ALL West Oxfordshire residents are about to receive a letter telling them about the biggest change to the electoral registration system in nearly 100 years. Under the new system, rather than the head of a household being responsible for registering
Carterton beat Witney Mills 5-1 in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurs-eries. West Witney lifted their Division 2 promotion hopes with an 81-64 win at Banbury Chestnuts. Chipping Norton were all but relegated
North Leigh have boosted their Southern League campaign by signing former Bolton Wanderers and Aberdeen striker Michael Bird. Bird, 30, started his career at the Lancashire club before an impressive trial took him to Scottish Premier League side
James Bolton led Woodstock Harriers to the men’s team title at the Hornton Classic 6 on Saturday. Bolton finished second after battling with winner, Oxford’s David Bruce (High-gate Harriers) for much of the six-mile race near Banbury. He clocked
HOUSING development in West Oxfordshire is back in the headlines this week, with the release of the district council’s draft local plan for consultation. Concerns have already been raised about some of the potential sites around Witney and the
Marlborough (Woodstock) won the Oxfordshire Schools Under 12 pairs league title. After beating St Birinus (Didcot), Marlborough saw off Chipping Norton by 47 runs in the final. Set 263, Chippy lost ten wickets to post 216. Marlborough’s
A DEVELOPMENT firm has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £15,000 after failing to ensure asbestos was removed safely during the demolition of the Buttercross Works in Witney. RP Baker (Oxford) Ltd was prosecuted by West Oxfordshire
Witney Swifts beat Minster Lovell by one run in a thrilling clash to win the Knockout Cup for the third time in their history. An unbeaten 50 from Max Godwin took Swifts to 121-5 off their 16 overs. In reply, Minster finished short on 120-6
Jamie Cook is all set to juggle two different sports this season as the Oxford City forward gets closer to becoming a professional golfer. The 34-year-old, from Witney, has completing a residential course at The Belfry last week, he is on the verge
I SUPPOSE there can hardly be anyone anywhere who has not at some time or another, when in thoughtful mood, scribbled down the phrase “man versus nature” – but one place where man is certainly in control is the garden at Daylesford House, near Kingham
Chadlington squeezed to a thrilling six-run win against Hook Norton in Division 1 on Saturday. Andrew Thomas (3-0), Tom Rothwell (3-20) and Ashley Cooper (3-39) restricted Chadlington to 130, half of which came from Richard Ingram (65). The
Romain Grosjean had a weekend to forget at Sunday’s German Grand Prix. The Frenchman was forced to retire from the race on the 26th lap due to problems with the car’s cooling system. “Our overall pace was quite good,” said a disappointed Grosjean
WITNEY'S mayor Jeanette Baker paid a visit to Witney’s twin town in Germany to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the link. She travelled to Unterhaching, near Munich, in Bavaria, with Eleonore Bruyere-Perkins of the Witney & District Twinning
Danny Smith took 6-35 to send Sandford St Martin soaring back to the top of Cherwell League Division 3 with a nine-wicket home win against Bletchley Town on Saturday. Only two Town batsmen made double figures as they were despatched for only 66
Great & Little Tew’s bad luck with the weather continued when their Division 2 derby clash at Shipton-under-Wychwood was washed out. The visitors had built up an impressive 215-8 from 55 overs when a thunderstorm ended play for the day.
West Oxfordshire motorcycle racer Steve Moody is looking to do even better when returning to the Isle of Man next month – five years after he last competed in the Manx Grand Prix. The father of two, from Carterton, finished 16th in the prestigious
Sir – You said in last week’s issue that John Jaques II devised the game of croquet. Not so, although that is what the world’s leading maker of croquet equipment, Jaques of London, claims on its website. Its true history is more convoluted.
Sir – Last year, during a two-month period of unusually warm weather, six people drowned in former quarry lakes in the UK, and warmer weather heralds an increase in young people and adults entering quarries uninvited, with potentially tragic consequences
Sir – I was out on The Leys on Witney Carnival day when I came across two young men carrying cardboard placards with ‘Free Hugs’ written on them. I had one of those free hugs, which made my day – I am 89 years old. I thought it was a lovely
CHARLBURY once again plays host to Oxfordshire's biggest free music festival, Riverside, this weekend. Now in its 19th year, the two-day event takes place at the Mill Field, alongside the River Evenlode. As usual, the three stages feature the
Great & Little Tew skipper Andy Harris praised batsman Harry Smith for his spectacular innings which blasted them to within a win of a Lord’s final. Smith hammered 79 off just 43 balls as Tew triumphed by 50 runs in the Davidstow Village Cup
Sir – I have lived in Corn Street for 35 years. I am also a wheelchair user. I use Corn Street most days, going to town in my power chair. I know the rhythm of its use by pedestrians on a daily basis. Users range from young children aged four upwards
Sir – During a recent visit my daughter, who lives abroad, fell ill. She had a bad cough for a few days and quite high temperature, also some breathlessness. We were getting a little worried by the evening of the third day and decided to phone
EIGHTY-FOUR staff at Witney furniture maker Corndell were told on Monday that their jobs are safe after a takeover deal was agreed. A new company, Corndell Furniture Quality Ltd, was set up to rescue the company after it went into administration
