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  • Parky at the Pictures (DVD 14/3/2019)

    There have been a few landmark movies since Victor Halperin launched the undead sub-genre with White Zombie in 1932. Among the most notable are Jacques Tourneur's Val Lewton-produced chiller, I Walked With a Zombie (1943), George A. Romero's Night

  • Police give update on 'blackmail and burglary' gang

    POLICE are yet to make any arrests in a 'burglary and blackmail' investigation in Cumnor. In January a masked gang forced their way into a property in Kimmeridge Road and assaulted one of the occupants before demanding money. Police say the three

  • Community groups could get cash boost for new projects

    THREE community groups are set to find out whether they receive thousands of pounds in grants tomorrow. Be Free Young Carers, Ashbury Village Hall Management Committee and Ashbury Parish Council have applied for New Homes Bonus Grants from the Vale

  • Have your say on plans for new roads around airfield

    RESIDENTS can have their say on controversial plans for new roads in South Oxfordshire tomorrow. Homes England is consulting on proposals for the bypasses at Stadhampton, Chiselhampton and Cuxham, which would support a proposed 3,000-home development

  • Supermarket colleagues visit schools to boost Fairtrade

    PUPILS learnt about Fairtrade products during a visit from supermarket staff. Colleagues from The Midcounties Co-operative stopped at West Kidlington Primary School and St Andrew’s CE Primary School in Chinnor last week to take lessons on ethical

  • Oxford Ink - 'Two or three' people refunded

    THE WAIT goes on for Oxford Ink customers who were promised refunds by the end of February with the outstanding cash now being handled by a solicitor. The Headington shop left a string of angry customers when it shut last month who said they were

  • Sign your toddler up for study at uni's 'baby lab'

    A NEW study looking at how babies and toddlers develop important skills is being run by Oxford University’s Baby Lab. Researchers believe that some major brain development starts in toddlerhood, and it has found ways of measuring these skills using

  • Repeat drink driver crashed into Amazon delivery driver

    A DRINK-DRIVER who crashed into an Amazon delivery man’s van and left him with life-changing injuries has been jailed. Stanislaw Garbarczyk, 38, was nearly double the drink-drive limit on the A361, near Filkins, West Oxfordshire, at 7.30pm on November

  • 'Worrying' trend in child abuse cases, say Oxford researchers

    OXFORD academics have found that since the 1900s there has been a large overall decrease in child abuse – but, worryingly, that trend may now be reversing. Using recently digitised archival data from the last 150 years, the study by Oxford University

  • 'Flying trapeze' planned for Florence Park

    THERE are plans to bring a flying trapeze school to Florence Park next month. James Long submitted the application to Oxford City Council last month as part of High Fly Trapeze 2019. It states the temporary structure is planned for the park's

  • Oxford school finally gets £1.3m repair job

    PUPILS will be gifted with warmer and more welcoming facilities as their school gets a long-awaited makeover. Rose Hill Primary School in Oxford will be given £1.3m worth of building improvements by the River Learning Trust, which took it over

  • Anti-social garages site to be turned into flats

    A FORMER garage site that was becoming an antisocial behaviour hotspot is set to be converted into flats. Housing Association Soha, which was growing concerned about bad behaviour problems at the old garages on the corner of Saxon Close, Wallingford

  • Community radio station feeling powerful after unique boost

    A COMMUNITY radio station can now broadcast to almost 60,000 people after becoming the first in the UK to get a signal boost. Witney Radio 99.9FM has expanded its reach from 15,000 people to 58,000 after Ofcom agreed to increase its signal power

  • Women's Institutes in Oxfordshire celebrate centenary

    OXFORDSHIRE Federation of Women’s Institutes is celebrating 100 years of learning, friendship and fun. On Tuesday, March 26 the OFWI’s annual meeting will take place at the Kassam Stadium Conference Centre with inspiring guests Emma Bridgewater,

  • 'Experimental music' festival starts tomorrow

    A FESTIVAL showcasing sound will consist of events over the next three days around Oxford. Audiograft is a 'sound art and experimental music' festival where a number of media artists and composers will hold performance lectures showing the varieties

  • Race sponsors celebrate 10 years with the OX5 Run

    WHEN eight-year-old Rose Breach was admitted to Oxford Children's Hospital, she wasn't exactly expecting to have a brilliant time. However, little girls and boys like Rose and Leila-Rae Budini, from Oxford, do have fun, and more importantly receive

  • James Constable becomes patron of Oxford United's charity

    JAMES Constable has been appointed as a patron for Oxford United in the Community. The role will see the former U's striker, who netted 106 goals for the club, support their official charity - now in its 30th year. It comes after the 34-year-old

  • Rise in Oxford stabbings - what's going on?

    YESTERDAY'S stabbing outside a supermarket in Headington was the latest in a number of major incidents involving knives in the city in recent weeks.  The attack, which left a woman in hospital, came less than two weeks after a young man was killed

  • Rotten Row resident asks to replace rotten windows

    A MAN who lives in a road called Rotten Row has applied for planning permission to replace his windows – because they're rotten. Howard Exton-Smith, who lives in the aptly-named street in Dorchester-on-Thames, near Wallingford, has had to seek planning

  • Oxford United striker Jonte Smith called up to Bermuda squad

    JONTE Smith has been included in Bermuda's squad for a Concacaf Nations League match later this month. The Oxford United striker, who made his debut at Blackpool after signing last month, has scored twice in nine appearances for his country.

  • You can now learn first aid at the pub

    A SCHEME teaching lifesaving skills to punters in the pub has expanded. Pint of Life was set up by Christopher Tancock, from Ducklington, near Witney, in December, with the first session held at village pub The Bell Inn. The next event is at

  • Man arrested after Co-op stabbing

    A MAN has been arrested after a search through the night to find the attacker who stabbed a woman outside the Co-op in Headington.  A 30-year-old man from Oxford was arrested by Thames Valley Police at 10.40am on suspicion of attempted murder after

  • Co-op reopens but road is still closed off

    THE SUPERMARKET which was the scene of a brutal stabbing yesterday afternoon has reopened as usual this morning but Stile Road is still closed off.  BREAKING: 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after woman was stabbed

  • Oxford Ice Rink temporarily closed tomorrow

    DUE to essential maintenance work, Oxford Ice Rink will be temporarily closed tomorrow from 9am to 1.30pm. The skate training session which starts at 6.45 will finish earlier at 8.45am and the following sessions including the public skate and skate

  • Carers' unique cycle challenge to raise Red Nose Day funds

    CARERS will cycle the distance it takes to reach all of their clients on Red Nose Day. The team at Home Instead Senior Care Oxford will cycle 120 miles on an exercise bike for eight hours straight. This is the distance carers would have to travel

  • Oxfordshire MPs to vote on no deal Brexit

    Oxfordshire MPs will vote on whether to block a no-deal Brexit after Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a humiliating defeat as her EU Withdrawal Agreement was rejected by an overwhelming majority for the second time. Conservative MPs will be

  • STORM GARETH - wildlife park forced to close

    WIND gusts of up to 55 miles per hour are expected to hit Oxfordshire throughout today.  A yellow weather warning is in place as the county braces itself for another day of strong winds. READ MORE: Cladding comes off tower block in strong winds

  • Eagle-eyed reader solves mystery from our archives

    A MYSTERY posed in a recent Oxford Mail story has been solved by an eagle-eyed reader. We published the photo right in a Looking Back spread in the paper on Tuesday all about Oxford street markets in years gone by. Although the picture came from

  • Brexit: How did your MP vote last night?

    OXFORDSHIRE'S MPs voted as expected as Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected yet again last night. The Prime Minister's withdrawal agreement was beaten by 149 votes, meaning Parliament will tonight vote on whether the UK should leave the EU without

  • Cladding 'comes off' tower block in high winds

    A PIECE of cladding has 'fallen off' a tower block as high winds continue to batter Oxfordshire.  The recently-replaced cladding in Plowman Tower, Northway, came off on Monday, according to people who live there.  Oxford City Council has confirmed

  • Sleek saloon is guaranteed to turn heads

    Wow is the instant reaction when you first catch a glimpse of Peugeot’s striking new 508. Competing against the most serious competition from the likes of German manufacturers, there was little point in looking reserved, so the French designers

  • FOOTBALL: Oxford Mail Youth League goalscorers

    UNDER 12 SPRING A Abingdon Tn 7 (Donte Yearwood 2, Rafael Dos Santos 2, Kailan Shelton, Stephen Hannon, Joshua Blackstock), Easington Spts 0. Bullingdon 2 (Michael O’Sullivan-Green, Oliver Townsend), Ardley Utd 4 (Sammy Caffyn 2, Caleb Moir

  • FOOTBALL: All the action from the North Berks League

    TOM Stanley smashed a hat-trick as newly-crowned champions Saxton Rovers hammered hosts East Hendred 6-0 in Division 1 of the North Berks League, writes RICHARD UNDERWOOD. Ollie Nadin, Jamie Davies and Gary Belcher scored the others. Steventon

  • FOOTBALL: Witney & District FA reports

    FC HOLLYBUSH eased into the third round of the Ted Young Senior Cup as they beat fellow Witney & District Premier Division side Charlbury 3-1. Josh Hunt netted for Charlbury, but goals from Josh Grant, Craig Mays and Jacob Hughes gave Hollybush

  • FOOTBALL: Oxford Mail Girls League goalscorers

    ELLIE Judd scored twice in Kidlington’s 3-0 win over Quarry Rovers in the Oxford Mail Girls League. Imogen Lyne was also on target in the Under 12 fixture. WEEKEND GOALSCORERS UNDER 12 Easington Spts 2 (Esme Rae 2), Hinksey Pk Lionesses

  • Oxford pub is set to reopen today

    A PUB in Headington is set to reopen today after a major refurbishment. The White Horse shut on February 24 for what it described as a 'massive makeover,' and is due to open its doors again this morning. READ AGAIN: Oxford pub will be shut for

  • Keys to £13 million science education centre handed over

    A NEW multi-million pound science education centre for Oxford children is a step closer to opening. Yesterday, the Beard construction team who have been building the £13m hub in Headington handed over the keys to the charity that will run it – the

  • PICTURES: Crazy wild weather in Oxford over the years

    WITH Storm Gareth causing chaos nationwide, we look back on bad weather in Oxford over the decades. We've had the lot, from frozen rivers in 1895, to boating on football pitches nearly a century later and failing to predict a hurricane in 1987.

  • The new shops, restaurants and bars in Abingdon town centre

    WITH two new bars set to open in Abingdon in the coming weeks we have been looking at the recent retail and restaurant changes in the town centre. High Street will soon gain both The Mercer and Old Chemist Shop, the first selling locally brewed

  • SUCCESS: police office saved from closure

    A FIVE-MONTH campaign led by residents and councillors from across the political spectrum has paid off after Thames Valley Police finally confirmed it will no longer close down a city base. Yesterday the force announced that a ‘mutually beneficial

  • Headteacher says some pupils at 'strike' were just bunking off

    AN Oxford headteacher has said that some pupils who missed class for the city’s last ‘school strike’ did not attend the demonstration. Oxford Spires Academy’s principal Marianne Blake told parents that it was ‘unacceptable’ that ‘a number of students

  • Jack Russell building site is a 'death trap'

    RESIDENTS fear that ‘kids could die’ on the building site of a once-thriving boozer. The Jack Russell pub in Marston once had punters spilling out of its doors, but in 2016 became unused and a ‘derelict eyesore’. Despite a public campaign to

  • 5 new locations chosen to build houses in the next 2 years

    NEW potential housing sites a Government agency wants to build on across Oxfordshire have been unveiled. Homes England has listed seven sites it wants to use on its website. They include the former Jet Garage in Station Road in Didcot, which

  • Does Oxford spend enough money on cycling?

    OXFORD has less to spend on cycling infrastructure than major cities across the UK, according to a businessman who launched his company here. Kyle Grant, the founder of bike-cleaning company OxWash, joined councillors at a meeting with transport