ROAD safety teams have been making sure young children are sitting safely in their car seats. Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service has been at supermarkets across Oxfordshire this week to offer advice and help. They helped parents
TRADERS have reacted angrily to the news that Oxford City Council refused to carry out an economic impact assessment on plans to build on part of St Clement’s car park. Dick Wolff told a communities and partnership scrutiny committee meeting this week
THAMES Water has been fined more than £11,000 for twice polluting a brook in Abingdon with raw sewage. Britain’s largest water company has been ordered to pay £11,515 after allowing the sewage to enter Sandford Brook, which flows north of Abingdon and
Plans for 55 student rooms to the back of homes in West Oxford will be built, after a 74-flat scheme was rejected. Oxford City Council backed a two-storey plan for 55 flats in Mill Street in February, but threw out the three-storey plan for
One of the design team who worked on the original Mini has revealed how the revolutionary small car came about. John Sheppard spent 20 years working with Sir Alec Issigonis, the engineering genius who created the Mini, having originally met
AN ELDERLY woman died after a fall at her Bicester home, an inquest heard. Peggy Hatton, 87, had a fall at her home in early February and died at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital four days later. An inquest into her death took place at Oxford Coroner
Two people fell down the same manhole within days of each other, prompting anger that it has still not been properly repaired. Four-year-old Judyta Kucinska was skipping across grass near Merton Walk, Churchill Road, Bicester, when the manhole
FORMER Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire Sir Hugo Brunner is entering the final stages of his walk across the county. The 76-year-old is walking the 65-mile Oxfordshire Way to raise money for Oxfordshire Family Mediation (OFM), which provides support for
A COUPLE are planning to cycle 300 miles across Costa Rica to raise money for Oxford’s Pegasus Theatre. Paul Cox and wife Antonia, both 50, from Abingdon, will set off on their journey on November 3, with the aim of raising £5,000 for the Magdalen Road
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Let’s quickly run through this hatchback’s tick-list – electric windows, air conditioning, remote locking and cruise control with speed limiter. So that will be the top-of-the-range model specification then? No, that’s what you get on the basic version
THEY say two is company and three’s a crowd. It’s particularly true for Martin and Sabrina Naylor after a slimming programme that has seen them collectively shed the weight of a grown adult. They started after a health scare. Mrs Naylor was admitted
A MISSING portrait of the playwright George Bernard Shaw, thought to have been lost during the Second World War, has been found hanging at Ruskin College, Oxford. It has turned out that the rare painting showing a youthful Shaw had been hanging
THE FATHER and the brother of Bond creator Ian Fleming will be among the fallen soldiers honoured at a ceremony tomorrow. Every other month, people come together at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, to remember young men from Oxfordshire who lost their
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie appeared in court today on charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal. Mrs Brooks, 44, and Mr Brooks, 49, who live in Sarsden, near Chipping
Wallingford RC rowers excelled in the Henley Women’s Regatta, where they emerged as top club, with five winning crews. Hannah Whelan, Freya Dale, Leanne Reeves and Alice Walker stormed from behind to beat Eton Excesior in the J16 quads after being behind
BROTHERS Richard and Peter Chambers were delighted with their performances at the World Cup regatta in Munich and aim for a repeat at the forthcoming London Olympics. In the last competitive meet before the 2012 Games, the Chambers brothers, from Oxford
HEADTEACHERS in Oxford are keeping an open mind after the Government revealed it could scrap GCSEs and bring back O-Levels. Education Secretary Michael Gove said the current system – long criticised for being “easier” than its predecessor qualification
The Home Counties Red Insure Twenty20 Cup second round tie between Shipton-under-Wychwood and visitors Horspath, which was washed out again last night, has been rearranged for Tuesday. Meanwhile, the much-delayed Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup first
A SOLDIER who served in Iraq and Bosnia punched and kicked a female friend before setting on her housemate. Carlton Holmes-Smith admitted causing actual bodily harm to Cheney Ward and common assault on Heath Woodward. He was given a suspended sentence
Oxfordshire Over 50s made it two wins and two defeats from their four ECB 50+ County Championship Group A matches with a five-wicket victory over Worcestershire at Droitwich. Winning the toss, the home county took first use of a damp pitch, making 194
WITH five scholarships to top stage schools to choose from a Kidlington youngster is one step closer to his dream career in the West End. When he auditioned for five places, desperately hoping he could win the £50,000 funding he needed to continue his
Oxford University could field up to five new Blues in the annual four-day University Match with Cambridge University in The Parks, starting on Sunday. The Dark Blues have included Owain Jones, who has played for Sussex 2nd, Joe Davis, Tom Chadwick, Freddie
A PEDESTRIANS’ campaigner wants part of a major city road paved over and turned into a square. Sushila Dhall, of Oxford Pedestrians Association, wants to see half of St Giles ‘reclaimed’ for walkers, with traffic confined to what is now the outbound
HER feisty character, sticking up for what she believes in, and a spot of yoga have all helped Gabrielle Ferrar reach 100. German born Mrs Ferrar, celebrated her centenary with husband Harry, 97, and a host of family and friends in Summertown yesterday
Oxonian members turned out in force for the Chris Hart Memorial race at Witney. In total 47 riders took part, with Oxonian’s Emma McDermott winning the ladies race in 24mins 21secs. She beat Oxford City’s Clare Vallance into second, with Wendy Gundry
Thames Valley Police’s response to complaints of antisocial behaviour has improved since last year, statistics revealed. More than nine out of 10 of the 200 people surveyed by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in the region said they were happy
Oxfordshire have been decimated by unavailability for their Minor Counties Championship Western Division match against Dorset at Banbury, which gets under way on Sunday. Stand-in skipper Richard Kaufman was able to name only eight players yesterday –
I feel a few correspondents are being a little hard on Oxford Pedestrians’ Association’s Sushila Dhall for her comments about motorists after the recent hit-and-run incident involving a cyclist and a cancer survivor. Is this not what people have been
WITH regard to the dial-a-ride issue, we are grateful to councillor Jean Fooks (Wednesday’s ViewPoints) for researching information concerning government grants to councils which would probably not have been available to the average person. It is a pity
THANK heavens people are questioning the wisdom of Oxford City Council’s idiotic scheme to turn the northern A40 into a “boulevard” (yesterday’s Oxford Mail). However many speed restrictions they try to put on the road, it will never be a boulevard,
PRIME Minister and Witney MP David Cameron is to be complimented on his strong statement of support for the rights and freedom of the Falkland Islanders. In contrast, no such support has been given to the islanders living on the British Indian Ocean
The summer holidays are quickly approaching but sadly for some pets it is the worst time of the year. Every holiday season Four Paws receives reports about animals that have simply been abandoned by owners who have not made arrangements for their animals
IN TWO letters (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, May 10 and 24) Brian Baggott says that “incinerators are a necessary evil”. I agree that they are evil but not that they are necessary. He describes them as “the only alternative to landfill”. I point out that
Oxfordshire batsman Craig Haupt misses Banbury’s trip to Welwyn Garden City in Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 1 tomorrow after picking up a two-game ban for dissent. The powerful left-hander received the punishment following an
THE family and friends of two servicemen killed in Afghanistan have paid tribute to their loved ones. Lance Corporal James Ashworth, 23, and Corporal Alex Guy, 37, were repatriated to RAF Brize Norton yesterday. About 500 people turned out at the memorial
IN response to John Tanner’s letter (Tuesday’s ViewPoints), I would answer that it would be a disaster for the county should there be a Labour majority next year. I have not forgotten that due to the financial failure of the previous Labour Government
SO the Greeks have accepted the German ultimatum on the bail-out conditions, which will end up by in effect giving the Germans full control of Greece, as more German-inspired rules are brought in. And later, other Euro countries will be under the German
FOR more than a century the impressive Tirah Memorial to Oxford men killed in the Indian North West Frontier uprising has stood in Bonn Square. No-one felt it necessary to scratch their initials on the stonework. No-one felt inclined to deface
A THIRD of Oxfordshire doctors surgeries took part in a day of action yesterday. Twenty-six out of 82 county surgeries took part in the first industrial action for 37 years. They joined doctors up and down the country who were protesting over the Government
TRAIN passengers in Oxfordshire may face summer disruptions after the rail workers union claimed they’re not being paid enough to deal with the Olympics. The RMT said it was balloting members for strike action over a First Great Western (FGW) pay offer
OXFORD United hard man Andy Whing says the U’s will relish the tough opening fixtures to next season. And that is because they proved 12 months ago that they are capable of beating the fancied teams. After a home Capital One Cup tie against Bournemouth
CHAIRS and a pot plant were thrown as three men took part in a lunchtime brawl at an Oxford chip shop. Tobias Bruce and brothers Gunesh and Ashim Sukriev were involved in the confrontation at Posh Fish in Headington on January 18, 2011. The incident
THE man behind an 18-year harassment campaign against his neighbours has been told by a judge “sell your house or go to prison”. Keith Quartermain, left, who has used a ‘laughing machine’ and hundreds of abusive signs to torment residents, appeared at
NINE bodies left languishing in a storeroom for decades will finally be laid to rest tomorrow. Some of the skeletons, uncovered at Eynsham Abbey in an archaeological dig, have waited more than 400 years for a proper burial. They were discovered in the
AN OXFORDSHIRE film director has swapped the red carpet for the dancefloor. In May, Guy Browning, who lives in Kingston Bagpuize, premiered his film Tortoise in Love in London’s West End. Now he has thrown his hat into the ring to become
CAR fans have the chance to go for the drive of their life this weekend. Tomorrow and Sunday, more than two dozen dealerships from around Oxfordshire will be offering motorists the chance to test drive one of their cars. It is all part of the Big Test
