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  • Summertown Rockets 0 - Northway Boys 2, U9s Green

    An evenly skilled match with no score at the half. Northway was able to defend well in the second half as Summertown saw a few opportunities in front of their goal. Northway got their strikers goal-side of the Summertown defense with some nice passes

  • Crowmarsh 0 v 1 Whitchurch Hill, a stunning encounter

    Sunday 15th November - Crowmarsh v. Whitchurch Hill Crowmarsh came into this game knowing they had something to prove, having lost 8-1 to Whitchurch Hill in the Cup the previous week. They did this, and both teams gave the supporters possibly the

  • Air pistols stolen in burglary

    JEWELLERY, money and two air pistols were stolen in a burglary at Springhill Farm Cottages, Milton under Wychwood on Thursday. Burglars entered the property via a back door between 9.20am and 10.30am. Witnesses should contact PC Ken Cook at Chipping

  • Santa suits can strike again

    A BAND from one of Oxford’s twin cities will return this Christmas – complete with their Santa suits. Feestkapel Decibel band, pictured, from Leiden in Holland, has been invited back for the festive parade and Christmas lights switch-on. It comes a

  • Beating victim tells of injuries

    A MAN who was punched to the ground and kicked in the head in a late-night attack has told a court of the injuries he suffered. Richard O’Rourke had been drinking in Bicester when he was attacked in Market Square, a jury at Oxford Crown Court

  • Trio smuggled £3m worth of cocaine

    TWO members of an international drug smuggling ring have been jailed for more than 18 years after police found cocaine worth millions of pounds in a car boot. Matthew King, 42, from Laverstoke Lane, Whit- church, Hampshire, and Harry Lenton, 24, of Midlane

  • It's time to go

    IT’s all well and good for plucky widow Beryl Mitchell to pose defiantly at her garden gate, and talk proudly about staying put at her home in Rose Hill (Friday’s Oxford Mail). But this stubborn lady is holding up a much-needed housing scheme for nearly

  • Control-freakery

    IT IS council Leader Bob Price and the Labour Group that are attempting to subvert meetings of the full council, not Oxford’s Green Party Councillors (Oxford Mail letter, November 11). According to the constitution section 11.13(d), motions can only

  • City of suffering

    IT HAS recently come to my attention that Oxford is a city of animal suffering. The fact that thousands of animals are being abused and killed within the city by Oxford University every year is simply appalling and unjustifiable. I am therefore writing

  • School governors must share blame

    AS A family member of a pupil of Wheatley Park School, I attended a meeting to discuss the fact that the school had failed its Ofsted inspection. Among issues to be raised were the standard of education, the control of disruptive students and the failure

  • Two held after pub brawl

    Police tonight appealed for witnesses following a fight at Off the Beaten Track pub in Chipping Norton. At about 1.50am on Saturday, police were called to reports of a fight involving 12 to 15 people. A 27-year-old man and a 50-year-old man were

  • Burglars steal air pistols

    Burglars forced their way into Springhill Farm Cottages, Milton under Wychwood, and stole jewellery, money and two air pistols. The break-in happened between 9.20am and 10.30am on Thursday, when offenders forced open the back door. Witnesses should

  • Step up patrols

    FINING someone £80 for dropping a matchstick in Cornmarket Street (Oxford Mail, November 9) was fair enough as we are trying to clean up the city. But where are the street wardens at 5.30 in the morning? I go into Oxford every morning, arriving at

  • Roundabout worry

    I NOTE that Sainsbury’s intends to extend and improve its Heyford Hill site in Oxford. No doubt this will result in even more traffic trying to enter the traffic stream at the Heyford Hill roundabout from the store. It is extremely hazardous attempting

  • Look in the mirror

    SO, Ed Turner, Labour deputy leader of Oxford City Council, has realised that local government has got a bad name (Oxford Mail, November 9). And he wonders why. Ed, just look in the mirror. What gives government a bad name is saying one thing and doing

  • Box Wine fights the Bad Rap!

    When I got the box of wine at my desk the other week, I thought . . . wow a way to drink wine at work and no one will notice . . . where’s the straw? The Sangiovese Tavernello looked remarkably like a box juice drink your mom packs in your

  • ON YER BIKE: Call for hubs

    Even I thought that putting Oxford’s first bike hub in the basement of the Town Hall was a bit of a pipe dream. How wrong I was. Councillor John Tanner and some council officers recently joined me on a tour of the basement. It turns out there are acres

  • Cash stolen in Oxford burglaries

    Police are appealing for witnesses after two burglaries in Cumnor Hill and Elms Rise. Between 9am and 11am on Friday, thieves gained entry to a property in Cumnor Hill and stole cash. Between 9am and 12.30pm, offenders gained entry to a property in

  • Bicester Village shoplifter jailed

    A "PROFESSIONAL shoplifter” was jailed today after stealing more than £2,000 worth of clothes from Bicester Village. Mother-of-two Kim Hardwick, 52, admitted carrying eight pairs of jeans, worth a total of £2,164, out of Rock Couture on January 26,

  • Dancers raise cash for Children In Need

    PEOPLE in Kidlington got funky with the help of dance instructor George Martini to raise about £400 for Children in Need. Mr Martini said 70 people took part in the Zumba jam at Kidlington sports centre in Oxford Road. Dancers, including children and

  • Oxford City V Marston Saints Under 10's Blue

    Saints got off to a flying start scoring early in the first half with a great individual goal from Ethan Waite saw Saints take the lead. Marston dominated the first half but failed to capitalize with many shots going wide or being delt with by city's

  • Grave concerns over burial plans

    FOR more than 40 years, Second World War veteran David Hunt believed his final resting place would be at a church just a stone’s throw from his home. The 83-year-old and his 56-year-old wife Wendy also specified All Saints Church in Didcot as their final

  • DARTS: Marvellous Moss in double delight

    Ian Moss, of the Butchers Arms, Witney, completed a magical double by adding the Greene King Oxford & District Darts Association Summer League singles title to the winter league crown he won earlier this year. He overcame a stout challenge from College

  • DARTS: Latest results

    GREENE KING OXFORD & DISTRICT DARTS ASSOCIATION WINTER LEAGUE Men Premier & Section 1: Angel 3, Shears 6; College Oak 7, Littlemore RBL 2; Bicester Town 6, Butchers Arms 3. Section 2: Folly Bridge 2, Railway SC 7; Cricketers A 0, Cowley Workers

  • DARTS: Oxon's capital test

    Oxfordshire take on London in the BDO Youth Championship at East Challow British Legion on Sunday (12noon). OXON SQUAD Under 18: L Bower (capt), M Burns, S Cooper, J Lucas, S Lewis, G Bishop, S Almond, S Wright, S Smith, T Timms, M Taylor, S Caswell

  • Camper van theft stalls family's dream trip

    A FAMILY’S dreams of travelling around Europe have been shattered after their camper van was stolen. Simon Culligan’s cherished Volkswagen Westfalia, which could cost up to £25,000 to replace, was the second vehicle of its kind to be taken in Oxfordshire

  • Toddler tackles sponsored swim for physio funds

    FOR Zilah Grant and her two-year-old son, Khian, every moment is precious. Doctors have told Miss Grant that Khian will not live beyond his 20s, due to an extremely rare condition, Zellweger syndrome. The disease, thought to affect just

  • RUGBY UNION: Blunt Bulls scrape home

    Banbury Bulls 13, Northampton BBOB 7 If winning ugly is the mark of champions, then Banbury Bulls must be a good bet for the Midlands 2 East South crown. However, they will need to find more control than they did in this error-strewn clash, which

  • RUGBY UNION: Holmes left frustrated

    Banbury Bulls coach Grant Holmes admitted his players made hard work of beating Northampton BBOB. He said: “It was rather frustrating. We should have put another 20 or 30 points on them, but failed to do it. “The first half was probably

  • £750,000 culverts to ease city flooding risk

    A £750,000 scheme to ease flooding throughout Oxford was completed today. The Environment Agency’s work to install culverts on Hinksey Drain near the Redbrige park-and-ride site has freed up a bottleneck to the south of the city that had caused

  • RUGBY UNION: Prescott brace seals bonus for Chinnor

    Two late tries from scrum half Toby Prescott earned Chinnor a bonus point in a 24-0 victory at Chippenham in National 3 South West. Prescott notched on 71 and 77 minutes to cap a powerful Chinnor display in very wet and windy conditions. The visitors

  • RUGBY UNION: Hawks battle to home win

    Henley Hawks battled to a 24-12 victory over Bridgwater & Albion in National 2 South despite have much less possession than their opponents. As elsewhere, the wet and windy conditions made for a forward-dominated clash, which was scoreless for the first

  • RUGBY UNION: Wallingford's six-try cruise

    Wallingford produced their best performance of the season to win 30-14 at Oakmeadians in South West 1 East. Their opening try came when centre Johnny Collett fed full back Henry Venners, who jinked through. They then added two quick pushover scores,

  • RUGBY UNION: Witney power clear in second half

    Leaders Witney crushed Swindon 48-10 after a fine second-half display in Southern Counties North. Swindon reduced the arrears to 12-10 on 50 minutes, but Witney ran in five unanswered tries to romp home. Wing James Monks bagged Witney’s first try after

  • RUGBY UNION: Oxford back in promotion hunt

    BB&O leagues Oxford clawed their way back into the Premier Division promotion race with a 30-6 victory at leaders Alchester. Centre Sam Myers opened the scoring for a fired-up Oxford, with Dom Coe converting his try. Alchester’s forwards produced

  • Red League U9s - Summertown 3 - Littlemore 3

    Littlemore left it late to snatch a draw in an entertaining fixture at a cold and blustery Cuttteselowe Park on Saturday morning. A 'never say die' attitude and a slice of good fortune ensured a sharing of the points. In the first match

  • Midwives' hi-tech demo impresses TV doc

    HI-TECH equipment used to train midwives in Oxford impressed one of the nation’s best-known doctors. Dr Miriam Stoppard, who has written more than 50 books on pregnancy and health, toured Oxford Brookes University’s facilities before sharing her expertise

  • Brawn launch wind tunnel website

    Brackley-based Brawn GP has launched a new website dedicated to the team’s wind tunnel facilities. Brawn GP's original half-scale wind tunnel was commissioned in February 2000 and used to develop the team’s Formula One racing cars using 50

  • HOCKEY: Lammey double caps great City comeback

    City of Oxford stormed back from two down to win 3-2 at Southgate 2nd, and go top of South Clubs’ Division 3A. They fell behind to Southgate’s first attack, as the home side scored from open play, and then struck again. Christine Fraser pulled one back

  • HOCKEY: Hawks' frailties shown up again

    Oxford Hawks slumped to a demoralising 5-2 home defeat against London Wayfarers in Premier Division 2 of the South League. Hawks could not complain at the outcome, although an appalling umpiring decision finally put the game beyond their reach

  • HOCKEY: Witney back from the dead

    Witney pulled off a dramatic last-gasp 3-2 win over Eastcote Simbas to go top of South League MBB&O Division 2. A long hold-up on the M40 meant Witney arrived with barely time for a warm-up, which was reflected in a lethergic and error-strewn first-half

  • Brawn confirm Mercedes takeover

    Mercedes-Benz will head up their own Formula One team next season after taking a 75.1 per cent share in Brackley-based Brawn GP, the British-based constructors have confirmed. Mercedes engines powered Brawn's Jenson Button to the world championship

  • Oliver Nadin goes Nap for Radley

    Radley were quickly out of the blocks and put Kidlington under pressure from the start. They were sonn rewarded with goals from Seb Molford, Oliver Nadin and Owen Sharp. But kidlington responded well and began to get back in the game, but 2 further

  • Local share prices (PM)

    AEA Technology 29.25 BMW 3051 Electrocomponents 169.5 Gladstone 29.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 80.5 Oxford Biomedica 13 Oxford Catalysts 52.5 Oxford Instruments 220 Reed Elsevier 475.1 RM 150.5 RPS Group 215.3 Courtesy

  • Man arrested following cocaine seizure

    A 44-year-old man accused of dealing cocaine is in custody. The man was arrested after police discovered 116 wraps of cocaine in Gloucester Green at about 8.30pm last night. The man was arrested on suspicion of possession of class A

  • Meals on wheels company collapses

    A MEALS on wheels company which supplies food to Oxfordshire pensioners has collapsed. Administrators for Flowfood said production had ceased and all 130 staff had been made redundant after a failure to find a buyer for the business.

  • £3m cocaine smuggling pair jailed

    TWO men behind an international drug smuggling ring have been jailed for a total of 18 years and four months after police found cocaine worth millions of pounds in the boot of a car. Martin Lonsdale, 50, of Chapel Close, Clifton, near Deddington

  • £3m drug smugglers jailed

    Two men behind an international drug smuggling ring have been jailed for a total of 18 years and four months after police found millions of pounds worth of cocaine in the boot of a car. Martin Lonsdale, 50, of Chapel Close, Clifton, near Deddington

  • Man due in court on knife charge

    A MAN accused of brandishing two knives in an Oxford pub is due in court today. Ervis Kola, 21, of Lytton Road, in Oxford, was charged with affray, possession of a bladed article, three counts of assault and a public order offence after an

  • FOOTBALL: Witney handed tough draw

    FA VASE Witney United's reward for Saturday's 5-1 victory over Erith & Belvedere is a home game against either Christchurch or Almondsbury Town. Should Almondsbury beat Wessex League outfit Christchurch, Witney will host their unbeaten Hellenic League

  • City toilets given reprieve

    FOUR public toilets have been saved from closure by Oxford City Council because it is in line for a cash boost from the Government. Toilets at Knights Road in Blackbird Leys, Cowley Road in Littlemore, and South Parade and Woodstock Road in

  • Four city public toilets in line for reprieve

    FOUR public toilets have been saved from closure by Oxford City Council because it is in line for a cash boost from the Government. Toilets at Knights Road in Blackbird Leys, Cowley Road in Littlemore, South Parade and Woodstock Road in Summertown,

  • Gang attacks two men in city centre

    TWO men were attacked by a gang after a night out in Oxford city centre. The men, aged 21 and 18, left Que Pasa and were walking along New Road at about 3am on Thursday when they were approached by six men. They were attacked and punched after the

  • Gang attacked men in Oxford

    Police today appealed for witnesses to an attempted robbery in Oxford. At about 3am last Thursday, a 21-year-old man and his 18-year-old friend had left Que Passa and were walking along New Road, when they were approached by six men. The men demanded

  • Chipping Norton air crash sparked safety alert

    PILOTS were given a safety alert after two planes collided in mid-air over Oxfordshire during the Second World War. As we recalled (Memory Lane, September 21), the collision, near Chipping Norton, of Wellington and Oxford aircraft while on night training

  • The changing face of Burford

    A RICH and poor man’s meal was organised by Burford Council of Churches in 1986 to highlight the differences between the West and the Third World. The luck of the draw decided who got a bowl of soup and a roll and who got a three-course meal.

  • Woolies won fight for prime Oxford site

    THE opening of the new Woolworth’s store in Oxford in 1957 was celebrated in style. The Oxford Mail produced a 12-page supplement on Wednesday, October 16, two days before the store began trading. A copy has been sent in by a reader.

  • Horspath footballers out in force at dinner

    HORSPATH may be a small village, but its football team attracted plenty of support. These pictures were taken at the club’s annual dinner, held in the old village hall in about 1951. The pictures were sent in by Keith Brooks, of Gateley

  • Tetsworth children fought threat to 'pub'

    THESE children were outraged when planners threatened to shut their “pub”. While regulars drank in the Swan at Tetsworth, youngsters enjoyed themselves in their own “bar” in a khaki-coloured caravan next door. Inside the caravan, they could buy cola

  • Wolvercote girls learned cookery skills

    THESE girls didn’t need TV programmes or cookery books to know how to prepare a meal. They learned the basic skills of the kitchen under the tuition of their cookery teacher in the classroom. These were the 24 girls in the cookery class at Wolvercote

  • UPDATE: Two soldiers to be repatriated today

    The bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan will arrive in Oxford this afternoon after being repatriated to the UK. Their coffins are being flown to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire before being driven to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford

  • Wilder’s message to United - We must take it on the chin

    Manager Chris Wilder says his table-topping Oxford United team have to take Saturday's defeat "on the chin" – and now go on another unbeaten run. The U's lost for only the second time this season as they went down 3-1 at Kidderminster on

  • U's fans can jump on 12th Man bandwagon

    FROM today, Oxford United fans have a new way to show support for their club and directly influence what happens on the pitch. The Oxford Mail has teamed up with the club’s 12th Man fund to offer yellow wristbands to U’s fans. Every single penny from

  • Date set for food waste recycling to start in Oxford

    THE city’s first doorstep food waste recycling service starts next month — although the man in charge says we should all have been doing it at least three years ago. The first phase of a massive push to give every home in the city plastic bins to throw

  • Vital we all do our bit for recycling

    WE ARE days away from a major change to the way Oxford residents dispose of their rubbish. At the start of next month, homes in large swathes of the city will be asked to put aside their food waste for recycling. About £100,000 is being spent on the

  • Get your running shoes on for OX5

    TODAY the Oxford Mail urges our readers to get their running shoes on for a good cause. The paper has teamed up with Oxford Children’s Hospital in a bid to get as many people as possible to enter the 2010 OX5Run. Organisers expect more

  • Oxfam worker walks to climate change talks in Denmark

    AN OXFAM worker who has experienced the effects of climate change first-hand will today set off for the Copenhagen summit — on foot. Pushpanath Krishnamurthy, who is known as Push, plans to raise awareness of issues surrounding climate change as he goes

  • Two more soldiers are repatriated

    The bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan are being repatriated to the UK today. Their coffins are being flown to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire before being driven to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for a post mortem. The cortege is expected