TWO thugs climbed over the wall of a pub and randomly unleashed a violent attack on three people with a wooden pole and sheet of metal. At 4.30am on July 17, the pair climbed over the wall of the City Arms Pub on Cowley Road. A man in his
THE controversial closure of an Oxford street which sparked months of furious debate is now recommended to be ditched. Oxfordshire County Council put a barrier in place on the south end of Walton Street at its junction with Beaumont Street last
TWO pupils from Oxford High School provided the Puzzle for Today on Radio 4 this morning. Year 12 pupils Kitty and Siobhan asked ‘if all students wear a crinoline of radius one metre, what is the size of the smallest square room we could fit two
A MAN accused of murder after a man died at an Oxford travellers site has been given a date for his trial. Thames Valley Police launched a murder investigation last month after a post-mortem examination concluded that a man - Anthony Joyce - had
VOTING has now opened in the Lib Dem leadership contest, with Layla Moran battling it out for the top job. The MP for Oxford West and Abingdon is going up against former minister Sir Ed Davey for the position. ALSO READ: Layla Moran on black
ROB Dickie's asking price has risen in the last couple of weeks due to the amount of interest being shown in the Oxford United star. Head coach Karl Robinson has admitted his initial valuation was low compared to the figures being mentioned by
PENSIONERS have taken to the streets in Oxford to protest the ending of free television licences for over 75s. The current benefit is scheduled to stop tomorrow and up to 3.7 million pensioners will now have to pay up to £157.50 to watch the BBC
OXFORD United are "very very close" to a signing which will be a statement of their intent this season, says chairman Sumrith 'Tiger' Thanakarnjanasuth. Joel Cooper, who joined for an undisclosed fee from Linfield last week, is the only arrival
THIS guest house had unexpected visitors after a water pipe burst in front of its property, flooding the driveway and cutting off a whole village's supply. The pipe split in front of Mather House in East Hendred at about 5am yesterday, sending water
GREEN councillors are calling for more space to be provided for cyclists in Oxford city centre. St Michael’s Street has been temporarily pedestrianised to allow for outdoor, socially-distanced dining. Read again: St Michael’s Street, Oxford,
A LIGHT aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in an Oxfordshire field after its engine failed. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a crashed plane on Tuesday afternoon near Enstone Airfield. ALSO READ: Elderly
THOUSANDS of pounds will be made available to residents this winter to help make their homes more energy efficient. West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) has made a £20,000 fund available, while climate action has been described as the ‘golden
BLACK pupils in some areas of England are more than three times more likely to be excluded from school. The research, commissioned by Oxford West and Abingdon MP, Layla Moran, was published earlier today. Analysis by the House of Commons Library
A KITTEN is dead and another missing after reports the pair were thrown from a car into a busy rural road. Katie Suffling, in a post on Facebook, said at around 7pm on Wednesday her mum was driving home from work when a man in front of her saw
A CCTV image of man have been released by police after an elderly woman's bank card was stolen and fraudulently used in a Co-op. On June 12, the card belonging to the 76-year-old woman was taken, and then later used at the High Street supermarket
EDDIE Pepperell faces a battle to make the cut at the Hero Open tomorrow after enduring a tough opening round. The golfer from Abingdon, who reverted to an old putter at the Forest of Arden after throwing his new one into a pond in frustration
RESIDENTS in an Oxfordshire town could soon have access to some of the fastest broadband speeds. Telecoms operator Openreach has included Banbury in its commercially-funded Fibre First programme. It is part of a wider program which will bring
A STREET light next to the wooded area where a woman was violently raped is broken. The light, which illuminates a sign, is not working and has been damaged, a report to Oxfordshire County Council said. Taking to Fix My Street at 10.57pm on
TRIBUTES have been paid to the ‘charismatic and selfless’ 19-year-old who was killed in Thame. Joshua Harling, from Oxford, was found with fatal injuries on Chinnor Road last Wednesday. Firefighters from Thame Fire Station had said they had
Dianne Regisford talks about being the only black woman organising a Black Lives Matter protest in Abingdon. AS I witnessed and spoke publicly in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) uprisings igniting across the world, I knew, we, the black
People who test positive for coronavirus or display symptoms must now self-isolate for 10 days as Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned of a 'second wave starting to roll across Europe'. The UK's chief medical officers said on Thursday the period
A RECORD number of customers registered to bid at what turned out to be an auction company’s best ever sale at Bicester Heritage. Car fanatics tuned into Bonhams' Live Online Motoring Auction on Saturday where high-value classic and modern cars
POLICE are still hunting for the violent rapist who dragged a woman into a wooded area more than two weeks ago. The attack happened just off Abingdon Road at 11.50pm on Wednesday, July 15. She was walking along the main road, just by the
Tomorrow marks the start of a six-week consultation where people in Bicester can have their say about how Cherwell council should put together its new Local Plan. Local Plans guide the development of new homes, workplaces and infrastructure.
HORSPATH fought back in terrific fashion to secure an 11-run win at home to Thame Town in their opening Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup group game. Defending 133-4 with Dwadesh Sehgal hitting an unbeaten 52 in the 18-over contest after electing
OXFORDSHIRE’S Formula 1 teams are setting up camp at Silverstone for back-to-back home races. The circuit, just over the border in Northamptonshire, is hosting rounds four and five of a season drastically rearranged by the coronavirus pandemic.
Restaurant Kits, a new e-commerce site delivering signature dish and drink kits from the UK’s most loved independent restaurants, includes Oxford-based Pizza Pilgrims. The platform is the brainchild of Scottish restaurateurs, and Mac & Wild co-founders
OXFORD United fans are going to enjoy watching Joel Cooper, according to Jim Magilton. The former U’s midfielder is in a great position to judge, having handed the winger his Northern Ireland Under 21 debut in 2015. He has kept a close eye
Supporters of Save Temple Cowley Pools created badges for people to pledge not to vote Labour until they got their pool back in January 2015. Leading campaigner Chaka Artwell and other supporters of the Save Temple Cowley Pools made badges that
THE city council’s chief executive has suggested plans for new bus gates in Oxford will go ahead, despite concerns from business leaders that it will damage trade. The public are now being asked for their views on plans to introduce two new bus-only
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ COURT Reminder: here is what the Oxford Mail can and can't report AARON JAMIL SHAW, 34, of Three Corners Road, Oxford, was convicted of two counts of failing to give information relating to the identity of a driver between
A MAN who sexually abused a young child, giving her money after one of his sex attacks, has been convicted. Bashir Ntego was found guilty at the end of his trial at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. He had denied three counts alleging the sexual
A FAMILY-RUN taxi company that has been in business for 65 years is set to make all 74 of its staff redundant this week. Pryors Cars of Didcot said its business had been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic – particularly its core market of business
A CURRY-loving man from Kidlington is being helped to enjoy his favourite spicy dishes once more thanks to a new scheme to reduce bed blocking in hospitals. Mike Harris is among the first to experience the Home First project – a joint initiative
SELFLESS Scout volunteers who have posted more than 7,000 prescriptions around their town will make their final deliveries this Friday. The pink-clad porters of Witney will wind down their operation due to a drop in availability and demand after
WE at the Oxford Mail are, like the majority of right-thinking people in this country, hugely sympathetic to Andrew Harper’s family. They suffered a harrowing experience that no family should have to go through, then they were forced to relive that
RESIDENTS have joined forces to remind drivers of the rules of the road after noticing increased traffic in their area. Homemade signs have sprung up in Leckford Road and St Bernard's Road in Walton Manor, Oxford, as part of the Calm Leckford Road
THE city's first Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) could cause an increase in congestion and pollution, residents fear. Oxfordshire County Council is preparing to introduce the Cowley LTN, which would use 'filters' like bollards or plant pots in
By Oxford City Council deputy leader Tom Hayes. WHAT kind of a city do you want to live in? What kind of city do you want to raise a family in? Put bluntly, what do you like about living in Oxford that you want to hold onto? On that note, what
A NEW study by has revealed Oxford is among the happiest cities in the UK – but it comes at a price. Financial services company Raisin analysed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) personal wellbeing reports and the Happy Planet Index
A SPIKE in coronavirus cases in Oxford has prompted the county’s director of public health to urge social distancing to avoid local control measures. In the week up to July 24, the number of new cases in the city more than tripled to 31, with the
