Greetings from a perfect evening for football in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. #oufc are in town for their final pre-season game. — @OxfordMailOUFC 30 July 2012 #oufc starting XI: Brown, Batt, Evans, Tafazoli, Capaldi
OXFORD Andrew Couchman, 22, of Station Road, Didcot, admitted causing £2,133.06 of criminal damage to a Seat Ibiza in Newlands Avenue, Didcot, on April 4. Told to pay £2,133.06 in compensation. Graham Durham, 45, of The Lees, Faringdon, admitted
PLANS for a new care village for the elderly near Wallingford have been backed by the town council. A planning application has been submitted for 80 apartments, 49 care units, and a 64-bed care home in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
TWO cycle lanes could be installed under Oxford’s Botley Road railway bridge to make it safer for people on two wheels. But the £15,000 project would mean narrowing the width of the carriageway for drivers. The idea is one of 57 possibilities that
THOUSANDS of people rocked out in Charlbury over the weekend as the Riverside Festival hit town. The two-day event saw an estimated 11,000 people descend on Mill Field to see live music from more than 30 bands. Festivities also included children
A DRIVER instrumental in campaigning for the right of cabbies to use bus lanes has received a ticket for travelling in one. Richard Barlow, 59, from Kidlington, successfully campaigned for private hire drivers to be allowed to use the fast-track
CLASSIC American cars filled the grounds of Blenheim Palace for The Rally of the Giants. More than 400 vehicles, including cars, trucks, military vehicles and bikes, from the 1920s onwards, turned out at the Woodstock stately home yesterday.
DISABLED people will soon be able to travel by train from Bicester Town Station whenever they like thanks to a pensioner’s persistence. Last month Robert Light, 70, who is wheelchair-bound, tried to board a train to Oxford from Bicester Town Station
YOUNGSTERS taking part in an Oxford University project to help them reach their potential told their parents what they have learnt in special presentations. The 30 Oxfordshire teenagers, who are part of the Oxford Young Ambassadors scheme, made
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PARISHIONERS in Faringdon are hoping to raise the last £100,000 needed for a £700,000 expansion of their church. All Saints Church dates back to the early 12th century. The extension is intended to give it facilities fit for the 21st. Residents
DOZENS of youngsters from around the world danced through Oxford city centre to bring a cultural event to a spectacular end. Dressed as native birds, 120 children from seven countries, including Croatia, Thailand and Russia, took part. The event
OXFORDSHIRE rowers enjoyed a 100 per cent success rate in today's Olympic racing at Eton Dorney. All Great Britain boats featuring Oxfordshire oarsmen and women progressed from their heats and repechages, with Leander's Anna Watkins setting an
EVERY girl has a vision of what their wedding dress will be like, and for Mandy Bristow it was crimson and size 10. But the problem was, Mrs Bristow had weighed more than 19 stone for the past eight years, and was a size 20. So when she and
THE water wasn’t very warm judging by the look of horror on one girl’s face. But no doubt these children had plenty of fun taking a dip in the pool at Rose Hill Junior School in Oxford in 1972. The picture was taken at a four-week summer play school
IT WAS time for a break for these hard-working club officials. They formed the committee which ran the Labour club at Drayton, near Abingdon. And once a year, they would be rewarded for their efforts with an outing. When this picture was taken
JOHN Turner is another reader with fond memories of cartoonist Alan Course. He featured in one of his cartoons after playing for Oxford Boys’ cricket team against Middlesex Boys in 1951. Alan described him as ‘tail-wagger-in-chief’ – in his first
WOODSTOCK Primary School celebrated its centenary in 1955 and an Oxford Mail photographer dropped in to mark the occasion. Headmaster Mr C C S Bowley is seen in the picture above giving an English lesson to 10- and 11-year-old pupils. Elderly
SEVEN railway structures across Oxfordshire have been given protected status bec-ause of their historic importance. The structures along the Great Western main line include two viaducts and five bridges. Earlier this year English Heritage held
REMEMBER Green Shield stamps? These children must have been sick at the sight of them. Peers School, Littlemore, had embarked on an ambitious plan to build a £65,000 swimming pool, to which the Parents’ Association had agreed to find the final
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The start of the new Great Western rail franchise next year will be delayed by three months, the Government announced. The Department for Transport confirmed the delay as it revealed the service specification the next operator of many of Oxfordshire
Rats have always been a problem in Oxford. But now the city council is charging residents to rid their homes of infestations to raise much-needed cash, it must keep a very close eye on the situation. Call-outs have dropped over the past five
Firefighters tackled a house fire in Wilkins Road, Cowley. The fire service was called at 10.20pm on Saturday. The blaze was caused by electrical cabling in an upstairs airing cupboard. No-one was injured.
OXFORD’S rat population has landed it on a list of the 10 worst areas for the vermin in the UK. A report by the British Pest Control Association has revealed the city council dealt with 1,582 domestic rat cases in 2010/11. That worked out as
Fabric fans were left disappointed after a supply problem hit a discount sale at the Orinoco scrapstore in Peat Moors, Headington. Owner Howie Watkins said the factory suppliers had not enough waste material for Saturday’s event and everything
WITH the so-called Glorious Twelfth rapidly approaching, let us consider a few of the many reasons why this bird-killing festival is nothing to celebrate. A large number of native birds and mammals who ‘interfere’ with grouse shooting are trapped
Wesley Morrick turned in another match-winning spell as Aston Rowant saw off high-riding Division 2 West hosts Cove by 102 runs in the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. Morrick returned figures of 7-54 as Cove were shot out for 96,
I READ Ken Roper’s letter in regard to diesel engine pollution with interest (Oxford Mail, July 23). He asserts that diesel engine fumes are less dangerous than petrol engine fumes – that invisible particles in diesel/petrol engines are responsible
IT is a disgrace that milk processors want to pay less to dairy farmers, many of whom are struggling to survive. Since the year 2000, the number of dairy farmers has shrunk by 40 per cent. Many dairy farmers are planning demonstrations against
AFTER seeing the photograph of the Triton fountain at the old Radcliffe Infirmary in the Oxford Mail, it took me back about 70 years to being just a kid, seven or eight years old. I lived in St John’s Road, Oxford. A young girl named Polly went
WHEN he first took office, one of Tony Blair’s rallying cries was ‘Education, Education, Education’, in the firm belief that if everyone went to university it would kick-start the economy. I personally think that this idea was a grave mistake.
Every five years the city council, as landlord of the Covered Market, carries out a rent review and issues notices of the proposed new rents to the covered market traders. The latest batch of notices were sent out on Friday, July 13. In the five
The following little missive appeared on our letters page last week – ‘Did you know that since 1990, 1,433 people have died following contact with the police? Did you also know that not one single copper has been convicted of manslaughter in this
I WRITE in reference to the article (Oxford Mail, July 12, Big Issue) when John Tanner claims there are 33 toilets open to the public. He said this includes some shops and public houses in the city centre area, 24 of which he claims are operated
WHAT I’M CALLED: John Tanner My Age: 66 What I Do: I’m a Labour councillor for Littlemore ward on the city council and for Isis division on the county council. I’m the city’s board member for a cleaner, greener Oxford. Where I Live: I’ve
We watched the final stage of the Tour de France last weekend, leading the Peloton up the Champs Elysee, knowing the Union Jack would be flapping on the top two podium places. The balls you’d need to take on that race I can’t imagine. But balls
WE ARE so proud of Oxfordshire’s involvement in the Olympics so far. Our athletes have begun their quest for medals and volunteers played a pivotal role in making the opening ceremony a show to remember. And of course Cameron MacRitchie, the
OXFORDSHIRE played a pivotal role in making the London 2012 opening ceremony a spectacular success. Oxford rower Cameron MacRitchie, 19, took centre stage as a one of seven young athletes given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron as the
TWO first-half goals sent Oxford City slipping to a 2-1 defeat away to Hitchin Town in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. Mike Ford’s side, who will play in Blue Square Bet North this season, conceded goals from Hitchin’s Zak Burke and Callum Donnelly
Chris Wilder is planning to shuffle the pack tonight as Oxford United look to finish their US tour on a high. The U’s play a New England All Star team from the Premier Development League at Portsmouth High School (kick-off 12am UK time) in the
The decline of Shipton-under Wychwood continued as they lost by five wickets at home to fellow strugglers Harefield to stay in the Division 2 West drop zone in the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. Following a bright start to
Thame Town produced an unusually poor bowling display as they were batted out of the match by Division 2 West basement boys Farnham Royal in the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier Lleague. Put in to bat, Farnham got off to a flier on a good
THE founder of Seacoast United is optimistic the link with Oxford United will evolve into a long-term partnership between the clubs. The U’s are in the middle of their second pre-season tour to the United States, which is organised by Seacoast.
OXFORD United must be more ruthless in front of goal to make the most of their chances, according to first-team coach Andy Melville. The U’s created a host of opportunities against Seacoast United Phantoms on Friday night, but finished with a 1
A MAN who staked out a garden centre before more than £20,000 worth of stock was stolen has been jailed for eight months. Traveller Danny O’Loughlin, 36, visited Burford Garden Centre the day before it was raided and was seen on CCTV cameras checking
WHEN rising rowing star Cameron MacRitchie lit the Olympic Cauldron it sparked an ‘eruption’ of joy at his home in Oxford. That’s because his family were in the dark about his flame honour. The 19-year-old rower was nominated by Sir Steve Redgrave
CRICKET SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury 267-9 (66 ovs, I Tew 103, L Sabin 77, R Collins 5-66, L Bevan 4-97), High Wycombe 244 (50.1 ovs, J Benning 78, N Robinson 35, J Phillips 5-71). Banbury 25pts, High Wycombe
FAMILIES were given advice on a range of services at a community fun day on Oxford’s Barton estate. The event, which took place at Barton Neighbourhood Centre in Underhill Circus on Saturday, was organised by Oxford City Council . Visitors
MEN can now sit tests in skirts and women can wear suits and bow ties to exams after Oxford University rewrote its strict academic dress code. The move followed concern the laws were unfair to transgender students.
OXFORD passengers claim buses are crowded with language students despite attempts to tackle the problem. They have told the Oxford Mail how buses often pass by, unable to stop because they are full. Cowley resident Murray Harding said: “On
A BLAZE at The Manor House Gallery, in West Way, Chipping Norton, was tackled on Friday evening. Fire crews, aided by four pumps, attended at 5.07pm and managed to contain the fire to a garage. Firefighters left the scene at about 9pm
POLICE were called after a car window was smashed in Middleton Road, Banbury, at about 2am yesterday and reports a man was being chased. Fire crews pulled a man from the River Cherwell, between Station Approach and Tramway Road. A
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of keeping a brothel. The 65-year-old was arrested at a property in Turner Road, Abingdon after police carried out a warrant last Tuesday. A warrant was also carried out at a home in Doyley Road, Wallingford
THE death of a popular villager in a garden explosion has left Horspath in shock. Ian Simpson, 48, died after he cut into an oil drum in the front garden of his family’s College Way home just before 8pm on Friday. The family had been celebrating
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter believe they delivered a statement of intent as they roared back into form with victory in their Olympic rowing heat at Eton Dorney Lake. Purchase, who lives at Wallingford, and Hunter, from the Leander club at Henley
Former Oxford Brookes University student Richard Chambers believes Great Britain’s men’s lightweight four can strike gold after winning their heat in impressive fashion at Eton Dorney Lake. Chambers, who lives in Maidenhead, and his Henley-based
TWO dozen hopefuls will be battling out later this year in the grand final of Talent Oxford. The contest, now in its third year, is open to everyone in Oxfordshire and aims to find the stars of tomorrow. Winners will receive £1,000, a professional
TWO dozen hopefuls will be battling it out later this year in the grand final of Talent Oxford. The contest, now in its third year, is open to everyone in Oxfordshire and aims to find the stars of tomorrow. Winners will receive £1,000, a professional
