Archive
-
Date
DARTS: Oxon eyeing up promotion
Dave Exell and Kevin Wilkins are promoted to the men's A team as Oxfordshire continue their push forpromotion against Dorset at the Lord Nuffield Club, Oxford, this weekend. With two games left, Oxon, who have never played in the Premier Division, head
-
Date
DARTS: Whistle blow in for title
Final Whistle secured the Men's Section 1 crown in the Greene King ODDA with a brilliant win over visitors College Oak. Joe Palmer scored a maximum as Whistle raced into a 4-0 lead. The visitors pulled back to 4-2 with wins from Les Radford (180)
-
Date
DARTS: Shelswell break duck at last
Shelswell Inn have finally broken their duck after 41 Oxfordshire Men's Super League matches. Having lost all 18 matches in their first season (when playing as Brackley Band Club), Shelswell went into last week's match on a 22-match losing sequence.
-
Date
FOOTBALL: Simms is North Leigh saviour
Mark Simms scored the last-minute equaliser as Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division leaders North Leigh were held to a 4-4 draw against Wantage Town yesterday. Wantage took the lead after only 35 seconds through Gary Hartley. Ellis Langford
-
Date
FOOTBALL: Murphy miss proves costly
Banbury United threw away a 2-1 lead as they lost 3-2 to Premier Division derby rivals Rugby Town at Spencer Stadium. They should have salvaged a point, but the normally reliable Matt Murphy missed a late penalty for the Puritans. Greg Williams gave
-
Date
FOOTBALL: Lyon strike seals it for super City
Michael Lyon hit the winner as Oxford City made it two wins out of two from their Easter games with a 2-1 win against Uxbridge. The result moved them up to third and within seven points of Division 1 South & West leaders Farnborough. After a goalless
-
Date
FOOTBALL: Didcot get the jitters again
Didcot Town slipped to a damaging 3-1 defeat in yesterday's British Gas Business Southern League Division 1 South & West against Abingdon United at Loop Meadow Stadium. Two goals in two second-half minutes from a clinical Abingdon side effectively killed
-
Date
HORSE RACING: Knight fires four-timer
Henrietta Knight, who trains at West Lockinge, near Wantage, fired a fantastic 1,205-1 four-timer at Huntingdon on Easter Monday. The Vicar (9-4) set the ball rolling followed by Ice Bucket (7-2), South Bank (10-1) and Somersby (13-2). SEAN Curran
-
Date
POINT-TO-POINT: Star turn is Man From Highworth
Man From Highworth bounced back from his disappointing run at the Cheltenham Festival to post a sparkling success at the Old Berks Hunt meeting at Lockinge, near Wantage, on Easter Monday. The nine-year-old, winner of the Coronation Gold Cup at Larkhill
-
Date
Life of seizure victim celebrated
FRIENDS and family gathered at the favourite watering hole of a 25-year-old who was killed by a sudden seizure. Steven Tizzard died on March 14 in the bedroom of his home in Gibson Close, Abingdon. His family said his death was a "complete shock
-
Date
Feuding families agree to mediation
THE heads of three East Oxford families embroiled in a dispute which has seen police called to a string of violent offences have agreed to seek professional counselling. And Thames Valley Police is considering paying for the sessions. Insp Brian
-
Date
Race crowds brave the weather
Easter Monday's bad weather meant crowds at the Old Berkshire Hunt's Point-to-Point were down by about a third on last year. It is estimated that about 10,000 people - including Laura Hunter, pictured with John Randall and Jake and Holly Randall, above
-
Date
Party ends 300-mile charity ride
A charity cyclist who pedalled halfway across the country in honour of his two-year-old son was greeted home by a massive party tonight. John Sammons was met with cheers and whistles as he rode the final few yards of his trek from Land's End into the
-
Date
Leys teens bid to combat gang culture
Teenagers are working together to stop an Oxford estate becoming a hotspot for guns, knives and drug dealing. About 20 youths from the Leys Community Development Initiative (Leys CDI) are organising a conference to tell young people what options are
-
Date
Feuding families agree to counselling
The heads of three East Oxford families embroiled in a dispute which has seen police called to a string of violent offences have agreed to seek professional counselling. And Thames Valley Police is considering paying for the sessions. Insp Brian Cooper
-
Date
Youngsters tap into lives of poor
A group of young people from Oxford took part in a watery challenge to experience what life is like for people living in some of the poorest countries. The Blackbird Leys-based African Caribbean Youth Group took part in the sponsored challenge to see
-
Date
Life of seizure victim celebrated
Friends and family gathered at the favourite watering hole of a 25-year-old who was killed by a sudden seizure. Steven Tizzard died on March 14 in the bedroom of his home in Gibson Close, Abingdon. His family said his death was a "complete shock"
-
Date
Festival venues to host global artists
PERFORMERS from around the planet will bring an international flavour to intimate venues across Oxfordshire for a festival celebrating the best in world music. The Big Village series will see musicians from as far afield as Palestine and west Africa
-
Date
Festival venues to host global artists
Performers from around the planet will bring an international flavour to intimate venues across Oxfordshire for a festival celebrating the best in world music. The Big Village series will see musicians from as far afield as Palestine and west Africa
-
Date
Village proves tops for shops
BICESTER Village has been hailed as the UK's most popular tourist shopping destination for overseas visitors outside London. Last year, the shopping complex, in Pingle Drive, welcomed 3.6 million visitors - of which 1.3 million were from overseas.
-
Date
Landlord shocked by pub theft
A PUB landlord was shocked after thieves stole a heavy £300 shrub from his beer garden by hauling it over a 6ft wall. Derek Sheerin, who runs The Corridor, in Cowley Road, Oxford, noticed one of his shrubs had gone missing when he opened up the following
-
Date
Village proves tops for shops
Bicester Village has been hailed as the UK's most popular tourist shopping destination for overseas visitors outside London. Last year, the shopping complex, in Pingle Drive, welcomed 3.6 million visitors - of which 1.3 million were from overseas.
-
Date
Festival finds they've got rhythm
Children from schools in Wallingford and surrounding villages put on their dancing shoes and took to the stage for an annual dance festival. The event, at Wallingford School, gave pupils aged five to 16 the chance to show off their dancing talents to
-
Date
Students get science masterclass
Young scientists from Oxford were given an insight into the workings of the universe - courtesy of physicists working at the cutting edge of knowledge. About 100 A- and AS-Level pupils from schools in and around the city were invited to the annual National
-
Date
Oxford Utd 2, Stevenage Boro 1 (24/03)
Matt Green struck a brilliant winner as Oxford United stunned promotion-chasing Stevenage and notched their third straight victory in the Blue Square Premier. It came on 71 minutes at the Kassam Stadium, just three minutes after Stevenage had equalised
-
Date
Bus conductress gave her heart to passenger
A bus conductress gave her heart as well as a ticket when she served passenger Harry Smith - and now the couple are celebrating their golden wedding. Kathleen Smith, 76, from Berinsfield, said: "We met while he was travelling on the bus and that was
-
Date
Diamond anniversary pair met at dance
Fred and Molly Pratley had the red carpet laid out for them on their diamond wedding anniversary. The couple were first given special treatment at Witney's Elms Day Centre, with a birthday cake and plenty of cards. Then, for lunch, they were taken
-
Date
Landlord shocked by pub theft
A pub landlord was shocked after thieves stole a heavy £300 shrub from his beer garden by hauling it over a 6ft wall. Derek Sheerin, who runs The Corridor, in Cowley Road, Oxford, noticed one of his shrubs had gone missing when he opened up the following
-
Date
Pair to scale mountain for drugs charity
Two jail workers are embarking on the challenge of a lifetime to help prisoners beat drug addiction. Jemma Hough and Nicola Allen, from Bicester, are gearing up to climb Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest mountain. The pair work with prisoners who have
-
Date
Museum unearths wedding memorabilia
Being asked to look at someone else's wedding photographs is often a reason to suddenly remember an urgent appointment elsewhere. But a village museum has come up with a different angle on marriage memorabilia, and a new exhibition which opened over
-
Date
Miss Oxford entrants prepare for photo shoot
More young women have entered this year's Miss Oxford competition. This year, the Oxford Mail has joined forces with the organisers of Miss England to choose Miss Oxford Mail 2008. More than 40 women have now put their names forward. The contenders
-
Date
The Wedding Crasher
Just got back from Nanny and Grandad's and a packed Easter weekend. Had a wedding on Good Friday. It was pretty strange in that it was the first wedding we'd been to for a long while and the first one since ourselves and most of our friends had had children
-
Date
Pupils track down climate crimes
PUPILS became police officers as they hunted out 'climate crimes' in a special energy-saving workshop at their school. Northbourne Primary School in Cockroft, Didcot, hosted energy firm npower's first Climate Cop Academy in Oxfordshire, teaching pupils
-
Date
In the dark
We can understand pensioners' frustration at the different rules being applied to their new 'go anywhere' bus passes. Some councils will allow them to be used from 9am, others from 9.30am. It seems strange that times should vary when it is a national
-
Date
Teens capture opinions about estate
Teenagers have voiced their opinions about life on an Oxford estate in a Big Brother-style documentary. A group of 12- to 16-year-olds have spent three months filming and editing a film about living in Barton. The 30 teenagers created a BB-style
-
Date
Patto praises mighty U's
DARREN Patterson is hoping the confidence his Oxford United team got from their superb win at Halifax on Saturday will be carried on into Monday's game against Stevenage. The U's took Halifax to the cleaners at the Shay with a 3-0 victory that brought
-
Date
Shielding this killer must stop
The loved ones of all victims of crime deserve justice, and particularly when it is a case of murder. But so far, despite strenuous efforts by police, that right has been denied relatives and friends of Enayit Khalili. Today, a fresh appeal has been
-
Date
£25,000 reward offered on murder
THE family of murdered Oxford police station cleaner Enayit Khalili have marked the first anniversary of his death with a fresh plea for people to come forward. And police have increased the £5,000 reward for information to £25,000. Mr Khalili, 26
-
Date
Murder — reward increased to £25,000
The family of murdered Oxford police station cleaner Enayit Khalili have marked the first anniversary of his death with a fresh plea for people to come forward. And police have increased the £5,000 reward for information to £25,000. Mr Khalili, 26
-
Date
Firefighter aims for top
FIREFIGHTER Andrew Smallwood enjoys nothing more than hanging upside down, clinging on by his fingertips. But competing alongside 5,000 colleagues from around the globe is something new to the 34-year-old, from Kidlington. He has signed up for the
-
Date
Teacher prepares for Africa test
A TRAINEE teacher from Oxford is hoping to give something back by taking his classroom skills to Africa. Neil Green, 22, of Alexandra Road, Botley, is planning to spend two months teaching at a school and pre-school in Ghana - and needs to raise an
-
Date
All invited to football academy event
SOCCER stars of the future will be able to find out more about a football academy being run by Oxford United and Peers School at an open day next weekend. The academy - which is open to 16- to 18-year-olds eager to make it as professional footballers
-
Date
Village may get new police base
A NEW police base could be built in Grove and may form part of the development on the disused airfield. Thames Valley Police is looking into potential locations, and said it would bring them closer to the community. Potential sites have not yet
-
Date
Thomes rolls in
THOMAS the Tank Engine will roll into Didcot Railway Station next month after being delayed by four weeks. The centre's popular Day Out with Thomas event will run from Friday to Sunday, April 11-13. The centre normally hosts Day Out with Thomas
-
Date
Sudden death shocks family
THE family of a man found dead in a Witney garden say they have been left devastated. Daniel Mills, 23, was discovered half-naked in the back garden of a maisonette in Wadards Meadow on Saturday morning. The owner of the property came across his body
-
Date
Tombola aid
WEST Oxford Animal Rescue is holding an Easter Monday tombola to raise funds for its rescue centre in Wheatley. The tombola takes place at Notcutts Garden Centre in Booker, near High Wycombe. The fundraiser runs from 10am until 4pm.
-
Date
Sisters give up chocolate
SISTERS Marica and Lauren Breakspear-Reading were able to tuck into chocolate after giving up the sweet stuff for Lent, for the third year running. For 40 days and 40 nights, Marica, ten, and Lauren, eight, from Berinsfield, have resisted the temptation
-
Date
Bikers deliver Easter surprise
BIKERS had a special delivery for sick children who spent Easter in hospital. Members of Fox's Motorcycle Club, based in Dorchester, rode to Asda, in Wheatley, on Saturday to pick up 10 Easter eggs donated by the store. Armed with the chocolate
-
Date
Lion king falls for queen
A NEW king of the beasts has arrived in west Oxfordshire this Easter. Raja the lion has come to provide company for lioness Akela, and they're getting on like a house on fire. The bonding programme is part of the plan by keepers at the Cotswold
-
Date
Museum bursts into life
THE first day of the new season at Cogges Farm Museum in Witney had an Easter theme - with children watching cakes being baked and hunting for hidden eggs. The museum, saved from the threat of closure, came back to life as it opened its gates for the
-
Date
Pensioner criticises bus scheme
A PENSIONER has said a new national concessionary bus pass scheme was unfair, as the times the pass allows people to travel varies between districts. The new pass, which comes into force on April 1, entitles anyone over 60 or disabled to free travel
