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  • Museum exhibition traces Wallingford Castle

    MUSEUM staff are planning a new exhibition about Wallingford Castle focusing on newly-researched documents from the National Archives in Kew. Wallingford Museum curator Judy Dewey said the documents, mostly from the 13th and 14th centuries, are

  • Praise for campaign to help get mums breast feeding

    AN NHS authority has been praised for health visitors’ efforts to get mums to breast feed. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been given a Certificate of Commitment as part of the global Baby Friendly Initiative, set up by Unicef and the World

  • Turf's up as work begins on new Northway community hub

    A MULTI-million-pound project to transform a Northway community hub has begun. Youngsters from New Marston Primary School united with city councillors on Wednesday to mark the start of construction at the Dora Carr Close site. It comes after

  • City Arms pub in Oxford to get a hi-tech makeover

    IN THE old days, drinkers would put a coin in the pub jukebox and a three-minute single would make some noise. Now pub goers, including those visiting the City Arms in Oxford, will be able to use a mobile phone app to choose the songs they want

  • Brutal killers were hanged at Oxford Prison

    SOLDIER George Pople was a second man to hang in Oxford Prison in three months. We told (Memory Lane, April 28, 2013) how Henry Seymour was executed for the gruesome murder of widow Annie Kempson at her home in St Clement’s, Oxford, in December

  • Final part of Marlborough School panoramic picture

    THIS is the final part of the Marlborough School jigsaw. We have published the left and centre sections of the panoramic photograph taken of pupils and staff at the Woodstock school in 1958 (Memory Lane, October 13 and November 17). This is the

  • Rail delight for model fans at Oxford exhibition

    MODEL railway enthusiasts turned out in force to see an exhibition at Oxford Town Hall. The exhibition in 1982 included 15 working layouts as well as static displays and was organised by the Oxford and District Model Railway Club. In the picture

  • The changing face of Harwell

    PAUL Taylor, complete with hat and pipe, took a bath on the Winterbrook Youth Club float in the Harwell Feast parade in 1995. But what was the message they were trying to convey? It took two years to make the tapestry in the second picture, one

  • Young actors took to stage in Oxford festival

    THESE were some of the young actors and actresses who took part in the 21st City of Oxford Youth Drama Festival. Jane Tipler is pictured applying make-up to Carolyn Payne and other pupils from The Cherwell School in North Oxford before they performed

  • Jewellery and cash stolen from Banbury home

    CASH and jewellery were stolen by burglars from a Banbury home on Friday. Thames Valley Police said the thieves broke in to the Neithrop Avenue property by forcing open conservatory doors at the back of the house, between 8.20am and 5.45pm.

  • The Scales of Justice: 20 people before the courts

    Wayne Curran, 35, of Beeching Way, Wallingford, admitted fraud between August 2 and August 20 in Cowley Road, Oxford, by altering a cheque for £50 to show his name. Also admitted possessing cannabis, a Class B drug, on March 9 in Beeching Way

  • I was so close to tumbling into Winston Churchill’s grave

    HAVING read the piece by Alex Wynick in the Oxford Mail about the anniversary of Churchill's burial at Bladon I was reminded of my own near appointment with his grave 50 years ago. At the time I was living in digs in Kidlington and either the Mail

  • Oxford United fans want a winning team, Mr Appleton

    I SEE that Oxford United head coach (posh title) Appleton made a comment about the subdued atmosphere at recent home games. Well, perhaps it’s because the team are rubbish! Losing at home on a regular basis will upset fans and I am amazed that

  • Yours Faithfully: Finding true north when bearings go awry

    The Rev Bob Whorton, chaplain to Sobell House Hospice, finds the way I was with one of our patients in the hospice the other day having a lovely conversation. I was engrossed in what he was saying and hardly noticed one of our delightful volunteers

  • Recalling Lew Stone and some food for thought

    ON MY break the other night I took a short walk across Piccadilly Circus and up Jermyn Street. I went in search of The Monseigneur Restaurant. You won’t find it in on the map. It closed down in 1934. So why the interest? Because back in the early

  • Comment: Beware a backlash over grass-cutting

    IT MAY be a seemingly innocuous decision by the county council to cut its budget for cutting grass verges. But the authority should be preparing for a backlash by residents who could soon see the areas around their communities become ungrown and

  • Comment: Focus on what's best for people, not politicians

    THE fresh debate about the structure of Oxfordshire’s councils should be welcomed. After all, it’s the taxpayers who could ultimately benefit from any reorganisation in the county. But there are valid questions about the timing of the report

  • Delays of up to 30 minutes on Oxford Bus Company services

    BUS users are experiencing delays of up to 30 minutes this morning due to a crash and a set of roadworks. Oxford Bus Company tweeted it was due to the closure of the A34’s southbound carriageway south of Milton and the new phase of works beginning

  • Oxford United's chairman for day enjoys game but not result

    TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Tommy Greenwood oversaw a disappointing Oxford United defeat in his role as chairman for the day. The Wheatley Park School pupil met the players and entertained Southend United dignitaries before watching the U’s lose 3-2. His

  • Future of Botley up for discussion at public meeting

    A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the future of Botley will be held next week. The What Botley Wants event has been organised by the West Way Community Concern group. It backs the improvement of West Way shopping centre, as long as it is line with the

  • Last day to nominate candidates to be new Bishop of Oxford

    NOMINATIONS of candidates to become the new Bishop of Oxford will close today. The Rt Rev John Pritchard retired as the Bishop of Oxford on October 31 after more than seven years in the post. The Bishop of Dorchester, the Rt Rev Colin Fletcher

  • FOOTBALL: Johns strikes late goal to ease Wantage's worries

    Jake Johns fired home five minutes from time to complete an important comeback 2-1 victory for Wantage Town away to fellow Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West strugglers Fleet Town on Saturday. Manager Daniel Barry’s decision to

  • FOOTBALL: High-riding Taunton send Didcot to another defeat

    Didcot Town suffered their third defeat in four Evo-Stik Southern League matches when convincingly beaten 3-0 at home by second-placed Taunton in Saturday’s Division 1 South & West promotion clash. The scoreline was harsh on the hosts, who

  • Post Office closure heralds revamp

    THE Post Office service in the Co-op store in Main Road, Long Hanborough is to be refurbished. The Post Office counter will close for the work on Saturday January 31 at 12.30pm but the Co-op store will remain open. When the Post Office counter

  • Delays on the M40 northbound after collision involving lorry

    A CAR and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M40 this morning. At about 6.58am a car went into the back of a lorry between Junction 9 for Wendlebury and Junction 10 for Brackley, Thames Valley Police said. Force spokeswoman Rhianne Pope

  • Fundraisers hope to make derelict Cowley hall a health centre

    CHURCH fundraisers hoping to rescue a derelict Cowley hall are appealing for support to reach their £750,000 target. The St James School building, in Beauchamp Lane, has been unused for the past 10 years but residents are hoping to bring it back

  • WEEKEND RESULTS: January 17-18

    SKY BET LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Southend Utd 3. VANARAMA CONFERENCE NORTH AFC Fylde 2, Oxford City 1. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Dorchester Tn 3, Banbury Utd 1. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn 0, Taunton Tn

  • FOOTBALL: Banbury's hopes dashed Meade's dismissal

    Banbury United took the lead after five minutes of Saturday’s Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division relegation battle, but playing with ten men for 75 minutes proved too much of a handicap as they lost 3-1 away to Dorchester Town. Jordan Green

  • Join abseil in aid of charity

    Applications are open for people who want to take part in Christian Aid’s fundraising abseil in March. The event on Saturday, March 7, will see people abseil down St Mary Magdalen Church, in Magdalen Street, Oxford, to raise money to for the charity

  • Firms to battle it out on ping-pong table

    Table tennis players can practise their sporting skills tomorrow. Oxford City Council will launch Oxford’s first inter-company table tennis league, called Pongathon City Challenge, on January 27. And The Varsity Club, in High Street, is set

  • Ice time for all in Frozen ballet classes

    PARENTS and toddlers got back in the swing of things this week as ballet classes started for the new year at Didcot’s Cornerstone Arts Centre. Youngsters pulled on their ballet shoes to dance in classes with a theme based on hit film Frozen.

  • Unreliable scanner 'reduces patients' chance of survival'

    A KEY hospital scanner will be replaced after a senior director warned that the unreliability of the ageing machine was reducing some patients’ survival rates. Paul Brennan said the “increasingly unreliable” CT scanner at Oxford’s John Radcliffe

  • Homes may go on hold because of inadequate sewerage concerns

    AN OBJECTION to plans for new homes at Great Western Park in Didcot because of an inadequate sewerage system could delay construction work, it has emerged. Last April tankers were installed at a pumping station near the estate to ensure excess