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Goal from Ted Chedzey seals the points for Didcot.

A COUNCILLOR has been criticised for living at her Greek island holiday home for part of the year while still claiming her council allowance. Conservative Pamela Tomlinson last attended a South Oxfordshire District Council meeting five months ago, but

GUIDE Dogs for the Blind organisers are celebrating the arrival of 12 puppies, all of which will grow up to become companions for blind and partially sighted people. Their mum, Labrador cross retriever Odelle, has been looked after during her pregnancy

OXFORD’S leading football clubs came together for a benefit match in aid of ex-United and City defender Steve Tavinor, whose leg was crushed by a car. Some familiar faces stepped on to the pitch at City’s Court Place Farm Stadium on Sunday for an Oxford

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Mobile telephone giant Vodafone is to close its Oxfordshire call centre with the loss of 400 jobs, it was revealed tonight. The company said it was shutting its site on the Banbury Business Park, Adderbury, next year to “improve and simplify the service

FICTION writer Christian Hatton is hoping for a promising future for his first novel – by touring the country to sell it himself. Mr Hatton, 27, a supply teacher at Wolvercote Primary School, was at WH Smith in Cornmarket on Saturday and sold

Police are appealing for witnesses after a knifepoint robbery at an Oxford newsagents. Shortly after 11pm yesterday, two men entered the R&H News store, in St Clements, one of them carrying a knife. The man carrying the knife demanded

BUS drivers and cyclists are not normally the best of friends, but nine Oxford Bus Company employees swapped four wheels for two – and cycled to Cambridge for a good cause. The team took part in the 89-mile-long Oxford to Cambridge Bike Ride, for the

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TRADERS in Wantage have criticised council bosses after being told they are not entitled to compensation for three weeks of road works. They said the closure of Wallingford Street from September 13 until last Friday for resurfacing had hit takings hard

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A NEW initiative to introduce snorkelling to Oxford residents has been given a boost with the arrival of a £10,000 boat. Since February, the Oxford British Sub Aqua club has helped 200 people to try out the sport at Hinksey outdoor swimming

TELEVISION presenter and newspaper columnist Charlie Brooker visited his home village to open its new community shop. Accompanied by his wife, former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, the satirist cut the ribbon to Brightwell-cum-Sotwell’s new

A DESIGNER has won a top ethical award at London Fashion Week. Feng Ho scooped the Innovation Award, which is the country’s highest prize for ethical fashion, beating 130 other designers. The 30-year-old from East Oxford uses materials

A PUB which raised £2,700 for charity through a music festival has staged another day of live music to celebrate. The Black Horse, in East Hanney, which hosted Hanneyfest in August, has split the cash between Forces’ charity Help For Heroes and Hanney

Round-up Alchester earned a hard-fought 22-5 victory at Gosford All Blacks in the BB&O Premier Division, with wing Andy Blacklock grabbing a brace of tries. The visitors spent much of the first half defending, with Gosford half-backs Tim Ellis and

Oxford Hawks Ladies put in a convincing performance in their first home game in South Clubs’ League Division 1, as they slammed Southgate 5-1. Zoe Salter got them off the mark, deflecting a strike into the D past the keeper. Fi Walton added to this

THE owner of a Chipping Norton antiques centre that was seriously damaged by fire has pledged to reopen it “bigger and better than before”. Station Mill Antiques Centre sold antiques from more than 80 dealers, and had clients including celebrities and

A MAN has been jailed after drunkenly robbing a post office at knifepoint before escaping on a bus. Twenty-year-old Austin Blacker wore a scarf over his face as he entered the shop in Steeple Aston, near Bicester, on May 19. He pointed a knife at owner

Banbury eased through to the last 32 of the Men's EH Cup on Sunday with an emphatic 10-1 over West Premier side City of Gloucester, who were completely over-whelmed in the second half. They took the lead when a Matthew Bull drag flick was deflected home

WALLINGFORD kicked off with a thrilling 5-4 win at promoted Ramgarhia in the South League's MBB&O Regional division. Three times Wallingford went in front, through Ed Allen, Alfred Carey – after some good work down the right by Tom Charlston – and Tim

South West 1 East Two tries from scrum half Gareth Campbell helped Witney secure an impressive 24-15 victory at Reading Abbey. Abbey started the stronger and took the lead with a converted try from their pacy winger. A penalty soon followed for 10

Midlands 1 West Banbury Bulls were battered 52-19 at home to Lichfield in their fifth successive defeat. Bulls opened the scoring with a third-minute try from wing Carl Daniels, converted by fly half Pete Papenfus. But Lichfield found their feet

Southern Counties North Grove produced a stunning first-half display to win 34-19 at Tadley and go top. Scrum half Roger Sevier put the visitors ahead with a penalty. Grove lost flanker Jamie Fredericks to a nasty head cut, while Tadley had No 8

Arthur Titherington’s dogged determination was remembered at his funeral yesterday. More than 250 people attended the service at St Mary the Virgin, in Church Green, Witney, to salute the 88-year-old who had campaigned for 60 years for an apology

Oxfordshire roared to the top of Division 1 of Riley’s British Inter-Counties Championship after thrashing West Midlands 29-10. Oxon were level on points with their opponents at the start of the fixture, but soon left them trailing in their

THOUSANDS of funseekers poured into Abingdon yesterday for the annual Ock Street Fair. The two-day event, the longest street fair in Europe, arrived on Sunday and leaves town tomorrow morning. More than 15,000 revellers walk the length

Didcot Town boss Stuart Peace hopes lightning doesn’t strike twice when they travel to Tiverton Town in the Premier Division tonight. On Saturday, former Railwaymen midfielder James Mortimer-Jones scored a goal and set up the winner for Cirencester Town

CANCER patients and people who had suffered broken backs are being told to return to work because of a “demonisation” of benefit claim-ants, it was suggested last night. The Oxfordshire Community Work Agency said changes to the benefits system

A HEADTEACHER breathed a sigh of relief as work began to bring a sixth form to his school after fears of funding cuts. Bicester’s Cooper School, in Churchill Road, is getting a £4.4m sixth form, which will extend its leaving age from 16 to 18. Funding

THE husband of a pub landlady found dead on a beach during their honeymoon in the Maldives was being comforted at home by a friend yesterday. The body of Sharon Duval was found just hours before she and husband Nick were due to fly home and resume running

National 3 South West Oxford Harlequins could not recover from a sloppy first half as they lost 41-34 at home to Coney Hill. Quins, who have lost all three of their home games, trailed 29-10 at the break and 34-10 soon afterwards before giving themselves

A MAN who admitted a string of offences after setting fire to a house, has been told “the only possible sentence is custody”. David Nott set light to a home in Kennington Road, Kennington on June 24 and drove at speed from the scene. He was remanded

Oxford United’s two-goal weekend hero, Tom Craddock, believes the win over Port Vale shows Chris Wilder’s team are more than a match for anyone in npower League Two. The three-game sequence of Crewe away, Cheltenham away and leaders Port

POLICE have created a no-go area for gangs of anti-social yobs in Kidlington – in an attempt to end months of trouble. Officers will bring in a dispersal order on Monday, which will give them the power to move groups away from the area for

W hen asked if I fancied racing for the Old Speckled Hen team in the Brompton World Championships, I tempered my over-excitement with realism. Yes, I love the BWC. Yes, Old Speckled Hen is my favourite ale. But several recent bike-journalism

IF I may, I would like to respond to Rosemary Waters letter “Catholics are tired of Attacks on faith” (Oxford Mail, September 23). These distraction techniques are quite common among those who want to detract from the real issues at hand. Bill Donohue

What a pity Chris Halford’s short but inaccurate letter (Oxford Mail, September 24), refers to my “account” of the attack by heavily-armed commandos on innocent unarmed activists onboard the Mavi Mamara. My letter, not my “account”, was full of evidence

Q. I have a four-year-old British bulldog and she has got a blue cast over her right eye and a slight one over her left eye. It doesn’t seem to bother her but I am concerned about this. A Macalister, Sunnymead. A. You are right to be concerned

Henley Hawks 2, Jersey 33 Henley Hawks lost top spot in National 2 South after being overpowered by Jersey at Dry Leas. The hosts didn’t play badly, but they simply struggled to counter Jersey’s supremely well-drilled pack, who will be hard to stop

Head coach Steve Barnes felt Henley Hawks had not played to their potential against Jersey. Barnes said: “They didn’t do themselves credit for 70 minutes. “They know that Pete Davies (backs coach) and I have high standards and we’ll

Sam Chilvers struck twice for Oxford Hawks as they began their South League Premier Division 2 season with a 3-3 draw at Lewes. However, as Lewes equalised with just a minute to go, Hawks returned home feeling they should have had three points in the

AT Parkinson’s UK, we campaign to make sure that people living with Parkinson’s are treated fairly, with access to the support they need. However, too many people affected by the condition are missing out on key services, depending on where they live

Howard Stapleton, the inventor of the mosquito device, which, he claims, deters youths from behaving antisocially, is looking for a new Oxford site to locate his equipment. Let’s be clear, this is an acoustic weapon which targets children, including

A TEACHER who was caught in a clinch with a cleaner and allowed pupils to take blowtorches home has been banned from the classroom for almost a year. The General Teaching Council’s professional conduct committee suspended Simeon Evans for 11 months after

A MAN who slammed an axe into a table at a Bicester pub has been sentenced. Darren Evans, 33, had drunk “10 to 12 pints” before wielding the weapon at the King’s Arms, in Market Square, on August 24, Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday. Evans, of Hamilton

AN OPEN verdict has been recorded after the death of a talented journalist and management consultant in his Kidlington flat. Edward Simmonds, 28, of Manor Court, High Street, suffered from depression and insomnia, but was talking about getting married

PHILIP Peacock is certainly a lucky man. The 53-year-old collapsed in a supermarket aisle and stopped breathing but was so fortunate that cardiac nurse Jessica Webb saw him and was on hand to start CPR. And it was only because she had popped into Sainsbury

PHILIP Peacock had a stroke of luck when he collapsed in the salad aisle of Sainsbury’s and stopped breathing. He started fitting and went blue but just a few footsteps away was off-duty cardiac nurse Jessica Webb and her swift actions were

MOTORISTS travelling through North Oxford face two more weeks of delays due to gas mains work in Banbury Road. The £2.5m project to install new pipes began on September 22 and has caused long tailbacks around the Marston Ferry Road junction. After a

THE lament is heard in almost every city in the world: Why didn’t they just grasp the nettle 20 years ago and fix this terrible transport problem? And that will continue to be the cry over the coming decades as future generations look at the work to

OXFORDSHIRE County Council and Network Rail have been accused of missing an opportunity to unblock one of Oxford’s biggest traffic bottlenecks. Last week, the rail firm and council won planning permission from the city council for a new platform

Oxfordshire swimmer Simon Burnett was thrilled after helping England to a silver medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay on the opening day of the Commonweatlh Games in Delhi, writes STUART WEIR. Burnett, who was born in Oxford and lived

HEALTH chiefs are spending £60,000 on management consultants to help them "understand" a massive reorganisation of the NHS. NHS Oxfordshire said it needed the study as it had received no indication from the Government of how the shake-up would

AN Oxford painter is using her art to raise awareness about the impact of industry on the environment. Sarah Farrow, who lives and works in East Oxford, created the work as part of an exhibition called Natural Embrace. It is on show until Friday at

VOTERS in west Oxfordshire are being urged to return their election registration forms. Forms were sent to more than 45,000 properties in the district last month, but 17,500 households – nearly 40 per cent – have still not responded. The council said

DESPITE undergoing major cancer surgery, a heart bypass, and losing a leg in a car accident, Paul Hogan is determined to pay back the hospitals which ‘put him back together’. He will take part in the three-mile It’s Not Just a Walk in the Park