The family of a man killed in a car crash near Witney have spoken of their grief. Paulo Dos Santos, of Banbury, died when the van he was driving collided with a double-decker bus on the A415 outside Cokethorpe School, near Ducklington, a week ago.
Police have warned they will come down hard on anyone inventing fictitious robberies after a rise in the number of claims. They issued the warning after giving a woman an on-the-spot fine over one bogus claim. They are currently investigating two other
Football fans enjoyed a parking free-for-all in residential streets for Oxford United's home clash against Woking on Boxing Day because of a council mix-up. Although the game started at 3pm, Oxfordshire County Council thought it was an evening game
Having chronicled the lives of some world cricket's greatest names, Gerald Howat has now penned his own memoirs. The 78-year-old from North Moreton, near Didcot, has been fascinated with cricket since the age of eight as the title of his latest book
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ALICE Millest, of Pembroke College, is the new president of the Oxford University lightweight women's rowers, writes Mike Rosewell. She was a member of the Oxford lightweight crew, who suffered defeat by Cambridge in the Henley Boat Races last spring
Henley Hawks put on their best performance of the season to destroy fellow Division 2 promotion challengers Blackheath 30-8 at Dry Leas on Saturday. Skipper Liam Wordley led by example with some surging runs and was rewarded by scoring the final try
Henrietta Knight declared herself thrilled with Racing Demon after his third place in the King George VI Chase at Kempton. The West Lockinge handler will now take stock and consider future options for her rising star after an encouraging show. Racing
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Allotment holders at the Trap Grounds site, North Oxford, greet the New Year with a store of vegetables they harvested in the autumn and their own recipe book devised to encourage them all to cook their produce more imaginatively. The book, with its colourful
The combination of freshly chopped sage leaves and orange gives chicken a real boost, especially if you marinade the chicken overnight for extra flavour. I garnished the dish I cooked for the photo with slices of satsuma as had some left in the fruit
We end the year with some classic arthouse fare, starting with Vittorio De Sica's Honorary Oscar-winning gem, Shoeshine (1946). This unflinching and, initially, controversial portrait of postwar Italian society has none of the sentimentality that some
On December 23 the Oxford Waits gave their annual Christmas concert. This is a splendid finale to the series of refined carol services in the various college chapels; a more rousing, not to say raucous, way of celebrating the season could hardly be imagined
Liedertafel is a four-man Oxford singing group I last heard a year ago in Wadham College Chapel, performing with the countertenor James Bowman. They were again first-class in a candlelit Christmas concert in Trinity College chapel last week. As usual
The Man who drew Pooh and Toad is the title of a gently enchanting exhibition of drawings by E.H.Shepard, at the Henley River and Rowing Museum, which can be seen until February 4. And indeed that is how he's remembered - through the childhood treasures
This was your critic's 21st year of passing judgement on movie releases. The very first notice was for Clint Eastwood's Western Pale Rider, and it's reassuring to know that the last great American icon still has something valid to say about his troubled
AN OXFORDSHIRE builder has been selected as one of 20 companies in the South East to join a new Government programme for businesses with the potential to grow. Oakwood Builders, of Benson, has been selected for the Seeda (South East England Development
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a theft in Argos in Broad Street, Banbury. A woman put £65 down in the shop and another woman snatched it and ran out. She was white with long brown hair and wore a black coat. It is believed that a man witnessed
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While everyone else lay asleep dreaming of what they would find under the Christmas tree in the morning, new parents were already celebrating the arrival of their bundles of joy. By the time most people were sitting down for Christmas lunch, several
Banbury Utd 3, Wealdstone 1 FORMER Wealdstone player Paul Lamb starred as Banbury as sunk his old club in the Premier Division on Saturday. Lamb, playing his first full league game of the season, crossed for Howard Forinton to head home in the fourth
Halesowen Tn 3, Banbury Utd 2 BANBURY battled back from a goal down, only to lose out in yesterday's Premier Division thriller in the Black Country. After going behind early on to Deeney's strike, Jon Gardner's spectacular effort from the edge of the
An Oxford hospice due to star in a BBC2 documentary is hoping television publicity will help make up for this year's £1.4m fundraising shortfall. Helen House for children and Douglas House for young adults missed this year's target of £4m by a third
A newly-formed vandalism hit squad is taking to the streets of Bicester in search of graffiti, litter and criminal damage. Armed with checklists, digital cameras and sturdy walking boots, the team of police officers and council officials will patrol
The UK's first children's food festival is one of many events planned to celebrate Oxfordshire's 1,000th anniversary next year. The festival will see celebrity chefs such as Raymond Blanc and Sophie Grigson give children and their parents a fresh perspective
Witney townspeople have greeted the news that a multiplex cinema and shopping complex is soon to be built, with mixed feelings. Work is expected to begin on building the five-screen cinema, shops and 188 homes in 2007. Aesthetics Developments aims to
An accident early on Christmas Day has brought the number of deaths on Oxfordshire's roads this year to 68. A 19-year-old man was killed after the blue Ford Fiesta he was driving came off the road and crashed into a field off the A4130, near North Moreton
Oxford United attracted a record-breaking Nationwide Conference crowd yesterday for their home game against Woking - which lacked goals, but not atmosphere. There were 11,065 spectators at the Kassam Stadium to see the Boxing Day clash, which ended
A 16-year-old girl who fell to her death from a tower block in Oxford has been described as a 'funny but troubled' girl by one of her friends. Natasha Saxton, a former pupil of Peers School, in Littlemore, fell from the top floor of Hockmore Tower,
A family have said they are suffering a campaign of persecution after vehicles adapted for their daughter's wheelchair were twice vandalised. Mary-Jayne Allen, 20, of Spencer Crescent, Rose Hill, Oxford, was going to visit her brother's grave but the
Parents opposed to plans to reorganise schools in Abingdon took their protest to County Hall in Oxford and handed over a petition signed by 1,640 people. The Dunmore Action Committee also delivered a 50-page report at the education offices in Macclesfield
Bob Paterson often talks to his son Dale when he is out cycling. He finds it is one of the only times he feels close to him, because he is no longer around. Such precious father-son moments were snatched away from the Oxford firefighter when 13-year-old
THE week-long run of Scrooge at the New Theatre, Oxford, has been cancelled after entertainer Michael Barrymore pulled out. The troubled comedian, left, best known for hosting TV's Strike it Lucky and My Kind of People, was set to star in the stage
ABINGDON United had to settle for a share of the spoils after letting slip a 2-0 lead in their 2-2 draw at Marlow in Division 1 South & West on Tuesday. On a muddy pitch, Abingdon were the more impressive, taking the lead after ten minutes through Andy
OXFORD United attracted a record-breaking Nationwide Conference crowd yesterday for their home game against Woking - which lacked goals, but not atmosphere. There were 11,065 spectators at the Kassam Stadium to see the Boxing Day clash, which ended
BANBURY battled back from a goal down, only to lose 3-2 in Tuesday's Premier Division thriller in the Black Country. After going behind early on to Deeney's strike, Jon Gardner's spectacular effort from the edge of the box brought Banbury level. And
BY the time most people were sitting down for Christmas lunch, several babies had arrived at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Sonia Whymark, 26, had been told that her due date was Christmas Eve and her contractions started right on time, but it wasn't
OXFORD United's fans created a new Conference record with an 11,065 Boxing Day gate against Woking - but the team no longer strikes fear into their opponents in the league. And Jim Smith's side looks as though it is badly in need of freshening up during
SAM Brown, vocalist with the Jules Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, is doing two solo shows at The Crooked Billet, in Stoke Row, to round off the restaurant's Christmas and New Year celebrations. Sam's father is Joe Brown of Bruvvers fame, who is
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl who fell to her death from a block of flats in Oxford had made attempts on her life before, according to one of her friends. Natasha Saxton, a former pupil of Peers School, in Littlemore, fell from the top floor of Hockmore Tower,
A WANTAGE man will spend next Christmas all at sea following a deep desire to tackle the stormy Southern Ocean in a round-the-world yacht race. Jon Gibbard, 23, an environmental consultant at AEA Energy at Harwell who has sailed since he was a child
KIDLINGTON Scouts hold their 24th annual model railway exhibition at Exeter Hall in Oxford Road, Kidlington, on January 6 and 7 from 10am to 4.30pm.
JAPANESE driver Sakon Yamamoto will take on the position of second test driver with the Leafield-based Super Aguri F1 team in 2007. The 24-year-old made an encouraging F1 debut during the four months he drove for the team in the latter half of the 2006
