Oxfordshire | Archive | 2008 | September
Oxford's Hindus hope their first communal prayer event will bolster plans to build a £2m temple. more...
Oxford's Hindus hope their first communal prayer event will bolster plans to build a £2m temple. more...
Two Abingdon streets were cordoned off today after a deep hole opened up over the weekend. more...
A 12-feet hole that has opened up in one of Abingdon's most historic streets has sparked speculation of underground passages in the town. more...
Oxford's Hindus hope their first communal prayer event will bolster plans to build a £2m temple. more...
Gardeners transformed community halls into a riot of colour by showing off the fruits of their labours as residents in Abingdon and Weston-on-Green displayed flowers, fruit, vegetables and craft work during two horticultural shows: Flowers and vegetables entertained dozens of people at Weston-on- the-Green's 45th annual horticultural show. more...
A 12-feet hole that has opened up in one of Abingdon's most historic streets has sparked speculation of underground passages in the town. more...
Two Abingdon streets are today cordoned off after a deep hole opened up over the weekend. more...
A Bicester street cleaner who walked more than 63,000 miles in 25 years has retired. more...
The Cowley-built Mini is driving sales of parent company BMW up, new figures have revealed. more...
After months of tense negotiation, I finally got the go-ahead to buy a bike trailer for the dog. Or a dog trailer for the bike. It was hard-going and I still don't know whether my wife's reluctance was out of concern for the dog's safety or seeing me plummet to new depths of bike dorkdom. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Oxford surrendered their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 championship - but only after rain denied them certain victory on Saturday. more...
Kidlington slipped out of the Home 'Couinties Premier League after a spirited display in their nine-wicet defeat by Division 2 West champions Farnham Royal on Saturday. more...
Thame Town, one of the favourites to be relegated from Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West at the start of the season, finished a highly creditable fifth, having won seven matches. more...
Thame Town, one of the favourites to be relegated from Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West at the start of the season, finished a highly creditable fifth, having won seven matches. more...
Kidlington slipped out of the Home 'Couinties Premier League after a spirited display in their nine-wicet defeat by Division 2 West champions Farnham Royal on Saturday. more...
Oxford surrendered their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 championship - but only after rain denied them certain victory on Saturday. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Oxford surrendered their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 championship - but only after rain denied them certain victory on Saturday. more...
Oxford surrendered their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 championship - but only after rain denied them certain victory on Saturday. more...
Kidlington slipped out of the Home 'Couinties Premier League after a spirited display in their nine-wicet defeat by Division 2 West champions Farnham Royal on Saturday. more...
Kidlington slipped out of the Home 'Couinties Premier League after a spirited display in their nine-wicet defeat by Division 2 West champions Farnham Royal on Saturday. more...
Thame Town, one of the favourites to be relegated from Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West at the start of the season, finished a highly creditable fifth, having won seven matches. more...
Thame Town, one of the favourites to be relegated from Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West at the start of the season, finished a highly creditable fifth, having won seven matches. more...
A detective, based at Didcot police station, has been suspended following a court case at Swindon Magistrates' Court. more...
A mastermind from Didcot has sat on the legendary black chair - but cannot reveal how he got on. more...
A detective has been convicted for carrying a knife. more...
A police officer has been suspended after being convicted over a clash with a teenage gang. more...
Imagine the scene: a police car roars down your road and stops a few doors away. more...
Flood warnings on two rivers in Oxfordshire were removed today. more...
Flood warnings on two rivers in Oxfordshire were removed today. more...
SOME of the biggest names in the equestrian world are due to compete at the Blenheim Palace International Horse trials, which begin on September 11. more...
NAMES for Witney's Citizens of the Year Award scheme have to be in by September 30. more...
THE oldest part of Henry Box School, Witney, dating back to the 17th century, is to be open to the public on Saturday, 10am to 4pm, as part of Heritage Open Days 2008. more...
A serial arsonist is believed to be behind half a dozen fires in west Oxfordshire. more...
HOCKEY: Henley overcame the odds, and surprised themselves, to win the Men's Oxfordshire Cup for the first time in seven years. more...
Dermot Carroll (Oxford Mail, August 27) refers to "what Josephus said about Jesus" in Book 18 of his Jewish Antiquities. more...
I thought I had problems until I read about Steve Chandler's heart-rending plight, namely annually receiving a free, bulky and unsolicited copy of Yellow Pages (Oxford Mail, September 2). more...
There is no general rat problem in Oxford (Oxford Mail, September 5). more...
On the day before my birthday, I find myself in the following ridiculous situations in Oxford: Why, oh, why has Tesco got Christmas selection boxes out? more...
Richard Jeffery really started the ball rolling when he recalled a poem about St Giles' Fair. more...
St Giles' Fair in Oxford has always attracted huge crowds - and the one in 1978 was no exception. more...
Children in St Ebbe's, Oxford, amused themselves with a variety of games. more...
The end of the Second World War brought great joy to the people of Wolvercote, Oxford. more...
The scene is familiar - St Giles packed with families enjoying the annual fair, write Richard Cook and Tyrone Steele. more...
Kimi Raikkonen is refusing to give up on his dream of back-to-back Formula One world titles. more...
The final round of the MSA British Superkart Championship, MGs, Caterhams and the penultimate rounds of a number of championships are part of the programme at the Castle Combe Circuit's race meeting on Saturday, September 13. more...
Amateur antique dealers tried to impress TV's David Dickinson with their 'bobby dazzlers' when ITV's Real Deal show was filmed in Oxford. more...
A man jumped across a shop counter wielding a knife and stole more than £300 from the till. more...
Amateur antique dealers tried to impress TV's David Dickinson with their 'bobby dazzlers' when ITV's Real Deal show was filmed in Oxford. more...
Music and prayer marked the end of the first Oxford Jesus Festival. more...
Pensioners living in a sheltered housing block were trapped in a malfuctioning lift despite promises it had been repaired. more...
A cycle route in North Oxford will receive £50,000 worth of improvements. more...
Organisers of a school reunion in Kidlington are trying to track down more than 100 former classmates. more...
Amateur antique dealers tried to impress TV's David Dickinson with their 'bobby dazzlers' when ITV's Real Deal show was filmed in Oxford. more...
Amateur antique dealers tried to impress TV's David Dickinson with their 'bobby dazzlers' when ITV's Real Deal show was filmed in Oxford. more...
Oxford's Hindus hope their first communal prayer event will bolster plans to build a £2m temple. more...
A man killed in a motorway crash has been named. more...
Drivers of black cabs in Oxford are set to demand their annual fare rise is brought forward because of the rising cost of diesel. more...
The owner of a dog which mauled a young girl has admitted it is "not a very nice dog" around children and should have been muzzled. more...
Aston Rowant clinched The Oxford Times Cherwell League Division 1 title when virtually the whole of the final day's league programme was washed out. more...
A father-of-two was ordered to pay £10,000 by a judge following a three-year battle over a bungalow he illegally built in his back garden. more...
A teenage father who breached his Asbo and assaulted his girlfriend was given a suspended prison sentence. more...
A woman jailed for causing the death of three children and a student in a car crash on Oxford's Eastern Bypass can return to work as a nurse, a disciplinary panel decided tonight. more...
Coronation street star Bill Roache was in Oxford but, for once, the spotlight was not on him. more...
An 18-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent following an assault in Between Towns Road, Cowley, just before midnight on Friday. more...
A Bicester street cleaner who walked more than 63,000 miles in 25 years has retired. more...
Oxford's Hindus hope their first communal prayer event will bolster plans to build a £2m temple. more...
Oxford's Hindus hope their first communal prayer event will bolster plans to build a £2m temple. more...
Flood warnings on two rivers in Oxfordshire were removed today. more...
Flood warnings on two rivers in Oxfordshire were removed today. more...
You are only told about three crimes for every 1,000 the police are called about, we can reveal. more...
A serial arsonist is believed to be behind half a dozen fires in west Oxfordshire. more...
A 107-year-old First World War veteran from Watlington was last night in intensive care after collapsing over the weekend. more...
A cycle route in North Oxford will receive £50,000 worth of improvements. more...
Pensioners living in a sheltered housing block were trapped in a malfuctioning lift despite promises it had been repaired. more...
Music and prayer marked the end of the first Oxford Jesus Festival. more...
Organisers of a school reunion in Kidlington are trying to track down more than 100 former classmates. more...
One of Oxford's rivers has today been taken off Flood Watch by the Environment Agency. more...
A pensioner killed in a motorway crash has been named. more...
Results of cases recently heard at the county's magistrates' courts: Oxford AMAR KHAN, 22, of Dashwood Road, Rose Hill, Oxford, found guilty of obstructing a police officer in the line of duty in Oxford on January 1. Fined £125, ordered to pay £200 costs and a victim's surcharge of £15. more...
Five rivers throughout Oxfordshire were placed on Flood Watch this morning. more...
You are only told about three crimes for every 1,000 the police are called about, the Oxford Mail can reveal. more...
Drivers of black cabs in Oxford are set to demand their annual fare rise is brought forward because of the rising cost of diesel. more...
A teenager is in custody charged with an attack in Oxford. more...
Coronation street star Bill Roache was in Oxford but, for once, the spotlight was not on him. more...
A woman jailed for causing the death of three children and a student in a car crash on Oxford's Eastern Bypass can return to work as a nurse, a disciplinary panel decided tonight. more...
A 16-year-old musical prodigy will proudly watch this week as two of his works performed in different theatres, in the same Oxford street. more...
Families strung up bunting and fired up their barbecues to kick-start community spirit in Oxford. more...
A hair therapist today denied sexually assaulting women while giving them massages in his consultation room. more...
THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE. more...
FOOTBALL. more...
National 3 South Chinnor felt there were plenty of positives to draw from a 45-3 defeat at big-spending London Scottish. more...
EDF Energy Senior Vase Oxford bowed out at the first round stage after a battling 36-27 defeat at Gloucester Old Boys. more...
Club matches Witney warmed up for their Southern Counties North campaign with an 18-3 victory over Grove. more...
Witney won the inaugural Leadbitter Oxford Rugby Colts ten-a-side tournament on Sunday. more...
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Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Banbury's Home Counties Premier Division 1 title dreams were dashed after a rain-affected draw at Henley, but not before they had given themselves a sniff of glory. more...
Oxford United's nightmare run of injuries and suspensions continued with leading scorer James Constable hobbling off with a groin strain in the 1-1 draw at home to Kettering. more...
One of the four surviving veterans of the First World War is recovering in hospital after collapsing at his residential home. more...
Police are appealing for two men to come forward to assist them with their enquiries following the death of a man. more...
One of the few surviving World War One veterans is recovering in hospital after collapsing at his residential home. more...
A detective, based at Didcot police station, has been suspended following a court case at Swindon Magistrates' Court. more...
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