NEARLY 70 years ago, Leslie Valentine flew a daring mission over Juno Beach to lay smoke to protect troops landing in Normandy on D-Day. Now the Bomber Command veteran has returned to the beach for the first time to remember his comrades who didn
EGGS were thrown and two people arrested by police during the protest at the visit of Rwandan president Paul Kagame to Oxford today. Mr Kagame gave a keynote speech at Said Business School to the Oxford Africa Business Conference, a student-led
People convicted of offences at Oxford Magistrates' Court recently: Joseph Joyce, 21, of Redbridge Hollow, Oxford, admitted stealing goods worth £24.99 from Argos in Botley Road, Oxford, on December 10. Fined £100 and told to pay £24.99 compensation
NINE Victorian student houses along Iffley Road are still on the market, it has been revealed. Exeter College put the row of houses in East Oxford, which are valued at around £6.75m, up for sale in August last year. Since then, residents in
CARNIVOROUS plants in Oxfordshire’s ponds are one species set to snap up a huge funding boost. Oxford charity Pond Conservation has received initial support for a £965,000 bid from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The charity wants to fund
Tim Hughes enjoys a trip to the wonderful - if slightly surreal - world of Legoland in the place it all began - Denmark Sunlight glints gently on red-tile roofs, while cyclists make their way along canals, passing barges laden with cargo. In the
A POLICE search is continuing today for the mother of a Bicester toddler after the child's body was found at a house in the town. The body of Sarah Dahane, 20 months, was discovered in a home in Herald Way, Glory Farm, Bicester, on Thursday.
A GOLD tiger skull created by an Oxfordshire man will be the centrepiece of the Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibition. Martin Hayward-Harris, from Moulsford near Wallingford, has been shortlisted for the 2013 award. His £20,000 replica gilded
CHARITY shop staff and volunteers raised a glass to toast their revamped store, which has reopened after being closed for almost a month. Oxfam in London Road, Headington, closed on April 17 and reopened its doors on Wednesday, boasting new flooring
IN 1942, the people of Oxford came together to launch a huge fundraising campaign for the people of Greece, a move which saw the birth of Oxfam. More than 70 years later, the charity that was created by a group of church-goers and university dons
PROTESTERS have started to gather outside Oxford's Said Business School over a visit by the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. Police officers, including mounted police, are monitoring the peaceful protest outside the Oxford University business
CHARITY groups have been given a lifeline with a pot of more than £36,000 distributed across Oxfordshire. The 41 successful groups announced today have been granted up to £1,000 each through the Red Nose Day Community Cash scheme. Community
Flying Solo Trampoline Club member Nikki Bayer qualified for the British Championships in Birmingham on July 6-7 after finishing fourth at a national gala competition at Bath University’s sports training village. Bayer, 15, from Wantage, produced
HUNDREDS of real-life Billy Elliots twirled and pirouetted their way to starring in the famous ballet Swan Lake. Almost 300 youngsters auditioned for a place in the ballet at the New Theatre in Oxford. Aged between eight and 18, the children
Seven Oxford School of Skating members have qualified for the British Solo Ice Dance Championships at Sheffield from June 24-28. Emily-Kate Barnett, Camille Deer, Leticia Marsh, Liberty Huggins, Ella Godfrey, Ceri Kearney and Juliana Drozd progressed
WHATEVER issues there were in Andrew Seston’s life, it is deeply regrettable that he was over the alcohol limit while driving and on duty as a Police Community Support Officer. When PCSOs were introduced they were seen as ‘plastic policemen’, brought
A PCSO was arrested by his own colleagues for drink-driving when he called in back-up after pulling another motorist over, a court heard yesterday. PCSO Andrew Seston had drunk two small bottles of red wine the day before he was breathalysed, but
A taxi driver has been charged with false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm. Mohammed Afzal, 42, of Iffley Road, East Oxford, appeared in Oxford Crown Court yesterday over the alleged incident relating to two females on October 28 in
THE FIRST bands took to the stage last night at this year’s Wood Festival. The family festival of music and nature is back at Brazier’s Park in Ipsden near Wallingford this weekend after a year’s absence. Local heroes like Dreaming Spires,
Oxford City boss Mike Ford says the Marsh Lane club are happy to continue to ply their trade in Conference North. City, who finished tenth in their first season at that level, were told by the Football Association yesterday that they would stay
Oxford's ECB Midlands League Division 1 East game at home to Clifton (Nottingham) was abandoned due to rain after 23 overs with the visitors on 111-2. England junior player Esther Stock made 50 before being bowled by Lizzie Robbins, with Emilia
Tyler Kleiff and Chris Patterson hit half-centuries to set Shrivenham on the way to a crushing 97-run win over Cumnor in League E of the Oxfordshire Under 15 Club Championship. The pair hit 52 apiece before retiring in Shrivenham’s 144-6. Cumnor
A man has denied carrying out a string of sex attacks against four women in Oxford. Eric Berki, of Ridgefield Road, Cowley, is charged with four counts of sexual assault reported over eight days in February. The 28-year-old pleaded not guilty
A paranoid schizophrenic waiter jailed for beheading a restaurant manager with a cheese knife failed to convince the Appeal Court court his minimum jail term was too long yesterday. Serbian-born Jonathan Limani, 36, was jailed for life for killing
AN Oxford-based charity chief has backed a call for joined-up working to stop the sexual exploitation of young girls. Victims’ charity Voice for Justice UK chief executive the Rev Lynda Rose has warned action must be taken in the wake of the Bullfinch
George James’s all-round show inspired Buscot Park to a ten-run win over Minster Lovell in Group B of the Oxfordshire Under 13 League. He made an unbeaten 30 in the hosts’ 82-6 off their 20 overs as Wesley Spearman picked up 3-14, before taking
An experimental Oxfordshire Under 15s side got the season off to a super start with an easy nine-wicket victory over Dorset in a rain-affected ECB Cup match at Dean Park, Bournemouth. Dorset chose to bat after winning the toss in the opening group
Eve Johnson Houghton, who trains at Blewbury, near Didcot, is eyeing up a trip to Royal Ascot with Alutiq after the filly’s impressive win at Newbury yesterday. The two-year-old stormed home by two and a quarter lengths from Suite in the Ramsay
Leicestershire-based brewery Everards has bought The Black Boy pub and restaurant in Old High Street, Old Headington, for an undisclosed price.
THE elimination of the final impediment to the new Oxford to London rail link via Bicester really set the seal on what has been a week of momentous announcements. Yesterday, the High Court dismissed a challenge on pollution concerns to the plan
A MAJOR new rail project to link Oxford and London via Bicester has won the final go-ahead after a High Court challenge was thrown out yesterday. Chiltern Railways said work will begin this summer on the route to Marylebone after a judge rejected
BRADLEY Smith received a boost ahead of qualifying for the French MotoGP after making big strides in practice yesterday. The Oxfordshire star was off the pace in first practice at Le Mans, but slashed nearly 1.5 seconds off his best lap time in
Scott Davies has become Oxford United’s first signing of the summer after the midfielder agreed a new contract. The 25-year-old was offered a six-month contract, but according to the player the deal will keep him at the Kassam Stadium until the
SHE was a daddy’s girl who brought him “absolute joy”. Last night the father of Sarah Dahane made an emotional tribute to the toddler whose body was found in a home in Herald Way, Glory Farm, Bicester, on Thursday. Detectives are continuing
DAVE Messenger battled against mechanical problems to claim a pair of sixth places in the Alfa Romeo Championship at Silverstone. Electrical issues in qualifying saw the Eynsham driver start the first race from the back of the grid, but he clawed
St Birinus School stunned their competitors with a comprehensive victory in the South Oxfordshire Gala heats at Henley Leisure Centre. Competing against Gillott’s (Henley), Langtree (Woodcote) and Wallingford schools, the team from the Didcot school
SEAN Walkinshaw is still waiting for his first point of the season after enduring a frustrating weekend as the European Formula 3 Open visited Portugal. The Chipping Norton racer headed to the Portimao circuit looking to build on a promising start
Vicki Cooper of Abingdon Vale captured a gold medal in the 100m butterfly at the Wycombe & District Long Course Sprint meeting. Other medals – Silver: Natalia Druett (100m breaststroke), Ben Buck (50m backstroke). Bronze: Vicki Cooper (
A DEAL to run an award-winning North Oxford pub could be signed by the end of next week. The Anchor, in Hayfield Road, closed after landlords Jamie King and wife Charlotte announced in April they were quitting because of falling trade and increased
MARSTON residents have been told they will have to wait another year before an “eyesore” in the area is redeveloped. The old Friar pub on the corner of Marston Road and Old Marston Road has been empty for around six years and supermarket giant
