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Stories for 24 January 2008
Abingdon
Police plea after indecent exposure
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog on the heath in Frilford Heath. more...
Police plea after indecent exposure
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog on the heath in Frilford Heath. more...
Abingdon News
Hunt for flasher
A man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog near Abingdon. more...
Art
Performing art
Theresa Thompson offers a portrait of the yung artist Franis O'Neill Ideas come thick and fast to Francis O'Neill. They pour out, a cascade of enthusiasm, every word, every action revealing this young artist's desire to get on, to make the best of the talent he so clearly has. more...
Community of artists with vision
Members hope exhibition will sustain thriving East Oxford studios, writes JULIE WEBB An exhibition and silent auction at Ovada in Gloucester Green this weekend will feature a hundred works in a variety of media by 30 artists associated with East Oxford's Magdalen Road Studios. more...
Oxford Open, Modern Art Oxford
Where does one start when confronted with works by more than 500 artists? How can one or two be singled out from that number, particularly as they are all of such exceptional quality. I'm talking about the Oxford Open. The exhibition is the brainchild of Andrew Nairne, director of MAO, who invited artists from Oxfordshire to submit their work without subjecting it to a selection committee. His aim was to prove that contemporary art is not elitist, but for everyone. more...
Banbury News
Charity grants family’s wishes
A six-year-old Banbury girl is to visit her grandfather for the first time, thanks to a charity that makes dreams come true. more...
Driver freed from car crash
A DRIVER had to be taken to hospital today after their car collided with an HGV on the A460 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Bicester News
PCSO pair launch police careers
Two Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
After shedding nearly six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Cimena
LADY GODIVA (12A)
Lady Godiva, in case you've missed the months of publicity that have preceded the release of this film, is the debut work of young Oxford-based director, 22-year-old Vicky Jewson. more...
I'm no bimbo, says Charlize
Who would have thought it? A stunning, leggy, blonde former model is now one of the most respected character actresses in Hollywood. more...
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (18)
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical fits visionary director Tim Burton like a glove. more...
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH (15)
The true cost of war is incalculable. It is not just astronomical military budgets and steadily rising death tolls; nor does it begin and end on the battlefield. more...
Cinema
Fine start for the Boar's Hill auteur
Oxford has long been a breeding ground for film talent. But few have made an impact at such a young age as 22-year-old director Vicky Jewson, whose debut feature, Lady Godiva, opens this week. This is a remarkable achievement by a film-maker of undoubted potential and tenacity, who persuaded a producer of the calibre of Adam Kempton to back her project and brought it in pretty much on time and budget. more...
Grisly scenes with Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street fits visionary director Tim Burton like a glove. more...
Country Matters
Helping to keep the otter safe
Otters are one of the many animals put at risk by the region's flooding - but it is not the only threat to this rarely sighted mammal, writes ELIZABETH EDWARDS The return of floods to Oxfordshire has put the survival of otters at severe risk - not from the waters but from roads! Otters find it difficult to navigate the fast-flowing water under bridges and so, when the rivers are swollen, choose to go overland and cross often busy roads. more...
Dance
Sleeping Beauty, Moscow City Ballet, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
I was astonished, when looking up biographies of the dancers, to find that Anastasia Gubanova - the evening's Aurora at the Everyman, Cheltenham - is only 20. She certainly looks young, but you don't often see a dancer of that age with such an assured technique and stage presence. She positively glows with excitement when faced with her suitors, balancing a shy modesty against a well-justified confidence in the effect of her looks. Her youthfulness makes her an ideal 16-year-old in Act I, and she manages to transcend it in the final pas-de-deux, delivering a performance of some maturity. Her acting as she becomes increasingly delirious after pricking her finger is particularly impressive. Apart from an inability to perform the quintessential balances in the Rose Adage - a problem that seems to afflict so many touring Russian ballerinas nowadays - this was a fine performance. more...
The Nutcracker, Chisinau National Ballet, New Theatre
Thanks to the indefatigable Ellen Kent, Oxford has welcomed the Chisinau National Ballet several times over the past few years, and last week we saw again their production of The Nutcracker, made 40 years ago by Yuri Grigorovitch for the Bolshoi, and given as a gift to this company from Moldova. This is a fine, traditional version of what is, after all, a traditional Christmas ballet - even though it's usually after Christmas by the time many companies perform it. (If you want a startlingly un-traditional version, look out for Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker, coming soon to High Wycombe and Milton Keynes). more...
Didcot
Rail passengers unhappy
PASSENGERS using First Great Western, the train operator serving Oxfordshire, continue to be dissatisfied with the service, new figures have revealed. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
TRAIN services between Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and South Wales will be disrupted for several days after a landslip blocked the tracks at Chipping Sodbury today. more...
Rail passengers unhappy
PASSENGERS using First Great Western, the train operator serving Oxfordshire, continue to be dissatisfied with the service, new figures have revealed. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
TRAIN services between Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and South Wales will be disrupted for several days after a landslip blocked the tracks at Chipping Sodbury today. more...
Didcot News
Landslip disrupts rail services
Train services between Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and South Wales will be disrupted for several days after a landslip blocked the tracks at Chipping Sodbury today. more...
Eating Out
The Crown, Stadhampton
When my colleague Chris and I first stepped into The Crown, Stadhampton, a year ago, we took one look at the shabby carpet and the general state of disorder the pub was in and walked out without saying a word to each other. more...
Editorial Comment
Fighter won’t give up
When the daily grind of life gets us down, it is all too easy to moan and curse. more...
Entitled to help
The cost of helping foreigners, who have settled in Oxfordshire, to access a variety of public services topped £500,000 last year, with Polish migrants largely responsible. more...
Education
Brain is next in wiring up to the Internet
PROF KEVIN WARWICK describes the pioneering experiment to link his nervous system to the Internet I walked along the grey-walled corridor at the former Radcliffe Infirmary heading towards Neurosurgery. I was about to have an operation that I did not need for any medical reason, but rather for science. It was the first time that such an operation had been attempted. I knew that if it went very badly, I could lose the use of my hand. more...
Entertainment
Cinderella Climbs the Beanstalk and Meets Dick Whittington, Hanney Drama Group, Hanney War Memorial
WHEN the people of the Hanneys stage a panto, they really make it a show to remember and something the whole community can share. more...
Poetry, prose and music, Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group, Southmoor village hall, Feb 2; 'Clayscapes',
KINGSTON Bagpuize Drama Group aims to blow away the winter blues by staging a night of miscellaneous poetry, prose and music at Southmoor village hall, on Saturday, February 2. more...
Features
All-conquering cabernet sauvignon
Last week I said that if merlot was a person, it would be Alan Titchmarsh: something of a throwaway remark that I've been given cause to regret. Not least because a loyal band of friendly Titchmarsh enthusiasts transpired to be less impressed by the qualities of merlot and, in their words, "liked something meatier". I will let pass the rather obvious contradiction here and simply turn my attention to another well-known grape variety, cabernet sauvignon. more...
Food
Recipe for Dhansak (serves 4)
This recipe, one of the many from around the world featured in Particularly Ravishing Morsels, is a typical Parsi dish, and a great favourite with the Parsi community in Bombay. The Parsis of India are descended from the Persian Zoroastrians who emigrated to the Indian subcontinent more than 1,000 years ago and were granted permission to stay on condition that they adopt the local language (Gujarati) and that their women adopt the Sari as their mode of dress. Their food is a tantalising marriage of Persian and Gujarati styles. There are many versions of this recipe, some containing goat or chicken. This version is particularly useful as a side dish as it contains no meat. more...
Museum's collection inspires recipe ideas
When I told friends that I was featuring the Pitt Rivers Museum on my food page, they laughed. "What on earth has the museum got to do with food?" they asked. When I explained that Friends of the museum had written a cookery book linked with the exhibits, they accepted the idea with enthusiasm. Indeed, it sparked a fascinating conversation about the various cuisines they may have included. more...
Football
FOOTBALL: Carterton chief's fury over 'slur'
Sport Italia Hellenic League Carterton chairman Rob King has hit out at the Non-League Paper, following an article published in last weekend's edition. more...
FOOTBALL: Carterton chief's fury over 'slur'
Sport Italia Hellenic League Carterton chairman Rob King has hit out at the Non-League Paper, following an article published in last weekend's edition. more...
FOOTBALL: Ardley hit by Feaver hip injury
Ardley United could be without young striker Alex Feaver for several weeks because of a troublesome hip injury. more...
FOOTBALL: Super Alex doubles up
Alex Feaver continued his good form with a brace as Ardley United cruised to a 4-0 victory against struggling Carterton in the Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division on Saturday. more...
FOOTBALL: Tom in England call-up
Bicester winger Tom Roberts has bounced back from the heartbreak of being released by a professional club to enjoy success after been called up to the England Colleges Under 19 squad, writes Russell Smith. more...
FOOTBALL: Neal is hat-trick hero for Fritwell
Nick Neal bagged a double for ten-man Fritwell Res as they won 4-1 at eight-man Garsington Res in Division 1 of the Oxfordshire Senior League. more...
FOOTBALL: Jenkins brace boosts Colts
Sam Jenkins hammered a double as Bicester Town Colts won 5-1 at Launton Boys in the Under 13 A League. more...
Gardening
Doughty performers
VAL BOURNE relies on the flavour and nutrition of the hardy kale When I was gardening on Britain's equivalent of the Russian steppes - on the higher reaches of Northamptonshire - the greenhouse windows were so ice-patterned in the mornings that they could have been the backdrop for a scene from Doctor Zchivago. more...
Gray Matter
Libby rides naked to big sis's movie
Oxford revelled in a spot of Hollywood-style glamour on Tuesday night. Tinseltown may have done without the Golden Globes this year but we got our own, so to speak, in the lissome form of 19-year-old Libby Jewson, suntanned from a two-week holiday in Dubai, riding stark naked on a horse. more...
Spot the difference
I am sometimes accused of making nit-picking criticisms of other writers (pedant, moi?). I have also been charged -guilty, m'lud - with being beastly to Giles Coren. more...
Headlines
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
MP backs mill tourism drive
VOLUNTEERS who look after a historic mill, which once provided power for the Blenheim estate, want to turn it into a major tourist attraction. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire
A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
MP backs mill tourism drive
VOLUNTEERS who look after a historic mill, which once provided power for the Blenheim estate, want to turn it into a major tourist attraction. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire
A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Leader
Yes and no to Old Gaol
Is the project to redevelop the Old Gaol in Abingdon a good deal for the council taxpayer? The answer to that is unquestionably yes and no. more...
Letters
Let's have AbITS survey or petition
Sir, What a wonderful letter in last week's Abingdon Herald from Maurice Shea calling on the people of Abingdon to save the town, and this particularly applies to the unbearable traffic system that is strangling the life out of the town. more...
'Put it back'
Sir, Further to the letter in the Abingdon Herald of January 17 ('Answers please') from Chris Jones, that black Friday (the week before) of traffic chaos in Abingdon was one of the worst but certainly not the first or only day of gridlock. This happens quite regularly, particularly at peak times but sometimes with no rhyme or reason. more...
Get rid
Sir, In response to the letter in last week's Abingdon Herald from Chris Jones about the gridlocked traffic in Abingdon on Friday, January 11, this was certainly not the first time this has happened since the introduction of AbITS. It has happened on a number of occasions that I have been caught up in. more...
Scrap it now
Sir, Whoever came up with the statement mentioned in a letter last week ('Answers please') that the traffic gridlock in Abingdon on Friday, January 11, had never happened before obviously doesn't live in Abingdon. more...
No signs
Sir, Regarding your article on Abingdon car parks, in which council leader Jerry Patterson was quoted as saying: "I expect Abingdon's retail sector to begin showing a significant improvement." more...
Omission
Sir, We, at Christ's Hospital, have read your article about our proposed parking management scheme in Park Road and Park Crescent, Abingdon, with some sorrow. more...
Nuclear power
Sir, I am curious to understand the reasoning behind RWE npower's announcement that they would not consider building a nuclear station on the Didcot site. more...
'Excellent'
On Sunday, January 13, in the early morning, I had a serious medical emergency at home and the NHS went into action. I was swiftly taken to accident and emergency at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, assessed and moved to the medical emergency ward and, thereafter, received exellent surgical treatment that afternoon. more...
Jim Moley
Sir, I am shocked by the front page headlines in the Wantage and Grove Herald this week. This featured a large headline article about dog mess and relegated the death of a prominent Wantage figure to a small inset piece. more...
CAB funding
Sir, Next week, the Didcot and District Citizen's Advice Bureau trustees will decide what service we can offer in 2008/9. How many volunteers can our independent charity support, to give highly-trained free, independent and impartial advice and information to anyone from Didcot, Wallingford, RAF Benson and the surrounding villages? more...
Music
Quay note for Sea Power
It's a stormy morning in Dublin, and British Sea Power are out on manoeuvres - hunting for a full Irish breakfast after a heavy night on the Guinness. more...
Going live
Cheeky champions of electro indie-dance Simian Mobile Disco return to Oxford for a live show on Thursday. The act features the epic talents of Jas Shaw and James Ford, of who, Jamie Reynolds from Klaxons, said: "He receives outer-planetary signals through his hair and they come out through his eyes." The night runs from 9pm-2am, and tickets are £10 in advance. more...
Anything could happen at Come and Sing night
GILES WOODFORDE talks to Robert Dean about conducting Verdi's Requiem for a charity concert with a scratch choir For the third year in succession, conductor Robert Dean is taking on a considerable challenge. In the course of a single day, he will rehearse a large scratch choir, and put on a performance of a major choral work that same evening. more...
Humphrey Lyttelton, the Oxford Playhouse
Many who packed the Playhouse last Wednesday evening must have asked themselves two questions: can Humphrey Lyttelton still do the business when it comes to jazz, and hadn't we better see him while he's still around? more...
Orchestra Europa, Oxford Playhouse
Orchestra Europa's pre-launch season kicked off at the Oxford Playhouse last Friday with a concert that delighted on several levels. Firstly, it showcased some of the finest talent currently emerging from Britain's conservatoires, giving hope to anyone who thought classical music was a lost cause among the younger generation. Secondly, it provided the graduates with a valuable performance opportunity in a supportive and nurturing environment. And finally, it saw a classical music concert making a rare excursion into the Playhouse, which, with its traditional theatre-like atmosphere and comfortable seating, proved the ideal venue. more...
Summertown Chorlas Society, St Margaret's Church
Summertown Choral Society's concert last weekend was a splendidly varied affair, involving some well-planned programming that seemed perfectly designed to show off the choir at its absolute best. The first half was devoted to Haydn, beginning with The Heavens are Telling from The Creation, and taking us up to the interval with the Winter movement from The Seasons; the former a glorious and uplifting rendition, the latter a thoughtful and sensitively drawn account of the traveller who journeys through the snow to the warm welcome that awaits him in a country village. more...
News
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Make a vow
A VICAR is hoping to increase the number of church marriages by organising a wedding fayre. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Make a vow
A VICAR is hoping to increase the number of church marriages by organising a wedding fayre. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Banbury girl is to visit her grandfather for the first time, thanks to a charity that makes dreams come true. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Banbury girl is to visit her grandfather for the first time, thanks to a charity that makes dreams come true. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Driver freed from crash
A DRIVER was taken to hospital today after a car collided with a lorry on the A4260 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Driver freed from crash
A DRIVER was taken to hospital today after a car collided with a lorry on the A4260 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Drug dealer is spared jail
A 54-year-old woman who dealt drugs from her Barton home has been spared jail at Oxford Crown Court. more...
'No secret to success'
CHENEY School, Oxford, says that the key to its outstanding results in recent league tables was simple. more...
Chance to get creepy-crawly bug
YOU might think a tour of Oxford Castle, home to centuries of violence, executions and betrayal, would be enough to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. more...
March to mark Holocaust
A TORCHLIT march through Oxford will commemorate those who lost their lives in Nazi death camps. more...
MP backs mill tourism drive
VOLUNTEERS who look after a historic mill, which once provided power for the Blenheim estate, want to turn it into a major tourist attraction. more...
Play could pave way for revamp
THERE are hopes that the opening of a new Oxford play area could herald the start of a revamp of the surrounding park. more...
Make a vow
A VICAR is hoping to increase the number of church marriages by organising a wedding fayre. more...
Make a vow
A VICAR is hoping to increase the number of church marriages by organising a wedding fayre. more...
Vandals attack six cars
VANDALS attacked a row of six cars parked in Papist Way, Cholsey, during Saturday night, smashing at least one window in each car. more...
Students urged to fight crime
STUDENTS in South Oxfordshire are being invited to get their bicycles and mobile phones security marked. more...
Town gets NHS dentist
WALLINGFORD dentist Carlos Clark is opening a new NHS dental practice in Thame. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
Galloway coming to Oxford
CONTROVERSIAL politician George Galloway is due in Oxford next week to launch a national speaking tour. more...
Restaurateur takes top post
AZIZ-UR Rahman, who runs the city's Aziz chain of restaurants, has been re-elected for a second term as director general of Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce. more...
Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire
A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
Food waste pilot from spring
THOUSANDS of Oxford residents will see a return to weekly waste collections with food waste collected from April. more...
Rail passengers unhappy
PASSENGERS using First Great Western, the train operator serving Oxfordshire, continue to be dissatisfied with the service, new figures have revealed. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
TRAIN services between Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and South Wales will be disrupted for several days after a landslip blocked the tracks at Chipping Sodbury today. more...
Pedestrian hurt in Headington
PARAMEDICS were called to help a pedestrian injured in London Road, Headington, today. more...
Police plea after indecent exposure
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog on the heath in Frilford Heath. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Banbury girl is to visit her grandfather for the first time, thanks to a charity that makes dreams come true. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Banbury girl is to visit her grandfather for the first time, thanks to a charity that makes dreams come true. more...
Mound repairs face new delay
POTENTIAL traffic problems have been blamed for a delay in fixing Oxford's historic Castle Mound. more...
Councillor turns down Lord Mayor role
CITY councillor Jean Fooks has turned down the chance of becoming Lord Mayor. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
AFTER shedding almost six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
AFTER shedding almost six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Support pair plan police careers
TWO Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Support pair plan police careers
TWO Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Restaurants earn Michelin stars
CHEF Matthew Tomkinson and his staff at The Goose in Britwell Salome are celebrating this week after receiving a coveted star rating in 2008 Michelin guide. more...
Pub demolition plan goes to appeal
AN APPEAL by a developer against the refusal of planning permission to knock down a former pub in East Oxford is set to be decided by a planning inspector. more...
Man in road died accidentally
A HOMELESS man who was run over and killed after he lay down in an Oxford road died accidentally, an inquest concluded. more...
Water main flood 'could happen again'
EXACTLY a year after 24 homes were flooded in an Oxford street, some householders are still waiting for payouts and repairs to their homes. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Driver freed from crash
A DRIVER was taken to hospital today after a car collided with a lorry on the A4260 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Driver freed from crash
A DRIVER was taken to hospital today after a car collided with a lorry on the A4260 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
MP backs mill tourism drive
VOLUNTEERS who look after a historic mill, which once provided power for the Blenheim estate, want to turn it into a major tourist attraction. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire
A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
AFTER shedding almost six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
AFTER shedding almost six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Support pair plan police careers
TWO Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Support pair plan police careers
TWO Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Vandals attack six cars
VANDALS attacked a row of six cars parked in Papist Way, Cholsey, during Saturday night, smashing at least one window in each car. more...
Students urged to fight crime
STUDENTS in South Oxfordshire are being invited to get their bicycles and mobile phones security marked. more...
Town gets NHS dentist
WALLINGFORD dentist Carlos Clark is opening a new NHS dental practice in Thame. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
Rail passengers unhappy
PASSENGERS using First Great Western, the train operator serving Oxfordshire, continue to be dissatisfied with the service, new figures have revealed. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
TRAIN services between Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and South Wales will be disrupted for several days after a landslip blocked the tracks at Chipping Sodbury today. more...
Police plea after indecent exposure
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog on the heath in Frilford Heath. more...
Restaurants earn Michelin stars
CHEF Matthew Tomkinson and his staff at The Goose in Britwell Salome are celebrating this week after receiving a coveted star rating in 2008 Michelin guide. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Town gets NHS dentist
WALLINGFORD dentist Carlos Clark is opening a new NHS dental practice in Thame. more...
Non Leage
FOOTBALL: Bailey's return boosts Milton
Sport Italia Hellenic League Adam Bailey returns from a hamstring injury for Milton United when they host Highworth Town in the third round of the SBJ Sports Insurance Cup tomorrow. more...
FOOTBALL: Carterton chief's fury over 'slur'
Sport Italia Hellenic League Carterton chairman Rob King has hit out at the Non-League Paper, following an article published in last weekend's edition. more...
FOOTBALL: City new boy Allaway set to face old mates
Oxford City's new signing Ricky Allaway will be on familiar ground on Saturday when they travel to Thatcham in Division 1 South & West clash. more...
FOOTBALL: Carterton chief's fury over 'slur'
Sport Italia Hellenic League Carterton chairman Rob King has hit out at the Non-League Paper, following an article published in last weekend's edition. more...
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Om Floodnews
Fields ‘sacrificed to save London’
The National Farmers Union has promised to tackle the Environment Agency after fields were submerged again in the latest floods. more...
On The Box
Welcome portrait of schools' pioneer
One of the great educational pioneers was A.S.Neill, the man who created the unusual school called Summerhill (BBC1). He had been a conventional teacher as a dominie in Scotland but that experience convinced him that children need freedom rather than indoctrination, love instead of repression. Sadly, few people have paid serious attention to his ideas. In some ways today's education system is even more oppressive than it was in 1921 when Neill founded Summerhill, as kids are now subjected to endless tests, exams and inspections, while the curriculum gets narrower by the day. more...
Other News
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Thieves sell cars to scrapyards
CAR thieves are targeting "old bangers" in Didcot and Wallingford and selling them to scrap metal dealers, suspect police. more...
Finger points to children's safety
CHILDREN are being given a unique way to remember a website launched to help them stay safe and healthy. more...
Translation costs rise
THE rising cost of translation services in Oxfordshire is being attributed to an influx of Polish immigrants. more...
Police launch new safety vehicle
Officers who police Oxfordshire's roads have a new weapon to use in their road safety campaigns. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Other Sport
BADMINTON: Over 60s target nationals
Oxfordshire over 60s came through a second tense battle against Staffordshire in eight days to emerge 8-6 winners and finish top of the South East and Midlands group of the County Championship. more...
POINT-TO-POINT: Moscow courts success
Moscow Court, owned and trained by Celia Plunkett at nearby Wigginton, repeated his win of two years ago at the Heythrop Hunt meeting at Dunthrop, near Chipping Norton. more...
BADMINTON: Oxon Over 60s top group
Oxfordshire Over 60s came through a second tense battle against Staffordshire in eight days to emerge 8-6 winners and finish top of the South East and Midlands group of the County Championship. more...
MOTOR SPORT: Speed ace Groves does it again
Bicester's Martin Groves shared the stage with Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton when he won the British Hillclimb Champion's Trophy - for the second time in a row - at the MSA's annual Night of Champions. more...
Oxford News
Cancer victim fights on
Former Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
West Oxon cleans up!
A programme to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
Chimney fire sparks safety call
Firefighters called to a chimney fire at an RAF bungalow near Wallingford say the property was not fitted with smoke alarms. more...
Two Oxon restaurants grab Michelin stars
Only two restaurants in Oxfordshire have received coveted stars in the much-anticipated 2008 Michelin guide to eating in Great Britain and Ireland. more...
Restaurant owner is commerce chairman
Aziz-Ur Rahman, who runs the city's Aziz chain of restaurants, has been re-elected for a second term as director general of Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce. more...
Galloway to speak in Oxford
Controversial politician George Galloway is due in Oxford next week to launch a national speaking tour. more...
Pedestrian injured
Paramedics were called to help a pedestrian injured in London Road, Headington, Oxford, today. more...
Mixed marks for train firms
Passengers using First Great Western, Oxfordshire's main train operator, are the most dissatisfied in the country, say railway watchdogs. more...
Pub demolition dispute to be resolved
An appeal by a developer against the refusal of planning permission to knock down a former pub in East Oxford is set to be decided by a planning inspector. more...
UK News: Hain resigns from Cabinet
Peter Hain today announced he will quit as Work and Pensions Secretary and Secretary of State for Wales to clear his name in the controversy over donations to his deputy leadership campaign. more...
Mound repairs face new delay
Potential traffic problems have been blamed for a delay in fixing Oxford's historic Castle Mound. more...
Champions issue challenge for 2008 OX5 Run
Oxford Mail staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
Churchyard team needs helpers
An Oxford churchyard which was reclaimed from drug dealers and criminals needs new friends to help keep it in tip-top condition. more...
City to start food waste collections
Thousands of Oxford residents will see a partial return to weekly waste collections, with food scraps collected from April. more...
Councillor turns down role of Mayor
Jean Fooks, who has endured a year of personal criticism over Oxford's new waste collection arrangements, has turned down the chance of becoming Lord Mayor. more...
Shops welcome CCTV cover
A shopping parade on an Oxford estate has secured its first CCTV cameras as part of a £250,000 revamp of the area. more...
Scouts HQ gets shipshape
Sea Scouts who have endured a leaky roof for 10 years have finally been given the money to fix it. more...
Life and death decisions explained
The senior NHS manager in charge of life and death health judgments in Oxfordshire will be explaining her job next month. more...
Stolen classic limo sold for scrap
Thieves who stole and scrapped a man's classic car after he had died have committed the final insult, his partner said. more...
FGW passengers 'most unhappy'
Passengers using First Great Western, Oxfordshire's main train operator, are the most dissatisfied in the country, say railway watchdogs. more...
Man lying in road died accidentally
A homeless man who was run over and killed after he lay down in an Oxford road died accidentally, an inquest concluded. more...
Burst water main flood 'could happen again'
Exactly a year after 24 homes were flooded in an Oxford street, some householders are still waiting for payouts and repairs to their homes. more...
Trevor's hints hit council tax
Television's Sir Trevor McDonald has been blamed for councils in Oxfordshire losing millions of pounds in tax income. more...
Beds blockage hits hospital
Patients waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services. more...
Pasttimes
Tranquillity amid the centuries of history
A new guide to Cote Baptist Chapel offers us a different 18th-century Oxfordshire, writes CHRIS KOENIG Dusty things, quaint and quirky, full of romantic decay but practically irrelevant to modern life. There is one in the middle of almost every town and village in Oxfordshire, often locked, seldom visited, much loved: a church. more...
Recipes
Cheesy potato soufflés
THE word soufflé frightens some cooks. Soufflés are often considered difficult to make and even more difficult to bake, particularly as they have to be served the moment they emerge all puffed and golden from the oven. more...
Restaurant Reviews
The Turf, Bath Place, Oxford 01865 243235
Turn the weird-ometer dial up to 11. The links between Oxford and throat-slitting hairdresser Sweeney Todd are too strong for comfort. more...
Restaurants
La Vina, Wallingford
I began 2008 eating in a hotel fashioned from a former prison - the Malmaison, of course - and have since enjoyed meals at other restaurants that used to be something else. They include a former garage (Brown's), a bank (Quod), a church (Bicester's Old Chapel, reviewed last week) and a school (the new Spice Valley in Gloucester Green - comment coming soon). more...
Results And Fixtures
FIXTURES: January 25
FIXTURES. more...
FIXTURES: January 25
SATURDAY. more...
Rowing
ROWING: Martin's departure signal end of era
This year will be the end of an era for Abingdon School Boat Club as Mike Martin, the man in charge and first squad coach since 1989, has been appointed to a new job at Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow, from September. more...
Rugby
RUGBY UNION: Jackson joins Quins
Oxford university No 8 Anthony Jackson has signed for Oxford Harlequins and is on the bench for tomorrow's South West 1 clash with Maidenhead (2.30pm). more...
RUGBY UNION: Boss Mike delighted by victory
Bicester manager Mike Hutchinson was delighted with Saturday's win against Broadmoor Staff. more...
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Speedway
SPEEDWAY: End of the road for Cheetahs
No league speedway will take place at Oxford Stadium this year, writes Robert Peasley. more...
SPEEDWAY: End of the road for Cheetahs
No league speedway will take place at Oxford Stadium this year, writes Robert Peasley. more...
SPEEDWAY: End of the road for Cheetahs
No league speedway will take place at Oxford Stadium this year, writes Robert Peasley. more...
SPEEDWAY: End of the road for Cheetahs
No league speedway will take place at Oxford Stadium this year, writes Robert Peasley. more...
Theatre
Merrily We Roll Along, Watermill Theatre, Newbury
It's nostalgia time, the end of an era. Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along is the last Watermill musical to be directed by John Doyle. The era began ten years ago when the theatre's visionary director Jill Fraser phoned Doyle out of the blue, and asked if he'd be interested in directing Cabaret. Doyle jumped at the opportunity - he was out of work at the time. Neither Fraser nor Doyle can have imagined that their new artistic collaboration would one day lead to Doyle's Watermill production of Sweeney Todd being transferred to the West End, and then Broadway. more...
Rabbi Lionel Blue, the Oxford PLayhouse
You will say that this was a spiritual occasion, won't you?" urged someone on Saturday, as Britain's most famous rabbi sat in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse, contemplating a queue that snaked back almost to the bar of people wanting to talk to Lionel Blue and get his autograph. more...
Sugar Daddies, the Mill at Sonning
Alan Ayckbourn's 64th play, Sugar Daddies, toured to the Oxford Playhouse four years ago, under the playwright's direction, just six months after its premiere at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre. It will be remembered by many theatregoers here for the wonderful starring role it provided for the Oxford-born actress Alison Pargeter, as a youngster from the wilds of Norfolk whose new life in London is transformed by a chance meeting with a Father Christmas, both 'real' and metaphorical. more...
Travel Features
Cardiff on the up
It is no secret that Cardiff is a city on the rise. Its spectacular new stadium, the Wales Millennium Centre, the environmentally-friendly Welsh Assembly buildings, all this and more, are evidence of the city's commitment during the last decade or so, to making the Welsh capital into more than just an anonymous administrative centre. more...
U'S News
FOOTBALL: Duffy goes on loan to Wrexham
Oxford United striker Rob Duffy has joined League 2 side Wrexham on a one-month's loan. more...
Voluntary Voice
'If you can't reach the child, you can't teach them'
A school health programme boosts confidence in children and offers parents practical advice about how to raise children as responsible, kind and co-operative people. more...
Wallingford
Vandals attack six cars
VANDALS attacked a row of six cars parked in Papist Way, Cholsey, during Saturday night, smashing at least one window in each car. more...
Students urged to fight crime
STUDENTS in South Oxfordshire are being invited to get their bicycles and mobile phones security marked. more...
Town gets NHS dentist
WALLINGFORD dentist Carlos Clark is opening a new NHS dental practice in Thame. more...
Restaurants earn Michelin stars
CHEF Matthew Tomkinson and his staff at The Goose in Britwell Salome are celebrating this week after receiving a coveted star rating in 2008 Michelin guide. more...
Vandals attack six cars
VANDALS attacked a row of six cars parked in Papist Way, Cholsey, during Saturday night, smashing at least one window in each car. more...
Britain's oldest 'warrior' retires
AN RAF Benson officer who has just returned from serving in Iraq is believed to be the oldest serving combatant in the country's armed forces. more...
Students urged to fight crime
STUDENTS in South Oxfordshire are being invited to get their bicycles and mobile phones security marked. more...
Town gets NHS dentist
WALLINGFORD dentist Carlos Clark is opening a new NHS dental practice in Thame. more...
Restaurants earn Michelin stars
CHEF Matthew Tomkinson and his staff at The Goose in Britwell Salome are celebrating this week after receiving a coveted star rating in 2008 Michelin guide. more...
Town gets NHS dentist
WALLINGFORD dentist Carlos Clark is opening a new NHS dental practice in Thame. more...
Wantage And Grove
Drive cuts car crime
CAR crime in Wantage has more than halved and now police are urging drivers to help them continue to beat the thieves. more...
New store brings new employment
TWENTY-FOUR new jobs have been created in Wantage with the opening of an Argos store in Limborough Road. more...
Wgpubs
The Star, Woodstock: Little to dispel winter blues
IT was a cold, wet winter night, and flood waters were threatening to seal off the roads near Bladon. more...
Witney News
School 'outstanding' says Ofsted
A village school has been judged "outstanding", with friendly children who have excellent behaviour. more...
Abingdon Herald News
Rail passengers unhappy
PASSENGERS using First Great Western, the train operator serving Oxfordshire, continue to be dissatisfied with the service, new figures have revealed. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
Champions issue OX5 challenge
NEWSQUEST Oxfordshire staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Police plea after indecent exposure
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog on the heath in Frilford Heath. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Banbury Cake News
Champions issue OX5 challenge
NEWSQUEST Oxfordshire staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Driver freed from crash
A DRIVER was taken to hospital today after a car collided with a lorry on the A4260 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
Bicester Advertiser News
Losing weight and gaining skills
AFTER shedding almost six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Support pair plan police careers
TWO Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Champions issue OX5 challenge
NEWSQUEST Oxfordshire staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Bicester Advertiser Sport
MOTOR SPORT: Speed ace Groves does it again
Bicester's Martin Groves shared the stage with Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton when he won the British Hillclimb Champion's Trophy - for the second time in a row - at the MSA's annual Night of Champions. more...
Oxford Mail News
Champions issue challenge for 2008 OX5 Run
Oxford Mail staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
Life and death decisions explained
The senior NHS manager in charge of life and death health judgments in Oxfordshire will be explaining her job next month. more...
Stolen classic limo sold for scrap
Thieves who stole and scrapped a man's classic car after he had died have committed the final insult, his partner said. more...
Churchyard team needs helpers
An Oxford churchyard which was reclaimed from drug dealers and criminals needs new friends to help keep it in tip-top condition. more...
Restaurant owner is commerce chairman
Aziz-Ur Rahman, who runs the city's Aziz chain of restaurants, has been re-elected for a second term as director general of Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce. more...
Galloway to speak in Oxford
Controversial politician George Galloway is due in Oxford next week to launch a national speaking tour. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
Train services between Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and South Wales will be disrupted for several days after a landslip blocked the tracks at Chipping Sodbury today. more...
City to start food waste collections
Thousands of Oxford residents will see a partial return to weekly waste collections, with food scraps collected from April. more...
Councillor turns down role of Mayor
Jean Fooks, who has endured a year of personal criticism over Oxford's new waste collection arrangements, has turned down the chance of becoming Lord Mayor. more...
Pedestrian injured
Paramedics were called to help a pedestrian injured in London Road, Headington, Oxford, today. more...
West Oxon cleans up!
A programme to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
Chimney fire sparks safety call
Firefighters called to a chimney fire at an RAF bungalow near Wallingford say the property was not fitted with smoke alarms. more...
FGW passengers 'most unhappy'
Passengers using First Great Western, Oxfordshire's main train operator, are the most dissatisfied in the country, say railway watchdogs. more...
Man lying in road died accidentally
A homeless man who was run over and killed after he lay down in an Oxford road died accidentally, an inquest concluded. more...
Burst water main flood 'could happen again'
Exactly a year after 24 homes were flooded in an Oxford street, some householders are still waiting for payouts and repairs to their homes. more...
Mixed marks for train firms
Passengers using First Great Western, Oxfordshire's main train operator, are the most dissatisfied in the country, say railway watchdogs. more...
Trevor's hints hit council tax
Television's Sir Trevor McDonald has been blamed for councils in Oxfordshire losing millions of pounds in tax income. more...
Pub demolition dispute to be resolved
An appeal by a developer against the refusal of planning permission to knock down a former pub in East Oxford is set to be decided by a planning inspector. more...
UK News: Hain resigns from Cabinet
Peter Hain today announced he will quit as Work and Pensions Secretary and Secretary of State for Wales to clear his name in the controversy over donations to his deputy leadership campaign. more...
Driver freed from car crash
A DRIVER had to be taken to hospital today after their car collided with an HGV on the A460 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Council seeks site for incinerator
The Oxford Mail can today reveal the locations chosen as future waste management depots across the county. more...
Jamie's pukka plan to open restaurant
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has bought Oxford's former Cock and Camel pub - to turn it into a pukka new Italian restaurant. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
A six-year-old Banbury girl is to visit her grandfather for the first time, thanks to a charity that makes dreams come true. more...
Beds blockage hits hospital
Patients waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services. more...
Hunt for flasher
A man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog near Abingdon. more...
Mound repairs face new delay
Potential traffic problems have been blamed for a delay in fixing Oxford's historic Castle Mound. more...
PCSO pair launch police careers
Two Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
After shedding nearly six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
School 'outstanding' says Ofsted
A village school has been judged "outstanding", with friendly children who have excellent behaviour. more...
Shops welcome CCTV cover
A shopping parade on an Oxford estate has secured its first CCTV cameras as part of a £250,000 revamp of the area. more...
Scouts HQ gets shipshape
Sea Scouts who have endured a leaky roof for 10 years have finally been given the money to fix it. more...
Two Oxon restaurants grab Michelin stars
Only two restaurants in Oxfordshire have received coveted stars in the much-anticipated 2008 Michelin guide to eating in Great Britain and Ireland. more...
Oxford Mail Sport
BADMINTON: Over 60s target nationals
Oxfordshire over 60s came through a second tense battle against Staffordshire in eight days to emerge 8-6 winners and finish top of the South East and Midlands group of the County Championship. more...
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The Oxford Times News
Village school 'outstanding'
A VILLAGE school has been judged "outstanding", with friendly children who have excellent behaviour. more...
Shops welcome CCTV cover
A SHOPPING parade on an Oxford estate has secured its first CCTV cameras as part of a £250,000 revamp of the area. more...
Food waste pilot from spring
THOUSANDS of Oxford residents will see a return to weekly waste collections with food waste collected from April. more...
Losing weight and gaining skills
AFTER shedding almost six stone, slimmer Gill Allen is to fulfil her ambition of becoming a slimming consultant to help others lose weight. more...
Scouts HQ gets shipshape
SEA Scouts who have endured a leaky roof for ten years have finally been given the money to fix it. more...
Treasured car sold for scrap
THIEVES who stole and scrapped a man's classic car after he had died have committed the final insult, his partner said. more...
Support pair plan police careers
TWO Bicester police community support officers are taking the next step in their careers by becoming police officers. more...
Rail passengers unhappy
PASSENGERS using First Great Western, the train operator serving Oxfordshire, continue to be dissatisfied with the service, new figures have revealed. more...
Landslip disrupts rail services
Councillor turns down Lord Mayor role
CITY councillor Jean Fooks has turned down the chance of becoming Lord Mayor. more...
Manager explains life and death decisions
THE senior NHS manager in charge of life and death health judgments in Oxfordshire will be explaining her job later this month. more...
Churchyard team needs helpers
Pedestrian hurt in Headington
PARAMEDICS were called to help a pedestrian injured in London Road, Headington, today. more...
Champions issue OX5 challenge
NEWSQUEST Oxfordshire staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
Pub demolition plan goes to appeal
AN APPEAL by a developer against the refusal of planning permission to knock down a former pub in East Oxford is set to be decided by a planning inspector. more...
Man in road died accidentally
A HOMELESS man who was run over and killed after he lay down in an Oxford road died accidentally, an inquest concluded. more...
Water main flood 'could happen again'
EXACTLY a year after 24 homes were flooded in an Oxford street, some householders are still waiting for payouts and repairs to their homes. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Galloway coming to Oxford
CONTROVERSIAL politician George Galloway is due in Oxford next week to launch a national speaking tour. more...
Restaurateur takes top post
AZIZ-UR Rahman, who runs the city's Aziz chain of restaurants, has been re-elected for a second term as director general of Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce. more...
Restaurants earn Michelin stars
CHEF Matthew Tomkinson and his staff at The Goose in Britwell Salome are celebrating this week after receiving a coveted star rating in 2008 Michelin guide. more...
Driver freed from crash
A DRIVER was taken to hospital today after a car collided with a lorry on the A4260 in Adderbury, near Banbury. more...
Ruskin move backed
PLANS to redevelop Ruskin College's Headington site have won the backing of city councillors. more...
Police plea after indecent exposure
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog on the heath in Frilford Heath. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Charity grants family’s wishes
Mound repairs face new delay
Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire
A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
The Oxford Times Sport
POINT-TO-POINT: Moscow courts success
Moscow Court, owned and trained by Celia Plunkett at nearby Wigginton, repeated his win of two years ago at the Heythrop Hunt meeting at Dunthrop, near Chipping Norton. more...
BADMINTON: Oxon Over 60s top group
Oxfordshire Over 60s came through a second tense battle against Staffordshire in eight days to emerge 8-6 winners and finish top of the South East and Midlands group of the County Championship. more...
Witney Gazette News
Village school 'outstanding'
A VILLAGE school has been judged "outstanding", with friendly children who have excellent behaviour. more...
Champions issue OX5 challenge
NEWSQUEST Oxfordshire staff, the holders of the OX5 Cup, have challenged other firms to capture the trophy in this year's charity run to raise cash for the city's children's hospital. more...
'I'm still here'
FORMER Radio Oxford presenter Alison Booker has spoken about her fight against cancer to encourage runners and walkers to take part in this year's Race for Life. more...
TV show costs councils
SIR TREVOR McDonald is being blamed for the loss of millions of pounds from Oxfordshire's councils. more...
Blocked beds hit hospitals
PATIENTS waiting for community care are blocking the equivalent of four Oxfordshire hospital wards because the county council is failing to deliver vital services, according to NHS managers. more...
Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire
A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent. more...
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