OXFORDSHIRE SPORTS AWARDS WINNERS Sportsman of year: Andy Triggs Hodge (rowing). Runners-up: Jack Brooks (cricket), Lawrence Clarke (athletics). Sportswoman of year: Lily van der Broecke (rowing). Runners-up: Katherine Hawes (bowls), Dawn Williams
An 18-year-old man has been rebailed as part of a police investigation into a brawl in Gloucester Green last month. He answered bail yesterday but police officers did not charge him and released him on bail again until Thursday, January 17.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with cyber attacks on the websites of Oxford and Cambridge universities. Lewys Martin, of Dover Road, Walmer, Kent, is also accused of service attacks on the website of Kent Police. Martin faces charges relating
THE family of a former Oxford United footballer last night said the conviction of his four attackers would help them move on. A Greek court yesterday found four Britons guilty of attacking Rob Hughes with such ferocity he was left brain damaged
WE may still be in autumn, but excitement is building for one of the highlights of the summer. The organisers of Oxford’s Cowley Road Carnival are busy planning for next year’s event – and have launched a fundraising drive to ensure it goes ahead
HAVING scaled some of the tallest buildings in Europe, an urban explorer is setting his sights on Oxford’s dreaming spires. Dr Bradley Garrett, who lives in Jericho, first hit the headlines after climbing up the Shard in London to watch New Year
OXFORD Greyhound Stadium is to shut, it has been confirmed tonight. The stadium in Blackbird Leys has had a question mark over its future for months, with building housing on the site being put forward as a potential plan. The Oxford Mail has
FOUR members of the Clarke family were extras in Half a Sixpence starring Tommy Steele during filming in Oxford. We recalled (Memory Lane, October 29) how local people were recruited to be boatered and bustled strollers, lovers on benches and cheering
FUNDING of more than £150,000 is on its way to Oxfordshire to help people stay warm and well this winter. The Department of Health has announced it will give £152,754 to the county council to fund a series of projects in the county. The schemes
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Thousands of members at a Cowley pool and snooker bar were able to play on tonight after the business was rescued from administration. Rileys Sports Bar, in Between Towns Road, was one of 78 across the UK bought by private investors securing the
THIS overturned car transporter has caused gridlock and delays of up to two hours on the M40. The vehicle ended up on its side after colliding with the central reservation between Junction 11 Banbury and Junction 12 Gaydon just before 10am.
FIVE years of tireless fundraising efforts are almost at an end for an Oxford cancer support service. Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre says its purpose-built centre in Headington is nearing completion, with fundraising about to hit the £3m target.
IMPROVEMENTS to a communal garden, a new bin store and extra parking spaces have been given the go-ahead thanks to a special fund. Oxfordshire tenants of the GreenSquare Housing Association submitted bids for work costing up to £5,000 they would
KAREN Hancox and her husband Neil were shattered when their first daughter Kayleigh was stillborn in 2007. On Sunday they will join other parents who have lost babies at a special service of remembrance in Oxford. A part-time teacher at Bloxham
A HISTORIC Oxford building which has lain empty for more than a decade has been brought back to life as a new hotel. The Vanbrugh House Hotel in St Michael’s Street will throw open its doors on Monday following a £1.5m restoration by Sojourn Hotels
THE owner of Kitson’s restaurant in Abingdon High Street has opened a deli next door, selling his own food. Chef Hristo Yankov’s OX14 Deli, which opened on Monday in a former tobacconist’s, features his own cured meats and smoked salmon, pickles
PEOPLE in Rose Hill have voted overwhelmingly for a new community centre. The city council had held a vote, asking the people of the estate whether they wanted to centre in The Oval to be knocked down and replaced or to be refurbished. More
THREE pensioners raised £25,000 in a matter of months to completely revamp their village hall’s outdated kitchen. Tea parties used to be a squeeze at Grove Village Hall and they could only fit three people at a time in their 1960s kitchen.
SATURDAY FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd v Northampton. FA CARLSBERG TROPHY 1st round: Oxford City v Bishop’s Stortford. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Banbury Utd v Hemel Hempstead Tn. Div 1 South &
BICESTER Village has given elderly people in the county an early Christmas present – £5,000 to help run 20 Good Neighbour Schemes throughout this winter and the coming year. Value Retail, the ‘landlord’ company at Bicester Village, in Pringle Drive
Chris Hurley has resigned as manager of Division 1 West club Clanfield after a poor run of results. Chairman John Osborne said: “Chris and his team have worked very hard to consolidate what we had. “I don’t think any of us expected to be looking
Ben Roberts starred with a gold and two silver medals in the Badminton England Oxfordshire tournament at Abingdon’s White Horse Leisure & Tennis Centre. Roberts, from Brize Norton, won the under 15 boy’s doubles with Ethan Colby (Berkshire)
AN Oxford scout group is reminding its members to be prepared for Diamond Jubilee celebrations next month. The 43rd Oxford (St Nicholas) Scout Group will be 60-years-old on Thursday, December 6, and is going to celebrate with a series of events
Hotel chain Malmaison says the business is continuing to trade profitably, despite a key shareholder going into administration. MWB Group Holdings was taken into administration last week but the future of Malmaison which runs the hotel at Oxford
A historic Oxford building which has lain empty for more than a decade has been brought back to life as a new hotel. The Vanbrugh House Hotel in St Michael’s Street will throw open its doors on Monday following a £1.5m restoration by Sojourn Hotels
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An inquest into the death of well-known East Oxford man Leslie Belcher has opened. The 51-year-old died at Lucy Faithfull House, in Speedwell Street, on October 31. Police treated the death as unexplained. Oxford Coroner’s Office opened an
HAILING from the City of Angels, Dawes have quietly and without fanfare, acquired near cult status, revitalizing their home city’s rock and roll scene. To frontman Taylor Goldsmith, the message is plain: they are here to play – and don’t care all
Oxford City manager Mike Ford is hoping that extra coaching for his strikers will help them find the net on a regular basis,. Ford says his side need to score more goals to cap some encouraging displays when they host Bishop’s Stortford in tomorrow
A HOMELESS man continued to be kicked after he had been beaten unconscious, a jury heard yesterday. Diane Hayes, 29, told Oxford Crown Court that Joanne Moriarty and Daniel McCollin attacked Denis Witney in the house where she was staying in St
OXFORD High Year 8 and Our Lady’s Abingdon Year 10 saw their impressive runs in the AEGON Schools Tennis tournament end at the last 16 stage. Both girls schools won seven matches to reach the regional finals, Our Lady’s qualifying for a second
LEADERS Norham Gardens were pegged back to a 4-4 draw by Bicester in the Thames Valley Winter League’s Men’s Premier Division. Norham stay unbeaten, but second-placed Oxford Sports closed the gap with a 6-2 victory at Woodstock. Abingdon, North
Photographs by an Oxford artist go on display today. The photos show the beauty of natural forms, together with quirky museum pieces. Trevor Ashby, 68, was a tutor at the former Oxford College of Further Education in Oxpens. He is showing
A new strain of avian pox could badly affect survival rates among great tits, research at Wytham Woods has found. Scientists and bird experts who studied 2,076 great tits in the woodland found up to 10 per cent were affected.
THEATREgoers will be able to get into the festive spirit with a panto production of Dick Whittington in Oxford. The Oxford Playhouse will perform the panto from Friday, November 30, until Sunday, January 13. The production will tell the timeless
THOSE among us who are unable to think for themselves through limited education, often make the mistake of assuming that none of us can survive without animal protein. On the contrary, most of the food retail outlets all over the country are full
Abu Qatada is allowed to stay in the UK – when will our judges join the real world? For a man who hates us all, he is happy to live here and draw benefits: a bloodsucker drawing from those who paid in all their working lives. He has got to
Today we talk to Phil Walsh, who volunteers for Oxfam arranging corporate partnerships WHAT I’M CALLED: Phil Walsh or Titch by my two older brothers who are both 6ft 2in+, while I’m 5ft 7in MY AGE: 33 WHAT I DO: I run my own business helping
AS CHRISTMAS approaches, promotional campaigns urging people to donate to charities that provide live animals to impoverished communities in the poorest parts of the world are becoming ever-more prevalent. While these schemes may seem like a great
JOHNNY Mullins will remain a target for Oxford United even though a successful loan spell was cut short this week. The centre back was outstanding during his seven-week stay with the U’s, scoring twice in eight games. But an injury crisis at
DISABLED parking is set to return in Witney’s High Street following a change of heart from county council leaders. Earlier this year, the county council imposed a ban on loading and waiting along one side of the high street which affected blue
A CYCLIST has been involved in a collision with a car in Botley Road. The incident occurred at about 9am near the junction of Bridge Street. The rider, in his 20s, suffered minor head injuries but was not seriously hurt. He was not wearing
l AS the killing in Gaza continues, the sanctimonious hypocrisy of American foreign policy knows no bounds. During the recent Security Council debate on Syria when Russia and China used their veto to prevent a resolution being carried, Susan Rice
l YET another pack of half-baked reasons for cyclists to be treated as special cases from James Styring (Big Issue, November 22). Common sense dictates that cyclists should take care to see and be seen. Hi-viz waistcoats are mandatory wear
A BLUEPRINT for up to 900 homes at Barton West has won the approval of planning inspector Dr Shelagh Bussey. Oxford City Council’s Barton Area Action Plan, which sets out proposals for between 800 and 900 homes, a new school and other facilities
FORMER Tongan international Josh Taumalolo has become Oxford Harlequins’ new head coach as part of sweeping changes at the National 3 South West strugglers. Taumalolo, who played for Bristol, Harlequins and Sale, teams up with fellow Tongan Tevita
WHEN the duck and drake, perching on a stout barrier near Osney Lock, ignored my much-admired Donald Duck impression and continued to stare to their front, I should have accepted this wet and miserable Tuesday was not my day. November 20 was the
WHAT’S this? The new, still wet-behind-the-ears Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld, pictured, wants to raise council tax precepts to raise further funding for the police (November 20). I should coco, me old pal! Listen here, my old
Abingdon United boss Richie Bourne says he will do all in his power to keep striker Aaron Woodley after local rivals Didcot Town made an official approach. But Bourne is confident that the former Oxford United youngster will reject a move.
A STRICTLY Jive Fever competition featuring people from across Oxfordshire is coming to its final stages. It’s down to the semi final stage in the competition, being run by Coralie Green of the Jive+ Modern Jive group, with seven competitors remaining
FORCED expansion of Windmill Primary School would be done in the “worst case scenario”, a top education chief has said. Plans to add up to 140 more children to the Headington school have now taken a step forward and look set to go out for formal
LIAM Davis drives past Sixfields on a daily basis, but the Oxford United defender says facing his former club tomorrow is no big deal. The left back played almost 100 games in three seasons for Northampton Town before joining the U’s last year.
A 44-year-old man has been cleared of attempted voyeurism and of breaching his Asbo. Philip Harper, of Edinburgh Way, Banbury, was cleared of the two charges, relating to February 25, at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. Judge Mary Jane Mowat directed
PREPARATIONS are under way ahead of Oxford’s Christmas Lights Night celebration this evening. Hundreds of children will parade through the city’s streets with lanterns, and a stage in St Giles will feature various performances. Scores of shops
THE Met Office warned that more bad weather was on the way following Wednesday’s downpours and flooding. Up to 20mm of rain was expected last night, between 6pm and midnight, along with winds of up to 60mph in Oxfordshire. Today is expected
AIDY Boothroyd has warned his Northampton Town side to avoid complacency when they visit Oxford United tomorrow. The Cobblers top npower League Two’s form table following four wins and a draw from their last five games. By contrast, United
LOOKING at the rising and fast flowing waters of our rivers, no one can be blamed for having flashbacks to that horrific July in 2007. The floods of five years ago brought long lasting misery to hundreds. Writing this last night, our county
IT may be controversial but the go-ahead for ‘Barton West’ has broadly got to be welcomed for the future of this city. Ultimately housing, as councillor Colin Cook says, is desperately needed in Oxford. Most people agree this as a obvious point
A fire which broke out at an Oxford Brookes University workshop is not being treated as suspicious. Toxic smoke engulfed the John Payne building at 10pm on Tuesday. The cause is still unknown.
A driver suffered a fractured spine when his white Peugeot 206 overturned in Brill Road, Horton-cum-Studley, during a collision. The crash happened at about 8.20am on Monday. Pc Daniel Watford said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed
THE post mortem examination into the bones found following a houseboat fire in Wolvercote on Friday will be held today at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. The remains are thought to be of the boat owner, Kevin Pryor, 49. His name was released
THIS man is wanted for questioning by police investigating an assault on an Oxford Brookes bus. A man was punched in the face while travelling on the No.8 service between St Aldate’s and Pullens Lane in Headington, Oxford, at about 2.58am on Saturday
Flood Warnings (indicating flooding is expected and immediate action is required): River Cherwell from Lower Heyford down to Cherwell Bridge, including Rousham, Enslow, Thrupp and Hampton Poyle F lood Alerts (indicating flooding is possible
HOMEowners and businesses were yesterday clearing up the damage after downpours hit Oxfordshire. In the 36 hours between 3am on Tuesday and 3pm on Wednesday, the county saw 45.6mm of rain fall – and about half as much again was expected last night
ANDY Whing is desperate for a victory tomorrow to kick-start Oxford United’s season. Chris Wilder’s men have gone four games without a win and will need to be at their best to take all three points at home to a buoyant Northampton Town. Whing
THE cream of the county’s sporting talent will be at the Kassam Stadium tonight at the 2012 Oxfordshire Sports Awards, writes MARK EDWARDS. Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists Andy Triggs Hodge and Lily van den Broecke are among those shortlisted
THE man behind the Ultimate Support Saturday initiative is hoping to give Oxford United a boost against Northampton Town tomorrow. It is the third season for the scheme, which is aimed at improving the atmosphere and attendances at the Kassam Stadium
BANBURY Town Centre would have been under water yesterday if £17m flood defences were not opened, it has been claimed. The Environment Agency finished the defences – which protects more than 500 properties, including the railway station and Banbury
RESIDENTS were last night barricading their homes with sandbags as experts warned many more properties were likely to flood. Officials warned eight waterways through Oxfordshire looked set to burst their banks and flood homes. The Environment
THE River Cherwell remains on Flood Warning this morning but the levels are falli at Heyford Bridge. THe Environment Agency placed the river on Flood Warning status between Lower Heyford and Cherwell Bridge yesterday, meaning flooding was expected
A NIGHT of heavy rain and strong winds has caused disruption across Oxfordshire. Enslow Bridge in Bunkers Hill, Kidlington, is closed in both directions due to flooding, and traffic is backed up along the A44 Woodstock Road due to surface water
PLANS for a rent rise of up to 70 per cent for Oxford’s Covered Market traders are to be discussed by city councillors. The council’s value and performance scrutiny committee will meet on Tuesday, with the controversial rent increase on the agenda
A NEW junior book club launched by the Oxford Mail in association with bookseller Waterstones has been hailed a roaring success. As part of the Oxfordshire Reading Campaign, we teamed up with the Oxford bookseller to launch the Oxford Mail Junior
FORMER British athletics track runner Lesley Owusu delivered lessons in motivation to pupils at St Gregory the Great and Iffley Mead schools in Oxford pupils. Miss Owusu, an international 400m runner, visited the schools to talk about her experiences
I DO not understand why: a) Anybody on the electoral register is deemed competent to participate in the Police and Crime Commissioners’ election, and; b) Extra-parliamentary bodies, largely funded by trade unions and wealthy individuals, that influence
