Travelling Garsington fans went home happy after seeing their team claim their first points of the season at the expense of a spirited Ardington & Lockinge team. After a goal-less first half which saw Lily Mae Brighton come close for Garsington, it
A late comeback earned Oxford University a 13-12 victory over London Scottish for their first success of the season at the Richmond Athletic Ground on Monday night. Replacement hooker AJ O’Connor’s try and fly half Charlie Marr’s conversion completed
RADIO listeners across Oxfordshire have been causing a stir by carrying around a giant cardboard cut-out and taking quirky photos as part of a competition to win £1,000. Fifty Jack FM listeners have spent the last fortnight living with the
TWO men arrested after Oxford United’s home defeat to Aldershot on Saturday have been bailed by police. A 44-year-old man arrested for assaulting a police officer and using threatening and abusive language and behaviour has been bailed until Friday,
POLICE are hunting a Chinese man after a knife attack in public toilets in Cowley Road. A 31-year-old man was taken to hospital with cuts to his face after the incident at the toilets in Manzil Way on Saturday. The suspect is 5ft 6in tall and was wearing
NEWINGTON Nurseries, of Stadhampton, has gone into compulsory liquidation. Ade Daramy, of the Insolvency Service, said: “The company became insolvent as the result of a petition by a creditor claiming £10,000 on the grounds that the company’s work had
A YOUTH worker from an Oxford estate is raising money to go back to her roots to help orphans in a country racked by poverty, war and natural disaster. Born in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Alidja Templer, from Blackbird Leys
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Police today renewed a witness appeal after a man suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a knife in public toilets in Cowley Road, Oxford. A 31-year-old man from Oxford was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after suffering
When an artist begins to change the style of her work and come up with different colours, scenes or perspectives, it often proves a fascinating experience. But when a talented artist goes even further and moves from painting on canvas, to creating
Oxford athlete Hannah England finished fifth in the women's 800m final in Delhi today. It is the second time that England has just missed out on a Commonwealth Games medal, as she had previously come fourth in the 1500m final. Meanwhile
TAXI driver Zubair Shafique loves scoring goals – and gets an even bigger kick when football is helping a good cause. Mr Shafique, 25, from Headington, was one of 160 people who took part in a football tournament in Kidlington to raise funds for victims
PEOPLE convicted of offences at magistrates' courts recently: Akhtar Dogar, 29, of Tawney Street, Oxford, admitted possession of cannabis (Class B) in Oxford on September 2. Fined £80, £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs. Keith Price, 57,
Rambert showed themselves on fine form with two revivals and a remarkable new piece. I have admired Siobhan Davies’s work for many years, and it was good to see again The Art of Touch, created in 1995. Davies had become fascinated by both the sound and
The second NME package tour of the year is a chance for the magazine’s hot tips for stardom to prove their worth.First up, London’s Chapel Club (above) are quietly building for an assault on the charts in the second half of the year. Their career
Paddy Luscombe has every reason to be excited — he‘s got a lot going on. As well as being the founder and continued promoter of the Free Beer Show, he‘s got a new night, which launched last month, Live At The Regal. It then operates monthly on a Saturday
Few things are more guaranteed to lift the spirits on a bleak, rainy night than an evening of Gilbert and Sullivan, and a joyful journey through some of the best of the duo’s choruses, ensembles and duets, in the glorious setting of St Peter’s Chapel,
Take one look at Wilder and you’re instantly transported back a decade to a time when the Strokes and the Libertines defined everything. Dressed in ludicrously tight skinny jeans and beat-up leather jackets with asymmetric haircuts, you wonder whether
Yorke Dance Project was founded in 1998 in Los Angeles by the English dancer Yolande Yorke-Edgell, and re-located to this country last year. Americana is her new show, encompassing several aspects of life in the US. Set to a concerto by Alessandro
Having made a great first impression when it launched last year, the latest festival from the Truck organisers returned in a trimmer form. Although there were just as many workshops as last year, none of the bands took to the stages until the sun went
Though missing trumpet and percussion, Jazzelation at the Spin last Thursday gave an exuberant taste of their debut CD. The music, all written and arranged by Oxford guitarist and band leader Kevin Armstrong, was performed with relaxed assurance. With
PUPILS got together for a protest to stop drivers parking outside the entrance to their primary school. Headteacher Jenny Walker said cars parking outside Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School in Witney were a hazard and put pupils at risk. She
Milton United came from behind to secure a 3-2 victory at Cheltenham Saracens in the first round of the Bluefin Insurance Brokers Cup. Mike Rhodes gave the hosts the lead, but Ross Butler equalised. Rhodes restored Cheltenham’s lead, Paul Sanders
Didcot Town’s hopes of reaching the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup ended in a comprehensive 4-0 defeat at Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday. A 15-minute spell before half-time when the Blue Square Bet side scored three goals without reply, proved
Ardley United 3 (Bridges 22, Traver 62, Bone 87) Wokingham & Emmbrook 0 Ardley United kept up their lead at the top of the Premier Division with a 3-0 victory against Wokingham & Emmbrook on Saturday. Stuart Bridges fired iArdley ahead with the aid
Didcot Town manager Stuart Peace was downbeat after their 4-0 defeat. “In a match like that you need everyone on their game but four or six of our lads haven’t turned up,” said a Peace, whose side had never reached the third qualifying round before.
STAFF celebrated in style when an Oxford firm reached its centenary. Women dressed in period costume, reflecting the times through which Stephenson & Co had passed. The company, based in Botley Road, was one of the city’s leading suppliers of building
MATTHEW Holmes was the only boy among more than 60 pupils of St Nicolas School of Ballet in 1973. In the picture, he is seen being shown correct steps by teacher Geraldine Shayler. Traffic warden Fred Edwards came up against a pair of unusual customers
THESE are some of the pupils and staff at Headington Secondary School in Oxford in 1961. Everyone in the school - better known as Margaret Road School – posed for one of those famous panoramic photographs. At the time, headmaster Cyril Eason was approaching
DIVINITY Road and Cowley Road are always mentioned in stories about noise made by students. St Mary’s Road and other streets around here are also affected. There is awful noise between 3am and 5am most nights. It’s shouting and screaming, with no
I AM sorry, councillor Liz Brighouse (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, October 7) but Labour did cause the financial crisis this country faces and that is being translated into spending cuts to bring the national budget back into balance. Since 2001, the Labour
I HAVE always been mystified why people in England always get the rough end of the stick. How can Wales have the Welsh Assembly Government and Scotland have their own Scottish Government, which are all funded from central Government, and those living
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas goes the song, and that’s certainly true now we’ve slipped through the door of October. Every year, like a bladder of Aswan Dam proportions bursting, a flood of Yuletide greetings gushes through my email.
NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 0, Aldershot 1. FA CUP 3rd qual round: Didcot Tn 0, Basingstoke Tn 4. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Bedford Tn 0, Banbury Utd 1; Oxford City 1, Hednesford 1. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd 0, Bideford 2; North
Bedford Town 0 Banbury United 1 (Sharif 27 ) Banbury powered to their third away Premier Division victory of the season at Bedford on Saturday in the Zamaretto Southern league. While Billy Jeffrey’s side have yet to win at Spencer Stadium, away from
Oxford City 1 (Savage pen 53) Hednesford Town 1 (Carey-Bartram 47) Oxford City are still looking for their first win of the season after battling back for a draw at Court Place Farm on Saturday. Trailing to a Danny Carey-Bartram strike, Dave Savage
OXFORD residents can start filling their blue bins today as the city council rolls out its new waste regime. The bins, which have already been delivered to more than 40,000 homes, can take glass; paper, card and cardboard; metal cans and foil; plastics
Oxford’s Simon Burnett, collected a third medal, a bronze, in the 4 by 100 medley relay. Liam Tancock swam an excellent leg to put England into the lead. DanielSliwinski’s breaststroke leg saw them overtaken by Australia and South Africa. Antony James
Abingdon Utd 0 Bideford 2 (Hockley 14, Andrews 65) Abingdon United were made to pay for missed chances as they went down to their fourth defeat in a row in Division 1 South & West. The result saw them slip to fifth in the table. Bideford scored from
North Leigh 1 (Taylor 90) Paulton Rovers 1 (Claridge 52) Matty Taylor headed a last-minute equaliser as North Leigh salvaged a point against the leaders at Eynsham Park. It looked like Rob Claridge’s strike would be enough for Paulton, but Taylor
Oxford United midfielder Asa Hall reckons his header against the bar summed up how nothing really fell for Chris Wilder’s team on Saturday, as they went down 1-0 to Aldershot. “I got my head to it, it’s hit the bar – you can’t get any closer,” he said
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl is scared to go outside alone after her mobile phone was stolen at knifepoint. Aaliyah Nicholls, from Blackbird Leys, Oxford, was threatened while out walking with her boyfriend in Littlemore on Monday. They were threatened with a
HE WAS 8ft tall and 10ft from his snout to the tip of his tail. No wonder second-year juniors at St Nicholas County Primary School in Old Marston, Oxford, had difficulty getting him through the classroom door. It had taken the boys and girls just a
THERE was no respite for students when the heating broke down at the Oxford School of Technology, Art and Commerce in the 1940s. As it was wartime, it took several days to repair the fault. Former student Audrey Gates recalls: “We were
OXFORD detectives knew they faced a tough time whenever they put on their football kit. Teams they were playing would relish the opportunity to whip the local constabulary. Some of the opposing players no doubt felt it was a chance to get their revenge
I CAN only echo M Cook’s comments about rude students (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, Friday). I was in town last week and was pushed all over the place by students from all countries. After nearly being knocked over again (I nearly tripped them up with the
MY late mother-in-law was a great fan but in poor health when the late Sir Norman Wisdom visited Oxford in April 1994. Thinking she would not be able to attend the New Theatre, I wrote a personal letter to him at his home in the Isle of Man, requesting
THE wide media coverage of Arthur Titherington’s death and funeral (Last Tuesday’s Oxford Mail), lacked only a mention of the anger and dismay felt by many people here in Witney and elsewhere that he was not given the recognition he so richly deserved
TENSIONS boiled over between rival fans as Oxford United lost at home to Aldershot on Saturday. Police battled to keep rival fans apart after the U’s 1-0 defeat. More than 7,800 attended the game, including 707 fans who made the journey from Hampshire
sisters Christina Berry and Jenny Riseley have always shared everything. Jenny asked her older sister to be bridesmaid at her wedding in 2006, and the roles were due to be reversed when Christina walked down the aisle at St Michael’s Church
Great game of football played in the right spirit. Greater Leys goals from Jamie Williams and an OG and Abingdon United 2 goals from Kyle Brown. First points of the season for both teams and well done to both sets of players.
OXFORDSHIRE driver Tim Harvey secured the Porsche Carrera Cup GB title in style in the penultimate race of the season at Brands Hatch. Harvey drove a decisive race coming in second, but creating an unbeatable lead between him and the rest of
FORMER Oxford GP Dr Ann McPherson has shown tremendous courage in speaking out about the decisions she wants those with terminal illness to be free to make. Tragically, she speaks from a position of great insight having been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic
A TERMINALLY ill former Oxford GP who wants the ‘right to die’ is preparing to take on the Government to change the law on assisted suicide. At the moment, the act of assisting the terminally ill to kill themsleves is forbidden by the 1961
OXFORD driver Jason Plato won twice at Brands Hatch to be crowned Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion for the second time in his career. Forty-two thousand people crammed into the Kent venue to see the final 2010 round of the UK’s premier
The last of the summer sun appears to be on its way out, forecasters said. The UK has enjoyed a warm weekend, with the mercury rising above 20C (68F) in southern England. After a warm but cloudy day on Saturday, blue skies and sunshine
Hannah England qualified comfortably for today’s 800 metres final, finishing second in her semi-final in a time of 2.02.63 behind Winny Chebet of Kenya. She beat 1500 silver medallist Nikki Hamblin (third) for the second automatic qualification sport
Oxford United boss Chris Wilder felt his team’s youthfulness, which has so often driven his team on this season, worked against them as they slipped to a third home defeat on Saturday. Marvin Morgan’s cracking 20-yard shot gave ten-man Aldershot
CAROL Tasker, who celebrates her 100th birthday today, attributes her long life to healthy eating and a doting husband. Staying active may be another reason – she worked as a teacher until she was 94. Career-wise, Mrs Tasker, of Old
AN OXFORD university lecturer found dead in mysterious circumstances died from head injuries, a post mortem examination has revealed. The body of Gudrun Loftus, 52, was found in St John’s College, St Giles, with serious injuries on Tuesday morning.
SMALL businesses in Oxfordshire have welcomed the start of a year’s break from paying business rates. But advisers are warning that some companies have not registered for the temporary exemption. Several thousand businesses are being sent revised bills
MORE than 1,000 revellers flocked to Cowley Road for a festival aimed at celebrating East Oxford’s music scene. The street that inspired Supergrass hits Strange Ones and I’d Like to Know was alive with the sound of music as the OX4 festival brought 25
AN OXFORD woman whose sister was killed in the July 7 terrorist attacks on London five years ago hopes to discover whether more could have been done to prevent her death when an inquest opens today. Esther Hyman’s sister Miriam died when
A COMMUNITY project which has helped thousands of children on Oxford’s largest estate has been forced to close due to funding problems. The Looking After Yourself project was launched in 2004 to teach children at Blackbird Leys schools how to stay safe
Wallingford has just been added to the Chiltern Society's photo archive, organised by the PhotoGroup and located on its website. The new Wallingford channel comprises 49 captioned images, which reflect Wallingford's long history and a rich heritage
