Stories for 10 July 2008

Abingdon News

MP backs easier abortions

Oxfordshire MP Evan Harris will next week lead a Parliamentary campaign to help women get earlier and easier access to abortions.  more...

Residents fear 3am burger bid

Neighbours have branded an Abingdon burger bar's plans to stay open until 3am as "terrifying".  more...

Art

Get stuck in

If art's not your thing - think again. This is your chance to see some of the finest artists this country has to offer and have a go yourself.  more...

Wild at art

Sculpture combines with garden design to depict a familiar figure at this year's Art in Action, writes HELEN PEACOCKE The Queen of Herbs will be taking part in Art in Action this year. Jekka McVicar was 'crowned' by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and she will be working with two sculptors to create a herb garden at the centre of event's sculpture village.  more...

Books

Sleuth's handbook

Oxford guide Bill Leonard has been conducting Inspector Morse tours since 1996.  more...

Business News

Architects win £12m college contract

LOCAL businesses have made a clean sweep in competition to draw up plans to develop a sensitive site in the heart of historic Oxford in a nationwide competition.  more...

Cimena

Mamma Mia (PG)

If Hairspray put a spring in your step last year, then dust off your dancing shoes because Mamma Mia! is a delight to watch.  more...

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (12A)

Martial arts titans Jet Li and Jackie Chan share the screen for the first time in Rob Minkoff's chop socky adventure, a lively East meets West smackdown filmed on location in China.  more...

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (PG)

Marrying state-of-the-art special effects with old-fashioned family morals, this rollicking romp is the first live-action picture of its kind to be shot in digital 3D.  more...

Clubbing

Popular lodging

It's taken nearly six months, but I'm confident that I've reviewed every club in Oxford. Except for Old Fire Station on a Saturday night.  more...

Columns

Cabbages and Kings

For the sixth time in its seven incarnations, I was at Cowley Road Carnival on Sunday. Not that I expected a medal for loyalty, nor did I need much persuasion in spite of other attractions within petrol-burning distance.  more...

Country Matters

Survivors down the centuries

A total of 500 ancient trees have been recorded in West Oxfordshire as part of a survey of an estimated 500,000 throughout the country, writes PETER BARRINGTON Volunteers have been out among the fields and woodlands looking for old trees in West Oxfordshire as part of a long-term national survey by the Woodland Trust to identify ancient trees that contribute to the survival of wildlife.  more...

Cricket

CRICKET: Hammond hammers ton on Marsh debut

Will Hammond had a debut to remember as he smashed a century for Marsh Gibbon 2nd in their 39-run victory against Stonesfield 2nd in OCA League Division 7.  more...

Features

Will Silverstone move hit Oxon economy?

Tucked away in rolling countryside just over the Oxfordshire border with Northamptonshire, Silverstone isn't the obvious place for a sporting venue. But while it can't compare to Wembley's towering arch, or the grandeur of Wimbledon's Centre Court, it has managed to host the British Grand Prix in considerable style for 21 years.  more...

Headlines

Three Carterton residents to receive awards

THREE Carterton residents are to receive Exceptional Citizens' Awards for their service to the town.  more...

Malfunction 'not to blame for air crash'

An investigation into a plane crash near Oxford in December last year has concluded that technical malfunction was not to blame.  more...

Cheese champions chase crown

Cheese makers will be sending their finest wares to an Oxfordshire farm today to be judged for a national award.  more...

Leader

Waste not want not

Few things are guaranteed to create such fierce debate as suggesting changes in the way our waste is collected.  more...

Letters

Clamp down on these cowboys

At last, Oxford City Council is waking up to the poor practice of some property agents who belong to no professional body and show no scruples when it comes to flouting the law, whether on premises owned directly by them or managed for clients (Oxford Mail, July 5).  more...

Stop smoking

So even more people are quitting smoking in Oxford (Oxford Mail, July 1).  more...

Imposing democracy

In reply to Gordon Clack's excellent letter about the United States bullying little Cuba (Oxford Mail, June 26), may I add some facts on the 'war on terror', so conveniently named by the US and "do as you are told" UK Governments?  more...

Painful for fish

I see there is going to be an attempt to keeping potentially erring young people on the straight and narrow by encouraging them to take up angling (Oxford Mail, July 4).  more...

Car for sale

I see that cars for sale are often parked on the grass verge at Kidlington roundabout - there has been one there this week.  more...

'Astounded'

Sir, I was astounded by the article in last week's Herald reporting on Didcot's need for more leisure facilities.  more...

Pensions cash

Sir, It does not appear to be common knowledge amongst the old folk of Abingdon that 21 per cent of their council tax is being used to pay local government and police pensions. Shouldn't they be told?  more...

'Disgrace'

Sir, What a disgrace to this town the Boat House public house is. On Saturday, June 28, the area around the establishment was similar to a war zone.  more...

The reason why

Sir, Why are further floods inevitable? Because road drains will block up. And why will road drains block up?  more...

No thought

Sir, Reverse the traffic over the iron bridge in Abingdon (Letters, July 3). Great idea. Let's not give a thought for the tranquillity of the drinkers at The Anchor.  more...

'Incredulous'

Sir, I was incredulous to read in last week's Herald an article stating that it is proposed to spend £25,000 on a study of whether an extension could be built on Wallingford Museum, when the council grants the permission and employs architects, surveyors etc of its own. As this sum represents ten per cent of the budget, can this not be done "in house"?  more...

Music

Witches craft

Witches are one of the most intriguing bands to jostle for space on the Oxford music scene for quite some time.  more...

Win Global Gathering tickets

This month sees the return to the region of the world's biggest festival of electronic music.  more...

Tranquil Jonquil

Stars of next week's Latitude Festival, Oxford's multi-instrumentalists Jonquil talk to Tim Hughes about festie-fever  more...

Nick's baptism of fire playing live with the band

GILES WOODFORDE talks to Nick Webber about his musical venture into the worlds of theatre and rock Look at the North Wall Arts Centre Summer Festival programme and you will see details of tomorrow night's gig by Nick Webber & Archangel. Look at the programme for the Oxford Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night, playing in Wadham College Gardens, and you will discover that the composer of the incidental music is listed as Nick Lloyd Webber. The two are in fact one and the same person.  more...

Company marks milestone after small beginning

Bampton Classical Opera celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with another rare operatic gem, writes NICOLA LISLE One of the extraordinary things about Bampton Classical Opera is the way it attracts audiences, year after year, to operas that most people haven't even heard of. Even more extraordinary, perhaps, is that it started 15 years ago as an amateur venture, and its founders, the husband-and-wife team of Jeremy Gray and Gilly French, still run it around full-time teaching jobs. How do they do it?  more...

Musicreviews

Tranquil Jonquil

In six short months Oxford lads Jonquil have risen from relative obscurity to the brink of stardom.  more...

Glastonbury Festival @ Worthy Farm, Somerset

Tim Hughes explores the highs.. and highs, of this year's Glastonbury Festival  more...

News

Midnight walkers help hospice

Six hundred and fifty people helped raise £76,000 for an Oxfordshire hospice by taking to the streets after dark.  more...

Walkers raise £100,000 for hospice

Two sisters who lost their father to bowel cancer were among 1,000 walkers who took part in the Oxford Moonlight Stroll.  more...

Castle attracts visitor rush

One of Oxford's newest tourist attractions has reported a dramatic rise in visitors, with bookings booming in the past three months.  more...

Mallett or Monet?

THE artistic side of wacky TV personality Timmy Mallett has proved a serious business after two of his paintings sold for hundreds of pounds at an exhibition.  more...

Soccer students to cross Atlantic

A college which has already produced footballing talent for Oxford United and Nottingham Forest is now offering students the chance to show off their skills across the Atlantic.  more...

Teenager caught with £13,000 drugs haul

A teenage drug dealer who concocted a "fantasy" of lies after being caught with up to £13,000 of crack cocaine and heroin was today convicted of possession with intent to supply.  more...

Moped rider injured

A moped rider is thought to have escaped serious injury following a collision with a car off Abingdon Road, Oxford, today.  more...

20mph limit 'not enough'

A report spelling out how a 20mph speed limit can be introduced in Oxford has fuelled calls for a bolder approach to road safety.  more...

Cyclist seriously injured

A 22-year-old woman cyclist suffered serious injuries in a collision in Oxford today.  more...

BMW builds electric Mini

Engineers have been working on an all-electric version of the Mini at the BMW plant in Cowley.  more...

Restaurant to reopen

A Japanese noodle bar is set to re-open in Oxford tomorrow almost three months after it was badly damaged by a kitchen fire.  more...

Pub closes as trade falls

A slump in the economy, a lack of passing trade and a bad reputation have been blamed for the closure of an Oxford pub.  more...

City 'has missed out'

The driving force behind a move to make Oxford a Business Improvement District has spoken of his disappointment at having his plans rejected.  more...

Five-year-old saves mother's life

Jaden Ashton is his mother Brina's lifesaver after she fell into a diabetic coma.  more...

Other News

Text scheme for patients nets award

A text messaging system for Oxfordshire mental health patients has won a national award.  more...

County bins to go fortnightly

Fortnightly bin collections for household rubbish will be spread across Oxfordshire within two years, it emerged last night.  more...

County's schools in line for £100m

Oxfordshire is hoping to secure £100m to turn its secondary schools into "world-class facilities".  more...

Other Sport

RUGBY LEAGUE: Cavaliers eye play-off boost

Oxford Cavaliers bid to strike a crucial blow in the race for a play-off place in the RL Conference South West and Midlands Division when they take on Coventry Bears at Marston Ferry Road tomorrow (2.30).  more...

CYCLING: Phoenix triumph

Didcot Phoenix took victory in the Ben Owen Memorial Team time trial on the Southmoor course on the A420.  more...

ATHLETICS: Kuester throws personal best

Bicester's Dave Kuester set a personal best of 13.44m in the heavy hammer at the British Masters Open Track and Field Championships in Birmingham.  more...

Oxford News

Patients unite in drug battle

NHS postcode lottery victims have backed a plan to jointly tackle Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust over its refusal to pay for a life-extending cancer treatment.  more...

County bins to go fortnightly

Fortnightly bin collections for household rubbish will be spread across Oxfordshire within two years, it emerged last night.  more...

Woman injured in crash with six-wheeler

Paramedics are still treating a 20-year-old woman driver injured in a crash with a lorry in Wantage this morning.  more...

Electric Minis in the pipeline

Engineers have been working on an all-electric version of the Mini at the BMW plant in Cowley.  more...

Mopedrider escapes serious injury in smash

A moped rider is thought to have escaped serious injury following a collision with a car off Oxford's Abingdon Road this morning.  more...

Wantage crash: Update

A 20-year-old woman driver injured in a crash with a lorry in Wantage this morning is expected to make a full recovery.  more...

Cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries

A woman cyclist injured in an a collision with a car this morning is being treated in hospital suffering life-threatening injuries.  more...

Noodle bar reopens

A Japanese noodle bar is set to re-open in Oxford tomorrow almost three months after it was badly damaged by a kitchen fire.  more...

No faults on crash plane

An investigation into a plane crash near Oxford last December has concluded that a technical fault was not to blame.  more...

Teen dealer convicted

A jury has found a teenage guilty of drug dealing charges.  more...

Pub closes as trade slumps

A slump in the economy, a lack of passing trade and a bad reputation have been blamed for the closure of an Oxford pub.  more...

Play time for rugby star

Oxfordshire rugby hero Andy Gomarsall has opened a £45,000 children's play garden at Oxford's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.  more...

Council office shuts up shop

A one-stop shop for council services in East Oxford which closed temporarily in April will not reopen.  more...

Trio fit the Hill

Three stalwarts from an Oxford estate have been picked to have new roads named after them.  more...

Art on move

An Oxford art gallery is taking its show on the road by staging a day of hands-on fun for all the family in Rose Hill on Saturday.  more...

‘We’ve missed out’

The driving force behind a move to make Oxford a Business Improvement District has spoken of his disappointment at having his plans rejected.  more...

Schools could be given £100m

Oxfordshire is hoping to secure £100m to turn its secondary schools into 'world-class' facilities.  more...

Stepping Out

A colourful celebration of Oxford's gay community is set to take place in the city centre on Saturday.  more...

Village brands scheme 'crazy'

Villagers have described as "frightening" plans that could double the size of their community.  more...

20mph report 'not bold enough'

A report spelling out how a 20mph speed limit could be introduced in Oxford has prompted calls for a bolder approach to road safety.  more...

Teen with £13k stash of hard drugs convicted

A teenage drug dealer who concocted a "fantasy" of lies after being caught with up to £13,000 of crack cocaine and heroin was today convicted of possession with intent to supply.  more...

Musician urges thief to repent

Shakespearian actor Tom Peters is calling for a thief to repent after his guitar was stolen from an Oxford church.  more...

Pilot error led to crash

An investigation into a plane crash near Oxford has found evidence that pilot error was to blame.  more...

Restaurant Reviews

Crunch time for Splitz

Splitz, the first restaurant in Didcot to get an AA rosette, is feeling the pinch as the economy takes a downturn.  more...

Caffino's/Istanbul at East Oxford Health Centre, Manzil Way, Oxford

It's the NHS's 60th birthday this month, so why not celebrate with ... er, a fry-up?  more...

Results And Fixtures

WEEKEND FIXTURES July 12/13

SATURDAY   more...

Tennis

TENNIS: Strugglers share spoils

Banbury West End and Cholsey went into their Mixed Division 1 game in the 2-Pair League each looking to record their first victory of the season.  more...

TENNIS: North Oxford title bid gets big boost

North Oxford B boosted their Men's Crossflight Oxfordshire National Club League title hopes with a convincing 5-1 victory over Cholsey.  more...

TENNIS: Radley get real with new court

Radley College, near Abingdon, is revelling in its sporting fame after unveiling the first new real tennis court to be built anywhere in the world this century.  more...

Theatre

THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY: NATIONAL THEATRE

When a play opens with a masked counter-tenor and dancers dressed as rutting deer it is safe to assume there is deviance in the offing. Sure enough, the first rape of The Revenger's Tragedy occurs a few seconds into the first act ("He harried her amongst a throng of panders."). The offing kicks in only moments later.  more...

U'S News

HALDANE READY TO FIRE FOR U'S

Lewis Haldane says he wants to kick-start his career by helping Oxford United win promotion.  more...

Oxford snap up striker Guy

Oxford United have boosted their squad with the signing of striker Jamie Guy, from Colchester United.  more...

Voluntary Voice

Can you help café serve estate commmunity?

Eatwells Café is a community project opened in Barton, Oxford, in response to the demands of residents. Housed in the Neighbourhood Centre, Underhill Circus, it is run by volunteers.  more...

Wallingford

Time Team keen to share their finds

THE professionals are preparing to dig up three large pieces of Wallingford's history in a Time Team-style excavation - and they want Wallingford people involved.  more...

Wantage And Grove

Woman injured in crash with lorry

A 20-year-old woman driver was injured in a crash with a lorry in Wantage today.  more...

Witney News

Cheese champs chase crown

Cheese makers will be sending their finest wares to an Oxfordshire farm tomorrow to be judged for a national award.  more...

Corrupt businessman has jail term cut

Two men involved in a corruption ring over the supply of goods to Ikea have had their jail terms cut.  more...

  
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