JACK Taylor was the man-of-the-match on his Friends Life T20 debut as he helped Gloucestershire to only their third win of the season in the competition. Gloucestershire edged out high-flying Somerset by two wickets, with Taylor’s performance
IT’S music festival time once again in Adderbury as the village’s party in the park takes place tomorrow. Organisers have secured a host of bands and singers to ensure the Lucy Plackett Playing Field in the village near Banbury, is alive with
BICESTER has its own group of people who plan to make the town greener. Grassroots Bicester was set up last September and so far has helped prevent about half a tonne of ‘rubbish’ going to landfill. The group has launched freecycling
PENSIONERS were left stranded on the top floor of a sheltered housing block for 18 days after its only lift broke. Elderly residents in The Willows, Chapel Street, Bicester were fuming it had been out of action for so long – and they had to
CHILDREN at an Oxford primary school put on an all-singing, all-dancing show for teachers from 30 other schools from across Europe. Windale Primary School in Blackbird Leys welcomed the delegation as part of the Comenius Project run by the British Council
TWO men have been been accused of raping a woman in Barton yesterday. Lee Davies, 26, from Barton Village Road in Barton, was charged with rape and another sexual offence on a 21-year-old woman. Brendan Faller, 23, from Hawthorn Avenue
THIS spa, with spectacular views of the Thames, is a bold architectural statement that would surely transform Abingdon’s image as a riverside town. It combines healthy living, luxury and architectural brilliance. But look carefully at the architects
SECURITY cordons have been set up around the Cotswold villages hosting supermodel Kate Moss's wedding to rock star Jamie Hince. The world's press has descended on the West Oxfordshire village of Little Faringdon, where the couple are set to hold a £500,000
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A SEASIDE special train will run in September to celebrate the completion of work to reinstate double track on the Cotswold Line from Oxford to Worcester. The Cotswold-Portsea Express, organised by the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, will take a First
A SEASIDE special train will run in September to celebrate the completion of work to reinstate double track on the Cotswold Line from Oxford to Worcester. The Cotswold-Portsea Express, organised by the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, will take a First
AN ECO-GROUP aiming to encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint has been relaunched. Low Carbon East Oxford was first formed in 2009 and attracted nearly 100 members. But organisers said due to the nature of the area’s transient population,
THOUSANDS of people will today start arriving at an Oxfordshire country house for the start of one of the county’s biggest music festivals. Cornbury Festival takes place at Great Tew, near Chipping Norton, with scores of acts taking to its
STUNT men, morris dancers, BBC presenters, a parade and 3,000 people will descend on Eynsham tomorrow. The annual Eynsham Carnival is in its 65th year and promises a festivities for all the family. Julie Jordan, chairman of the carnival committee,
“SHE will be able to live a normal life and stay at home with her children. I’m ecstatic — this is why I did it.” Those are the words of Diane Wincott who is days out of hospital after donating a kidney to her daughter Jasmine Parker, effectively giving
A CURRY chef from Bicester has been named the first winner of the UK Indian Chef Competition with a spicy menu to wow the tastebuds. Arzoo Miah, of Arzoo restaurant, in Market Square, picked up the king of the kormas crown after two hours in the kitchen
A CAMPAIGN backed by Oxfordshire parents to save children’s heart services in the county has now received more than 250,000 pledges of support. Midnight tonight marks the last day for people to have their say in a consultation on a major shake-up
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IT was the dream wedding she had always wanted – and her dying wish. Great-grandmother Janet Priest, from Greater Leys, Oxford, last week renewed her wedding vows with husband Terry in what she called the “perfect day”. The 63-year-old
IT was the dream wedding she had always wanted – and her dying wish. Great-grandmother Janet Priest, from Greater Leys, Oxford, last week renewed her wedding vows with husband Terry in what she called the “perfect day”. The 63-year-old, who has inoperable
THERE should be a great deal of anger turned on the district judge (that’s one rung up from a layman magistrate) and his court clerk who at a stroke junked the established way police investigate the most serious crimes. The 96-hour timeframe for police
OXFORDSHIRE Over 50s remain firmly on course for the knockout rounds of the ECB 50+ County Championship with one match remaining after a thumping 82-run victory over Shropshire at Banbury Twenty on Wednesday. Winning the toss, Oxon captain Ian Caunce
THE future of thousands of police investigations was still unclear last night as a senior officer said a controversial legal ruling on bailing suspects may see criminals escape justice. There are 6,256 suspects on police bail in the Thames
Radley and St Edward’s headed the local success story at Reading Town Regatta. The Oxfordshire schools recorded a hat-trick of wins each, while Abingdon landed two titles. Tethys, the Oxford lightweight women, took the international 3 eights, and
Former Oxford Cheetah Greg Hancock extended his lead at the top of the Speedway World Championship standings to 22 points, following the Italian Grand Prix in Terenzano on Saturday. The 41-year-old American overcame a slow start to the meeting, to finish
OXFORD United centre back Jake Wright has given their new training ground the thumbs-up after they returned for their first week of pre-season training. The U’s used to train at Chesterton, but are now based at Rover Sports and Social Club in Roman Way
NUMBER 16 in Tawney Street, a much sort-after street, on Oxford’s Morrell Estate, has been put up for sale because work is needed to be done on it before it can be let. The council waited nearly six months to decide on this – all that time losing rental
Ken Roper (Oxford Mail letters, June 23), said I’d missed the point when you said trucks could be speeding. After having a chat with a VOSA fella, a truck driver I know, I have the following information. Modern trucks have speed limiters built in
I HOPE that you will allow me to use your columns to reply to some of my critics in respect of HS2, the proposed railway line between London, Birmingham and the North, which passes through North East Oxfordshire. I have to start by remarking
Many Oxford residents have reached the end of their tether when it comes to student developments. Yes, a small minority will not want any form of development “in their backyard” and will always peg undergraduates as nuisances. But the vast majority
ON the commencement of the school holidays I decided to take two of my grandsons into Oxford to try and acquaint them with the vast amount of things to see and do there. Being a local lad I remember how the scales were released from my eyes when I joined
A brilliant spell of seam bowling by Faisal Khalid helped Oxfordshire Development XI to a convincing 156-run victory over Melo Park High School, Pretoria, in a friendly at Tiddington yesterday. Khalid, who moved from Banbury Twenty to Leamington this
Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League previews BANBURY and Oxfordshire spinner Luke Ryan could miss the rest of the season due to a finger injury. The in-form left-armer was hurt as he gathered a caught and bowled chance during Banbury’s defeat
DESPITE familiar names going to the wall, energy prices rocketing and dole queues lengthening, an inordinate number of people still seem happy to blow three-figure sums of money on attending music festivals. Why are people so willing to
I WOULD like to add my views to Peter Langley’s letter (Oxford Mail, June 28), re ritual animal slaughter for meat. Those who practise ritual slaughter have always been in denial that it causes horrendous pain and suffering. It is barbaric and should
THERE is an adage that says the pen is mightier than the sword! But, in the present day, it is obvious that robots and computers are the mightiest, and that humans are surplus to requirements in the world. All the large conglomerates
THE ginger-haired girl leapt from the bus as if shot from a cannon. I say ‘ginger-haired’ so not to confuse the colour with the latest craze of red-with-a-vengeance. She sailed through the air, missing by inches pedestrians making their lawful
SATURDAY. CRICKET. SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE. Div 1: Bishop’s Stortford v Henley, Falkland v Banbury, Tring Park v Oxford. Div 2 West: Aston Rowant v Slough, Horspath v Thame Tn. MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE. Div 1: Bourton Vale
Stan Maciak, of Didcot Phoenix, produced a superb performance to win the 65 -69 age group title at the RTTC 50-Mile National Championships held on the A31 course at Farnham. Maciak (pictured) recorded a time of 2hrs 7mins 56secs in difficult blustery
New signing Peter Leven said he is not getting carried away after finally making his Oxford United debut in Friday’s 1-0 victory over an Everton XI. The former MK Dons midfielder has had to watch on as his new team put together an eight-match unbeaten
Oxford United’s Milk Cup hero Ray Houghton, striker John Durnin, defender Bobby McDonald and midfielder Martin Gray are the latest names lined up for the Dave Langan-Joey Beauchamp testimonial next Friday. The quartet have all agreed to
Oxford's Hannah England set her sights on world glory after retaining her 1500m title at the Aviva UK Trials and Championship in Birmingham on Saturday. The result confirmed England’s place in the Great Britain team at the World Championships in Korea
ONE little boy at Beckley Primary wants a new school sandpit so much that he has been bringing in 5p of his pocket money each week to put towards it. But five-year-old Finlay Colverson-Martin will be able to keep his money for himself if the
A DESIGNER from Oxford is on the road to stardom after landing a presenting role on a planned new television show. Kerr Drummond will advise people how to make the most of their homes and create the perfect kitchen. And he will be working
Oxford City continued their build-up to the Evo-Stik Southern League season with a 2-0 win against Blue Square South side Eastleigh at Court Place Farm on Saturday. They went ahead on eight minutes when Felipe Barcelos broke clear before finding the
