PLANS have been unveiled for a new hotel in the centre of Oxford which will definitely give guests a room with a view. Brighton One Ltd has submitted a planning application to Oxford City Council to turn empty offices above the branches of Wine Rack
RAF service personnel have helped elderly residents in Bampton dance their way into the community. About 60 residents of Rosebank Care Home and others from the village were joined by six servicemen at a tea dance on Wednesday. The event aimed to help
Chinnor picked up another bonus-point victory without ever hitting top form. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 3 South West Score: Oxford Harlequins 15, Chinnor 46 Oxford Harlequins player
WHEN Roger Bannister stepped out on to an Oxford running track nearly 60 years ago, he was about to make sporting history. And now a project at the Oxford Playhouse is looking to hear from the 3,000 people who were there to witness the first sub-four-minute
A SERIES of special guided walks through some of west Oxfordshire’s historic towns will help celebrate English Tourism Week. And the walks, during March 10-18, have received the backing of Prime Minister and Witney MP David Cameron. He said: “I encourage
Kidlington parents Emma and Stephen Forse are relying on Oxford Children’s Hospital to help them cope with their daughter’s epilepsy. Teaching assistant Emma, 40, thought Hannah was tired after a long day at school when she complained her head hurt.
Oxford Utd 1 (Johnson 42), Macclesfield 1 (Duberry og 9). Oxford United wasted a glorious opportunity to close in on the leading teams in League Two after being held to a draw by struggling Macclesfield. The visitors came to the Kassam Stadium having
County doctors have been told to stop referring patients for cosmetic procedures as they are unlikely to be carried out. Cash-strapped administrators have issued guidance telling GPs not to directly refer patients to hospital for treatment, saying health
Oxford United are without skipper Jake Wright as they face struggling Macclesfield Town at the Kassam Stadium this afternoon. The centre-back picked is injured and will be replaced by Harry Worley for his first start since November in the only change
Vikings C kept up the pressure on Division 1 leaders Holton A with a 10-0 thrashing of Forum C in the Oxford & District Association. The result sees them move within four points on Holton, who crushed Rutherford 9-1. Forum A and Bicester A had to settle
Members of a family who run a classic vehicle dealer’s are reeling after the first burglary at their premises in more than 40 years of business. Thieves broke into the Middle Aston business, near Bicester, between last Saturday and Monday and stole “
AS WE prepare for London 2012, students from Oxford & Cherwell Valley College have been showing off their mettle at the nation’s catering Olympics – and winning gold for napkin-folding and cocktail-shaking. Hospitality and catering students Holly Thompson
Oxfordshire karter Sam Snell finished eighth in the senior category KF2 in the Winter Cup at Lonato near Lake Garda in northern Italy. Starting from ninth on the grid, Snell, 19, from Wheatley, had a disastrous start and slipped to 21st by the second
A fast start from Mick Bennett helped Fieldside to a convincing 4-2 win against Littlemore RBL C which kept them clear at the top of the Gentworks Oxford & District League’s Premier Division. Bennett compiled breaks of 30 and 36 on his way
Ministry May May is a hot favourite to land the £1,500 RD Racing Trafalgar Cup final at Oxford Stadium tonight. The Haley Keightly privately-trained black bitch was electric from the boxes in Saturday’s qualifiers and surged clear, never headed, coming
The English art critic John Ruskin once said “When we build, let us think that we build forever.” He studied at Oxford in the 1830s, was passionate about architecture and probably would have enjoyed a copy of the city’s newest tourist map, Discover
In-form Alan Bushnell had a net of small chub and dace to win the sixth round of Charlbury AC’s Winter League on the Evenlode. He caught 10.8.0 from his peg at Fawler, using stick float and maggot. The same tactics were employed by the
Wallingford Luke Dorn won silver in the BWL English Olympic Weightlifting Championships at Oldbury College of Sport. Competing in the 85kg weight class, Dorn, 28, who lifts for Bethnal Green, combines his training at Bethnal Green and Oxford
Ronan Wadley’s quest to be crowned a National Schoolboy champion came to an end in London when the Berinsfield ABC youngster lost his class 2 (under 14) 42kg semi-final on points. The 10-8 scoreline reflected the closeness of the bout against Said Eltuyev
Witney A made it two Home Counties League wins in a row with victory at Aylesbury. They dominated the gala with both the ladies’ team of Yolanda Speare, Aimee Felstead and Ellie Nutt, and men’s team of Nathan Harkin, Sam Bark, Callum McLean and Graham
The formbook was torn up as the top two in the Gentworks Oxford & District League’s Division 1 lost. Ashton retained their slender two-point lead in the top flight despite losing 2-1 at home to Fieldside. With the match evenly poised
Witney's Manon Bradley broke the world record four times as she won four titles at the British Drug Free Powerlifting Association (BDFPA) British Championships in Dudley, West Midlands. She bench-pressed 72.5kg and squatted 115kg to win the best under
Oxford Boxing Academy’s Ben Kaluza was in dynamic form as he outpointed Droitwich veteran Michael Pardoe at Bromsgrove. The 18 year-old Bicester welterweight was having only his second outing in the senior ranks against a seasoned campaigner with 132
A man exposed himself to a 24-year-old woman in the People’s Park, Bath Road, Banbury at about 8.20pm on Thursday. The flasher is a white or asian man, aged between 40 and 55, around 5ft 5in and of stocky build. He was wearing a dark hat with a trim
Jemima Khan is planning new changes to her extensively remodelled stately home, Kiddington Hall. Representatives Kidslane Ltd, based in the Cayman Islands, won permission last February to make significant alterations to the Grade II listed building.
AS eating disorder awareness week draws to a close, brave sufferers at the Warneford Hospital have spoken to Health Reporter AMANDA WILLIAMS about the life-threatening illness... For many, anorexia will conjure images of 17-year-old girls starving
CHARLBURY and Westbury fought out a exciting tie in Banbury Indoor League Division 1. Craig Moss (27no) and Ashley Rump (26no) led Charlbury to 114-1 off their ten overs. Westbury were then bowled out for 114 with two balls left, despite Tom Gurney
ROCK music, blues and soul will help keep the memory of a popular Wantage woman alive. Mum-of-two Jane Kyle, 68, died at Oxford’s Sobell House Hospice last year after a fight with colon cancer. Now her friends are holding a charity music night in her
City of Oxford scooped 13 golds at the latest galas in the Oxon & North Bucks County Championships at Aqua Vale, Aylesbury. In the girls’ events, Olivia Webster led a City clean sweep in the 11-year-olds’ 400m individual medley, beating Maia
OXFORD’S Emma-Kate Lidbury will lead Britain’s challenge in the lucrative Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. The 32-year-old, who won three Ironman 70.3 titles last year, hopes to get 2012 off to a flying start by chasing the $50,000 first prize next
A TEENAGER was jailed yesterday for his part in an attack on a pupil who was celebrating the end of his GCSEs. Te-j Constant, of Taverner Place, Marston, was found guilty at an earlier hearing at Oxford Crown Court and sentenced yesterday. The teenage
A team of detectives investigating unsolved crimes have managed to nail a paedophile not once, but twice. Former Wantage man Adrian de Havilland was arrested at his home in Wigan, Lancashire, in March 2010 for attacking an 11-year-old girl
GILL JAGGERS travels to France and finds a city brimming with art exhibitions and whose new attractions really take the biscuit Not many people I know have heard of Nantes. Dimly acquainted with its location, I knew nothing about it either before
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a burglary in Cowley on Tuesday night. The man was arrested after mobile phones, laptops and cash were taken from a property in Kelburne Road.
Ann Dummett, widow of renowned philosopher Prof Sir Michael Dummett, has died aged 81. Mrs Dummett, of Park Town, North Oxford, died on February 7, just six weeks after the death of her 86-year-old husband. The mother-of-five was prominent in fighting
A motorcyclist killed near RAF Benson on Sunday was officially confirmed yesterday as John Maher. Mr Maher, from Emmbrook, Wokingham, was killed when his bike and a car collided on the A4074 at about 10.20am. An inquest into his death has now been adjourned
A man wearing a balaclava stole cash from Martin’s Newsagents in Northcourt Road, Abingdon. The robber, who claimed to be armed though no weapon was seen, threatened a shop assistant just before 6pm on Thursday. The assistant handed over what is believed
Council staff are spending thousands of taxpayers’ pounds just to check the time. Oxfordshire County Council has spent £2,586 making 6,084 calls to BT’s speaking clock over the past three years. It claimed most of the calls had to be made under national
A grand old lady of the road has had her health check at the age of 100 – and passed with flying colours. Dorian Skinner, from Leafield, took his 1912 3½ horsepower Triumph motorcycle in for its annual MoT in preparation for next month’s Pioneer Run
A fire in a van towing a horsebox with two ponies inside closed one lane of the ring road yesterday. Police and fire were called at around 10.15am to the northbound carriageway in between junctions for Rose Hill and Headington. Neither the ponies
The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, will today attempt a firewalk to raise about £900 for two charities. Child bereavement charity SeeSaw and Sobell House Hospice will both benefit if the bishop completes the walk tonight at 6pm, at Oxford
CHRIS Wilder will wait on the fitness of Andy Whing before naming his Oxford United side to take on Macclesfield Town at the Kassam Stadium today. Whing limped off in the npower League Two midweek win over Barnet with a leg injury and will face a late
Officials who closed the A34 southbound for almost 12 hours were last night accused of not coping with the chaos it caused thousands of motorists. The southbound carriageway was shut between the A4130 Milton interchange and A4185 at Chilton
There has been a lot of political lip service paid over the lop-sided extradition arrangements with the United States. The Americans have to prove far less of their case against those living in this country if they wish to extradite them than prosecutors
A mum-of-three from Oxford who faces extradition to the USA on charges of kidnap said “terror had descended” on her life. The High Court ruled that Eileen Clark, from Botley, would face charges of “international parental kidnapping” in the
Highways Agency officials and police need to look at their handling of the chaos caused on the A34 on Thursday. That the road needed to be shut for more than 10 hours cannot be queried. This was a diesel spill that needed to be cleaned away and the
Pam Eagles’ run at the National Squash Championships was ended at the quarter-final stage last week. The Oxfordshire player lost 9-1, 9-0, 9-4 in 13 minutes to Paula Arrowsmith, who went on to win the Women’s Over-50 title.
The Last Bookshop is no more – as residents in Jericho, Oxford, may have noticed when travelling down Walton Street, above, recently. Where the bookshop, left, once stood, alongside restaurant The Big Bang, furniture shop Licious and wine bar Bottega
A former heroin addict and an undefeated bare-knuckle boxer were involved in an altercation that left the latter with a machete wound to his head. Peter Saville and Tom Mobey, who have 149 previous convictions between them, clashed on a weekday morning
