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Stories for 16 July 2007
Abingdon
Person saved from flat fire
EMERGENCY crews rescued one person from a burning flat in Sutton Courtenay after a cooker caught on fire. more...
Person saved from flat fire
EMERGENCY crews rescued one person from a burning flat in Sutton Courtenay after a cooker caught on fire. more...
Soldiers aid training of Afghans
TROOPS from Abingdon are helping train soldiers in Afghanistan's national army. more...
Abingdon News
Lake ash bid protest lost
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. more...
Athletics
ATHLETICS: Awesome Hatti does it again
Hatti Dean broke the British steeplechase record for the third time in four weeks at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Sheffield yesterday. more...
Childrens' Food Festival
Food Festival
Chef Antonio Carluccio with national cooking competition winner Alice Holroy gives a pasta cooking demonstration more...
Food Festival
Grace Thomas, five, chef Wayne Miller, Isabella Allen, four, and Phoebe Thomas, eight, tuck into some potatoes more...
Food Festival
Families meet the animals of the Northmoor Trust Sheep more...
Food Festival
The Cosmic Sausages entertain the crowds more...
Food Festival
Making pesto in the Italian food tent more...
Columns
Bike bonkers enthusiasts on a mission
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 some Gallic sunshine to our dark shores. more...
Cricket
CRICKET: Kidlington go top
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. more...
CRICKET: Bird on song for Rowant
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. more...
CRICKET: Brooks blitz fires Oxford
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. more...
CRICKET: Banbury win thriller
Sommers Home Counties Premier League Division 1 Banbury defeated hosts Farnham Royal by two wickets in a dramatic one-day style run chase. more...
CRICKET: Ton-up for Parmar
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. more...
CRICKET: Freeland thrown out of Radiators Cup
The Osberton Radiators Cup has again been beset with problems. more...
Didcot
Child's play for top skier
DIDCOT youngsters enjoyed a visit from a television presenter and former skiing champion as part of a drive to get more men into teaching. more...
Didcot News
Knifeman prompts parent fears
Worried parents are campaigning for better security to protect children after a man with a knife was spotted outside a Didcot school. more...
Division 3
CRICKET: Cumnor crush Chearsley
Gus Shrimpton (5-32) bowled with gusto and experienced seamer Julian Easterbrook (4-65) with guile as Cumnor 2nd dismissed Chearsley for 103. more...
Editorial Comment
Shoppers can stop decline
Small, independent traders have been disappearing for years, and no doubt the trend will continue. more...
Dictators
Football no longer seems to be in control of its own destiny. more...
Features
The Witney Carnival was a success - again!
IT was all smiles at the Witney Carnival on Saturday, with the event hailed a success by organising committee chairman, Martin Short. more...
Headlines
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Below stairs
COSTUMED actors will give visitors a look at life below stairs at Blenheim Palace this summer. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Below stairs
COSTUMED actors will give visitors a look at life below stairs at Blenheim Palace this summer. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Pink Panther's car sold to USA
A CAR that achieved worldwide fame in Pink Panther TV cartoons was sold in Oxfordshire at the weekend. more...
Top ales for lovers of good beer
DRINKERS at the tenth annual Charlbury beer festival on Saturday raised £8,000 for local charities - and left the bar dry. more...
Dancers perform in teacher's memory
MEMORIES of a teacher are inspiring hundreds of young dancers to show how good they are. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Letters
Keep this part of city history
How on earth can council officers approve the destruction of the historic, former public house, the Coach & Horses in St Clement's, Oxford? more...
Moan if you vote
I refer to Brian Duffy's letter about working class Tories (Oxford Mail, July 9). more...
Arum scare-um
Terrentius Andersohn and his sinister bloom, Giant flower kicks up a stink (Oxford Mail, July 5), make a good picture. more...
Badly served
Congratulations on your report on the overcrowding and unreliability faced by Oxford's rail commuters (Oxford Mail, July 11). more...
Complete bunkum
David Harvey, West Oxfordshire District Council's cabinet member for the environment, makes an extraordinary claim, More want to recycle (Oxford Mail, July 7). more...
Memory Lane
School party for birthday
A 21st anniversary is always a good reason to celebrate. more...
Green Goddess crews could not save house
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. more...
Motorsport
Fennymore back in the hunt
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. more...
News
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Grants boost packs a punch
BOXERS, sailors and worshippers are among those set to benefit from a £630,000 cash injection for community groups. more...
Going gold
THE 40 members of the town's Inner Wheel Club, along with guests, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a meal at Witney Lakes Resort. more...
Post office petition plea
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. more...
Below stairs
COSTUMED actors will give visitors a look at life below stairs at Blenheim Palace this summer. more...
Children enjoy culture swap
THESE children are more accustomed to sticking to curfews and dodging bullets than improvisational theatre and dreaming spires. more...
Search on for new vicar
CANDIDATES have been interviewed to replace Father Michael Wright, who is retiring as vicar at St Barnabas Church in Jericho. more...
Ivor steams into town
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. more...
Family effort
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. more...
Charity donations cause couple headache
JEFF and Valerie Harris found themselves boxed in after appealing for residents to help orphaned children in Kenya. more...
'Public hold key' to body-in-case killing
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. more...
Person saved from flat fire
EMERGENCY crews rescued one person from a burning flat in Sutton Courtenay after a cooker caught on fire. more...
Sheds set alight at allotments
PEOPLE at an allotment site have been left heartbroken after arsonists torched their sheds. more...
Home fight goes to High Court
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. more...
Crowds flock to gay event
THOUSANDS of people gathered in Oxford on Saturday to celebrate gay and lesbian culture at the city's fifth annual Pride event. more...
Players fight to keep sports centre
FOOTBALLERS who have played at Peers Sports Centre for nearly 20 years have attacked plans to close the facility. more...
Parcel sparks city alert
POLICE cordoned off a bus stop in St Aldate's yesterday after a package was left on the pavement. more...
Warning on road repairs
ROAD repairs are due to take place on Oxford Road, Kidlington, on Wednesday from 7pm until 11pm. more...
Warning on road repairs
ROAD repairs are due to take place on Oxford Road, Kidlington, on Wednesday from 7pm until 11pm. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Child's cycle recovered by police
POLICE are trying to trace the owner of child's bicycle which was recovered in Iffley Road, Oxford. more...
Police investigate attempted rape report
POLICE are continuing to investigate a report of an attempted rape in Cowley Road, Oxford. more...
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Ivor steams into town
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. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Below stairs
COSTUMED actors will give visitors a look at life below stairs at Blenheim Palace this summer. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Warning on road repairs
ROAD repairs are due to take place on Oxford Road, Kidlington, on Wednesday from 7pm until 11pm. more...
Warning on road repairs
ROAD repairs are due to take place on Oxford Road, Kidlington, on Wednesday from 7pm until 11pm. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
FORTNIGHTLY rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Ivor steams into town
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. more...
Person saved from flat fire
EMERGENCY crews rescued one person from a burning flat in Sutton Courtenay after a cooker caught on fire. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Other News
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Oxford News
Footballers fight to save centre
Footballers who have played at Peers Sports Centre for nearly 20 years have attacked plans to close the facility. more...
Drug dens are a health risk
Drug addicts, prostitutes and rough sleepers are still using dens under an Oxford bridge - 10 months after residents called for them to be closed. more...
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
Fortnightly rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling, an influential committee of MPs has said. more...
Burned corpse dumped in field
A woman was murdered and dumped in a suitcase before being left in an Oxfordshire field where her body was burned, police revealed yesterday. more...
Suitcase murder victim's identity still a mystery
The identity of a woman murdered then dumped in a field in a suitcase and set on fire has not yet been established. more...
Police following 10 leads over suitcase murder
Police investigating the murder of a woman whose charred remains were found in a field are chasing up ten leads. more...
Top display team added to festival bill
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. more...
Council pledge to tackle gardens
Weeds are taking over a communal garden in Jericho - because Oxford City Council failed to realise no-one was looking after the patch. more...
Ale fans drink festival’s bar dry
Drinkers at the 10th annual Charlbury beer festival on Saturday raised £8,000 for local charities - and drank the bar dry! more...
Hotline aims to aid clampdown
About 16 cars a day are taken off the road because the drivers do not have insurance. more...
Vandals close city play area
A Cowley play area has been locked up indefinitely after vandals ripped up safety mats under the play equipment. more...
'Look after your ears this summer'
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. more...
Event creates traffic-calming measures
Residents closed their North Oxford street so they could create their own traffic-calming measures. more...
Vincent suffers another defeat
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. more...
Posties walk out in new row
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. more...
Oxford Pride
Oxford Pride
Helen Fitzmaurice, left, and Tara Bedford, listening to live music performance more...
Pride Festival
David Gwinnutt of Pink Jack more...
Pride Festival
John Pierce, left, and Sid Bemment more...
Pride Festival
Oxford Lord Mayor John Tanner opens the festival more...
Pride Festival
Oxford Lord Mayor John Tanner opens the festival more...
Pride Festival
A group of revellers from Oxford and Reading arrive at the event more...
Pride Festival
The audience is entertained by live music more...
Oxford United
FOOTBALL: Quinn backs Nugent signing
OXFORD United defender Barry Quinn says striker David Nugent can take the Premiership by storm. more...
People
Careless whispers
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. more...
Profiles
On call for the Doctor
Gill Oliver takes a trip to the fourth dimension to meet Dr Who scriptwriter, Paul Cornell more...
Results
Results July 14
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). more...
Results And Fixtures
RESULTS: July 14-15
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. more...
Share Prices
Local share prices
AEA Technology 117.5 BMW 3325 Electrocomponents 264 Isoft Group 54.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 145.5 Oxford Biomedica 41.75 Oxford Instruments 281 Reed Elsevier 665.25 RM 208 RPS Group 353 more...
Local share prices
AEA Technology 116.75 BMW 3352.5 Electrocomponents 264 Isoft Group 53.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 145.5 Oxford Biomedica 41.5 Oxford Instruments 280.75 Reed Elsevier 657.75 RM 206.25 RPS Group 354.5 more...
Speedway
SPEEDWAY:
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. more...
Sport
Banbury clinch dramatic win
BANBURY defeated hosts Farnham Royal by two wickets in a dramatic one-day style run chase. more...
Thame News
Police face grim task to identify woman
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. more...
Wallingford
Ivor steams into town
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. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Ivor steams into town
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. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Ivor steams into town
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. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Teenage moans answered in full
NOTHING to do in Wallingford, nowhere to go? The constant complaint of teenagers in the town is being answered in spades by the production of a directory of youth activities. more...
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Wallingford News
'Mayor' Boris to stand
Boris Johnson claimed his decision to run for London Mayor could lead to him spending more time in Oxfordshire. more...
Wantage And Grove
Calls for tea shop U-turn are on the boil
THE owners of a popular tea shop are fighting to change councillors' minds over the site for their new shop - and have planning experts and a 1,000-name petition to back them. more...
Witney News
Pitch scheme needs cash
A scheme to improve sports facilities at a West Oxfordshire school will cost up to £1.8m. more...
Crocodile eggs delight wildlife park
One of the world's most endangered crocodiles laid dozens of eggs at the Cotswold Wildlife Park today, to the delight of her keepers. more...
Police appeal over shoplifter
Police have released a picture of a woman they want to trace in connection with the theft of £200 worth of spirits and groceries. more...
Abingdon Herald News
Name your favourite walk
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Child's play for top skier
DIDCOT youngsters enjoyed a visit from a television presenter and former skiing champion as part of a drive to get more men into teaching. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Top display team joins festival bill
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. more...
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Teenage moans answered in full
NOTHING to do in Wallingford, nowhere to go? The constant complaint of teenagers in the town is being answered in spades by the production of a directory of youth activities. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Ball gown fundraisers
4,000-name Old Gaol petition handed in
Swan Upping
Award marks long service
School pupils are turning Japanese
A TOUCH of the Orient has taken hold of youngsters at an Abingdon primary school. more...
Museum dig
VISITORS to Wallingford Museum in Flint House, High Street, will be invited to dig their hands into a sandpit, draw out whatever is in there and learn from the experts how to identify it as part of Family Archaeology Day on Sunday between 10am and 4pm. more...
Roadworks warning on A420
OXFORDSHIRE Highways will be returning to the worn-out A420 Shrivenham Bypass to embark on the second phase of repair work. more...
Rural cash on offer
Soldiers aid training of Afghans
TROOPS from Abingdon are helping train soldiers in Afghanistan's national army. more...
Calls for tea shop U-turn are on the boil
THE owners of a popular tea shop are fighting to change councillors' minds over the site for their new shop - and have planning experts and a 1,000-name petition to back them. more...
Jousting at horse trials
JOUSTING is to be part of this year's Blenheim International Horse Trials - as well as poker. more...
Person saved from flat fire
Homes open
Banbury Cake News
Name your favourite walk
Top display team joins festival bill
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
New homes set to begin
Blood clinic
NURSES from the National Blood Service will be holding a donor session on Wednesday at the Methodist Church, Marlborough Road, Banbury, from 1.30pm to 3.25pm and 4.15pm to 6.45pm. more...
Rural cash on offer
Jousting at horse trials
JOUSTING is to be part of this year's Blenheim International Horse Trials - as well as poker. more...
Banbury Cake Sport
Banbury clinch dramatic win
Bicester Advertiser News
Name your favourite walk
Top display team joins festival bill
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Jet crash report due in autumn
AN INVESTIGATION into why an RAF Harrier jump jet crashed on a road near Kidlington last year has been concluded. more...
Rural cash on offer
Jousting at horse trials
JOUSTING is to be part of this year's Blenheim International Horse Trials - as well as poker. more...
Oxford Mail News
Top display team added to festival bill
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. more...
Council pledge to tackle gardens
Weeds are taking over a communal garden in Jericho - because Oxford City Council failed to realise no-one was looking after the patch. more...
Ale fans drink festival’s bar dry
Drinkers at the 10th annual Charlbury beer festival on Saturday raised £8,000 for local charities - and drank the bar dry! more...
Hotline aims to aid clampdown
About 16 cars a day are taken off the road because the drivers do not have insurance. more...
Pitch scheme needs cash
A scheme to improve sports facilities at a West Oxfordshire school will cost up to £1.8m. more...
Vandals close city play area
A Cowley play area has been locked up indefinitely after vandals ripped up safety mats under the play equipment. more...
Suitcase murder victim's identity still a mystery
The identity of a woman murdered then dumped in a field in a suitcase and set on fire has not yet been established. more...
'Look after your ears this summer'
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. more...
Event creates traffic-calming measures
Residents closed their North Oxford street so they could create their own traffic-calming measures. more...
Boris to stand as candidate for London Mayor
Boris Johnson is to stand as a candidate for Mayor of London, he said today. more...
Footballers fight to save centre
Footballers who have played at Peers Sports Centre for nearly 20 years have attacked plans to close the facility. more...
Police following 10 leads over suitcase murder
Police investigating the murder of a woman whose charred remains were found in a field are chasing up ten leads. more...
Vincent suffers another defeat
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. more...
Lake ash bid protest lost
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. more...
Burned corpse dumped in field
A woman was murdered and dumped in a suitcase before being left in an Oxfordshire field where her body was burned, police revealed yesterday. more...
Sheds torched at allotments
Pensioners at an allotment site have been left heartbroken after arsonists torched their sheds. more...
Shopping street at risk
The future of Cowley Road in Oxford is under threat because of rent increases and the spectre of big brand names, according to the street's independent traders. more...
Knifeman prompts parent fears
Worried parents are campaigning for better security to protect children after a man with a knife was spotted outside a Didcot school. more...
Beggar breaches Asbo in 10 hours
A beggar has become the quickest person in Oxford to breach his Antisocial Behaviour Order, according to police. more...
Crocodile eggs delight wildlife park
One of the world's most endangered crocodiles laid dozens of eggs at the Cotswold Wildlife Park today, to the delight of her keepers. more...
'Mayor' Boris to stand
Boris Johnson claimed his decision to run for London Mayor could lead to him spending more time in Oxfordshire. more...
Posties walk out in new row
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. more...
Police face grim task to identify woman
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. more...
City promises rubbish review
Oxford's controversial fortnightly bin collection will be reviewed in October - but the councillor heading the scheme insists it is here to stay. more...
Police appeal over shoplifter
Police have released a picture of a woman they want to trace in connection with the theft of £200 worth of spirits and groceries. more...
The Oxford Times News
Home fight goes to High Court
Army show
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Home visits
TEN thousand homes in west Oxfordshire can expect a knock on the door next month from canvassers wanting to promote recycling. more...
Crowds flock to gay event
Groups meet Tory leader
FOUR groups who have been helped by the Oxfordshire Community Foundation told Tory leader David Cameron how they have benefited from the scheme. more...
‘Fitting tribute to former dean’
4,000-name Old Gaol petition handed in
Conmen steal £2,000 from woman
CONMEN posing as water workers stole bank books and jewellery worth £2,000 after threatening an elderly woman in Oxfordshire. more...
Rural cash on offer
Jousting at horse trials
JOUSTING is to be part of this year's Blenheim International Horse Trials - as well as poker. more...
Group pleads for pool's future
A GROUP of swimmers who have been using the Peers Sports Centre for almost 30 years have urged Oxford City Council not to pull the plug on their pool. more...
Award marks long service
Scribe show
School pupils are turning Japanese
A TOUCH of the Orient has taken hold of youngsters at an Abingdon primary school. more...
Boris to run for mayor
BORIS Johnson is to stand as a candidate for mayor of London, he said today. more...
Attempted rape prompts city safety alert
POLICE are today continuing a hunt for a man who tried to rape a woman as she walked along Cowley Road, Oxford, early yesterday. more...
Players fight to keep sports centre
FOOTBALLERS who have played at Peers Sports Centre for nearly 20 years have attacked plans to close the facility. more...
£71,000 for Pink Panther nostalgia
A CAR that achieved worldwide fame in Pink Panther TV cartoons was sold in Oxfordshire at the weekend. more...
Call for drug dens to be shut
Doubt cast on fortnightly collection
New homes set to begin
Museum dig
VISITORS to Wallingford Museum in Flint House, High Street, will be invited to dig their hands into a sandpit, draw out whatever is in there and learn from the experts how to identify it as part of Family Archaeology Day on Sunday between 10am and 4pm. more...
New name steams in
A NEW steam engine will be hauling passengers between Chinnor and Princes Risborough this weekend and the weekend after. more...
Variety time
WITNEY'S 'Mr Entertainment', Ian Holloway. of Queen Emma's Dyke, is staging another variety show at the Windrush Leisure Centre in aid of the leukaemia charity Seize the Day. more...
Blood clinic
NURSES from the National Blood Service will be holding a donor session on Wednesday at the Methodist Church, Marlborough Road, Banbury, from 1.30pm to 3.25pm and 4.15pm to 6.45pm. more...
£130,000 Lotto win
Man attacked by gang at regatta
POLICE today issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault that happened during the Henley Regatta. more...
Top display team joins festival bill
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. more...
Cameron off to Rwanda
New resource for parents
Council pledges to tidy up gardens
WEEDS are taking over a communal garden in Jericho - because Oxford City Council failed to realise no one was looking after the patch. more...
Festival fans drink bar dry
VISITORS to the tenth annual Charlbury beer festival on Saturday raised £8,000 for local charities - and drank the bar dry! more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
Child's cycle recovered by police
POLICE are trying to trace the owner of child's bicycle which was recovered in Iffley Road, Oxford. more...
Extra cash for deposits
Ball gown fundraisers
Burglary rate in city tumbles
ELEVEN of the most wanted burglary suspects in Oxford have been taken off the streets, according to police. more...
Guided walk
Homes open
Name your favourite walk
Vandals close play area
A PLAY area has been locked up indefinitely after vandals ripped up safety mats under the play equipment. more...
Bewitching art of slowing traffic
RESIDENTS closed their North Oxford street so they could create their own traffic-calming measures. more...
'Public hold key' to body-in-case killing
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. more...
Parcel sparks city alert
POLICE cordoned off a bus stop in St Aldate's yesterday after a package was left on the pavement. more...
Police investigate attempted rape report
POLICE are continuing to investigate a report of an attempted rape in Cowley Road, Oxford. more...
Person saved from flat fire
Jet crash report due in autumn
AN INVESTIGATION into why an RAF Harrier jump jet crashed on a road near Kidlington last year has been concluded. more...
New show planned
Swan Upping
Sheds set alight at allotments
PEOPLE at an allotment site have been left heartbroken after arsonists torched their sheds. more...
The Oxford Times Sport
Fennymore back in the hunt
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. more...
Witney Gazette News
Name your favourite walk
Home visits
TEN thousand homes in west Oxfordshire can expect a knock on the door next month from canvassers wanting to promote recycling. more...
Top ales for lovers of good beer
DRINKERS at the tenth annual Charlbury beer festival on Saturday raised £8,000 for local charities - and left the bar dry. more...
'We can be proud of Motability'
A WEST Oxfordshire cancer patient is still able to get out and about, and even drive to work with his wheelchair in the boot. more...
Top display team joins festival bill
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. more...
Festival serves up feast of fun
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. more...
Postal workers in fresh walk-out
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. more...
Hotline tackles illegal drivers
POLICE have taken advantage of a new helpline in the fight to take uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the roads. more...
£71,000 for Pink Panther nostalgia
A CAR that achieved worldwide fame in Pink Panther TV cartoons was sold in Oxfordshire at the weekend. more...
Dancers perform in teacher's memory
MEMORIES of a teacher are inspiring hundreds of young dancers to show how good they are. more...
Groups meet Tory leader
FOUR groups who have been helped by the Oxfordshire Community Foundation told Tory leader David Cameron how they have benefited from the scheme. more...
Cameron off to Rwanda
Pink Panther's car sold to USA
A CAR that achieved worldwide fame in Pink Panther TV cartoons was sold in Oxfordshire at the weekend. more...
Army show
Variety time
WITNEY'S 'Mr Entertainment', Ian Holloway. of Queen Emma's Dyke, is staging another variety show at the Windrush Leisure Centre in aid of the leukaemia charity Seize the Day. more...
Rural cash on offer
Jousting at horse trials
JOUSTING is to be part of this year's Blenheim International Horse Trials - as well as poker. more...
Scribe show
Guided walk
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