Results for the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner - Thames Valley and Oxfordshire districts. Thames Valley CandidateVotes Anthony STANSFELD94,238* Tim STARKEY70,403* Geoff HOWARD31,716 John Orrell HOWSON20,511 Barry COOPER19,324 Patience
GREEN Wing actress Tamsin Greig is the latest star to put herself forward for a Christmas charity event in Oxford. The Spirit of Christmas concert is held every year at Christ Church Cathedral in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. It features
STARS including Monty Python legend Michael Palin are supporting a special carol concert in aid of Oxford Children’s Hospital. The Dorchester Abbey Christmas Concert takes place on Thursday, December 6, and will feature celebrity readers Mr Palin
GREEN Wing actress Tamsin Greig is the latest star to put herself forward for a Christmas charity event in Oxford. The Spirit of Christmas concert is held every year at Christ Church Cathedral in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. It features
STARS including Monty Python legend Michael Palin are supporting a special carol concert in aid of Oxford Children’s Hospital. The Dorchester Abbey Christmas Concert takes place on Thursday, December 6, and will feature celebrity readers Mr Palin
An 18-year-old woman received minor injuries following a pushbike accident on the B4944 Ormond Road in Wantage this afternoon. The South Central Ambulance Service were called to the accident at 3.19pm after she fell off her bike. She was treated
AN exciting archery, camping and quad-biking adventure awaits 16 disabled Oxford children. Children in Need has granted social care provider Dimensions £26,668 to run four action-packed outdoor weekends. The 16, aged from eight to 19, suffer
Residents have called for their former GP surgery in Jericho, Oxford, to be turned into shops or homes. In July, three surgeries, 12 GPs and the records of more than 13,000 patients were moved across the road when the new Jericho Health Centre
THE days of commuters using Bicester side streets as unofficial car parks are set to come to an end. Oxfordshire County Councillor Michael Waine has put forward proposals to create two no-waiting areas in six residential streets – Balliol Road,
An unbeaten display from Maria Ioannou could not prevent Oxfordshire suffering their first defeat of the season in Division 2 Central of the County Championship when they lost 10-5 at home to Staffordshire. Ioannou provided Oxon with their only
TWO Bampton residents hope to reopen the village youth centre to give youngsters a safe and secure meeting place. The building, in Church View, was closed for a refit in December last year by Oxfordshire County Council but never reopened after
CONSERVATIVE Anthony Stansfeld has won the election to be the Thames Valley's first Police and Crime Commissioner. Mr Stansfeld is about to be declared as winning more votes overall than Labour's Tim Starkey once the second preference votes of
CONSERVATIVE Anthony Stansfeld is looking increasingly likely to be the first Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner. Mr Stansfeld failed to win an overall majority in the first round of voting, although he was about 20,000 votes ahead of
A BANBURY primary school has become the first in the county to be given the ‘requires improvement’ rating by education inspectors Ofsted. Up until the end of the last academic year, schools could be judged outstanding, good, satisfactory or inadequate
A BANBURY primary school has become the first in the county to be given the ‘requires improvement’ rating by education inspectors Ofsted. Up until the end of the last academic year, schools could be judged outstanding, good, satisfactory or inadequate
THE founders of an Oxford-based comic say publications like theirs can encourage thousands of youngsters to read. The Phoenix, a traditional comic produced in Beaumont Street, has a growing weekly circulation of more than 3,000 copies across the
THEY make thousands of sandwiches, serve hundreds of cups of tea and, without any training even comfort bereaved families, never asking for a word of thanks. Now the women who cater for repatriation ceremonies at Brize Norton are hoping to improve
THE Police and Crime Commissioner election is going to a second round of counting after Conservative candidate Anthony Stansfeld failed to win an overall majority. Mr Stansfeld won the most districts across the Thames Valley - including five of
Oxford's Ibby Ahmed and Ben Roberts, from Brize Norton, were undefeated as Oxfordshire Under 15s beat Berkshire 11-9 at Crowthorne. Meanwhile Jack Bird, of Chinnor, was runner-up in the boys singles final at the Worcester Under 17 Silver Tournament
TEEMING with youngsters, the newly-transformed Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground was still missing one thing, according to its formation committee. Now a lasting ‘thank-you’ to the people who helped breathe life back into it has been installed
A FORMER monastery church which is now one of Oxford’s music venues needs a £2m revamp. Grade I listed St John the Evangelist Church in Iffley Road is now attracting major classical artists and the occasional jazz legend. The church was built
VOTERS in West Oxfordshire and Cherwell have stayed true to their Tory roots and chosen Conservative Anthony Stansfeld as Police and Crime Commissioner. In the latest results, in Cherwell Mr Stansfeld came top with 4,621 votes. Labour's Tim Starkey
Chinnor coach Jason Bowers is relishing the prospect of his side taking on National League 2 South leaders Henley Hawks at Dry Leas tomorrow. “It’s always a challenge to take on the league leaders,” said Bowers. “The fact that they are just
THERE IS nothing quite like the excitement of taking your first attempt at pottery out of the kiln. After delicately crafting their creations, painting and glazing them, students at the Abingdon Health and Wellbeing Centre’s pottery class popped
RESIDENTS have called for work to be carried out on strengthening a rail bridge in Oxford before a new housing development is built. The Wolvercote rail bridge is in such a bad state of repair that traffic moving across it has had to be restricted
Residents in a Banbury street were woken up and decamped by fire crews following an explosion near their homes in the early hours of this morning. A gas cylinder had caught fire in garages off Edmunds Road, setting a caravan alight and damaging
PLANS to spend £9,500 on a new mayor’s chain, so civic leaders can have their names engraved on it, have been dropped after a row. Bicester Town Council’s ruling Conservative party wanted to spend £9,500 on a new silver-gilt chain for the mayor
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler sentence audiences to one hell of a long wait before we reach the true meat of the drama in A Little Night Music. This is the climacteric ‘weekend in the country’ during which a series of markedly unsatisfactory relationships
OXFORD city voters have backed Labour's Tim Starkey in the Police and Crime Commissioner election but their cousins in the south have chosen Tory. With four results to come in Tory Stansfeld has won nine districts and Labour's Starkey has taken
The non-emergency number 101 is now used for more than 70 per cent of calls to Thames Valley Police. The new number replaced the 0845 number in November last year. The numbers have run side by side but the 0845 number will be switched off on
A BANNED motorist who killed his girlfriend when the stolen car he was driving hit a wall was freed yesterday. Lee Bayliss, 35, from Oxford, was sentenced to the two-year minimum at the city’s crown court in 2006 after admitting causing Susan Fenton
FOR loved ones of Captain Walter Barrie, Remembrance Sunday will take on a whole new meaning after he was killed on November 11 in Afghanistan. Capt Barrie, 41, described by friends as “passionate and diligent” was shot at close range by an Afghan
Three gates were stolen from a sheep pen on a farm in Wykham Lane. The incident, between 6pm on Saturday and 4pm on Tuesday, came after a gate was stolen from a field between Milcombe and Hook Norton between 12pm and 4pm on Tuesday. Call 101
More than a dozen people have called police over the death of a 21-year-old woman on the A40 on Monday night. Police appealed for witnesses after the woman, from Cheltenham, was hit by several vehicles in the incident at about 10.30pm on the Oxford-bound
Danny Mason and Aaron Posey return for Kidlington’s FA Carlsberg Vase second round trip to Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division leaders Marlow tomorrow. Clanfield are set to give a debut to Nick Christodoulou, their loan signing from Abingdon
Oxford United duo Chris Wilder and Tom Craddock have missed out on the npower League Two monthly awards. Wilder was shortlisted for manager of the month, but that accolade went to Cheltenham boss Mark Yates. And Craddock, who scored six goals
An air rifle and hunting knife were stolen by burglars who broke into a Beckdale Close home. The crime happened between 7.20pm and 8.50pm on Tuesday. Call police on 101 with details.
A tractor was taken from an outbuilding in Childrey and then used by criminals to ram-raid an office on the site and steal diesel. The crime happened between 3am and 7am on Monday. Call 101 with information.
A £35m Science Discovery and Innovation Centre next to Oxford’s historic Castle Mound is expected to attract 150,000 visitors a year. But concerns have been raised that if the scheme is given the go-ahead it could mean the historic Oxford register
A road was blocked for more than an hour after a collision involving a bus and a car. Barn’s Road, in Blackbird Leys, remained partially closed after the accident which happened at about 3.30pm yesterday. The collision involved a silver Ford
OXFORDSHIRE’S main hospital trust has celebrated its first anniversary and its historic agreement with Oxford University. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust was created last November when Oxfordshire’s four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital
A Cowley man arrested on drug offences and possession of a weapon is being hunted by police after he failed to answer bail. Liam Rowe, aged 21, from Hunter Close, Cowley, was arrested in February this year following a raid in the street which uncovered
IT IS almost exactly two years since Oxford United’s last visit to Chesterfield and they are hoping history will be recreated tomorrow. Only the most die-hard supporters travelled to Derbyshire with any genuine optimism in November 2010 – the U
SPECIALISTS have given Michael Duberry the green light to resume training after scans showed his neck had fully healed from surgery. The 37-year-old suffered a prolapsed disc during the summer and had to undergo a major operation in August.
Wallingford added another trophy to their season’s haul with a win in the women’s elite lightweight quad at the Fours Head from Mortlake to Putney. The crew of regulars Caroline Greves, Christina Thomas, Kathryn Twyman and Brianna Stubbs won in
FEARS of a low turn-out in the election for the new Police and Crime Commissioner appeared to be accurate this morning after it emerged less than 11 per cent of people voted in Oxford yesterday. Six candidates are standing to take the post as the
SATURDAY FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Chesterfield v Oxford Utd BLUE SQUARE BET NORTH Corby Tn v Oxford City. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Hitchin Tn v Banbury Utd. Div 1 South & West: Bishops Cleeve v Abingdon Utd
Didcot Town boss Gary Elkins backed Lee Henderson to make a full recovery from a double leg fracture. The injury happened when the centre back , 21, tackled Sam Morris in Tuesday’s 2-1 home defeat by Swindon Supermarine. And it brought back
I SAW the fun photo’ of The Other Oxford Theatre group on ‘REWIND – Historical characters’ (November 13), but then realised that this was 1976. I can’t help thinking that, 36 years on, the guy ‘brandishing’ two fake pistols would have been quickly
Oxford City boss Mike Ford has admitted the goal-scoring return of Felipe Barcelos has given him plenty to ponder as they seek a Blue Square Bet North double away to Corby Town tomorrow. He scored the winner two minutes after coming on in last
MR Siret takes great pleasure in telling us the new president of Venezuela was elected. Is it not true that the people of Caracas once elected a rhinoceros? RALPH LEAVIS, Jourdain Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford
HAVING seen an advertisement on TV that was of interest to me, claiming “no win no fee”, I duly sent off my details online. I was contacted by the party concerned and informed that I was required to register my claim by the end of September.
The delinquently oversized buildings along the western side of Roger Dudman Way are just that (Pla to Save Us From This, November 13), but they are also intended as essential accommodation for Oxford University graduate students, including those with
AFTER reading an article about the high numbers of immigrants coming to Great Britain (3,000,000 plus 25,000 pending applications), could this explain the acute housing shortage in our country and the ever-increasing costs to the NHS? While I am
IT SEEMS that refurbishment work, long overdue, has gathered pace in the right direction. Soon local people and visitors will be able to use our spick and span city toilets. They will also have the opportunity to read a novel of their choice while
Thank you for the generous coverage you have given the Rose Hill Community Centre in your paper this week. At what should be a time a cause for celebration for the Rose Hill estate, it saddens me that the possibility of a much-needed new community
LABOUR’S inability to tell the truth about the reasons for the reduced Dial-a-Ride service now provided to Oxford’s frail and elderly residents beggars belief. Cllrs John Sanders and Susanna Pressel (November 6) accuse the county council of ‘deciding
NO matter how you look at it, he was dicing with death. Dashing out of Cripley Road and through the rush hour traffic of Botley Road is never wise. Perhaps the young man, probably in his early twenties, thought his large camouflaged backpack would
THE man brought in to maintain the quality of the Kassam Stadium pitch admits the playing surface is dealing with the groundshare better than expected. There were concerns this summer when it was confirmed Oxford United would be joined by London
JAMES Constable admits the form of strike partner Tom Craddock has given him added incentive to get amongst the goals for Oxford United. The club’s top scorer award has been won by Constable for the last four seasons, but he has plenty of work
FORMER Oxford United player Rob Hughes is to take the stand next week at a trial of six men accused of attacking him while he holidayed in Greece. The 32-year-old suffered brain damage during a brutal beating in Crete in June 2008. The defendants
CARE homes in Oxfordshire need to provide more activities for residents, a report has warned. Members of the Oxfordshire Local Involvement Network (LINk) recently visited 30 residential homes across the county. And although their report to
Debris caused delays after a smash on the B4449 last night. A collision between a Saab and a BMW happened near the junction with the A40 at about 4.25pm. One side of the carriageway was blocked, but was cleared by 5.40pm.
Police officers, PCSOs and members of the public were rewarded for their efforts yesterday as they were given a commendation certificate by city commander Supt Chris Sharp. Eight police officers recieved the award, while three PCSOs and one security
A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with pelvic injuries after a crash involving a car on the A40. Police officers were called to the scene in Witney at Barnard Gate at around 6am yesterday. The victim was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital
AT THE eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, millions of people across the country stopped to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. But not in Eynsham, where the traditional two minutes’ silence was held 10 minutes
CHRIS Allen is keen to keep his youth team players’ feet on the ground after reeling off their 11th successive win on Wednesday. The U’s Under 18s beat Plymouth Under 18s 3-2 in the FA Youth Cup to set up a third round tie at home to Barnsley next
AN Oxford-based scientist has been handed £900,000 to research photosynthesis. Dr Feliciano Giustino of Oxford University’s Department of Materials has received the Leverhulme Research Leadership Award to explore how solar cells inspired by natural
WITNESSES told a jury they saw a badly injured man forced into the street on the night Denis Witney died. Three people are accused of the homeless man’s murder, which the prosecution alleges followed an assault in a house in St Clement’s, East
THE third Ultimate Support Saturday at the Kassam Stadium will be held later this month. It aims to boost the atmosphere and attendances at U’s home games and this season will be held to coincide with Northampton Town’s visit next weekend.
BELIEVE it or not, miracles do still happen. They are a daily part of our 21st century lives, but sometimes we just need to be reminded what ‘miraculous’ really means. So thank goodness – and how many times have we said that over the last three
THIRTY years ago Philip and Judith Price walked through the doors of Oxford’s Helen House with their sick daughter, Melissa. They were the first family to be cared for at the East Oxford hospice – the world’s first children's respite hospice.
APPLICATIONS have closed on Oxfordshire County Council’s second bid to find a boss for volunteer-run libraries. After failing to find the right candidate to be ‘community libraries co-ordinator’ after advertising in April, the post was re-advertised
WITH Lord Patten’s position as chairman of the BBC Trust under mounting pressure, support has been offered in the city, where he is Chancellor of Oxford University. Lord Patten has faced calls for his resignation from MPs as the crisis engulfing
