pay for your family’s supermarket shopping, your electricity, gas and Council Tax for the next three months?
A YOUNG woman who has launched her own company to give black women and girls a platform has donated £15,000 to black initiatives. Cat White, 25, from Oxford, founded Kusini Productions with the aim of changing the narrative and championing the voices
A BELOVED Oxfordshire gliding club will be leaving its home for the final time today. Members of Bicester Gliding Club based at former RAF Bicester will leave with a convoy of vehicles. Its lease was terminatd by its new landlord, Bicester
KIDLINGTON’S squad for next season is already into double figures after four more of last term’s line-up signed on. Experienced centre back Tommy Franklin will again be an influential figure on and off the field. He is joined by three midfielders
When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. These wonderful
ANDY Quinn and Neil Buckingham claimed victory in the long-awaited Winter Challenge final at North Oxford. The competition had reached the semi-final stage when courses were shut down by coronavirus. It meant the climax took place in mid-summer
Have you seen this woman? Thames Valley Police has said the force is concerned for the welfare of Ruth Pockett, who has gone missing from Abingdon. She was last seen by her home address on Saturday. ALSO READ: Coronavirus at Mini - 9 cases
“Mous knows he won’t figure that much next year.” You did not have to look too hard to read between the lines when Karl Robinson laid his cards on the table 12 months ago. Despite triggering an extension in his contract, John Mousinho’s days
OXFORD United have completed the paperwork to make Jamie Mackie and Liam Kelly available for the play-offs. The pair were the last to have their immediate futures secured, following news John Mousinho had agreed a new one-year contract. Confirmation
JOHN Mousinho will be part of Oxford United’s squad next season after signing a new contract. The club captain’s existing deal expired today, but the 34-year-old told the Oxford Mail earlier this month he was confident about staying on. Mousinho
AN Oxford campaign group is calling for Child Benefit to increase by £10 a week to tackle child poverty in the city. Many families with children are now struggling to make ends meet more than ever because of the coronavirus lockdown, the group says
AN OXFORDSHIRE teacher overcame years-long depression through writing children's books. In 2016 Lawrence Prestidge – a 30-year-old Drama and Special Educational Needs teacher from Abingdon – had to be signed off from work. He was struggling with
HEAVY Goods Vehicles (HGVs) could be banned from Burford in a matter of weeks after almost 40 years of campaigning from residents. An 18-month experimental weight limit order through the town centre is expected to come into force in early August
BUSES are the main culprit behind poor air quality on Oxford's most polluted street, while cars are the main offenders in other hot spots, a new report has shown. Every year, Oxford City Council publishes a report showing which areas of the city
WORKERS at Cowley's Mini plant fear the factory could become a coronavirus hotspot after nine workers tested positive for the virus in just a week. BMW, which owns the plant, confirmed the cluster of Covid-19 cases yesterday, saying it was 'monitoring
I came to Bicester as an 11-year-old in 1969. We lived in Churchill Road and my dad taught at Bicester School. It saddens me to learn that the gliding club is finally leaving Bicester Heritage. The aircraft have been a familiar sight in the
CONCERN has been raised after it was announced a bus pass for pupils could be nearly doubled in price. A survey was sent to parents at Matthew Arnold school in Oxford, explaining that there is to be a consultation for the 35A and 35B services from
TENS of thousands of eligible Oxfordshire women missed their last smear test, figures show. NHS Digital data reveals 71 per cent of the 197,820 women in Oxfordshire eligible for a smear test by the end of 2019 had been screened – the point at which
