Runners in this year's OX5 Run at Blenheim Palace are on course to raise a record £50,000 for the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign. Yesterday, more than 1,300 runners completed the five-mile course in bright sunshine to raise money for the charity
Whether you are young or old, Easter is a time for celebrating, writes Hannah Cornford. Three-year-old twins, Susan and Doreen French, of Pinnocks Way, Botley, Oxford, admired a giant Easter egg in 1959. The Monster Melba Chocolate Easter Egg was
David Ferris has vivid memories of the day a plane crashed in Bicester in 1954. He arrived home from work to find his house in Priory Close wrecked. As we recalled (Memory Lane, March 13), an RAF Chipmunk training plane, which had been carrying out
Whatever the inspiration may have been behind Hilda Winstone's Easter bonnet, it proved to be a winning formula, writes Natasha Scales. Both she and her husband Walter ended up winners to make it a family double in the competition at Morris Motors Athletic
Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team driver Stephane Sarrazin picked up the final point for Subaru with eighth place in the Rally of Corsica. Defending champion Sebastien Loeb continued his dominance of the World Rally Championship series with a victory
FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 0, Chester City 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Team Bath 2, Banbury Utd 2. Div 1 West: Thame 1, Willenhall 1. GLS FOOTBALL HELLENIC LEAGUE GLS Challenge Cup semi-final 1st leg: Ardley Utd 2, Tytherington
There will be aching bones and muscles in many households this morning, but the effort put in by everyone who took part in yesterday's OX5 run was worth it. The record figure raised £50,000 by 1,300 runners in just a few hours was beyond everyone's
I was heartened to read in your pages of a renewed plan to upgrade the drab Worcester Street area of Oxford (Oxford Mail, March 31). A tastefully designed new development, with a reopened and active canal basin as a central feature, would do wonders
Thame Utd 1, Willenhall Tn A CONTROVERSIAL late equaliser robbed Thame United of only their second home win of the season against the Southern League Division 1 West rivals on Saturday. It started so well for Thame when they went ahead after just four
I read Wednesday's Oxford Mail with mounting astonishment. What on earth can city councillor John Tanner possibly be thinking about with his heavy-handed comments about the relatively trivial matter of refuse collection? This is enviro-fundamentalism
Team Bath 2, Banbury Utd 2 Banbury United were left kicking themselves after throwing away a two-goal lead in their Southern League Premier Division clash on Saturday. They got off to a dream start when midfielder Ollie Stanbridge fired them in front
Langford 1, Oxford City 3 Ray Spence hammered a hat-trick as Premier Division leaders Oxford City stretched their advantage to eight points on Saturday. City, who have played two more games than second-placed Hillingdon, started shakily when Mark Holmes
A couple whose home has twice been attacked by drunken yobs believe the trouble has been caused by a nearby pub which sells cheap drinks. Ken and Jean Chilton, of Crowell Road, Cowley, Oxford, said vandalism, litter and vomit had become the norm in
Prestwood 0, Bicester Tn 6 Adam Hamp fired a hat-trick as leaders Bicester Town increased their lead at the top of Hellenic League Division 1 East to eight points as they crushed the basement boys. Hamp bagged his first after 20 minutes when the Prestwood
Drama student Emma Noakes has made herself a name to watch out for after winning a prestigious acting award. The 20-year-old rising star is the first Oxford School of Drama student to win the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award. The annual award gives
Individuals and organisations in Oxfordshire are still working hard six months after a devastating earthquake struck Asia. Although the disaster has disappeared from the headlines, people living in the affected areas are still reliant on help. Residents
An advice centre is celebrating after receiving a £2,000 grant to help it continue its "crucial" work combating debt and poverty on an Oxford estate. The Blackbird Leys Neighbourhood Support Centre, in Blackbird Leys Road, has been offering free budgeting
North Leigh 3, Abingdon Tn 2 Joe Burnell hit a late winner as North Leigh kept up their push for a top-three finish against their GLS Football Hellenic Premier Division rivals at Eynsham Park on Saturday. Abingdon got off to a flier, with Charlie Bough
Owners of a corner shop in East Oxford claim the demise of a post office has forced them to close their shop after quarter of a century. Glanville Road Post Office, which was a working post office until two years ago, is to be converted into four flats
Chinnor have become Oxfordshire's second National League club after securing the South West 1 title with a 30-13 victory over Maidenhead on Saturday. They will play in National Division 3 South next season, just one league below the county's leading
Traders are hoping to get the thumbs-up to run a regular street market in Jericho, Oxford. Loch Fyne restaurant is leading calls for a market in Jericho Street following the success of an impromptu fish stall set up outside its premises in the run-up
Churchgoers in Oxfordshire have just a few weeks left to help choose who should be the next Bishop of Oxford. The Rt Rev Richard Harries retires in June and the selection process is now under way to appoint his successor. Once a candidate has been
Oxford City Council has ended a contract with a private consultant it employed for almost a year to manage the crumbling Temple Cowley swimming pool. The consultant from Manchester-based MPA, a business human relations and training company, left the
Planning permission has finally been granted for a controversial north Oxford housing development. In January, city councillors criticised a developer for flouting planning conditions when it built a development of flats and houses in King's Cross Road
Distraction burglars are busy again in Oxfordshire targeting vulnerable old people and the police have repeated their warning not to open the door to unexpected callers. Two pensioners, one at Bayworth, near Abingdon, and the other in Burford, fell
A theatre, cinema and conference venue are among the potential uses of a £1m multi-purpose school building being created at The Marlborough School, Woodstock. The centre, which will be available for community use, is being created with funding from
Singers plucked from an Oxford estate to form a classical choir for a television show received a standing ovation after their first major performance. The 40 members of Ivor's Choir, residents from Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys who were chosen after
A homeless man was ordered to pay £200 after he got drunk and kicked a police officer in the leg. Michael Ciraki, 43, pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest when he appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court at the weekend
Conservation groups are up in arms about plans for an outdoor seating area which cafe owners believe would give Oxford's Broad Street a continental look. Oxford Campus Buttery owners believe the area would be an asset to the historic street, which attracts
David Cameron has made an appeal for the Conservative Party to elect more women candidates locally and nationally. But in Oxfordshire, the Tories have been left red-faced, fielding just 12 women in the forthcoming district elections the joint lowest
MORE than 100 firefighters were called after a fire broke out at a thatched cottage belonging to the south Oxfordshire family of a TV soap star. Fire crews were called at 8pm on Saturday to The Shallows, in Bolney Road, Shiplake, near Henley. The
