A TEENAGER is hoping her school expands its anti-bullying strategy after a survey found most students had been victimised. Delilah Bannister, 14, decided to investigate bullying as part of a project for her citizenship GCSE on an issue she
BELLS will ring out over part of Marston after church leaders overcame “anti-religious” objections to win council permission. Oxford City Council members approved controversial plans on Wednesday for bells to be rung at the Russian Orthodox church of
VISITORS to Oxford’s Bodleian Library won’t find the Holy Grail, but they can find literary treasures now on show in a new exhibition. They include comedian Terry Jones’ script for the 1974 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It is
IT is 70 years since that wartime evening when a small group of people gathered in the Old Library of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, for what was to be one of the most globally significant meetings in Oxford’s history. The group represented
ABINGDON could belatedly get a bandstand in the park as organisers look to splash £55,000 on marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Abingdon Town Council has put aside £40,000 for a four-day celebration in June which will include a party in Ock Street
FOUR prison workers have been awarded for their “excellent work” in tackling inmates’ alcohol problems. Officer Bertil Boyles and colleagues Piers Harris, Stephanie Chick and Adam Payne helped set up an Alcohol Dependency Treatment Programme 18 months
THE owners of Foxbury Farm Shop have pulled out of plans to sell the facility and are now planning its long-term future. The shop, based in Brize Norton, sells locally-produced food and boasts the largest display of local meat in Oxfordshire. It has
AEA Technology 0.32 BMW 5810 Electrocomponents 230.3 Nationwide Accident Repair 60 Oxford Biomedica 3.3 Oxford Catalysts 48.5 Oxford Instruments 980 Reed Elsevier 527.75 RM 79.75 RPS Group 221.6 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
Oxford United's npower League Two game against Barnet tomorrow was postponed following a pitch inspection today with the Kassam Stadium pitch frozen.
Small cars have always been big business in the car world, but now they are huge. The downsizing move started at the end of the last decade but, with economies shrinking and wallets tightening, some analysts are predicting that superminis will account
Theatregoers travel once more into the strange but familiar territory that has come to be called Pinterland courtesy of a fine revival this week by the student company Illyria Productions of The Hothouse. Harold Pinter wrote the play in 1958, but
THOUSANDS of trees will planted in the grounds of Oxford’s hospitals in a scheme to boost health and the environment. Each tree will be donated by a member of the public to mark the life of a family member, to celebrate an event such as a birth or to
MORE and more Oxfordshire firms are looking to ride out the economic crisis by boosting their exports. A new report shows more companies in the county want to trade abroad than the average figure for the South East and across the UK.
TWO Oxfordshire schools set to be among the first in the county to convert to academy status will not now change until September. Banbury School and Dashwood School, which are federated together, were originally set to become academies in September 2011
THESE red pegs will soon be a common sight for hospital patients across Oxfordshire in a move to improve their dignity and privacy. The pegs, which read “engaged” are placed on curtains around a patient’s bed and used as a sign that no one should enter
TWO Oxfordshire schools set to be among the first in the county to convert to academy status will not now change until September. Banbury School and Dashwood School, which are federated together, were originally set to become academies in September 2011
Oxford United have confirmed that Saturday's League Two home match with Barnet is in serious doubt. It has been agreed with Barnet Football Club and the Football League that a Football League official will inspect the pitch at 3pm today.
It was a weekend of success for young Oxfordshire badminton players, with pride of place going to Amy Lawson, from Benson. Lawson won a gold medal for girls doubles in a Badminton England under 17 silver graded tournament in Worcester on Sunday and also
A man was told to pay costs of £640 after admitting a failure of duty of care when waste in his control was found dumped in Harwell. Police arrested Jason Bennett, of York Road, West Hagbourne, after a warrant was issued when he failed to appear in court
WANTAGE cycling star John Paul received the Chris Hoy Award for a second time in three years after excelling at the Revolution 36 event in Manchester. The 18-year-old helped Team GB finish third in the sprint meeting, behind winners Team Sky, who were
A DIABETIC clubber claims doormen mistook him for an illegal drug user. James Cowley was with friends at Camera Fusion Bar and Restaurant in St Ebbe’s Street when he said bouncers asked to look through his bag. The Oxford Brookes student said
Dame Joan Bakewell is most famous for three things: a broadcasting career that goes back to Late Night Line-Up in the 1960s, an affair with Harold Pinter and her role as champion of older people (unbelievably she’s 78). These topics and others will come
HOW controversial would a play about incest be if it were written today? Some way between ‘quite’ and ‘very’, I suggest. So what must the audience reaction have been 380 or so years ago when ’Tis Pity She’s A Whore was first presented? John Ford’s
Oxford Contemporary Music has lined up another eclectic season of unique sound worlds. Every OCM season pushes the boundaries a bit further, and the new season, which starts on February 11, is brimming with unusual sounds. A notable feature is OCM’
It seems stupidity is this week’s signature. After all, how else to explain a diabetic being mistaken for an illegal drug user, as is claimed happened at the Camera Fusion Bar, in St Ebbe’s. Would someone blind with a white stick also have been ejected
Oxford United boss Wilder has ensured the big freeze hasn’t hit preparations for tomorrow’s game against Barnet. The players have been training on the new 3G pitch at Oxford City. “It’s a late winter and we’ve been pretty blessed with the weather this
Liam Davis said he had no hesistation in signing an extension to his contract when it was offered to him by Oxford United. The new deal will keep the 25-year-old at the club until the summer of 2013 with an option of a further year beyond that
A DEAL has been agreed which puts the Westgate rebuild back on track, councillors will be told next week. Oxford City Council has renegotiated its financial stake in the project with the Westgate Oxford Alliance (WOA), disposing of the existing car parks
A BRIGADIER has spoken of the great sadness in his regiment after the repatriation of a colleague yesterday. Signaller Ian Sartorius-Jones, of 20th Armoured Brigade’s Signal Squadron, died on January 24, but it is believed not as the result of hostile
I WOULD like to draw attention to an issue which has affected many of us living in Charlbury, Chipping Norton and the surrounding villages – the closure of the Dean Pit recycling centre. Councillors Glena Chadwick (Liberal Democrat) and Eve Coles (Labour
How I echo the sentiments expressed by Bill Goodwin (Oxford Mail, January 30). It is time to acknowledge that the human animal is not supreme. Where in other species an engineered death is regarded as a kindness, it seems strange that the same relief
IT has been said that the costs of reinstating the Oxford-Witney-Carterton railway (Oxford Mail, January 21) are prohibitive. So are the costs of not reinstating the line to Witney. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. All that’s missing
How easy it is to consider the raven as just ‘a large black bird’, possibly even dismissing the sight of this magnificent creature as ‘just another crow’. Closer views, however, change our perspective greatly. Black it may be, but in sunlight it shimmers
Looking out across the quiet vastness of Chimney Meadows, the trees and fields covered with a light dusting of frost on a January morning, I have to pinch myself that this is work! When the landscape is still with hardly a breeze to ruffle
FRANK Jones has warned his Chinnor teammates against complacency in tomorrow’s National 3 South West derby at Oxford Harlequins (2.30). Chinnor scrum half Jones, who is a former Quins player, has been a key cog of a side that have won all 17 league matches
WHAT has happened to schools in Oxfordshire? There was a time when Oxfordshire was an example of good educational standards. While I think there is a need for specialists in secondary schools, it is in nurseries and junior schools that foundations are
I CAN fully appreciate Simon Lord’s feelings on having his medication rationed (Oxford Mail, January 2). We hear a great deal about the Postcode Lottery concerning NHS drugs, but the fact of the matter is that there is an even more insidious lottery,
IF Banbury MP Tony Baldry really believes that “the only person who should determine when we should die is the Almighty” (Oxford Mail, January 12, and Letters, January 30), then he must logically oppose all forms of medical intervention, including antibiotics
TWO 14-year-old girls were having a severe fit of the giggles, leaning on each other and emitting loud shrieks and caring little for the mixed glances they attracted. The shrieks echoed along the avenues of Castle Quay shopping centre in Banbury. What
Clanfield will be without at least eight regulars for their Uhlsport Hellenic League Supplementary Cup second-round match at home to Didcot Town Res. The fit-again Dan Bishop returns, while manager Peter Osborne adds Darren Coleman, Yassin El-Ouhabi
Abingdon United boss Richie Bourne expects Danny Seaward to make his debut in their Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West game match at home to Gosport Borough. The striker, released by Didcot town last month, was set to sign for
Oxford City boss Mike Ford admitted this week that there were times when he nearly gave up on injury-prone Mark Bell. The talented young winger was out action for more than two years with a succession of injuries, and has only just returned
TOM Craddock’s injury nightmare shows no signs of ending after the Oxford United striker was ruled out for another month with a hamstring injury. Having missed most of pre-season with a knee problem, he returned against Southend in the Johnstone’s Paint
YOUNG apprentices in Blackbird Leys had their lessons disrupted yesterday – when a prince stopped by to say hello. The Duke of York popped in to meet students at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College’s Blackbird Leys campus to hear about their studies
DETECTIVES have released images of two suspected getaway cars used by bank raiders, as a £25,000 reward for information was announced. The CCTV images taken from Banbury Road show a black hatchback and a silver Vauxhall Zafira which police believe were
PEOPLE don’t know what is going on in their own backyards since planning letters were controversially scrapped, it was claimed last night. Just 951 people in Oxford have signed up to receive email notifications about planning applications –
Chris Wilder says he is looking for his Oxford United team to take Sunday’s excellent second-half showing in the 1-1 draw at Burton into the home game against Barnet at the Kassam Stadium tomorrow. Trailing to a first-half goal from Adam Bolder, a brilliant
IT BEGGARS belief, doesn’t it? We live in a democratic society and yet Oxford City Council is undermining residents’ right to challenge and influence just how our neighbourhoods develop. In fact, if this were a comedy skit, your sides would
BICESTER: A man who claimed his car had broken down assaulted a pensioner and stole cash after asking to use his phone. He called at the house in Buckingham Road at 9.20pm on Monday. When the occupant went to get his phone, the man forced his way in
BANBURY: A 63-year-old man was charged with possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence over an incident at the Nationwide in Market Place. Christopher Wardell, from Burdrop, near Banbury, is accused of walking into
AN Oxford Mail photo showing the Queen smiling on her visit to RAF Benson is one of 60 images chronicling Her Majesty’s 60 years as monarch. The pictures, on show at a new exhibition at Windsor Castle, capture the sovereign at relaxed family gatherings
OSNEY: A 33-year-old man has been charged with burgling a house in Ferry Hinksey Road on Wednesday. Mouad Achegaf, of Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, was also charged with possession of cannabis. An iPod and laptop were taken after French windows were
FOOD projects springing up in Blackbird Leys are fuelling calls for a community market on the Oxford estate. Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA) and the Seeds for Change organisation are launching new programmes to help people grow their
THE FAMILY of a woman murdered by her ex-partner have labelled his prison letters “sickening”. Michael Kelly donned a horror mask and used an axe to kill former lover Sally Cox and her 22-year-old son Martin Faulkner at their home in Banbury. Yesterday
A FORMER solider has welcomed the arrival in Oxford of a mental health project that “saved his life”. Combat Stress, a charity which helps tackle mental illness in former servicemen and women, now operates at the Warneford Mental Hospital, in Headington
