Oxfordshire | Archive | 2007 | January
WHETHER the sorrowful sleuth Inspector Morse would have considered spending his latter years in Abingdon's new nursing home for elderly people is an unsolved mystery. more...
It's the first ever all-singing, all-dancing Oxford Dance Festival and with the whole city kicking off, it's screaming for you to jump on the bandwagon and give it a go. more...
Cutting maternity and paediatric care at a hospital would be "unsafe", according to protesters. more...
The Cowley-built Mini is on target for a new sales record this year, bosses have predicted. more...
Bosses at Witney information technology firm Torex Retail have insisted it is business as usual after shares in the company were suspended. more...
When you least expect it, cinema transcends its role as escapist entertainment and manages to spark debate and even change the world. more...
On June 6, 1968, presidential hopeful Senator Robert F. Kennedy planned to announce his intention to run for the White House during a keynote speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. more...
Peter O'Toole delivers one of the finest performances of his career, as a silver-tongued thesp, in Roger Michell's elegiac coming-of-old-age story. more...
It seems that financial crises in the NHS are here to stay. more...
AS hard-hitting movies about Oxford go, it is going to take some beating. In fact, Blue Blood may never be out-pointed if judged as an exercise in opening up a world of controlled violence, fanaticism and pride. more...
Ardley United assistant manager Steve Wilkes has spoken of his delight after the Premier Division high-fliers were drawn away to Oxford United in the quarter-finals of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. more...
Ten-man Launton Sports battled back as they salvaged a point in a 2-2 draw at Watlington in the Premier Division. more...
Title favourites CR Marks Kidlington had to settle for a 1-1 draw with AFC Cowley in Autotype UTV League Division 3A. more...
THE National Farmers' Union will hold a farmhouse breakfast at Spelsbury village hall tomorrow. more...
TORY Colin Adams has claimed victory in a by-election to replace Witney councillor Andrew Creery who disappeared last year. more...
THE National Farmers' Union will hold a farmhouse breakfast at Spelsbury village hall tomorrow. more...
A WITNEY firefighter has been given an award for excelling on a 11-week trainee firefighters course. more...
TORY Colin Adams has claimed victory in a by-election to replace Witney councillor Andrew Creery who disappeared last year. more...
THE principle of unitary authorities is not a bad one. If it can eradicate duplication, improve efficiency and save the taxpayer money, it can only be a good thing. more...
I refer to your article on rehabilitative care for older people discharged from hospital into their own homes (Oxford Mail, January 18). more...
I felt that I had to write to you about the heartbreaking story of Alex Chiari, who found it near impossible to wash his little Honda CRX without the aid of a hosepipe (Oxford Mail, January 18). more...
Sir - We are concerned about the ever-decreasing width of the wildlife corridor around Boundary Brook from Old Road to the site of Special Scientific Interest of Lye Valley. more...
Sir - I have only had time to skim Oxford City Council's document supporting its bid to become a unitary council and I have done so primarily with regard to my own county council cabinet portfolio of adult social services. more...
Sir - Oxford City Council says that if it is given the powers to run all of the city services it will save us all megabucks (Report, January 19). Well, whoever heard of a Government reorganisation coming in on budget? more...
Sir - I wonder if others feel as sad as I do about the five young men pictured in your January 19 edition wishing to join The Rifles regiment. They seem to have few qualms, apart from being a bit worried, "particularly with what is going on in Iraq", but are chiefly "excited", "proud and pleased", and wanting people to be proud of them. Perhaps these teenagers have been misled by posters now in buses, headlined "Got any New Year's resolutions planned for 2007?" and continuing: "How about getting a career sorted? With over 100 jobs to choose from, six weeks' annual holiday, worthwhile travel and opportunities to play any part you want, an adventure to suit everyone". These are published by the Army Careers Office. 100 jobs to choose from? No mention there of learning to destroy, injure, kill; to be willing to be injured or killed. "Worthwhile travel"? To the world's dangerous places. more...
Sir - I wonder if others feel as sad as I do about the five young men pictured in your January 19 edition wishing to join The Rifles regiment. more...
Sir - In the current Labour News for this ward, the repair of the bus shelter outside the Duke of Monmouth pub is called a "saga". At the very least it was a frustrating struggle against discouragements and inadequacies in local administration. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. A few days earlier it was impossible for me to get my bike through East Magdalen Street because of a pile-up of parked buses. Perhaps it is time to re-introduce the worthy citizens of this ancient town to A. D. Godley's poem, Motor Bus. It might prove a relief from worries over garbage disposal. more...
Sir - Yesterday, I counted 12 buses lined up along the High from Queen's Lane to the market. more...
Sir - Why are school league tables that are so horribly misleading given the oxygen of publicity in your newspaper? more...
Sir - Why are school league tables that are so horribly misleading given the oxygen of publicity in your newspaper? more...
Sir - Your Conservative correspondent, Joanne Bowlt, (Letters, January 12), questions why Oxford city councillors might consider a unitary authority to be a better deal for our residents. She need only look to the actions of her own party on the county council for her answer. more...
Sir - While it would be splendid to walk down George Street and come across a canal basin on the far side of Worcester Street I think it is best if left as a dream. more...
Sir - While it would be splendid to walk down George Street and come across a canal basin on the far side of Worcester Street I think it is best if left as a dream. more...
Sir - I recently received a copy of stage one involvement - feedback from Thames Water. Q1. States that "A national water transfer grid was excluded from further study because this would exceed our remit as a regional water company!" more...
Sir - I recently received a copy of stage one involvement - feedback from Thames Water. Q1. States that "A national water transfer grid was excluded from further study because this would exceed our remit as a regional water company!" more...
Sir - The need for "key worker housing" is said to justify building on Warneford Meadow. Surely this must be a good thing. more...
Sir - The need for "key worker housing" is said to justify building on Warneford Meadow. Surely this must be a good thing. more...
Sir - It is appropriate that Gray Matter should be relegated to the back page of Weekend since his column continually exudes matter which fouls the normal standard of The Oxford Times. more...
Sir - I write to express my concern for the health of Rosemarie (and Olive). I have noticed that since your restaurant reviewer, Chris Gray, has eschewed the high cholesterol course it has fallen upon the hapless Rosemarie (and Olive) to chew their way through many of these. I think they, Rosemarie (and Olive), should be told before it is too late. more...
Sir - I write to express my concern for the health of Rosemarie (and Olive). more...
Sir - The last edition of The Oxford Times made depressing reading. Page one reported the decision of our planning department to support the development of Warneford Field. more...
Peugeot is launching a new generation of its Expert range combining a commercial vehicle, the "Peugeot Expert" compact van and the other within the car range, the Peugeot Expert Combi. more...
A VOLKSWAGEN concept full of Eastern promise as a production model, the Neeza, has just been unveiled at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. more...
CITRON has released the first details of the new five-seat C4 Picasso, which will be launched in the spring, making Citron the only manufacturer to offer a choice of three compact people carriers. more...
JORDAN F1 driver Jodie Hemming will bid to become the first woman to win in an F1 car since Desir Wilson took a one-off victory at Brands Hatch in 1980, when she competes at Donington Park in May. more...
JORDAN F1 driver Jodie Hemming will bid to become the first woman to win in an F1 car since Desir Wilson took a one-off victory at Brands Hatch in 1980, when she competes at Donington Park in May. more...
CITRON has released the first details of the new five-seat C4 Picasso, which will be launched in the spring, making Citron the only manufacturer to offer a choice of three compact people carriers. more...
Peugeot is launching a new generation of its Expert range combining a commercial vehicle, the "Peugeot Expert" compact van and the other within the car range, the Peugeot Expert Combi. more...
A VOLKSWAGEN concept full of Eastern promise as a production model, the Neeza, has just been unveiled at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. more...
JORDAN F1 driver Jodie Hemming will bid to become the first woman to win in an F1 car since Desir Wilson took a one-off victory at Brands Hatch in 1980, when she competes at Donington Park in May. more...
CITRON has released the first details of the new five-seat C4 Picasso, which will be launched in the spring, making Citron the only manufacturer to offer a choice of three compact people carriers. more...
Peugeot is launching a new generation of its Expert range combining a commercial vehicle, the "Peugeot Expert" compact van and the other within the car range, the Peugeot Expert Combi. more...
A VOLKSWAGEN concept full of Eastern promise as a production model, the Neeza, has just been unveiled at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. more...
The Saab Aero took the best concept car award presented by Autocar magazine. more...
A book highlighting the stories behind the first cars of 65 actors, singers, religious leaders, MPs TV and radio presenters and celebrities is on sale. more...
A BLACK bump on the roof just behind the front seats of Hyundai's high and mighty Santa Fe gives the game away. more...
JORDAN F1 driver Jodie Hemming will bid to become the first woman to win in an F1 car since Desir Wilson took a one-off victory at Brands Hatch in 1980, when she competes at Donington Park in May. more...
CITRON has released the first details of the new five-seat C4 Picasso, which will be launched in the spring, making Citron the only manufacturer to offer a choice of three compact people carriers. more...
Peugeot is launching a new generation of its Expert range combining a commercial vehicle, the "Peugeot Expert" compact van and the other within the car range, the Peugeot Expert Combi. more...
A VOLKSWAGEN concept full of Eastern promise as a production model, the Neeza, has just been unveiled at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. more...
WATCHMAKER Oris has renewed its sponsorship deal with the Grove-based Williams F1 team for a fifth consecutive season. more...
WATCHMAKER Oris has renewed its sponsorship deal with the Grove-based Williams F1 team for a fifth consecutive season. more...
LEWIS Hamilton has shrugged off his first major shunt in Formula One. more...
Get out your glowsticks - the Klaxons are heading back to town. But, as guitarist Simon Taylor tells Tim Hughes, their 'nu-rave' antics are inspired by a love of esoteric literature. THE Klaxons burst on to a grateful music scene with a burst of technicolour, glowstick-wielding euphoria. And it's fair to say, no-one knew what had hit them. more...
VANDALS attacked four cars parked in Bloxham. more...
VANDALS attacked four cars parked in Bloxham. more...
THE official launch of ITV Thames Valley today will be performed by Henley MP Boris Johnson. more...
THE National Farmers' Union will hold a farmhouse breakfast at Spelsbury village hall tomorrow. more...
A HOUSING association has been fined £14,000 for polluting a river and discharging unlawful levels of sewage. more...
FILM crews are to revisit Oxford to shoot scenes for an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel. more...
FILM crews are to revisit Oxford to shoot scenes for an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel. more...
Sir - The last edition of The Oxford Times made depressing reading. Page one reported the decision of our planning department to support the development of Warneford Field. Perhaps they could explain why they produced their report without waiting for a response from the Environment Agency, why it failed to include residents', residents' associations' and environmental groups' representations and why it has chosen to completely ignore an alternative and viable solution put forward by the residents' associations. Not to mention the obvious negative impact on an already overcrowded area (am I the only person to have noticed that the Marston Ferry Road is now at a standstill morning and evening since the opening of the additional facilities at the John Radcliffe?). more...
A DOG locked in a sunny garden clawed desperately at the last piece of shade before dying of heat stress, a court heard. more...
A YOUNG disabled man's wish to have sex with a prostitute left an Oxford hospice facing one of its most difficult decisions. more...
OXFORD'S bid to become a unitary council was formally submitted to the Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly yesterday. more...
TWO-thirds of Oxford Brookes University's Gipsy Lane campus is to be demolished to make way for a modern university in Headington. more...
CCTV cameras that are normally used to monitor traffic flow at the Green Road 'hamburger' roundabout are being used to catch a mystery traffic light tamperer. more...
CCTV cameras that are normally used to monitor traffic flow at the Green Road 'hamburger' roundabout are being used to catch a mystery traffic light tamperer. more...
THINGS should hot up at St Francis Church, Oxford, tonight when a Caribbean night is staged to raise money for a new central heating system. more...
THE father of teenager Ben Halsey-Jones, who is feared to have drowned in the River Thames, has spoken of how his son spent his last day doing what he loved best. more...
PUPILS have been told to take extra care when walking to and from an Oxford school after a schoolboy reported being followed. more...
A FORMAL planning application to extend Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester, has been submitted. more...
VANDALS attacked four cars parked in Bloxham. more...
VANDALS attacked four cars parked in Bloxham. more...
PEOPLE evacuated from their homes after a burst water main flooded Normandy Crescent in Cowley, Oxford, returned home today to assess the damage. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following three burglaries in the Kidlington area. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after three burglaries in the Kidlington area. more...
TWO men were robbed of their mobile phones while walking in Oxford last night. more...
TORY Colin Adams has claimed victory in a by-election to replace Witney councillor Andrew Creery who disappeared last year. more...
FORMER Oxford Conservative councillor Janet Todd, who died last year, has left £100,000 to the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. more...
THE National Farmers' Union will hold a farmhouse breakfast at Spelsbury village hall tomorrow. more...
TORY Colin Adams has claimed victory in a by-election to replace Witney councillor Andrew Creery who disappeared last year. more...
VILLAGERS are celebrating after a waste firm was ordered to cut the height of a 15-metre heap of rubbish on land near Bicester. more...
THIEVES reached over the counter of a beauty salon in Bicester town centre and stole a handbag on Friday. more...
A DOG locked in a sunny Bicester garden clawed desperately at the last piece of shade before dying of heat stress, a court heard this week. more...
POLICE have appealed for help in catching vandals who threw paint bombs at a house in Bicester. more...
A FORMAL planning application to extend Bullingdon Prison near Bicester has been submitted. more...
A COUNCIL leader has attacked the "abysmal" standard of secondary education in Bicester - and said it is doing the town's youngsters a disservice. more...
Banbury United boss Kevin Brock has called on his side to be more ruthless when they travel to Tiverton in British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division tomorrow. more...
Water levels rose to flood all front gardens and many homes were flooded. more...
Officials talk to residents stranded on the first floor of their homes. more...
Faisal Shaukal, 16, and his brother Ayaz, 18, are helped from their home. more...
Firefighters enter the properties to see how much damage has been caused. more...
A pump is brought in to suck water out of the homes. more...
The clean-up operation begins. more...
A residents bails the water out of her car. more...
Dr Abdul Latif and his four-year-old son, Mateen, show the damage their house has suffered. more...
Richard Mayhew, 28, his partners Louise Armstrong and son Taylor, right, are pictured outside their ground floor flat which flooded. more...
Kirsty Holloway is carried from her flat by a helpful firefighter more...
Chloe Smith, 10, also gets the special treatment from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service more...
Francesco Ramera, 86, pictured in his home. All he was able to take with him before being evacuated was his essential medicine. more...
The faulty pipe is fixed the next day more...
Fans are connected to dry all of the flooded properties out. more...
Maxine Filby, from Hinton-in-the-Hedges, near Brackley, was all smiles after piloting Chicuelo to victory in the ladies' open, beating Cross The Highman by ten lengths at Dunthrop, near Chipping Norton. more...
Twyford trainer Alan Jarvis sent out Our Blessing to blitz his rivals at Kempton. more...
Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust will pay out £1m in interest next year after NHS managers were forced to convert its debt into a £20m loan at commercial rates. more...
The father of teenager Ben Halsey-Jones, who is feared to have drowned in the River Thames, has spoken of how his son spent his last day doing what he loved best. more...
When 26-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant Matthew Voigt broke the news to his family, friends and fiancee that he would be spending six months in Afghanistan, they were understandably concerned - but also perplexed. more...
An artist's impression of the development A £6m shopping list of infrastructure improvements has been thrashed out with the developers of Oxford's Westgate Centre. more...
An artist's impression of the development A £6m shopping list of infrastructure improvements has been thrashed out with the developers of Oxford's Westgate Centre. more...
A sneak preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, right, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
Asylum seekers from war-torn countries in Africa are among the cast of an Oxford theatre production using the Big Brother TV show as part of the plot. more...
Students from an Oxford school have rubbed shoulders with some of the world's brightest minds as part of a television programme. more...
An X-factor-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
Fierce debate over a possible shake-up of local government in Oxfordshire has sparked deep rifts between councils. more...
Extra waste collections could be put in place by Oxford City Council - but only if they are proved wrong about the current arrangements. more...
A hospice helped a disabled man with a life-limiting condition find a prostitute. more...
People evacuated from their homes after a burst water main flooded Normandy Crescent in Cowley, Oxford, have been returning home today to assess the damage. more...
Former Oxford Conservative councillor Janet Todd, who died last year, has left £100,000 to the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. more...
Burglars broke into three properties in the Kidlington area in the space of two days. more...
Two robbers attacked a man in Barton and stole his mobile phone and cash card last night The robbery took place near Underhill Circus shopping precinct at about 8.30pm. The pair are believed to have left in a dark-coloured vehicle. more...
Two cars were involved in an accident on the A420 near Tubney just after 6pm today. more...
The family of murder victim Arash Ghorbani-Zarin watched today as one of his killers failed in his bid for freedom. more...
The family of murder victim Arash Ghorbani-Zarin watched today as one of his killers failed in his bid for freedom. more...
The family of murder victim Arash Ghorbani-Zarin watched today as one of his killers failed in his bid for freedom. more...
Bachelor Mark Broughton is looking for love - by auctioning his hand in marriage for one penny on eBay. more...
Bachelor Mark Broughton is looking for love - by auctioning his hand in marriage for one penny on eBay. more...
Families from Oxford are facing weeks out of their homes as the repair bill after the catastrophic Cowley flood was tonight predicted to top £300,000. more...
Families from Oxford are facing weeks out of their homes as the repair bill after the catastrophic Cowley flood was tonight predicted to top £300,000. more...
Families from Oxford are facing weeks out of their homes as the repair bill after the catastrophic Cowley flood was tonight predicted to top £300,000. more...
EX-OXFORD United boss Ian Atkins believes the U's will still win promotion despite their current slump - and says another of his former clubs, Carlisle United, experienced exactly the same kind of mid-season blip. more...
WELCOME to a new feature where we will look at the origins of the place names of Oxfordshire. more...
If you're going to run an Italian restaurant then you need at the very least a buxom Italian woman bellowing at her staff and an unshaven chef shouting back. more...
Chinnor will be without in-form lock forward Matt Hutchings when they continue their battle against relegation at home to North Walsham in National 3 South tomorrow. more...
Henley Hawks can move into second place in National League 2 with a victory over Wharfedale at Dry Leas tomorrow. more...
Chinnor will be without in-form lock forward Matt Hutchings when they continue their battle against relegation at home to North Walsham in National 3 South tomorrow. more...
Henley Hawks can move into second place in National League 2 with a victory over Wharfedale at Dry Leas tomorrow. more...
Chinnor will be without in-form lock forward Matt Hutchings when they continue their battle against relegation at home to North Walsham in National 3 South tomorrow. more...
Chinnor will be without in-form lock forward Matt Hutchings when they continue their battle against relegation at home to North Walsham in National 3 South tomorrow. more...
Henley Hawks can move into second place in National League 2 with a victory over Wharfedale at Dry Leas tomorrow. more...
Henley Hawks can move into second place in National League 2 with a victory over Wharfedale at Dry Leas tomorrow. more...
Bicester made seven changes for their Premier Division clash with Stow-on-the-Wold - but it did not show as they eased to a 32-0 victory. more...
Bicester will be without the suspended duo of Tony Shaw and Christian Wright when they host Berks, Bucks & Oxon League Premier Division leaders Wallingford tomorrow. more...
AEA Technology 107 BMW 3050 Electrocomponents 283.25 Isoft Group 54.75 Oxford Biomedica 40 Oxford Instruments 268.5 Reed Elsevier 590.75 RM 203 RPS Group 281 Torex Retail 40.75 Oxonica 145 more...
AEA Technology 110 BMW 3064 Electrocomponents 282.75 Isoft Group 54.75 Oxford Biomedica 40.25 Oxford Instruments 269.5 Oxonica 145 Reed Elsevier 591 RM 203.25 RPS Group 281 Torex Retail 40.75 - trading suspended more...
A WANTAGE man has been ordered to pay back more than £1,600 after being found guilty of committing benefit fraud. more...
A WANTAGE man has been ordered to pay back more than £1,600 after being found guilty of committing benefit fraud. more...
A WANTAGE man has been ordered to pay back more than £1,100 after being found guilty of committing benefit fraud. more...
The Conservative party received a boost in leader David Cameron's Witney constituency last night as they romped to a win in a district council by-election. more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around St George's Field in Botley more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around St George's Field in Botley more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around Port Meadow more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around Oatland Road recreation ground playground in Botley more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around Oatland Road recreation ground in Botley more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around Oatland Road recreation ground in Botley more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around Fiddler's Island in Port Meadow more...
Ann Furtado of Oxford took this picture of flooding around Oatland Road recreation ground in Botley more...
AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
PHOTOGRAPHS showing Oxfordshire's towns about 100 years ago have been used to create a new online gallery. more...
OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. more...
A WANTAGE man has been ordered to pay back more than £1,100 after being found guilty of committing benefit fraud. more...
WHETHER the sorrowful sleuth Inspector Morse would have considered spending his latter years in Abingdon's new nursing home for elderly people is an unsolved mystery. more...
VANDALS attacked four cars parked in Bloxham. more...
AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
A SNEAK preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
PHOTOGRAPHS showing Oxfordshire's towns about 100 years ago have been used to create a new online gallery. more...
OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. more...
AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
A SNEAK preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
PHOTOGRAPHS showing Oxfordshire's towns about 100 years ago have been used to create a new online gallery. more...
OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. more...
THIEVES reached over the counter of a beauty salon in Bicester town centre and stole a handbag on Friday. more...
A DOG locked in a sunny Bicester garden clawed desperately at the last piece of shade before dying of heat stress, a court heard this week. more...
POLICE have appealed for help in catching vandals who threw paint bombs at a house in Bicester. more...
A FORMAL planning application to extend Bullingdon Prison near Bicester has been submitted. more...
VILLAGERS are celebrating after a waste firm was ordered to cut the height of a 15-metre heap of rubbish on land near Bicester. more...
A COUNCIL leader has attacked the "abysmal" standard of secondary education in Bicester - and said it is doing the town's youngsters a disservice. more...
AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
A SNEAK preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
PHOTOGRAPHS showing Oxfordshire's towns about 100 years ago have been used to create a new online gallery. more...
OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. more...
Two cars were involved in an accident on the A420 near Tubney just after 6pm today. more...
The family of murder victim Arash Ghorbani-Zarin watched today as one of his killers failed in his bid for freedom. more...
Bachelor Mark Broughton is looking for love - by auctioning his hand in marriage for one penny on eBay. more...
Families from Oxford are facing weeks out of their homes as the repair bill after the catastrophic Cowley flood was tonight predicted to top £300,000. more...
Families from Oxford are facing weeks out of their homes as the repair bill after the catastrophic Cowley flood was tonight predicted to top £300,000. more...
Burglars broke into three properties in the Kidlington area in the space of two days. more...
When 26-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant Matthew Voigt broke the news to his family, friends and fiancee that he would be spending six months in Afghanistan, they were understandably concerned - but also perplexed. more...
An artist's impression of the development A £6m shopping list of infrastructure improvements has been thrashed out with the developers of Oxford's Westgate Centre. more...
A sneak preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, right, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
Asylum seekers from war-torn countries in Africa are among the cast of an Oxford theatre production using the Big Brother TV show as part of the plot. more...
Students from an Oxford school have rubbed shoulders with some of the world's brightest minds as part of a television programme. more...
People evacuated from their homes after a burst water main flooded Normandy Crescent in Cowley, Oxford, have been returning home today to assess the damage. more...
An X-factor-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
Fierce debate over a possible shake-up of local government in Oxfordshire has sparked deep rifts between councils. more...
Two robbers attacked a man in Barton and stole his mobile phone and cash card last night more...
Extra waste collections could be put in place by Oxford City Council - but only if they are proved wrong about the current arrangements. more...
Cutting maternity and paediatric care at a hospital would be "unsafe", according to protesters. more...
A hospice helped a disabled man with a life-limiting condition find a prostitute. more...
Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust will pay out £1m in interest next year after NHS managers were forced to convert its debt into a £20m loan at commercial rates. more...
The father of teenager Ben Halsey-Jones, who is feared to have drowned in the River Thames, has spoken of how his son spent his last day doing what he loved best. more...
The Conservative party received a boost in leader David Cameron's Witney constituency last night as they romped to a win in a district council by-election. more...
Former Oxford Conservative councillor Janet Todd, who died last year, has left £100,000 to the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. more...
Michelle Ewins smashed a four-timer as Oxford United Ladies beat Aylesbury United 6-2 in their Southern League Premier Division clash. more...
A dream came true for in-form roach expert Alan Storey from Sutton, Oxfordshire, when he slipped his net under a magnificent roach weighing 4lb 2oz, writes ANDY WEBBER. more...
Justin Buckingham hit a break of 66 to give Witney A a 4-2 victory over New Club A in the Premier Division, writes DAVID WHITE. more...
The Blanchfords Oxfordshire Trophy has attracted its best-ever line-up. more...
RICKY Bridges kick-started Oxfordshire Under 16s' challenge in the ESFA Premier League Inter County Trophy with both goals in a 2-0 win over Dorset. more...
VALE of White Horse Under 14s maintained their 100 per cent record this season with a 3-0 win over Cheltenham in the Vale Cup at Milton United. more...
LACROSSE players from Heathfield St Mary's (Wantage) made home advantage count to come out on top in a thrilling finish to the Midlands Small Schools tournament. more...
Oxfordshire champions in the ESFA Girls Under 11s six-a-side football tournament. more...
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VANDALS attacked four cars parked in Bloxham. more...
TORY Colin Adams has claimed victory in a by-election to replace Witney councillor Andrew Creery who disappeared last year. more...
FORMER Oxford Conservative councillor Janet Todd, who died last year, has left £100,000 to the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. more...
WELCOME to a new feature where we will look at the origins of the place names of Oxfordshire. more...
THE father of teenager Ben Halsey-Jones, who is feared to have drowned in the River Thames, has spoken of how his son spent his last day doing what he loved best. more...
PEOPLE evacuated from their homes after a burst water main flooded Normandy Crescent in Cowley, Oxford, returned home today to assess the damage. more...
A COURT usher returned to his car after a day dealing with criminals to find that a driver had smashed into his vehicle and disappeared without leaving a note. more...
PUPILS have been told to take extra care when walking to and from an Oxford school after a schoolboy reported being followed. more...
AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
THE Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, is visiting Oxford this week. more...
Bosses at Witney information technology firm Torex Retail have insisted it is business as usual after shares in the company were suspended. more...
CONSERVATIVE candidate Colin Adams was elected to West Oxfordshire District Council after a by-election in the Witney Central Ward yesterday. more...
OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after three burglaries in the Kidlington area. more...
TWO men were robbed of their mobile phones while walking in Oxford last night. more...
TWO-thirds of Oxford Brookes University's Gipsy Lane campus is to be demolished to make way for a modern university in Headington. more...
STUDENTS from an Oxford school have rubbed shoulders with some of the world's brightest minds as part of a television programme. more...
A FORMAL planning application to extend Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester, has been submitted. more...
A SNEAK preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
The Cowley-built Mini is on target for a new sales record this year, bosses have predicted. more...
THE Renault F1 team, from Enstone, bid for a hat-trick of world titles with a new driver line-up and a new look this season. more...
WATCHMAKER Oris has renewed its sponsorship deal with the Grove-based Williams F1 team for a fifth consecutive season. more...
LEWIS Hamilton has shrugged off his first major shunt in Formula One. more...
TORY Colin Adams has claimed victory in a by-election to replace Witney councillor Andrew Creery who disappeared last year. more...
AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. more...
A SNEAK preview of new children's film Charlotte's Web, has been organised to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. more...
PHOTOGRAPHS showing Oxfordshire's towns about 100 years ago have been used to create a new online gallery. more...
CONSERVATIVE candidate Colin Adams was elected to West Oxfordshire District Council after a by-election in the Witney Central Ward yesterday. more...
A WITNEY firefighter has been given an award for excelling on a 11-week trainee firefighters course. more...
OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. more...
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