NORTH Leigh will visit Wantage Town in an all-Oxfordshire Buildbase FA Trophy tie next weekend. They are among five clubs from the county still standing and bidding for a place in the first round proper when the ties are played on October 31.
JOEL Cooper will be among several senior players to feature for Oxford United's under 21 side tomorrow rather than face Milton Keynes Dons. The winger was granted extra time to see family over the weekend after going away with Northern Ireland.
More than 100 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Oxfordshire as the county also recorded its first death for more than three months. According to Public Health England, as of 9am, these are the number of new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
The West Oxfordshire village of Bampton became an unlikely tourist destination when it was chosen as a film set for the popular ITV period drama Downton Abbey, which ran for six series from 2010 to 2015. As the series starring Hugh Bonneville and
AN ELDERLY man accidentally died after falling out of a bed at his care home. In the early hours of June 29 John Shipton, 97, had an unwitnessed fall at the Penhurst Gardens Care Home, Chipping Norton, where he lived. He was taken to A&E
THE INQUESTS of eight people who died in Oxfordshire will be heard at court this week. From 10am on Wednesday the coroner will close the inquests of: • Lukasz Iwanczyk, 37, who died on June 14 in Witney • Grant Stevens, 70, who died on July
A MOTORBIKE was snatched from outside an Oxford home in broad daylight. The black Honda Vision was taken from the property in Fox Crescent, Hinksey Park, between 3pm and 4.30pm on Sunday. Police are appealing for witnesses and have asked people
CAMERON Brannagan has been discharged from hospital and will spend the next phase of his recovery from an eye problem at home. The Oxford United midfielder is suffering from a rare infection, which is a reaction to an illness he had last month.
A WOMAN who attacked a police officer during a town centre crime spree has been handed a community order. Sarah Robertson, of Southam Road, Banbury, admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker on the town's High Street on October 16 last
Like all theatres and music venues, the Oxford Playhouse is continuing to experience financial difficulty, due to the coronavirus. Last year it received a boost when Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen appeared on stage for two nights to raise
A patient who tested positive for coronavirus died in hospital in Oxfordshire this weekend. It is the first new virus-related death at one of the county's hospitals in more than three months. According to NHS England data released today, the
Pupils and staff from a primary school near Wantage dressed in yellow to raise funds for a mental health charity supporting young people. Children in all year groups at Charlton Primary School took part in a Hello Yellow fun day earlier this month
Opponents travelled to Oxford to take on this team, fearing the worst. The Oxford city water polo team was enjoying a good spell of victories, prompting the Oxford Mail sports team to despatch a photographer to one of its training sessions. Team
A ‘DANGEROUS’ tree which poses a threat to graveyard workers is set to be cut down. The tree, a Lebanon cedar, is likely to be about 200 years old and has dropped several large limbs over the last two years in the yard of St Mary’s Church in Witney
LIGHTS were stolen from a bike parked in Templars Square shopping centre. The thief targeted the bike, which was chained up to the racks outside Wilkinson's and FeelFit gym, between 5.40pm and 6.05pm on September 26. Now police have released
A MAN who was found carrying an adapted knife in Cowley has been spared jail. John Kerr, of Balfour Road, Oxford, admitted possessing a scissor blade with adapted handle in Barns Road on July 8. The 35-year-old was sentenced to four months
A MAN has been released by police after an arson in Oxford. Eight police cars, three fire engines and two ambulances raced to Gordon Woodward Way, just off Abingdon Road, on Saturday night after reports of a house fire. Police officers had
CHANGES could be made to a main road in Littlemore to improve safety for pedestrians. Oxfordshire County Council is consulting on plans to install traffic calming features at five locations on Oxford Road, between its junctions with the Eastern
A CARE home in West Oxfordshire has been reprimanded after a woman fell out of bed twice on its watch. Details of the complaint against the care home at Richmond retirement village near Witney have come to light in a report by the Local Government
FREE-SCORING Oxford United Women continued their stellar start to the season with a 4-1 home win over Cardiff City Ladies. The fifth win in six games kept them top of the FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division. Emily Allen put
A POPULAR restaurant in Oxford has closed once again - less than two weeks after it reopened. Japanese eatery Edamame that is based on Holywell Street finally reopened on October 7 after a seven-months closure due to the Covid-19 crisis. But
CHRIS Maguire again enjoyed himself at the County Ground, while fellow former Oxford United players Kane Hemmings and Jake Forster-Caskey netted crucial goals. We take a look at the reaction from Saturday's games across Sky Bet League One:
A MOTHER and daughter spent their time during lockdown working together to write and illustrate a children’s book. Angela Smith and her daughter Maisey have decided to sell the book called Stella’s Starlings with all proceeds going to a children
It was 250 years yesterday that the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford’s former major hospital, opened. But as its first beds were occupied on October 18, 1770, not every patient could expect to be treated. People with infectious diseases, epilepsy,
A MAN stole cigarettes, tobacco and vaping equipment from a newsagent. Mason Paul Matthews, of Saxton Road, Abingdon, admitted burglary at Simon’s News on East St Helens Street on June 20, 2019. Read more: Arson - man arrested after police
There have been nearly 200 new coronavirus cases at Oxford University in a week. Figures published by the University today, from its own testing service, show for the seven days to Friday it tested 802 staff and students. Of these, 197 people
AN Oxfordshire MP visited a brewery to discuss the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on pubs. North Oxfordshire MP Victoria Prentis went to Hook Norton Brewery, near Banbury earlier this month. ALSO READ: MP visits treatment centre at Horton
KARL Robinson has until tomorrow to decide on who he wants to cut from his Oxford United squad to free up space for reinforcements. The deadline for EFL clubs to register their 22-man squads for the first half of the season is tomorrow. Olamide
EDDIE Pepperell slid down the leaderboard on the final day at the Scottish Championship. A superb six-under 66 on Saturday had moved the Abingdon golfer into a share of fifth place at Fairmont St Andrews, having started the tournament by carding
PEOPLE can go for a spin on bumper cars at a mini funfair in Oxford. The Westgate Centre will be hosting the event in Leiden Square outside John Lewis. The funfair, which will be on site from October 26 until November 1, will also have bungee
OXFORD United will not feel under any extra pressure by propping up the Sky Bet League One table, according to Elliott Moore. Peterborough United inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Karl Robinson’s side, which left them with three points from their opening
A PET shop owner gave his lease to a hospice charity with one condition – that he could still run the place. Sean Woodward, former owner of Pads and Paws in Marston, saw the work Sobell House Hospice in Headington does first-hand. So, he asked
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ VICTORIA LOUISE IRVINE, 46, of Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, was convicted of speeding by driving 36mph in a 30mph zone on March 8 in Charlbury. She was fined £120 and must pay a victim surcharge of £32 and court costs of £85 and
CONCERNS the large number of people living in shared housing in Oxford could help spread coronavirus has led the city council to send out advice. Oxford City Council has written to tenants of the more than 3,000 houses in multiple occupation (HMOs
FIREFIGHTERS in Oxfordshire were called to a record low number of fires last year, figures reveal. It comes amid a national rise in the number of incidents not involving fires, including flooding events, which the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says
By Oxford East Labour MP Anneliese Dodds. THERE are around 3,000 older people in the Oxford area eligible for Pension Credit who are not claiming it – and therefore missing out on a host of associated benefits on top. In 2018, only just over
‘PARKING mayhem’ in towns around Oxfordshire could soon come to an end, as traffic wardens may be rolled out across the county. Towns including Abingdon, Didcot, Banbury, Bicester and Wallingford have been plagued by cars dumped in awkward places
