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Oxford United announced their return to the Football League by thrashing League One Bristol Rovers in the competition's League Cup, the Carling Cup, tonight. Four goals in 11 minutes midway through the first half powered them into the second

Oxford United held an incredible 4-1 lead at half-time in tonight's Carling Cup first round clash with Bristol Rovers at the Kassam Stadium. The U's goals came from Simon Heslop, Matt Green, James Constable and Jack Midson, with their League

Speeding has increased in Oxfordshire since the speed cameras were turned off, according to new research from Thames Valley’s Safer Roads Partnership. Radar equipment was left in some cameras after the switch-off last week to continue monitoring

THE victim of a brutal attack in Oxford six years ago last night branded her attacker’s two-year jail sentence “pathetic” and spoke of her fear of meeting him again. Nichola Wollage-Joyce, 39, contacted the Oxford Mail after discovering ex-boyfriend

OXFORD commemorated the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Sunday, when hundreds of lanterns were launched from Donnington Bridge. It marked the 65th anniversary of the two atomic bombs being dropped on Japan by the United States on August

A PUBWATCH scheme in Oxford is being revamped so all of its members can ban troublemakers instead of just one. The voluntary scheme in east Oxford started two years ago to keep watch for problem customers. But it has never really got off the ground

TWO criminals who stole a pensioner’s brand new car and left it overturned in Blackbird Leys Road have been jailed. Shane Coates, 22, of Lytton Road, and Philip Hall, 23, of Slaymaker Close, were sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Friday after writing

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THE memory of Jake Spicer shone brightly again as dozens of players enjoyed a football tournament set up in tribute to the teenager. Seven teams took part in a five-a-side tournament at Peers Leisure Centre, in Littlemore, Oxford, on Saturday to raise

A fancy dress football match which saw players dressed in all kinds of costumes, including Fred Flintstone and Bugs Bunny, was held at the Carterton Recreation Ground on Saturday to raise money for the disability charity Scope.

Four Oxfordshire women have been selected as finalists in an awards scheme designed for people working from home. Mary Thomas from Faringdon; Vanessa Blake of Steventon; Abingdon-based Catherine Warrilow and Alison Greenfrom Chipping Norton

STAFF and residents at a nursing home are asking volunteers to spend a few hours visiting them to make life more fun and interesting. Westgate House, in Millington Road, Wallingford, has 61 residents, but visits from local volunteers to enterain the

Police are appealing for witnesses after thieves stole more than 6,000 litres of fuel from a garage in Shipton-under-Wychwood. Between 11pm on Saturday and 1am on Sunday, thieves stole 6,500 litres of diesel from an overground tank at the Station

ORGANISERS of an annual music festival have announced a ban on Chinese fire Lanterns this year, claiming “lots of beer and naked flames do not mix”. Last week a stray Chinese Lantern, set off at a birthday celebration, landed in a field near Woodstock

TEENAGERS have taken over an old council highway depot in Faringdon. A group of eight young people designed the colourful new youth centre, at the Cromwell Centre, in Highworth Road, which was officially opened by Lord Faringdon last month.

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Divs 6-10 Will Sutcliffe hammered a magnificent 144 as Thame Town 3rd thrashed Aston Rowant 4th in Division 10. Sutcliffe scored more than half of his side’s 227-5 in which Lindsay Smith claimed 3-53. John Adams then took

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Property experts in Oxfordshire have played down fears that house prices are falling. A new report by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows more agents in the county predicting a fall in house prices with more properties on their

Oxford United have confirmed their lift-off by striking up a marketing partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways. And the great news for Oxford Mail readers is that we will be running a fantastic competition, in conjunction with the U’s, which

Property experts in Oxfordshire have played down fears that house prices are falling. A new report by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows more agents in the county predicting a fall in house prices with more properties on their books and

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Div 5 Bledlow Ridge 2nd beat Tiddington 2nd by four runs with six balls to spare in a thrilling finish. Martin Middleton (87) and James Stevens (57) starred in Ridge's 219-5, while Neil Smith took 3-68. Smith then hit

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Div 3 Morning leaders Aston Rowant 2nd dropped to third and were replaced at the top by Great Brickhill, who beat them by 56 runs. Rowant reduced their visitors to 147 all out after Tim Foster took 3-41. Doug

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Div 4 Cropredy stuffed Stokenchurch by eight wickets to join them at the top. In a surprisingly one-sided affair, Stokenchurch were bowled out for 162, Ed Somerton doing much of the damage by taking 3-32.

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Div 2 Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts need 43 points from a possible 100 to guarantee the title after they saw off Tiddington by 32 runs in a tightly-fought contest. Nondies were well set on 148-4 from

SHOPPERS in Oxford were welcomed to the opening of not one, but two new Tesco stores in the city centre yesterday. A Tesco Metro, in the former Borders store in Magdalen Street, and a new outlet at St Aldate’s will employ almost 200 people.

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Div 1 Horspath moved within two victories of their first Cherwell League title after they hammered Bourton Vale by eight wickets for their tenth win in 14 matches. Vale slumped to their fifth straight defeat since having

A MAN with a sexual obsession for young girls has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Martin Leonard, 25, who already has previous convictions for downloading indecent images on to his computer, targeted an eight-year-old girl on her own in Purfleet

A SENIOR Ministry of Defence worker’s stash of child pornography and bestiality videos was uncovered when he dropped three memory sticks at an Oxfordshire military centre. Married father-of-one Jeremy Spicer also stored some of the illegal

MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE - Graham Scott's Match of the Day Great & Little Tew all but ended Shipton-under-Wychwood’s hopes of pulling off a rare double of winning Division 1 and the npower Village Cup on Saturday. Tew prevailed by four wickets in

Have you ever fantasized about what you’d do if you saw someone vandalising or stealing a bike? What about if it was your bike? In some cultures, you insult a person’s family at your peril. With me, that goes for my bikes as well. A recent Oxford Mail

CHILDREN got back to basics during summer camps. As part of the week-long and day camps, which ran from the beginning of August, children fished for their food, made shelters and lit fires. Cornbury Park, near Charlbury, offered the

SALES of the Oxford-built Mini dropped by more than 20 per cent in the UK after the Government’s car scrappage scheme came to an end, it emerged last night. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 2,234 Minis were sold in July, compared

ON BEHALF OF Kure City Council History Library, in Japan, I am anxious to make contact with anybody who served in the Kure area from late 1945-1956 as a member of the British Army, Navy or Air Force. Memories, and the loan of old photographs of Japan

IT SEEMS poor John Tanner has his foot permanently in his mouth these days. In his letter (Oxford Mail, July 27) he says the children of South Oxford should not have to suffer because of the bankers’ crisis and the recession. Their scheme for an adventure

Health Minister Andrew Lansley’s White Paper on the health service talks of “efficiency gains, with savings reinvested in frontline services”. But Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust proposes cuts in frontline mental health

Rileys Social Club C opened up a 16-point lead at the top of the men’s Greene King ODDA Oxford & District Premier League with an 8-1 win over Section 1 opponents Prince of Wales. Wins for Jon Jukes, Phil Addison, Stuart Dutton, who notched a 180, and

Didcot Town have been dealt a blow after centre back Martin Brown rejoined his old club Thame United. Brown joined the Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division outfit in 2008 from Brackley Town, having earlier had spells at Oxford City and Thame after

I AM beginning to wonder if Oxford City Council ever listens to the people at all. Area committees were set up so that councillors could make decisions for their area and so that local people could also have their say and influence those councillors

I was very pleased to see a response (Oxford Mail, August 2) from John Walker in relation to Michael Rhymes’ comments (Mail, July 27) regarding the veterans honoured recently, one of them being my father, Brian Thomas. I was extremely upset and outraged

Q. Three years ago my son rescued a piglet from the farm where he works. She survived and is now fully grown but she is getting very fat. What can we do? Mrs R SMITH, Lechlade. A. Pigs are like humans – they get overweight by eating

OXFORD United footballer Alfie Potter has been bailed by police investigating two stabbings in a central London nightclub. The 21-year-old was arrested following the incident at the Attica nightclub in Kingly Street, off Regent Street, at 2.45am on Monday

IT’S amazing the lengths some people will go for their pets. And one Bampton couple are so desperate to help their canine pal Yohann they are totting up a £2,000 annual bill to keep him because of a rare illness. The Pointer-Labrador

LAST ditch attempts to extinguish a controversial incinerator deal – worth £651m – failed yesterday. The contract allowing private contractor Viridor to build and run a waste incinerator near Ardley was agreed by Oxfordshire County Council last month

A “VERY, very dishonest lady” who fraudulently claimed more than £60,000 in benefits was spared prison because it would cost taxpayers too much, a judge has ruled. Regina Hutchinson swindled Oxford City Council and the Department for Work and

THERE is some sound logic behind Judge Christopher Compston’s decision not to jail £60,000 benefit cheat Regina Hutchinson. But once again the courts have sabotaged their common sense by not making sure there is some sort of deterrent to others

Oxford United can again bask in the glow of being back in proper football when they take on Bristol Rovers at the Kassam Stadium in the Carling Cup first round tonight. When they were suffering in the wasteland of the Blue Square Premier, United had

JAZZ, gothic rock or reggae – there was something for all music-lovers in Oxfordshire at the weekend. In East and West Hanney, near Wantage, hundreds of revellers turned out for the second annual Hanneyfest, which ran from Friday through to Sunday.

OXFORD United players are encouraging fans to sign up for a sponsored walk in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. The charity, which provides free nursing care to cancer patients and the terminally ill, has been chosen as the Football League’s official

ROMANIANS living in Oxford have reacted angrily following comments by police about gangs of muggers in the city centre. In an article in the Oxford Mail on Friday, Thames Valley Police said teams of “Romanian women” were coming to Oxford to beg for money

CHILDREN visiting Oxford Castle got the chance to travel back in time and become knights for a day at the weekend. Brave youngsters could try their hand at being a medieval knight, trying on replica helmets, breastplates and chain mail and enjoy medieval