Archive
-
Date
Dragon fun for Olympic stars
Olympic rowing stars will take to the water again tomorrow at the town’s annual Dragon Boat Race. Caroline O’Connor, above, who coxed the Women’s eight at Eton Dorney, will take part and she persuaded Olympic silver medallists Peter and Richard
-
Date
Stylish way to recycle scoops a top award
A FASHION recycling event has bagged a top award recognising its eco-friendly ethos. Oxford City Council ’s ReFashion event – which was organised in January to encourage people to re-use, repair or swap unwanted clothes rather than throw them
-
Date
Concerned residents call for a masterplan
A SUMMIT meeting of Headington residents’ associations has been held to voice concern about looming development in the area. They have called for development in the area to be brought to a halt until a masterplan is drawn up. The public meeting
-
Date
Traders to ‘grin and bear bridge’ closure
BUSINESSES fear they will take a financial hit when a historic bridge over the River Thames is closed next week for a month and a half. Oxfordshire County Council will close Tadpole Bridge, near Bampton, from Monday to repair damaged masonry.
-
Date
Gold award winner ‘owes so much to scheme’
STUDENT Kayleigh Barrett had a royal date to collect a gold award. Former Bicester Community College pupil Miss Barrett completed a string of personal challenges to complete her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Over the summer Miss Barrett, of
-
Date
Who was Oxford United's man of the match against Exeter?
-
Date
Oxford United 2 (Forster-Caskey pen 54, Potter 63) Exeter City 4 (Cureton 11 & 50, Bennett 26, O'Flynn 72)
OXFORD United's unbeaten home record came to an end as Exeter City made the most of their chances to claim maximum points. The visitors' counter-attacking game plan worked perfectly as a Jamie Cureton brace and one from Scott Bennett gave them a 3-0
-
Date
MENORCA: Fit for a king
ON the surface, Menorca seems like a good place to spend a few days relaxing on the beach with a book. But actually, this small island, the quieter sister of its Balearic neighbour Mallorca, has so much more to offer than lazy days building sandcastles
-
Date
Oxford United v Exeter City - updates
5:21pm Waiting for Wilder reaction, he's just gone in to see the referee. — @OxfordMailOUFC 08 September 2012 5:09pm @OxfordMailOUFC he shook
-
Date
A chance to capture our heritage on camera
YOUNG photographers are being urged to snap up the chance to win cash prizes in a contest that could see their work put on show in the city. Oxford Preservation Trust is running the photography contest for 16 to 25-year-olds as part of this year
-
Date
Bands play out the end of an Olympic summer
A BICESTER bandstand will join hundreds of venues nationwide that are celebrating the end of the Olympic summer. A musical performance in Garth Park, Launton Road, is one of hundreds of outdoor concerts taking part across the UK tomorrow to mark
-
Date
Planners against extra hours for pizza delivery outlet
PROPOSALS to extend the hours of a takeaway have been given short-shrift by council planners. Dominos Pizza, based in residential Buckingham Crescent, Bicester, wants to run a food delivery service until 1am, seven-days-a-week, instead of its current
-
Date
Olympic hero ready to make a splash for wildlife charity
OXFORD’S Olympic gold medallist Andrew Triggs Hodge is urging others to complete a mile on – or near – water for charity. East Oxford resident Mr Triggs Hodge – who won a gold medal as part of the coxless four team last month – is supporting the
-
Date
Testing out your sense of direction
Arguments about map reading could become a thing of the past thanks to the Thames Valley Orienteering Club’s latest ‘try-out’ session in Oxford today. Families and individuals are being invited to take their sense of adventure along to the cricket
-
Date
Hospital wins backing for new glazed entrance
OXFORD’S John Radcliffe Hospital has won planning permission to extend its main entrance to create a glazed reception area. The extension, between the original hospital and the women’s centre, will also provide four shops and a cafe. A new
-
Date
Retirement flats plan is approved
HIGHLY criticised plans to build 39 flats for the elderly in Old Marston have been approved. Old Marston Parish Council had described the plan to demolish and rebuild the Bradlands sheltered accommodation site as a “monstrosity”. But on Thursday
-
Date
LOOSE ENDS: Building bridges at Donnington
MYRA MAYCOCK, from Kidlington, contacted us following our piece about the 50th birthday of the “new” Donnington road bridge last week. She wrote: “While the report by Rhianne Pope was good, what a shame a picture of the beautiful “old” bridge removed
-
Date
Secret’s out for a golden couple
BEAMING Pat Smith has finally been able to let a six-month secret slip today as she marks her 50th wedding anniversary. The 68-year-old great-grandmother, of Stanway Road, Risinghurst, surprised husband Ernie, 70, with a holiday of a lifetime to
-
Date
Police release image of biker
Police hunting a hit-and-run biker who left a woman with a broken leg released this CCTV image of a motorcyclist they want to talk to. The new picture appeal comes after a 44-year-old pedestrian was hit by a motorbike in Banbury in July. A
-
Date
RACING: Rupert's raring to go - Webber
Time For Rupert is a stronger horse as he prepares to embark on a season which it’s hoped will culminate in another crack at the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup, according to Banbury trainer Paul Webber. The eight-year-old, who ran a blinder to finish
-
Date
Collision on A34
One man in his 20s was taken to hospital following an accident on the northbound A34 yesterday at Peartree interchange. Emergency services were called at about 3.30pm after reports of a multi-vehicle collision involving cars and a lorry. Rush-hour
-
Date
Anniversary of first repatriation to Brize
FORTY-ONE families of fallen service personnel have been helped and supported by Oxfordshire volunteers in the last year. Today marks the anniversary of the first repatriation to RAF Brize Norton after the airbase took back the duty a year ago.
-
Date
ANGLING: On-song Keetley is just dynamite at Oakfield
J&K Tackle’s Gary Keetley captured the top prize of £400 at the two-day Dynamite Baits Summer Festival at Oakfield Fishery. He was seventh on Saturday with 84lbs 3.0oz, but won Sunday’s second leg with a massive 213.0.0. RESULTS Saturday
-
Date
CRICKET: Oxon celebrate promotion
Oxfordshire have won promotion to Division 3 of the ECB Women’s County Championship. An eight-wicket victory over Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in their play-off at Campbell Park, Milton Keynes, saw the county move up, despite an unpromising
-
Date
CRICKET: Oxon Under 16s impress
Oxfordshire Under 16s finished third out of six teams at the 2012 Standard Bank Jersey Festival – having gone into the final day with a chance of claiming the title. They did, however, take home two pieces of silverware, with Miles Hammond named
-
Date
CRICKET: Hammond handed England call-up
Miles Hammond has taken a major step towards his dream of becoming a professional cricketer by being selected for the England Under 17 Development Programme (EDP). The 16-year-old Cumnor all-rounder is now effectively among the top ten players
-
Date
Thefts at fair
THERE were seven thefts and one assault occasioning actual bodily harm reported to police at St Giles’ fair on Monday and Tuesday. Thames Valley Police have made no arrests following the incidents but made one for possession of cannabis on the
-
Date
Fire damage
RADLEY: A shed, tree and three metres of fence were destroyed in a fire in the village early yesterday morning. Firefighters were called to the blaze by someone in Stonhouse Crescent at about 2am.
-
Date
No checks made on killer 999 boss
AN AMBULANCE service has admitted failing to check the criminal record of one of their paramedics, who turned out to be a convicted killer. South Central Ambulance Service did not carry out a Criminal Records Bureau check of Robert King, a former
-
Date
Pension debt is written off
A COUNCIL has said it will not pursue a pension overpayment to a scheme member because they had died. An Oxfordshire County Council report says of the £238.18 owed: “Finance has advised write off on basis that it is uneconomic to take any further
-
Date
Last chance to look at old station model
A DECADES-old model of the former Rewley Road train station building goes on display this weekend, for one of the last times. The 4mm scale model will be on show at Oxford Town Hall from 10am to 4pm today and tomorrow. The 1970s model has been
-
Date
Nominations soon to open for Oxfordshire Sports Awards
ENTRIES for the 2012 Oxfordshire Sports Awards open next Friday. This year’s event – the seventh – will take place on November 23 at the Kassam Stadium . Oxfordshire Sports Partnership will again host the awards, with the Oxford Mail official
-
Date
Oxford United drawn away to Cheltenham in JPT
OXFORD United will visit Cheltenham Town in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy second round next month. It represents a decent tie in the regionalised draw for United, who could have faced long trips to Plymouth, Torquay or Yeovil. The game will be their
-
Date
MOTORSPORT: Walkinshaw races to maiden podium finish
CHIPPING Norton’s Sean Walkinshaw secured his maiden InterSteps Championship podium finish with a third place at the Rockingham International Sports Car Circuit – despite an early crash. Driving at just his fourth weekend in the series, the 18-
-
Date
GREYHOUNDS: Atkins says move to Swindon makes sense
TERRY Atkins says his move to Swindon was an easy decision. The Windsor-based handler, pictured above, has had more than 40 years in the sport, which apart from a brief spell at Wembley, has seen 30 of them spent at Oxford. But an offer to
-
Date
GREYHOUNDS: Knitting Nannies need your wool
THE nights are drawing in and a group of ladies are looking for any spare knitting wool – to enable them to create more like this. Sam Nicholson-Munt, of Ladbrokes in Abingdon, has a group of ladies – the Knitting Nannies – who have been beavering
-
Date
MOTORSPORT: Wigmore on track for Welsh mission
BICESTER’S Chris Wigmore lines up in the Wales Rally GB National, which takes place from next Thursday to Sunday. He teams up with Brackley’s Steve Lyons to race their recently-restored 1980 Ford Escort in the event for amateur drivers, which runs
-
Date
Council to have final say on £5m hospital
PLANS for a £5m state-of-the-art community hospital in Bicester have been recommended for approval by planning officers. But councillors on Cherwell District Council ’s planning committee will have the final say at a meeting on Thursday. Developer
-
Date
ICE HOCKEY: Stars ready for off
OXFORD City Stars are all set for their National League Division 2 South season, which gets under way at Swindon Wildcats 2nd today. And they completed their squad for the forthcoming season with two more signings this week – both players returning
-
Date
We're still learning, says Jones
London Welsh’s director of rugby Lyn Jones was not a happy man after seeing his side suffer a second successive heavy defeat. “Tonight wasn’t a good day in the office, “ he said. “We knew it would be a tough game, but we were keen to perform
-
Date
COMMENT: Raise a toast to unsung heroes of Friday Club
ABINGDON’S “Friday Club” spend their time and hard- earned cash paying tribute to our brave serving soldiers. But the members of this special group deserve heartfelt thanks from all of us. Most of the chaps involved have served in the military
-
Date
Mourners' farewell to 'man in a million'
HUNDREDS of people turned out to pay their respects to a Horspath loved one described as “a man in a million”. Ian Simpson died aged 48 in July when an oil drum exploded in the garden of a College Way house. He had been using an angle grinder
-
Date
Sir Tony Baldry's car crashes into shop... and toilet
BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry yesterday lost control of his car and crashed it into a shop, three other cars ... and a portable toilet. Sir Tony had parked his black Mercedes car in Banbury and said last night the automatic vehcile had shot off when
-
Date
MOTORSPORT: D'Ambrosio out to grab chance
LOTUS F1 Team third driver Jerome D’Ambrosio is determined to make the most of his big chance in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza tomorrow. The 26-year-old Belgian steps in for the Enstone-based outfit as a replacement for Romain Grosjean, who is
-
Date
Holiday haul
Jewellery and champagne was stolen from a house in Curtyn Close, Abingdon, while the residents were on holiday. Burglars broke in between Saturday, August 25, and Sunday and also stole rings, watches, an iPod and cash.
-
Date
Major airport plan 'ludicrous'
A countryside campaign has dismissed as “ludicrous” a suggestion that the north of the county could host a major new airport. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) spoke out after the Independent on Sunday reported that an unnamed group
-
Date
MARTIAL ARTS: New Abingdon club opens doors
OXFORDSHIRE has its first purpose-built martial arts dojo, pilates and fitness studio. Can Do Martial Arts & Fitness have opened their doors in Audlett Drive, Abingdon, and offer a wide range of activities. Karate, JKD, Filipino Martial
-
Date
Boa constrictor gives her owner the slip
A SANFORD-on-Thames resident has asked for help finding his missing 8.5-foot boa constrictor. The four-year-old, sandy-brown snake, right, named Beau, went missing on Tuesday from Rob Davies’ ground floor flat in Church Road. Mr Davies, 26,
-
Date
Axe wielder spotted by policeman
A PLAIN-CLOTHES police officer buying food at a burger van spotted a man wielding an axe. Samuel Harvey brought the weapon to the fast-food joint in Overthorpe Road, Banbury, as he remonstrated with the outlet’s owner. The 20-year-old was sentenced
-
Date
Wife 'drove car at her husband'
A WOMAN drove her BMW convertible at her husband before punching him in the face, a court heard. Rim Hayatleh attacked her partner Khaled in front of their 11-year-old daughter after accusing him of infidelity. The 33-year-old was sentenced
-
Date
Going, going, gone... but new skate park is on the way
DIGGERS have torn down a skatepark to make way for its replacement, after more than two decades of campaigning. The 11-year-old wooden ramps at the Meadow Lane Skatepark, in East Oxford, were taken down yesterday morning. A new £300,000 skatepark
-
Date
Trio return to face Exeter
Oxford United have received a triple boost ahead of today’s match with Exeter City. Sean Rigg, Deane Smalley and Simon Heslop all missed Wednesday’s 1-0 win over arch rivals Swindon Town in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. But the trio are all
-
Date
DNA evidence leads to rapist being jailed
A RAPIST was caught eight years after attacking an Oxford schoolgirl when a routine DNA swab for an unrelated matter linked him to the crime. Daniel Barrett grabbed the 15-year-old girl as she walked in the Barracks Lane area of East Oxford in
-
Date
COMMENT: Justice finally done
Justice has finally been served on rapist Daniel Barrett and this should send a clear message to every criminal out there who thinks they have slipped the net. Police, and forensic science, are on your case.
-
Date
Oxfam opens
Oxfam is among the organisations welcoming the public this weekend as part of Oxford Open Doors. Visitors are invited to its John Smith Drive base for the first time from 10am to 5pm today.
-
Date
Pals meet up to send support to our troops
VETERANS in Abingdon are dipping into their pensions to parcel up provisions for bomb disposal experts fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. Members of the Friday Club, who meet at the town’s Royal British Legion, have sent more than 280 parcels
-
Date
U's await JPT draw
The draw for the second round of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy will be made this morning on Soccer AM. The U’s are in the southern section west, where they will meet one of Aldershot, Cheltenham, Portsmouth, Wycombe, Plymouth, Yeovil or Torquay.
-
Date
Dog rescued from A40 dangers
LABRADOR Henry, pictured, had a lucky escape after a Littlemore lorry driver found him roaming on the A40. The elderly dog was found on the busy road near Cheltenham on Thursday, August 30. The driver took him to the Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary
-
Date
See some bling from Saxon times at county museum
A RARE example of Saxon jewellery has gone on display today, thanks to the work of some metal detectors. The 1,500-year-old brooch was among items found in the grave of a high society Anglo-Saxon woman at a field in West Hanney in 2009. It
-
Date
Centuries-old Feast continues tradition
FAIRGROUND rides, art exhibitions and dances will fill Witney in the coming days as the town’s traditional Feast begins. The 769-year-old event started life as a church celebration and has evolved to now include a carnival that attracts thousands
-
Date
Centuries-old Feast continues tradition
FAIRGROUND rides, art exhibitions and dances will fill Witney in the coming days as the town’s traditional Feast begins. The 769-year-old event started life as a church celebration and has evolved to now include a carnival that attracts thousands