A couple on their honeymoon in Mexico spent 26 hours huddled together on a wet towel as Hurricane Emily battered their flooded shelter. Barry and Lisa Coulling are glad to be home after Hurricane Emily battered their hopes for a romantic honeymoon in
Oxford's Katherine Hawes survived a scare to edge her way into the quarter-finals of the English Women's National Two Wood Singles Bowls at Leamington Spa last night. The England international rocketed 10-2 clear of Wiltshire ace Janet Hardie in their
Abingdon Amblers ended their superb season by securing promotion to Division 2 in nail-biting circumstances at Hemel Hempstead. With the Royal Navy already assured of going up, the race for the second spot in Division 3 West was a straight dual between
Former Dundee player Neil Barrett had a desperately unlucky run-out as a triallist for Oxford United Reserves at Worcester City last nightY. The former Portsmouth midfielder had to come off after just five minutes after getting an elbow in the eye, and
Could someone from Oxfordshire County Council please tell me why they are so intent on making us all use a bus to travel to work instead of a car? I see buses as nothing more than smelly steel boxes on wheels. They have to be the most impersonal, unhygienic
Thames Water issues dire warnings about water shortages and says a hosepipe ban is likely soon. It is also pressing for a giant new reservoir, taking up hundreds of acres of the Oxfordshire countryside. Yet the company still shows an apparent lack of
Tensions were raised at Castle Mill boatyard in Jericho last night as protesters occupying the site came face to face with British Waterways security guards. The locksmith talks to demonstrators Matt Morton and Oliver Collins at Jericho boatyardThe group
Regent Inns, the company which owns Walkabout - the chain of popular Australian-theme bars - will almost certainly not be granted a licence to operate in Oxford. That is the view of leading city councillors today as the venue seeks a foothold in Oxford
An Oxford health spa has joined a group of suppliers who have withdrawn from troubled gift firm Red Letter Days. Heavenly Bodies Day Spa, based in Beaumont Street, says it is owed tens of thousands of pounds by Red Letter Days, which was yesterday bought
FA Vase holders Didcot Town had all three major FA Trophies on display at Loop Meadow last night. And they put up a spirited display against Conference newcomers - and FA Trophy winners - Grays before going down 5-1 in front of a crowd of 333. To complete
Water gushed from a cracked pipe for 24 hours in a village near Oxford because it was not deemed an emergency by Thames Water, despite a looming hosepipe ban. Josh Spencer and other residents at the leak which was not repaired for an entire dayThames
I refer to Alison Beasley's letter about school sports days and the lack of belief in sport in primary schools (Oxford Mail, July 26). I am delighted that she has identified such a simple and straightforward route to a golden Olympics. I am, however,
Carolyn Plateau broke her sister Sophie's 400m club record in Radley's UK Women's League Division 1 meeting at Tilsley Park. The 16-year-old international star clocked 55.83 secs for the single-lap event to continue her fine summer, but she was not the
Thame United have been given until next Wednesday to find a new home ground - or they will lose their place in the Southern League. The Division 1 West outfit are without a home after having their Windmill Stadium ground repossessed by landowner Coleman
Wallingford Cricket Club have been plunged deep into relegation trouble after being deducted 30 points by The Oxford Times Cherwell League for fielding an unregistered player. The league dished out the penalty after John Brannan played in Wallingford's
Former Oxfordshire cricketer Sean Joyner could be in hot water with The Oxford Times Cherwell League after an alleged hitting incident during the match between his club Banbury Twenty and Oxford 2nd at Roman Way on Saturday. It's alleged that Joyner,
The other day I found myself, car, et al, in the hedge, courtesy of a horse, a woman rider and an infernal mobile phone. I was driving along a winding country lane between two north Oxfordshire villages. You will have to believe me when I say I was doing
A vaccine developed by an Oxford company may soon be available against the deadly bird flu that experts fear could one day kill millions across the world. PowderMed, of Oxford Science Park, hopes the injection could be tested on patients by the middle
Work to close an alleyway notorious for drug dealing on an Oxford estate is to go ahead after the plans were backed by local residents. Two security gates and two fences will block access to the alley between Windale Avenue and Pegasus Road, Blackbird
Oxfordshire teenager Ruth Marrison has been keeping good company this week - swapping sailing stories with Dame Ellen MacArthur at Cowes Week. Ruth Marrison, who met Ellen MacArthur at CowesRuth, of Eynsham, who is deaf, has been making waves at the world
Ex-Oxford United manager Ramon Diaz looks set to land a top coaching job again in Argentina. The former Argentine international striker has been back in his homeland for the past two months since being relieved of his duties with the U's by chairman Firoz
Turning the graveyard at SS Mary and John Church in Cowley Road, Oxford, into another nature reserve is not necessarily the way to ensure a valued future (Oxford Mail, July 27). People value a space like that when they have relatives and friends buried
I was horrified by the over-policing of the small orderly monthly demonstration outside Campsfield House detention centre at Kidlington on Saturday. From the moment we arrived, the four police present -- two armed with video and digital cameras -- filmed
