Archive

Date

Green-fingered designer scoops gold garden prize

GARDEN designer Emily Sharpe wowed the crowds at the Blenheim Palace Flower Show to land the event’s biggest prize. The Bladon designer came away with a gold medal and Best In Show award for her garden, which was inspired by Swarez’s contemporary

Date

Re-enactment recalls vital role at Waterloo

FOR a group of veterans from across Oxfordshire it was too good an opportunity to miss. Former soldiers from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, which became the Royal Green Jackets and is now The Rifles, travelled to Belgium to

Date

UPDATE: Tributes paid to Aown Dogar who died after falling into the River Thames near Donnington Bridge

A BOY who died after falling into the River Thames yesterday has been named locally as Aown Dogar. Police confirmed today that a teenager had been pronounced dead at 9pm last night after he had got into difficulty in the River Thames. Emergency

Date

RUGBY LEAGUE: Upbeat Oxford looking for revenge against Coventry Bears

Oxford coach Tim Rumford is accentuating the positive ahead of their Kingstone Press League One game against Coventry Bears at Iffley Road tomorrow (5.30). The Blues will be looking to bounce back after a 36-12 defeat to the North Wales Crusaders

Date

Burlesque star hopes to loom large in national competition

OXFORD’s own burlesque star Fabia Cerra has been nominated for an award at the British Plus Size awards. The Britain’s Got Talent contestant has been put forward for the Best Burlesque Performer 2015 – a new category for this year’s ceremony.

Date

Heavy traffic after reports of A40 accident

TRAFFIC is gridlocked on the A40 after reports of a crash at Cassington. Vehicles are said to be queuing on both sides back to Wolvercote Roundabout and Eynsham. Other main roads out of Oxford are also looking busy this evening. Vehicles

Date

Popular park play area could be extended to meet demand

A PLAYGROUND in Sunnymead Park could be expanded to meet increasing demand. Parents say the area has become crowded in the mornings and afternoons since the capacity of Cutteslowe Primary School across the street went up last September. Oxford

Date

Professor used 30,000 Lego bricks to build replica of Hertford College

WHILE Cambridge University is reportedly looking for a professor of Lego, Oxford University has revealed it has had its own Lego specialist for years. And now, Hertford College professor Dr Andrew Beaumont has built a six-foot-wide replica of the

Date

All Abingdon Guildhall bids rejected over investment and access fears

TOWN leaders have vowed to press ahead with regenerating Abingdon Guildhall despite rejecting all the bids to run it at a private meeting last night. The 15th century original Guildhall has already been restored, but speculation has surrounded

Date

Obituary: Rosemary Wilson - Nurse was so loyal to Girl Guides

A former Oxford district nurse who gave 30 years of service to the Girl Guides movement has died aged 86. Rosemary Wilson had worked at the Radcliffe Infirmary and then as a district nurse in New Hinksey, before becoming an active member of the

Date

Obituary: Mike Hall - Tributes for the founder of an innovative homeless shelter

Homeless support workers have paid tribute to a founder of a groundbreaking Oxford homeless shelter after his death at the age of 69. Mike Hall had been a prominent member of the city’s Cyrenian community since its formation in 1967 and helped

Date

Obituary: Jim Woods - Ex-advertising manager ‘lived and breathed newspapers’

A former advertisement manager of more than 20 years at the Oxford Mail has died aged 88. Jim Woods worked at the paper from 1952 to 1973, with the exception of one year he spent at the Brighton Argus in 1968. He had been born in Bournemouth

Date

Voluntary Voice: Plea issued to assist migrants at French site for homeless

Formerly homeless people in Oxford are urgently seeking essential items to deliver to the migrants in desperate need at an overstretched camp in Calais. Residents at the Emmaus Oxford community plan to fill a van with clothes and camping gear,

Date

Woman rescued by firefighters after living room catches fire

A WOMAN had to be rescued after her living room caught fire this morning. The alarm was raised at 8.50am by a member of the public who could smell smoke and hear a smoke alarm going off in the house. Firefighters entered the house, in Kennett

Date

Cancer survivor set for 27th run

AN OXFORD scientist who is recovering from treatment for aggressive breast cancer is about to take part in her 27th Race for Life. Dr Anna Sarphie, who lives in Islip near Kidlington, was first diagnosed more than two years ago, having found a

Date

People in West Oxfordshire head to the polls for town council elections

POLLING is taking place today in West Oxfordshire for three vacancies for the South Ward of Witney Town Council. The election was originally due to take place on May 7 but was put back following the death of former Witney town councillor Chrissie

Date

Thursday’s letters: What are your fellow readers writing in about today?

Want to give your opinion? Email letters@oxfordmail.co.uk

Date

Gang-of-four kidnap one man and attack another in Banbury

A GANG in Banbury kidnapped one man and assaulted two others. Thames Valley Police said a 23-year-old man and a 26-year-old man were approached by a gang-of-four in Park Road at about 10.25pm on Tuesday. The 23-year-old was forced into a nearby

Date

‘This policy is very bad news’

Ben Holgate meets the housing chief who strongly denounces the Right to Buy policy The number of affordable homes in Oxfordshire provided by housing associations for low-income families and individuals will shrink as a result of the Government’

Date

‘Numskills’ making maths add up to fun

WEB-TECH firm Olamalu is helping boost youngsters’ maths skills across seven primary schools. More than 170 children aged between six and 11 are taking part in Numskills, which uses games to improve numeracy. Resource packs given to children

Date

Firm says banks’ reluctance to lend is hampering expansion

AN OXFORDSHIRE firm with world-beating technology claims the refusal of banks to lend money is holding it back. ICEoxford, which generates 80 per cent of its sales overseas, supplies the European Space Agency and many other research institutions

Date

Car fire on M40 near Brackley

A CAR has reportedly caught fire on the M40 Northbound near Brackley. The motorway is now partially blocked and is causing traffic after the J10 A43 near Cherwell Valley Services. Get the latest on this incident with our traffic and travel

Date

Profile: Katherine Grainger - New girl at Brookes’s helm

Alison Boulton talks to the decorated Olympic rower and new university Chancellor The new Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University is a can-do gal. Not only is Katherine Grainger a lawyer with a PhD in homicide, she’s the most successful female

Date

Take a break

Sir – I was looking forward to the last half hour of our six-hour journey back to Oxford from Devon when we got caught up in the huge traffic jam on the A40 on June 5, which added two hours to our journey. We were stationary for an hour and an

Date

Introduce free parking

Sir – We must be careful not to create a north-south divide of Bicester town centre where one area is thriving and buzzing while the other is suffering from a lack of investment and footfall. The new community building when constructed will include

Date

Parking problems

Sir – On Saturday, June 13, my daughter attended a party at Oxford Ice Rink. I arrived to pick her up and found you had to pay to use the car park for a five-minute pick-up. Having not brought my purse with me I asked the very nice lady in the

Date

People take an interest in issues beyond county

Sir – Thanks to your feature in the Weekend section about the exhibition of photography by a Palestinian photojournalist, I was encouraged to attend the exhibition in the Friends Meeting Hose and also an informative meeting at which experts discussed

Date

Times Tech goes green

Sir – Having been an avid reader of the Dave McManus column Times Tech for many years I feel compelled to make the following observations. First he has not aged one jot over the years. Secondly, and somewhat alarmingly, he has green hair. I wonder

Date

Rail noise levels

Sir – Your story Railway plan is given the go-ahead by city council (Report, June 18), was highly misleading in two respects. First, as one of the organisers of the petition calling for planning conditions to be upheld before the council approved

Date

County badly needs many more affordable social homes

Sir – I am sorry if Paul Hornby (Letters, June 18) feels taken to task. He could not be expected to know, as I did from talking to Lord Segal, that Lord Segal’s condemnation in 1965 of Oxford’s planners was made under the mistaken impression that the

Date

Fear of thought

Sir – I’m sympathetic to Mr Emlyn-Jones (Letters, June 18), although puzzled as to what Mr McNaney’s supposed class has to do with anything. I note from Mr Emlyn-Jones own words that a consistent aspect of what he complains of is religion of one

Date

Threat to landscape

Sir – I am writing to voice my support for Henry Oliver’s views (director, North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty AONB First Person, June 4) in his appeal against the development proposed in the Vale of the White Horse District Council

Date

Hop on a bus

Sir – Even with disruption from the Frideswide Square roadworks expected only for the short term – Hythe Bridge Street is due to reopen in July – the number of cars being allowed to traverse the eastern half of Botley Road is unacceptable. Of course

Date

Highlights: The Overtones, Van Morrison, Never the Bride and more

Singer-songwriters Van Morrison & Gregory Porter Blenheim Palace Tonight Tickets from nocturnelive.com Legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison returns to the Duke of Marlborough’s stately pile with a bag of tunes stretching back over

Date

Soundbites: Ludovico Einaudi and Kidstock take the spotlight

* Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi is a remarkable artist. The self-effacing pianist is the most unlikely of stars, yet his soothing, minimalist style has earned him a place in the hearts of music-lovers. Even those unfamiliar with his name will

Date

Oxford show demonstrates resistance is fertile

Sarah Mayhew Craddock on an edgy show exploring the art of political protest and dissent Are you sitting uncomfortably? Then I’ll begin… Situated in a warehouse on the edge of Oxford’s city centre, OVADA never fails to feel edgy. With its current

Date

For Art’s Sake with Nicole Thomson

Nicole Thomson, the artistic director of the Anjali Dance Company, tells of a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity for the group Anjali Dance Company is a national touring company based in Banbury that works with dancers with learning disabilities.

Date

Master of surprise: Comedian Ross Noble on his role in The Producers

Ross Noble tells Katherine MacAlister of his delight over his role in The Producers Ross Noble admits that he’s not a morning person, but then find me a comedian who is. A career spent predominantly in late-night comedy clubs, or in Noble’s

Date

Don’t let deserters and traitors sully our shores

THE terrorist groups now threatening the countries of our world through their atrocities are causing mass evacuation of people fleeing from various countries where the IS terror groups are operating. A few brave men and women are trying to stop

Date

Agricultural land should not be covered in panels

YOUR correspondent Glynn Limmer (US firm has discovered how to store solar power, June 23) makes interesting points. Of course it is right that our worsening food self-sufficiency comes from having more mouths to feed. That makes it even more important

Date

Bus station needs to have a free zone for drop-offs

REGARDING Laura Burns’ parking comments (June 23), we had visitors from Spain last week for a few days. While on their coach from the airport to Gloucester Green, they phoned us so that we were able to time our collection to near perfection, with

Date

It’s time to relocate and rename the rugby club

LONDON Welsh rugby now has little or no connection with either London or Wales. Why not make a fresh start? Rename the club, say, Oxford Bulls or Oxford Academicals and play the games at the rugby ground at Hinksey or at the university ground at

Date

New developments must be of the right standard

ROGER Dudman Way continues to be in the news. It seems to be universally agreed it has been a mistake on a major scale which now needs to be put right. But what of new applications which may now be going through the planning process? Are these

Date

It’s time county council got its spending priorities right

IT COMES to something when a teacher and the pupils find the need to go to Downing Street to beg Prime Minister David Cameron to help get something done to their school because of the condition it is in. I refer to Rose Hill Primary School, where

Date

Give us a smile

Sir – Please, Chris Gray, could we have a smile from you instead of the usual gloomy photograph? Opening my issue of The Oxford Times (June 4), it cheered me greatly to read your interesting article and see a happy smiling face on the platform

Date

No rail vibration

Sir –You published a letter from me (June 11) June refuting what you had said in your paper the week before under the banner front page headline Ten Years of Misery about building the HS2 railway. My letter was intended to reassure your readers

Date

Rename rugby club

Sir – London Welsh rugby now has little or no connection with either London or Wales. Why not make a fresh start: rename the club as, say, Oxford Bulls or Oxford Academicals; play for a few seasons until they achieve some sort of stability, at

Date

Reform of capitalism

Sir – What is to be done about the corrosively increasing and much talked about inequality of wealth in our country? Conservatives and UKIP will make it even worse by increasing the exemptions from inheritance tax or by abolishing the tax altogether

Date

Bring down flats

Sir – If Oxford Preservation Trust (OPT) recognises the damage to Oxford’s heritage that would mean the infamously ugly Castle Mill blocks should be demolished in 30 years’ time (Report, June 11), what is stopping them from stating the obvious, that

Date

Sex is much like food

Sir – In my letter on sex in lay-by toilets (June 11), I was making the point that in a world where sexual abuse is epidemic, where vulnerable children are forced into sexual slavery right under our noses, and where a third of women will become a victim

Date

Produce more food

Sir – The Oxford Green Belt Study process is public policy development without democracy. Closed meetings are occurring over the summer, with a final report due at the end of August. Oxfordshire’s county and district councils are ‘involved’, but not

Date

Out of local control

Sir – There was a time when local water was supplied by the council and you paid for it along with the rates. When the second reservoir was built at Farmoor the council predicted that this area would be well supplied with water into the foreseeable

Date

Build new road bridge to access Osney Mead

Sir – Botley Road has long been notorious for its traffic jams, but a seemingly endless series of planned and unplanned roadworks in the general vicinity have brought delays to unprecedented levels. Fewer people are using the buses when it has

Date

Man pretended to be in army to steal £10 from pensioners

A CONMAN who told a couple in their 70s that he was in the armed forces in order to get into their home and steal £10 was given a 14-month prison sentence. Craig Wicks, 35, of no fixed address, admitted one charge of burglary at Oxford Crown Court

Date

Scales of Justice: 16 cases heard at Banbury and Oxford Magistrates Court

BANBURY MAGISTRATES Christopher Wood, 52, of Mole Place, Oxford, was convicted of failing to supply information relating to the identity of a driver suspected of a driving offence in Banbury between August 5 and September 2. Fined £750 and ordered

Date

The Guide: What is happening on the entertainment scene

Date

Why not make professor hand back Nobel Prize?

WHY do the intellectually-challenged masses, presumably of various genders, who more or less hounded Nobel Prize winner Tim Hunt out of his honorary professorship over supposedly sexist or pseudo-sexist remarks not go the whole hog and attempt to force

Date

Housing developments will mean more gridlock

OXFORDSHIRE County Council has spent an enormous amount of taxpayers’ money in recent times trying desperately to prevent gridlock in and around Oxford. At the same time the local authorities have been submitting plans (or faced having plans forced

Date

Times Tech: Ebooks are great, though I still love real thing

David McManus says his Kindle can’t replace tactile delights of paper Being an avid reader and hopeless technology junkie, my two favourite passions clashed head on with the invention of ebook readers. When they were initially available I had

Date

Quad Talk: Kindness of actress was deserving of a pint

Edward Clarke is reminded of a pint with a Hollywood star in a Dublin pub The last few hours have been such delicious agony that I almost forgot I had a Quad Talk deadline on the horizon. For I have been consumed today by the loving and laborious

Date

First Person: Getting dads on to the dancefloor

Rachel Gildea on a project that is looking to get fathers dancing If you have a body and a pulse, you can find a way to dance. That’s our big ethos at Dancin’ Oxford; that dance should be and can be for everyone. I have a great job: I get to dream

Date

Gray Matter: Radio show brings back memories of the sixties

The Summer of Love in 1967 has been much in my mind in the past few days, its music having been featured in the first half of Tony Blackburn’s superb Pick of the Pops show on Saturday. This was the chart dominated for weeks on end by Procol Harum

Date

Gray Matter: Blow struck for diversity without diluting power?

Having commendably practised colour-blind casting over many years, the Royal Shakespeare Company appears in its new production of Othello to be back-tracking on its policy by giving the role of Iago to a black actor and inviting audiences, by implication

Date

Politics: Tory cutbacks risk making our county a divided one

Laura Price Labour Oxfordshire county councillor  I wasn't shocked. I knew that these cuts were coming. This Government – when it was in coalition and again now – is following policies that are making the wrong people suffer. It feels

Date

Review: A divine production of The Comedy of Errors

Mark Shenton on The Globe’s production of a favourite Shakespeare comedy, being screened in Oxford There’s no Shakespearean theatre quite like The Globe, especially when it comes to playing comedy. It is a bustling, interactive space where the

Date

Pupils walk to mark school’s centenary

MORE than 500 girls took to Oxford’s pavements to celebrate Headington School’s centenary. To mark 100 years since the independent girls’ school was founded, pupils aged 11-18 walked from the school in London Road to the University Parks in North

Date

Lesley Garrett gears up for riverside screen role

Stuart Macbeth chats to passionate international opera singer Lesley Garrett It's been a busy decade for Lesley Garrett. Not content with hosting her own TV show and reaching the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing she has also enjoyed record-breaking

Date

Review: Seasoned comedian Michael McIntyre is still a side-splitter

Owing to a very cynical taste for humour, my expectations of Michael McIntyre on Saturday were sceptical at best. Having enjoyed him when I was younger I presumed I’d outgrown his relatable anecdotes, cheerful persona and mainstream appeal, that

Date

Poetry recital shows printed words still inspire

Marc West, a believer in books instead of e-readers, attends a poetry recital which shows paper pages still have a future After years of being under threat from the growing popularity of e-readers, sales figures show the printed book now appears

Date

Summer series of al fresco plays begins its canal tour

Two productions highlighting British life will be performed to audiences from all works of life. Katherine MacAlister finds out more Take two new shows, four new actors, and a beautifully painted narrowboat and what have you got? Yes, Mikron

Date

Asylum at a village’s heart

Reg Little on a new book telling the story of the Fair Mile Victorian mental hospital Having written a book about a Victorian pauper lunatic asylum, Ian Wheeler recognises that most people will be anticipating a pretty grim read. For the four

Date

Legal Challenge: Interests of child when parents are not together

Many of you will be aware of the recent case involving a Rebecca Minnock, who disappeared with her child Ethan after a judge ruled that he should live with his father. The mother’s partner and mother were both jailed for contempt of court after

Date

Review: Tropical heat from city groovers Ran Kan Kan

You maybe didn’t realise Oxford had a Latin percussion scene? If not, it’s time you got up to speed. It has been four years now since members of that collective joined forces with Oxford Street Band to form the city’s number one Cuban-style big band

Date

Review: The Art of Waiting is a tale of war and joy

Novel explores war, cruelty and love through the eyes of a young Italian, review by Jan Lee A tale of war and peace, The Art Of Waiting has on the jacket, a picture of a butterfly encircled by barbed wire expressing cruelty and compassion.

Date

Review: The Fleece is an absolute treat

Christopher Gray enjoys dinner at The Fleece in Witney – which has received a light new look for the summer The boast that “Dylan Thomas drank here” could hardly be considered the defining feature of any pub’s fame, given the widespread nature

Date

Duo collaborate for pop-up event

Lucie Greenwood of The Milk Shed on her work with a Michelin-starred chef I first met Ollie Dabbous during his stint at the London restaurant, Texture. I was with mutual friends having a drink in the bar, and within a few weeks of that meeting

Date

The good life in Cornwall

Marc Evans and family returned to Cornwall for a long weekend of surfing, fish and chips and architecture As Dickens might have said, it was a tale of two Cornwalls. Just two weeks earlier, we had been camping in Perranporth, in a tent that

Date

Review: High-flying humour among the hopeless in Peter Pan

Christopher Gray enjoys an hilariously inept Peter Pan performance A cynical reviewer charged with appraising a play called Peter Pan Goes Wrong might easily succumb to the temptation of asking precisely when, if ever, this most famous of J.M.

Date

Review: A Wonderful Life @ Oxford Playhouse

Most of us face change with some trepidation, no less in our entertainment world than in everyday life. For example, will Top Gear be as good in the hands of Chris Evans as it was with Jeremy Clarkson? Is the new generation of The Clangers living

Date

Waddesdon Manor: Intimate venue ideal for summer concerts

Nicola Lisle discovers some musical treats coming up at Waddesdon Manor For a concert venue with a difference, Waddesdon Manor’s new Archive and Reading Room, with its idyllic setting at the top of Windmill Hill and its views across the Vale of

Date

Motown's Martha Reeves is dancing in the street for Cornbury Music Festival

Motown legend Martha Reeves tells Tim Hughes that, more than six decades on, she will continue to spread her musical message If there's one word that sums up Motown legend Martha Reeves, it is dedication. Dedicated to her dream of becoming

Date

Sweet Tooth with Katherine MacAlister @ Hotel Chocolat

Oxford's chocolate lovers wept collectively when The Covered Market’s Chocology shut down. Yes, Thorntons and Fudge Kitchen are in situ but in terms of bespoke hand-made chocolates, it left a vast, gaping chasm in the market. Luckily, Hotel

Date

Nibbles: Banana Tree, Wilderness Fest and more

* Southeast Asian restaurant group Banana Tree is opening in Oxford’s George Street soon. The Indo Chinese restaurant offers an authentic selection of dishes and specialties from the Indochina region, the lemongrass growing countries of South East

Date

Review: Standing ovation for a theatrical treat at Pierre Victoire

In search of the perfect pre-show meal, Tim Hughes enjoys a great value taste of France, served with Gallic style and impressive efficiency I realise I may be alone here, this but I’m convinced theatre starts way too early in this town. Gainfully

Date

Starting Up: Ewe’ll be flocking to see cosy new look

Starting Up with Rebecca Jones @ The Fleece, Witney The Fleece, a lovely Georgian building overlooking Witney’s beautiful Church Green, was once the home of Clinch’s brewery founded by James Clinch in around 1811 and a favourite watering-hole of

Date

Chef’s Special recipe: Asparagus soldiers with soft boiled eggs

Chef's Special with Peter Jones of 2 North Parade produce store, Oxford I am Peter Slade and I started the 2 North Parade produce store with Jojo Goodfellow in 2013 because of our love of food and the opportunity to source fantastic local produce

Date

Plenty to shout about - Lulu prepares for Cornbury performance

After five decades in the business, Lulu is as excited as ever about her date at Cornbury Festival, she tells Tim Hughes Lulu is thirsty. We are settling down to talk, but first she needs a drink; and not just any drink. “I’m getting a masala

Date

TENNIS: Oxon ace Alexis Canter sets sights on joining world's elite

ALEXIS Canter wants to become one of the best juniors in world tennis after picking up his first professional ranking point. The 17-year-old, from Long Wittenham, who is hoping to receive a wildcard for the Junior Championships at Wimbledon, which

Date

‘Devious’ mum used fake passport to swindle £24,000 in benefit cash

A MOTHER who fraudulently claimed more than £24,000 in benefits was handed a 12-month suspended sentence. Rita Musyimi, of Barnett Road, Steventon, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. The 38-year-old admitted two counts of dishonest

Date

Pet-loving bride to sell dress for animal shelter

BLACKBIRD LEYS’ newest PSCO Rachel Parrott loves animals so much that she asked guests at her wedding to donate pet food instead of wedding presents. And it is not even for her own impressive family of pets: she and her new husband Greg are donating

Date

Widower tells of devastating stroke that the medics missed

A WIDOWER fighting the NHS over his wife’s life-changing stroke has spoken of the devastating impact it has had on his family. Tim Owers, a software developer from Aston, is claiming damages from Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Kent and the NHS

Date

Students brighten up hospital walls

PATIENTS waiting for tests at the Churchill Hospital cancer centre are being treated to an art exhibition shining a spotlight on Oxford. Sixth form students from Magdalen College School began the project in September after getting a brief from

Date

LONDON WELSH: Continuity gives Exiles tight unit, says Phillips

LONDON Welsh head coach Rowland Phillips believes the large contingent from last season’s squad who have stayed on will help them quickly get up to speed in pre-season. The Exiles, who have played home games at Oxford’s Kassam Stadium since 2012

Date

Police brand rapist OAP as ‘a monster’

A PENSIONER branded a “monster” by police has been jailed for 18 years for serious historic sexual offences. Clifford Godden, of Blackditch, Stanton Harcourt, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday. Following a seven-day trial the 72

Date

AMERICAN FOOTBALL: Oxford Saints fall agonisingly short in loss to title rivals

OXFORD Saints were knocked off the top of Southern Conference West Division 2 with a narrow 42-41 defeat at new leaders Bristol Apache. Earlier in the season, Saints had pulled off a remarkable 35-34 victory at home to Bristol after coming from

Date

Historic procession begins with a glass of bubbly

DIGNITARIES of Oxford University paraded through the city centre yesterday as part of the historic Encaenia ceremony for honorary degrees. Among this year’s recipients were Man Booker Prize winner Dame Hilary Mantel, heart surgeon Professor Sir

Date

Car and bike collision causes injury

A person needed medical treatment after a crash between a car and a bicycle. The collision happened on Woodstock Road near the Bladon roundabout on Tuesday. South Central Ambulance spokeswoman Michelle Archer said paramedics were called at

Date

BOWLS: Oxfordshire's cup hopes bite the dust with thumping loss

Oxfordshire's hopes of progressing in the Middleton Cup are over after they suffered a crushing 146-97 defeat by Surrey at Croydon. Oxon went into the game knowing a win would put them right back in contention to top South Group Section B.

Date

ICE HOCKEY: Junior Stars storm to Sheffield success

OXFORD Junior Stars capped an incredible season in style with victory at the Sheffield Ice Hockey Academy tournament at iceSheffield. Stars started their campaign in blistering form, following up a 3-0 victory over Blackburn with a 4-0 success

Date

Company director died in hit-and-run, inquest told

A 54-YEAR-OLD man killed in a hit-and-run in Wallingford was a respected research chemist, company director and a talented brass band player. Graham Ruecroft was involved in a crash at 10pm on June 4 on Wallingford Road, near Cholsey, a Thames

Date

BOWLS: Oxfordshire Under 25s are foiled

Oxfordshire Under 25s slipped to an agonising 55-54 defeat against Surrey in the Junior Home Counties League at Southey. Oxon trailed by 15 shots with seven ends left, but rallied to such effect that they held game with three bowls to play.

Date

BOWLS: Oxfordshire Ladies beaten in trophy

Oxfordshire Ladies face an uphill task to progress in the Johns Trophy following a 128-102 defeat by Sussex at Thatcham. The South Group Section A game was close until 15 ends when Sussex broke away to claim victory. Oxfordshire won on just

Date

BOWLS: Banbury Central hit rivals for six again

Banbury Central recorded their fourth successive 6-0 win to keep up the pressure on Division 1 leaders Headington A in the Oxfordshire League, sponsored by Bridle Insurance. Central’s latest victims were bottom club Bicester, who battled hard,

Date

Thursday, June 25

8:13pm   BREAKING NEWS: Donnington Bridge closed off by police 4:42pm An Oxford professor has used 30,000 Lego bricks to build a replica of Hertford

Date

DELAYED trains running from Oxford to London Paddington are expected to be back to normal at 11.30am

DELAYED trains running from Oxford to London Paddington are expected to be back to normal at 11.30am. Earlier, First Great Western said a signalling problem between Hayes & Harlington and Ealing Broadway would cause delays and cancellations

Date

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 25/6/2015)

Far and away the best British film ever made, Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949) returns to cinemas as part of the celebrations to mark the centenary of its charismatically maverick star, Orson Welles. Adapted from an idea that novelist Graham Greene

Date

Project to revive Banbury’s town centre

A SCHEME to improve Banbury’s town centre has been handed a cash boost. In 2014, Cherwell District Council appointed team-co-ordinators Neil Wild and Iain Nicholson to start a “vitality initiative” project. The goal was to boost footfall, reduce

Date

Parky at the Pictures (DVD 25/6/2015)

This year sees a number of classic musicals celebrating landmark anniversaries. So, this week, we shall tie up our white tie and do the time warp again. Refusing to stray from the upper echelons of leisured society, Mark Sandrich 's Top Hat

Date

Charity targets funding boost so more children can walk tall

A CHARITY that supports families of children and young adults with neurological disorders has recently helped its 200th family. Created in 2008, the Footsteps Foundation in Dorchester helps families with the cost of intensive three week physiotherapy

Date

Chip pan causes fire in Banbury

Crews dealt with a chip pan fire at a house in Beaumaris Close. Firefighters were called to the property at 7.30pm on Tuesday. The service said it was caused by an air fryer which had been put on top of a hot cooker hob. Three fire engines

Date

The Crown Estate's profits rise

The organisation that jointly owns Oxford’s Westgate Centre announced a record profit of £285m over the past year. The Crown Estate, which manages property and land owned by the Queen, pictured, pumps all its profits back into the Treasury.

Date

ATHLETICS: Sprinters set new relay record as Radley triumph at Horspath

RADLEY’S sprinters broke a Southern League Division 2 record on their way to winning the 4x100m relay in the third match at Horspath. David Gain, Ryan Craze, Jordan Dorrian and Ben Owen won in 42.25secs, breaking the previous record, held by Radley

Date

Woman in nightclub assault ‘feared for her life’

A WOMAN who was assaulted in nightclub feared her attacker was going to kill her, a court heard. Abdulrahman Abdelsalam is accused of sexual assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on March 22 last year. The 20-year-old, of Watling

Date

ATHLETICS: Medal delight for Oxford City veterans

OXFORD City secured a haul of medals at the British Masters 5k Road Race Championships in Horwich, near Bolton. The seven-strong team returned with three golds and a bronze. Julian Richardson claimed the Vet 45 title in 16mins 18secs as he

Date

Annual report delivers diagnosis on health of the county

AN OBESITY “epidemic” is looming for Oxfordshire with more than half of adults now classed as overweight. The annual report from the county’s director of public health, Dr Jonathan McWilliam, showed 55 per cent of adults were classed as overweight

Date

Pub landlady’s framed knickers nicked

A PUB landlady said she was devastated after finding her framed basques and French knickers had been stolen. Jacky Sadones, who runs the Old Bookbinders in Victor Street, Jericho, Oxford, with her husband Michel, said the items were taken from

Date

Top author Philip Pullman will talk at new festival

MEMBERS of Pegasus Youth Theatre in East Oxford have planned a new mini-festival for young people from Oxfordshire. Their weekend programme for the Outside the Box festival on Saturday July 25, and Sunday, July 26, will be complete with an appearance

Date

£5.8m Frideswide Square revamp is ‘making progress’

WORK is progressing well on a £5.8m revamp at Frideswide Square. The scheme started in February and is due to be completed in December. Thousands of drivers head through the junction at the end of Botley Road every day and the square includes

Date

ATHLETICS: Headington ace Michael Pearce seals win at Self Transcendence Series finale

MICHAEL Pearce claimed victory at the final race of the Sri Chinmoy Self Transcendence Series in Oxford. Headington Road Runners’ Pearce won the four-mile event at Cuttleslowe Park in 23mins 14secs, ahead of Steve Naylor (unattached) and Kevin

Date

Yarn bombers delighted to stitch up entry in dictionary

YARN bombers have weaved their way into the Oxford English Dictionary. The textile-based street art, in which knitters tie their work to railings or lampposts to brighten up their neighbourhood, has frequently appeared at surprising locations in

Date

Tension mounts as museum awaits a decision over award

IN LESS than a week’s time the Oxford Museum of Natural History will discover whether it will be handed a major award. Staff have been working hard to impress the panel of judges who will decide the winner of the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize