Sixty pupils at a primary school have been offered tests after a member of staff was diagnosed with infectious tuberculosis. The pupils, aged three to five, at St Leonard's Primary School in Overthorpe Road, Banbury, may have been exposed late last
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A MAN who died after being hit by a car in North Oxford on Thursday was named today. He was Adrian Asquith, 44, but his address has not yet been confirmed by the coroner. Mr Asquith suffered serious injuries in the accident, at 10.40pm on Thursday
THE county council today issued planning permission for a lake at former gravel pits in Radley to be filled with pulverised ash from Didcot Power Station. Fuel ash will be pumped into the lake by a pipeline from the power station - the site will then
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after four taxis were damaged in Didcot on Sunday. Between 7.30am and 12.45pm a liquid was poured on to the vehicles parked at Harold's Taxi's in Church Street causing damage to the paintwork. Anyone with information
Chipping Norton Town last week withdrew from the league due to a lack of support, writes KIeren Bushnell. The decision was taken by chairman Sean Robson after an 11th-hour meeting to save the club failed to come up with any other way forward. Robson
A SOLDIER accused of rape after police were called to RAF Brize Norton last month has been given conditional bail at Bournemouth Magistrates Court. The case against Kenneth Ecott, 26, of RAF Brize Norton, has been adjourned. Ecott will appear before
SIXTY pupils at a Banbury primary school are being offered blood tests after a member of staff was diagnosed with potentially infectious tuberculosis. The pupils, aged three to five, at St Leonard's Primary School, in Overthorpe Road, may have been
A PREGNANT woman was taken to hospital after she was struck by a car in Banbury. The collision happened in Middleton Road between the junctions of Daventry Road and Priory Vale Road at 5.20pm on Friday. Police said a black Renault Clio travelling towards
A soldier accused of rape last month was granted bail at Bournemouth Magistrates Court today. The case against Kenneth Ecott, 26, based at RAF Brize Norton, was adjourned until Thursday.
Sales of the new Oxford-built Mini leapt by almost 40 per cent in December, compared with the same period last year. But the dramatic headline figure has partly been caused by the Cowley plant being closed for longer than normal last Christmas. Spokesman
Alan Allport: I am a retired Professor of Psychology at Oxford University, where I taught for some 20 years. I do not often go on demonstrations. I joined with the Quakers protesting outside the nuclear submarine base at Faslane because of the profound
Of course I wish everyone a happy new year and all that, but looking back at the last couple of years one can't help but wonder whether dear old Oxford is going to be literally heading off up the Swannee in 2007. Taking it as a given that: all this
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It is important to be born at the right point in history. Lewis Carroll today might well find himself on the front page of The News of the World, while Charles Darwin would be unwise to go on a lecture tour of the United States - he would be in serious
Police are hunting a girl who assaulted a couple at a supermarket. The couple, in their 40s, were assaulted in the door way of the Eynsham Co-op by a girl who was in a group of teenagers. A police spokesman said: "An officer was called at 7.35pm
Tim Henman announced last night that he will be making himself available for Davis Cup selection with immediate effect. The 32-year-old, from Oxfordshire, last represented Great Britain in September 2004 in Austria - a tie that the hosts won 3-2.
POLICE today appealed for help in tracing a girl who assaulted a couple at an Eynsham supermarket. The couple, in their 40s, were assaulted in the doorway of the Eynsham Co-op by a girl who was with a group of youths. A police spokesman said: "An
Explore England's older parish churches and you may come across the image of a mysterious face formed of leaves, or perhaps disgorging vegetation from the mouth. Sculpted in stone or carved in wood, the enigmatic figure is known today as the Green Man
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.'
Raymond Baxter was well known for his BBC television work as a motor racing commentator and programme presenter. When his death, in September, 2006, was announced on BBC news, they mentioned this detail and, of course, his RAF career as a Spitfire pilot
In the early days of the Antiques Roadshow, Arthur Negus was asked what wonderful things he had collected. I sympathised with his reply. He made his crust by selling antiques and could not afford to keep the ones he loved the most. My position was much
Oxford City triple jumper Nathan Douglas is gearing up for one of the biggest years of his career in 2007. The 23-year-old (pictured), who won silver at the European Championships in Gothenburg, has targeted the European Indoor Championships and the
Last October, an article in the Guardian led to a long-running correspondence on that newspaper's letter pages. The article described the phenomenon of "eggcorns" - words or phrases that people erroneously use when they mishear something. Eggcorns
THE second of three areas in Oxford's new waste collection scheme are preparing to take delivery of their green wheelie bins. Oxford City Council is poised to start a leaflet campaign to alert residents living in 16,000 properties in Blackbird Leys,
Hannah England, Oxford City's rising middle-distance star, will compete at under 23 level for the first time in 2007. England, who has been taken under the wing of double Olympic gold medalist Kelly Holmes, knows that her first year at the higher age
Oxford Cheetahs supporters are still anxiously awaiting the other two members of the 2007 line-up, but co-promoter Aaron Lanney has asked them to be patient. The fans have been promised a former Grand Prix rider, but there has been no news on who that
Turn back the clock to an era when motoring was a pleasure with the TD 2000 roadster, built in Maylasia and imported by Lifestyle Automotive Ltd based over the border in Berkshire. Tom Martin, Lifestyle's managing director, said: "We plan to set up
Sometimes you come across a gem of a place and get so excited that you want to shout about it from the rooftops. And then, just as you are getting the ladder out, you realise that if you do tell everyone about it, you might have to book months in advance
Working in the wine trade is mostly great fun; the products are wonderful, there is a terrific social side to the business and you never, ever stop learning. But, January is often a peculiar month and 2007 seems to be no different. New Year resolutions
Cholsey is to get its first real insight into how the former Fair Mile Hospital is to be developed. Representatives from housebuilders Linden Homes will be at a special meeting of the parish council to talk about the site's future in the Laurence Hall
Pupils at a Didcot secondary school have given the Chox appeal a £6,000 boost. In September, more than 1,000 students at St Birinus School, in Mereland Road, braved torrential downpours to complete a 14-mile sponsored walk. This week pupils handed
Do you start each year with clarity about what you want to achieve over the next 12 months? As you reached the end of 2006, did you look back and feel a sense of having achieved all you set out to do, feeling confident that in 2007 you will build on all
Oxford United midfielder Chris Hargreaves has spoken of his terror after almost falling off the club coach, while it was doing 60mph on the motorway. Mr Hargreaves was travelling to Exeter with the rest of the squad on New Year's Eve, when he accidently
Goats are very popular with smallholders, who think they will eat the grass. Unless they're tethered, what the goats will actually do is munch the veggies!" said Helen Wright, manager of the Blue Cross adoption centre at Burford, with a somewhat mischievous
Further confirmation that an Avro Lancaster bomber landed and took off from Cowley Airfield in Oxford has come from reader David Cook. His father, Donald, who worked there, told him that the pilot had made a mistake - he should have landed at RAF Abingdon
These dark, dank months are the best time of year to examine your garden structure. I don't mean paths or walls, although these inclement months are excellent for tackling jobs like that too. I mean leafy structure provided by warm evergreens shaped into
Though the much-loved Children's Bookshop in Broad Street has sadly gone, you have only to walk into any children's book department in one of the city's large bookstores to be really heartened by the range of fiction and non-fiction available today.
A woman who returned a beloved pet dog for a reward has denied she was holding her owners to ransom. Five-month-old border collie Hettie went missing from her owners' garden in Coppock Close, Headington Quarry, Oxford, on Monday. The pet's owners
A PEDESTRIAN suffered serious head and leg injuries after he was hit by a car near Chipping Norton early yesterday. The accident happened at 12.20am on the A44 between Chipping Norton and Salford. The victim was taken by ambulance to the John Radcliffe
OVERINDULGED a bit too much at Christmas? Too frightened to get on the bathroom scales? Then why not make it your New Year's resolution to take part in this year's OX5 fun run, sponsored by The Oxford Times and the Oxford Mail, in the grounds of Blenheim
A Banbury couple who survived the Asian tsunami disaster on Boxing Day 2004 have started a year-long campaign to help the British Red Cross. Pam and Richard Hastie are organising 12 monthly challenges and events to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary
Death has always been an inevitable part of life, but today, more people die in hospital, and undertakers, rather than local women, lay out a corpse. Few people now keep the body in the house until the funeral, so many traditional death rites have disappeared
Overindulged a bit too much at Christmas? Too frightened to get on the bathroom scales? Then why not make it your New Year's resolution to take part in this year's Oxford Mail and Oxford Times sponsored OX5 fun run in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim
If only Josephine Butler had stayed in Oxford a little longer, she might have qualified for a blue plaque. The Victorian campaigner for women's rights spent a mere six years in Oxford, at two different addresses, so doesn't fulfil one of the Oxfordshire
The experience of bereaved relatives shows that drivers are risking their own lives and those of others by speeding on Oxford's Eastern Bypass. Following the horrific crash which killed four people in May 2005, after much campaigning by some of the
So West Oxfordshire District Council is to allow the overdevelopment of the centre of Witney, just as it had always planned (Oxford Mail, December 27). Disappointing, but hardly a surprise with councillors as arrogant as ours. We are going to lose many
What is it going to take for our hibernating councillors, and the people paid huge amounts from the taxpayer, to ensure that rivers and tributaries are cleared of silt, weeds, rubbish, fallen trees and branches, resulting in flooding and impeded flow?
While conflicts around the world continue to divide communities, here in Oxford two women decided they wanted to build bridges between different cultures and creeds. Jane Carey, a community artist who lives in Wolvercote, and Judy Hammond, a textile
Thieves used hairdressing scissors to cut burglar alarm cables when they broke into a Bicester salon and stole £400 raised through charity events. The raiders also stole £350 in Christmas tips in the break-in at Parker's Hair Salon, Dean's Court, on
Abingdon GP Prit Buttar has criticised a scheme designed to save NHS funds by cutting patient referrals to hospital. A year ago, the Clinical Advice and Liaison Service (Cals) was introduced in the Thames Valley to check requests from doctors for patients
Cotswold Line commuters who are up in arms over unreliable rail services have welcomed news that improvements to the route could be on the way. Network Rail has ordered a study of options for reinstatement of a second track on some or all of the single-track
RELATIVES of those killed or injured in car smashes on Oxford's Eastern Bypass are urging road safety experts to use cameras to catch speeding motorists. A road safety group has been reviewing safety on the Eastern Bypass and one of the possible outcomes
Residents are being given the chance to influence the design of a £1bn reservoir that could swallow up an area the size of 900 football pitches. If built, the Thames Water reservoir, between Abingdon and Wantage, would have half the capacity of Lake
POLICE confirmed that the body of an elderly woman found in the River Windrush was that of missing 93-year-old Winifred Cox. The pensioner of The Hill in Burford, had been missing from her home since last Tuesday evening. Her body was found by a police
OXFORD United midfielder Chris Hargreaves has spoken of his terror after almost falling off the club coach, while it was doing 60mph on the motorway. Mr Hargreaves was travelling to Exeter with the rest of the squad on New Year's Eve, when he accidentally
SHOPPERS in Cowley Road, Oxford, had a narrow escape on Saturday after a car ploughed into a building. The car, believed to be a black cab, hit Oxfordshire County Council's city office, on the corner of Cowley Road and James Street. No one was hurt
County councillors have munched and slurped their way through more than £22,000 of biscuits, light lunches' and tea and coffee at meetings in the past year. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the council spent £22,551
Animal rights activists have so far got away with committing about 20 crimes including arson, blackmail and vandalism since work restarted on Oxford University's research laboratory. As yet, no-one has been charged with any of the offences committed
Fifty firefighters fought a blaze at a factory on Saturday. The fire, at JSP Plastics, on the Hardwick Industrial Estate, was spotted by a passing police car at about 2.53am. Six appliances attended with specialist support vehicles. At the height
JIM Smith lept to the defence of leading scorer Rob Duffy and creative midfielder Andy Burgess after they were the subject of boos from the Oxford United fans on Saturday. Duffy looked lethargic in attack, while Burgess is struggling to recreate his
OXFORD United boss Jim Smith is confident he will have signed a new striker by the next Nationwide Conference game at Grays on January 20. Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Morecambe saw the U's slip three points behind leaders Dagenham & Redbridge.
THE friends and family of a 23-year-old Didcot man who suffered a stroke gave him the Christmas present he had only dreamed of. Adam Wilson, of Edwin Road, successfully fought cancer twice during his childhood, but suffered a stroke last year. The
BEN Thomas scored a hat-trick as Old Woodstock Town beat bottom club Ross Town 6-0 in Division 1 West of the Sport Italia Hellenic League on Saturday. Andy Smith, Paul Penny and Gerald Kelly scored the other goals for Woodstock who led 3-0 at half-time
Shoppers in Cowley Road, Oxford, had a narrow escape on Saturday after a car ploughed into a building. The car, believed to be a black cab, hit Oxfordshire County Council's city office, on the corner of Cowley Road and James Street. No-one was hurt
Relatives of those killed or injured in car smashes on Oxford's Eastern Bypass are urging road safety experts to use cameras to catch speeding motorists. A road safety group has been reviewing safety on the Eastern Bypass and one of the possible outcomes
JONATHAN Phillips, a trustee of the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council (ORCC), is to give a presentation on the work of the organisation at a full meeting of West Oxfordshire District Council. He said ORCC has worked in an advisory role to the countryside
MORE than 350 primary school children will learn the perils of drug taking in Oxford today. Singer David Graham will be performing his self-penned song called Natural High during an hour-long show in aid of drug awareness week. The song encourages
THE FAMILY of a teenager killed in a car crash on Christmas Day has paid tribute to him as a "big lad with a soft heart" who loved life. Shane Vaughan, 19, died when his blue Ford Fiesta left the road and crashed into a field on the A4130 near Wallingford
AN AVENUE of oaks and wild cherries is to be planted alongside the main road in Benson to commemorate the Queen's 80th birthday. And as the cherries will have a lifespan of only about 35 years, when they die the 50 oaks will be ready to take over their
