A TEENAGER has spoken of the tireless effort to preserve the memory of a friend who drowned in the River Thames. Fifteen-year-old Hussain Mohammed, who would have turned 16 this month, died after jumping from Donnington Bridge on May 25.
THE RMT union has announced plans to ballot railway staff working for First Great Western over possible strike action in a dispute over pay for working during the Olympics. Union members, who include train guards and platform staff, will
Put the flags out! KATHERINE MACALISTER finds pub food worth shouting about I’m rushing to write up my review of The Muddy Duck in Hethe because when word gets out, the nationals are going to be all over it like a plague of town rats. And
Liz Nicholls gets a sneak preview of something old and something new at the Explore Oxford exhibition at the Town Hall before its public launch on June 23 TRUST me, the story of Oxford is more gripping than a whole box-set of Morse. And,
The fans have been secretly waiting, towels and dressing gowns at the ready, itching to be dusted off and brought back for The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy revival. And now it’s here. Katherine MacAlister talks to Simon Jones about Douglas Adams,
TIM HUGHES talks to a rapper with real ‘art’ and soul – Mercury Music Prize winner Speech Debelle AS a rapper with soul and a social conscience, Speech Debelle was always an artist worth listening to. But it took the award of the music
OXFORD’S newest museum, which sets out to tell the story of the city’s everyday people, will officially open tonight. The new Museum of Oxford galleries will open to the public in the Town Hall, St Aldate’s, on Saturday. More than £100,000 has been
You might think Cornbury is just a big wonderful music festival, but you’d be wrong. There is so much for kids and families to do you could forget about the music altogether and just go for the fun. But one thing’s for sure; whether its inside or out,
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (15) Comedy/Romance. Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Jacki Weaver, Mimi Kennedy, David Paymer, Lauren Weedman. Director: Nicholas Stoller Love hurts, though not too badly
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D (15) Action/Adventure/Horror/Romance. Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Jimmi Simpson, Anthony Mackie, Robin McLeavy, Marton Csokas, Erin Wasson. Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Scottish singing legend Lulu gives TIM HUGHES a blast of the powerful voice that has thrilled fans for decades and looks back over the years as she prepares for a headline appearance at Henley Festival Marie MacDonald McLaughlin Lawrie is
YOUNGSTERS at an Oxford school were pedalling off as part of the city’s Bike Week. The Cherwell School in Marston Ferry Road organised training for children aged between five and 18 as well as grass track Cycling for all ages. Cycling coach
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PLANS to build 70 homes in Hook Norton, which have attracted more than 300 objections, are being recommended for approval at a meeting tonight. Cherwell District Council planning officers say councillors should allow developer Taylor Wimpey
A businessman who ran a Bicester furniture store for almost six decades has died. Howard Cherry, passed away aged 86 on June 4 after a short illness, six months after he closed the family shop Cherry’s. He started his working life in the building trade
A GROUP of young entrepreneurs are giving the people of Bicester a chance to showcase their music or have their say about local issues. Ross Arrowsmith, 16, and 15-year-old friends Steven Fulford, Daron Coaker and Sam Isaacs, will launch their internet
AS teenagers, Stanley and Hilda Whitlock used to go on long tandem rides through the Cotswold countryside. Now more than six decades on, the Clanfield couple, who are both 80, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They first met when they
WITH the start of the Olympics just weeks away pupils at one school have created their own version of Olympic rings, medals and torch. Children at Five Acres Primary School, Ploughley Road, Ambrosden, near Bicester, spent a week creating art work with
FAMILIES on the housing waiting list in Cherwell will be given the chance to build their own home, under an innovative new project. Cherwell District Council is set to net more than £2 million of Government cash to kick-start the scheme. Called Build
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RECORD numbers of people went along to a Bicester Village recruitment day to bag one of 100 jobs up for grabs. About 400 people turned out for the summer job fair, which was opened by former Olympic athlete Janine Belton. Swimmer Ms Belton, who represented
Oxford Saints kept up their unbeaten run in BAFACL Division 2 with an 8-0 win at Bournemouth Bobcats. Toby Durrant put Saints ahead when he charged down a Bobcats’ punt at the goalline before putting over a kick for a 2-0 lead. Oxford’s attack struggled
MORE evidence that Oxford is fast becoming the centre of electric vehicle technology was on view at an exhibition for high flying investors and entrepreneurs. Before delegates could even get through the door of Venturefest at the Said Business
FIFTY-one years ago Michael Sommer made history in Oxford with a bang. For the first time, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture was performed in the UK as it was meant to be – with explosions from a cannon, the sound of cathedral bells and the full panoply of
THERE has been a pub in Great Haseley for five centuries, and present day villagers were not about to let it close on their watch. So when The Plough shut in January, the residents of the village, near Thame, set about raising more than £400,000 to buy
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The Oxfordshire stormed to the top of Section 1 in the Shaw Gibbs Oxfordshire Foursomes League with whitewash 3-0 victory away to Buckingham. However, the match was closer than the score might suggest as one of The Oxfordshire’s wins – from Matt Foster
A crash involving two cars on the A34 caused delays for commuters. The red Renault Clio and blue Vauxhall Astra crashed near the Botley interchange on the northbound carriageway at around 7.25am yesterday. No one was injured.
Cash was stolen from a New Marston pub yesterday during a break in. At about 1am yesterday three men broke into the Jack Russell pub in Salford Road, Oxford. The men made off with a quantity of cash. If you can help, please call Det Sgt Simon Hannam
A 63-year-old man has denied threatening his bank manager with a replica gun. Christopher Wardell is alleged to have brandished a pistol in front of account manager Leanne Dalby at Nationwide in Banbury on February 1. He appeared at Oxford Crown Court
MANNING the county’s firestations with part-time firefighters is becoming “increasingly challenging”, according to the county council. A report on the issue has been presented to Oxford County Council’s safer and stronger communities scrutiny committee
THE FAMILIES of fallen heroes could be cared for in a bigger and better reception centre in future. Carterton Town Council wants to extend the sports pavilion in Norton Way because it is too small to host large numbers of mourners during repatriations
Frilford Heath are continuing their preparations for the staging of their first full PGA Europro Tour event next month. The Buildbase Open will be played over the club’s Red Course over three rounds from July 18-20. “The spotlight will be on Frilford
A pregnant woman was involved in a two-car collision on Witney Road yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital for a check-up following the accident between Long Hanborough and North Leigh at about 4.15pm. A child who was
Headington A chalked up another century of shots in a 6-0 win at Banbury Chestnuts to go top of the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries. On a rain-affected night, Jason King’s rink of Shaun Claridge, Steve Hainge and John Nicholls
Oxfordshire Ladies’ hopes of progressing in the Johns Trophy look slim after a 121-118 defeat by Group 2B South leaders Surrey at Shiplake. Despite only winning on two rinks for the second week running, Oxfordshire almost snatched victory, before going
Lawrence Clarke tops an eight-strong Oxfordshire contingent competing in the Olympic Trials at the weekend. And the 100m hurdler is hoping to continue his good form this season. The 22-year-old, from Christmas Common, near Watlington, won the UK 100m
Oxfordshire completed a hat-trick of wins in the Middleton Cup with a 138-109 victory over Sussex at Oxford City & County. The 18-4 points success keeps Oxon top of Group 2B South, and victory over nearest rivals Kent at Maidstone on Saturday will put
The rain was bucketing down. Wearing wellies and sheltering under the largest brolly I could find, I sought out the 169 stone sculptures in the sixth on form exhibition at Asthall Manor, near Burford. And strange as it seems to say, it was wonderful
A forthcoming series of summer concerts at Garsington Manor will be the last, discovers Nicola Lisle. Two years after the curtain came down on the opera at Garsington, the Great Barn is to play host to a one-off series of three concerts, keeping alive
Flavia and Vincent are terrific tango dancers, as regular viewers of Strictly Come Dancing have seen many times. Training up an amateur partner to a standard where they can appear on television with a top professional is pretty hard work, and, I guess
WE should self-evidently decline to negotiate over the Falklands with Argentina, with its primitive, puerile and parochial claim to those islands, especially given the numerous sacrifices of life and limb in the carnage 30 years ago. Try to imagine
READING the article about Oxford City Council bringing in more money than anticipated from its park and ride car parks (Tuesday’s Oxford Mail), this can be easily explained. Recently the ability to book five days’ parking from the online booking system
Recently, I read about the seemingly idiotic idea of making a skip in Brighton a work of art by adding bright fluorescent strips to the exterior extremities. However, it did strike me as a suitable way to adorn those skips that we see on the sides of
THE magic and mayhem of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is perfect for casting a spell on young imaginations. And now children grab their first taste of Shakespeare thanks to an interactive adventure called The Dream Space at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate
JUST four people have been fined by council chiefs for failing to clear up after their dog, the Banbury Cake can reveal. Cherwell District Council (CDC) last week warned dog owners they faced fines as part of National Poop Scoop Week.
Hatti Archer insists she will be adopting a positive approach to this weekend’s Olympic Trials – despite not being 100 per cent fit. The ex-Radley athlete, better known for her maiden name of Dean, looks set to line up in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase
Armed police were called to reports of a gunman on the rampage in Carterton, only to discover the ‘gunshots’ were actually fireworks. The police helicopter to investigate after two separate reports of gunshots and screams. But when officers
Tickets for next month’s Olympic Torch event in South Park have all been snapped up. Oxford City Council made 20,000 free tickets available for the music and dance extravaganza to welcome the flame on July 9.
THE owner of 15 Park Town, the former family home of Aung San Suu Kyi, is promising to give the democracy leader a warm welcome if she knocks on his door. “I would be more than happy to invite her in and offer her a cup of tea,” said John Guthrie, 53
OXFORD has been at the centre of Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the UK, but a small village near Banbury will no doubt hold memories for her as well. Her husband Michael Aris died from prostate cancer in 1999 aged 53 and is buried at St Mary & St Peter
AUNG San Suu Kyi accepted the Freedom of the City before inviting Oxford students to travel to Burma to inspire students in her homeland. The prestigious award was given in front of an audience of hundreds in a marquee in the grounds of St
DID I dream it or did I hear correctly that the Government is talking of deporting those foreign nationals who, after they have served their prison sentences for crimes committed here, won’t be able to use the Human Rights Act to appeal, arguing that
It has been reported Prime Minister David Cameron will welcome Aung San Suu Kyi for a day in his Witney constituency tomorrow. Downing Street remained tight-lipped about the Prime Minister’s plans last night, but reports suggest the Burmese opposition
MEMORIES of family life in Oxford helped to sustain Aung San Suu Kyi through her darkest hours in captivity she revealed. The Burmese democracy leader, back in the city after a 24-year absence, was given a standing ovation as she addressed about 1,000
HOW many more people and animals have to be mutilated and killed before dangerous dogs are banned from the ownership of idiots? In every street in the country you can see predictable stereotypes parading a couple of dangerous dogs as some kind of substitute
I SUSPECT I will not be the only person not drawn to view the Olympic Torch on its trip through Oxfordshire. The odds are that the bearer will not be local but someone flown in from the US or someone with no connection to the local area. I sympathise
IS IT just me or do others feel that the Olympic Torch carriers who have been chosen for our area seem to be missing the point? In my home town of Wallingford, we have someone from Bicester, Banbury and Swindon carrying the torch, the nearest person
Were the poor sad folk of Didcot disinclined to get colourful? Were they, or are they, depressed, dreary and dismal? No, it was not just the weather. Celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee were practically non-existent. Where were the great
WHATEVER happened to Royal Mail? I worked there 35 years and it was a pleasure to be there. We on delivery started between 5am and 6am, we would then prepare our delivery and leave the sorting office between 7am and 7.30am. The mail
BY AND large our police officers on the beat do a good job, but the Insider is scratching his head over the judgment of the call handlers who send the officers out and their grasp of that pesky thing called the law. On Monday one of my photographic colleagues
A swashbuckling comedy adventure comes to The Mill, Banbury tomorrow (Friday). A historical epic spoof inspired by the legend of The Scarlet Pimpernel and it is going to be one of the most entertaining evenings this summer. Theatre company Gonzo Moose
One of my earliest memories of the natural world is going with my Dad on a wildlife recording day at the height of summer. We wanted to record all the species we could find within five miles of our home between sunrise and sunset — a tall order for a
A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged eight charges relating to indecent images of children. Kyle Williams, of Elizabeth Jennings Way, Didcot, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday. He denies seven counts of making indecent images
Debenhams’ Oxford city centre store was evacuated after a false alarm involving a lift yesterday. Two fire crews from Rewley Road were called to the Magdalen Road shop in the incident just after 12.30.
WHILE a spirit of compromise between Oxford city and Oxfordshire county councils is always desirable, the county should not be pressurised into ignoring the strategic importance of the A40 for motorists just because its cousin authority is trying
NEW buildings in Oxford have been recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The Shulaman lecture theatre at Queen’s College and Somerville College student accommodation were today announced as winners of a 2012 RIBA Award. They
PLANS to turn part of Oxford’s ring road into “an urban boulevard” look like being abandoned as doubts surround the city council’s scheme to create up to 1,200 homes at Barton West. Oxford City Council wants to introduce a 40mph speed limit
Firefighters battled a bedroom fire in a house on Cowley Road, Oxford. Three fire crews were called to the incident at 8.50am on Tuesday, and dealt with the fire in a bedroom of the unoccupied house. The cause of the blaze is not yet known. The house
SCHOOL pupils in Bicester got the chance to test their mettle against scientists from Oxford University. They were taking part in the third Robot Games event yesterday, which saw students from The Cooper School build a wheeled robot called Darius and
A THIRD of Oxfordshire GP practices are expected to take part in industrial action today. Twenty-seven of Oxfordshire’s 82 practices informed health bosses they had GPs who would only be seeing emergency cases, with 49 more surgeries saying
THE only man prosecuted for the ‘Soak’ graffiti tag that spread across Oxford has been sentenced for drugs and driving offences. Charlie Silver had to pay a total of just £200 in February after he admitted spraying the word on shop shutters in East Oxford
Nathan Douglas’s Olympic dream looks all over. The Oxford triple-jumper has failed to recover from a tendon injury picked up at the end of May that will rule him out of this weekend’s 2012 Aviva Olympic Trials at Birmingham. And the 29-year-old admits
PLANS for 70 homes in Hook Norton – which have attracted more than 300 objections – should be approved tonight, a council report says. Taylor Wimpey should be allowed to build the homes on a field north of The Bourne and by Bourne Lane, the Cherwell
More than 50 firefighters tackled a blaze at a plastics factory in Banbury last night. Shortly after 10pm crews were alerted to the fire at AAC Cyroma Ltd, on the Beaumont Road industrial estate. Plumes of smoke were billowing from the
The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi by Peter Popham (Rider, £8.99) With great timing, Popham has released the paperback edition of his very accessible biography, first published earlier this year, to coincide with Aung San Suu Kyi
THERE could be a myriad of conclusions drawn from the fall in complaints about antisocial behaviour to police. There has been a marked drop in the past five years in most areas across the city. Cynics may suggest it illustrates a growing
NEIGHBOURHOODS across Oxford appear to be winning the battle with antisocial behaviour, the Oxford Mail can reveal. But the message from police is ‘the war is not over yet’ New figures reveal the number of antisocial behaviour incidents has
The Treasure House by Linda Newbery (Orion, £8.99) 8+ What a treat to read the latest story by award-winning north Oxfordshire children’s author Linda Newbery. It is set mainly in a charming, chaotic charity shop, the Second-Hand Rose, run by Nina’s
MORE than 1,500 jobs are set to be created at a new £80m business park development in Bicester — the second major scheme to be unveiled in the town in as many weeks. Covering 50 acres, Network Bicester is set to be situated at the junction of the newly
An Oxford University college has negotiated a £10m loan from the Co-operative Bank to help finance further student accommodation. Lincoln College, which was founded in Turl Street in 1427 and has 260 undegraduate and 180 postgraduate students, is seeking
Part of a Cowley shopping centre is to undergo a £3.5m redevelopment. The Templars Retail Park in Between Towns Road is to have three new café/restaurants and a ‘piazza’ landscaped area with work due to start by the autumn. And, as part of the deal,
A BLOCK of arable land totalling 141 acres has come on the market at Shipton-on-Cherwell. The land, which includes 36 acres of pasture and water meadows, is available as a whole with a guide price of £1,315,000 — or in four lots. Located seven miles
A SHOP which has served Blackbird Leys for almost 50 years has been given a £140,000 makeover. Delteys Supermarket has a completely new look after Manoj Rajgor, who bought it with partner Bhavesh Patel a year ago. Mr Rajgor confidently predicts the
FINANCE firm Prospect Accounting has bought a landmark building in Witney. Originally a workhouse chapel, the Old Chapel on Tower Hill has been sympathetically converted to offices and has been sold with an existing tenant in the first floor. Director
From October 1 this year, employers will have to automatically enrol their ‘eligible jobholders’ into a pension scheme and make an employer contribution. This could be the employer’s own occupational pension scheme or personal pension scheme
A NEW pupose-built dog training arena has been built in north Oxfordshire. The 7,000 sq ft facility, behind Country Secrets garden and gift centre in Middleton Cheney, is largely indoors with a separate paddock offering room for groups of up to 25 dogs
A builders’ merchant is defying the recession by creating five jobs as it expands into South Oxfordshire. Oxford-based independent business Blanchford, which has been in Windmill Road, Headington, since 1958, says it had record takings last year as
Curse of the Zombie is one of those ridiculously trashy movies best watched with family or friends when under the influence of alcohol. This particular re-run of a rerun of a very tired genre, released in 1989, opens with a team of archaeologists heading
Peter Couchman, Chief Executive, Plunkett Foundation, answers our questions What was your first job and what did your responsibilities include? I started with Brighton Co-op as lift boy, cleaner and dividend stamp shredder — three noble professions.
Before being made redundant three years ago, Toby Gunston was a keen traveller, having visited more than ten countries, from the Inca Trail to the Blue Mountains of Australia. But since losing his job he has been pinned to his desk, working at home
The 2012 Olympics are approaching fast — many of the tickets have been sold, the torch relay is under way and people are building up to the big event. But many UK organisations have not yet reviewed their IT systems and capacity to ensure they can cope
One problem employers find with new graduates is that they lack any knowledge of business. Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable (OBR) aims to build bridges between academia and industry. Founder and president Dan Perez was born in Miami, but is now part of the
Richard Woollet had only been in business for a couple of weeks when he hit his first problem.“We had queues at lunchtime and we are selling out of some things,” he said. Many start-up sandwich bars would be delighted with such difficulties, particularly
Katie Fanstone has her hands full with three boys aged eight, six and three, plus a part-time job helping to run an Internet business selling maternity and nursing clothing. For most women, starting up a new business venture would not be high on the
There have been plenty of raised eyebrows already at the mix of people chosen to bear the Olympic Torch through Oxfordshire. But it is a real pity, indeed a missed opportunity, that Ken Lester, Britain’s youngest Olympian, was not selected
A company in Milton-under-Wychwood is proving that high-tech can be green-tech. First Sight Media provides interactive “webinars” for academics and professional organisations — saving them all the trouble and expense of having to travel the world to
Imagine trying to measure and quality check objects you cannot see at high speed during a manufacturing process.This is the challenge faced by manufacturers of semiconductor chips used in smart phones and other electronic gadgets as they become
The Mini name is synonymous with Oxfordshire, not least due to the success of the BMW generation car which has been such a resounding success over the last decade. But Daniel Budd is one of the few to admit to not being too keen on Cowley’s
Business is blooming for Kevin Davis but he admits it has been a long journey. And unlike most entrepreneurs, rather than expand his field of activities, Mr Davis has narrowed his outlook from general horticulture to the specialist care of fruit tees
There are dozens of networking groups around the county and many firms attend one or more to help generate business and raise awareness. But a recent initiative dedicated to helping businesses grow and keep spending within the community is becoming a
Oxfordshire has had some strange connections with the Isle of Man in the past — but never has it been so easy to reach as now. There was the eccentric Thomas Bushell, creator of water gardens in Enstone visited by King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria
Harry Bingham gave up his job as a City banker more than ten years ago to write full-time, and now lives in west Oxfordshire. Having written half a dozen thrillers and several ‘how to write’ guides, he has just launched a new detective series. Talking
Sir – As one who got the Christmas present in 2011 of cancer, I should like to thank the respiratory and oncology teams at the Churchill Hospital as well as the Geoffrey Harris ward for ‘saving the day’, even if ‘hidden’ from the wider world. Sometimes
Sir – As the previous occupier of Fletchers Farm, Standlake I would like to point out, we lived in comfort, dry and warm, drinking our own well water for 32 years (Report, June 14). We had to get a mortgage from the Royal Bank of Scotland to enable
Sir – Our local councils are regularly the recipients of a great deal of moaning from those they serve, often conducted through the medium of your letters page. So, I thought it only appropriate that I should give them praise when I feel it’s due! I
Sir – The blocking of the costly Cogges Link bypass in Witney is excellent news for Witney campaigners. It should free-up millions of pounds for urgent traffic schemes across Oxfordshire. But it is a disaster for councillor Ian Hudspeth, the new leader
It’s easy when discussing volunteering with a group like the Oxford Theatre Guild to put the limelight on those members of their productions that are, well . . . in the limelight. And often tempting, in the midst of the excitement of live theatre
CONTROVERSIAL warehouse plans that developers say would create 1,000 jobs should be approved tonight, a council report says. The scheme for six warehouses by junction 11 of the M40 would bring “significant” economic benefits, according to Cherwell District
Sir – A recent walk in fields near Little Clanfield was made nearly impossible by crops of rape, which had spread at chest height across the paths. I understand similar obstruction also occurs in other places in Oxfordshire and has affected me in previous
Sir – As an impartial observer, living in Headington, I have wondered why The Oxford Times has been so preoccupied in the past few weeks with a dispute involving certain factions concerning a place called the Trap Grounds. Out of curiosity, I decided
Sir – Many people have enjoyed celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Children will remember it all their lives, as I remember the Silver Jubilee of King George V. However, we should not fail to recognise that our British monarchy is mainly sustained
Sir – In this month’s Oxfordshire Limited Edition magazine there is an article by Maggie Hartford about walks on the Ridgeway. When writing about Letcombe Regis, which is within easy reach of The Ridgeway, she says that regrettably the Greyhound Inn has
Katherine Jenkins usually tells audiences at the Henley Festival about her dream of one day living in the riverside town. At her festival appearance on July 5, her longing to find a place besides the Thames to relax may well be given particularly heartfelt
MOTORING enthusiasts are getting set to take part in a classic car gathering at airshow extravaganza Fly to the Past. Last year 400 vehicles, including Jaguars, MGs and Morrises, took part and this year organisers are hoping for an even better
Sir – One of the great pleasures of living in North Oxford is to wander through the Trap Grounds. This little area has easy public access from the canal path south of Frenchay Road bridge and, despite of the occasional roar of a nearby train, is a haven
Sir – The chairman of St Margaret’s Area Society is still accusing the Friends of the Trap Grounds of ‘restricting entry’ to the Town Green (Letters, June 14). What nonsense! This well-used site already has two public entrances, one from the canal towpath
Sir – I made three points in my letter to you at the end of May about the news item Hospital bosses charge volunteers:- (a) I drew attention to the hundred volunteers in the Oxford League of Friends and the million others in hospitals, ambulance
Sir – I write as someone who has recently fallen foul of parking restrictions in my part of Oxford. I paid up — almost cheerfully — because I had not read properly the notice where I left my car though it was registered for the area concerned. In that
Sir – It is out of sheer desperation that I am writing to you about an example of shocking disregard for the frail and elderly by BT. My 83-year-old mother, Christine Guilford, lives alone in North Oxford. She has Alzheimer’s disease and depends on her
Sir – Driving along the Marston Ferry Road has been a real pleasure, being one of Oxford’s most attractive roads with its river and fields. Earlier there were wild daffodils, bluebells and, a few days ago and well back from the road’s edge, a corridor
Sir – I fully support Michael Tyce’s letter (June 7). In reality, the 52,000 houses planned aren’t needed. The county’s population is estimated to increase by around 50,000, including some net in-migration. Fifty-two thousand homes delivered through
Sir – In your article of June 14 on the opportunity to tour the county’s recycling and landfill sites, the spokesman for the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership refers to the fact that we have been recycling paper for a long time now. Would he
Maïwenn is quite a character. Respectively, the daughter and older sister of actresses Catherine Belkhodja and Isild Le Besco, she made quite an impact as a child star playing the younger Isabelle Adjani in the acclaimed Jean Becker thriller One Deadly
Eight decades have passed since the British Board of Film Censors banned Erle C. Kenton's Island of Lost Souls (1932). Indeed, sci-fi pioneer Philip Wylie's adaptation of HG Wells novel The Island of Dr Moreau would only receive an X certificate in 1958
With Oxford bathed in beautiful June sunshine, Oxford University’s Public Orator (in latin of course) offered a welcome many feared they would never hear. “I present a star shining in the east, the light of her countrymen, Aung San Suu Kyi.” Having
With up to 1,200 homes at stake at West Barton, it is not difficult to see why Oxford City Council will not allow a speed limit on the ring road to be “a deal breaker.” But with a planning inquiry fast approaching, the prospect of the council having
WORK will soon begin on creating disabled access in one of Oxford’s libraries, council officers say. Headington Library in Bury Knowle House is only accessible via a staircase which makes it difficult for those in wheelchairs or with prams to get in
A MYSTERY donor, who was appalled to learn that children in Oxford are going hungry, has made the county’s first Jubilee Grant a reality. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, has donated £1,000 to the Jubilee Fund for Oxfordshire, which
I’m rushing to write up this review of the Muddy Duck in Hethe because when word gets out, the national press is going to be all over it like a plague of town rats. And once they tell everyone, we won’t be able to get in for love or money. Well
