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Stories for 1 July 2008
Abingdon
Thieves ransacked home as 92-year-old lay awake
A 92-YEAR-OLD stalwart of the community who has fostered more than 70 children was targeted by thieves while he lay in his bed. more...
Friends pay tribute to crash victim
A hairdresser and Oxford United football fan killed on an unlit road while walking home from a night out has been described by friends as a 'real joker' who will be missed. more...
Builder offers reward after van stolen
A BUILDER has put up a £500 reward after having his van and tools stolen. more...
Athletics
SWIMMING: Witney retain trophy in thriller
Witney retained their hold on the Aldertons Newsagents Trophy following an exciting finish to the gala at Aylesbury. more...
Aunt Sally
AUNT SALLY: Green on song as Swan cruise in
Dave Green hit his fourth six of the season in a 14 doll-haul as he helped Black Swan to a 2-1 away win at George B, Littlemore in Section 2 of the Greene King Oxford & District League. more...
Banbury News
Imagine - £8.44 a litre for your fuel
Next time you have a grumble about the spiralling costs of fuel, spare a thought for Geoff Wheeler.o A keen motorcycle enthusiast, Mr Wheeler, 57, is the proud owner of a 1903 Quadrant Tricycle which runs on fuel that costs more than £8 a litre. more...
New watch group formed
Banbury's latest Neighbourhood Watch group is warning criminals to keep away. more...
Cricket
CRICKET: My future uncertain - Duval
KIDLINGTON chairman Nick Duval says he may quit in the wake of their on and off-field problems this season. more...
CRICKET: Telo shines
Former Aston Rowant batsman Dominic Telo is now featuring for Derbyshire. more...
CRICKET: Committed Taylor going nowhere
DAVE Taylor has quashed rumours he is trying to buy himself out of his contract at Kidlington. more...
CRICKET: Porters star for Oxon
Sisters Genny and Ellie Porter starred as Oxfordshire's women bounced back from heavy defeats against Devon and Dorset to beat the Royal Navy by 112 runs. more...
CRICKET: Young Aussies face county
Western Australia's Emerging Warriors are in Oxford this week to take on Oxfordshire Under 17s at the old St Catherine's College Ground in Marston. more...
CRICKET: Cumnor pair will keep on slogging
Cumnor fans can expect more batting fireworks if they progress in the npower Village Cup. more...
OCA LEAGUE: Results & fixtures
Division 1 Charlbury 217-7 (I Widdows 60, K Duester 37, M Howe 3-49), Great Horwood 211-7 (S Ridgway 52no, S Willett 51, T Hudson 33). more...
CRICKET: Hicks leads the way for Freeland
OCA League Sixteen-year-old Chris Hicks returned superb figures of 5-46 to help Freeland to an eight-wicket victory at Kings Sutton in Division 2 on Saturday, writes Kieren Bushnell. more...
Didcot
Concern over phone mast plan
A MOBILE phone mast could go up on the edge of Didcot despite residents' concerns over health. more...
£6m boost for Milton Park
BOSSES at Milton Park, the £400m business and technology park near Didcot, are to invest millions of pounds in new buildings - despite the credit crunch. more...
Didcot News
Special scarecrows aid hospital
The heroes, heroines and villains of East Hagbourne are helping to raise money to equip a hospital and schools in Liuli, Tanzania. more...
Editorial Comment
Shop this lousy thug
Shame on the thug who raided the home of 92-year-old Frederick Edwards. more...
Keep going
The Government signals the end of the postcode lottery in its future plans for the health service. more...
Good sense
How refreshing to see that the smoking ban is encouraging more people to give up smoking. more...
Education Directory
Kumon
Summertown Church Hall Portland Road Oxford Tel: 0800 854714 more...
Connexions Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Youth Support Service Macclesfield House New Road Oxford OX1 1NA Tel: 01865 815166 more...
Our Lady's Abingdon
St Johns Road Abingdon OX14 2HB Tel: 01235 523147 more...
Stowe School
Stowe Buckingham MK18 5EH Tel: 01280 818323 / 818205 more...
Bartholomew School
Witney Road Eynsham Oxon OX29 4AP Tel: 01865 881430 more...
Stepping Stones Nursery
55 Glanville Rd Oxford OX4 2DD Tel: 01865 717139 more...
Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
Oxpens Road Oxford OX1 1SA Tel : 01865 550550 more...
Wheatley Park School
Holton Oxford Ox33 1QH Tel: 01865 872441 more...
New College School
Savile Road Oxford OX1 3UA Tel: 01865 243657 more...
Abingdon School
Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE Tel: 01235 521563 more...
OCET
11 Werrell Drive Oxford OX1 5LF Tel: 01865 376199 more...
Sound Reading System
69 Divinity Road Oxford OX4 1LH Tel: 01865 728760 more...
Oxford Community School
Glanville Road Oxford OX4 2AU Tel: 01865 428200 more...
St Birinus School
Mereland Road Didcot Oxon OX11 8AZ Tel: 01235 814444 more...
Oxford Castle
44-46 Oxford Castle Oxford OX1 1AY Tel: 01865 260668 more...
St Andrew's School
Wallingford Street Wantage Oxon OX12 8AZ Tel: 01235 762345 more...
Swindon College
North Star Avenue Swindon Wiltshire SN2 1DY Tel: FREEPHONE 0800 731 2250 more...
The Little Montessori Nursery School
Abingdon Road Clifton Hampden Oxon OX14 3EG Tel: 01865 407040 more...
Oxford Science & Maths Tutors
46A George Street Oxford OX1 2AQ Tel: 01865 202254 more...
Didcot Girls School
Manor Crescent Didcot Oxon OX11 7AJ Tel: 01235 812092 more...
Entertainment
A story of the famous Witney blankets
THANKS to The Heritage Lottery Fund, and further support from West Oxfordshire District Council and Oxford Inspires, the Children International Arts Organisation (CIAO) - an Oxfordshire charity - was awarded £39,000 to help fund a Witney-centred project, Journey of a Blanket. more...
Football
FOOTBALL: Lyne swoops for Henderson
Witney United boss Andy Lyne has captured the signature of young defender Lee Henderson, who spent last season at Bicester Town. more...
Headlines
Wakestock to return in 2009
OXFORDSHIRE'S newest major music festival, Wakestock, is set to return for a second year at Blenheim Palace, its organisers revealed last night. more...
Victim's relief as bus attackers convicted
AN RAF serviceman has spoken of 'returning to normal' after two teenagers who attacked him as he got off a bus in Carterton were found guilty of grievous bodily harm. more...
Petition: Bus service is vital
SCORES of angry commuters and bus users have pledged their support to a website campaign to keep Charlbury rail bus as it is. more...
District council moves into property market
WEST Oxfordshire District Council has made its first big move into the property market to reap income on behalf of its taxpayers. more...
Work starts to prevent town centre from being flooded
WORK has begun last week to prevent Witney town centre from being flooded in the future. more...
Stars head for Cornbury
NEVER mind Graceland, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and Mrs Robinson. more...
Leader
Council looks at the long term
COUNCILS are obliged to act in the best interests of their taxpayers, and this week's news that West Oxfordshire District Council is putting money into the property market might raise a few eyebrows. more...
Letters
Recycling - we could do more
I have used the Redbridge recycling facility in Abingdon Road, Oxford, several times recently and been impressed by the organisation, the sorting into 10 or more types of waste and the ease of access, by car, for householders. more...
Tried everything
I refer to John MacAllister's letter (Oxford Mail, June 25), in reply to mine about the withdrawal of the No 10 bus. more...
Little interest
Gordon Clack (Oxford Mail, June 26) has raised an important question about Lloyds Bank withdrawing its business in Cuba and closing accounts of customers who have trade dealings with the country. When will our Government act to protect UK companies or individuals, who are conducting legitimate transactions with Cuba from interference by the US? more...
Do we need more supermarkets?
Sir - I am sure many of your readers are aware that the planning application for a Lidl's supermarket, in Ducklington Lane, Witney, is shortly to be heard by WODC planning committee. more...
Pride needed to beat litter menace
Your lead letter (June 6) apropos Beryl and Ray Davidson, of Didcot, is headed 'Why is our country so dirty?' and the answer must be 'Our country is not dirty, but the people who live in it are'. more...
Flood report
The publication of the Pitt Review into the floods of July 2007, and the subsequent 92 recommendations, makes interesting reading. more...
Work needed
I agree with M Donald in last week's Herald regarding the roads in Didcot. Almost every road in Didcot needs resurfacing and I think that Foxhall Road and Brasenose Road are some of the worst in the area. Then there is Queensway with those silly humps and the approaches to Didcot are scruffy. more...
Reverse flow
Re: Abingdon traffic. As a suggestion, why not reverse the flow of traffic across St Helen's Wharf into Caldecot Road. This would ease congestion in the town and provide another route out of town. It most probably would not solve all the problems, but I am sure it would cure more - worth a trial. more...
Great Sunday
I have just spent a wonderful Sunday without going any farther than Wallingford. The famous locomotive 'City of Truro', which reached a record speed of more than 100 mph in 1904, was at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway for all to see and to travel on. more...
A credit
While I was recently staying with relatives in Wallingford, I was taken to the Corn Exchange. Much has been written about the attitude of young people these days, most of it usually being negative, so it was with great pleasure I witnessed another, very positive side of the story that evening. more...
Pub or not?
I always very much enjoy Peacocke's Pubs. However, I'm beginning to feel that many of the 'pubs' Helen visits are, in fact, restaurants. more...
Motors
pro_cee'd sure to suc_cee'd
The what-comes-from- where world of motoring is pretty perplexing nowadays and Kia just made it all the more mystifying. more...
News
Town set for Mayor's Sunday
PEOPLE are being reminded a raft of free fun takes place in Banbury town centre this Sunday. more...
Woman treated for smoke inhalation
Firefighters were called to a house in Oxford during the early hours today after a blaze broke out in a ground-floor bedroom. more...
Horspath Primary marks 150 years
A PRIMARY school that has served its community for 150 years was joined by the Bishop of Oxford to mark a special milestone. more...
Woman treated for smoke inhalation
Firefighters were called to a house in Oxford during the early hours today after a blaze broke out in a ground-floor bedroom. more...
Man denies raping teenager
A MAN who denies raping a 15-year-old girl had sex with her mother hours before the alleged attack, a court heard yesterday. more...
Felled trees used for seats at outdoor theatre
A DOZEN mature trees have been felled in an Oxford park and will be used as seating for an outdoor theatre production. more...
Police seek A40 crash witnesses
Police are appealing for witnesses following yesterday's crash on the A40 in Headington. more...
Muslim film festival opens
FILMGOERS can sample films from as far and wide as Pakistan and Palestine and Iraq and Iran, right in the centre of Oxford this week. more...
Driver denies causing cyclist's death
An HGV driver from Bicester accused of causing the death of a 41-year-old cyclist yesterday denied knowing he had been involved in a collision and that he threw the victim's possessions into a field. more...
Students celebrate with school ball
MORE than 200 students celebrated the end of their GCSE examinations by dressing up in ball gowns and tuxedos and attending their end of school ball. more...
Royal gardener visits prize-winning school
Pupils at a school in Bicester were rewarded with a visit from an ex-Royal gardener as part of a competition to win a greenhouse. more...
Other News
Government pledge on cancer-drugs lottery
CANCER patients denied a life-extending drug on the NHS because of a postcode lottery in Oxfordshire have welcomed the Government's pledge to solve the problem. more...
Smokers quit in wake of ban
THE smoking ban has led to a big increase in the number of people in Oxfordshire quitting the habit, new figures revealed. more...
Temperatures approach hottest day
It will be touch and go whether today will be the hottest of the year so far in Oxfordshire. more...
Other Sport
BOWLS: Hanborough break their duck
Hanborough broke their duck in Division 3 of the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries Garden Centre, with a 4-2 win against fellow strugglers Witney Town. more...
Oxford News
Ban helps more smokers quit
The smoking ban has led to a big increase in the number of people in Oxfordshire trying to quit, new figures have revealed. more...
Cancer drug pledge gets cautious welcome
Cancer patients denied a life-extending drug on the NHS because of a postcode lottery in Oxfordshire have welcomed the Government's pledge to solve the problem. more...
Woman treated for smoke inhalation
Firefighters were called to a house in Oxford during the early hours today after a blaze broke out in a ground-floor bedroom. more...
Thieves ransacked home as 92-year-old lay awake
A 92-year-old stalwart of the community who has fostered more than 70 children was targeted by thieves while he lay in his bed. more...
Witness appeal after A40 crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after a crash on the A40 in Oxford yesterday. more...
Temperatures on the up
It is touch and go whether today will be the hottest of the year so far in Oxfordshire. more...
Clean up sewage floods
Residents are demanding action to end 37-year drainage problems which see sewage flood on to their properties, leaving residents unable to wash or flush the toilet. more...
Builder's £500 reward
A builder has put up a £500 reward after having his van and tools stolen in broad daylight. more...
Muslim Movie Mission
Film-goers can see films from as far afield as Bosnia, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran, in Oxford this week. more...
Man attacked by would-be robbers
An Oxford man was attacked by would-be muggers today. more...
Hitting back at tennis sell-off
Campaigners who want to save public tennis courts in North Oxford from privatisation have used a questionnaire to urge councillors to scrap the plan. more...
College offers village new hall
Residents in Radley are being promised a new village hall and playing fields if Radley College gets the go-ahead for a housing scheme on Green Belt land. more...
Plan for 20mph limit speeds up
Motorists could be facing new 20mph speed limits in Oxford city centre within eight months. more...
Diversions during Grand Prix
Motorists are being warned that due to the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend, the A43 will be closed to through traffic. more...
Bodleian book store 'crucial' inquiry told
The future of Oxford University's library service depends on the Bodleian getting the go-ahead for a £29m book depository, a planning inquiry heard today. more...
Police hunt Asbo prostitute
Police are hunting a drug-addicted prostitute after she failed to attend court. more...
Hauliers join fuel protest
Angry hauliers from Oxfordshire will join fellow truckers in London tomorrow for what is expected to be the biggest protest so far against fuel prices. more...
Don't play with Dinosaur site
Villagers are hoping to use the last resting place of a 153 million year old dinosaur to stop plans for a football pitch and drainage pond on green belt land. more...
Mother testifies at rape trial
Jurors in a rape trial in which a man stands accused of attacking a 15-year- old girl today heard from the youngster's mother. more...
Woman treated for smoke inhalation
Firefighters were called to a house in Oxford during the early hours today after a blaze broke out in a ground-floor bedroom. more...
Rugby
RUGBY: Turner hat-trick casts spell on Wizards
Stand-off Shane Turner scored a hat-trick of tries as Oxford Cavaliers broke their away duck and got their first double of the season with a 44-24 win at Wolverhampton Wizards in RL Conference South West & Midlands League. more...
Share Prices
Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 67.25 BMW 2368 Electrocomponents 144.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 132.5 Oxford Biomedica 20.25 Oxford Catalyst 169 Oxford Instruments 246.25 Reed Elsevier 556.5 RM 184.5 RPS Group 300 more...
U'S News
U's sign Burnell
Oxford United have signed midfielder Joe Burnell. more...
Ledgister joins Woking
WOKING have signed former Oxford United winger Joel Ledgister on a one-year deal. more...
Patto hails new signing
Darren Patterson hailed his first summer signing as a major coup after midfielder Joe Burnell joined Oxford United on a two-year deal. more...
Wantage And Grove
Villagers warned over bogus callers
Villagers in Faringdon are warned to be on guard against bogus callers. more...
Wantage News
Arsonists hunted by police
Arsonists are thought to have targeted a house in Faringdon on the weekend, police said today. more...
Villagers team up to clear brook
Villagers pulled on wellies and waders to tackle flood problems in their village. more...
Warning over bogus callers
Residents in Faringdon are warned to be on guard against bogus callers. more...
Witney News
Council in property deal
A council has made its first big move into the Oxford property market to reap income on behalf of its taxpayers. more...
Residents' bid to save railbus
Scores of angry commuters and bus users have pledged their support to an Internet campaign to retain the Charlbury Railbus. more...
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