Archive
-
Date
Farmer praised by Government
Farmer Jonathon Court and his family have been praised for their swift action. He noticed suspicious symptoms in some of his chickens on Monday night and immediately notified the Department for Food and Rural Affairs. Defra today confirmed the outbreak
-
Date
Church unites 38 nations
The murmuring of the traditional Latin Mass may be the closest this Oxford congregation have to a common language. Because the 180-strong congregation at SS Gregory and Augustine Roman Catholic Church, in Woodstock Road, can claim links to nearly 40
-
Date
Thousands ready to race
About 7,000 women (and men) will converge on the University Parks in Oxford this weekend to run 5km to help find a cure for a cancer. With three Race for Life events during Saturday and Sunday, and Oxford's first Run for Moore on Sunday afternoon, organisers
-
Date
OAP flooded due to broken drain
A pensioner too afraid to sleep at night for fear of her home being flooded told of her frustration at Thames Wat- er's three-year delay in fixing a broken drain. Iris Lancaster's home has flooded three times in the past year because of a nearby cracked
-
Date
Cabbie accused of sex assaults
An taxi driver from Oxford is facing two charges of sexual assault. Police said today they had charged Babar Kahn, 30, of Dashwood Road, Rose Hill, with the sexual assault of two female passengers. The first charge relates to an incident in September
-
Date
Children's centre opens doors
The doors to a new children's centre in the heart of Oxford's Florence Park opened today. Florence Park Children's Centre replaces a building that had come to the end of its useful life. Children from nearby Larkrise Primary School opened the £770,000
-
Date
Revised eco-town plan 'could go through'
The controversial proposed eco-town development near Weston-on-the-Green would need substantial amendments in order to go forward, the Government has hinted. But the reassurance came with the message the Government was now viewing the scheme to build
-
Date
Ciao down
Exceptional," Mr Greedy said, smacking his lips in appreciation, the faint memory of the meal still intact on his lips. "Really exceptional food at amazing prices, he can't fail." By 'he' he means Jamie Oliver, who has finally put his wallet where his
-
Date
Is that to go?
Eat is a Pret-lookalike: same sort of brown packaged snacks on the shelves, four people serving at the counter; the usual claims about fresh, healthy produce. And the prices are near identical. Not only does it face stiff competition from two Pret a
-
Date
HORSE RACING: River aiming to do Cole proud in Derby
River Proud, from Paul Cole's Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, is given a 'live chance' by his handler of gatecrashing the Vodafone Derby party at Epsom tomorrow. The three-year-old colt only entered the picture for the premier Classic this week, with
-
Date
Outside the box
With music covering everything from rock and metal to hip hop and dance, Oxfordshire's Wakestock festival is one of the most diverse celebrations of cutting edge talent around. This unique combination of watersport and new music, which takes place from
-
Date
Insult to airmen
I refer to your article, Philip Pullman writes strip, Pegasus launches new comic (Oxford Mail, May 30). I have written many letters to the Oxford Mail in the past 50 years and, as far as I'm aware, no benefit has ever come from any of them. Now I'm
-
Date
Buggy blues
Today's lesson, children, is observing how fast I can leap out of your way, as Mummy pushes you both in your double buggy on the narrow footpaths crossing Folly Bridge in Oxford. Watch in amazement as I leap to my right, testing the airbags of passing
-
Date
BADMINTON: Hashman handed special invitation
Legend Judy Hashman has been invited to the opening of the new 'home' of the international Women's Sports Foundation. This involves housing the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame within the Billie King International Women's Sports Centre which
-
Date
RACING: Fast-flowing river has 'live' chance'
Trainer Paul Cole believes River Proud has a 'live chance' of gatecrashing the Vodafone Derby party at Epsom on Saturday. The three-year-old colt, from Cole's Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, only entered the picture for the premier Classic this week
-
Date
ROWING: Houghton has to settle for bronze
Great Britain team manager, David Tanner, who started his rowing career at Abingdon School, is often more conservative than many in his predictions of likely success. He was correct in caution and his team's performance last weekend in the Lucerne World
-
Date
FOOTBALL: Duo take over at Kidlington
Kelvin Alexis and Matt Hayward have been appointed joint managers of Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division side Kidlington. They take over from Paul Lee who has taken on the new role of the club's general manager. Lee will oversee the development
-
Date
CRICKET: Oxon face Staffs in last eigh
Oxfordshire face a trip to Staffordshire in the quarter-finals of the Minor Counties Trophy following their victory over Bedfordshire on Sunday. Oxon must travel after finishing second in Group 1, and will take on the Group 2 winners at Leek on Sunday
-
Date
Floods bring fresh anger
A TEENAGER'S death in Witney looks like accelerating measures to combat flash flooding. As tributes were being paid to Max Sullivan-Webb, 17, who died in this week's flooding, there was mounting anger that the county's infrastructure had again failed
-
Date
I'm a member
There are a lot of people who will agree with this blog title - but I shall ignore those meanies. I decided this week that as I enjoy tri so much I should be out and proud as a fully paid-up member of Oxford Tri Club and invested in a club tri-suit. I
-
Date
CRICKET: Crosby injury lets in Cook
Division 1 leaders Oxford have been forced by injury to make only their second change of the season when they entertain Oxfordshire rivals Henley in the Home Counties Premier League at Roman Way on Saturday. Middle-order batsmen Ian Crosby came off
-
Date
Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 77.5 BMW 2861 Electrocomponents 162.75 Nationwide Accident Repair 142.5 Oxford Biomedica 23.75 Oxford Catalyst 171.5 Oxford Instruments 234.5 Reed Elsevier 643.25 RM 210.5 RPS Group 346.5 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
-
Date
CRICKET: All set for Varsity Twenty20 clash
There will be pink balls and coloured clothing in The Park tonight (Friday) when Oxford play Cambridge in the first-ever Twenty20 Varsity match However, there will be no floodlights, so this historic contest starts at 4pm and will finish before dusk
-
Date
Cabbages and Kings
While most of England spent the week following Bank Holiday awash or chilly, I was in T-shirt and shorts, enjoying hot days and cloudless blue skies on Mull and Islay in the Hebrides. With sea eagles aplenty, golden eagles pouring from every crag and
-
Date
Call to remove cabs from bus lanes
CYCLING campaigners want riders to report private hire drivers driving dangerously in Oxford's bus lanes. City cycle pressure group Cyclox has started to log incidents to try to get Oxfordshire County Council to reverse its decision to let the city's
-
Date
Star set to start drama school
Theatre producer and actor Paul Nicholas is hoping to set up a stage school in Oxford. Mr Nicholas, best known for his role as Vince Pinner in the BBC sitcom Just Good Friends, has set up stage schools in other parts of the country catering for budding
-
Date
FIXTURES June 6
SATURDAY. CRICKET. HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE. Div 1: Oxford v Henley, Slough v Banbury. Div 2 West: Thame v Basingstoke, Thatcham v Kidlington. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE. Div 1: Banbury 2nd v Oxford Downs, Bicester & NO v Banbury XX,
-
Date
Lexus turns up heat for summer
HOT in the wheeltracks of the storming IS F comes another new Lexus, the IS 250 SR. This sporty addition to the IS range expresses its performance credentials with a full body kit and 17-inch ten-spoke alloy wheels on the outside. Aluminium scuff plates
-
Date
Van built as city slicker
THE latest addition to the Fiat range of light commercial vehicles, the new Fiat Fiorino van, has gone on sale in the UK. In line with market predictions suggesting a substantial demand for a small, modern delivery van, Fiat's new Fiorino is proving
-
Date
Woodstock's junior open success
Banbury's Kelly Hazelwood and Woodstock's Sunil Gujral won the top titles at the Henmans Solicitors Junior Open, held at Woodstock. Hazelwood beat North Oxford's Ruth Jackson 6-0, 6-2, while Gujral saw off Lawrence Best, from Norham Gardens, 6-1, 6-
-
Date
Three for two makes Mazda competitive
MAZDA is introducing three-door versions of its all-new Mazda2 small car, with a starting price of £7,999 on-the-road - making the Mazda2 TS 3dr 1.3 petrol one of the most price-competitive small cars in the UK. This is the first time that Mazda has
-
Date
Grand tourer
A new member of Ferrari's eight-cylinder family, the California, has just been announced. It looks true to the roadster-grand tourer tradition in design, and Ferrari will put the full 4.3-litre production model on display for the first time at the Paris
-
Date
Sports flagship
Chevrolet has added a new flagship to the Lacetti family hatchback, the 1.8-litre petrol Sport. It's a good price - £12,495 - which includes a body styling kit, lowered suspension, front fog lamps, full leather trim, aircon, a cooled glove box,
-
Date
Orders open for new CC
Volkswagen's new four-door, four-seater coupe, the Passat CC, will cost from £21,040 for the 1.8-litre entry-level petrol model when it arrives in Britain this July. Orders for this stunning VW can be placed now, and the range-topper is the 3.6-litre
-
Date
Woodstock are off the mark
Woodstock secured their first win of the season with a 6.5-2.5 success over Cholsey in Ladies Division 1 of the 3-Pair League. But the scoreline was tough on Cholsey top pair Heather Harrison and Ruth Ballantyne, who won all of their side's points.
-
Date
Two-wheel sales take off
REGISTRATIONS of motorcycles, scooters and mopedshave risen 10.2 per cent, according to figures issued by the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA). Powered two wheeler (PTW) registrations of 13,747 were 1,269 up on April, 2007. This takes the total
-
Date
Woolly wit
Picture the scene: it's a Monday night in Oxford, you're thirsty and the idea of four, or more, days of work is getting you down. But there is a solution, and it's right on your doorstep. It's called, encouragingly, The Free Beer Show - and next week
-
Date
‘Get taxis out of bus lanes’
Cycling campaigners want riders to report private hire taxi drivers driving dangerously in Oxford's bus lanes. City cycle pressure group Cyclox has started to log incidents to try to get Oxfordshire County Council to reverse its decision to let the
-
Date
Small is beautiful
THE used car buying revolution continues at a fast pace, with another leading super-retailer predicting a dramatic shift towards downsizing. Car supermarket group Motorpoint's latest survey shows that more than two-thirds of UK car buyers say they
-
Date
North chalk up Crossflight double
North Oxford B enjoyed two quickfire victories in the Crossflight Oxfordshire National Club League Men's Division. After a 4-2 victory over David Lloyd Oxford, North then eased to a 5-1 success over Woodstock, with Chris Brewster, Sam Hemmant and Dave
-
Date
Dahl-ightful read
Sophie Dahl was apparently the model for Sophie in Roald Dahl's BFG, and with such a talented author for a grandfather it's no surprise that the supermodel has launched her own writing career. After penning some short stories, Dahl decided to try her
-
Date
Roadtest: Retro resurgence
At first glance, Fiat's new 500 looks strikingly similar to Dante Giacosa's iconic 1957 Fiat 500. Don't be fooled. In the same way that the new Mini has taken styling cues from its mid-20th century predecessor and produced a thoroughly modern car,
-
Date
Wind farm goes live
OXFORDSHIRE'S first wind farm, between Faringdon and Shrivenham, has officially opened. Five 1.3MW wind turbines at the Westmill Wind Farm will create enough electricity to power about 2,500 homes for the next 25 years. However, because
-
Date
Cab driver faces sex charges
POLICE have charged an Oxford cab driver with two charges of sexual assault. Babar Khan, 30, of Dashwood Road, Rose Hill, was charged with sexually assaulting two female passengers in his cab. The first is an allegation of sexually assaulting and
-
Date
Bratt back for Silverstone festival
BRITISH Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) Rising Star Will Bratt will make a one-off return to the Formula Renault UK Championship this weekend for the World Series by Renault race meeting at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. Rejoining Loughborough-based Apotex
-
Date
Man convicted of wounding
ANTHONY Bartlett has been found guilty of wounding with intent at Oxford Crown Court. Bartlett, 28, of Norman Smith Road, Greater Leys, stood accused of stabbing Newsquest Oxfordshire sales executive Simon Pratley. He denied the charges by was found
-
Date
Simply Sophie
I'm actually managing to have a BBQ in a few weeks' time," Sophie Lawrence ells me while doing her ironing. "Usually on tour you only get a Sunday off every now and again when you rush home, sleep, do your washing and then get back to work. But this
-
Date
Wind farm goes live
Oxfordshire's first wind farm, between Faringdon and Shrivenham, has officially opened. Five 1.3MW wind turbines at the Westmill Wind Farm will create enough electricity to power about 2,500 homes for the next 25 years. However, because setting up
-
Date
Man attacked in town centre
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after a man was assaulted in the centre of Banbury. At about 2.15am on Saturday, two men leaving the Sound Exchange nightclub on High Street got into an alteration outside with two other men. One of them was head-butted
-
Date
Horton nurses meet up again
Nurses who trained and worked at The Horton Hospital in Banbury from the 1940s have met up for the first time in decades. Some came from as far away as the US and Germany and many travelled from all corners of the UK for the staff reunion. One former
-
Date
UK begging ban issued
Oxford resident Peter Wilson, 47, was given an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Monday banning him from begging anywhere in England and Wales for three years. Pc Paul Phillips, of Thames Valley Police, said today: "Mr
-
Date
Walk unites different faiths
Torrential downpours held off for Oxford's fifth interfaith walk as the skies cleared minutes before hundreds of walkers set off across the city. An estimated 800 Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists took to the streets on Tuesday
-
Date
Man guilty of knife attack
Anthony Bartlett has been found guilty of wounding with intent at Oxford Crown Court. Bartlett, 28, of Norman Smith Road, Greater Leys, stood accused of stabbing Oxford Mail sales executive Simon Pratley. He denied the charges by was found guilty
-
Date
Hat’s the way to do it
Imagine knowing how to get anyone you want to sleep with you! It would be like having magic powers. But this is the name of Deborah Frances White's new show and she's ready to divulge her secrets at the Old Fire Station on Thursday. A cross between
-
Date
Man banned from begging
AN OXFORD man has been banned from begging for three years. Peter Wilson, 47, from Oxford, was issued an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Monday. The order prohibits him from begging in England and Wales. PC Paul
-
Date
Friday’s International Night at Mood
Is it purely a coincidence that Mood spelt backwards is doom? Quite probably; but it was an amusing possibility that ricocheted around my head at the weekend as I evil-laughed myself to sleep. I have a number of friends who swear by the place and
-
Date
Be seen in eco-chic
A quirky range of T-shirts for green-minded women has been launched by Oxfordshire-based company, Magic Bean. The fun designs include Ethics Girl; More Trees, Less Bush; and a flying pig with the wording Global Warming is over. But it is not just the
-
Date
MONGOL (15)
Kazakhstan's entry for this year's Academy Awards as Best Foreign Language Film is an epic chronicling the rise of Genghis Khan from orphaned boy to bloodthirsty leader of men. Mongol may not sound like the most appealing prospect - a two-hour, subtitled
-
Date
SUPERHERO MOVIE (12A)
SOMEBODY ought to explain to filmmaker Craig Mazin that in Hollywood, you have to respond quickly to audiences' changing tastes. It's vital to strike while the iron is hot, especially with vast sums of money riding on the opening weekend box office.
-
Date
GONE BABY GONE (15)
Art reflects real life: sometimes with affection, sometimes with brutal honesty that sends a chill down the spine. Gone Baby Gone, a hard-hitting adaptation of the crime thriller by Dennis Lehane about the abduction of a four-year-old girl, was scheduled
-
Date
Going Wilde in Blackwell's
I stumbled across a disturbing scene the other day after spending the morning pursuing the Dalai Lama. Following the rumpus outside the Sheldonian Theatre, involving a protest group called the Western Shugden Society, I popped into Blackwell's and levitated
-
Date
Twins sing from same songsheet
A community choir from an Oxford estate is to perform two high-profile shows in less than a week. The Blackbird Leys Choir will join nearly 50 musicians and singers from Oxford's Dutch twin town of Leiden, at the Wesley Memorial Church, in New Inn Hall
-
Date
Triathlete running for cancer centre
Management consultant Patrick Coffey is taking part in the Blenheim Triathlon in memory of his girlfriend's mother who died from cancer. Mr Coffey, 24, from Combe near Woodstock, is running his first triathlon to raise money for the new cancer centre
-
Date
Stabbing trial: Jury sent out
The jury in the trial of a man accused of stabbing Oxford Mail sales executive Simon Pratley has retired to consider its verdict. Anthony Bartlett, 28, of Norman Smith Road, Greater Leys, Oxford, denies wounding with intent. The jury of five woman and
-
Date
Make a difference to energy use by an 'eco-vation'
The largest consumption of energy and producer of carbon dioxide emissions in the UK, after transport, is from the residential sector. Many of the homes built between the 1920s and 1950s were constructed cheaply, with draughty windows and no cavity walls
-
Date
Youth scheme wins award
A Witney charity working with young people has been awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2008. Base 33, in Welch Way, works with all young people, but has been particularly successful with socially excluded and hard-to-reach teenagers
-
Date
Environmental Trust makes improvements in local communities
Since 1998, the Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment (TOE) has awarded more than £4m to almost 400 community and environmental projects across the county. It supports sustainable local projects that make a real difference to community life and natural
-
Date
Take positive steps to save electricity
One of the most difficult things about reacting to climate change is knowing where to start. Recycling, growing more, driving less, eating-what-you-buy are all places to start and most of us do at least one. But many of us feel we could do more. Without
-
Date
Witness to robbery sought
A motorist is being sought by detectives after a young man was robbed on Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate, police said today. At 2.30am, on Monday, May 24, on the corner of Kestrel Crescent and Merlin Road, a 20-year-old man was attacked by four males
-
Date
Plea issued after man robbed
A MOTORIST is being sought by detectives after a young man was robbed in Blackbird Leys, police said today. At 2.30am, on Monday, May 24, on the corner of Kestrel Crescent and Merlin Road, a 20-year-old man was attacked by four men. They approached
-
Date
Man robbed by gang
A motorists is being sought by detectives after a young man was robbed on Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate, police said today. At 2.30am, on Monday, May 24, on the corner of Kestrel Crescent and Merlin Road, a 20-year-old man was attacked by four males
-
Date
Short story competition winners
The winners of the second Oxford Literary Festival's short story competition for children gathered at Blackwells Bookshop in Broad Street to receive their prizes on Monday. The festival's charitable trust joined up with Oxfordshire County Council 's
-
Date
County to take over park-and-rides
All five park-and-ride car parks in Oxfordshire will now be run by the county council, the local authority's leaders agreed today. Until now, Redbridge, Seacourt and Pear Tree park-and-rides have been run by the city council, but they will now join
-
Date
Politician's legacy lives on in village
Filkins has an association with a leading Labour figure of the 20th century, writes CHRIS KOENIG Many buildings of architectural merit were inhabited by armed forces during the Second World War. In the case of Goodfellows Farm, in Filkins, those
-
Date
County to take on park-and-rides
ALL five park-and-ride car parks in Oxfordshire will now be run by the county council, the local authority's leaders agreed today. Until now, Redbridge, Seacourt and Pear Tree park-and-rides have been run by the city council, but they will now join
-
Date
Keep blight at bay
VAL BOURNE suggests tips to stop box hedges becoming diseased Gardeners love their box hedges and topiary. But in recent times it's driven some of them to tears because they have had to remove the whole lot due to a disfiguring fungal disease
-
Date
A fragile landscape at risk
A small patch of Oxfordshire is the latest ancient feature of hay meadows under serious threat by human activity, writes HELEN TAYLOR Picture a green-gold meadow full of feathery grasses and dotted with purple, gold and pink wildflowers, all gently
-
Date
Railway line to be dualled
A section of the Cotswold railway line in Oxfordshire is to be dualled, Oxfordshire County Council transport chiefs have been told today. The Office of Rail Regulation has confirmed to Transport Secretary Kelly that it has approved the funding meaning
-
Date
Cotswold Line dualling go-ahead
A SECTION of the Cotswold railway line in Oxfordshire is to be dualled, Oxfordshire County Council transport chiefs have been told today. The Office of Rail Regulation has confirmed to Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly that it has approved the funding
-
Date
From 'art house' film to children's drama as art
He made his name in If . . . but David Wood has gone on to became a leading children's dramatist and next week brings a Roald Dahl story to Oxford, writes NICK UTECHIN I suspect that there is a generational split in recognising the name of David
-
Date
Tips for green lifestyle
Do Good Lives Have To Cost the Earth? ed Andrew Simms and Joe Smith (Constable, £7.99) Some good ideas here for people trying to lead greener lifestyles, collected from a wide range of writers, from Oxford's Philip Pullman to foodie Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
-
Date
Collapsing idyll
A Place in My Country Ian Walthew (Phoenix, £7.99) Books about cosmopolitan urbanites discovering the joys of country life are two a penny, but this one is worth a second glance. Walthew's vivid description of the moral stress induced by his job as
-
Date
How computers change the brain
By Jill Turner Many parents are anxious about what children are up to on the Internet. But neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution in London, believes that as well as worrying
-
Date
Classic Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera dome dominates the classic Oxford skyline in a photograph taken from a now demolished biochemistry buildinge. It is one of the 100 pictures featured in Reflections of Oxford (Church Road Publishing, £12) by photographer Rob Judges
-
Date
Gypsy tale among the circus acts
Roll up, it's Giffords Circus in town, and GILES WOODFORDE talks to co-founder Nell Gifford "Have you come by boat?" asked the man with a quiff of bright red hair. It was a fair question, for he was sitting at an outdoor café near the Kennet and
-
Date
Bond, but not as we know him
DEVIL MAY CARE Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming (Penguin, £18.99) Sebastian Faulks was on a hiding to nothing - albeit a lucrative one - when he decided to write the latest James Bond novel "as Ian Fleming". Given that it was to be released
-
Date
Update: Motorcycle and car crash on A34
PARAMEDICS were called to the A34 near Didcot today following an accident involving a motorcycle and a car. An ambulance crew was called to the crash near the Milton interchange, shortly after 7.30am. The rider escaped with minor injuries. About
-
Date
Electric bike shop opens
TWO university graduates who are aiming to increase the use of electric bicycles have expanded into Oxford. The Electric Transport Shop in Magdalen Road is the brainchild of Eddie Kehoe and Jamie McAlley, who already have two successful shops in Cambridge
-
Date
Air taxi to fly from Oxford next year
AN AIR taxi company using a new breed of Very Light Jets (VLJ) is scheduled to take off from Oxford Airport in May next year. Managing director of the new firm, the name of which will be announced at the Farnborough Air Show next month, will be David
-
Date
Diversity 'good for business'
A FAMILY-run Oxfordshire building firm features in a ground-breaking report showing how a diverse workforce leads to higher productivity. Employing people on their abilities - regardless of sex, race, disability or age - brings big rewards, according
-
Date
Entrepreneur of Year line-up
A glance at the list of Oxfordshire people who are this year up for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award reveals, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the area specialises in electronic wizardry on the one hand, and the business of making the world a fairer place
-
Date
Local share prices
AEA Technology 77.5 BMW 2903 Electrocomponents 163.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 141 Oxford Biomedica 23.75 Oxford Catalyst 171.5 Oxford Instruments 229.5 REED 641.5 RM 212 RPS Group 350.25
-
Date
Defra downgrades bird flu restrictions
RESTRICTIONS in place around a farm near Banbury where 25,000 chickens were slaughtered following an outbreak of bird flu have been downgraded. The outbreak at Eastwood Farm, between Shenington and Shutford, was revealed on Tuesday night and laboratory
-
Date
Crash update: Minor injuries for biker
The motorcyclist involved in a crash on the A34 near Didcot this morning escaped with minor injuries. Paramedics were called to the northbound carriageway between the Milton and Marcham interchanges shortly after 7.30am, following the collision between
-
Date
How men kept Victoria amused
Television is getting very passionate at the moment. Last week we had The Passions of Vaughan Williams on BBC4 and now comes Channel 4's Victorian Passions season, starting with Queen Victoria's Men. Like the Vaughan Williams documentary, it tries to
-
Date
Belated touring tribute to David Lean
Although the BFI has missed David Lean's actual centenary by two months, its Southbank venue is hosting the first in a two-part survey of his remarkable career. One of the forgotten films of Lean's early period, The Passionate Friends (1949) is being
-
Date
Gone Baby Gone and Superhero Movie
Art reflects real life: sometimes with affection, sometimes with brutal honesty that sends a chill down the spine. Gone Baby Gone, a hard-hitting adaptation of the crime thriller by Dennis Lehane about the abduction of a four-year-old girl, was scheduled
-
Date
Spring Awakening: THe Oxford Playhouse
Impressionable youths were portrayed engaging in strictly adult behaviour in Richard Jones's version of this controversial' play: smoking. And not simulated stuff with talcum powder being puffed from stage fags, either - this was the real deal, with full-frontal
-
Date
DANCE — Cafe Reason, Pegasus Theatre
Butoh is an expressionist contemporary dance form which originated in Japan in the late 1950s. Traditionally, its performers have white-painted faces and shaved heads, though at the Pegasus there was long, whitened hair. The choreography is slow-moving
-
Date
New display of 19th-century collection: ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
Art lovers hungry for paintings by the Pre-Raphaelites, Turner, Constable, Palmer, Sickert and other 19th-century British artists, are in for a treat. The top floor galleries of the Ashmolean Museum are open again. Fully renovated with new roofing, lighting
-
Date
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, New Theatre, Oxford
It's fun, it's fast, it's furious - it's Joseph. The hit musical, which marked the first collaboration of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, is as fresh now as when it first hit the stage 40 years ago, and Bill Kenwright's dazzling production doesn't falter
-
Date
Errico Aguilar photographs, The Jam Factory, Oxford
This photographic exhibition comprises 24 portraits of indigenous people and the environments in which they live. It covers four countries: Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, and Mexico. It provides the opportunity to reflect on the importance of maintaining the
-
Date
The Last Five Years: OFS Studio, Oxford
The Last Five Years is a one-act musical two-hander focusing on a relationship from start to finish. It picked up admiration and accolades when it was performed in London at the Mernier Chocolate Factory recently, and Maple Giant Theatre are the first
-
Date
Defra downgrades bird flu restrictions
Restrictions in place around a farm near Banbury where 25,000 chickens were slaughtered following an outbreak of bird flu have been downgraded. The outbreak at Eastwood Farm, between Shenington and Shutford, was revealed on Tuesday night and laboratory
-
Date
Dinner ladies hurt in brawl
ONE dinner lady was bitten and another struck with an umbrella during a brawl at the gates of an Oxford primary school. The two women, great-grandmother June Cox and her colleague Amanda Jones, were among five people injured during the fight outside
-
Date
Bird flu hits family hard
A FAMILY last night spoke of their devastation after bird flu decimated their flock. The past 24 hours have been a nightmare for the Court family, culminating yesterday with the slaughter of their flock of 25,000 hens. At the same time Defra announced
-
Date
Floods: Death 'accident waiting to happen'
RESIDENTS say Max Sullivan-Webb's death through drowning in Tuesday's flash flooding was "an accident waiting to happen". The 17-year-old got trapped in a brook swollen by storm water from surrounding fields about 200 yards from the Eastfield Road
-
Date
Floods: Wet summer forecast
FLOOD-HIT Oxfordshire has been warned it faces another wet summer, but officials have promised nervous householders they are now better prepared. The county has suffered major flooding three times in the past 12 months, including the deluge on Tuesday
-
Date
Three treated after chemical leak
THREE people were treated by paramedics after a chemical leak at an industrial estate. Firefighters wearing specialist chemical protection suits tackled the leak yesterday at Abingdon Business Park in Nuffield Way. Three employees of a nearby
-
Date
MOTOR SPORT: Fifth place was worth the pain
It's only when I crossed the finishing line at Mugello that I realised just how much my sprained wrist and swollen hand actually hurt. I put in so much effort to win the Italian Grand Prix and so much adrenalin was flowing I completely forgot about
-
Date
Motorbike and car crash on A34
Paramedics were called to the A34 near Didcot this morning following an accident involving a motorbike and a car. An ambulance crew was called to the crash near the Milton interchange, shortly after 7.30am, but emergency staff are still at the scene
-
Date
Lessons for all in the floods
Our sympathy goes to the family of 17-year-old Max Sullivan-Webb, who drowned in a swollen culvert in Witney during Tuesday's floods. Tragically, the scene of the accident had been identified as a potential troublespot. A feasibility study had begun
-
Date
Helping hands
A WEEK of activities is being held to encourage students to become community volunteers. The Oxford Hub - Oxford University's student volunteering project - was launched at the beginning of the year. Among the activities on offer during the week,
-
Date
Bird flu hits family hard
A family last night spoke of their devastation after bird flu decimated their flock. The past 24 hours have been a nightmare for the Court family, culminating yesterday with the slaughter of their flock of 25,000 hens. At the same time Defra announced
-
Date
Last chance to Race for Life
THERE are only days left to enrol for this year's Race for Life in Oxford and help in the battle to find a cure for cancer. About 8,500 people will take part in the Oxfordshire legs of the UK's largest women-only fundraising event. Competitors at
-
Date
United aims to net the ladies
OXFORD United's academy at Peers School is looking for the next crop of female football talent after toasting a successful first season. The course, which began last year, offers BTEC qualifications and the chance for players aged 16 to 19 to progress
-
Date
365 miles to save 365 lives
A TEAM of cyclists is telling pupils across Oxfordshire how to improve their chances of avoiding an accident. Firefighter Bob Paterson and four colleagues have set out on a 365-mile cycle ride, which they hope will highlight safety issues. The five
-
Date
Raver attacked ambulance
AMBULANCE chiefs last night said they would adopt a zero-tolerance attitude towards abuse after a Burford woman who damaged the inside of a vehicle was fined. Roxanne Draper, 20, of Walkers Close, Asthall, collapsed during a rave near Chipping Norton
-
Date
Motor charity moves to North Oxford
A FLOURISHING Oxford charity, which keeps youngsters off the streets by teaching them about cars and motorcycles, is searching for volunteers. And plans are also afoot to build its first motorcycle track. Trax, based on the Osney Mead Industrial
-
Date
Cell visits
INDEPENDENT monitors will visit the county's police cells once a week, it has been agreed. Thames Valley Police Authority has ruled custody visitors must have access to police cells to check on the welfare of prisoners on a weekly basis except in
-
Date
Triathlon attracts thousands
A TOTAL of 5,500 competitors will swim, bike and run in the beautiful surroundings of Blenheim Palace this weekend as the fourth annual triathlon comes to the county. The Blenheim Triathlon attracts entrants from across the UK, and tens of thousands
-
Date
Players pitch in for African project
Saved: Michael Sam's shot is blocked by Chris Trent, during the tournament A FOOTBALL tournament helped raise money for a project to refurbish an orphanage in Ghana. The event in South Park, Oxford, saw 28 people, aged from ten to 40, taking to the
-
Date
Dinner ladies hurt in brawl
One dinner lady was bitten and another struck with an umbrella during a brawl at the gates of an Oxford primary school. The two women, great-grandmother June Cox and her colleague Amanda Jones, were among five people injured during the fight outside
-
Date
Constituents will miss Boris
Boris Johnson, who stepped down as MP for Henley yesterday to concentrate on his new job as Mayor of London, will be sadly missed, said those he represented. People across the constituency last night paid tribute to his work for schools, businesses
