A takeaway manager believes a motorist deliberately crashed a car into his restaurant. Witnesses described seeing the silver Mazda reverse through a parking bay, up a kerb and into the glass front of the Nawabi takeaway, right, in Girdlestone Road,
THE latest postal strike could see letters and parcels not delivered until next Friday, union leaders have warned. Just a handful of staff went into work today, the second day of national strike action, with pickets out in force at the depot in Cowley
Campers at an illegal site dubbed Tent City were forced to pack their bags yesterday (Friday) as council staff and police arrived to evict them. The number of tents alongside the River Thames towpath at Osney, Oxford, had grown to 15, prompting residents
South Oxfordshire MP Boris Johnson has decided to run for Mayor of London, a newspaper claimed yesterday (Friday). Publicly, Mr Johnson has maintained all week he is still considering his options. But The Daily Telegraph, which publishes a regular column
A family has been left homeless after their eight-year-old son set fire to his bedroom with a stolen cigarette lighter. Robert Lee and his partner Lisa Noble had to flee with their other three children after Aiden set his first floor bedroom ablaze.
Hijackers attacked a lorry driver before kidnapping him him and stealing more than 20 tonnes of brandy from the back of his truck. The Polish trucker screamed for help from fellow lorry drivers after a gang of men attacked him inside his cab while he
A series of races is being held at Oxford Greyhound Stadium tonight (Saturday) in memory of Nathan Matthews. The 11-year-old died following an incident during a school swimming lesson at Thame Leisure Centre in July 2004. Three races will take place
Sentencing of a rapist was put off yesterday (Friday) after he sacked his lawyers. Imran Khan, of Abingdon Road, Oxford, was due to be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court after he was convicted of a rape in Witney last year. Judge Anthony King adjourned
The latest postal strike could see letters and parcels not delivered until Friday, union leaders have warned. Just a handful of staff went into work yesterday (Friday), the second day of national strike action, with pickets out in force at the depot
The Crown Prosecution Service has been given 42 days to apply to quash the acquittal of a man cleared of murdering a drug addict 11 years ago. Rickie Sanjuliano, 29, was cleared by a jury of stabbing to death Steven Burton in a house in Cowley Road,
A takeaway manager believes a motorist deliberately crashed a car into his curryhouse. Witnesses described seeing the silver Mazda reverse through a parking bay, up a kerb and into the glass front of the Nawabi takeaway, right, in Girdlestone Road,
A grieving father has admitted he is still haunted by the image of the pond in which his 20-month-old son drowned. And, as the first anniversary of the tragedy approaches, Adrian Black is keen to warn others about the dangers of garden water features
Police are continuing to investigate an attack which left a man with severe facial injuries. A 23-year-old man suffered cuts to his face and neck when hit with broken glass, in Laburnum Grove, Didcot, on Friday, June 1. A 28-year-old man arrested
A new business school built in tribute to a University dean opened last night (Friday). About 100 people turned up to view the new £2.5m Simon Williams Undergraduate Centre at Oxford Brookes University campus in Wheatley. Mr Williams died after walking
Burglars stole £50,000 of riding equipment after breaking into an equestrian centre. Police are appealing for witnesses after the break-ins at four tack sheds at the centre in Heathfield, near Bletchingdon, overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.
A country road was last night sealed off after a walker found what he thought were human remains. The remains were found in a field off the A329 between Milton Common and Thame in the early afternoon, but last night it remained unclear if they were
Tent City, the cluster of riverside tents in Oxford, may have attracted a few sympathisers and supporters, but it clearly could not be allowed to remain. The campers were illegally occupying land, some were guilty of aggressive and antisocial behaviour
In response to Sue O'Brien (Oxford Mail, July 9), there is a fund for UK flood victims organised by the radio station Hallam FM at www.hallamfm.co.uk/floodsupport NEIL EARL, Kelly's Road, Wheatley
There's only one solution to the rat in Boots - and that's puss in Boots. But will the Lib Dems be willing to fund it? MARY CLARKSON (Councillor), Labour, Marston ward, Oxford City Council
Leona Thompson suffered every woman's nightmare after giving birth at the John Radcliffe Hospital. A wrong name tag was put on her baby Caitlin's ankle while she was being treated. Thankfully, the error was spotted and quickly rectified. But the episode
While Dona Velluti raises pertinent points about the Government's attempt to undermine Royal Mail (Oxford Mail, July 3), I would question her advice to lobby Oxford East MP Andrew Smith "for an urgent review of the damaging impact of liberalisation".
Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust is in the news again for refusing to provide an elderly man with a drug to prevent him going blind (Oxford Mail, June 27). Who is going to pick up the tab for the cost of caring for him once he is blind? Presumably this
Alan Page betrays shallow thinking in writing "that it matters little to an animal whether it is killed for sport or food" (Oxford Mail, June 27). There is no comparison between the suffering experienced by a fox hounded for miles until exhausted and
THE distinctive car that achieved worldwide fame in the Pink Panther TV cartoons is up for sale in West Oxfordshire this weekend. It is top of the billing at the third annual auction run by Coys, dealers in historic and expensive cars and memorabilia
BURGLARS stole £50,000 of riding equipment after breaking into an equestrian centre. Police are appealing for witnesses after the break-ins at four tack sheds at the centre in Heathfield, near Bletchingdon, overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Oxford & Cherwell Valley College have become one of the first colleges in England to be awarded the FA Charter Standard. The award programme supports Further Education colleges and Sixth Form colleges who are committed to using football to deliver sport
Ben Knowles hit a maiden century and Charlie Milner took a hat-trick as Magdalen College School's under 11 cricketers won all three of their completed Devon tour matches. Knowles hit a blistering 102 for the Oxford school against Exeter Cathedral School
A car has crashed in to an Indian restaurant in Headington, Oxford and sped off today, police said. Witnesses said a silver Mazda 323 smashed into the restaurant in Girdlestone Road at about 4.20pm. A police spokesman said the car was seen driving off
A donkey derby, comedy car, belly dancers and Irish dancing are all part of a colourful lineup at this year's Witney Carnival. Today's event promises to attract one of the biggest crowds ever. And while organisers can't control the sun, they have
Efforts to cut housing waiting lists mean that empty council homes in Oxford will no longer get a major facelift before they are re-let. The aim is to move in new tenants within a month. A pilot scheme has slashed three months off the time each home
Burglars stole £50,000 of riding equipment after breaking into an equestrian centre. Police are appealing for witnesses after the break-ins at four tack sheds at the centre in Heathfield, near Bletchingdon, overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.
A man who was once told by a judge his Oxford cannabis factory was as antisocial as growing tomato plants has been given a suspended sentence for dealing drugs. Phillip Pledge, 39, was found guilty of possession of cannabis with intent to supply in
Local share prices at the close of the London Stock Exchange on Friday, July 13: AEA Technology 116 BMW 3317 Electrocomponents 261.5 Isoft Group 54.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 145.5 Oxford Biomedica 42 Oxford Instruments 281.75 Reed Elsevier
POLICE, the fire service and local authorities are pledging to work together to prevent unoccupied buildings falling victim to arsonists and vandals. The new Unsecured Void Buildings Initiative has been devised by Thames Valley Police and is a partnership
Banbury United boss Kieran Sullivan could sign midfielder Jonathan Crockett and Darren Beckett deals - if they impress in tomorrow's pre-season friendly against Coventry Sphinx at Spencer Stadium. Crockett, is at Long Buckby, while former Woodford
A schoolboy who underwent a life-saving bowel transplant operation got the chance to lunch with Princes William and Harry at a rehearsal for the recent Concert for Diana. Ten-year-old Luke Biggs, from Alexander Close, Abingdon, was invited to meet the
Powerful artwork created by victims of domestic violence will be auctioned at Oxford Town Hall next week. The pieces, produced by women sheltering in refuges, were produced during workshops run by artist Clair Aldington. The workshops help women explore
One of the Faces of Oxford is missing and there's a reward for its safe return. Throughout the year artist Francesca Shakespeare has been conducting wooden spoon workshops as part of the Oxford Inspires programme for 2007. Her aim was to have 1,000
More than 40 incidents of racist graffiti were targeted by police in Bicester during their latest clean-up campaign. Slogans were scrawled over fences, walls, litter bins, lamp posts and youth shelters in the Southwold and Bure Park estates with a permanent
Young people are spending their spare time and holidays packing up clothes to be sent out to an Aids hospice in Zambia. Children from a youth club at Dalton Barracks, in Abingdon, are working voluntarily to make sure everything is ready for shipping
A new circular walk through Oxford's Green Belt has been launched to draw city-dwellers into the country. The 50-mile Green Belt Way creates a rural circuit around the city, offering a range of views of the famous dreaming spires. It was the brainchild
THE Crown Prosecution Service has been given 40 days to apply to quash the acquittal of a man cleared of murdering a drug addict in Oxford 11 years ago. Rickie Sanjuliano, 29, was cleared by a jury of stabbing to death Steven Burton in a house in Cowley
The Crown Prosecution Service has been given 40 days to apply to quash the acquittal of a man cleared of murdering a drug addict 11 years ago. Rickie Sanjuliano, 29, was cleared by a jury of stabbing to death Steven Burton in a house in Cowley Road,
More than 20 tonnes of brandy was stolen in a lorry hijack. A Polish lorry driver parked on the A34 near Chilton on Wednesday to get some sleep. At 1am three men broke into the cabin and the driver was bundled into the back of a car where he was attacked
James Martin founded the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University in 2005. His 2006 book, "The Meaning of the 21st Century", has some stunning information about Government subsidies, paid by taxpayers to various suitable and unsuitable groups
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a lorry loaded with brandy was hijacked on the A34 in Oxfordshire. A Polish lorry driver, who parked in a layby on the A34 near to Chilton to get some rest was woken at about 1am yesterday by three men.
So the search continues for our November play. On Tuesday our resident bard presented a sample of his adaptation of a television play from many years ago. He has worked for many moons on the script and has been trying to obtain permission from the relevant
CITY council staff and police officers gathered to dismantle "Tent City" in Oxford today. There has been an encampment of a few tents alongside the River Thames towpath on private land near Osney for about three years. But in recent months, the number
City council staff and police officers gathered to dismantle "Tent City" in Oxford this morning. There has been an encampment of a few tents alongside the Thames towpath on private land at Osney for about three years. But in recent months, the number
The Last Mughal William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury, £25) Nobody escaped retribution after the Indian Mutiny, and this included the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty, who was exiled to Burma. Bahadur Shah II is the catalyst for Dalrymple's cultural masterpiece
Members of ice hockey team Oxford City Stars have welcomed news of a rescue package, which has secured the immediate future of Oxford Ice Rink. Oxford City Council is set to invest £185,000 on the ice rink and £173,250 on Temple Cowley Pools, which
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Colston fielded a pairing in Mixed Division 2 of the 2-Pair League that would be a match for any couple in the county. Mother and son Liz and Simon Bamber, both very accomplished players, turned out in the match with Watlington and led their side to
Tie-breaks saved North Oxford A from a potential shock defeat against their B side in Mixed Division 1 of the 3-Pair League. Although the A side ran out 7-2 winners, there were only 30 games separating the teams throughout the afternoon. Julie Wood
Jen Goldsack, of Wallingford, had a memorable Henley Royal Regatta, gaining a super silver medal in the Princess Royal Cup for women's sculls. Until a couple of withdrawals, Goldsack, weighing in at just 9st. 4lb, looked likely to have to qualify.
After many years of trying, Didcot Phoenix Cycling Club finally managed to lift the Ben Owen Memorial Trophy. The competition is an invitation team event for five riders, with the first four scores to count. Teams come from as far as Swindon, Newbury
SATURDAY CRICKET SOMMERS HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Farnham Royal v Burnham, High Wycombe v Henley, Oxford v Finchampstead. Div 2 West: Beaconsfield v Aston Rowant, Thame Tn v Basingstoke, Wokingham v Kidlington. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL
A TECHNICAL error meant that the quick clues for this week's crossword in The Oxford Times were omitted. They are: Across 1 Pacify (7) 5 Unfortunate (7) 9 Easy to talk to (7) 10 Of a customary kind (7) 11 Take up (5) 12 Considerably
Banbury will be out for revenge when they travel to Farnham Royal in Division 1 tomorrow. This weekend sees the reverse of the opening day fixtures, when Banbury slumped to a 152-run defeat to Farnham at White Post Road. Captain Benji Hector said:
AN ELDERLY woman was restrained as two thieves searched her house. The 83-year-old woman sitting in her back garden in Goosey, near Stanford in the Vale, when the two men came into her home at 11.30am on Wednesday. One of them held the woman in her
Banbury stayed on course to lift the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup for the fourth successive year with a 20-run victory over Kidlington in their quarter-final at Stratfield Brake last night. The county's Twenty20 kings made 155 with good contributions
TWO men stole a large amount of cash after tricking their way into an elderly couple's home yesterday. The two thieves called at the couple's house in Heyford Road, Middleton Stoney, at 10am claiming to be from the water board. One of the men kept
Newly-promoted Hook Norton have been handed a tough test when they travel to Hungerford Town on the opening day of their Premier Division campaign which kicks off on Saturday, August 11. North Leigh host Oxfordshire rivals Milton United, while in the
North Leigh chairman Pete King has slammed Hellenic League champions Slimbridge after the Oxfordshire side's hopes of replacing them in the Southern League were dashed. Their 11th-hour bid to gain promotion was rejected, after Hellenic League general
Oxford Cheetahs will have to be on top form if they are to progress in the Knockout Cup at Plymouth tonight. They go into the match on the back of a narrow 45-44 victory at Sandy Lane last Sunday in the first leg. Normally, Jordan Frampton would be
JON Snow, Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and Channel 4 news presenter, is due to officially open the university's new business school building tonight. It is called the Simon Williams Undergraduate Centre, in memory of Simon Williams, pictured
STAFF at Greenmere Primary School, Didcot, are stepping up their patrols after a man was seen with a knife. Police were called at 12.45pm on Wednesday, after a seven-year-old girl saw a man with a knife in the cemetery by the school playing field.
ROYAL Mail managers have urged people to delay sending letters until Monday, after postal workers launched another day of strike action at 7pm last night. The call came after the Communication Workers Union warned that the expected backlog of up
A MAN suffered a broken arm in an accident at Oxford Hill, Witney, yesterday. A police spokesman said the man walked into the road and was hit at about 7.30am by a trailer being towed by a car as he tried to catch an Oxford-bound bus. Commuters
BICESTER'S £70m town centre redevelopment got the go-ahead last night, despite calls for the decision to be deferred. The two-hour debate saw councillors clash with their officers over the scheme's design - with one member describing it as brutal.
IT WAS only supposed to be a mini-excavation to give children a taste of archaeology - but a dig at Wheatley Park School yesterday uncovered far more than they had bargained for. Pupils George Walker, Callum Smith and Michael Bignell admitted they were
WHEN Gordon Daley saw the terrible effects drug dealing was having on his neighbourhood, he decided he could not just turn a blind eye. His friends and neighbours - one as old as 93 - were becoming prisoners in their own homes because they were increasingly
JIM Smith has moved to solve Oxford United's left-sided problem by offering deals to three triallists. Former Darlington left back Alex Jeannin, ex-Southend and Gravesend left winger Joel Ledgister and former Moor Green left-sided midfielder Phil Trainer
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Dave Taylor wants Kidlington to prove they are the best team in Division 2 West when they visit Wokingham tomorrow. Kidlington's captain says his players are relishing the top-of-the-table battle as they bid to
Sir - When we consider publicly commemorating the deaths of individuals who died in the 16th century, we would do well to consider how they were looked at by the establishment in that century, before we (in effect) condemn our own establishment of the
Sir - I would like to point out that many of the public do not realise that much of the bulk mail they receive from banks, utility companies, councils and the like which are usually emblazoned with the name of private courier companies is in fact being
Sir - Thirty years ago I spent a year with a religious community in Marston Street, now a theological college. This month for the first time since the 1970s I walked around Oxford city centre and the Cowley Road area. In the city I could not find
A CARE assistant is swapping the wards of an Oxford mental health hospital for the mountains of South America. Katie Jeffs, of Peachcroft, Abingdon, is raising more that £2,650 for the Mental Health Foundation by taking part in a five-day trek across
Sir - The recent floods in the Midlands and the North of England may, or may not, be due to climate change. But extreme weather events, such as floods, are predicted to become more frequent as global warming takes hold. The city and county councils
Sir - Re: (Jail for man who watered plants in cannabis factory, June 29 ) the result is now an addition to our crowded prisons and enforced deportation back to persecution, if not worse, all at huge cost to the taxpayer - I guess over £50,000. Such
Sir - I can well understand why Jim Couchman, Conservative county council cabinet member for social care, thinks I have asked him the wrong question (People are waiting too long' to get care places, July 6). My question forced him to reveal that 53
A BID to put a mobile phone mast next to a play area in Oxford has been thrown out by a planning inspector. T-Mobile applied to put up the 32ft mast near the junction of Dene Road and Hollow Way, in Cowley, and appealed against Oxford City Council's
Sir - On June 23 my family attended a friend's 60th birthday celebration held at Thame Barn Community Centre. We parked our car along with some other guests at the edge of a field which opens out from the centre's car park and which, we learned later
LORD Mayor of Oxford John Tanner will join members of the Oxfordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England today to launch the Oxford Green Belt Way at Shotover Park. The 50-mile circular walk has been created to celebrate the Green Belt's
Sir - In case anybody thinks I am exaggerating when I say that it is quicker to go to London than to cross Oxford by public transport - today I set off from Canterbury Road in North Oxford at 1930 to get to Headington. I got the first bus down the
Sir - Over recent decades residents of Clanfield and other local villages have walked and ridden the public paths in peace. The fact that some rights of way were wrongly designated as footpaths in the 60s did not seem a problem; farmers knew the locals
FAMILIES have the chance to discover 'Jurassic Oxford' at a fossil day at Rock Edge Local Nature Reserve, tomorrow, from 10am. The nature reserve is near the junction of Old Road and Windmill Road in Headington. The event is free.
WILLIAM Stone, Oxfordshire's only surviving World War One veteran, was "overwhelmed" by a private audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Mr Stone, 106, was with Henry Allingham, 111, on Tuesday when they met Her Majesty at a garden party following
KEY changes to schools admissions policy will mean hundreds of Oxfordshire youngsters will be entitled to start full-time education earlier. All reception-aged pupils will be offered full-time education under an admissions policy likely to be agreed
A MEN'S barbershop group from Bedfordshire are set to travel to Didcot to meet their namesake - a steam train. Shannon Express, a men's barbershop harmony chorus from Potton, will visit Didcot Railway centre for a fun day on Sunday. The group will
IT was on a small road that runs out of the town of Ballinrobe, in Co Mayo, far out in the west of Ireland, that Volkswagen's versatile Touran gave up the technological ghost. The DVD satellite navigation system, which had guided us unerringly for
COMPUTER expert Martin Gibson is riding 8,000 miles to Mongolia on a 125cc motorcycle to raise funds for a children's charity. Mr Gibson, 23, and friend James Symes, 29, are setting off later this month with 200 teams as part of the Mongol Rally.
A BOEING transport jet suffered a scrape as it was landing at RAF Brize Norton airbase in west Oxfordshire. The civil airline plane, on lease to the Ministry of Defence, was returning with 136 passengers, including military troops, and 12 crew on board
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to transform Bicester's mothballed airbase into a major tourist attraction have uncovered more details about the site's past. Voluntary organisation Bomber Command Heritage (BCH) says the former RAF base is Bicester's hidden treasure
A RESCUE package looks to have secured the immediate futures of Oxford Ice Rink and Temple Cowley Pools. Although both crumbling leisure facilities are expected to be demolished within a few years' time, Oxford City Council is set to invest £360,000
A NEW CCTV system will go live at a Wood Farm tower block next month in a bid to combat antisocial and criminal behaviour. The Foresters Tower pilot scheme, installed by Oxford City Council at a cost of £32,000, will run until September and include
The Palace of Westminster was buzzing. The long wait had finally ended earlier in the day when Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister. While most MPs were happy to gossip about who was on their way up and on the way out of the Cabinet, an
Sir - Thames Valley Police Superintendent Trotman has raised difficulties (Report, July 6) over investigating crimes of treason and sedition, alleged by Albert Burgess, by those who took us into the EEC/EU in the early 1970s. He cites the passage
ASK anyone what the major talking point of the moment is, and they are bound to tell you it is the weather. We have got rather used to wall-to-wall sunshine in our global-warmed summers. We are told that this summer is still likely to be warmer than
IT IS a relief to hear that work is under way to renovate the former Opium Den restaurant and neighbouring buildings in Worcester Street - in particular because the occupants of the refurbished properties are likely to be restaurants. Nearby residents
WELCOME news of a machine being used this week at the entrance to nightclubs which takes just seconds to discover if people have been using drugs. It was tried in Oxford at the weekend and found five out of 150 people tested had traces of drugs on them
It takes a special kind of courage these days to step in and shop criminals. Pensioner Gordon Daley decided he just couldn't stand by and watch his Oxford neighbourhood being destroyed by drug dealers and addicts. His neighbours in Salter Close, Grandpont
FORD'S S-MAX European Car of the Year 2007 has been named winner in the large MPV category at the British Insurance Car Security Awards. Ford's new Galaxy was runner-up. Backed by Thatcham, the Department for Transport, UK Insurers and supported by
AUDI customers can now create a more 'tailor-made' TT using a range of new options. The Audi exclusive line specification brings new interior colour schemes to the TT Coupé and Roadster models. Options include two-tone Fine Nappa Leather upholstery
Volvo's new V70 and XC70 models arrive in the UK in September, with first customer deliveries the following month. Prices for the V70 range start from £26,495, and the XC70 line-up will run from £31,035. Volvo dealerships now have all prices and full
Peugeot's innovative RT4 multimedia system, which builds in colour satnav, a hands-free mobile phone, tri-tuner radio with a 30gb hard drive that allows up to 180 hours of music to be downloaded and stored in MP3 format, becomes available as an option
ONE of the small-car market's big players, Renault, makes a major bid for more British business this autumn with the launch of the new Twingo. The car has been around since the early 1990s, and more than 2.4 million of them have been sold worldwide
Sir - One early evening last week I was briskly walking along a quiet, partially wooded path in Blenheim Park - as I frequently do - when I was shocked by a sudden heavy thud just five feet in front of me. On the ground lay a rather young and very dead
Sir - I refer to Reg Little's article (July 6), about new settlements proposed along 800 acres of the A34 corridor north of the city. This affected council met Chris Pack last Tuesday to discuss these planning issues We also sent our clerk, Carl Smith
Sir - My grandson was half-way out of the womb when an emergency occurred. The midwife knew urgent hospital attention was needed, fortunately just two miles away. From Banbury, the journey would have been substantially more fraught with anxiety, pain
Volkswagen's revised Phaeton luxury saloon arrives in the UK in September, and the upgrades include updated interior and exterior styling, as well as the addition of a new 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine. This new 230bhp unit has a 0 to 62mph time
When pensioner Gordon Daley saw the terrible effects drug dealing was having on his neighbourhood, he decided he couldn't just turn a blind eye. His friends and neighbours - one as old as 93 - were becoming prisoners in their own homes because they were
For those of you who would like to try something a little different, this case includes four wines made from lesser-known varieties. Discover a deliciously different world of wine. The Beyond the Classics mixed case costs £78 and contains three bottles
Last week I referred to an Italian grape variety that I'd never heard of before - drupeggio. I confess that it wasn't until today that I finally got round to looking it up in The Oxford Companion to Wine. I now know that drupeggio is the Orvieto synonym
It was only supposed to be a mini-excavation to give children a taste of archaeology - but a dig at Wheatley Park School on Thursday uncovered far more than they had bargained for. Pupils George Walker, Callum Smith and Michael Bignell admitted they
Every four-year-old in Oxfordshire could soon be starting school full-time if plans to change admissions rules are approved. All reception-age pupils will be offered full-time education if councillors agree the changes at a cabinet meeting next Tuesday
Restaurateur Max Mason has a lot on his plate - after breaking his leg on a Greek island he is struggling to get fit to launch a new business in Bristol. Mr Mason, 31, who runs the Big Bang restaurant in Walton Street, Oxford, has been hobbling around
