Oxford Mail | News https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/ Oxford Mail News en-gb Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:49:35 +0100 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:49:35 +0100 https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/rss/terms/ M6 toby.granville@newsquest.co.uk (Toby Granville) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/sitelogoalt/?type=rsslogo Oxford Mail | News https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/ Facebook and Instagram down as users report being logged out of accounts https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190247.facebook-instagram-users-logged-accounts/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:08:31 +0100 55d1f8d3868e6b57ba035f78326ffe55 jade.wright@newsquest.co.uk | Jade Wright Meet the 18 Oxfordshire people honoured in the King's Birthday Honours list https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189339.18-oxfordshire-people-kings-birthday-honours-list/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 e5562331a24b6d75b17dd2c079c97331 matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Teenager jailed for stabbing young man after long-running dispute https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26185659.banbury---teenager-jailed-stabbing-young-man-dispute/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 a7790433464581eda8a52854ae7391d7 toby.oliver@newsquest.co.uk | Toby Oliver Cotswolds rugby club issues statement after 15-year-old player dies https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26186199.cotswolds-rugby-club-issues-statement-player-15-dies/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 ee8c41525719b8d39d12280bcc4a0248 ed.burnett@newsquest.co.uk | Edward Burnett 80s singing legend calls for support for village pubs https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187574.80s-singing-legend-battles-save-three-historic-pubs/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0100 c86d390f221416dcd8283ce785412c70 andrew.ffrench@nqo.com | Andrew Ffrench Migrants living in Oxfordshire hotels receive almost £800k https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26185678.migrants-living-oxfordshire-hotels-receive-800k-support/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 cb798bdc73eaf9dff0461e6063031eb9 matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Series two new announcement for popular detective drama from BBC https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190933.ludwig-series-two-detective-drama-gets-new-bbc-announcement/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0100 e06094598d493fcc703debb2301032d4 andrew.ffrench@nqo.com | Andrew Ffrench Young man in court charged with raping 16-year-old https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189545.banbury---young-man-court-charged-raping-16-year-old/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0100 a324f8dbd90bf0ad1d1db165d9a7be6d toby.oliver@newsquest.co.uk | Toby Oliver Migrants receive further £102k of free bus passes funded by taxpayers https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26185563.migrants-receive-102k-free-bus-passes-oxfordshire/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 d3c4c61d5f0d2b8de01860a2846b6ba1 matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Three plead guilty to drug dealing cannabis in Oxfordshire town https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189076.three-plead-guilty-drug-dealing-cannabis-banbury/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0100 5a67c226fcb6a83e4910823ddffb98ff toby.oliver@newsquest.co.uk | Toby Oliver TV star Adam Henson talks retirement, Jeremy Clarkson and Cotswolds https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187310.adam-henson-talks-retirement-jeremy-clarkson-cotswolds/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0100 9e2317bdd7112329840676e75c90857e ed.burnett@newsquest.co.uk | Edward Burnett Woman tells jury she was 'nervous wreck' after ex's alleged attack https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187391.oxford---woman-tells-jury-nervous-wreck-alleged-attack/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 e2a6d84db8fba5517139da0f9ee21585 toby.oliver@newsquest.co.uk | Toby Oliver Oxford climate scientist recognised in King's birthday honours list https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189911.oxford-climate-scientist-gets-mbe-kings-birthday-honours/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 28e6a3ba17784fac0ed99954b66441b3 larissa.hurt@newsquest.co.uk | Larissa Hurt UK vehicle manufacturer dissolved after more than two decades https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187811.uk-vehicle-manufacturer-dissolved-two-decades/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 06c482bf1f3d0135d3dfc91cbbc947fb ed.burnett@newsquest.co.uk | Edward Burnett 75 per cent of speeding tickets handed out by camera vans https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26186952.75-per-cent-oxfordshire-speeding-tickets-mobile-vans/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 dba3e15aae3409dcabf29f27be4e444c matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Oxford's African Families in UK charity co-founder honoured by King https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190830.african-families-uk-charity-co-founder-honoured-king/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 f96c1895406db1d15910c694e49eb3ea matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Designer behind global fashion brand ME+EM awarded OBE https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190576.cotswolds-based-fashion-designer-given-obe-honours-list/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 7ea8eb8d788614efee6fc971cedc0ba8 larissa.hurt@newsquest.co.uk | Larissa Hurt Julia Donaldson among celebrities named in the King’s Birthday Honours https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189773.kings-birthday-honours-list-celebrities-recognised/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 36ec9122de4faae2e7efcc5e33fe9006 larissa.hurt@newsquest.co.uk | Larissa Hurt Top author reflects on damehood in King's Honours and calls it 'Very happy surprise' https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190881.gruffalo-author-become-dame-kings-honours-list/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 4601fc6a0080ba396d9c6721dcb6fa12 larissa.hurt@newsquest.co.uk | Larissa Hurt Oxford student jailed for 'terrorist' raid on defence factory causing £1.2m damage https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26191331.oxford-student-jailed-terrorist-raid-defence-factory/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:07:36 +0100 a3449bc37ae7d390d27242e74a741c3d matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Insight into what illegal dump in Kidlington looks like now https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188930.kidlington-illegal-waste-dump---insight-progress-made/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0100 0082e1b008c59d28fe1075c9af5bc963 matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Peacock killed after being struck by car at farm https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190070.peacock-killed-car-cotswolds-farm-drop-off/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0100 a6a3828493393ba47992c071fd816a2b matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Royal Agricultural University students win wheat-growing contest at Diddly Squat https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188571.students-crowned-winners-clarksons-farm-competition/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:30:00 +0100 9ee525cf03d4cb5e859370fbba4f07a2 matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Chaos on A34 as car crashes across both lanes forcing closure for hours https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188729.a34-chaos-car-crashes-across-lanes-forcing-closure/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:06 +0100 6ea59eceff94455ba7d78bab3161aada matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Brazilian man guilty of sexually assaulting two girls 20 years ago https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26186606.oxfordshire---brazilian-man-guilty-sexually-assaulting-two-girls/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 c292b5f7450cc8cbfac3ce29b334ab74 toby.oliver@newsquest.co.uk | Toby Oliver Jeremy Clarkson threatens to quit farming after shocking incident https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187810.jeremy-clarkson-threatens-quit-farming-incident/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 19339d1982760e4a91af43d849a43a17 ed.burnett@newsquest.co.uk | Edward Burnett Historic Cotswold village 'to disappear' after plan for 2,700 homes https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188104.cotswold-historic-village-disappear-homes/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:30:00 +0100 b97af3d2ff1d651e7483f8448a6ace3b alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Oxford University maths genius found dead at Oxford cinema https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26184320.oxford-university-genius-drugs-death-westgate-cinema/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 336502414ea2764459074930dc49eae6 matthew.evans2@newsquest.co.uk | Matthew J C Evans Former Lord Mayor Craig Simmons awarded MBE for service https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190812.oxford-green-campaigner-receives-mbe-kings-honours/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 808c997cf1379aa0e4dec0df1d81e446 matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake Thames Valley Police counter terrorism officer receives BEM for service https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190907.thames-valley-police-staff-member-awarded-bem-service/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 b0dcd0b9700f66b813039cd8cf95bc39 matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake Oxfordshire county chief executive honoured with OBE https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189520.oxfordshire-chief-executive-dr-martin-reeves-awarded-obe/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 abffbedb62f99b589fe02c9bb68afa19 matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake Tribute to 'stunningly beautiful' 15-year-old girl who died suddenly https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26186345.mum-pays-tribute-15-year-old-daughter-passed-suddenly/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:30:00 +0100 9c6096ff0b7b7ae0ba988d1f057bd8de larissa.hurt@newsquest.co.uk | Larissa Hurt New police car ‘Beaver’ helps seize cloned‑plate vehicle https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26186713.beaver-police-car-spots-suspicious-vehicle-early-patrols/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 5883f374ec35343fec81ad95be836b1e matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake Pangbourne College to merge with Mill Hill group https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26184828.pangbourne-college-join-mill-hill-education-group/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 8d47be708557a0bc6b68d6a375bb0cc9 matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake Aldi offering readers chance to win £100 shopping voucher https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26184848.aldi-competition-offers-customers-chance-win-100-shop/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 ade189cd6c6e15bf0487f31b1d28c87e matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake Oxfordshire ranks in UK’s top spots to watch the World Cup https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26186802.oxfordshire-ranks-sixth-place-world-cup-pub-viewing/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 6af78e49a64f42259c8fb5fd8fc31836 matthew.drake@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Drake All military aircraft including the Red Arrows set to fly over us tomorrow https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188568.see-red-arrows-oxfordshire-tomorrow/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:30:00 +0100 2aa5fb3642a9a4db44dd44b0fac93290 larissa.hurt@newsquest.co.uk | Larissa Hurt Hollywood A-lister trusts Oxfordshire firm to electrify rare fleet for show https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189408.jason-mamoas-rare-fleet-gets-electrified-kidlington/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0100 136cf9c72c18549d2cc9f7b78d6c2911 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Dame Helen Mirren recognised by King in Birthday Honours list https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26191108.dame-helen-mirren-recognised-king-birthday-honours-list/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 8213795d7822fbeefaf47cbb8c9daa45 matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk | Matt Simpson Award-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show designer from Oxfordshire gets MBE https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190598.kings-birthday-honours-rhs-star-sarah-eberle-awarded-mbe/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0100 761b8a254c98da2a7410f621c71a3f51 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Retired factory worker died from lung disease after accidental fall at hospital https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26190334.oxford-woman-died-john-radcliffe-hospital-fall/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:50:00 +0100 d174721d9c7c9c61e35fc3aedf092321 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Police probe over 'suspicious male' asking homes for toilet roll https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189962.police-probe-suspicious-toilet-roll-asking-male/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:25:04 +0100 7211c714a403579046c6ab5f1ae428b6 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Missing 27-year-old woman from Oxford found safe by police https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26189677.missing-woman-oxford-found-safe-well-police/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:36:28 +0100 a973ae0555d353032613fea893fb1f95 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Tesco to introduce cleaning robots into stores https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188967.tesco-introduces-hundreds-cleaning-robots-uk-stores/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:35:00 +0100 647041284478befabf5d7580a7aa74d5 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter TV wildlife adventurer backs new natural history GCSE https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188676.tv-legend-celebrates-new-natural-history-gcse-announcement/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0100 20fb34980fa47980e0a3bca28aa23c1a alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Supermarket giant introduces new £13 rule for customer assistants https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188380.uk-supermarket-chain-introducing-13-pay-increase-july/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:32:00 +0100 8126f27e146a8a92b71b002ddebd8f55 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter A1 Services Oxford marks nearly six decades of plumbing and heating work https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26180329.a1-services-oxford-marks-nearly-60-years-plumbing-heating-work/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0100 a5fc00bfa54b72245a7a3b7ff307e885 First woman to get top maths degree at Oxford University honoured for WWII efforts https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26188026.oxford-university-alum-dame-mary-cartwright-gets-plaque/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:38:09 +0100 cb9ec34d2d4df78ea049c03e1459486a katie.collier@newsquest.co.uk | Katie Collier Stolen London car found in Oxfordshire as cops warn second-hand buyers https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187931.stolen-cloned-car-recovered-oxford-dvla-tip-off/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:58:16 +0100 fa31c5f6769f2a9366299dbde2cee3e8 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter Major operation uncovers 29 commercial vehicle offences in Oxfordshire https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26187911.multiple-offences-bicester-commercial-vehicle-blitz/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:37:34 +0100 b6335cb8560ef300d9340ea060947137 alexandra.carter@newsquest.co.uk | Alexandra Carter