Oxford United lost 1-0 in tonight's Blue Square Premier clash with Weymouth at the Kassam Stadium. Former United triallist and Didcot Town striker Stuart Beavon scored the only goal on 17 minutes. The defeat follows their 3-0 reverse at Barrow on
Stuart Beavon, grandson of the legendary Oxford United full back Cyril Beavon, came back to haunt the club that had previously rejected him after trials. The former Didcot Town striker fired Weymouth in front on 18 minutes at the Kassam Stadium last
Oxford United were trailing 1-0 at half-time in tonight's Blue Square Premier clash with Weymouth at the Kassam Stadiuum. Former United triallist and Didcot Town striker Stuart Beavon scored the only goal on 17 minutes.
ELEVEN days after Oxford University student Matt Carver married his sweetheart, his family and friends had to face attending his funeral. More than 500 mourners packed Newport Cathedral to celebrate the life of the 22-year-old who died from leukaemia
Bicester & North Oxford pulled off a big upset by knocking holders Banbury out of the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup. Darryl Woods's men defeated Banbury, champions for the past four years, by six wickets in their quarter-final at White Post Road.
Detainees on hunger strike at Campsfield House immigration detention centre said they would rather die of starvation than be deported. The protest at the Kidlington base escalated today with up to 70 detainees refusing food. Failed asylum seeker Fazzel
Eleven days after Oxford University student Matt Carver married his sweetheart in a touching ceremony, his family and friends attended his funeral. More than 500 mourners packed Newport Cathedral to celebrate the life of the 22-year-old who died from
Oxfordshire Development XI will play Berkshire in a one-day match at Oxford Downs tomorrow. They had been due to face each other in a two-day Tom Orford Trophy clash starting today, but heavy rain meant Downs' pitch was unplayable. Oxon welcome back
A teenager who killed a grandmother after crashing his faulty van on a dangerous bend wept as he was jailed for two years. Lewis Jackson, 19, lost control of his work van on the B4508 between Hatford and Gainfield, near Faringdon, and swerved into the
Dennis Butler (4-6-6) clanged off 16 dolls as the George Littlemore severely dented the White House's Premier Section title chances in the Greene King Oxford & District League with a 2-1 victory, writes ANDY BEAL. Butler missed with his first two sticks
Oxford Cavaliers staged a thrilling comeback before a late drop goal saw them fall to an agonising 29-28 defeat against top team Bristol Sonics in the South West & West Midlands section at Marston Ferry Road. Cavaliers were already guaranteed a play-off
A van driver with suspected mental health problems attacked pedestrians and cyclists during a series of unprovoked attacks. One of his victims, a 57-year-old man from the West Midlands, was punched to the ground in Bladon while walking to Churchill's
Stanton St John Willows must seek re-election if they want to play in The Oxford Times Cherwell League next season. The perennial strugglers, who have sides in Divisions 6 and 9B, have fallen foul of a new rule introduced this year. It states that
Marcham's prolific batsman Matt Launchbury went boundary crazy to raise funds for Cancer Research. Launchbury smashed 300 runs off 13 overs in a special event on the final day of Abingdon Vale's cricket week. In between a series of 15-over matches
Charlbury Ladies bounced back from a defeat by Oxford to beat Towcester by five wickets in the Midlands League East Division. Leaders Towcester were all out for just 30 after being inserted on a bowler-friendly wicket. Nikki Scull claimed 4-5 in four
Alan Watts, a former groundsman at Morris Motors, Stanton St John and Forest Hill, has died aged 82 after a short illness. Mr Watts took over at Morris Motors from Mick Moore when the latter became Oxford United groundsman. It followed a 31-year career
Campaigners who want to see the life-prolonging cancer drug Sunitinib provided free to patients in Oxfordshire have taken their fight to Buckingham Palace. Bill Goodwin, who lives in Pebble Hill, Radley, has written to The Queen asking for her support
A poll of more than 1,000 Oxfordshire residents found that music topped their wish list for Didcot's new arts centre. All kinds of entertainment will be staged at Cornerstone, but 84 per cent of residents said music would draw them to the centre the
ABOUT 200 people gathered outside Oxford Town Hall to protest against plans to build a new block of flats in Jericho. Last year, the city council rejected Spring Residential's plans to build 54 one- and two- bedroom flats and a boat repair berth on
Four Oxfordshire buildings have been shortlisted for a prestigious architectural award. The Royal Institute of British Architects' South Conservation Award for Architects rewards professionals who have completed a conservation project. The projects
Dads across the county are being asked to rediscover their inner child by taking part in a day of water balloon fights, climbing and penalty shoot-outs. The day of fun is part of the Dads Go Wild event taking place at the South Oxford Adventure Playground
Fundraisers at Oxford Children's Hospital are urging competitors from the OX5 Run to hand in their sponsorship money by the end of the month. The five-mile run around the grounds of Blenheim Palace was snowed off in April, but more than 450 people took
Plans for Witney's Cogges Link Road have been submitted but campaigners have vowed to continue battling the £16.4m scheme. The West Oxfordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, which has opposed the road since it was first suggested more
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Cut-price season tickets have helped to drive up visitor numbers at Witney's Cogges Farm Museum this year. The museum, which was under threat of closure last autumn, is making a recovery from its falling popularity, with a 50 per cent increase in people
Dancers are set to showcase styles from all over the globe at a festival of dance in an Oxford nightclub. The four hour event, at The Regal, in Cowley Road, will see Oxford-based dance groups showing off their best spins, turns and wiggles. Among
Every summer, as anyone who lives in Oxford knows, tourists and language students fill the city and put an extra strain on the litter collections and the street cleaning, especially in Cornmarket Street. Over the last two years, the council managed
Your readers will have seen that Oxfordshire County Council has announced plans to switch off some street lights in the name of cutting down on the county's carbon emissions and with a potential saving of £7,835 per year. However, a Liberal Democrat
I have read recently with dismay of your paper's evident support for the Game Fair at Blenheim Palace. Obviously, the moral repugnance felt by many at this sickening promotion of wildlife abuse is not a matter of consideration, especially when considerable
Your story about the latest set of motorcycle ads from Thames Valley "Safer" Roads Partnership raises some important road safety issues (Oxford Mail, August 7). Any road safety campaign has to offer a solution to a problem. These ads don't. They just
A pub landlord has promised to make an Oxford beer festival an event to remember with selection of award-winning brews. Chris Meeson, landlord of the Masons Arms pub in Quarry School Place, Headington, promised more beers than ever at the seventh annual
OXFORDSHIRE'S Louisa Reeve booked her place in the final of rowing's Women's Pairs yest- erday. The Henley-based star came second in the repechage with partner Olivia Whitlam to reach Saturday's final. "I thought I'd just feel relieved at qualifying
Book lovers in Botley have been given a summer lifeline after their library was closed because of repeated flooding problems. It was feared hundreds of readers would be left high and dry when the county council shut the library for three weeks to cure
OXFORD-born Daisy Dick, and William Fox-Pitt, who lived in Goddington, near Bicester, helped Great Britain's eventing team secure bronze after the showjumping phase of the equestrian competition in Hong Kong today. Britain had started the day 11.70
Took the bus to the MPC today. The bus leaves from outside the block where we live ˆ the K9 bus - Dr Who wasn't around. It took me to within 300 metres of the MPC - sadly I had to walk a kilometre to get to an entrance because of the security fences!
Took the bus to the MPC today. The bus leaves from outside the block where we live ˆ the K9 bus - Dr Who wasn't around. It took me to within 300 metres of the MPC - sadly I had to walk a kilometre to get to an entrance because of the security fences!
THE number of detainees on hunger strike at Campsfield House has risen to at least 63, according to reports today. Fazzel Abdul, a failed Iraqi asylum seeker facing deportation in the Kidlington detention centre, said that more detainees were supporting
Manager Darren Patterson is convinced that Oxford United have got more goals in them this season, and this will be crucial if the team are to challenge hard for promotion. United are entering thier third successive season as a non-League club - that
Nick Merry is hoping that Lady Luck will look after Oxford United this season - and help them to promotion. The Oxford United chairman is starting his third season in charge of the U's and knows exactly how difficult it is to get out of the Blue Square
JOE BURNELL THE tough-tackling midfielder was Darren Patterson's first new signing this summer following his release by Northampton. Starting his career with Bristol City, he became an integral player at Ashton Gate. He joined Wycombe Wanderers in
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Oxfordshire's outgoing Lord Lieutenant Sir Hugo Brunner has appointed six new Deputy Lieutenants. They are Diana Bagnall, from Buckland, Helen Baker and Marion Stevenson, from Oxford, Michael Macfadyen, from Checkendon, Miranda Markham, from Newton
About 200 people are protesting outside Oxford Town Hall this morning against plans to build a new block of flats in Jericho. Last year the city council rejected Spring Residential's plans to build 54 one and two bedroom flats and a boat repair berth
A 55-year-old woman who illegally claimed more than £47,000 in benefits was yesterday ordered to pay back £6,923. Oxford Crown Court heard Melanie Horwood, of Bampton Close, Littlemore, benefited to the tune of £47,380, but only had £6,923 available
A 25-year-old man accused of knocking down a father-of-three outside a nightclub will enter a plea to the charge in October. Mane McKenzie, of Brentwood Road, Swinton, in Manchester, yesterday appeared at Oxford Crown Court charged with attempted murder
A MAN has been convicted of raping a prostitute. Nicholas Cousins, 33, paid the woman £20 for 20 minutes but would not let her go, pinned her to the sofa and covered her mouth to stifle her screams before raping her. During the three-day trial his
TWO men who hijacked a car at an Oxford petrol station and threatened to shoot the driver were jailed for a total of six years. Abdul Banaras and Haroun Ahmed decided to take the high-specification £14,000 Volkswagen Golf when they saw it pull into
So now we won't be allowed to eat popcorn when we go to see a film at some cinemas. What will be the next tradition under threat?
Darren Patterson will wield the axe tonight as he bids to get Oxford United back on track with a home win against Weymouth. The U's boss was unhappy with the collective display in Friday's 3-0 opening Blue Square Premier defeat at Barrow, and with some
PARENTS claim they may be forced to send their daughters overseas for their education if Oxford's only Muslim faith school closes. The Iqra School, based at the Lawn Upton Building in Littlemore, has so far failed to raise the £2m it needs to buy the
PROTESTERS from Oxford superglued themselves to the doors of a mining company in London. Nine people, seven from Oxfordshire, took part in the 90-minute protest at BHP Billiton's headquarters in Victoria on Monday afternoon. Two activists glued themselves
Oil, gas and electricity companies have imposed swingeing increases on the long-suffering public recently. So it is probably no surprise that the firms supplying our water now want to wade into the price rise arena. We have suffered enough, without
Popcorn could vanish from an Oxford cinema in bid to win over audiences put off by noisy munching and its distinctive smell. The Phoenix Picturehouse, in Walton Street, Jericho, has vowed to scrub the crunchy snack from its menus for one main screening
The nephew of a First World War soldier from Oxford - who may be buried in a mass grave recently found in France - has shed some light on his uncle's life. Frederick William Bateman was a private in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Families across Oxfordshire were left facing a further tightening of their belts last night as Thames Water announced bumper bill increases. Customers were warned the company is proposing an average bill increase of 16 per cent above the rate of inflation
