DEFENDER Matt Day is urging his Oxford United teammates to produce a repeat showing at Cambridge tomorrow. The U's would be in dreamland if they could repeat their comprehensive 3-0 victory over the country's other U's at the Abbey Stadium ten months
Campaigners say the future of a lake could be secured after record ash sales to the construction industry. Save Radley Lakes campaigners say Didcot Power station's boom in sales mean Thrupp Lake does not need to be used as a dump. But owner RWE npower
Neighbours have heaved a sigh of relief after plans for a mobile phone mast were shelved - but they had a last minute scare first. Campaigners in Rose Hill, Oxford, knew phone operator T-Mobile had U-turned on plans for a mast in Courtland Road - and
Oxfordshire's youngsters yesterday showed they are on track for success in the classroom, outperforming the national average in Key Stage Three tests. The county's girls also came out on top in comparison with the boys, especially in English, reading
A jury was ordered to find a defendant not guilty of a charge of attempted grevious bodily harm after a key witness failed to show up at court. Daniel Jeffries was due to give evidence against 35-year-old Mark Newcombe, of Jerome Way, Shipton-on-
Oxford City Council still does not know what chemical was used to dye Hinksey Pool purple. The pool, in Hinskey Park, off the Abingdon Road, has been closed since Saturday, and Thames Water has been carrying out microbiological tests on a sample of
OXFORDSHIRE Racial Equality Centre has been given a reprieve over its city council funding after promising to sort out alleged management problems. Yesterday, Oxford City Council officers presented members of the council executive with a report detailing
More than 3,000 people are expected to descend on an allotment site in Cowley, Oxford, on Saturday. The 16th Elder Stubbs Festival gets under way at the allotments in Rymers Lane, with music, dancing, activities and stalls - and the chance to buy freshly-grown
Oxfordshire Racial Equality Centre has been given a reprieve over its city council funding after promising to sort out alleged management problems. On Monday, Oxford City Council officers presented members of the council executive with a report detailing
Mary Purver, who won an MBE for her services to the wartime Special Operations Executive, which sent agents behind enemy lines, celebrated her 101st birthday on Friday. She has been a resident at St Katherine's Nursing Home, in Ormond Road, Wantage
A football match is being held in tribute to a man known as 'the guy with the big smile'. Ryan Lord, 22, was found dead in bed by his family in Kidlington last December - and his death has remained unexplained. Hundreds are set to take part in the
Witney United are hoping to attract celebrities to pull on their football boots for a charity match. The club will host a match at Marriotts Stadium, Witney, on September 2, between Fox FM Oxfordshire Non-League Legends XI and Arsenal Legends and Celebrities
A woman has threatened to post maggots through her neighbours' letterboxes if bin bags continue to be left outside her front door. Michelle Fox has already had flies and maggots coming in to her home because of the build up of waste in Warburg Crescent
A DRIVE to boost glass recycling is getting results in Oxfordshire. A trial initiative with residents of flats in Cherwell district is helping drive the area's recycling rate above its current 45 per cent yearly rate. Cherwell District Council has
YOUTHS were spotted riding mini-motorbikes in an Oxford park. The teenagers were riding the noisy machines in Gillians Park, near Dunnock Way, Blackbird Leys, at about 5.30pm yesterday. Police have vowed to crack down on the antisocial riding of
A FAMILY back home in Oxfordshire after a ruined holiday vowed to claim back the £4,000 cost of their trip after they contracted dysentery in the Dominican Republic. Sue Edwardson, 47, from Sunningwell, near Abingdon, her partner Steve Bulley, 47,
WHEN smoker Leanne Horton finished her cigarette she stubbed out the butt on the pavement - and it cost her £50. Mrs Horton, from Abingdon, was seen by an environment warden in the town's shopping precinct and issued with a £75 fixed penalty ticket
Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the independence and partition of India and Pakistan. Debbie Waite spoke to two men who witnessed the 20th century's largest of uprooting of people at first hand: "There can be no question of coercing any large areas
Youths were spotted riding mini-motorbikes in an Oxford park. The teenagers were riding the noisy bikes in Gillians Park, near Dunnock Way, Blackbird Leys, at around 5.30pm on August 13. Police have vowed to crack down on the antisocial riding of
A family back home in Oxfordshire after a holiday from hell vowed to claim back the £4,000 cost of their trip after they contracted dysentery in the Dominican Republic. Sue Edwardson, 47, from Sunningwell, near Abingdon, her partner Steve Bulley, 47
A drive to boost glass recycling is getting results in Oxfordshire. A trial initiative with residents of flats in Cherwell district is helping drive the area's recycling rate above its current 45 per cent yearly rate. Cherwell District Council has
When smoker Leanne Horton finished her cigarette she stubbed out the 'dog end' on the pavement - and it cost her £50. Mrs Horton, from Abingdon, was seen by an environment warden in the town's shopping precinct and issued with a £75 fixed penalty ticket
Touring theatre and music comes to the village halls of rural Oxfordshire in a go-to-the-people programme called Full House. The scheme is put together by West Oxfordshire District Council and kicks off in September with 13 different companies appearing
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THESE three men could provide vital clues to an investigation to find the killer of a police station cleaner. Enayit Khalili, 26, - who worked at Cowley Police Station - died from a single stab wound when he answered the door to his home in Fiennes
These three men could provide vital clues to an investigation to find the killer of a police station cleaner. Enayit Khalili, 26, - who worked at Cowley Police Station - died from a single stab wound when he answered the door to his home in Fiennes
A thief snatched £14,000 worth of diamond rings from a jewellers. The man was in Lumbers Jewellers, High Street, Banbury, at about 3pm on Friday when he picked up a pad of seven diamond rings and ran out of the shop. Police only released details today
A THIEF snatched £8,000 worth of diamond rings from a jewellers in Banbury. A man entered Lumbers Jewellers in the High Street, Banbury, at about 3pm on Friday and spoke with the staff for about 20 minutes. He looked at several diamond rings and
A total of £22,000 has so far been raised by this year's OX5 run - but organisers believe there is more to come. Only about a quarter of the 800 runners who took part in the 10km run around Blenheim Palace have so far returned sponsorship money for
RETIRED dressmaker Violet Daniel had a real surprise for her 101st birthday - a cake decorated in the shape of an old Singer sewing machine. It brought back fond memories for the resident of Spencer Court retirement home in Woodstock, who spent most
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POLICE are continuing to scour CCTV footage from cameras monitoring a busy motorway where a biker was murdered - shot once in the back of his head as he left a motorcycle festival. Detectives are still trying to trace a green Rover 620 car over the
A top training school for beauticians has been forced to move after being swamped by the floods. Erika Oswin, principal of the Oxford International College of Beauty in Witney, saw her High Street premises overrun by two feet of water. She said: We
Wantage MP Ed Vaizey is seeking an urgent meeting with the Government in a last minute bid to save almost 100 jobs at Harwell. In a letter to Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform minister Malcolm Wicks, he wrote: "I have now received many letters
Work on Witney's new Marriotts Close development has now been put back to prevent disruption to the traditional Christmas shopping boom in the town. Developers have bowed to pressure from Witney Chamber of Trade, which lobbied for a clear-run for motorists
Two companies pioneering 'green' technologies have won top awards. Regenatec, of Milton Park, near Abingdon, which has developed technology to allow vehicles to run on used vegetable oil, and Red Engineering Design of Bucknell, near Bicester, were both
Faisal Khalid was the star for Banbury Twenty 2nd yet again, as he took 5-15 to help dismiss Stanton St John Willows for just 80 in Division 5 Adam Goodway (4-18) also bowled well for Twenty, who then reached 81-4 in 19.1 overs to stay top. Stanton
MIDDLETON-STONEY based Friesian Racing are set to enter the Baja GB this weekend. Fresh from their success on the recent Scottish Perthshire Hillrally, the team will be competing in their distinctive 'cow' liveried Land Rover Discovery, known affectionately
Bicester & North Oxford 2nd tasted victory for the first time since May 12 as building on a 138 first-wicket partnership between father and son Gary (114) and Stafford Sansome (58). Chris Heron chipped in with 48 as only Phil Cox (4-40) of the Challow
Witney Mills' left-arm seamer Pierre Lefort took a hat-trick as ten-man Kimble crashed from 52-3 to 56 all out. All three of his wickets, and all ten to fall in the innings, were bowled. Mills then cruised to 57-1 in just 11.5 overs to clinch maximum
Abingdon Vale pulled off a one-wicket win over Tiddington in the tightest possible finish to return to the top of Division 2. Vale, who tied with Bledlow Ridge earlier in the season, were almost involved in another as they chased down the visitors'
Stuart Berry took 7-53 and Joe Todd hit 100 not out as Horspath 2nd turned up the pressure on Division 6 leaders Great & Little Tew 2nd. Tew had reached 116-0 after 25 overs, so their 225-9 was something of a disappointment. Edmund Gross hit 74 and
A SPORTS centre forced to close by the summer torrential rain and floods will reopen today. The Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury closed three weeks ago after it was flooded in three feet of water. The first-floor dance studio, gym and creche reopens
A new initiative run by City of Oxford to encourage people to take up the sport has been judged a success. More than 70 swimmers took part in the"Be Safe for Summer" scheme, a series of intensive courses at Ferry Sports Centre. A beginners crash course
Henley Hawks overcame the heat and London Scottish to win their opening pre-season fixture 19-12. With temperatures in the 80s, the Dry Leas clash was a warm up fixture in every sense of the word. The first quarter ended scoreless, but Hawks went
Oxfordshire face a trip to Surrey when they open their British Darts League Division 1 campaign on September 1. Last season's Division 2 runners-up will play their all their home matches at Morris Motors Social Club as their old base at Cowley Community
Final Whistle staged a great fightback to keep their Section 2 championship title bid intact with a narrow 5-4 victory against Shelley Arms. Trailing 4-2 going into the pairs, it looked as though Shelley would pull off a shock. However, a 3-0 victory
Tim Henman's miserable year continued in tennis's Cincinnati Masters with a first-round exit against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. Given a wildcard to the event, Henman, who lives at Aston Tirrold, near Didcot, was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 3-6. Chela broke
A WOMAN who cheated the system of more than £68,000 in benefits was caught after her daughter was named winner of a Bonny Baby competition. The photograph, published in the Oxford Mail, which showed her children and partner, set alarm bells ringing
Welcome back, Danny Boy . . . the former Manchester United reserve team captain, Danny Rose, needed no introduction when he returned to Oxford United yesterday. The 19-year-old, who had performed so well on loan from the Old Trafford club last season
An inquest into the deaths of two men from Oxfordshire killed in a RAF Puma helicopter is due to begin today. Flt Lt David Sale, 28, and Sgt Phillip Burfoot, 27, both from 33 Squadron at RAF Benson, died during a crash near Catterick Garrison on August
A CITY councillor has urged the University of Oxford to reconsider £29m plans for a book bank in Osney Mead, Oxford. Paul Sargent has asked for a rethink following the devastating floods - the worst since 1947 - which hit the area last month. The
COMMUNITIES in west Oxfordshire are rallying to help a landmark church badly damaged by fire. Offers of help have started coming in after a blaze ripped through the Millennium project rooms at All Saints Church, Churchill, near Chipping Norton, on Saturday
A sports centre forced to close by the summer torrential rain and floods will reopen today. The Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury closed three weeks ago after it was flooded in three feet of water. The first floor dance studio, gym and creche reopens
PUB landlord Dan Smaje is hoping for a full house in more ways than one when television crews come to Oxford to film his poker night. Mr Smaje, landlord of the Royal Blenheim, in St Ebbe's Street, Oxford, hosts regular poker nights on Mondays as part
A MOTHER has won damages after she found some of her son's remains in his Oxford flat following his suicide. Christine Stevens, 53, said she suffered post-traumatic stress after she went to pick up her son John's belongings from his flat in East Oxford
AN INDOOR water park - complete with flume tubes, slides and a wave machine - is to be built in Oxford. We have learned the multi-million-pound pool, will go up next to the Blackbird Ley's leisure centre, in Pegasus Road. Those wanting the excitement
EXPERTS are still waiting for the results of tests on a chemical which dyed a popular outdoor swimming pool. Hinksey Pool, in Hinksey Park, South Oxford, has been closed since Saturday morning after vandals put a chemical into the water on Friday night
A fire broke out in a bedroom of a house in Oxford yesterday evening. Fire crews from The Slade and Rewley Road were called to Florence Park Road in Cowley at 8.20pm. The fire in a bedroom had been extinguished before crews arrived.
It seems good times are on the way for Blackbird Leys. Today we reveal city councillors are planning to build a multi-million pound water funpark there as part of planss to overhaul leisure services in Oxford. Flumes, slides and a wave machine all sound
Oxfordshire have named a 12-man squad for the ECB 50+ County Championship quarter-final against Northants at Banbury Twenty tomorrow (1.30). Oxfordshire 50+: Wingfield Digby (Bicester & North Oxford), Garner (Shipton-under- Wychwood), Evans (Cumnor),
Tim Henman's miserable year continued in the Cincinnati Masters with a first-round exit against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. Given a wildcard to the event, Henman, who lives at Aston Tirrold, near Didcot, was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 3-6. Chela broke serve
Oxford United chairman Nick Merry has accused Andy Burgess of "sour grapes" following the former U's player's newspaper attack on manager Jim Smith. The left-sided midfielder, who returned to his former club Rushden & Diamonds at the start of this month
It really gets my goat when cyclists act like idiots. And, as the chairman of Cyclox (the cycling campaign for Oxford), I get it in the neck from just about everyone when cyclists misbehave. Radio stations I've never even heard of want to know what I'm
TRADING standards officials have warned homeowners in flood-hit parts of Oxfordshire to be on their guard against bogus traders and cowboy builders. The warning follows reports that people affected by flooding in other areas of the UK have been targeted
A MAN who has helped thousands of youngsters learn how to sail is to be recognised for his efforts. Nigel Vick, who has been running the School Sailing Association at Farmoor Reservoir for 27 years, is to receive a Royal Yachting Association Community
EAST Oxford residents are to be asked whether they think there should be a ban on new pubs, bars and clubs opening in Cowley Road. Oxford City Council operates a "saturation policy" in the city centre, meaning limits are placed on the number of new
A COWLEY estate which was devastated when a water main burst and flooded 24 homes is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Almost eight months after an estimated 1m litres of water wrecked the houses and flats in Normandy Crescent, everybody is back
WET weather is expected to hit Oxfordshire today and tomorrow, but Environment Agency bosses are not predicting a flood risk to residents. A band of cloud crossing the county was expected to bring 15-25mm of rain during the course of the day. But
An indoor water park - complete with flume tubes, slides and a wave machine - is to be built in Blackbird Leys. The Oxford Mail has learned the multi-million-pound pool, will go up next to the estate's leisure centre, in Pegasus Road. Those wanting
Experts remain baffled about a chemical which dyed a popular outdoor swimming pool. Hinksey Pool, in Hinksey Park, South Oxford, has been closed since Saturday morning after vandals put a chemical into the water on Friday night. It was strong enough
Swimmers fighting to save an Oxford sports centre threatened with closure won a lifeline for the building yesterday. Peers Sports and Leisure Centre in Littlemore is threatened with closure because the city council wants to withdraw from a contract to
Relaxed and smiling, Lucy Bradley posed proudly with partner Tony after their daughter Kassiah was named winner of the Oxford Mail's 2003 Bonny Baby competition. But the photograph set alarm bells ringing at West Oxfordshire District Council because
