THE site of a bomber crash in North Oxfordshire is to be marked 70 years after the tragedy. Relatives of the six crew members killed on December 28, 1942, will attend the unveiling of a memorial stone in Bodicote next month. The crew
OXFORD: Legos Sziva, 40, of Benson Road, Oxford, admitted drink driving in Barns Road, Oxford, on April 22. Had 50 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 micrograms. Fined £100, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs.
HUNDREDS of pink fundraisers stepped out to remember those affected by breast cancer and raise money in their names. Breast Cancer Care’s sponsored 10 and 20 mile Pink Ribbonwalks were held at Blenheim Palace for the seventh time on Saturday
NORTH Oxfordshire residents will soon be getting postcards through their doors, but not from exotic places. Instead they will be from Thames Valley Police who have launched a summer burglary campaign in the Cherwell district. Each of
YOUNG Jack Gilbert will surely make sure he combs his hair thoroughly after being shown a 16th century nit comb from the wreck of the Mary Rose. The nine-year-old was among a class of Year Four pupils from Chilton School, Didcot, who visited the Diamond
KEGS will replace pews next month as St Mary’s Church in Witney hosts a beer festival to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The festival, organised by Witney Round Table, will take place on Monday, June 4, and will raise funds for charities and the church
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A GANG who stole £8,000 worth of copper cable from a 400,000-volt electricity substation have been jailed. Eight Romanian nationals were sentenced to between 18 months and two years each at Oxford Crown Court today. Nicolae-ionut Floricel, Vasile Preda
Floral tributes have been left outside the home of the late Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb. Mr Gibb, who lived in Thame, passed away yesterday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Fans and well wishers left a number of bouquets outside the
DETAILS of a controversial 400-student international academy in Headington have been revealed. Swiss education firm EF is hoping to redevelop Cotuit Hall, in Pullens Lane, so it can be used for accommodation and teaching. The plans have now been submitted
SHAKESPEAREAN actors have had to master the Bard’s verse in Urdu for a production of The Taming of the Shrew in Oxford. Tonight and tomorrow, Pakistan’s Theatre Walley company, which will also perform at the Globe Theatre in London later this week, is
HUNDREDS of children who care for sick relatives converged on Marlborough School in Woodstock to enjoy a well-earned day of fun and games. The children were attending the Big Event, which was organised by Spurgeons Young Carers Service and
Is this another bride’s gift-giving at Nuffield Press, Cowley? We pictured Audrey Preece receiving a set of blankets from colleagues as her wedding to Billy Higgins approached (Memory Lane, January 23). This photo is from the same set, belonging to
Charabancs were a familiar sight on Oxfordshire roads early last century. Passengers would put on their Sunday best and set off for a relaxing day at the seaside or in the countryside. Some firms hired them and organised annual outings for their staff
Witney Town were riding high in the football world when these pictures were taken. We believe they date from the 1951-2 season when the team won the Oxfordshire Benevolent Cup, the Oxfordshire Senior League Shield and the Oxfordshire Charity Cup. The
One of Derrick Holt’s abiding memories of his early life in the Marston district of Oxford was the almost total absence of cars. “If you went anywhere, you walked, cycled or took the No 8 bus. “From our home in Ferry Road, it was a reasonably short
Pupils at the village school learned how deaf people could keep in touch with the world in 1975. A new invention called Phonetype allowed users to type a message and send it by teleprinter. After seeing the machine, the children decided to raise £160
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They may be young, but these children were already budding entrepreneurs. Pupils at Cutteslowe Primary School in Wren Road, North Oxford, were given a challenge in 1990. They were handed 20p and told to go away and multiply it. Forty children, aged
WORK on a £3.5m shopping centre redevelopment in Oxford will start this autumn. The Templars Retail Park, in Between Towns Road, Cowley, will get three new cafe/restaurants and a landscaped piazza area. As part of the deal, developers
AN extension to an Oxford college’s library should be allowed despite concerns from conservation groups, a planning officer has said. The Magdalen College scheme “forms an appropriate visual relationship” with the existing building, said Oxford City
OXFORD suffered their second straight loss of their Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 1 campaign after a five-wicket defeat at the hands of High Wycombe. Ian Crosby’s side never recovered from losing two wickets without a run on
Oxford's Mara Yamauchi continued her preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Marathon with sixth place in the BUPA Great Manchester Run yesterday. Yamauchi, the former Headington Roadrunner, led for the first three kilometres of the 10,000m event –
Oxford City’s Hannah England won the 800m in the McCain Loughborough International at the Paula Radcliffe Athletics Stadium yesterday. The 2011 World Championship 1500m silver medallist crossed the line in 2mins 2.05secs to take victory more than a second
Aston Rowant were grateful to Chris Leaney as they beat Farnham Royal by 16 runs in Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West on Saturday. The 17-year-old claimed the last three Farnham wickets to give Rowant a narrow victory, after
OXFORD: A 25-year-old man has admitted burgling a house and stealing a car. Benjamin Blair appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Friday and admitted burglary and theft in Weyland Road, Headington, on February 17. Blair was remanded to be sentenced at a
OXFORD: A meeting discussing older people’s issues will be held today. The north east area forum, which will be held at Oxford Town Hall, has been at the heart of a controversy after it was announced it would be held two miles away from the area of the
LITTLE smiler Isabella Charlett could soon be making her first flight abroad after winning the Oxford Mail Baby of the Year competition. There were 446 entries in this year’s contest, but six-month-old Isabella’s smiling face stood out for voters. Now
OXFORD: A teenager is facing jail after admitting a robbery. Patrick Gallagher, 18, of Richardson Court, East Oxford, admitted robbing Helen Powell of money on March 30. At Oxford Crown Court on Friday, Judge Bruce McIntyre remanded Gallagher in custody
LUKE Ryan’s impressive return of 5-37 gave Banbury their second straight victory of the season in Division 1 of the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. The Oxfordshire bowler took wickets at regular intervals as his side recorded an 88-run
SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD’S first match in Division 2 West saw them record a 75-run win over Falkland. After rain washed out their intended opening game last week, Shipton were indebted to a 133-run second-wicket stand by captain Simon Hole (75) and opener
THAME Town paid for another dismal batting display as they crashed to their second heavy defeat in as many weeks in Division 2 West of the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. Having managed only 56 in their six-wicket loss at the hands of Falkland
Oxfordshire slipped to a humiliating 166-run defeat against Devon at Challow & Childrey yesterday to end their hopes of progressing in the MCCA Trophy. Chasing a gettable 278 to win the Group 1 encounter and reach the quarter-finals, Oxon’s
THE neighbour of an Oxford grandmother whose body was found at a Horspath caravan park spoke of her shock last night. Jenny Hume, 55, of Hamel Walk in Oxford, was killed by a head wound and also suffered stab wounds. Her body was found in a caravan
ASTON Rowant were grateful to Chris Leaney as they beat Farnham Royal by 16 runs in Division 2 West of the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League on Saturday. The 17-year-old claimed the last three Farnham wickets to give Rowant a narrow victory
BESSELS LEIGH: A woman was last night taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital with minor head injuries after the car she was travelling in crashed off the A420. The road was partially blocked near the A338 after the accident at about 5pm and drivers
OXON: The controversial high-speed rail project which will go through the county is hiring 60 spin doctors, it has been reported. According to The Sunday Times, HS2, the taxpayer-funded body behind the project, is recruiting a head of public affairs
CELEBRITY chef Rick Stein was among the competitors in two fun runs in aid of the Dyslexia Research Trust. The event, at Oxford University Parks, took place on Saturday and featured a host of activities alongside two runs – one of 5km and one of one-mile
Ian Hawtin struggled to explain Oxfordshire’s heavy MCA Trophy defeat to Devon. Having bowled relatively well to set up a victory chase of 278, Oxon came up well short. Hawtin said: “I am bit bemused by it. “They are all good players and showed that
Oxford United will play York City next season after they beat Luton 2-1 in the Blue Square Bet Premier play-off final at Wembley yesterday. Andre Gray put Luton ahead, only for Ashley Chambers to level at the break and Matty Blair to score the winner
HUNDREDS of people turned out in Burford to mark the 38th annual Levellers Day. The event celebrates the anniversary of the execution of three leveller soldiers shot in Burford churchyard on May 17, 1649. The Levellers were a soldiers who pressed
THE problem of Oxford’s struggling schools would probably have been picked up earlier if the city council had more responsibility for education, it was claimed last night. Education expert John Howson has called on district and city councils to have
THERE are many problems in society which would be solved with greater scrutiny. One of them may indeed be the problem of struggling primary schools. Oxford’s schools have faced heavy criticism for their standards in reading and writing
Curators want families to help them develop a new exploration guide at the revamped Museum of Oxford. The guide will be used for the new Explore Oxford galleries at the Town Hall museum in St Aldates. About £200,000 is being spent to create two galleries
Oxford United supporters are being warned not to expect a busy summer in the transfer market by manager Chris Wilder. Recent close seasons have seen a flurry of activity, with a host of new signings arriving at the Kassam Stadium. But
A RESCUER yesterday told how he tried valiantly to save an elderly man whose mobility scooter plunged into the River Thames. The victim, named locally as Bill the Busman, fell into the river from the towpath at Abingdon Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
A DECISION on plans to redevelop a disused block of social housing in Oxford looks set to be made next week. City councillors will decide whether to allow the building of flats and houses on the site of Grantham House in Cranham Street, Jericho. The
HELICOPTER pilots from RAF Benson led a flypast over Windsor for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration. About 2,500 troops from the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force – including some from Benson – paraded through the Quadrangle of Windsor
Life on an Oxford estate was celebrated with its first big community open day. The inaugural event in the Leys showed off the work of 27 local organisations – letting residents see what is on offer. Groups based at the Barn, the Clockhouse, the Dovecote
HELEN House, the world’s first children’s hospice, has toasted its 30th birthday with a party. Children and their parents enjoyed a range of activities, including holding live snakes, in the grounds of the centre in Magdalen Road, East Oxford, on Saturday
The Oxford Aviation Academy based at Oxford Airport near Kidlington has been bought up by a Canadian company. The business, which trains hundreds of pilots every year, was bought by civil aviation training firm CAE for £195m. As well as Oxford Airport
A cyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a car on the A34. The woman, in her 20s, was involved in the collision near Didcot at about 6pm on Friday. An ambulance service spokesman said she suffered leg injuries not thought to be life
BEE GEE singer Robin Gibb has died, following his lengthy battle against cancer. Mr Gibb, who lived in Thame, was 62. His family said in a statement: "The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin
ST GILES’ will be closed tomorrow as a national bike race roars into town. Cycling enthusiasts are gearing up for one of the biggest events Oxford has seen. Round three of the Halford Tour Series, featuring the country’s top teams, Olympic gold medallists
DOZENS of unique souvenir posters were handed out to Woody Allen fans at the closing night of the Oxford Film Festival. In all, nearly 1,000 movie lovers attended this year’s week-long Woody Allen festival at the Phoenix Picture House in Walton Street
OXFORDSHIRE primary schools are being urged to get their thinking caps on to be in with a chance of winning a £7,500 makeover. For the fourth year running, the Oxford Mail is joining forces with Abingdon construction company Leadbitter to offer one lucky
