Police have released a picture of a woman they want to trace in connection with the theft of £200 worth of spirits and groceries. The woman, believed to be in her early 20s, was caught on CCTV before dashing from the Co-op store in Eynsham High Street
A woman believed to have been murdered, dumped in a suitcase then burned in a field near Oxford, could take weeks to identify, police said tonight. Officers are scouring missing person reports around the country to discover the identity of the woman
People across Oxfordshire can again expect disruption to their post after Royal Mail workers walked out in an unofficial strike today, just days after a national strike. Union representatives claim more than 150 people at Cowley Royal Mail sorting office
Boris Johnson claimed his decision to run for London Mayor could lead to him spending more time in Oxfordshire. The Henley MP, confirming he would seek the Conservative nomination for next year's mayoral race, insisted he could serve his constituents
One of the world's most endangered crocodiles laid dozens of eggs at the Cotswold Wildlife Park today, to the delight of her keepers. Morticia, a Morelet's crocodile, a species listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Worried parents are campaigning for better security to protect children after a man with a knife was spotted outside a Didcot school. A group of parents gathered with banners at Greenmere Primary School, in Mereland Road, today. They want a solid
Campaigners who want to stop Radley Lakes, near Abingdon, being used as a dump for fuel ash from Didcot Power Station have failed in their latest bid. Members of the Save Radley Lakes campaign, including their water vole mascot, picketed County Hall
A disabled man has lost the latest round in a legal battle to save his council home, which stands in the way of the planned redevelopment of Oxford's Westgate Shopping Centre. Vincent McKeown, 52, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and can only communicate
THE Bicycology collective cycled into Oxford yesterday for what's turning out to be a right summer of cycling - at last. Several months of dawn-till-dusk rain were beginning to put even me off cycling, but that all changed when the Tour de France brought
Summer may be a washout this year but an Oxford hearing expert is still warning people to look after their ears during the warmer months. Richard Moss, of the Oxford Hearing Centre, in Eynsham Road, Botley, said there were four main concerns during
Residents closed their North Oxford street so they could create their own traffic-calming measures. Artist Ted Dewan, 46, lives in Beech Croft Road, Summertown, and he has been leading efforts to cut traffic speeds for the past five years. Some of
Football no longer seems to be in control of its own destiny. Increasingly, it is the TV companies which are calling the tune. You will play on this day, to fit in with our schedules. The managers, players and fans don't matter any more.
Small, independent traders have been disappearing for years, and no doubt the trend will continue. But it is still disappointing to hear that the vibrant Cowley Road in Oxford is now suffering similar problems. The Government and local authorities pledge
David Harvey, West Oxfordshire District Council's cabinet member for the environment, makes an extraordinary claim, More want to recycle (Oxford Mail, July 7). He states that more than 3,000 households in the district are now using a kerbside garden
Congratulations on your report on the overcrowding and unreliability faced by Oxford's rail commuters (Oxford Mail, July 11). As a car-free household - neither my wife nor I drive - my family relies on public transport, and especially the railways.
Terrentius Andersohn and his sinister bloom, Giant flower kicks up a stink (Oxford Mail, July 5), make a good picture. However, it is, in fact, the Dragon Arum or 'Dracunculus vulgaris' and comes from the Mediterranean. Often seen wild in the hills
I refer to Brian Duffy's letter about working class Tories (Oxford Mail, July 9). I am working class and do not claim to be anything else, but I do vote Tory nationally. I certainly do not lick the boots of either the middle or the upper class, nor
How on earth can council officers approve the destruction of the historic, former public house, the Coach & Horses in St Clement's, Oxford? Is this not a listed building? This is a historic coaching inn at the approaches to Oxford and is listed in Hunt
FOOTBALLERS who have played at Peers Sports Centre for nearly 20 years have attacked plans to close the facility. Mike Collins and 11 pals have played on Wednesday nights at the centre's sports hall for nearly two decades. They fear they may have
I tried to pack so much into Friday night that it passed me by in a bit of a blur. First stop was the village green at Warborough, where Poet Laureate Andrew Motion was giving a reading at the Warborough Festival. He battled manfully with a seriously
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A Cowley play area has been locked up indefinitely after vandals ripped up safety mats under the play equipment. Oxford City Council's parks department padlocked the playground in Kersington Crescent after the attack last week. Because it has no budget
A scheme to improve sports facilities at a West Oxfordshire school will cost up to £1.8m. Burford School is looking for financial help with the scheme, which has now been approved by local planners. The new multi-use sports facility includes two floodlit
About 16 cars a day are taken off the road because the drivers do not have insurance. Police are clamping down because they fear motorists who drive without insurance are more likely to crash. Since April, police have seized about 1,600 cars in Thames
Drinkers at the 10th annual Charlbury beer festival on Saturday raised £8,000 for local charities - and drank the bar dry! The organisers laid on a selection of 36 real ales for more than 1,000 visitors. Rob Stepney, of the organising committee, said
Weeds are taking over a communal garden in Jericho - because Oxford City Council failed to realise no-one was looking after the patch. For years the gardens at Venables Close were kept in good order by a green-fingered council tenant. But when he
The Blades, one of Britain's hottest formation aerobatics display teams, is the latest attraction added to the bill at this weekend's Fly To the Past Festival at Blenheim Palace. Last-minute preparations are under way for the spectacular 12-hour flight
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. A man called at a house in Deanfield Avenue, Henley, at about 6.30pm on Saturday and told the elderly resident he needed to
POLICE are continuing to investigate a report of an attempted rape in Cowley Road, Oxford. The 42-year-old woman told officers she fought off an attacker who tried to rape her as she was walking near the junction with Magdalen Road at about 5am yesterday
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. The helpline, which is a dedicated hotline' for the police to call when they stop a vehicle on the suspicion of no insurance, was introduced
POLICE are trying to trace the owner of child's bicycle which was recovered in Iffley Road, Oxford. The bicycle is a blue Raleigh Raptor 20 and is in very good condition. PC Steve Martin, of Oxford police, said: "We do not know if the bike is stolen
THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury 2nd 227-7 (E Phillips 99, C Board 62), Buckingham Town 230-2 (J Khan 80, R Large 75, D Harris 47). Banbury Twenty 207-6 (J Wright 95, R Hastings 41no, D Gaunt 3-19), Cumnor 157 (J Douglas 47, K
Police investigating the murder of a woman whose charred remains were found in a field are chasing up ten leads. The woman, who has not been identified, was found on farmland at Milton Common, near Thame, on Friday afternoon. Officers believe she
POLICE investigating the murder of a woman whose burned body was found in a field near Milton Common said this afternoon that they had received a number of calls about the discovery. Officers said it would be 'several weeks' before the cause of death
WESTON-ON-THE-GREEN driver Graham Fennymore gave a masterclass in race winning at Brands Hatch proving to all his Avon Tyres Caterham Superlight Challenge rivals that it will take an extraordinary effort to stop him retaining his championship crown.
I' m not sure I should have shared all the most intimate details of my life with you over the past years, but never having been one to cry over spilt milk, I'm not about to start sobbing now. But I have come to realise what a small town this is in terms
I f it wasn't for Doctor Who, Oxfordshire scriptwriter and novelist Paul Cornell reckons that he would be unmarried, jobless and penniless. Paul, 39, has a string of high-profile television writing credits to his name including Robin Hood, Casualty
The identity of a woman murdered then dumped in a field in a suitcase and set on fire has not yet been established. Questions also remain about how she died after a post mortem yesterday proved inconclusive. The remains of the woman, thought to be
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BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. Writing in London's Evening Standard, the Henley MP said the opportunity of leading the nation's capital was "too wonderful to miss". Mr Johnson's decision comes just ahead
Grace Thomas, five, chef Wayne Miller, Isabella Allen, four, and Phoebe Thomas, eight, tuck into some potatoes
Chef Antonio Carluccio with national cooking competition winner Alice Holroy gives a pasta cooking demonstration
ROAD repairs are due to take place on Oxford Road, Kidlington, on Wednesday from 7pm until 11pm. The patching work will be carried out between the junctions of Yarnton Road and Sterling Road Approach. Stop/go boards may be used to control traffic.
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. The victim, a 19-year-old man, was waiting for friends on the Berkshire side of the River Thames, close to the Bar Barn and grandstand, when he was approached
BANBURY defeated hosts Farnham Royal by two wickets in a dramatic one-day style run chase. Spinner Luke Ryan claimed 7-88 as Farnham were dismissed for a creditable 283, Ollie Clayson hitting 135. Banbury's reply got off to a great start as Chris
POLICE cordoned off a bus stop in St Aldate's yesterday after a package was left on the pavement. Officers were called at about 6pm after the red box was spotted outside the post office. A mobile phone had been left on top. Two police officers directed
The Osberton Radiators Cup has again been beset with problems. Freeland 2nd have been expelled from this seasons competition for breaching the new rule aimed at safeguarding the second XI competition when they played three members of their Saturday
Hatti Dean broke the British steeplechase record for the third time in four weeks at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Sheffield yesterday. The former Radley athlete, who now runs for Hallamshire Harriers, Dean became the first British runner
A cracking maximum from Lee Smethills and Andrew Bargh kept Oxford Cheetahs' fine home run going in a 49-44 thriller against Weymouth Wildcats at Sandy Lane last night. Going into the final heat just one point ahead and with the Wildcats' Jay Herne
THOUSANDS of people gathered in Oxford on Saturday to celebrate gay and lesbian culture at the city's fifth annual Pride event. Gay, lesbian and straight folk were out in force to celebrate and enjoy the event at Oxpens Meadow. Live music from acts
THOUSANDS of people went home from the Children's Food Festival loaded with new ideas on healthy eating and knowledge of meals munched in foreign countries. The event, organised by the Northmoor Trust in conjunction with the School Food Trust, invited
VINCENT McKeown's fight to save his Oxford home from demolition as part of the Westgate redevelopment is to be heard in London's High Court today. Mr McKeown is standing firm in the face of a threat of eviction by Oxford City Council from his home
PEOPLE at an allotment site have been left heartbroken after arsonists torched their sheds. The fires at the Elder Stubbs allotments in Rymers Lane, Cowley, Oxford, were started at about 4.30am on Saturday and forced a neighbouring block of flats to
EMERGENCY crews rescued one person from a burning flat in Sutton Courtenay after a cooker caught on fire. Firefighters were called at about 3am on Saturday, following reports of smoke pouring from a ground-floor flat. Fire engines from Didcot and
SOMMERS HOME COUNTIES LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION Division 1 Falkland 211 (63.2 ovs, R Morris 54, L McCarthy 6-46), Reading 212-6 (S Cook 76, D Barnes 52). Falkland 7pts, Reading 25. Farnham Royal 283 (64.3 ovs, O Clayson 135, J Khan 51, L Ryan 7-88
OXFORD United defender Barry Quinn says striker David Nugent can take the Premiership by storm. And Dublin-born Quinn, 28, who was capped four times by Ireland, is well qualified to speak about Portsmouth's new £6m signing, having faced the pacy frontman
Gus Shrimpton (5-32) bowled with gusto and experienced seamer Julian Easterbrook (4-65) with guile as Cumnor 2nd dismissed Chearsley for 103. Earlier, Andy Kelly had hit a gutsy 71 and Jeremy Good 40 in the home side's 240-6, which came despite Nick
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West An unbeaten century from Manoj Parmar saw Thame Town ease to a draw at home to Basingstoke & North Hants. Parmar hit 105 in Thame's 216-7, but they never looked like chasing down their second victory
Remember the Green Goddesses? They were the old Civil Defence fire engines, which were brought out of storage to provide cover - crewed by military personnel - when fire crews went on strike. Hazel White, of Hamble Drive, Abingdon, was reminded of them
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Division 1 Banbury defeated hosts Farnham Royal by two wickets in a dramatic one-day style run chase. Spinner Luke Ryan claimed a magnificent 7-88 as Farnham were dismissed for a creditable 283, Ollie Clayson hitting
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Division 1 A 98-run partnership between Shami Mendis and John Williams helped Oxford to a three-wicket victory at home to Finchampstead. But much of the damage had been done by opening bowler Jack Brooks, who took
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West Simon Bird shone with bat and ball as Aston Rowant completed their second successive victory with a five-wicket win at Beaconsfield. Bird took 5-54 in Beaconsfield's 166 all out before seeing Rowant
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West Kidlington went top for the first time this season after a 68-run victory at previous leaders Wokingham. Aussie paceman Josh Lalor (5-31) was the hero, claiming 4-9 in a post-tea blitz when Kidlington
CANDIDATES have been interviewed to replace Father Michael Wright, who is retiring as vicar at St Barnabas Church in Jericho. An announcement regarding the new vicar is expected to be made by the Oxford Diocese in the next few weeks.
A 21st anniversary is always a good reason to celebrate. And when New Marston Junior School, in Copse Lane, Oxford, reached that milestone in 1970, there was lots of enthusiasm. Mrs AW Elsdon, a past secretary of the school, cut a special birthday
COSTUMED actors will give visitors a look at life below stairs at Blenheim Palace this summer. The first session of Servants and Stories takes place on July 28. Spokesman Hannah Payne said visitors would be fascinated by the intriguing tales of
MAYOR Betty Atkins reinforced the town's urgent need for a new post office when she presented a 2,000 name petition to MP Ed Vaizey. The post office in St Martin's Street is set to close at the end of this month because Martins, in which it is located
BOXERS, sailors and worshippers are among those set to benefit from a £630,000 cash injection for community groups. South Oxfordshire District Council has awarded the cash to groups and organisations to help pay for new pavilions, clubhouses and a
THESE children are more accustomed to sticking to curfews and dodging bullets than improvisational theatre and dreaming spires. But as part of the Oxford-Ramallah Friendship Association, eight teenagers aged 13 to 16, who live in the Al-Amari refugee
TONY Pink, his daughter Tracey Wheeler and son-in-law Tony Elderfield, all of the Ladygrove estate, Didcot, cycled the 54 miles between London and Brighton in aid of the British Heart Foundation. Between them, and with help from customers suppliers
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee also called for better research into the public
A woman was murdered and dumped in a suitcase before being left in an Oxfordshire field where her body was burned, police revealed yesterday. Two farm workers discovered the woman's remains in the field off Rycote Lane, near Milton Common, a short distance
JEFF and Valerie Harris found themselves boxed in after appealing for residents to help orphaned children in Kenya. "There are boxes everywhere and we can hardly move," said Mr Harris, 61, of St Paul's Crescent, Botley. The Bullingdon Prison pharmacist
CHILDREN'S favourite, Ivor the Engine, will be at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway on July 21 and 22 and will feature a full size steamed-up Ivor, from 11.10am.
THE 40 members of the town's Inner Wheel Club, along with guests, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a meal at Witney Lakes Resort. New president Margaret Groom has taken over from Anne Crawford. Thames and Chiltern Air Ambulance and Macmillan
Drug addicts, prostitutes and rough sleepers are still using dens under an Oxford bridge - 10 months after residents called for them to be closed. The two areas under Blackbird Leys Road bridge are scattered with used condoms, drug paraphernalia and
Fortnightly rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee also called for better research into the public
Footballers who have played at Peers Sports Centre for nearly 20 years have attacked plans to close the facility. Mike Collins and 11 pals have played on Wednesday nights at the centre's sports hall for nearly two decades. They fear they may have
