Primary school children will be getting safety lessons in the run-up to Halloween and Bonfire Night. Banbury street warden Joanne Hayes will be visiting schools to warn pupils of the dangers of trick or treating and setting off fireworks. She said: "The
Graham Rix could be two games away from losing his Oxford United job. That's the message from chairman Firoz Kassam, who revealed exclusively to the Oxford Mail last night that he is "seriously considering" his next step after seeing the U's slide down
Stephen Adams, who was left fighting for life after a quad bike accident in Greece, could be home "within days" say his delighted parents. Stephen, 23, has been in intensive care at the Kat Hospital in Athens for more than three weeks. His insurance company
SIR -- I was appalled to read that Grayline Coaches had left young children in outlying villages to fend for themselves (Oxford Mail, October 16). I dread to think what could have happened to them. You read terrible accounts. It's all right saying we
A team of runners hope to have raised £3,500 after completing the Abingdon Marathon to raise money to help realise the last wish of a young sailor who died of cancer. The day before he died in February last year Daniel Newton, 20, made his father David
Leading Oxford academic Dr Bryan Wilson, who was one of the world's top sociologists of religion, has died, aged 78. Dr Wilson, the former Reader of Sociology at Oxford University, and a member of All Souls, set new standards in his published works for
There is no question that urgent action is needed to ease congestion on the A40 west of Oxford. Traffic holdups are bad now for much of the day -- and are bound to get worse. But we cannot say that we are optimistic that Oxfordshire County Council's immediate
Robbie Wright gave the Berinsfield gym a winning start to the new campaign with a comprehensive points victory over more experienced Cambridgeshire rival Richard Sadler at Bedford. The 16 year-old Oxfordshire light welterweight proved slicker and quicker
The boys from Hadden Hill, Didcot were crowned English Junior Champion Club after a nail-biting final afternoon at the National Golf Centre in Woodhall Spa. With the best two scores from three to count in each round, Hadden Hill, representing Berks, Bucks
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League: Rose Hill fought back from a goal behind to notch their third straight victory in the Premier Division as they crushed AFC Rileys 6-1. The defending champions were shocked when Rileys took the lead midway through the
The Oxfordshire drew level with Frilford Heath at the top of the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League following a 2-1 win at Hadden Hill. However, Frilford remain favourites for the Section 1 title - with a game in hand - after their match away
Diggers were starting construction work on phase two of the new Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre today Staff will join trust managers and PFI consortium partners, Albion, to mark the start of building works to complete the final phase of the £35m redevelopment
A police officer broke down in the witness box as she described the moments before the patrol car she was travelling in knocked over an Oxford Brookes University student. Pc Argent calls for help at the scene Pc Claire Argent was the passenger in a police
MP Boris Johnson was labelled a "self-centred, pompous twit" during his controversial visit to Liverpool yesterday. The Tory MP for Henley was in the city to apologise for comments made in The Spectator magazine, which he edits, about murdered British
Police have reassured residents that they are doing everything in their power to track a killer who stabbed a man outside a block of Oxford flats. No-one has been arrested in connection with October 18's stabbing in Whitehouse Road, off Abingdon Road,
Graham Rix could be two games away from losing his Oxford United job. That's the message from chairman Firoz Kassam, who revealed exclusively to the Oxford Mail last night that he is "seriously considering" his next step after seeing the U's slide down
SIR -- Local residents and users of East Oxford Community Centre have been campaigning for a year to prevent the rebuilding of the centre and the destruction of our much-loved cherry tree. We were told by Caroline Bull, Oxford City Council's chief executive
BMW has bought nearly 200 robots in the past three months to work at its Cowley factory where the Mini is assembled. The robots are made by German multinational Kuka which has a British subsidiary in Halesowen, West Midlands. A spokesman for Kuka said
Hundreds of postal workers are being recruited in Oxford in the build-up to the Christmas rush. Royal Mail bosses say they want an additional 335 temporary staff to sort letters and parcels at the Oxford Mail Centre in Cowley. This is in addition to the
Oxford writer and don Tim Binyon, who last year won Britain's premier award for non-fiction, has died at his Oxfordshire home aged 68. Dr Binyon took the Samuel Johnson Prize, for his biography of the Russian poet Pushkin. It described how Pushkin's killer
A Festival of Light is being organised to lure youngsters away from the 'dark unhealthy' side of Halloween. Churches Together in Wallingford hopes to discourage young people from trick-or-treating. Town councillor Simon Harrop said Yobwatch patrols would
A hat-trick from Derek Flint was not enough as Oxford City Stars lost 7-5 to Eastern Stars in a challenge match at Oxpens Road. Eastern Stars, who paraded a number of highly-experienced Canadian and American players, took the lead on seven minutes when
A campaign is underway to get safety improvements on a road where schoolboy Tomas Ryan Vig died. Parents, teachers and councillors met at Blessed George Napier School in Banbury to call for action. Tomas, 13, died when his school bus was in collision
Autotype UTV League: Keeper Steve Bayliss slotted a last-minute penalty as leaders Abbott Medisense held Saxton Rovers to a 2-2 draw in Division 1. Paul Hogg and Andy Shaw scored for Saxton, with Medisense's other goal coming from Craig Hillier. East
BBC current affairs programme Question Time, presented by David Dimbleby, is being screened from Oxford next week. The show is broadcast on BBC1, on Thursday at 10.30pm, from a secret location. Anyone interested in taking part should log on to www.bbc.co.uk
It is impossible to defend what The Spectator said about the horrific murder of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley and the Hillsborough football stadium disaster. Most people agree it was naive and insensitive and regurgitated old prejudices about Liverpool once
Staff and parents have vowed to fight to keep Didcot's Park Pre-School open. Leaders of the children's group found out they could lose their building in Queensway, when they read about South Oxfordshire District Council's strategic property review in
A police officer broke down in the witness box as she described the moments before the patrol car she was travelling in knocked over an Oxford Brookes University student. Pc Claire Argent was the passenger in a police car which hit 22-year-old Emily Higson
A former judge who endured a sentence of hard labour at the hands of Russian secret police and his wife, who survived deportation from Poland, are celebrating 70 years of marriage. Kazimierz, 96, and Janina Michalski, 93, who live in north Oxford, were
Newport County 6, North Leigh 2: Hellenic League North Leigh's memorable run ended in last night's third qualifying round replay - but not before they had given Newport a fright. Mark Gee's men, who drew 0-0 on Saturday, took the lead against the Southern
SIR -- It has been interesting to see the letters from your readers about our relaunch at BBC Oxford 95.2FM. We welcome all the feedback we have received since the relaunch. It is not surprising that after so much change, some listeners feel unsettled
