Wood Farm is becoming a dumping ground for drug addicts, with a staggering 108 syringes found on and around the Oxford estate last month. Street wardens have seen a big increase in the number of hypodermic needles dumped by drug addicts in Wood Farm
Campaigning got underway on Tuesday night against proposals for a new Oxford Academy, which will replace Peers School, in Littlemore. About 50 people, including parents and teachers, gathered at Rose Hill Community Centre to hear speakers criticise
It is thought a teenage boy escaped from court by climbing out of this window and jumping 20ft to the ground. The 14-year-old, who has not been named, was still missing on Tuesday night, after he was last seen going into the men's toilets at Oxford
Sainsbury's in Didcot has been accused of misleading customers about the quality and freshness of food, after the store was secretly filmed by TV reporters. Undercover footage for BBC1's Whistleblower programme appeared to show staff at the delicatessen
DVDs, videos, and CDs which used to belt out ear-splitting music and movies in the early hours to the distress of neighbours have been crushed at a waste management site at Radley near Abingdon. And other sound equipment including stereos, amplifiers
Thousands of hard-up families across Oxfordshire have received incorrect tax credit payments - to the tune of millions of pounds. Figures published last night (Tuesday) showed 42 per cent of the 54,200 Oxfordshire families in receipt of tax credits
A new roadside memorial at the site of Oxford's Eastern Bypass crash caught the eye of passing motorists this week. A giant England flag paying tribute to Marshall Haynes has been placed at the site where the 13-year-old boy was killed in a car crash
Protesters who broke into a military airbase intending to sabotage B-52 bombers have been found not guilty of causing criminal damage. A jury cleared Toby Olditch, 38, of Percy Street, Oxford, and Philip Pritchard, 36, of Campbell Road, Oxford, of charges
A man who forced a pensioner into withdrawing cash for him told bank staff the man was his grandad, a court heard. Giving evidence at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, 69-year-old Barry Britton told the jury that on July 22 last year, David James escorted
Thames Water will be told in Parliament on Wednesday to get its house in order over the billing of the vulnerable and elderly. Oxford East MP Andrew Smith was set to tell the Commons the company supplying Oxfordshire's water was "ripping off" pensioners
So the electorate in West Oxfordshire have spoken and re-elected the councillors who voted, from next year, to have fortnightly refuse collections in West Oxfordshire. So no whinging from those who voted these councillors back in. For those who did
I haven't laughed so much in weeks. I am referring to Chief Insp Dennis Evernden saying that crime is up 11 per cent, but the area is still safe (Oxford Mail, May 15). Does he take the public for fools? Evidently he does. According to him, violent
Thank you for continuing to draw attention to the shocking and growing amount of money the county and district councils are spending on cleaning up fly-tipping. It is perhaps even more shocking that they have made so few successful prosecutions in the
Your report that the Muslim Education Centre of Oxford is going to host some kind of "religious first" (Oxford Mail, May18) is missing a few vital ingredients. While Peter Hewis may style himself a Christian minister, he would be hard put to justify
The sudden rise in the number of drug addicts' needles dumped at Wood Farm in Oxford is a matter of concern. More than 100 have been found in hedges, in shrubbery and on rough ground in the past month. These are places where children are likely to
I, like many others, will be looking forward to the Olympic Games in 2008, but I am saddened that our competitors do not get the backing they so rightly deserve. Hopefully, this may change when we host the games in 2012, but I doubt it highly as the
THE Oxford skyline got the red-carpet treatment at the Cannes Film Festival as a small invited audience saw a nine-minute preview of the as-yet unfinished Hollywood blockbuster The Golden Compass. Starring the unknown 12-year-old schoolgirl Dakota
A FATHER-OF-TWO was left in just his swimming trunks when thieves ripped open a locker, stole his car keys and emptied his bank account. Chris Heath and his wife Jill, from Headington, are planning to sue Oxford City Council and their bank for distress
A DELIVERY driver who failed to declare more than four years' earnings has been given a suspended prison sentence. Self-employed driver Spencer Terry, of Queens Avenue, Kidlington, failed to pay more than £16,000 in income tax between 2000 and 2005
Winnie Griffin is finally giving up her job to go into retirement - at the age of 88. The great-grandmother started work at The Feathers Hotel in Market Street, Woodstock, at the age of 60 - when other women are calling it a day. And, with her 89th
POLICE today released CCTV images of two men they suspect of trying to break into the library of Exeter College. At 8.15pm on Thursday, March 29, a college porter saw the men on CCTV acting suspiciously in the college grounds in Turl Street. They were
A new musical about the legendary Jack the Ripper is to be showcased in the theatre of an Oxfordshire school. The grisly tale of the Victorian murderer - nearly 120 years later his identity is still unknown - has been set to words and music by two west
Diggers have moved in to start work on a £250,000 makeover of Underhill Circus in Barton - but the work will not be finished before for the Oxford estate's big summer party. On Monday, builders started digging up an area outside the shops to begin work
A delivery driver who failed to declare more than four years' earnings has been given a suspended prison sentence. Self-employed driver Spencer Terry, of Queens Avenue, Kidlington, failed to pay more than £16,000 in income tax between 2000 and 2005.
Scientists at Oxford University have been awarded £177,211 to study how patients' hearts work while they are using an artificial heart. The research by Dr Rhys Evans and Prof Kieran Clarke at the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, will look at the
A father-of-two was left in just his swimming trunks when thieves ripped open a locker, stole his car keys and emptied his bank account. Chris Heath and his wife Jill, from Headington, are now planning to sue Oxford City Council and their bank for distress
An animator from Oxford is one of the people making the latest reincarnation of the famous green cartoon ogre - Shrek - come to life. Penny Leyton is part of the team of character technical directors who worked on Shrek the Third, released in the UK
A grandmother who refused to let her wheelchair stop her taking part in a sponsored race has raised more than £1,500 for charity. June Offord, 64, of Graham Road, Bicester, has used a wheelchair since suffering a brain haemorrhage 11 years ago. But
Grieving relatives have been left heartbroken after a spate of thefts from graves in a church- yard. Kirtlington resident Val Bass, 57, said she felt sick when she discovered a heart-shaped tribute of white flowers had been snatched from her father's
AN ANIMATOR from Oxford is one of the people making the latest reincarnation of the famous green cartoon ogre - Shrek - come to life. Penny Leyton is part of the team of character technical directors who worked on Shrek the Third, released in the
Students from Oxford Brookes University put a spell on shoppers. Cast members from the university's musical drama society's forthcoming production of The Witches of Eastwick toured the city centre in full cabaret costume at the weekend. Society member
The Oxford skyline got the red-carpet treatment at the Cannes Film Festival as a small invited audience saw a nine-minute preview of the as-yet unfinished Hollywood blockbuster The Golden Compass. Starring the unknown 12-year-old schoolgirl Dakota Blue
Motorists could face a squeeze on car parking spaces in Witney and even longer queues to get into the town, it has emerged. Fears of a double whammy have arisen from the schedule for the town centre's Marriotts Close development and the delay in building
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Almost 200 pupils will have a day at home today after a fire at a school. Firefighters were called to Chipping Norton School on Burford Road at 5.30am and found a blaze in two classrooms. All year 9 pupils, about 180 children, have been told not to
Five people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a Bicester bookmakers on Monday night. The robbery took place at Corals betting shop in Bowmont Square at 8.50pm. Three men wearing balaclavas went into the shop, with what police
FIVE people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a Bicester bookmakers last night. The robbery took place at Corals betting shop in Bowmont Square at 8.50pm. Three men wearing balaclavas went into the shop, with what police believe
OXFORD United midfielder Chris Hargreaves says he still has a lot to offer the game - despite being axed by boss Jim Smith. Hargreaves, 35, was one of seven players shown the door, along with fellow senior pros Steve Basham, Gavin Johnson and Rufus
Rehearsals are in full swing now for our ODN festival entries. Regular readers (I have recently found out there are at least three-I’m flattered) will remember we are putting on the entries for one night for the village and other supporters next Tuesday
Hundreds of jobs are coming to Chipping Norton as the fallout from the closure of a key employer is finally put to rest.o About 100 posts are being created by medical device company Owen Mumford, after it doubled the size of its manufacturing site.
ALMOST 200 pupils will have a day at home today after a fire at a school. Firefighters were called to Chipping Norton School, in Burford Road, at 5.30am and found a blaze in two classrooms. All year 9 pupils, about 180 children, have been told not
Ipswich Town boss Jim Magilton has said he would consider taking the Northern Ireland manager's job - but only if he could do it on a part-time basis. "I would love to manage Northern Ireland, but at the minute, if it was full-time, I would have to
Dave Exell (Shears) and Les Radford (Steventon) will contest the Greene King ODDA Tom Drennan Memorial Cup final. This is Exell's sixth Greene King ODDA final, having won twice, while Radford makes his debut. The Lillian Cox Cup final will see last
Abingdon Vale's Alexandra Talbot smashed her best time by four seconds in the Bracknell and Wokingham Open Meet at Aldershot Garrison. The 11-year-old has just moved into the county development squad and is already putting in performances to rival some
The battle to find Oxfordshire's top businesses of 2007 is heating up. After an exhaustive judging process, the final three companies and individuals have been chosen in each of the 12 categories. Judges are keeping the overall winners a closely-guarded
Two Oxfordshire students have been chosen as experts on a national panel looking to bridge the gap between college and the world of work. Andrew Hulbert, from Oxford, and Jane Aitken, from Chipping Norton, have been chosen as members of the 12-strong
Unions representing Oxford employees of educational publisher Harcourt pledged to ensure that jobs are protected following its sale for £475m to multinational Pearson. However, there was relief that Harcourt Education, which employs 660 people at Jordan
Hundreds of jobs are coming to Chipping Norton as the fallout from the closure of a key employer is finally put to rest. About 100 posts are being created by medical device company Owen Mumford, after it doubled the size of its manufacturing site.
Lorries and bicycles don't mix. Trucks are involved in 80 per cent of all fatal cycle accidents in the UK. In Oxford, they were involved in two of the three most recent cycling deaths. Tsz Fok died five weeks ago, and Rachel Barker was killed in 2000
It is certainly an inconvenience for Thames Valley Police and the ambulance service to have no motorcycle patrols. But the decision to remove the bikes from operational duties because of safety concerns is the right one. The death of one officer in
Successive Governments have told us that they want decentralisation - more power being given to the people to make their own decisions. Yet, as we have seen so often, it never happens. The grip on us at Westminster tightens by the day. In a White
Oxfordshire coach John Brodley was quick to look for positives despite their heavy defeat. He said: "I thought it was a disappointing result, but overall the season has been a good one. "At half-time I thought we were in the game. "At the end of
PLANS to expand Tesco's supermarket on the edge of Abingdon were thrown out by councillors at a White Horse District Council planning committee meeting last night. Councillors voted against plans from the supermarket giant to enlarge the store and
A 54-year-old man charged with a stabbing has been remanded in custody. Roger James, of Feilden Close, Ducklington, was arrested after an incident in the road at 10am on Saturday. He appeared at Banbury Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with wounding
POSTAL workers have called off a planned ballot for strike action over a dispute at the Oxpens delivery office. But the ballot papers for national industrial action will be issued today, tueswith union leaders urging members to vote for a strike on
SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury's has launched an investigation into food safety at its Orchard Centre, Didcot, store. The store was investigated by reporters for BBC1's Whistleblower programme on BBC1 at 9pm tonight. Sainsbury's spokesman Lindsay Muir
THE latest bid by campaigners fighting to save Radley Lakes, near Abingdon, has failed. Protesters fighting RWE npower's plans to dispose of spent fuel ash in Thrupp Lake wanted Oxfordshire County Council to make the company use a landfill site close
FEARS are growing that public opinion on the proposed reservoir between Abingdon and Wantage could be side-tracked if new Government plans to streamline planning applications are approved. Decisions on major infrastructure projects such as airports,
AN OXFORD housing expert has branded a Government plan to introduce Home Information Packs as "a fiasco". The packs, called HIPs, due to come into force on June 1, mean anyone selling a house must employ a qualified assessor to produce an Energy Performance
OXFORDSHIRE'S entire fleet of police and ambulance patrol motorcycles has been taken off the road after the death of a policeman. All 11 of Thames Valley Police's Honda motorcycles and two used by South Central Ambulance in the county have been mothballed
Oxford Cheetahs' tale of woe continued at Monmore Green last night as Wolverhampton increased their play-off hopes with a thumping victory. Jesper Jensen had a nightmare evening. He hit the tapes in his first outing and then he had a mechanical problem
Oxford United duo Andy Burgess and Billy Turley will be hoping to making their mark when the England National Game XI take on Republic of Ireland in the Four Nations Tournament at Inverness Clachnacuddin tonight (7.45). Burgess will be in the shop window
Oxfordshire motorcycling prodigy Bradley Smith paid tribute to his Repsol Honda team after he'd rewritten the grand prix history books. The 16-year-old Wheatley Park School pupil became the youngest British rider to claim a podium place in any class
Oxfordshire motorcycling prodigy Bradley Smith paid tribute to his Repsol Honda team after he'd rewritten the grand prix history books. The 16-year-old Wheatley Park School pupil became the youngest British rider to claim a podium place in any class
County Championship Shield South Pool Somerset 60, Oxfordshire 27 Poor defence proved Oxfordshire's undoing in a highly entertaining 13-try clash at Weston-super-Mare. Somerset deservedly won the game and gained promotion to county rugby's top tier
A LIFESTYLE store for pets is opening in Wallingford next month. Pet Extraordinarium opens its doors in St Martin's Street on Saturday, June 2. Director Paul Sutton said: "The store couldn't be further removed from what people have come to expect
THE grieving father of a serviceman killed in Iraq spoke of his bitterness that Prime Minister Tony Blair's war on terror had claimed his son's life. RAF Sergeant Mark McLaren, a 27-year-old father of twin baby boys, died last month when two Puma helicopters
REIGNING Formula Renault BARC Club Class champion Ian Pearson won rounds two and three of the 2007 championship at Croft on Sunday to make it three out of three so far this season. But the 27-year-old double champion from Didcot took two different routes
OXFORDSHIRE County Council will still have contracts with landfill sites for as long as 16 years after it chooses its preferred waste disposal option. County Hall, the waste disposal authority, is no nearer finalising the way it will dispose of the
TD??HING from a ton of manure to a day on the Aston Martin test track went under Jeremy Clarkson's hammer to raise £21,000 to keep Chipping Norton's lido in tiptop condition. The motoring journalist and television presenter reprised his role of auctioneer
THE Oxford Civic Society is hosting two walks with former city conservation officer John Ashdown this Saturday and on Saturday, June 16. The walk will explore the western side of Kidlington Gap on a newly created footpath from the abandoned silo to
TO celebrate World Environment Day, Oxford City Council is organising the city's first climate change conference on Tuesday, June 5. Lord May of Oxford, the former Government chief scientific adviser and past president of the Royal Society, will give
BALLIOL Boys Club is celebrating the centenary of its foundation in October 1907. Part of the celebration is a dinner at Balliol College on September 7. The Balliol Boys Club association is trying to find out who the oldest living member is and invite
ACCOUNTANT Janine Allen Robertson said she would not be making up the numbers when she competes for the Miss England crown. Miss Allen Robertson, 22, from Farmstead Close, Grove, missed out on the Miss Oxford title last week - and this time she is determined
DEMENTIA is set to soar in Oxfordshire with experts forecasting a 42 per cent rise in the next 15 years. Currently, 6,000 people in the county suffer from the mentally debilitating illness, but new research from the Alzheimer's Society warns that
THE man who began an annual memorial for three soldiers shot dead for mutiny in the 17th century was buried near where his heroes, the Levellers, met their end 358 years ago in a Burford churchyard. And as the ashes of Alan Hicks were buried, members
ABOUT 12,000 members of the Caravan Club are expected to converge on Blenheim Palace over the Bank Holiday weekend for a centenary celebration. Already more than 4,700 pitches have been booked as the club plans to turn its annual rally in the grounds
