A former dumping ground for stolen mopeds and bikes has been levelled to make way for a new children's play area. The patch of grassland in Nightingale Avenue, Greater Leys, had sat unused for 13 years before a plan to extend the Dovecote Centre was
Emergency evacuations sparked by fire, flooded rivers and a burst water mains have cost Oxfordshire taxpayers more than £77,000 over the past year. Oxfordshire County Council coordinated four emergency evacuations between January 2007 and January 2008
Matt Green grabbed his fifth goal of the season to give Oxford United a 1-0 win at Stafford and help erase memories of last week's home defeat by Burton. It was a much-improved performance from the U's, who should have won by more. Green finished
Matt Green's fifth goal of the season got Oxford United back to winning ways at Marston Road, but it was incredible that they didn't win by a bigger margin. They were breaking forward at will at times, and missed half a dozen excellent scoring chances
Two people were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following a house fire in Manzel Road, Caversfield, Bicester. Two fire crews from Bicester were called to the scene at 4.20am this morning to tackle the fire on the first floor of the
LEWIS Hamilton got his bid for the Formula One world championship off to the perfect start after taking pole position for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver's time of one minute 26.714 seconds was good enough to edge out Robert Kubica's
Paintings by artist Miriam Hyman, who died in the July 7 London bombings, have been reproduced by an Oxfordshire firm and presented to police forces across the country. Bosses at StarTraq contacted Ms Hyman's sister Esther, who lives in East Oxford,
You can have an Oxford address without it costing the earth - but you will have to go to Yorkshire for it. Oxford Street in South Elmsall is the cheapest place in the country to buy a house, according to property website Mouseprice.com An average
Seven hamsters were found dumped on the doorstep of a pet shop in Marston. The mostly tan and white-coloured animals had been left in a green plastic recycling box outside pet shop Pads 'n' Paws in Cherwell Drive on Thursday morning with a note saying
A woman was treated by paramedics after a saucepan caught fire on the hob of an electric cooker causing a blaze at a flat in Oxford Road, Cowley, last night. Fire crews from The Slade and Rewley Road were called to the scene at 9.15pm.
Two people were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following a house fire in Manzel Road, Caversfield. Two fire crews from Bicester were called to the scene at 4.20am this morning to tackle the fire on the first floor of the terraced
Firefighters were called to the Rose Hill roundabout on the Oxford ring road at 3.45am this morning after a car crashed into a set of traffic lights. The driver of the car and a passenger were taken to hospital. No other vehicles were involved.
RENEWED calls for the people of Oxford to elect an all-powerful mayor to boost democracy has received a mixed reception. Communities secretary Hazel Blears said the public wanted leaders in local government they could hold to account and urged Oxford
AN eclectic mix of artists including KT Tunstall, 10cc and Crowded House has been chosen for this year's Cornbury Music Festival. Promoters say they are delighted to present one of the best-ever line-ups for the event near Charlbury on Saturday, July
A SPECIAL forces soldier who died in Oxfordshire when his parachute and reserve failed to open would have been saved if he had been equipped with a radio, an inquest was told. Capt Daniel Wright, 25, of the Queen's Gurkha Signal Corps, died at Weston-on-the-Green
POLICE refused to go to a car park and investigate a dozen cars which had been broken into. Thieves punched the locks and broke windows of about 12 cars between 9pm and 10pm on Thursday while the owners were playing football at Tilsley Park in Abingdon
DOZENS of illegal drivers were stopped by police carrying out checks in Oxford city centre yesterday. The operation, held at Osney Lane and Oxpens between 11am and 3pm, was part of a mobile Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) scheme to net motorists
A SHOP worker was groped by a man as she stood outside a supermarket. Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted next to Morrisons supermarket on Swan Close Road in Banbury on Sunday of last week. At around 3.30pm, a
THIS is the hooded face of a robber wanted by police for stealing tens of thousands of pounds from an Oxford bank. The robber barged into a security guard outside Lloyds TSB bank in Banbury Road in Summertown last Thursday morning at around 10am.
A 28-year-old who admitted attacking a man with learning difficulties was jailed for 12 months. Oxford Crown Court heard Terry Wakeling of Holland Place, Oxford, left his former school friend with a 2cm cut to his eyebrow and stole small change from
A man took a 24-inch serrated hand saw to a pub after staff threw his friend out of the bar. Oxford Crown Court was told Christopher Huxham, of Sandford Green, Banbury, had earlier admitted possessing an offensive weapon. Andrew Morgan, prosecuting
A MARRIED father-of-four launched a campaign of harassment against his former mistress after she ended the relationship by text. Oxford Crown Court heard Darren Day, of Chatham Road, Abingdon, sent his former lover a string of abusive messages, let
Passengers were evacuated after a train caught fire at Banbury Railway Station yesterday afternoon . Fire crews closed the station for half-an-hour after a fire in air vents on an Arriva CrossCountry train. No one was injured and the fire was quickly
A 25-year-old man has been found dead in a house. A family member discovered the man, who has not yet been named, at a house in Gibson Close, Abingdon, at around 3pm yesterday. Police were called and spent the afternoon at the scene. Last night,
Darren Patterson is urging his Oxford United players to show their character at Stafford today. He is hoping they can bounce back from last week's home defeat by Burton and show that was just a blip. Fans were very critical of some individuals last
More than a thousand gifted young musicians will be getting together this weekend to take part in a festival of music. A total of 1,230 youngsters are set to be involved in the Oxford Festival of Music for Youth, at Bayards Hill School, Waynflete Road
A popular play project for children in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, is in danger of closing after 32 years because of a cash crisis. BLAP, the Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground - one of the oldest community facilities in the Leys - could close if it does
Most 10-year-olds think of little more than going to school and playing with their friends. But Kiri Wreyford is already carving out a promising career - as a ballet dancer. She is one of only 12 girls to be accepted nationwide by the Royal Ballet
A dozen cars were broken into at Abingdon's Tilsley Park on Thursday night as their owners played football. Thames Valley Police declined to attend. If there had been a major crime in the area that explains their absence, fair enough. But as yet
