KARL Robinson admitted the only disappointment on a brilliant day for Oxford United was that there were no fans to witness it. The U's thrashed Crewe Alexandra 6-0 at Gresty Road to equal their record Football League away win, set at Lincoln City
The Duke of Edinburgh’s final farewell will be a royal funeral like no other, with the Queen and her family following guidelines and wearing face masks and socially distancing as they gather to pay tribute. Buckingham Palace announced that Philip
OXFORD United scored five goals in just 15 minutes on their way to a record-equalling league away win against Crewe Alexandra. The U’s showed a clinical edge so often missing in recent weeks to strike three times before the break, with two more
FROM MONDAY pubs will be able to reopen for the first time this year. But there's a catch - the government has said tables must be outside only. With grey skies and showers of rain today, we take a look at The Met Office forecast for next
Pubs and restaurants are ready to reopen in Oxford and across Oxfordshire as lockdown restrictions are about to be lifted. According to the Government's road map out of the coronavirus lockdown, pubs and restuarants can serve customers outside
DAME Maggie Smith says she was 'rescued' by Dame Julie Andrews when she found herself close to running out of cash during her debut Broadway run. The veteran actress, 86, began her career on stage performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952 before
CHILDREN can get their hair cut in style when an Oxfordshire barber shop reopens this month. The Old Barber Shop in Bicester now has an extension at the back to create a space dedicated to children's haircuts. Youngsters under five-years-old
THE passing of the Duke of Edinburgh, while not totally unexpected, was nevertheless, a sad blow which has touched us all. Just as the country had started to adopt a spring in its step ahead of Monday’s further relaxation of lockdown restrictions
POLICE last week warned about a new HMRC scam. Fraudsters have sent messages and called people out of the blue pretending to be from the government service. Officers said criminals are looking to take advantage of the end of the tax year by
TWO lanes are closed on the M40 after an oil spill. Emergency services have closed lanes one and two of the road heading Southbound between J7 A329 (Thame) and J6 B4009 (Watlington). Traffic is queuing back and work is underway to recover
A BICESTER care home has been praised for its leadership and commitment to preventing Covid infections. Inspectors from regulatory body, the Care Quality Commission, visited Launton Grange, on Skimmingdish Lane, for the first time since the home
THE HEARTBROKEN family of a cyclist who died after crashing into a tree have paid tribute to their 'hero'. Simon Richardson, 58, from Windlehsam, Surrey, died at around 2.40pm on Sunday (March 4) on the Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames. His wife
ROAD closures, speed changes and new houses are among some of the latest public notices issued by local authorities across the county. Sewer repairs and construction work are a couple of the reasons why Oxfordshire roads will be closed over the
TOWNS across Oxfordshire plagued by lorries shaking historic buildings and straining ancient bridges may soon get funding for a solution. As Oxfordshire county councillors met on Wednesday, Stefan Gawrysiak, the independent councillor for Henley
MANY pubs across Oxfordshire are searching for staff ahead of their grand reopening on Monday. Pints will be poured for the first time in almost six months when venues with outdoor seating are finally allowed to reopen. These are some of the
AS SHOPS, restaurants and pubs begin to reopen we take a look at some of the cheapest places to park your car in the city. Here's the list of cheapest to most expensive places to park based on a two-hour stay: Oxpens Car Park Postcode
OXFORDSHIRE is one of the fast-growing areas for housing developments in the UK. That’s according to new research from Protrade Tools and Fixings which have looked through data analysing domestic housing construction completed from 2019 to 2020
Councillors are calling for urgent action to be taken after a leisure centre was forced to close due to the financial pressures caused by the pandemic. Willowbrook Leisure Centre is located in the Ladygrove area of Didcot and was built in 2002.
THERE'S no denying that Oxfordshire has its fair share of hilarious and risque street names. Crotch Crescent has previously gained national attention for being one of the rudest place names in the entire country. But there are more roads scattered
ALL LANES have now reopened after a serious crash on the M40 this morning. Our live traffic feed, which can be found here, said the accident which is reportedly between a lorry and a crane is now cleared. It is understood the incident
LIKE most high streets, Oxford City Centre has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Once popular shops are now just empty units. Non-essential retailers were forced to close for most of 2020 and will only be allowed to reopen for the
OXFORD United Women goalkeeper Rose Kite is not daunted by the prospect of a penalty shoot-out tomorrow. The U’s host Billericay Town in the third round of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup, with another home tie against FA Women’s Championship side
We travelled up to Crewe yesterday so we could prepare properly, as we always do, for a tough-looking away game against a side who play some really nice attractive football. It’s a match we’re looking forward to and it has been given a little extra
OXFORD United still believe they can make the Sky Bet League One play-offs, says Brandon Barker. Defeats to Sunderland and Accrington Stanley over the Easter weekend left the 12th-placed U’s six points off the top six, with only seven matches remaining
Kathryn McNicoll, of Cyclox, and Josh Lenthall, of Active Oxfordshire, celebrate the first anniversary of an important cycling project. One year on from the start of the Bikes for Key Workers project we have handed out our last bike to a key worker
A NEW railway timetable will be released to coincide with the next step in the Government’s roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England. The Chiltern Railways timetable will be introduced from from Monday April 12 and it aims to return
Spring has arrived and photographers from our Oxford Mail Camera Club snapped some of the spectacular sights of new life this Easter. Beautiful pictures of babies, lambs and blossom were sent in for this week’s theme. This week’s winning photographer
A COUNCILLOR who travelled to Birmingham to receive a Covid jab will not be investigated by Oxford City Council. Jamila Azad, a city and county councillor for St Clements, had written in a now-deleted Facebook she had a Covid jab from a 'private
