A have-a-go hero saved a woman from a knife-wielding attacker after hearing her screaming for help. Damian Haywood not only came to the woman's aid but stopped the armed attacker from leaving until police arrived at the house in Greater Leys. Yesterday
Council tenants in Oxford can receive modifications to their homes for religious reasons. Oxford City Council has agreed to promote the fact that money is available for ethnic minority tenants for home adaptations - such as making sure they had gas
A pensioner who fri- ends joked was Oxford's oldest paperboy is recovering in hospital after a suspected hit and run. Ray Brown, known as Sailor, was initially in a critical condition in hospital after being discovered suffering head injuries lying
Talks are now under way between Oxford United and Oxford University over a partnership to buy the U's football stadium. When Nick Merry took over as chairman from Firoz Kassam last year, Mr Kassam retained ownership of the £13m stadium and rented it
Missing cat Jake is back in the arms of his Banbury owner - more than three years after he disappeared. Jake went missing in 2004, but was found 10 miles away and identified by the Petlog microchip system. A family found Jake in Brackley and took him
POLICE tonight appealed for help in trying to trace a missing girl from Carterton. Yvette Jane Thomas, 15, was last seen by her mother on March 2. She is believed to be in the Carterton, Witney or Abingdon areas and may be living with her boyfriend
A MAN has been charged with murdering two people who died in an Oxford house blaze. James Cox, 62, of Albion Close, Oxford, was this afternoon charged by police with murdering Howard Blake, 51, and Sian Sanchez, 36, both of no fixed abode. The charge
A man has been charged with murdering two people who died in a house blaze. James Cox, of Albion Close in Oxford, was this afternoon (Wednesday) charged by police with murdering Howard Blake, 51, and Sian Sanchez, 36, both of no fixed address. The
Weeks and weeks ago my coach and I decided it would be a good idea for me to start running 'long', that is, racing for distances longer than the 10k (six miles) I'll be competing in during the running third of a triathlon. It all seemed like a great idea
CELEBRITY chefs Ainsley Harriott and Brian Turner are supporting National Doughnut Week, which runs from May 5-12 and is in aid of The Children s Trust. During the event every doughnut sold through participating bakeries will benefit the Trust, a national
Gracie has had her first ride on a bike. With the good weather I decided it was time to embrace pedal-power. I bought her a seat and a helmet and off we went. Friends have shown shock at the thought of a 10-month-old on the back of a bike, but I don't
A pensioner remains in a critical condition after a suspected hit and run. The man in his 70s was injured crossing Marston Road in Oxford yesterday at about 2.10pm. Police are unsure how he received his injuries and today appealed to drivers who stopped
An Oxford man arrested during a series of raids targeting animal rights extremists has been released on police bail. The 50-year-old man, from a caravan site at Redbridge Hollow in Oxford, was arrested yesterday during a widespread police operation
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a racially aggravated assault on a taxi driver in Shippon, near Abingdon. He has been bailed until May 20. The incident happened in Long Tow, near to Dalton Barracks at about 11pm on Friday.
A MAN in his seventies found lying in the road in Oxford is still in a critical condition today in hospital. Officers were called to the scene in Marston Road at 2.10pm yesterday. They are unsure how the man came to be injured, but believe he may
Witney & District FA Ducklington moved to the top of the Premier Division with a 3-1 victory over Brize Norton on Saturday. Ian Peedell, Pete O'Reilly and Chris Palmer were on target, with Gary Anderson replying. Hailey kept alive their title hopes
Oxfordshire Senior League Oxford University Press dented Launton Sports' hopes of Premier Division runner-up spot in a 2-2 draw. It looked all over as Launton stormed into a 2-0 lead, only for OUP to snatch a share of the spoils. Lee Thomas fired
North Berks League Saxton Rovers' chase for the Division 1 title was delayed after their match at Wallingford Athletic was postponed due to an unfit pitch. Wallingford had switched it to another pitch, but that was not sanctioned by the League. Where
RT Harris Oxford City FA FC Shelley capped off their first season in style as they lifted the County Junior League Cup with a 5-1 crushing of Golden Ball Res at Rover FC. Tristan Laurence and Gavin Preston both bagged braces, with Wayne Desmond completing
Banbury District & Lord Jersey League Newly-promoted Slade United face an anxious wait after beating Adderbury 3-0 in their final Division 2 game of the season, with goals from Rob Alexander, James Allen and Paul Sweeney. Slade must now sit and wait
Oxford City's Danielle Anderson threw the javelin the longest distance of the year so far at under 15 level as her club got off to a fine start in Southern Women's League Division 2 at Woodford Green, London, on Saturday. Anderson produced an astonishing
Radley got their Southern Women's League Division 1 season off to a somewhat inauspicious start as they finished fourth out of five at Hemel Hempstead on Saturday. But there were plenty of positives, while their points total of 148 was satisfactory
Oxford Cheetahs have dropped experienced veteran Andy Smith in favour of young Czech star Lubos Tomicek. The 21-year-old youngster from Prague will make his re-appearance in Cheetahs colours on Friday against Eastbourne in the Elite League. Forty-year-old
Luton Tn Res 3, Oxford Utd Res 2 Big centre half Georges Santos, who has an outside chance of being involved in the play-off final should Oxford United get there, came through unscathed in his comeback game for the reserves yesterday. He played 65
Oxford United boss Jim Smith says his players need to grab their opportunity to play at Wembley because for many of them it represents a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The U's have two nail- biting semi-final legs against Exeter City to get through
Some people feel that the farcical end to the final in Barbados, one where Sri Lanka batted out the last few over’s in near total darkness, should never have been allowed to happen. Maybe, but surely it just gave this monster of a cricket world cup the
Some people feel that the farcical end to the final in Barbados, one where Sri Lanka batted out the last few over’s in near total darkness, should never have been allowed to happen. Maybe, but surely it just gave this monster of a cricket world cup the
Some people feel that the farcical end to the final in Barbados, one where Sri Lanka batted out the last few over’s in near total darkness, should never have been allowed to happen. Maybe, but surely it just gave this monster of a cricket world cup the
Simon Aries lifted The Oxford Times Cup for the fourth time as the curtain came down on the Oxford & District League season. Aries, who reeled off a hat-trick of wins in the competition from 2000-2002, captured the trophy again with an emphatic 500-
Cricketers (Temple Cowley) will be looking to win the Greene King Oxford & District League for the sixth successive year when a new season starts tonight. The George (Littlemore) are expected to pose the main threat to their supremacy, while the White
Witney lifted the Oxfordshire Veterans Cup after beating Bicester 23-12 at Chinnor. Mike Dunbar, Tim Walker and Martin Hobley ran in tries for Witney, while Francis Grant kicked eight points. Bicester rallied after the break with George Williams and
Chinnor will play in South West 1 next season, it has been confirmed. The Thame-based club finished bottom of National Division 3 South this year after winning South West 1 in 2005-6, but were not guaranteed to return there. Gloucestershire's Old
We spend an estimated £10,000 sealing off Magdalen Bridge in Oxford so that May Day revellers don't throw themselves off the parapet into the shallow River Cherwell. As soon as the barricades are lifted and police and security guards have left, three
Am I the only person in Britain who is sick of this Government needing to know every little thing about me and everyone else? There are 4.2 million CCTV cameras deployed around Britain. Goodness knows how many there are in Oxfordshire. Now there
Dave Needham was the toast of his Oxford Harlequins teammates after scooping the club's players' player-of-the-year award. The consistent hooker topped the poll on Saturday as Quins and Oxford held their first joint awards dinner. Centre Tom Johnson
PARAMEDICS were called to a collision between a car and a motorcycle on the B4011, Blackthorn, near Bicester, yesterday. An ambulance and a helicopter attended and two people were taken to hospital for treatment. The collision occurred at about 5pm
With reference to your article claiming that cyclists are endangering themselves by riding through red lights, I would point to research by Transport for London's road safety unit. According to The Times newspaper, it suggests that women cyclists
Frenzied fashion fans queued from early light outside the Oxford branch of Topshop yesterday for a chance to bag a supermodel's clothing range. About 40 customers gathered outside the Queen Street store from 6.15am, for the special unveiling of the
THOUSANDS of public sector workers across Oxfordshire walked out on strike yesterday in their latest action over compulsory redundancies and pay. Members of the public and commercial services union, including those working in the DVLA, Department for
Thousands of public sector workers across Oxfordshire walked out on strike yesterday in their latest action over compulsory redundancies and pay. Members of the public and commercial services union, including those working in the DVLA, Department of
The daughter of Goa murder victim Denise Higgins spoke yesterday about her big-hearted mother. Cheryl Spragg is preparing to leave her home in Upper Arncott, near Bicester, to fly to India with her brother Darren to meet police and make arrangements
A man was yesterday cleared of beating a window cleaner to death in a drunken row. A jury at Oxford Crown Court took less than four hours to find John Beckley, 42, not guilty of the murder of Roy Helm. The trial heard Mr Helm, 40, was found dead in
The last place Bicester demolition and reclamation expert Adam Burgess expected to strike gold was in a bag of old stones. But the former Bicester Community College pupil was sorting through a pile of old bricks from a building in Stow-on-the-Wold when
Six Oxford medical students are hoping to raise more than £1,000 for a cancer charity by canoeing the Caledonian Canal in Scotland. The six fifth-year students will canoe more than 60 miles from the Scottish east coast at Inverness to the west coast
MORE than 5,500 tickets for the home leg of Oxford United's play-off clash against Exeter City next Tuesday had already been snapped up last night. They went on sale on Monday to season ticket holders. It leaves about 5,500 tickets still available for
Motorists are being warned not to leave any valuables in their cars, following a sharp rise in thefts from vehicles. With the warmer weather, there has been a dramatic increase in car break-ins across west Oxfordshire - with vehicles left in isolated
People are becoming increasingly ingenious in their attempts to get on Oxford's notoriously difficult property ladder. But Mick McCarthy's plan is - without question - one of the best. The IT worker from Headington is currently one of the finalists
Oxford's Miss England winner Eleanor Glynn has won a starring role in a Bollywood movie. Miss Glynn, 21, from Sandford-on-Thames, said she was delighted to have won one of the lead roles in India Rocks. Filming is due to start in London later this
The Oxford Mail and the Blue Cross have joined forces in a bid to rehome pets who are being cared for at the animal charity's two centres in Oxfordshire. Each week we will be featuring pets which need a loving and safe environment. A photograph, brief
THE daughter of Goa murder victim Denise Higgins has spoken about her big-hearted mother. Cheryl Spragg is preparing to leave her home in Upper Arncott, near Bicester, to fly to India with her brother Darren to meet police and make arrangements for
Police found yet another cannabis 'factory' in Oxford yesterday. Officers raided a house in Druce Way, Blackbird Leys, shortly after 9am following a tip-off from neighbours. They found 244 mature plants. It is the 16th factory discovered in the city
The brother of a man who died from a fractured skull fears vital evidence was lost after a near-five year delay in holding an inquest. Police launched a murder probe when Peter Henderson, 58, was found dead in his flat in Rose Hill, Oxford, and three
The reasoning behind shutting Magdalen Bridge on May Morning has been called into question after it was reopened early and the operation cost nearly £10,000. A ring of steel protecting the bridge at each end was removed at 7am - two hours before it
A man was being treated for serious injuries in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital last night after being discovered lying in the road. Emergency services were called to Marston Road, near the junction with Headley Way, at about 2.10pm where they found
A 21-year-old man has been charged with four motoring offences following a collision in which an Eynsham woman received serious leg injuries requiring a hospital operation at the weekend. Adam Bell, 21, of Barton, Oxford, has been bailed to appear at
THE reasoning behind the operation to shut Magdalen Bridge on May Morning - which cost almost £10,000 - has been called into question after the bridge was reopened early. A cordon protecting the bridge at each end was removed at 7am - two hours before
A MAN was yesterday cleared of beating a window cleaner to death in a drunken row. A jury at Oxford Crown Court took less than four hours to find John Beckley, 42, not guilty of the murder of Roy Helm. The trial heard Mr Helm, 40, was found dead in
FRENZIED fashion fans queued from early light outside the Oxford branch of Topshop yesterdayfor a chance to bag a supermodel's clothing range. About 40 customers gathered outside the Queen Street store from 6.15am, for the special unveiling of the Kate
When your family is steeped in racing history, taking over the reins is never going to be an easy task - but the early indications are that Eve Johnson Houghton is on course to carry on a proud tradition. Eve took over as the trainer at the famous Woodway
Wallingford's perfect league form sees them finish as Oxfordshire's top team statistically for 2006-7 by some distance. But Bicester squeezed into second spot, pipping Henley Hawks by virtue of being Oxon's top cup side. Wallingford romped to the
MOUNTED police patrolled Bicester in a clampdown on drug-users and bag snatchers. The two horses - Clyde and Albert - were drafted in from Milton Keynes to provide a high-profile police presence in the town. They patrolled Sheep Street, the Market Square
THE man in charge of policing East Oxford has called for CCTV cameras to be installed along Cowley Road. Insp Jim O'Ryan said cameras would make the existing Nightsafe scheme much more effective and were essential to combat problems associated with
THE English Touring Opera will return to St Mary's Church, Banbury, on Thursday, May 17, to perform a one-hour recital as part of the LiveArts lunchtime series of concerts. Tickets for the concert, which starts at 1pm, are £5 and can be purchased from
A MAN accused of trying to rob a travel shop has appeared in court. Richard Sutton, 32, denied a charge of attempted robbery at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. Sutton is accused of trying to rob Co-op Travelcare in London Road, Headington, in February
SCORES of people living in an Oxford estate turned out to look at plans for its regeneration. Rose Hill Community Centre hosted a meeting to give residents their first glimpse at architectural drawings for the rebuilding of condemned council houses.
IT'S not often a teacher can leave a class of Year 10s speechless. But that's exactly what happened when Philippa Aldridge revealed she'd 'lost' one of her pupils. The science teacher from Benson had showed her class a picture of herself before she
A CANNABIS factory discovered by police in Oxford has been cleared of plants and equipment. No one was at the house, in Druce Way, Blackbird Leys, when officers raided the property shortly before 9am yesterday. A police spokesman said forensic teams
