MICHAEL Barrymore has cancelled his appearance in Scrooge at the New Theatre, Oxford, next month under the orders of medics. The television celebrity, best known for Strike it Lucky and My Kind of People, was set to star in the stage musical in the
A £50-a-head, three-course candlelit dinner in Dorchester Abbey, hosted by the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Peter Bickmore, and the rector, the Rev Sue Booys will raise money for the John Masefield Cheshire Home minibus appeal. For details of the event
A GENTLE four-mile walk around Farmoor reservoir has been arranged by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust on Friday, December 29, starting from Farmoor reservoir car park at 10am. For details, call 01488 649580.
A SIXTEEN-year-old girl has fallen to her death from a block of flats in Oxford. The girl fell from the top floor of Hockmore Tower in Banjo Lane, Cowley, shortly before midnight on Friday. Paramedics were called to the scene after reports that someone
A MEMORIAL service is to be held to celebrate the life of town councillor John Beeton, who died this month. Mr Beeton, 52, known round the town as Sailor John because he spent most of his life in the Merchant Navy, was found dead at his flat in Borough
SCAM letters claiming to be from foreign lotteries have been sent to several elderly people. One says it is from the El-Gordo Spanish Lottery and another from the El-Gordo Sweepstake Lottery, based in Spain. Both tell the recipients they have won
POLICE have praised taxi drivers in Oxford after stopping and checking cabs in the city. Of 76 vehicles examined, only one had to be taken off the road, and 11 were served notices for minor violations such as substandard tyres or headlights. Officers
