Abingdon recorded their third consecutive victory - and clean sheet - with a comfortable 2-0 win over Camberley at Culham Road in Ryman League Division 3. The visitors, who last week held champions-elect Croydon to a 1-1 draw, looked lively early on,
A paedophile with a history of escaping from mental health care was allowed out on day trips to Oxford from a secure unit without supervision. Trevor Holland, 57, has been on a number of unescorted trips into Oxford city centre as part of his treatment
Labour county councillors have failed to stop a £9m cuts package hitting social services across Oxfordshire. They spent six hours tabling a series of amendments to try to protect vital services to the vulnerable, including the elderly, children and the
Five members of the Oxford Mail advertising team queued to see the Queen Mother's coffin to pay their last respects. Bernadette Walsh, Derek Weir, Katrina Thornton, Joanna Fisher and Rachel Walsh-Grant joined the queue at the London Eye, on the South
Plans to rebuild a boat centre and develop a new restaurant on Nag's Head Island on the River Thames in Abingdon are being studied by planning officers. The application to the Vale of White Horse District Council, on behalf of boat centre owners Len and
stay away from wife A man who admitted harassing his wife has been ordered to stop contacting her and banned from Abingdon. David James, 41, who now lives in Cowley, Oxford, can only make contact through his wife's solicitors. Didcot magistrates also
Three couples in Cholsey who are celebrating their golden weddings will play key roles in the village's Golden Jubilee celebrations. One of the couples will take the part of a King and Queen, and the others will play their attendants during the celebrations
More than 17,000 homes in villages between Thame and Chinnor suffered a brief power cut yesterday after a safety switch tripped in a main sub-station over the border in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Supplies were reconnected in less than 10 minutes.
An Oxfordshire girl has been selected to play on the wing for the England Women's Under 18 team against Wales at Chester this Sunday. Sally Morris is a product of local rugby, having joined Oxford Rugby Club in 1994 and played through the club's mini
Lord Jersey FA round-up BCS Bardwell completed the double beating Steeple Aston 3-1 to win the Mid Oxon Cup - just a week after they beat the same opponents to lift the Jersey Cup. Steeple are well used to playing Bardwell, having met them in last season's
Chinnor are literally building towards the future as they attempt to take further steps up rugby's ladder. The Thame-based club are adding a £220,000 extension to the clubhouse to provide extra changing facilities, a gymnasium, and a new function room
Woodstock Harriers led home the Oxfordshire teams in the 45th running of the South of England 12-Stage Road Relays at Milton Keynes. The race attracted 58 teams and was run over alternating stages of 7,978m and 5,506m. Although the three Oxfordshire teams
Soldiers' families who feared a power cut would stop them seeing the Queen Mother's funeral on television were able to watch after all. The electricity supply to 150 Ministry of Defence homes at Ambrosden, near Bicester, was due to be turned off yesterday
Oxford Ladies overpowered Witney Angels 73-0, with a stunning performance. The last straw for Witney when they were reduced by injury to 13 players. Skipper Catherine Forteath gave everything to the cause, but the gulf between the two sides was too great
Oxford RFC under 12s enjoyed mixed luck on their tour to Cornwall. After a win over Wadebridge in the first game, they played in a four-team tournament in Launceston. The vigours of the weekend caught up with the boys, and they won only one game. Tour
A Didcot woman has admitted allowing premises to be used for the supply of crack cocaine. Cathie Ward, 23, of Kibble Close, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to allowing premises in Kibble Close to be used. The case was adjourned for pre-sentence reports
Didcot air cadets rolled out the red carpet at an open evening. Visitors, including the station commander at Vauxhall Barracks, Air Commodore Tim Howson, Didcot mayor Jeremy Goff and other councillors, were shown a range of activities involving 2410 Didcot
A 45-year-old woman from Drayton, near Abingdon, is awaiting sentence on four dishonesty offences. Lorraine Hill, of Whitehorns Way, was bailed after appearing at Oxford Crown Court for sentence on two offences of obtaining property by deception and two
Town councillors are reminding people to get their nominations in for this year's Bicester Good Citizen award. The award, which is in its second year, will be given to five people, of any age, whose work is a contribution to the community. Application
A tourism workshop is being staged in Wallingford. Wallingford Business Partnership has organised the event, at the George Hotel for 7.30pm next Thursday. Workshop leaders will be Ozanna Duffy, tourism officer at South Oxfordshire District Council and
Three couples in Cholsey who are celebrating their golden weddings will play key roles in the village's Golden Jubilee celebrations. One of the couples will take the part of a King and Queen, and the others will play their attendants during the celebrations
Didcot air cadets rolled out the red carpet at an open evening. Visitors, including the station commander at Vauxhall Barracks, Air Commodore Tim Howson, Didcot mayor Jeremy Goff and other councillors, were shown a range of activities involving 2410 Didcot
A milkman has again appeared before Oxford magistrates on firearm charges. Andrew Gomm, 21, of Moody Road, Marston, Oxford, appeared on Monday charged with possessing three revolvers without a licence, five counts of possessing pistols designed to shoot
Nearly 200 pairs of old spectacles, donated by Banbury residents, are on their way to help people in developing countries. The Banbury Cherwell and Banbury Rotary clubs have collected more than 2,000 pairs of glasses to help people in Africa and India
A green waste recycling scheme at a tip near Banbury is being extended because it is so successful. Recycling levels of garden rubbish at Alkerton tip have tripled since the scheme was introduced in October last year. The scheme will run until September
The sales success of the new Mini marches on, with American enthusiasts snapping up the car in their hundreds. The Cowley-built Cooper model went on sale across the Atlantic on Wednesday, March 22, and in nine days 787 models were bought from just 50
North Berks League round-up DRAYTON claimed a crucial 3-0 victory against relegation rivals Harwell International in Divsiion 1. Alan Burgess, Terry Alford and Stephen Munns were on target for Drayton. Warborough & Shillingford kept up their challenge
Lord Jersey FA round-up BCS Bardwell completed the double beating Steeple Aston 3-1 to win the Mid Oxon Cup - just a week after they beat the same opponents to lift the Jersey Cup. Steeple are well used to playing Bardwell, having met them in last season's
A single mother looking to juggle the demands of a family with running a business has turned to her own experience of home renovation for inspiration. Fiona Thomas, of Kidlington, could not do a nine-to-five job, but after upgrading her own home, she
Oxford University spin-off company Novarc will develop a revolutionary system to make car production tools with automotive specialist Airflow Streamlines. The system, sprayforming, is used in the preliminary stages of body panel production. Tools produced
deals worth £2m Directors at a pioneering computer printer firm are celebrating after landing £2m worth of contracts with top companies. Chalgrove-based Blazepoint, which specialises in providing rugged printers capable of withstanding extreme conditions
The sales success of the new Mini marches on, with American enthusiasts snapping up the car in their hundreds. The Cowley-built Cooper model went on sale across the Atlantic on Wednesday, March 22, and in nine days 787 models were bought from just 50
Plans to demolish the village store in Freeland, together with three flats above it, and replace it with a smaller shop and nine flats have been rejected. The shop, which used to include a post office, closed more than a year ago. Residents set up the
Plans to rebuild a boat centre and develop a new restaurant on Nag's Head Island on the River Thames in Abingdon are being studied by planning officers. The application to the Vale of White Horse District Council, on behalf of boat centre owners Len and
The sales success of the new Mini marches on, with American enthusiasts snapping up the car in their hundreds. The Cowley-built Cooper model went on sale across the Atlantic on Wednesday, March 22, and in nine days 787 models were bought from just 50
A support centre for families in Banbury is to close. The Banbury Family Centre in The Fairway will shut in July because of financial cutbacks by The Children's Society. The society has supported the centre for 17 years, providing financial support totalling
stay away from wife A man who admitted harassing his wife has been ordered to stop contacting her and banned from Abingdon. David James, 41, who now lives in Cowley, Oxford, can only make contact through his wife's solicitors. Didcot magistrates also
Two students from Oxford, who spent a week trapped in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, have returned home, unharmed. Zaki El-Salahi, from Meadow Lane, Donnington, and Dan Glazebrook, from Marlborough Road, Grandpont, were among a group of student volunteers
Witney & District FA round-up BRIZE Norton secured a hat-trick of Premier Division titles with a 2-0 victory over Stonesfield, writes JOHN SMYTH. Brize knew that victory over the bottom-placed side would be good enough if nearest rivals Enstone failed
DAVID Lloyd Leisure has announced plans to build an £8m leisure and tennis centre in Oxford. Plans were submitted to the city council yesterday by Whitbread, which owns the famous David Lloyd leisure chain -- founded by the former British tennis player
Abingdon recorded their third consecutive victory - and clean sheet - with a comfortable 2-0 win over Camberley at Culham Road in Ryman League Division 3. The visitors, who last week held champions-elect Croydon to a 1-1 draw, looked lively early on,
A referee abandoned a Sunday cup tie after spectators invaded the pitch following a disputed free kick. Trouble flared five minutes from the end of the Roebuck v Jamii clash in the third round of the Morrells Oxford Sunday League's Jack Sadler Cup, with
The Flying Scotsman will pull the Orient Express into Oxford on Sunday to launch a series of literary tours. The steam train will arrive at noon, from London Victoria, with about 100 passengers. The tour party will be taken to Christ Church, in St Aldate's
Volunteers in Oxfordshire are being invited to join £300,000 trials into a vaccine that could combat HIV. Scientists are searching for about 40 healthy people willing to join the 12-month programme, which is at the third stage of tests into an injection
A fingerprint machine, which can tell in minutes whether a person is wanted in connection with a crime anywhere in Britain, has been installed at St Aldate's police station, in Oxford. The Livescan machine, one of three in the Thames Valley, has a database
A 45-year-old woman from Drayton, near Abingdon, is awaiting sentence on four dishonesty offences. Lorraine Hill, of Whitehorns Way, was bailed after appearing at Oxford Crown Court for sentence on two offences of obtaining property by deception and two
Villagers have expressed relief at a council's refusal to allow the demolition of an attractive part-timbered cottage. The building, known as Fant Cottage, in Garford, near Abingdon, was reprieved by Vale of White Horse District Council. It refused outline
A man who fled the conflicts in the former state of Yugoslavia, and married an Oxfordshire woman may be forced back to his homeland. The Home Office said life for Blerim Kerkuti and his wife, Nadia, would not be disrupted if he returns to Albania. But
Wallingford Museum has re-opened with a special display to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Wallingford at the Time of the Coronation details events which took place in the town in 1952 and 1953. Museum spokeswoman Ruth Pidgeon said she hoped visitors
A tourism workshop is being staged in Wallingford. Wallingford Business Partnership has organised the event, at the George Hotel for 7.30pm next Thursday. Workshop leaders will be Ozanna Duffy, tourism officer at South Oxfordshire District Council and
North Berks League round-up DRAYTON claimed a crucial 3-0 victory against relegation rivals Harwell International in Divsiion 1. Alan Burgess, Terry Alford and Stephen Munns were on target for Drayton. Warborough & Shillingford kept up their challenge
Chinnor may hold a mid-table position in South West Division 1, but it's still just possible for them to go down. With the likelihood of three teams from National League South being relegated to South West 1, either four or five sides will be relegated
RT Harris Oxford City FA round-up A penalty from goalkeeper Ian Simonson was enough to clinch the Doug Hobbs Cup for Gladiators as they beat North Oxford Res 1-0. Kevin McGuire was the hero as his late goal clinched Oxford Community Church's place in
Town councillors are reminding people to get their nominations in for this year's Bicester Good Citizen award. The award, which is in its second year, will be given to five people, of any age, whose work is a contribution to the community. Application
Oxfordshire Senior League round-up Wayne Blossom hit a fantastic five-timer as Highfield Old Boys walloped Eynsham 7-2 to open up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier Division. Blossom had a field day as he gave the Eynsham defenders a torrid time
Witney & District FA round-up BRIZE Norton secured a hat-trick of Premier Division titles with a 2-0 victory over Stonesfield, writes JOHN SMYTH. Brize knew that victory over the bottom-placed side would be good enough if nearest rivals Enstone failed
Rover Oxford hosted their tenth and largest ever annual youth festival, sponsored by Manpower over the weekend, with 52 teams from all over the UK taking part. Rover Oxford U16s' Jessica Donaldson, right On Friday at Oxford Brookes, 80 youngsters from
Bicester Under 12s recorded two wins in their Easter trip to the Blackpool Rugby Classic played at Fylde RFC. Results: Bicester 19 (tries G Evans, A Helsdon, D Horwood; con T Miles, W Cooper), Preston Grasshoppers 0; Bicester 14 (O Pridmor, I Robinson
Bicester Foxes Under 8s were runners-up in the Banbury Mini Festival's A tournament, losing 20-15 in the final to Silhillians A. Bicester Hounds won the B tournament with a victory over the host club in the final. Results Under 12: Bicester 0, Hinckley
A man who splashed a passer-by with water from a puddle is nearly £500 out of pocket after the prank took a violent turn. Andrew Smith, 28, was walking with friends when he splashed Nicholas Tappin in Wantage Road, Didcot. Town magistrates heard this
A teenager who halted a train at Didcot by pretending to be a police officer has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Roy Willis, 19, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, told the driver of an Oxford to Paddington train on December
Oxfordshire Victim Support urgently needs volunteers to help victims of crime, to support people in court or to be community visitors. For more details call 01865 751511 or 01865 751512.
Tinnitus sufferers in Oxfordshire will be able to use an improved helpline for support and advice. The Royal National Institute for the Deaf has increased the line's hours of operation, which are now 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. One in 10 adults suffer from
A concert in memory of the late Beatle George Harrison raised more than £800 for the children's ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. The money was handed over by organisers to the Ward 4's play supervisor Christine Turner by Sandy Spurrett and
Soldiers' families who feared a power cut would stop them seeing the Queen Mother's funeral on television were able to watch after all. The electricity supply to 150 Ministry of Defence homes at Ambrosden, near Bicester, was due to be turned off yesterday
A man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a lorry driver was killed when his vehicle overturned on the northbound carriageway of the M40, near Banbury. The lorry jack-knifed and toppled on to its side, before crashing
A support centre for families in Banbury is to close. The Banbury Family Centre in The Fairway will shut in July because of financial cutbacks by The Children's Society. The society has supported the centre for 17 years, providing financial support totalling
RT Harris Oxford City FA round-up A penalty from goalkeeper Ian Simonson was enough to clinch the Doug Hobbs Cup for Gladiators as they beat North Oxford Res 1-0. Kevin McGuire was the hero as his late goal clinched Oxford Community Church's place in
Oxfordshire Senior League round-up Wayne Blossom hit a fantastic five-timer as Highfield Old Boys walloped Eynsham 7-2 to open up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier Division. Blossom had a field day as he gave the Eynsham defenders a torrid time
An open-top bus company has launched a major recruitment drive after predicting a return to a thriving tourist season. Guide Friday, which operates guided tours in Oxford city centre, is taking on more drivers, ticket sellers and staff at its tourism
The Flying Scotsman will pull the Orient Express into Oxford on Sunday to launch a series of literary tours. The steam train will arrive at noon, from London Victoria, with about 100 passengers. The tour party will be taken to Christ Church, in St Aldate's
Nearly 200 pairs of old spectacles, donated by Banbury residents, are on their way to help people in developing countries. The Banbury Cherwell and Banbury Rotary clubs have collected more than 2,000 pairs of glasses to help people in Africa and India
The battle for votes in the referendum on Oxford's elected Mayor has started. On Thursday, May 2, more than 102,700 people will have the chance to vote in the referendum. Campaigners insisted yesterday at the launch of the referendum campaign that it
A man is recovering after being stabbed in the leg by teenage robbers in Oxford yesterday. The 36-year-old had a kitchen knife plunged through his thigh when he became involved in an argument with two youths near garages in Field Avenue, Blackbird Leys
Volunteers in Oxfordshire are being invited to join £300,000 trials into a vaccine that could combat HIV. Scientists are searching for about 40 healthy people willing to join the 12-month programme, which is at the third stage of tests into an injection
Morris Minor enthusiasts from across the UK are set to make a pilgrimage to the car's Oxford home. Between 50 and 60 Minors, including saloons, estates, vans and convertibles, are expected to congregate outside the Longwall Travel Inn and Beefeater Restaurant
London marathon runners from Oxford are being offered the chance to travel to the capital for free in time for the start of the big race on Sunday. Stagecoach drivers are being instructed to allow runners who produce an official registration certificate
A conservation team from Oxford is taking part in a venture which aims to stop poor people in Africa eating "bushmeat". Project leaders say people living in west and central Africa will continue to kill and eat monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees, reptiles
The Flying Scotsman will pull the Orient Express into Oxford on Sunday to launch a series of literary tours. The steam train will arrive at noon, from London Victoria, with about 100 passengers. The tour party will be taken to Christ Church, in St Aldate's
A man who fled the conflicts in the former state of Yugoslavia, and married an Oxfordshire woman may be forced back to his homeland. The Home Office said life for Blerim Kerkuti and his wife, Nadia, would not be disrupted if he returns to Albania. But
The sales success of the new Mini marches on, with American enthusiasts snapping up the car in their hundreds. The Cowley-built Cooper model went on sale across the Atlantic on Wednesday, March 22, and in nine days 787 models were bought from just 50
A fingerprint machine, which can tell in minutes whether a person is wanted in connection with a crime anywhere in Britain, has been installed at St Aldate's police station, in Oxford. The Livescan machine, one of three in the Thames Valley, has a database
A three-tonne magnet has arrived at Oxford's Churchill Hospital to form the main part of a new £1m hi-tech scanner. Contractors had to bring in a mobile crane and knock a hole through a wall to position the device in the new magnetic resonance imaging
Thame United showed the gap in class between Ryman Division 1 and the Hellenic Premier football, with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Carterton Town in the semi-final of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup at Court Place Farm last night. The holders were determined
Chinnor are literally building towards the future as they attempt to take further steps up rugby's ladder. The Thame-based club are adding a £220,000 extension to the clubhouse to provide extra changing facilities, a gymnasium, and a new function room
Chinnor may hold a mid-table position in South West Division 1, but it's still just possible for them to go down. With the likelihood of three teams from National League South being relegated to South West 1, either four or five sides will be relegated
Thame United showed the gap in class between Ryman Division 1 and the Hellenic Premier football, with a comfortable victory over Carterton Town in the semi-final of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup at Court Place Farm last night. The holders were determined
Wallingford Museum has re-opened with a special display to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Wallingford at the Time of the Coronation details events which took place in the town in 1952 and 1953. Museum spokeswoman Ruth Pidgeon said she hoped visitors
Oxfordshire Victim Support urgently needs volunteers to help victims of crime, to support people in court or to be community visitors. For more details call 01865 751511 or 01865 751512.
Tinnitus sufferers in Oxfordshire will be able to use an improved helpline for support and advice. The Royal National Institute for the Deaf has increased the line's hours of operation, which are now 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. One in 10 adults suffer from
