A banned driver who hurtled along Oxford's ring road at speeds of up to 100mph was jailed for nine months yesterday, writes Phil Clee. Gary Peck, 32, a former national judo champion, drove his BMW through two red lights dodging rush-hour traffic while
Two pupils from Oxford High School have excelled in their respective fields. Gymnast Emily Tomkys, 13, from Waterperry, has become the British Schools' under-14s rhythmic gymnastics champion after a competition in Birmingham. Meanwhile, Katy Hope, 12,
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 2 Jon Talbot's 94 took Chalgrove to the brink of a five-wicket win over Bletchley 2nd, who made 155. Coming in with the score on 15-2, Talbot quickly took charge before becoming the fifth man out at 151. Earlier,
Witney retained the Dave Moorwood Trophy with an excellent team performance at Wantage. Claire Hughes's impressive individual freestyle win and contribution to three relay victories earned her the swimmer-of-the-match award, with Sophie Harris taking
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Challow & Childrey, ending a run of four successive defeats, were unlucky to have lost 12 overs to the weather as they fell five runs short of victory at Sandford St Martin. Brothers Will (5-35) and Dave
A virtual reality photography company has moved to larger premises because its business is booming. Panormania has moved from Kingston Bagpuize to a 2,100sqft office at Swinford Farm in Eynsham. Using some of the latest 360-degree imaging technology,
From: Lynn Irving, Urmston, Manchester I am writing in response to the OOMF celebrations in South Park last weekend. I have just finished final year at Oxford Brookes University and thought it was an excellent way in which to end my stay here. I was wondering
From: Elise Benjamin (Cllr) and Craig Simmons (Cllr), Oxfordshire County Green Group Congratulations to all those that made the OOMF! day such a spectacular success. It is hard to describe in words the fantastic transformation of South Park and the amazing
Creation Theatre Company return to Oxford this week. Thanks to a grant of 14,895 from the National Lottery, they are staging two productions this time - Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which will be staged nightly from July 4, and a new production
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Dinton's Scott Bowler lived up to his name to return the best 1st XI figures of the season with a marvellous 9-28 as Bicester & North Oxford 2nd were shot out for for 47. Bowler made god use of a lively wicket
Genetics company Oxford Biomedica has announced "significant advances" in its attempt to develop a treatment for Parkinson's disease. The company, based at Oxford Science Park, presented its latest results to the Forum for European Neurosciences 2000
A virtual reality photography company has moved to larger premises because its business is booming. Panormania has moved from Kingston Bagpuize to a 2,100sqft office at Swinford Farm in Eynsham. Using some of the latest 360-degree imaging technology,
A GROWING company has blamed lack of rural transport for its inability to recruit staff, writes David Duffy. The Metal Window Company, based in Shipton-under-Wychwood, near Burford, employs 18 staff and wants to take on more as business grows. But managing
Adverts are being put up around Oxford city centre to highlight the risks of cancer. One in three people will be struck by the disease at some stage in their lives, and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund has invested 1m on the new posters to help raise
The principal of an Oxford college has launched an appeal for her youngest student, who has been missing for 11 days, to get in touch. Child genius Sufiah Yusof, 15, pictured right, who is reading maths at St Hilda's College, has not been heard of since
Controversial plans for homes on the site of a former nursing home will go-ahead after an 11th-hour deal, writes Mark Templeton. A planning inquiry was due to be heard today into Oxfordshire County Council's plans to redevelop the Oseney Court home, Botley
Needy children in the county could be hit by cuts in social service budgets. There are currently about 300 children on the child protection register and a further 470 in childrens' homes in Oxfordshire. But Government cuts in the amount of money given
A town once famous for its blankets served up something completely different for a royal visitor. The Duke of Kent tasted the very latest and the most traditional of cookery during a trip to Witney yesterday. He was presented with a pack of Chicken Run
The principal of an Oxford college has launched an appeal for her youngest student, who has been missing for 11 days, to get in touch. Child genius Sufiah Yusof, 15, pictured right, who is reading maths at St Hilda's College, has not been heard of since
Pupils from state schools in Birmingham and Northampton were invited to take a close look at Christ Church - in the hope that they will apply to the Oxford college in future. More than 60 pupils from nine state schools visited the college yesterday and
Parents were set to launch an 11th-hour High Court battle today (July 4) to stop the shake-up of Oxford schools. Campaigners fighting plans to scrap the city's middle school system vowed to take the matter to judicial review if today's D-day meeting was
Evan Harris today demanded an apology from Chancellor Gordon Brown for his ill-judged "slander" of Magdalen College, Oxford, over the rejection of teenager Laura Spence. Mr Brown claimed it was an "absolute disgrace" that the Tyneside schoolgirl was refused
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 2 Bourton Vale and Banbury 2nd fought out a close draw in a rain-affected match. Bourton made 152-8 in 49 overs, led by Matt Walton (57) and Steven Stroud (31 no) as Andy Smith took 4-54. More rain restricted Banbury
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Leaders Shipton-under-Wychwood took full advantage of Thame's slip to stretch their lead at the top to 43 points with a crushing seven-wicket win over Leighton Buzzard. Paul Humphreys (3-17) and Shaun Miller
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Banbury Twenty moved up to second spot with a 113-run thrashing of Buckingham. John Wright (54) and Dave Mitchell (50) scored well for Twenty early on before Dave Clark (41 no) and Tim Pearce (30 no) shared an
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Ian Caunce hit a brilliant 103 as Oxford Downs drew with Great & Little Tew. Caunce's ton came off just 73 balls and included nine boundaries and eight sixes before he departed with the score on 130-2 after
JT\FOX Oxford Cheetahs went down 51-42 to Wolverhampton in the Elite League at a rain-soaked Monmore Green last night. It was 'one of those nights' for Cheetahs, who suffered six falls or retirements as the track conditions, very poor at the start of
The Wimbledon spectators, who have inspired Tim Henman to some of his greatest triumphs, let him down last night - just when he was on the verge of winning another five-set epic, writes Jon Murray. A woman in the packed Centre Court crowd screamed at
Plough Inn, Sutton Courtney hit their best form of the season when they entertained Premier side Shears in Section 1 of the Morrells ODDA. Richard Roberts and Kevin Jones gave Plough a 2-0 lead before Shears pulled one back through Kevin Wilkins. Plough
From: Ms K Martin, of St Peter's Road, Oxford Comments: Congratulations to the Oxford Mail and Times for sponsoring OOMF - it was brilliant! A genuinely exciting and inclusive event for all the people of Oxfordshire. The organizers and participants should
From: David Atwood, Banbury Road, Bicester Words fail me regarding OOMF! I had seen the advertisements and in fact had spoken to someone involved in the promotion of the festival. I knew that something was happening, but was a little unsure what. In the
Thomas Mapfumo, voted by the people of his native Zimbabwe the 'artistic, cultural and literary person of the century', comes to the Zodiac in Oxford's Cowley Road on July 7. He is performing with his long-standing 13-piece band, The Blacks Unlimited,
Internationally acclaimed musicians are coming together this week to take part in Oxford's first Chamber Music festival. The festival has been devised by the very talented Oxford violinist Priya Mitchell, who has assembled some of the finest names in
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Kingston Bagpuize were unable to stop Kimble marching on at the top. Bagpuize scored 120-8, Barry Collis top-scoring with an unbeaten 30 as Salem Fazal again excelled, taking 5-59 aided by Steve Cocking's 3-36
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Lowly Cumnor pulled off the shock of the day, thrashing second-placed Thame by 60 runs. Put in to bat, Cumnor made 177-6 with Malcolm Evans (42) and Graham Scott (40) leading the way as Steve Merry took 3-45.
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Oxford Nondescripts continued their revival with a 72-run win over Rover Cowley. Put in to bat, Nondies totalled 170-9, Morris making 52 and Reg Finch taking 4-36. Ed Butcher then took 5-40 in Rover's reply,
Rural communities in Oxfordshire claim they are becoming increasingly targeted by thieves from inner cities who see their villages as easy targets, writes Zahra Akkerhuys. As the national crime rate in rural communities continues to rise, criminologists
Owls and birds of prey are being encouraged to nest at Thames Water sites across Oxfordshire, thanks to Witney sewage works employer Pat Wixey. Mr Wixey is a member of the Hawk and Owl Trust and has picked the locations for a 5,000 project to put up about
A pioneering scheme aimed at preventing young people from being sucked into a downward spiral of crime was launched yesterday. The project, also being tested in Nottinghamshire and Lancashire, means that young offenders in court for the first time now
Evan Harris today demanded an apology from Chancellor Gordon Brown for his ill-judged "slander" of Magdalen College, Oxford, over the rejection of teenager Laura Spence, writes Bill Jacobs. Mr Brown claimed it was an "absolute disgrace" that the Tyneside
Parents were set to launch an 11th-hour High Court battle today to stop the shake-up of Oxford schools, writes Mark Templeton. Campaigners fighting plans to scrap the city's middle school system vowed to take the matter to judicial review if today's D-day
Devastated Tim Henman bowed out of Wimbledon last night feeling like a man who had been severely beaten up. Big-serving Australian Mark Philippoussis ended the Oxford star's hopes of a fifth successive quarter-final appearance with a barrage of 35 aces
