Children with severe mental health conditions are set to lose vital care after NHS managers revealed plans to close the Park Hospital in Oxford. Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust has admitted it is selling off the 30-bed unit and surrounding land in
Almost 50,000 parking tickets were dished out in Oxford in a year -- costing drivers at least £1m. Oxford is ranked 16th of 117 authorities Figures released yesterday show 48,534 parking tickets were issued in the city, with the most frequent offence
The county council is being asked not to scrap a cycle path which could make cycling to school much easier for some pupils. The Vale of White Horse District Council has told the county that it is "extremely disappointed" that the scheme between Wootton
Oxfordshire Senior League: Premier Division leaders Oxford University Press suffered a blip as second-placed Haddenham closed the gap at the top to three points with a 4-2 victory,. Danny Leggett cancelled out Dan Baylie's opener for Haddenham, only for
A husband swindled thousands of pounds from credit cards in his disabled wife's name so he could go on holiday without her. Edward Digby was yesterday (January 17) ailed for eight months after a judge was told he had taken the cash because he needed breaks
Former Witney Roadrunner Mathew Ashton returned from university to land an impressive victory in the senior men's event at the Oxfordshire Cross Country Championships at St Hugh's School, Carswell. Ashton, who was running in his club colours of Aldershot
A tractor driver told a court of the moment his tractor and a school bus collided, killing a 12-year-old boy. Tomas Ryan-Vig, from Barry Avenue, Bicester, died in the collision on the B4100 near Souldern, between Bicester and Banbury, in May 2004. Benjamin
Oxford's street warden scheme is displacing crime and antisocial behaviour into areas not covered by patrols, claims a city councillor. Sabir Hussain Mirza, who represents Cowley, said that vandals and drug dealers had moved to Horspath Road and other
An increasing number of robberies in Oxford has prompted a new police crackdown. Between April and December last year, there were 230 robberies in the city -- an increase of 17 on the previous year's total of 213. The eight per cent rise has prompted
Kennington & District United Church Choirs thank you for the publicity you gave to our five concerts of The Mikado in December at various venues in Oxfordshire. We had almost full audiences and at one, we ran out of seats. We raised a total of £5,256
Yachtsman Adrian Flanagan came close to quitting his round-the-world attempt after sailing into stormy seas which saw him thrown overboard battling 25-ft high waves. Mr Flanagan, 45, of Ludgershall, near Bicester, encountered problems off the coast of
As a medical translator who has worked for many years with German doctors opposed to animal experimentation, I felt compelled to join Saturday's rally against the new laboratory compound misguidedly planned by Oxford University. I was shocked by the unnecessarily
Wallingford's new town centre regeneration manager must be a full-time job, says the town council. Anything less would send out the wrong message about the council's commitment to reviving the town, said town and district councillor Nigel Moor. He said
An Oxford Mail paperboy's dream bike, which was stolen, has been found and returned -- partly thanks to our publicity. Tom Applin, 14, a daily delivery boy from Grove, near Wantage, kept all his wages and Christmas tips to buy a £300 multi-gear Silver
North Berks League: Ardington & Lockinge stretched their lead at the top of Division 1 to 11 points with a 5-2 victory against Drayton. Drayton took the lead on the stroke of half-time through Robbie McNeil before a three-goal burst in eight minutes
Pip Benfield bagged a hat-trick as Milton edged out Premier Division rivals Minster Lovell 5-4 in an epic encounter on Saturday. Benfield (2) and David Jeynes fired Milton into a 3-2 half-time lead, with Minster's two replies coming from Craig Sallis.
Our report today about the level of parking fines in Oxford makes staggering reading. A total of 48,000 drivers have been fined more than £1m in the past year -- the equivalent of 133 tickets a day. The chances of getting off are minimal, with few successfully
THE vast majority of Oxford residents taking part in a trial to receive television on their phones have given the product the thumbs-up. The city was selected by O2 and Arqiva Mobile for a pilot project because it has the highest number of 02 users in
Children's campaigners last night labelled a judge's decision to keep a paedophile's name secret as 'disgraceful'. Judge Bruce McIntyre gagged the Oxford Mail from naming a 23-year-old man he jailed for a sex attack on a 12-year-old girl after being told
An 'asbestos tsar' is to be employed by Oxford City Council to root out where the potentially deadly material lurks in thousands of council homes. Teams are trawling through every one of the council's 8,000 properties. The successful candidate for the
Tory-controlled Oxfordshire County Council has warned taxpayers that service cuts will bite "deeper and deeper" as they unveiled their so-called "no-cuts budget." Conservative councillor Don Seale, the man heading up County Hall's social and community
Chris Hackett says he is totally focused on life at Oxford United - despite being on the brink of a possible move to Hibernian. The U's winger has attracted interest from the Scottish Premier League outfit, who are keen to add young players with plenty
Given that Seumas Leahy (Oxford Mail, December 29) claims cycling helmets are all but useless, can he explain why the British Cycling Federation, the controlling authority for cycle sport in the country, require all competitors to wear a cycle helmet?
