Thirteen hopefuls will compete on Saturday to be crowned the winner of Abingdon's Got Talent. The finalists who made it through the heats last month will perform once again in the Market Place before a panel of judges. The panel includes town mayor
Chris Willmott declared himself "very pleased" as he successfully came through his first full 90 minutes of pre-season this week. The experienced former Wimbledon and Luton centre back, who missed most of last season with a knee injury after having
She was made to wait more than six decades, but today 84-year-old Jessie Brown from Oxford was finally rewarded for her efforts as a Land Girl with a special ceremony with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing Street. Mrs Brown, who worked on a farm
A groom who turned his best man into a human fireball then fled to Oxford has been jailed for life. Wayne Barnes repeatedly battered John Maynard over the head after breaking into his flat. Then, as the father-of-two lay helpless, he set fire to him
Anum Khan - one of two children murdered in an arson attack on their home 11 years ago - always loved going to school. Now the nine-year-old has a permanent memorial to her at the school site in Hertford Street, East Oxford, that her family visited
A student who faked a burglary at his halls of residence and stole fellow undergraduates' laptop computers was today handed a suspended jail sentence. Oxford Crown Court heard Mohammed Yaser, 22, stole two laptops and an iPod before using a screwdriver
Train services between Didcot Parkway and Swindon are being delayed by a signal fault at Challow, near Wantage. First Great Western trains are suffering delays of up to 10 minutes as they pass through the affected area. See the FGW website for updates
Anum Khan - one of two children murdered in an arson attack on their home 11 years ago - always loved going to school. Now the nine-year-old has a permanent memorial to her at the school site in Hertford Street, East Oxford, that her family visited
A student who faked a burglary at his halls of residence and stole fellow undergraduates' laptop computers was today handed a suspended jail sentence. Oxford Crown Court heard Mohammed Yaser, 22, stole two laptops and an iPod before using a screwdriver
Three of Oxfordshire's Tory MPs spent £30,000 on expenses in just 12 weeks. New figures published voluntarily by the Conservatives show David Cameron, Ed Vaizey and Tony Baldry claimed taxpayers' cash for a range of items over a three-month period.
There is always a star car at every major motoring display, whether it's large or small, fast or slow, expensive or cheap. But this year's British International Motor Show, being staged at London's ExCeL until August 3, is different. The buzzwords
Carterton's Paul Sharman was crowned Oxfordshire singles champion for the first time with a 21-13 victory over Headington's Nick Rae-Welsh on finals day at Kidlington. oSharman, winner of the county pairs in 1985 and 1986 with Gary Harrington, was locked
Charlbury are on the verge of securing promotion back to Division 3 in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries Garden Centre, after gaining maximum points over Morris Motors. Mike Smith was the highest-scoring skip with a 34-4 victory
KENNET LEAGUE Hagbourne 73 (4pts), Tilehurst 78 (18) (Hagbourne skips first): P Ryman 20, A Collins 19; I Snowdon 16, G Stacey 19; M Mulling 22, R Barton 15; D Hall 15, R Cannings 25. Wallingford 90 Lambourn 76 (Wallingford skips first): C Dolton 23
Good news and bad news for David Cameron, who as we speak is packing his suntan lotion ahead of a family holiday in the South West of England. The good news is that the Witney MP and Conservative Party leader is treating his wife and children to a sunshine
Only half the number of Abingdon residents who pay £100 a year for a car parking space are guaranteed a bay outside their home. A total of 102 households in the town have signed up to the residents' parking scheme, but there are just 52 spaces designated
Bingo players in Kidlington have raised £1,000 for the new Oxford Cancer Centre, at the Churchill Hospital. Kidlington Charity Bingo Club, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, donated the money after hearing about an appeal to raise £2m
A groom who turned his best man into a human fireball and fled to Oxford has been jailed for life. Wayne Barnes repeatedly battered John Maynard over the head after breaking into his flat. Then, as the father-of-two lay helpless, he set fire to
Oxfordshire has taken the lion's share of £400m Government investment in the science of the future. The Harwell campus in south Oxfordshire will get £156.5m to build large world-beating research projects to underpin Britain's hi-tech discoveries.
UP TO 40 jobs are likely to go at an educational publisher in Oxford following its sale last year for £475m to multinational Pearson. A spokesperson for Pearson, Charles Goldsmith, declined to confirm the number of job cuts but said the company had
23/07/2008 pm AEA Technology 50.5 BMW 2486 Electrocomponents 164.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 113.5 Oxford Biomedica 10 Oxford Catalyst 168.5 Oxford Instruments 222.5 REED 542.5 RM 190.5 RPS Group 301
Youngsters have been celebrating the end of their first year in a new super-school'. Governors, teachers and children at Elms Road Nursery in Botley, Oxford, held a summer garden party before breaking up for the holiday. The combined premises, which
A groom who turned his best man into a human fireball and fled to Oxford has been jailed for life. Wayne Barnes repeatedly battered John Maynard over the head after breaking into his flat. Then, as the father-of-two lay helpless, he mercilessly set
A major housing development - which will increase Didcot's population by a third - has been approved by planners. South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse district councils have given the seal of approval to the 3,300 home Great Western Park development
Drivers in East Oxford were today being stopped by police carrying out roadside checks. The checks in Marsh Road were part of a mobile Automatic Number Plate Recognition scheme, which runs the number through police and DVLA databases. The databases
Went on holiday to Kefalonia last week, the combination of me being 5 ½ months pregnant, a lively 13 month year old and a 6ft husband crammed into 2 seats on a packed 3 hour flight was sure to be recipe for disaster or so I thought! As it
Drivers in East Oxford were today being stopped by police carrying out roadside checks. The checks in Marsh Road were part of a mobile Automatic Number Plate Recognition scheme, which runs the number through police and DVLA databases. The databases
Rose Hill Primary School has extra reasons to celebrate the end of the school year after it was taken out of special measures. The school in The Oval, Oxford, was deemed two years ago to be failing its pupils - but inspectors from Government education
Joe Jackson, vice president of the Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, has died aged 87. Mr Jackson had been involved with the morris side since the mid 1980s and although never a dancer himself, he was a much-loved member of the group. Born in Cumbria
An Oxford mother has fulfilled a childhood dream by visiting the Arctic Circle ... as a 'guinea pig'. Myfanwy Brown, 32, from Headington, followed in the footsteps of inspirational explorers when she headed north for the nine-day trip. The mother-of-five
Friends and family have paid tribute to Matthew Bigden, describing him as a man of "strength" and a "true fighter". Mr Bigden died weeks before he was due to become a father for the first time with the birth of daughter, Hannah. He overcame adversity
Shopkeeper Elvira Delnevo, who has died at the age of 96, ran the 'gossip shop of Witney' for 58 years. She was the oldest serving shopkeeper in the town, known fondly as "Vera," running the drapers at 36 High Street for the past 58 years. Despite
A pile of scrap metal caught fire at a travellers' site in Great Rollright near Chipping Norton last night. Three fire crews attended the scene shortly before 10pm. Station manager John Nixon, based at Oxford's Rewley Road station, said: "My crews
Oxford children are planning to design a mural of the infamous Cutteslowe Walls as part of a scheme to clean up a graffiti-covered road bridge. In recent years, the footbridge over the A40 linking Cutteslowe Park and Sunnymead recreation ground has
Credit crunch? What credit crunch? Gill Jaggers hopped on a Eurostar and found a mini-break in Paris strangely preferable to a wet weekend on a beach in Skegness. Yes - we should all be thinking about saving money and saving the planet. But sometimes
People are asked to bring along old wellington boots for a Welly Bank at Barracks Lane Community Garden, in East Oxford, on Saturday, July 26. It is part of a swap shop event being held at the community garden. The event starts at noon.
The Oxford Mail is looking for young people who are fighting the credit crunch by living in annexes in their parents' gardens. Please call reporter Debbie Waite on 01865 425428 or email debbie.waite@oxfordmail.co.uk
A Bicester school that received an outstanding' Ofsted inspection report earlier this year received a visit from MP Tony Baldry, who congratulated the school. The north Oxfordshire MP was joined by Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet minister for schools
Oxford City's Hannah England was philsophical, despite failing in her bid for selection for the British Olympic team for Beijing. The 1500m runner missed out, despite posting an Olympic A qualifying time in winning the American Collegiate AA Championships
An Oxford mother has fulfilled a childhood dream by visiting the Arctic Circle ... as a 'guinea pig'. Myfanwy Brown, 32, from Headington, followed in the footsteps of inspirational explorers when she headed north for the nine-day trip. The mother-of-five
Radley secured promotion to Division 1 West of the National Young Athletes League after a crushing victory in their final meeting of the season at Abingdon's Tilsley Park. They finished a massive 134.5 points ahead of Bicester & Banbury, recording 29
Watlington Primary School is top of the class as far as Ofsted inspectors are concerned - they gave it the top rating of outstanding' in all its spheres of activity. That result comes as no surprise to school headteacher Angela Briggs. She said: "
Corner House A took full advantage of leaders Nelson's free week by recording a 5-1 victory at home to Dolphin A in Group A of the Oxford & District Summer League. Ian Moss (3,850) put them in front, only for Jimmy Robson (8,150) to pull Dolphin level
A decision on the future of Cogges Manor Farm Museum in Witney is not likely to be made until October. But the signs are optimistic, with visitor numbers up 50 per cent on last year and three plans for the future of the site now on the table. One already
Oxford children are planning to design a mural of the infamous Cutteslowe Walls as part of a scheme to clean up a graffiti-covered road bridge. In recent years, the footbridge over the A40 linking Cutteslowe Park and Sunnymead recreation ground has been
A pile of scrap metal caught fire at a travellers' site in Great Rollright. Three fire crews attended the scene shortly before 10pm last night. Station manager John Nixon, based at Rewley Road, Oxford, said: "My crews arrived and found a large pile
A 33-year-old man was this afternoon convicted of attempted murder. The jury took more than seven hours to return their verdict on Ian Holland, of Edinburgh Way, in Banbury. During the seven day trial at Oxford Crown Court, the jury heard Holland
A 33-year-old Banbury man was today convicted of attempted murder. The jury took more than seven hours to return their verdict on Ian Holland, of Edinburgh Way. During the seven-day trial at Oxford Crown Court, the jury was told Holland tried
Swimmers dived in at Hinksey Pool to raise money for Oxford's poorest twin city. Lord Mayor Susanna Pressel was among 30 people taking part in a sponsored swim which raised about £1,200 for a water education project in Leon, Nicaragua. People aged
RESULTS. CRICKET. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE. Division 2. Challow & Childrey 232-9 (N Meadows 54, M Crone 48, J Penny 45, J Phillips 34, D Roberts 6-72), Bledlow Ridge 198-8 (S Rolfe 57no, S Bird 42no, M Middleton 40, J Phillips 4-48, N Meadows
Having qualified for a bus pass, I considered my mortality and whether I should slow down a bit, particularly when I was given a present of a black shiny pen and pencil set, the box looking suspiciously like a small coffin. My bus pass tells me I will
The BBC Panorama special on July 13 about private sector firms providing services under the NHS criticised the scheme because such firms would be able to channel publicly-funded business to themselves. There is already a major Government-funded initiative
It is disappointing that our pubs along Marston Road, Oxford, are disappearing. The Plasterers Arms was turned into flats. Tesco has bought The Friar. Now we hear that The Somerset is being converted into a Chinese restaurant, with only the small bar
City councillor Jean Fooks (Oxford Mail, July 17), the City Works team and Oxford residents deserve a lot of credit. Doubling the amount we recycle from 19 to 40 per cent in two years is a fantastic achievement. But the Lib Dems' experimental scheme
The driver who died in a head-on crash on the A420 near Faringdon yesterday has been identified. A spokesman for Oxford coroner's office said he was George Wilson, 70, of Gloucester Street, Faringdon. At 7.10am, Mr Wilson's red Suzuki Swift was involved
23/07/2008 AEA Technology 50 BMW 2520 Electrocomponents 164.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 114.5 Oxford Biomedica 9.8 Oxford Catalyst 168.5 Oxford Instruments 220.25 REED 547.5 RM 185 RPS Group 299.75
A married man on a friend's stag party died after inhaling his own vomit, Oxford Coroner's Court heard. Glenn Skett, 34, was found by his friend and roommate Martyn Cox unconscious in a bathroom at the Travelodge at Pear Tree, Oxford, on February 24
A green guerrilla movement which claimed to have attacked 32 4x4 vehicles in Oxford has urged more activists to follow its lead. The anonymous group claimed it let down tyres on cars in the city during a night of action last week to protest against
Went on holiday to Kefalonia last week, the combination of me being 5 ½ months pregnant, a lively 13 month year old and a 6ft husband crammed into 2 seats on a packed 3 hour flight was sure to be recipe for disaster or so I thought! As it happens all
Went on holiday to Kefalonia last week, the combination of me being 5 ½ months pregnant, a lively 13 month year old and a 6ft husband crammed into 2 seats on a packed 3 hour flight was sure to be recipe for disaster or so I thought! As it happens all
The Oxfordshire women's team, without many of their big guns from previous years, went down 9-0 to Devon in Group 3 at Worthing on Tuesday It was their second 9-0 whitewash in two days, but with virtually a new and much younger line-up, the result was
A career-best spell of 6-39 by off-spinner Richard Kaufman earned Oxfordshire a 117-run victory over Shropshire at Whitchurch on Tuesday. It was the county's first Minor Counties Championship Western Division success this season, following two draws
Just had a lovely weeekend with Nanny and Grandad - Littl'un flipped out when they arrived and threw hrself into entertaining them with her antics. We don't realise it because we're with her all the time, but they notice real changes in her every time
A green guerrilla movement which claimed to have attacked 32 4x4 vehicles in Oxford has urged more activists to follow its lead. The anonymous group claimed it let down tyres on cars in the city during a night of action last week to protest against
Cyclists are being warned not to ride bikes while listening to MP3 music players after the death of an Oxfordshire teenager. Abi Haythorne, from Benson, was killed as she rode her red and silver mountain bike in front of a silver Vauxhall Cavalier on
Rose Hill Primary School has extra reasons to celebrate the end of the school year after it was taken out of special measures. The school in The Oval, Oxford, was deemed two years ago to be failing its pupils - but inspectors from Government education
Jessie Brown was just 18 when she ditched her office job to work on an Oxfordshire farm as a Land Girl during the Second World War. Today, more than six decades later, the 84-year-old and dozens of other members of the Women's Land Army will be thanked
