The Oxford Fairtrade Seminar ran at the Town Hall last week. The two-day conference attracted delegates from the Fairtrade Foundation around the world, as well as representatives from the city and other Fairtrade towns. It included a look at the history
Scientists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have installed a new £4m super microscope, pictured, which will help them work on improving the performance of mobile phone batteries and understand more about pharmaceutical drugs. Polaris, which has
Musicians from far and wide once again gave up their time to raise money for the homeless. The 11th annual Audioscope gig was held at the Jericho Tavern on Saturday to raise money for homelessness charity Shelter. Organiser Stuart Fowkes, inset, from
A grandfather last night hit out at the “lenient” sentencing of a gang of thieves who snatched his bank card in a city centre pub. The three were jailed after withdrawing £2,100 from cash machines and banks in Oxfordshire and High Wycombe. All three
THE manager and staff of one Oxford pub think their facial hair antics are a real barrel of laughs. Chuck Berry, 64, the manager of the Turf Tavern, in Bath Place, and 10 of his staff, are taking part in the fundraising initiative ‘Movember’, which challenges
DIGITAL UK has admitted for the first time that some households in Oxfordshire will struggle to get all television channels until next April. Although the county went digital in September, Digital UK has confirmed some “fringe” households may
A SECOND man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Denis Witney. Wayne Cattell, 36, of no fixed abode, was charged today by detectives following the death of the 39-year-old on November 9. Mr Witney, 39, was found injured by a
Friday 13 - Sunday 22 January 2012 at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury Cherwell Theatre Company's version of this much loved classic fairy tale will amuse the whole family with plenty of 'heigh-ho' hilarity leaving it's audience enchanted happily
SIXTY people who visited a gallery at the Oxford Castle took part in a workshop to make their own pinhole cameras. Artist Mary Foulkes is exhibiting 24 photos at the O3 gallery off New Road which she took with a pinhole camera made from a biscuit tin
HUNDREDS of youngsters from Oxfordshire descended on the Royal Albert Hall for their very own prom. The 650 schoolchildren who brought the roof down were taking part in the Music for Youth Schools Prom. Taking place over three days last week, the proms
THE bells of St Giles’ Church in Oxford were back in place just in time to ring out for Remembrance Day following a £56,000 restoration project. All eight bells at the church were removed in August to be retuned by experts in Whitechapel, London. The
BEER drinkers descended on Wantage at the weekend for the town’s fourth annual real ale festival. The two-day event at Wantage Civic Hall was organised by White Horse Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). White Horse Camra chairman Neil Crook
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BOB Wilson originally agreed to join the Headway Oxfordshire charity as treasurer for three years. But 17 years later, the retired chartered surveyor has cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End, climbed part of Everest and run three marathons
COAST presenter Nick Crane dropped in to an Oxford book store to launch a new atlas for young people. Mr Crane, pictured with seven-year-old Jonathan Clayden, has written Barefoot Books World Atlas, which is illustrated by David Dean, and he launched
Catherine Reaney scored two, but it was not enough for Oxford, who lost 3-2 to East Grinstead at Headington School in Division 2 of the Women's South Clubs League. The visitors went ahead from a short corner, but Reaney squared it up before the break
Oxford Hawks took over at the top of the South League Premier Division after seeing off previous leaders West Hampstead 4-2 at Banbury Road North. Hampstead took the lead early on, but Hawks were soon level, man-of-the-match Kieran Roche netting a rebound
DESPITE this year’s mild winter, the streaker at a university rugby game in Oxford must have felt the cold as he ran on to the pitch at the end of the game. His identity remains a mystery, but his naked dash across the grass at the Iffley Road stadium
ARTWORK by some of the best emerging and established urban artists has gone on display at Oxford’s Old Fire Station in its inaugural exhibition. Pieces from a range of artists working in different media is on show at the George Street venue, with artwork
BB&O Premier CHIPPING Norton survived a Gosford All Blacks fightback to win their derby clash 35-25 at Stratfield Brake. Gosford trailed 35-10 soon after the break, but battled hard to earn a four-try bonus point. It could have
BB&O Round-up JOE Pigott’s hat-trick of tries helped BB&O Championship leaders Harwell make it seven wins from seven by crushing Kingsclere 51-3. Early scores from Mark Baker, Pigott and Dave Paton set Harwell on their way, with the visitors’ only
THE closing statements in the Cogges Link Road (CLR) public inquiry in Witney will now take place on November 30. The public inquiry will decide whether Oxfordshire County Council can compulsorily purchase land needed for the scheme. The CLR aims to
THIS is the face of the man police are hunting in connection with a sexual assault in the city centre. A 34-year-old woman was walking along Upper Fisher Row, just off Hythe Bridge Street, when a man approached her and touched her breast through her
THE best schools will be asked to share staff with their struggling neighbours, under a new strategy aimed at ending Oxfordshire’s history of educational under-achievement. A new six-point plan launched by the county council today will ask
Midlands 2 West South BANBURY Bulls’ poor run of form continued with a 24-6 defeat at Kidderminster Carolians. Bulls were hit by injuries and unavailability, but were closer to Kidderminster than the scoreline suggests. Banbury had hooker Andy Ell
A MAN at the centre of the 96-mile prison van fiasco yesterday walked into court to deny throwing a dog to its death. Last month, Oliver Thomas, of Middleton Road, Banbury, was driven 60 yards to the town’s magistrates’ court by a prison van summoned
South West 1 East WITNEY could not hold off a fightback from second-placed Cheltenham, going down to a 20-16 defeat at the Prince of Wales Stadium. The visitors dominated early on and took the lead when full back Ed Mitcham landed a penalty, having
Southern Counties North ALCHESTER left it late to record a scrappy 10-9 victory at basement boys Marlborough. The tone was set when Alchester centre Tom Miles missed an easy penalty. Alchester enjoyed more territory and possession, but could not
Abingdon United manager Richie Bourne aims to get one over his old boss Gary Ackling when they host Thatcham Town in Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West on Tuesday night. Bourne played under Ackling at Hungerford Town and their paths crossed
Last Thursday saw a break from the regular Quiz League schedule. Periodically, instead of the usual two-team match-ups, sides gather at various pubs around the county to contest for silverware in a series of themed ‘Tabletops’. The first of these was
DRINK-DRIVER Jonathan Ashworth has been jailed for three years for knocking down and killing teenage cyclist Tom Kahl. The 55-year-old was over the drink-drive limit when the borrowed Range Rover he was driving struck 18-year-old Mr Kahl, from Kidlington
COMPLACENT headteachers in weak schools have not woken up to pupils’ under-performance, the officer responsible for Oxfordshire’s schools has said. Jan Paine, who leaves her deputy director post at Oxfordshire County Council at the end of the year,
National 3 South West MARTIN Nutt ran in a hat-trick of tries as Oxford Harlequins produced their best display of the season to win 45-19 at Bristol’s Old Redcliffians. Young flanker Ramen Farhani was named man-of-the-match, but this was a great team
OXFORD Harlequins have been deducted five points for fielding an ineligible player in National 3 South West. The RFU imposed the penalty on Quins after they played lock Luke Brown against Bournemouth on September 3. Quins claimed Brown, who also appeared
National 2 South CAPTAIN Tom Allen starred with a try treble as Henley Hawks won 33-12 at Lydney. Full back Allen ended a two-month drought in style, while wing Christoph Bart and No 8 Matt Payne also crossed over. Bart opened Henley’s account on
I WOULD like to thank the staff at Wantage Civic Hall. My friends and I went to their tea dance last Friday. It was a very good afternoon, nice music, nice company and gentle exercise. Just what we need as we get older. The next one will be on December
I WRITE to you to ask you to urge your readers, in whatever suitable way, to lobby this Government to put a stop to their plans to go ahead with their major NHS bill. They have ignored their promises to us all last year, and the views and opinions of
I AM sorry that Bob Johnson is so uninformed as to believe that the EU was set up to prevent another European war (Oxford Mail, November 4). In the later stages of the Second World War, German industrial chiefs and Nazi French collaborators met in secret
KEITH Mitchell has done a fantastic job as leader of county council and his departure will mark the end of a golden era in Oxfordshire politics. During his decade of leadership the county was consistently rated as excellent by the Audit Commission.
WITH thoughts of Remembrance Day still in our minds, now is a good time for those who have served in our military to remind themselves that help is there if they need it. There are probably many people reading this who are struggling and don't realise
THE council’s new strategy was launched as the Prime Minister laid down a fresh challenge to “coasting” schools. David Cameron, above, yesterday announced that new league tables will show more data to parents than ever before. He said too many schools
NOTHING divides the cycling community quite like special attention from Thames Valley Police. This month the police are having their annual clampdown on cyclists who don’t use lights when it’s dark. This has some cyclists moaning and others rejoicing.
FURTHER to Mr Charles Keevil and Dr John Sandalls (Monday, November 7), can I correct a few mistakes. National Service may have become law in 1947 but I was called up on June 2, 1947. New group numbers started, 101, 102, etc. We were to serve 18
THIS coalition has already reduced the winter fuel allowance for the pensioners, etc, this year, but we now read that Mr Lansley is giving £30m-worth of aid to the shivering pensioners and children. If this is the case then £30m he’s got to play with
VILLAGE Inn, promoted to the Greene King ODDA Ladies Premier Section, pulled off their first victory over Blackbird Bar when they came from behind to win 6-3 at home. First blood went to the visitors, Shaz Thompson defeating Sam Moore. Village Inn hit
Two women escaped serious injury following a two-car crash in Marston. The accident involving a grey Ford Focus and black BMW M3 happened on Sunday at 8.47pm at the junction of Elsfield Road and Marsh Lane. Firefighters cut the two women free from the
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her 70s in Banbury on Saturday. The boy was arrested in the Banbury yesterday at about 10.30pm, police said this morning. He is currently in police custody where police are questioning
A man accused of murder was last night remanded in custody by magistrates before appearing at Oxford Crown Court today. Daniel McCollin, of Blay Close, Oxford, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of the murder of Denis Witney. Mr
ONE man was taken to hospital during the early hours today following a single-vehicle accident near the Green Road roundabout in Headington. A spokesman for South Central Ambulance said ambulance staff took the driver to the John Radcliffe Hospital
When Len Holton returned from serving in the Second World War, he placed his four medals in a drawer and they were never seen by a soul. But yesterday his hard-won medals were displayed for the first time at his funeral service, placed on a
Ryan Clarke says Satur-day’s 3-0 FA Cup defeat at Sheffield United – and especially the manner of it – will be a real eye-opener for many of the Oxford United squad. “We didn’t push ourselves enough,” claimed the keeper. “I don’t know why, maybe it
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Oxfordshire Second World War veteran Les Collett yesterday. The founding member of the Wolvercote Royal British Legion died last month, three weeks after suffering a heart attack. Ninety-year-old Mr Collett
A set of black handlebars were stolen from a BMX bike belonging to someone with autism. The handlebars were stolen from the Mongoose BMX bike in Sedge Way, Carterton, between 6pm on Friday, November 4 and 10.45am on Saturday, November 5. PC Tracey Frazer
A boy raped a woman in her 70s after talking his way into her home on Remembrance weekend by claiming he wanted to know more about the war. The teenager – thought to be between 14 and 16 – gained his victim’s trust by chatting to her for several
A ROW over a minor car crash led to a man being run over and dragged along a road in Blackbird Leys, a court heard. Rohan Crooks, who appeared on Crimewatch before handing himself in to police in February, went on trial yesterday accused of
THE rape of a woman in her 70s at the weekend was truly horrific. Any sexual assault is devastating but for a teenager, possibly only 14, to use deception to con his way into his victim’s house before attacking her is shocking. It would
THE problem of what is wrong in our schools is easy to identify — the challenge for Oxfordshire County Council to correct it is what is complex. We have campaigned about the need to improve our schools — specifically but not exclusively
Oxfordshire will be aiming to maintain their winning start to their Riley's Inter-County Championship Premier Division campaign when they take on Essex at Rileys Club, Between Towns Road, Cowley, this weekend. After superb victories in their first
ELDERLY and disabled passengers in Blackbird Leys are risking life and limb each time they catch the bus, residents say. People catching buses to Green Hill get off on the opposite side of Grenoble Road and cross the road to get to their homes. But
MORE than 60 disadvantaged children realised their dream to have their stories shown on the big screen. Raising the Bar was a project which saw dozens of young people from around the county make four films, all based around Olympic ideals. The finished
