Eynsham D produced the shock of the round in the Sherlock Cup as they saw off Littlemore RBL A 4-2. Littlemore, who are two divisions above Eynsham, started well, with Nigel DeBanks taking the first frame 67-26. John Ayres blitzed Steve Fitzgerald
Oxfordshire batsman Rob Williams hit an unbeaten 43 as Preston Capes beat Sandford St Martin A by 31 runs to take a big stride towards the Division 2 title in the Banbury Indoor League. Williams's knock took Preston Capes to a formidable 146-4 off
Members of Farmoor Fly Fishing Club have voted to quit the Farmoor 1 reservoir, near Oxford, after 42 years of fishing there, writes Andy Webber The move comes after the owners, Thames Water, decided not to renew the club's licence, which expires this
Bookmakers William Hill have remained loyal to Oxford - despite making massive cut-backs in their sponsorships this year, including the £100,000 Derby. They appear to like coming to Oxford and will back this year's category one race, the Pall Mall Stakes
Didcot Town striker Stuart Beavon is to join Nationwide Conference side Rushden & Diamonds on Monday in an initial deal until the end of the season. It was the news that Didcot fans would have feared, but one that has been looking increasingly likely
Jim Smith believes his Oxford United team should be on 60 points by now. And the U's boss is urging them to get back to the efficiency they were showing in the first three months of the season, when they went clear at the top of the Nationwide Conference
Hundreds of homes in Oxfordshire were set to remain without power todaysaturday after high winds on Thursday brought down power lines. Southern Electric brought an extra 120 engineers from Scotland to cope with faults across the region. The company
Nearly 800 tonnes - or 100 lorry loads - of Oxford rubbish have been diverted from landfill dumps since November last year, latest figures show. Oxford City Council has claimed the success of the city's controversial new waste arrangements - dubbed
The mother of Oxfordshire actor Toby Jones said her son's Hollywood acting career began with a shy performance in a school play. But Jennie Jones said it was clear that her son -who stars in acclaimed film Infamous as US author Truman Capote - had talent
A mother whose nine-year-old son was run down and killed by speeding joyriders has been told she will not receive a penny in compensation. Ross Doyle was killed as he walked back from football training on Pegasus Road in Blackbird Leys more than six
WOMEN are being warned to be on their guard after youths in a small red hatchback tried to assault a jogger. The woman was jogging along Longcott Road, Shrivenham, when the car pulled up slowly beside her. Police said there were three or four men
Our spring play 'The Collector' is already in full rehearsal. The scene was set in my last blog so to follow on from that... Frederick abducts and imprisons Miranda(the swine)in a cellar. He then discovers reality is far from his fantasy and the play
ROGUE traders have been painting people's houses in Oxford without being asked and then demanding money for the work. Elderly people at two addresses said that when they challenged the men, they tried to charge them for the work. In each case the work
Police have appealed for help in hunting rogue traders who have been targeting pensioners. Officers are investigating incidents where bogus workmen have started painting homes without being asked by the resident. However, after the con men are asked
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Police are today linking a third device found in the West Midlands to two letter bombs sent to Bioscience firms in Oxfordshire yesterday. Officers were called at about 3.20pm yesterday after the package was delivered by the Royal Mail to a company in
A man has been charged in connection with the robbery of taxi driver Mohamed Maher Al-Kotob. Mr Al-Kotob, 37, told police was attacked in the early hours of Saturday, January 13. He was robbed of a computer and £80 cash. Tynan Nelson, 20, of Nunnery
Plans to build 1,585 houses, two schools and a new section of ring road between Bicester and Chesterton have been given the go-ahead. The £423m proposals by developer Countryside Properties were passed unanimously by Cherwell District Council's planning
DETECTIVES in Oxfordshire are investigating a third letter bomb, sent to a company in the West Midlands, and are linking it to incidents in Oxfordshire in which a woman was injured. West Midlands Police were called to a company in the Chelmsley Wood
3,000 homes across Oxfordshire are still without power following the high winds which swept through the county yesterday and some face a weekend without electricity. Southern Electric said an additional 120 engineers had been brought down from Scotland
A MAN has been charged in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver in Falcon Close, Blackbird Leys on Sunday. Tynan Nelson, 20, of Nunnery Close,Blackbird Leys, was charged with robbery and remanded at Oxford Magistrates' Court today to appear at
AN INVESTIGATION was under way today after two research students were injured when a chemistry experiment exploded at an Oxford University lab. The students, both men, were taken to hospital with serious cuts to their heads, faces, arms and chests
VANDALS have attacked tyres on another vehicle parked in Finstock. Police believe this latest attack, which was reported at 3pm yesterday, is linked to the previous reports from the Finstock and Chipping Norton areas between January 14 and 15 and December
Gordon Ramsay has achieved the impossible over the years. Not only has he managed to get his hands on an OBE, endless Michelin stars, a multi-million restaurant portfolio, at least three TV shows at any given time and a wife and four kids, but this formidable
IT'S 6 o'clock on Thursday evening. Eleven people have been killed by falling trees and walls, motorways are closed from overturned lorries, the metal table and chairs in my back garden have been tossed into the air and deposited on what used to be flowerbeds
IT'S 6 o'clock on Thursday evening. Eleven people have been killed by falling trees and walls, motorways are closed from overturned lorries, the metal table and chairs in my back garden have been tossed into the air and deposited on what used to be flowerbeds
IT'S 6 o'clock on Thursday evening. Eleven people have been killed by falling trees and walls, motorways are closed from overturned lorries, the metal table and chairs in my back garden have been tossed into the air and deposited on what used to be flowerbeds
Oxford United striker Kristaps Grebis will tomorrow become the first east European international to play in the Nationwide Conference when he starts the game at Grays. Jim Smith confirmed last night that his new Latvian signing will go straight into
It's the age-old clich whenever you're knocked out of the cup: Now we can concentrate on the league. But that really is the case with Oxford United, who have no other distractions and can focus everything on their remaining 20 games in the Nationwide
Working life in Oxfordshire has long been enriched by the diverse origins of its workforce. Nationals from relatively new member states of the European Union, such as Poland and the Czech Republic, are among the most recent immigrants to add to the economic
Sport Italia Hellenic League Mark West faces a baptism of fire when he starts his second spell as Thame United's player-manager when they entertain high-flying North Leigh tomorrow at their temporary Wallingford home. West, 38, left Thame last season
Oxford musician and promoter Deadly' tells Tim Hughes how gig-goers can bask in summer festival magic in the depths of January. It's cold, dark and miserable, with no end to the winter in sight. What better time, then, to organise a festival! Yes
OXFORDSHIRE failed to make any impression in their new year double-header in Division 1C of the Inter-County Championships. Against Hertfordshire 2nd they fell 11-4, Dave Buckingham and Dave Soanes performing well in their men's doubles to garner two
ANDY Merriman comes in at hooker as Witney travel to Banbury for Sunday's Oxfordshire Cup quarter-final. Merriman replaces the injured Gareth Williams, while James Monks and Phil Gouldie start in the backs. Prop Bernie Williams continues as skipper
Anybody who wants to make information available or promote a business knows that a website can really help. But if you're not a designer, how can you go about getting one? It can seem an overwhelming task, but some straightforward steps can be taken to
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A GOOD Samaritan who witnessed alleged racial abuse and an assault on foreign students has been urged to contact police. Police made six arrests after a group of Polish students were allegedly racially abused and attacked at Park Road, Abingdon, at
THEY advanced like three evangelists determined to save my soul. At the last minute, the two on the flanks peeled off right and left, a manoeuvre that would have impressed the Red Arrows. "Did you come here by train or car? Is this your principal town
We have lost count of the number of appeals we have published over the years for retained firefighters. There never seem to be enough volunteers willing to act as part-timers backing up the full-time crews. With no sign of recruitment improving, it
What sort of Mickey Mouse country do we live in? France, Italy and Spain swap information on criminals electronically between each other. Our Government refused to sign up to this and insisted on paper files being sent to us overland. It now admits
I have just heard the news about the proposals to raise the school leaving age from 16 to 18. If the proposals go ahead, my youngest son will be among the first to be caught in the system. If the leaving age goes up to 18, will current laws be adjusted
More than 5,000 homes, mainly in south Oxfordshire, were still without power early this morning following yesterday's high winds. But engineers working to restore power made sure that the majority of homes and businesses had their electricity back on
A developer has pulled plans to build an Aldi supermarket, fast-food restaurant and gym in Bicester, following opposition. Able Properties said it was disappointed at planning officers' response to its proposals for the disused factory site in Bessemer
An underground radar survey could be carried out to see if Oxford's historic canal basin still exists under the Worcester Street car park. Campaigners who want to see the waterway feature reinstated say they will help pay for the survey. The Friends
They don't break, they don't smash and the police hope they could drastically reduce the number of horrific glass injuries in pubs. Unbreakable glasses - made of polycarbonate - are the police's latest tool in their campaign to make Oxford a safer place
The scrapping of County Hall appeared to move a step closer last night after finance experts said an Oxford unitary council would provide annual savings of £7.2m. The Institute of Public Finance has calculated the total cost of scrapping the current
Retained firefighters in Oxfordshire could be reduced and replaced with full-time crews as part of a radical service shake-up. Fire service top brass have reviewed the current set-up and believe some retained crews are not sustainable. Although some
Oxford author Philip Pullman is among 200 writers worldwide to sign a petition demanding that books be published on 100 per cent recycled paper. Mr Pullman, who lives in Cumnor, said: "This is one of the many ways people are becoming conscious of the
Homeowners in Jericho, Oxford, have blamed the end of weekly rubbish collection for a rat infestation in their street. Householders have said their worst fears about the impact of fortnightly collections have been realised, as council staff were called
Special green bags to carry medicines will be given to patients arriving at and leaving Oxfordshire's hospitals, to avoid confusion and speed up treatment. Hospital managers are introducing the scheme to help patients and staff manage drugs more safely
The classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast is given a panto spin in Witney Amateur Dramatic Society's latest fun-packed production. The show, which is running this weekend and next at the Corn Exchange, Market Square, Witney, aims to delight audiences
A woman was injured when animal rights extremists sent letter bombs to two Oxfordshire science firms yesterday. The woman was hurt when the device exploded as she opened the morning mail at Orchid Cellmark, a bioscience firm specialising in DNA work
Volunteers have planted a bluebell wood on the banks of the River Windrush. The Witney Woodland Volunteers, an action group set up to care for the town's environment, planted the flowers on the riverside path alongside Witan Way in Witney. The group
Oxford rail passengers who vented their anger over poor quality rush-hour services at station staff have offered a sweet apology. Boxes of chocolates were dished out by lobby group Ox Rail Action on Wednesday night, as a thank-you to rail workers for
A former Wantage mayor has described the poor turnout at a meeting to discuss the future of local secondary education as "lamentable". Jenny Hannaby, a Wantage town councillor and vice-chairman of the Vale of White Horse District Council, spoke out
Chocks away .... it's time for the stunning Fly to the Past festival of flight after a long wait of two years. The Fly To The Past show, which was staged in 2003 and 2005, is returning to the stately home on Sunday, July 22, and this year's display
An Oxford doctor cycled 450km across Africa to raise £3,200 for a struggling Ethiopian hospital. Annabel Nickol, a senior registrar at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals, Oxford, joined a six-day sponsored bike ride from Addis Ababa to Gimbie
As residents of Oxfordshire woke this morning to a clear, sunny day, many are counting the cost of yesterday's high winds. Travel The high winds made travel through Oxfordshire a dangerous and time-consuming process with fallen trees, road accidents
Miss England winner Eleanor Glynn has condemned the alleged racist comments made on Celebrity Big Brother and said she was no longer keen to take part in the show. Last week, Miss Glynn, 20, from Sandford-on-Thames, was asked if she would be willing
MOVES to transform a shabby Oxford car park into a canal basin could be boosted by a radar survey of the site. Campaigners are hoping a survey will establish that the city's historic canal basin has survived underneath the Worcester Street car park.
SEVERAL people were injured, thousands were left without power and there was chaos on the roads yesterday when high winds wreaked havoc across the county. The injuries happened when hoardings surrounding Oxford's animal testing laboratory collapsed
THE high winds made travel through Oxfordshire a dangerous and time-consuming process with fallen trees, road accidents and train delays. The winds toppled three lorries on the M40 yesterday afternoon - causing tailbacks - and a man died when a tree
MORE than 5,000 homes, mainly in south Oxfordshire, were still without power today following yesterday's high winds. But engineers working to restore power made sure that the majority of homes and businesses had their electricity back on by 8.30am, with
RESIDENTS are facing defeat in their battle to stop a health trust from creating a 'student village' in Headington. Oxford City Council planning officers say the controversial scheme to develop a 20-acre green site next to Warneford Hospital should
A WOMAN was injured when animal rights extremists sent letter bombs to two Oxfordshire science firms. The woman was hurt when the device exploded as she opened the morning mail yesterday at Orchid Cellmark, a bioscience firm specialising in DNA work
HENLEY Hawks director of rugby Jon Lambden has selected his strongest possible team for tomorrow's visit of Exeter Chiefs in the EDF Energy National Trophy. Promotion from National 2 remains Henley's target, but Lambden feels he needs his big guns for
Didcot Town striker Stuart Beavon (pictured) could be on his way to Nationwide Conference outfit Rushden & Diamonds, if talks prove successful. Beavon, who yesterday had discussions with Rushden boss Graham Westley, is also wanted by rivals Exeter City
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save hospital services in Banbury took their battle to the capital. About 30 opponents of proposals to downgrade the Horton Hospital joined dozens of other protesters from across the country for a lobby of Parliament. The Horton
POLICE today warned elderly residents not to let unexpected callers into their houses, following another attempted distraction burglary in Liddell Road, Cowley. At 4pm on Wednesday a man came to the door of a 72-year old lady claiming to be from the
Thames Water's decision to lift the hosepipe ban was probably the least unexpected decision of the week. We have been inundated with the wet stuff over the last three months. Anyone who has walked across Oxfordshire's fields in recent weeks knows
COMMAND headquarters turned out to be a makeshift cabin in the shadow of the John Radcliffe's newly-built West Wing. Every morning, Vickie Holcroft sits there with her small team to assess advances across many different fronts, from clinical neurology
FARMER Brian Franklin was surprised when two police officers turned up at his door. But surprise turned to anger when they asked him to returf a grass verge he had run over in his tractor. Two days later, one of the officers returned - from a police
FORMER Oxfordshire schoolboy Toby Jones is set to hit the big time with a starring role in Truman Capote biopic Infamous. The film, which opens today, is the second film of the writer's life in two years. The first, Capote, won a best actor Oscar for
THE new range of Cowley-built Minis will be completed in March when the latest models are unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The Mini One will be the base model with a 1.4-litre engine and on-the-road price of £11,595. It will be joined by the diesel-powered
Sir - I would like to rekindle the plea for a purpose-built, state-of-the-art concert hall and entertainment venue, which Oxford, the city of culture fully deserves. While a quality departmental store such as John Lewis and a new city library will benefit
Sir - I am writing in answer to Henry Midwinter's letter, (December 29, 2006). In it, he proposed a new ring road linking East Challow with the Thame junction of the M40 via Milton Heights, Didcot and Stadhampton. The purpose is two-fold, to relieve
Sir - I am strongly in favour of maximum waste recycling but equally opposed to the reduction in frequency of collections by the city council. Most of the arguments for retaining a weekly collection have been aired in your newspaper as well as in the
Sir - The leader of the Conservative party, and MP for Witney, David Cameron has made much of his concern for the environment, and climate change in particular. However it seems that the Conservative-controlled county council could well be about to
Sir - In Grandpont, the current wheelie bin project has fostered wheelie bin rage. People, particularly the elderly, wheelchair and pushchair users cannot walk easily down pavements clogged with bins, cycles, cars and recycling boxes. Once pretty streets
Sir - Anyone reading your paper over the past two weeks (including Christopher Gray's article of January 5 and the letters of January 12) might get the impression that Jean Fooks was a dictator, leading Lib Dem 'cronies' (as the angry Mr Gray calls them
A STUDENT chef William Jones, who studies at Banbury's Oxford and Cherwell Valley campus, has reached the final of the Student Chef of the Year contest - part of The Great Potato Challenge 2007. He was selected for his dish potato and smoked salmon
VOLKSWAGEN dealers have opened the order books for the new Touareg ahead of its arrival in showrooms on March 1. With a host of new technologies and fresh styling Touareg prices will start from £29,465 on the road for the 2.5-litre TDI 174 horsepower
THE new Corsa has already caused quite a sensation with its bold styling and impressive road manners, but now Vauxhall has pulled the wraps off the ultimate version - the long-awaited VXR. Immediately distinguishable from other models in the new Corsa
IMAGINE you are in a laboratory on the set of one of those cheesy 1960s sci-fi B-movies. To a background of 33,000-volt humming, under the incredible shrinking ray gun, sits the new Vauxhall Astra. Ten seconds of blinding white light crackles downwards
FIVE men will face court over violence before an Oxford United home game. The men have been charged in connection with trouble which broke out at the junction of Blackbird Leys Road and Merlin Road, on September 30 last year at 2.30pm, before the United
The prospect of a canal basin surrounded by cafs, restaurants and shops on the site of the Worcester Street car park is a welcome one, but no one should underestimate the complexity of the issues. This is a prime city-centre site owned by a college
WESTGATE developers are to hand over £4m for transport improvements to mitigate the new shopping centre's impact on Oxford's congested roads. A multi-million pound package of contributions, including major renovations of Bonn Square and the Central
PARENT power has won the day in the fight to prevent the creation of a 'super school' for three- to 18-year-olds in Abingdon. Oxfordshire County Council had proposed merging the Dunmore junior and infant schools with Fitzharrys, their neighbouring comprehensive
Sir - I am appealing for witnesses of big cat sightings in Oxfordshire and surrounding areas. Since the early nineties we have had sightings in most parts of the county of large black or brown cats (leopard/puma) as well as smaller, non native cats
Sir - I am sure many readers will join me in lamenting the disappearance of Patisserie Pascal in Summertown. I have enjoyed their wonderful offerings for about half of the 12 years that they have lifted Oxford's standards and quality of life. It has
Sir - Last week's coverage of the recently published GCSE results painted a very fair picture. It is certainly good to see some high achieving schools in Oxfordshire both in absolute terms and, more significantly (and meaningfully), in terms of their
Sir - Publication of DfES performance tables last week requires clarification regarding our school, Oxford High School. In the figures reported by the DfES the percentage of students gaining five or more A*-C grades, including English and Mathematics
Sir - With reference to Emma-Kate Lidbury's article (January 12) I would like to make a couple of corrections. In the article she states that A-Level results show The Cherwell School and Faringdon Community College outperforming all others in the county
Sir - Three important letters, January 5, from Pritchard, Raw and Turberfield give food for thought for all of us concerned with the future of Oxford. Perhaps I may quote: We need the Oxpens station with interchange as soon as possible to help solve
Sir - Andrew M. Pritchard (Letters, January 5), claims that the proposal to build extra platforms for Oxford station south of Botley Road is short-sighted. The Arup report of 2004 is ancient history and nobody ever explained where the money would come
Sir - Old Road lacks a cycle path over most of its length: the pedestrian area offers the only safe route between Windmill Road and an equal distance beyond the Churchill and NOC hospitals, which offers ambulances the challenge of entering Old Road without
Sir - We are told that it may be possible to collect "food waste" weekly. I can understand that shops and restaurants may have such separable waste, but in a household it is all mixed up with soiled paper and plastic, which cannot be stored with the
Sir - Your recent report highlighted risks that the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) may close. Many of our patients have contacted us worried by this possibility. We write to reassure them that this is not the case. The medical staff and NOC Trust
THE Thame Waste Action Group is holding a swap shop tomorrow in the town hall between 10am and 1pm. People can take their unwanted goods and swap them for things they do want in order to prevent them being thrown out and taken to landfill sites.
