Youngsters in Marston in Oxford have been left without play equipment promised for the summer holidays, claims a city councillor. Caroline van Zyl, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Marston, said she was stunned to be told by council officers in an
A new nature reserve and conservation area is proposed on part of the site of two lakes between Abingdon and Radley into which millions of tonnes of spent coal ash could be dumped. The project is the latest move by RWE npower to try to disarm the growing
A Witney group is setting up a course for young mothers-to-be, thanks to a £7,000 grant. The course at Witney Families Together will help prepare 13- to 25-year-olds for parenthood and tell them about employment and education opportunities. The grant
Frilford Heath will host one of the biggest events in their history next week when the European Senior Amateur Golf Championship comes to Oxfordshire. Players from 22 different countries will compete on the club's blue and green courses in the 54-hole
Oxford Silver Machine speedway boss Nigel Wagstaff must have been encouraged by the display of Russian Renat Gafurov in the FIM World Team Cup qualifier at Swindon on Sunday. Gafurov slowly adapted to the track to finish top of the Russian scorers with
Residents in a Didcot street next to the site of a proposed new nightclub say drunken "yobs" will make their lives a misery. They fear their houses, cars and garden fences will be vandalised by people on their way home from the nightspot at the Orchard
Crash survivor Jake Proper will return home to his family tomorrow (Friday). The 13-year-old has spent more than two months at the John Radcliffe Hospital since a crash on Oxford's Eastern Bypass which killed three of his friends.
Service cuts are expected in Oxfordshire's health service following orders to save £9m from staff pay budgets as part of "radical measures" to reduce debts. The money -- about two per cent of the total £450m salary pot -- is on top of another £25m savings
It can never be justified to kill and maim civilians in whatever cause. I congratulate the police for raising their profile in Oxford after the terrible London bombings. They are doing a great job. But the tragic police shooting of an innocent Brazilian
Asylum experts fear innocent asylum seekers and refugees in Oxford are being stereotyped as terrorists in the wake of the London bombings. Almost a month after suicide bombers killed 52 people in the capital, workers from Asylum Welcome in Cowley Road
Students at Wallingford School are to equip and rebuild a school in Africa in the name of their head Jerry Owens, who left at the end of term. They collected more than £3,700 by organising events to raise the money. Mr Owens said: "I am absolutely thrilled
Charities in the Wantage area are being invited to 'grab a grand' to further their chosen good cause. Wantage Round Table aims to hand out £6,000 over the next six months to half a dozen lucky organisations in the area. Table chairman Paul Couchman explained
Oxford's Kathy Hawes went down 14-10 to Stockton's Teresa Parnell in the semi-finals of the English Women's National bowls two-wood singles at Leamington Spa. Hawes, who came back from 15-9 down to win her quarter-final, has been selected for England
Banbury Central's Mark Sykes lifted the Oxfordshire Bowling Association's Officers Cup for the second time in three years with a 21-18 victory over Oxford City & County's Steve Gibson in the final. However, it was far from plain sailing for Sykes
We hope everyone will read our two-page feature today in which asylum experts in Oxford speak of their fear that innocent asylum seekers and refugees are being labelled terrorists in the wake of the London bombings. It is said that some are being looked
A teenager will appear in court charged with grievous bodily harm in connection with a stabbing. The 17-year-old was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court today (Thursday). The arrest follows the stabbing of a 19-year-old in Dunnock Way, Greater
A silver gilt box presented by the City of Oxford to Britain's greatest naval hero, Lord Nelson, is expected to fetch up to £80,000 when it is auctioned at Sotheby's in London on October 5. During a triumphant tour of Wales and the Midlands in 1802 --
Drivers in Oxford need to watch out for "the waves" as they drive through one of the city's busiest junctions. The road, pictured, in Frideswide Square, opposite the railway station, is buckling, creating ruts across the busy thoroughfare. Highways officers
Software failure is delaying the installation of electronic bus timetables across Oxford. The company supplying real-time satellite operated bus information, pictured, is having trouble making the software work correctly, according to the man responsible
Gas safety engineers are preparing to break into council tenants' homes because warnings about maintenance are going unheeded. Oxford City Council was yesterday (Wednesday) set to execute its first warrant to forcibly enter the home of a council tenant
Oxfam has strengthened its grip on the secondhand books market in Oxford by opening a second specialist bookstore in the city centre. The new shop in Turl Street will complement the long-established bookshop in St Giles, one of the most profitable in
Singing sensation Zo Mace will be joined by sports stars and television celebrities on Friday (Aug 5) when they all take part in a six mile walk to encourage the nation to get fit. Hundreds of people are expected to join in the Kellogg's Corn Flakes Great
Thame United are close to finalising a ground-share deal with Aylesbury United which will allow them to play in the Southern League next season. The Division 1 West outfit, who had their Windmill Stadium home repossessed by landowner Coleman Properties
By Mark Edwards Firoz Kassam was meeting Brian Talbot last night to confirm whether or not the Oxford United manager was happy with his squad for the forthcoming season. There are just two days before the U's travel to Grimsby to kick-off their 2005-6
I was appalled to read the comments by Superintendent Paul Sullivan about the policing of the demonstration against Oxford University's proposed animal laboratory, Police blast at lab protests (Oxford Mail, July 25). It has long been apparent that Thames
