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Stories for 3 July 2008
Abingdon News
Museum set for £3.5m makeover
Abingdon's museum is set for a £3.5m makeover thanks to a successful Lottery bid. more...
Athletics
ATHLETICS: Veterans grab silver medal
Oxford City were second in the vet 50 category at the National BMAF 10K Road Championships at Loughborough. more...
ATHLETICS: Harriers kids are record-breakers
Records tumbled for White Horse Harriers in the second round of the Oxfordshire Junior League at Tilsley Park. more...
ATHLETICS: Kimber second at Thame
Steve Kimber had to settle for second place at the Thame CPM 10K on Sunday. more...
ATHLETICS: In-form Chown bags a sprint double
Luke Chown continued his magnificent season as he claimed a 100 and 200m sprint double and broke the club record in both events at the Southern Men's League Division 3 West meeting in Bournemouth. more...
ATHLETICS: Boden smashes course
Witney Roadrunner Lazloe Boden was the overall winner at the Cheltenham Circular Challenge Marathon. more...
ATHLETICS: City duo lead the way
Victories from Ellie Clarke-Jacques and Imogen Kempton in the 800m for under 15 girls led Oxford City to second place in their latest Southern Women's League Division 1 meeting in Basingstoke. more...
ATHLETICS: Radley miss out in tense battle
Radley's A team were just three points away from a Southern Women's League Premier Division victory as they made the relatively short trip to Perivale. more...
Banbury News
Teen arrested after crash
A teenager is in police custody after a stolen car was found crashed and on fire. more...
Summer relief for parents
Parents in north Oxfordshire, stuck with ideas to entertain their children this summer need look no further. more...
Bicester News
RSPB attacks eco-town plan
Europe's largest conservation charity, the RSPB, has slammed plans to build an eco-town near Weston-on-the-Green. more...
Books
Death of a monarchy
by Dean Haigh EKATERINBURG: THE LAST DAYS OF THE ROMANOVS (Hutchinson, £18.99) Helen Rappaport Considering Oxford writer Helen Rappaport's credentials as an expert on Russian history and that her past biographical subjects have included Stalin and Queen Victoria, it was perhaps inevitable that she would eventually produce an account of the end of the Russian monarchy. more...
Writers' homes
OXFORD GUIDE TO LITERARY BRITAIN AND IRELAND Ed Daniel Hahn & Nicholas Robins (Oxford University Press, £30)There is something special about visiting the former home of a famous writer. You get a useful insight into how they wrote their most famous books. I've been to one or two of these places, including Beatrix Potter's Hill Top near Sawrey in Cumbria, and Jane Austen's house in Chawton, Hampshire. Now, following the publication of this sumptuous guide, I intend to visit many more. Bateman's, Rudyard Kipling's home in the Sussex village of Burwash, is top of my list. more...
Business News
Two firms in patents fights
A SECOND high-tech Oxfordshire company is embroiled in a legal battle over patents. more...
Takeover move sparks worries
THE Oxfordshire employees of publishing group Informa are anxious about their future following a £3.4bn approach from private equity buyers. more...
Park poised for expansion
DEVELOPERS are to invest millions of pounds in new buildings at Milton Park business park near Didcot, despite the credit crunch. more...
Oxon house prices start to fall
HOUSE prices in Oxfordshire have finally started to tumble, with experts reporting a marked slowdown in activity in the last few weeks. more...
Cimena
KUNG FU PANDA (PG)
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson's computer animated comedy does exactly what it says on the tin, spinning a familiar story of triumph against the odds around a rotund bear with a passion for martial arts. more...
THE MIST (15)
Writer-director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) delves once more into author Stephen King's twisted imagination for a skin-crawling thriller about a small town under siege from bloodthirsty creatures. more...
HANCOCK (12A)
With great power comes great responsibility... not that bona fide superhero Hancock (Smith) cares. more...
Cinema
The Visitor, Death Note: The Last Name, My Winnipeg and Chop Suey
Sixty-one year-old Richard Jenkins has made more than 50 movies since debuting in Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado (1985). You probably wouldn't know him by name, but he's become a familiar face in films by the Coen and Farrelly brothets and such TV outings as Six Feet Under. Finally, however, he has found a leading role to prove he's more than just another dependable character actor and he seizes his opportunity with unassuming assurance in Thomas McCarthy's engaging mid-life drama The Visitor. more...
Kung Fu Panda and Hancock
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson's computer animated comedy Kung Fu Panda does exactly what it says on the tin, spinning a familiar story of triumph against the odds around a rotund bear with a passion for martial arts. Jack Black is perfectly cast as the voice of the eponymous guzzler, who sees himself as "a legendary warrior whose fighting skills were the stuff of legend". more...
Clubbing
Big hair disco at The Cellar
Big Hair Disco - another indie night, but with some resplendent eighties music thrown in for very good measure. Why should you come here though? I'll compile a list for you. Ready? Here goes... more...
Columns
Cabbages and Kings
It was a salutary learning experience when I ordered a single scoop of ice cream at a relatively new Cowley Road café and shop. The price: £1.95 - nearly two quid for something that it seemed only yesterday had cost a mere sixpence in real, pre-decimalisation money. more...
Country Matters
Hunt to protect the dragons
On the 25th anniversary of British Dragonfly Society, a five-year Dragonflies in Focus project has been launched, writes ELIZABETH EDWARDS In Oxfordshire, we are now seeing species of damsels and dragonflies once chiefly seen on the south coast and others from Europe or even North America that have come as a result of changing climate, but this form of wildlife is under threat. more...
Cricket
CRICKET: Kidlington look for Kleinveldt boost
Kidlington are looking to South African all-rounder Rory Kleinveldt to turn their disastrous season in the Home Counties Premier Leaguearound, The 25-year-old, who has played for Cape Cobras in his home country and is contracted to Hampshire, makes his Division 2 West debut on Saturday in a bottom versus top clash at home to Farnham Royal. more...
CRICKET: Trophy semi-final places are up for grabs
Oxfordshire's players can stake a claim to feature in their biggest match of the season by excelling against Cheshire. more...
ROWING: Wallingford trio eye Beijing
Three Wallingford members are among the 11 local rowers to have been named in the British Olympic team. more...
CRICKET: Trophy semi-final places are up for grabs
Oxfordshire's players can stake a claim to feature in their biggest match of the season by excelling against Cheshire. more...
CRICKET: Kidlington look for Kleinveldt boost
Kidlington are looking to South African all-rounder Rory Kleinveldt to turn their disastrous season in the Home Counties Premier Leaguearound, The 25-year-old, who has played for Cape Cobras in his home country and is contracted to Hampshire, makes his Division 2 West debut on Saturday in a bottom versus top clash at home to Farnham Royal. more...
ROWING: Wallingford trio eye Beijing
Three Wallingford members are among the 11 local rowers to have been named in the British Olympic team. more...
CRICKET: Trophy semi-final places are up for grabs
Oxfordshire's players can stake a claim to feature in their biggest match of the season by excelling against Cheshire. more...
CRICKET: Trophy semi-final places are up for grabs
Oxfordshire's players can stake a claim to feature in their biggest match of the season by excelling against Cheshire. more...
CRICKET: Kidlington look for Kleinveldt boost
Kidlington are looking to South African all-rounder Rory Kleinveldt to turn their disastrous season in the Home Counties Premier Leaguearound, The 25-year-old, who has played for Cape Cobras in his home country and is contracted to Hampshire, makes his Division 2 West debut on Saturday in a bottom versus top clash at home to Farnham Royal. more...
CRICKET: Kidlington look for Kleinveldt boost
Kidlington are looking to South African all-rounder Rory Kleinveldt to turn their disastrous season in the Home Counties Premier Leaguearound, The 25-year-old, who has played for Cape Cobras in his home country and is contracted to Hampshire, makes his Division 2 West debut on Saturday in a bottom versus top clash at home to Farnham Royal. more...
CRICKET: Ace Rae hits 59
Ben Rae hit a half-century for Westbury as they won by six wickets at Letcombe in OCA League Division 1 on Saturday. more...
Didcot
Curtain goes up on arts centre
THE curtain will go up at Didcot's long-awaited arts centre Cornerstone on August 29, the district council has revealed. more...
Editorial Comment
Consult - or risk the wrath
It is inevitable that in this hi-tech age, schools will embrace the latest techniques to disseminate information. more...
Dictators
An away match at Barrow to start the season would be gruelling enough on a Saturday. more...
Education
Return to university offers new avenues
Many people are taking a master's to start a fresh career, writes LUCY TENNYSON After 16 years in general management, Ian Pendlington, 46, was looking for a new direction. He had moved into business consultancy, as he wanted to spend more time in the UK with his family, but realised he needed to fast track his skills. more...
Features
Do you know how much you drink?
Three people have asked me how many units of wine I drink a week in the last four days: the osteopath, the dentist and my friend who popped round for supper. I suspect my average consumption is something like a bottle and a half to two bottles a week. I was brought up thinking that there were six glasses in a bottle and that one glass roughly equalled one unit. So, there I was thinking I was somewhere between a nine to 12-unit a week girl. more...
Food
Courgette salad with lemon recipe — serves four as a side dish
We call them courgettes, but they are called zucchini in Italy, the US and Australia. They are a member of the marrow family and if left unpicked will go on growing to a gigantic size. However, they really are best if harvested when six to 8in long and while the skin is tender and the flesh succulent. more...
Some win, some lose from the smoking ban
Just a year ago, all pubs in England followed Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by calling time on smoking on the premises. In one fell swoop, pubs became free of the smoke and fug created by cigarettes, pipes and cigars. Tables and bars are no longer covered with ash fallen from overflowing ashtrays and everyone, both staff and customers, is now breathing more easily. more...
Gardening
Flourishing flora
VAL BOURNE enjoys the wild beauty of the Japanese Alps I have just come back from lecturing in Japan, the home of the heated toilet seat and hand driers that actually work. I have been speaking very slowly in short bursts for nearly two weeks, followed by my interpreter. Now I'm back I'm still missing out verbs and I have been telling everyone "Tokyo very hot". But, hopefully, I will remember to sprinkle a few into this article. more...
Gray Matter
Lunch with the ladies of the No. 1 agency
On a perfect weekend for parties in the garden, I was lucky enough to be invited to two such events. The first, on Saturday, was a well-managed celebration in the beautiful grounds of Magdalen College, marking the 550th anniversary of William of Waynflete's signing of the institution's foundation charter on June 12, 1485. (Chris Koenig writes about this today on Page 21). More than 2,000 guests enjoyed a delicious tea and a programme of events that included chauffeured punt rides, guided climbs up the 167 uneven steps of the tower, two organ recitals and an affecting performance in the cloisters (Thomas Tallis, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley and others) by the college choir under its director, Bill Ives. more...
Headlines
33 caught speeding near school
Thirteen motorists were caught in a speed trap at peak school time in Witney and given £60 fines and three penalty points. more...
School team wins quiz final
FOUR young master minds came through a nerve-wracking final to be crowned quiz champions of south east England. more...
Dentures get lost in the post
DENTURES destined for patients in a West Oxfordshire village have got lost in the post and could be among millions of items at Oxford's main sorting office. more...
Letters
Let's celebrate NHS successes
It is good to know that Oxford will have some celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, and that the Lord Mayor, Susanna Pressel, will launch a book, to be available at the Town Hall tomorrow for several weeks, for people to insert their good experiences of the health service. more...
Prompt action
I wrote criticising the state of Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, after the grass had been cut (Oxford Mail, June 26). more...
Animal liberty
I suspect Edward Sanderson (Oxford Mail, June 30) is indulging in a little bit of hypocrisy when he talks about liberty for living creatures. more...
Music
Win tickets to Cornbury Festival
THE waiting will be over for thousands of music lovers this weekend, with the start of Cornbury Festival. more...
Bowling along!
Jaret Reddick is serious about being the singer of one of the last of the 'funny' pop-punk bands. more...
Crowding in
A string of outdoor gigs has acquainted New Zealand's greatest ever band to the vagaries of the British summer. more...
Robert Mitchell's Panacea, The Spin
As the keyboard player of choice for Norma Winstone, Steve Colman and Courtney Pine, Robert Mitchell has to be good, but it was a surprise to discover at the Spin just how good and how different. As a member of the F-IRE collective and leader of his own band, Panacea, Mitchell is both in demand and busy writing, arranging and recording his own music. This is not at all easy to categorise and is all the more powerful for that. Pulling on jazz traditions from the deep South through to today's European scene, hip hop and adding in a knowledge of modern classical back to Baroque, Mitchell creates music that doesn't allow the listener to sit back and relax into familiarity. more...
Russell Watson
There was an emotional welcome for Russell Watson last week at the New Theatre, Oxford, where he appeared as part of his comeback tour, just eight months after undergoing surgery to remove a second brain tumour. more...
Oxford Harmonic Society: Keble College
Temporarily displaced: as reported in last week's Oxford Times, the Sheldonian Theatre has closed until November, so Oxford Harmonic Society needed a new concert venue. Keble College Chapel was the brave choice. Brave? Keble's multi-coloured brickwork certainly looks glorious in evening sunlight, but indoors the chapel has a tricky, wallowing acoustic, which you might otherwise find only in a giant's bathroom. A couple of choir members confessed to me that morale had sunk low during the afternoon rehearsal. more...
Cunning Little Vixen: Longborough Opera
With its statues of Wagner, Verdi and Mozart on the roof, and its grand staircase in the foyer, you'd scarcely guess that Longborough Opera House was once a farm barn. But barn it was, with "the rough lick marks on the back of the green exit door the only evidence of its former use, and a testament to the diet of 90s cattle", as the programme puts it. So with that rural background, what more appropriate work could Longborough Festival Opera stage than Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen? more...
'Festival nothing if not eclectic'
The Henley Festival features a music opportunity for youngsters, as well as an array of exciting events, writes NICOLA LISLE After a spectacular 25th anniversary last year, this year's Henley Festival could have been an anti-climax. But artistic director Stewart Collins has plenty more tricks up his sleeve, from a starry line-up that includes Lesley Garrett, Alfie Boe, Hayley Westenra, the Gypsy Kings and the Proclaimers, to the usual variety of weird and wonderful entertainment that makes Henley Festival such a distinctive occasion. more...
Favourite 'son' returns
NICOLA LISLE talks to Oxford's most popular pianist, Jack Gibbons, as he heads to the Holywell for his 21st summer season Twenty years ago, a young Jack Gibbons played two Chopin concerts at the Holywell Music Room, which were so successful that he decided to repeat the event the following year. Now stretched to six weeks, Jack's concert series has become a popular annual fixture. more...
News
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Man cleared of rape
A JURY yesterday took less than an hour to clear an Oxford man of raping a 15-year-old girl. more...
Campaign vows to halt desecration of High
A CAMPAIGN to counter the "systematic vandalism" of Oxford High Street has been launched. more...
Flood barriers go on display
PEOPLE in a high flood risk area of Oxford will have the chance to check out new flood protection equipment tomorrow. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Non Leage
FOOTBALL: Styles set for Witney switch
Witney United are set to sign talented midfielder Andy Styles from FTL Futbol Hellenic League Premier Division rivals Bicester Town. more...
Offers
New World Summer Reds mixed case , £79
The New World Summer Reds mixed case costs £79 and includes three bottles each of Nostros Pinot Noir Reserva 2007, Chile; Rooiberg Pinotage 2005, South Africa; Terrazas Cabernet Sauvignon 2004, Argentina; and Grant Burge Barossa Vines Shiraz 2005, Australia. more...
On The Box
Disarming our violent society
Are you worried that knife crime is increasing in Britain? Many newspapers make you think that it has risen dramatically, but Channel 4 recently reported that murders in England and Wales involving knives have actually dropped from 243 in 1995 to 212 in 2005-6. This is obviously still too many, and other statistics show that victims and offenders are younger than they used to be - and many schoolchildren now carry knives, although most of them claim it is for self-defence. more...
Other News
Parents to get web access to school records
THOUSANDS of parents will soon be able to check if their children are at school thanks to a high-tech Big Mother-style computer system. more...
Dentistry shake-up 'a failure'
THE Government's controversial shake-up of dentistry which has led to 20,000 fewer Oxfordshire patients getting NHS treatment was branded a failure by MPs yesterday. more...
Advisors call for 'doubling of homes'
GOVERNMENT advisors have called for a near-doubling of the number of new homes to be built in the region. more...
Other Sport
ROWING: Wallingford trio eye Beijing
Three Wallingford members are among the 11 local rowers to have been named in the British Olympic team. more...
ROWING: Wallingford trio eye Beijing
Three Wallingford members are among the 11 local rowers to have been named in the British Olympic team. more...
ATHLETICS: Brilliant Banks cashes in!
Alchester's Angela Banks won the vet 45 category at Sunday's Thame 10K. more...
Oxford News
Fans cry foul over U's 1st game
A 460-mile, 12-hour round trip to watch Oxford United's first game of the season on a Friday night has left hundreds of fans resigned to watching on TV while others take a day off work to follow their heroes. more...
On-line eye on school pupils
Thousands of parents will soon be able to check if their children are at school thanks to a hi-tech 'Big Mother' computer system. more...
Traffic delays in Banbury following smash
There were traffic delays in Banbury this morning following a single-vehicle accident. more...
Concessions win MP's car tax vote
Oxford MP Andrew Smith last night voted with the Government on its planned car-tax hike for the most-polluting vehicles - despite speaking out against the scheme. more...
Thousand set for Moonlight Stroll
Nearly a thousand walkers will march their way to a bumper result for charity at the second Oxford Moonlight Stroll on Saturday night. more...
Woodcote is Oxon village of the year
Woodcote has won this year's Calor Oxfordshire Village of the Year - run by Oxfordshire Rural Community Council. more...
Burger worker charged
A restaurant worker has been charged with making up a knifepoint robbery. more...
School reunion to celebrate 50 years
While most pupils are gearing up for their summer holidays, one West Oxford school is planning a gigantic reunion. more...
Campaign to protect High Street
A campaign to counter the "systematic vandalism" of Oxford High Street has been launched by university colleges and businesses. more...
Gearing up for Cornbury
A peaceful country estate in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds will reverberate to the sound of live music this weekend, as it plays host to thousands of festival-goers. more...
Bus shelter delayed for five years
Residents in Marston, Oxford, have been told they will have to wait five years for a new bus shelter. more...
Your chance to choose road name
A former Lord Mayor, a headteacher and a champion of Pakistani immigrants are among candidates who may be immortalised on an Oxford estate. more...
MP hopes car tax hike is blocked
Oxford East MP Andrew Smith has warned that Labour MPs were prepared to block plans to hike car tax on polluting vehicles up to seven years old. more...
End of an era as barracks closes
Thousands of priceless artefacts charting Oxfordshire's military history have been packed up, with the closure of an Oxford barracks. more...
Wife attack conspiracy denied
An alleged attacker has denied being paid to "beat up" a woman on the orders of her ex-husband. more...
Long lost brother joins author in print
Best-selling novelist Ian McEwan's long lost brother, Oxfordshire brickie Dave Sharp, is finally having his book published - thanks to an article in the Oxford Mail. more...
Final preparations for carnival
Final preparations for Oxford's colourful Cowley Road Carnival are being made in readiness for Sunday's event. more...
Man tells of rape trial ordeal
A man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl has spoken of how he is looking forward to "getting on with his life" after being cleared of all charges. more...
Pasttimes
College history not short of controversy
As Magdalen College celebrates its 550th year, CHRIS KOENIG tells the story of its foundation Three bishops of Winchester founded colleges at Oxford. They probably had the funds as during the Middle Ages their home city was Europe's richest bishopric. This summer, the second oldest of the three Oxford colleges, Magdalen, will celebrate its 550th anniversary by placing in its grounds a permanent sculpture by Mark Wallinger - the artist who last year won the Turner Prize with State Britain, a recreation of Brian Haw's anti-Iraq War demonstration in Parliament Square. more...
Restaurant Reviews
The Corner Club
Leopardskin carpet in the meeting room, horsehair in the bar and Regency-style decor in the restaurant? That's what I call eclectic. more...
Carluccio's luxury picnic hamper
DAY IN THE COUNTRY: Sitting in the pouring rain eating our picnic didn't put us off in the slightest. I mean what did you expect? more...
Results And Fixtures
FIXTURES July 4
SATURDAY. more...
Rugby
Cavaliers back to full strength
RUGBY LEAGUE: Oxford Cavaliers expect to be at full strength as they aim for revenge against Redditch Ravens in their RL Conference South West & Midlands League clash at Marston Ferry Road on Saturday (2.30). more...
Share Prices
Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 67 BMW 23.53 Electrocomponents 140.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 129.5 Oxford Biomedica 20.5 Oxford Catalyst 162.5 Oxford Instruments 231.75 Reed Elsevier 572.25 RM 180.25 RPS Group 298.75 more...
Tennis
Gritty City hit back to draw
TENNIS: Oxford City and Oxford Sports fought out a thrilling 4.5-4.5 draw in Ladies Division 1 of the Wilson OLTA 3-Pair League. more...
Abingdon duo dig deep
TENNIS: Jackie Hummel and Joy Browning had to dig deep to see Abingdon A home against Mapledurham A in Ladies Division 2 of the Wilson OLTA 2-Pair League. more...
Theatre
Twice as nice
Those dulcet Scottish tones take me right back to the first time I saw The Proclaimers on Top Of The Pops, wearing tight black Levi jeans and singing I Would Walk 500 Miles, the crowd whipped up into a foot-stamping frenzy. more...
And Then There Were None: The Oxford Playhouse
And Then There Were None began life as an Agatha Christie thriller with an entirely different title. Delicately crafted, it was one of the most popular books she ever wrote and one of the most technically clever. A group of guests is invited to spend time in a fine house on a remote island - one by one they die. Murder 1930s-style is rampant. more...
Love's a Luxury: The Mill at Sonning
An evening of uproarious fun - that, in a nutshell, is what we have here. The Mill at Sonning is famed for its high-energy comedies but Love's a Luxury, by Guy Paxton and Edward V.Hoile, is one of their very best productions. Set in an affluent country cottage in 1953, it is a perfect piece for this venue. It is full of theatrical types having fun and dramas. Mill favourites Eric Carte and Royce Mills play Charles and Bobby, who have bolted to the country because Charles' wife has left him. She had heard that he let a young actress stay at his London bolt-hole, all perfectly innocent really, but she is the jealous type. When this pretty actress, Fritzy, played with great verve by Jennifer Bidall, arrives to apologise for landing Charles in trouble she has shown particularly bad timing - as the wife has been persuaded to come down for a reconciliation and will arrive any minute. There follows an extremely intricate and clever series of identity changes to keep the missus in the dark - including Royce Mills' transformation into a middle-aged housekeeper in an extraordinary frilly frock. more...
Out of the ashes of the old . . .
GILES WOODFORDE visits the site of the new £112.8m Royal Shakespeare Theatre auditorium emerging in Stratford It looks as if a bomb has hit it, or there has been a very major fire. Look upwards at the façade of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, and you can see straight through the top-floor windows to the open sky above. The day I visited, a black cloud hovered overhead, and the RST looked for all the world like a very gloomy set design for Elsinore Castle in Hamlet. more...
Voluntary Voice
Air ambulance marks 10,000th mission with call
The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance, which was established in 1999, reached the remarkable landmark of having flown its 10,000th mission in June. more...
Wallingford
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Wallingford News
New MP quits county cabinet
John Howell, the newly-elected Henley MP, has resigned from his position on Oxfordshire County Council's decision making cabinet - but will retain his role as county councillor for Dorchester and Berinsfield. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Fire in Wallingford
Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. more...
Wantage News
Death crash teen still in hospital
A teenager injured when a car collided with a group of pedestrians leaving one of them dead, remains in hospital today. more...
Wine
Meet the parents!
DEAR JESSICA: I'm going to spend a long weekend with my parents. What wine do you suggest I bring to get me through endless hours of game shows, programmes about the good old days' and crossword puzzles? more...
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