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DELAYS AHEAD ON COUNTY’S ROADS Scientists and families enjoy day of Lego PARENTS and youngsters They worked on a replica of the teamed up for a day of building site after senior technician Paul with Lego at the Diamond Light Amos wanted a way of explainSource in Harwell on Decem- ing what he does to his son. ber 22.

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AFTER a Christmas reprieve a series of roadwork projects are due to launch across Oxfordshire - sparking a warning to drivers from the county’s transport boss.

As of Monday the second phase of work on London Road in Oxford will begin, with 500 metres being resurfaced between the junctions of Northfield Road and Wharton Road.

Work will also begin this month on creating a hamburger-style roundabout at Milton Interchange near Didcot, expected to last for much of the year.

Roadworks for a £5.5million revamp of Frideswide Square outside Oxford Station and £500m Westgate Shopping Centre are also set to begin.

While £1.3m works on improving The Plain roundabout in the city was delayed in October until early 2015.

It comes as a £7m scheme to improve the Kennington and Hinksey roundabouts was completed in December.

And Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet member for transport David Nimmo Smith said traffic could back up as projects either begin, or start up again.

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He said: “We are entering into a major phase of regeneration with exciting projects coming up.

“There will be a number of schemes to ensure that the transport infrastructure is able to meet the demands that will be placed on it in future years.

“We have to accept that there will be delays while this work is going on.”

Work on Frideswide Square will see the road layout remodelled by removing the traffic lights and creating roundabouts in an effort to improve traffic flow, starting from February.

The fi rst phase of the Frideswide Square development fi nished last month, which saw four-way lights installed at Worcester Street.

And the development of Westgate was approved by Oxford City Council in December, with the multi-storey car park due to shut from January 5.

Cllr Nimmo Smith added: “Although this work will cause disruption, we must remember why so much is being done.”

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NEWS REVIEW 2014 Three of the Queen’s children – Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Edward – also made an appearance in the county.

Charles opened a heritage garden at Great Milton restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons last month, while Anne had a look round the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock.

Edward visited King Alfred’s Academy in Wantage and Dorchester Abbey in April, although a planned trip to Caterham F1 Team’s base in Leafield had to be cancelled because of the wet weather.

And numerous dignitaries came to Oxfordshire in October to pay their respects to the 11th Duke of Marlborough at his funeral.

The duke died in his sleep at Blenheim Palace.

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formed into a television set that month, as TV stars Harry Hill, David Mitchell and Ben Miller came to the town to fi lm children’s show ‘Professor Branestawm’.

It was also revealed that George Clooney had bought a home near Henley with his wife Amal Alamuddin in October.

Ben Blakeley, 22, of Christchurch Road, Reading, was jailed TWO murder trials dominated for a minimum of 20 years on the headlines after the deaths July 25 for the murder of his exof teenagers Jayden Parkinson girlfriend Jayden, 17, on Decem(below) and Connor Tremble. be ber e 3 last year.

And Will Blencowe, 21, of A Ox x Oxford Road, Banbury, was sentenced se e to a minimum of 23 years ye e on August 29, after stabbin n 17-year-old Connor. bing The very nature of Jayden’s T death de e shook the county.

Blakeley, Jayden’s controlling B and jealous ex-boyfriend, stranan gled the pregnant 17-year-old gle from Didcot in a field near Upton fro on December 3, 2013.

After hiding Jayden, he buried A her in his uncle’s grave at All he Saints’ Church in Didcot.

Sa Thames Valley Police conT fi rmed r it was the fi rst case of its kind where a body had been pu put in an existing grave.

A few weeks later, jealous Blencowe was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Connor in his Oxford flat on February 13 this year.

Blencowe stabbed Connor 15 times after fi nding out he was seeing his ex-girlfriend Aimee Harrison.

As Jayden and Connor’s families found solace, another family were fi nally able to grieve 17 years after a house fi re in Oxford.

Eight-year-old Anum Khan and her 15-year-old brother Majid died in the arson attack on their family home on Magdalen Road in 1997.

Fiaz Munshi, 38, of Manley Road, Oldham, was jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of manslaughter on July 25.

She became the seventh person to be jailed for the crime.

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A WIDE selection of famous faces and celebrities paid a visit to Oxfordshire over the course of the year.

The royal family were well represented in the county during 2014.

Prince William (pictured) visited Oxford University in September on the same day it was announced that Kate was pregnant with their second child.

Crowds gathered outside the university and shouted cheers of congratulations to William as he arrived, with some of those having travelled from as far as the United States.

Kate had been scheduled to open the China Centre building along with William, but had to pull out because she was suffering from morning sickness.

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WASTE PLANS ‘AN OUTRAGE’ April Milton Hill residents criticise digester proposals RESIDENTS from Milton Hill have labelled plans for an Anaerobic Waste Digester as an “outrage”.

Energy company M2G Renewable has submitted a planning application to Vale of White Horse District Council to build the digester at Grove Farm.

However, local residents have started a petition as part of ‘Residents Against Milton Digester’ claiming the facility, which would digest organic material such as poultry manure, will cause long term harm to the local envrionment.

Carole Hooper, from Milton Hill, who organised the petition, said: “It is a green field site. It does not make environmen mental sense.”

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week and Mrs Hooper is hoping to collect as many signatures as possible.

She added: “We are not a big community.

“Milton Heights is not a huge development but I would estimate that there is no more than 120 houses around there so you could argue that we have basically got all of them signed up.”

The facility is said to be within 250m of homes, local businesses such as a farm shop and much-loved cherry orchards and close by to St Blaise Primary School.

Angela Bradley, co-owner of the Core Business Centre, which is based opposite the farm, says it could have a big impact on her business.

“I am completely and totally outraged by it,” she said.

“In the building we have 12 companies.

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location, we have been able to attract high-tech businesses and they love to be here.

“They are horrified and if this goes ahead I am going to lose a large number of these companies.”

Residents have also voiced concerns about odours that will come from the site, as well as an influx of HGVs on local roads.

M2G Renewable say the plant will utilise processed and prepasteurised food matter in soup form which will be delivered by sealed tankers, pumped into storage cylinders and into the digesters.

A statement read: “Our plant will not receive unprocessed food waste or animal by-products.

“At the end of the digestive process, which will take around 60 days, the end product, or digestate, will be stored in sealed storage tanks before being spread onto neighbouring fields by tanker.”

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OXFORD: Flooding causes further problems on Abingdon Road and Botley Road.

KEEP IT REAL A FUNDRAISING campaign is being launched to keep Wantage’s community space, The Mix, on Mill Street.

Sustainable Wantage, which runs The Mix, wants to give local people and businesses the opportunity to play their part in taking the initiative to its next stage.

The community space was opened following the refurbishment of an empty shop on Mill Street, and is available for local groups and organisations to hire.

Already more than 20 different groups and organisations have used the space for activities.

The crowd funding campaign aims to raise £3,200, which will help secure The Mix into 2014, and give the team running it more time to add to the calendar of uses and build its fi nancial sustainability.

Part of the campaign is a video featuring members of the local community who have benefited from using The Mix. Mim Norvell, who is leading the project, said: “Thanks to very generous support from local volunteers and tradesmen, and funding from the High Street Innovation Fund, we have already been able to use [the space] as a space for a range of brilliant community activities.

“It’s a central place that brings people together for enjoyment and learning, while adding to the diversity of our town centre, and bringing an unused shop back into use.

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as somewhere for everyone to enjoy, building on what has unfolded so far and exploring some new ideas.”

Sustainable Wantage member Jo Harvey added: “As a society for the benefit of the community, Sustainable Wantage doesn’t yet have an income that can cover all the costs.

“So we are launching a community fundraiser initiative to draw on the support of local people who would like to see us continue this project, raising enough funds to help us stay for at least another six months.

“This will also allow us time to look at future possibilities for generating enough income for The Mix to be self-sustaining.”

Cllr Elaine Ware, cabinet member for Economy, Leisure and Property at Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “The Mix is a great community project which has already proven to be a valuable asset for the people of Wantage.”

Wantage’s town team reached an agreement with the landlords of Units 13 and 15 Mill Street on a six-month lease for Sustainable Wantage.

Number 13 is being used for displaying local information while a long-term tenant is identified.

Email Mim via mims@talktalk. net. You can pledge support via www.crowdfunder.co.uk/Keeping-The-Mix-in-Mill-Street.

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BROWNIES in Wantage have been a yellow rose in honour of the Brown- to happen to hear that day”. celebrating the movement’s 100th ies’ original name of Rosebuds from An email from a Mrs Ross, who had birthday by carrying out random acts 1914. been given a bouquet by Ellie, read: of kindness in the town.

They gave out the flowers in the “I was just heading home when your Girls from the 2nd Wantage Brownie town centre, with one boy taking a gift lifted my spirits tonight.

Pack have been handing out flowers rose home to surprise his mother, and “I hope you all have fun celebrating to people in the street, which included a lady saying it was “the nicest thing your 100th birthday. Thank you.”

ABINGDON: Discussions take place on how the impact of flooding could be reduced WEST OXON: Work begins on in the town. redeveloping Carterton town WANTAGE: Vale of White centre.

Horse District Council gives the go-ahead for 1,500 homes to be built at Crab Hill.

DIDCOT: Vauxhall Barracks WEST OXON: The Emer- soldiers killed and injured gency Multidisciplinary Unit in Afghanistan and Iraq are at Witney Community Hospi- remembered in a street-naming ceremony at the town’s tal is opened. newest housing estate Great Western Park.

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A NEW emergency unit in Witney that enables patients to be treated closer to home has been praised, as it is hoped it will ease pressure at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital.

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Cllr Mark Booty said: “It is fantastic to see this unit up and running in Witney.

“In a rural district like ours, which has an increasing ageing population, this will provide a vital service to our local community.

“It is invaluable for patients to be treated closer to home and to their families, with the additional benefit of helping to relieve the pressure at our closest acute treatment hospital.

“It’s a win-win situation for all involved.”

The unit fully opened in January, and is the second of its kind in Oxfordshire along with a similar service provided at Abingdon Community Hospital, and is part of an £18m investment by the Department of Health and the National Institute for Health Research.

OXFORD: A 79-year-old woman dies after being hit by a fi re engine heading to an emergency call on Cowley Road.

ABINGDON: Wootton’s doctors surgery is axed despite a lengthy campaign by residents to keep it open.

WANTAGE: Network Rail announce they will build a second bridge on Wantage Road while they carry out work on the A338 for electrification works on the Great Western Mainline.

WEST OXON: The repatriaDIDCOT: Ben Blakeley pleads tions of Captain Tom Clarke, guilty to the manslaughter of Corporal James Walters, teenager Jayden Parkinson. Lance Corporal Oliver ThoOXFORD: Cycle King in Cow- mas, Flight Lieutenant Rakesh ley Road reopens after a hor- Chauhan and Warrant Officer ror blaze gutted the shop in 2 Spencer Faulkner take place March 2013. in Carterton.

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PLANS for a controversial 159home development in Drayton Road have been re-submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council, despite being rejected last year.

Taylor Wimpey has submitted the plans after acquiring the site from Hallam Land Management earlier this year.

Previous plans for homes on the land were rejected by the district councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning committee at the same stage last year because of trafďŹ c concerns.

This was then appealed and overturned by the Planning Inspectorate, on condition that pedestrian crossings were installed on Ock Street to try and resolve trafďŹ c problems.

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He said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the face of it, the application hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed since last time. The number of houses was deemed by the planning committee to be too many and would cause trafďŹ c problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unless things have changed dramatically, that still stands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I voted against it when it ďŹ rst came up, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m open-minded to see what they propose.â&#x20AC;?

A spokesman for Taylor Wimpey said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We remain committed to developing this site as we believe our scheme will deliver much-needed high-quality housing in Abingdon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full planning permission is already in place for a development of this scale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our new full planning application is consistent with the scheme previously approved, including the offsite highways improvements, and seeks only to include Taylor Wimpeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferred housetype designs.â&#x20AC;?

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PLANS to bulldoze a backstreet pub to build six homes have been submitted.

Wantage-based BPJ Construction Ltd want to demolish The Sprat in Hagbourne Road, to build houses on the site.

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Derek Measor, who was killed in a road accident in February, is held at Abingdon Town DIDCOT: Ben Blakeley is jailed Football Club. for a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Jayden Parkinson. Didcotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern cooling FREE! towers are demolished.

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THE family of a man who was killed after his bicycle was hit by a car in Oxford earlier this year are holding a charity football tournament in Abingdon in his memory.

Derek Measor, from Chalgrove, died on February 17 after the Cowley crash.

He was well-known for his involvement in local football across Oxfordshire, and his family are hosting the tournament on August 16 at Abingdon Town Football Club in his honour.

Four teams will contest the tournament, with Derekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Jacky, son Darren and daughter Vicki hoping to raise thousands of pounds for Diabetes UK through the competitive action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Derek wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just my husband, he was my one and only love, and I feel as if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had everything taken away from me in this very tragic accident,â&#x20AC;? said Jacky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a big football person within the Oxfordshire Senior League for over 25 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Football was a big passion of his, so we felt it appropriate to do some kind of tournament, and it will actually be held six months on from his death.â&#x20AC;?

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six months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That weekend is the six month anniversary, so we thought it would be a good time to hold one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve raised approaching ÂŁ1,000 already in terms of money that was collected at the funeral, but for this I guess somewhere between ÂŁ3,000 and ÂŁ5,000 would be what we are looking at.â&#x20AC;?

Money is being raised for Diabetes UK as Derek had the condition, as do several other members of the family.

Lewis Honeywill of Diabetes UK said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very grateful for Darren and his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundraising efforts and for our charity, and raising awareness of the condition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The money raised will help improve the care and support available for people affected by the condition.â&#x20AC;?

The tournament starts at 10am at Abingdon Town FC, with six matches scheduled to be played throughout the day.

A number of stalls and activities will also be on offer at the event, which is set to go on until around 7pm. â&#x20AC;˘ Derek Measor (right) pictured with (from left) daughter Vicki, son Darren and wife Jacky at Darrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation

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Development HOUSING developments were at the top of the agenda throughout 2014, as the five district councils drew up their local plans of where to build new homes.

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versial, with residents protesting against increasingly large developments in their neighbourhoods.

The councils are still working on their local plans, which are currently going through the consultation stages ahead of being submitted to government.

Individual developments have also stirred up emotions, such as the ongoing saga over proposals to build 159 homes on Drayton Road in Abingdon.

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ant on the relocation of the pedestrian crossing on Marcham Road, which was turned down in March before the decision was reconsidered and overturned in October.

Campaigners also formed a human chain around West Way shopping centre in Botley in protest of plans to overhaul the site to the tune of £100million which was rejected by Vale of White Horse District Council in December.

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over plans that were submitted in September to build a 555home estate in Wallingford, with fears of overdevelopment in the area.

But some proposed developments have received a more positive reaction, such as plans for the £500m Westgate Shopping Centre and Oxford train station.

Building work has continued at the new Oxford Parkway station, being constructed between the city and Kidlington.

Community Project, which encourages youngsters to get involved in creative pursuits, is given the go ahead

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September DIDCOT: The fi rst 20mph speed limit for the town is approved by Oxfordshire County Council for Oxford Crescent – where 10 year-old Freddie Perry was hit by a car in 2013.

OXFORD: Prince William visits Oxford, without pregnant wife Kate, to open a new Oxford University centre for China studies.

WALLINGFORD: An application to build 166 homes at the former site of Carmel College in Moulsford is given the go ahead.

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A PLANNING application to build 166 homes and convert a synagogue into a swimming pool, café and community hall p on the site of a former school o iin Crowmarsh was approved on Monday.

M South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee C voted the plans through for the Carmel College site, in Mongewell Park, by seven votes to three.

Developer Comer Homes Group can now start preparations for 113 flats and 53 houses.

Mongewell village currently has 50 homes.

The permission was granted despite concerns raised over the building’s history and traffic.

Kristina Crabbe, district councillor for Crowmarsh, said she was “concerned with the legacy” of the development.

Mongewell House dates back to 1896 and Carmel College, a former Jewish boarding school, operated from the site between 1948 and 1997.

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into flats with houses around them.

Campaigners argued the development will be on a flood plain and described access from Carmel Terrace and Constitution Hill from the A4074 as “dangerous”.

Stella Power-Brown, who lives in Mongewell, said the plans will cause “serious safety congestion for new and existing residents”.

“It is quite obvious that there is very little room,” she said.

Agent for the application Neil Rowley said the proposals “will give residents no flood or transport issues.”

“Clearly it is an area that has flooded in the past,” he said.

“The good news if there can be any is when it did flood the water went where we thought it would go.”

Parts of the site will be raised by a minimum of 45 metres above the current flood level.

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Sonning Common councillor Alan Rooke said the access roads “will slow traffic down” and described the plans as a “really good development”.

However, Berinsfield ward member Phillip Cross questioned whether the access road was sufficient for the site.

Councillors also voted in favour of demolishing the northern gate pier, built in 1889, at the entrance to Carmel College, widening the driveway to 6 metres from 4.5m.

The majority of the committee disagreed with objectors that altering the gates would have a detrimental impact on the structure as the gates had also been moved in the 1960s.

Garsington councillor Elizabeth Gillespie said: “These are exceptional circumstances, but one bears in mind that it has already been moved.

“I don’t think it is true to its original form as it is.”

Comer Homes will put £2.6million towards building affordable housing and £611,520 for better infrastructure as part of the project.

ABINGDON: MP Nicola Blackwood speaks in parliament about the need for south-facing slip roads at Lodge Hill.

WANTAGE: Gerald Wixey reveals himself as the whistle-blower who exposed Britain’s nuclear programme in the 1980s.

WEST OXON: Carterton mayor Lynn Little reacts angrily to the town’s border with Brize Norton being compared to the situation between Russia and Ukraine.

October DIDCOT: The Sprat is to be demolished in place of six new homes, while a cooling fan failure causes Didcot B to catch fi re.

OXFORD: Cancer charity Maggies unveil a new £3m centre at the Churchill Hospital.

WALLINGFORD: Supermarket Morrisons fi les an appeal against South Oxfordshire District Council’s “restrictive” planning conditions.

ABINGDON: Natasha Elderfield is charged with murder after Robert Dobinson was stabbed near Bridge Street.

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A £500MILLION scheme to redevelop Westgate shopping centre has been given the green light 10 years after plans were first revealed.

Oxford City Council’s West Area Planning Committee approved detailed plans for Westgate at a special meeting at the Town Hall, St Aldate’s, on Tuesday night by eight votes to one.

Building work will start at the beginning of next year and fi nish in time for Christmas 2017.

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OXFORD: Oxford City Council opt to turn Temple Cowley Pools into 47 new homes.

WALLINGFORD: Clarks shoe shop remains open in the town despite fears it would close after 20 years.

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WANTAGE: Residents call for a cinema and a better hospital for the town.

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Travel ROADWORKS and traffic delays were a hot topic throughout the year, as a number of transport schemes were carried out across the county.

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Broadband scheme hits 25,000 homes MORE than 25,000 homes and business in Oxfordshire now have access to superfast broadband.

Villages in West Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse were the latest to receive the new technology, which was made available to 3,500 properties last month.

Four fibre cabinets are now also live in Oxford, Wallingford, Thame and Henley-onThames.

The introduction of superfast broadband is a multi-million pound programme run by Oxfordshire County Council and service provider BT. Nick Carter, cabinet member for business and customer services on the county council, said the new broadband would benefit Oxfordshire residents.

Cllr Carter said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am delighted that, through this partnership, we are able to connect many thousands of homes that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have had access to high-speed networks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Superfast broadband will help local businesses thrive, and ensure residents in rural communities get the benefits of online information, entertainment and communication.â&#x20AC;?

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have pledged to ensure at least 90 per cent of premises will have access to 24 Megabytes per second (Mbps).

Most recently, 800 properties in Combe and Stonesfield, 750 in Hailey, Milton-under-Wychwood and Acott-under-Wychwood, as well as 1,000 in Sutton Courtenay, West Hanney and East Hanney, received the service.

Once cabinets are live, residents and businesses can request to upgrade their service from their Internet provider.

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He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rollout of fibre broadband across Oxfordshire is gathering pace as we reach more communities, bringing the benefits of high speed broadband to more and more families and businesses.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Henderson continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are increasingly relying on the Internet for shopping, playing games online and keeping in touch with friends and family especially over Christmas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the same time, faster fibre broadband enables small businesses to stay in contact with their customers and suppliers more easily and quickly.â&#x20AC;?

News Bites Woman killed KIDLINGTON: A 22-year-old woman was killed in a car accident on the southbound A34 at Kidlington on Saturday.

The woman was driving a white Seat Ibiza when it left the carriageway and collided with a tree.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Kidlington exit slip road was closed while an investigation was carried out, reopening at 4.15am.

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Assaults arrest WALLINGFORD: A 23-yearold man has been arrested in relation to two sexual assaults that took place in Bullcroft Park in December.

The fi rst took place on December 6 when a man tried to kiss a woman.

And a teenage woman was inappropriately touched in the park on December 9.

The man was arrested on December 22, and has been released on bail until February 6.

Doric appeal West Way rejection DEVELOPERS Doric Properties has appealed against the rejection of its ÂŁ100million redevelopment plans for West Way shopping centre in Botley.

Vale of White Horse District Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning committee unanimously voted against the plans on December 3.

The committee raised concerns over the impact the development could have on the community and local infra-

structure in Botley.

Doric wanted to demolish West Way shopping centre, Elms Parade shops, Field House sheltered housing and the empty Elms Court office block.

A supermarket, cinema, hotel, gym, shops, 50 flats and 525 student rooms was proposed to be built in their place.

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OXFORDSHIRE’S chief fire officer and the person who managed the Olympic torch route through the county in 2012 have both been named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

David Etheridge of Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service has been made an OBE in this year’s list, while county network co-ordinator Katherine Powley has been given an MBE. Abingdon resident David, 48, has led the fi re service since 2010, having started off as a fi refighter in 1986.

He is the fi rst person to have been appointed as the chief fi re officer in the same service from joining as a fi refighter, and has said he was accepting the award on behalf of everyone who has worked for the service.

“I am both humbled and delighted in equal measure to have received an OBE from Her Majesty the Queen,” said David.

“Receiving the OBE is one of the

News Bites Fatal crash SHRIVENHAM: Police are appealing for witnesses after a 32-year-old man was killed in a collision on the B4000 between Shrivenham and Ashbury on December 27.

The man was driving a black Ford Focus, which crashed near Zulu Farm. He died at the scene.

The road was closed while officers carried out an investigation at the scene.

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“It is a privilege to work with so many dedicated colleagues and partners who provide me with tremendous support who have helped and trusted me to shape the service to become one of the best in the United Kingdom.”

And 52-year-old Katherine, who also lives in Abingdon, was given her honour for overseeing and managing events that affect the road network in Oxfordshire.

She previously worked for Oxford

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“It is a real honour to be made a MBE and I am very proud,” said Katherine.

“I love the variety of my job – whether it is mapping for the Olympic torch route or responding to an unexpected road closure – and like the rest of my team, I strive to go that extra mile in order to get things done.

“I could not do what I do without the support of my colleagues and my receiving the MBE is the result of a team effort.”

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Wrapped presents including children’s toys, a white Samsung tablet and personalised calendars were stolen from the living room.

Investigating officer Det Con Georgina Bradley said: “This is a terrible burglary due to the fact that several children’s presents were taken.”

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Postal success WANTAGE AND GROVE: A scouting group has raised more than £3,500 from its Christmas card post service.

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The news comes as Temple Cowley Pools in Temple Road, Cowley, was closed on Christmas Eve after Oxford City Council upheld its decision to turn the facility into 47 new homes.

All operations have now been transferred to the Leys Pools and Leisure Centre in Pegasus Road.

Council leader Bob Price said: “The new Leys Pools and Leisure Centre will be a state-of-the-art

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“It will replace the out of date and high-cost pools at Temple Cowley and Blackbird Leys and will be a huge asset to the city.”

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Families build their own Diamond Light Source FIFTY families spent over five hours building a Lego model of the Diamond Light Source in Harwell.

Members of staff were joined by their children on December 22 to put together the model which consisted of 11,000 pieces.

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by Paul Amos, a senior technician at the Diamond Light Source, as a way of explaining his work to his son Harvey.

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for Lego building.

Paul said: “Harvey also has an interest in what I do at work.

“It can be hard to explain what a synchrotron is and what it does to a young person who hasn’t seen anything like it before.

“So I decided that I could use the Lego Digital Designer to build the synchrotron machine as a means to help me describe how the machine works.

“We were very excited about

seeing my digital Lego storage ring being built in to an actual Lego model.”

The science facility is used for research into a wide range of specialisms including viruses, vaccines and jet engines.

Paul’s idea for a model was set up as an educational project and Laura Holland, public engagement manager at Diamond, said she was keen to get other families involved.

She added: “It took our engineers and scientists almost five years to build Diamond, but we were hoping to build our model in less than five hours.

“It was a really fun event, and it’s a great way for the children of our staff to fi nd out what mum, dad, aunt or uncle do every day.”

The model has now been dismantled so it can be taken to events across the country.

News Bites Open day OXON: An open day will be held on January 8 following concerns over women being recalled over screenings for breast cancer.

Last month six women were diagnosed with the disease after a review, which saw 31 people recalled after screenings made by the same radiologist.

Clinical negligent experts Thompsons Solicitors are holding an open day ay Unite the Union in Transport Way, Oxford, between 10am and 4pm.

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MP’s Corner Nicola Blackwood MP for Oxford West and Abingdon

Oxfordshire’s future is bright THOUSANDS of my constituents suffer awful congestion caused by the A34 every day, but when I was elected in 2010, there had been no major investment on the A34 for over two decades.

In two years of campaigning, I brought the roads minister to see the gridlock for himself, raised the A34 in Parliament and led delegations to the Department for Transport.

Already millions of pounds of improvements are underway at Junction 9, Hinksey Hill and Marcham, but this is not enough to solve the safety and capacity problems on the road.

That is why I went right to the top, lobbying the Chancellor personally for the money we need for the A34 and making it clear that the A34 is dangerously congested and that without a long-term capacity solution and immediate improvements to Lodge Hill,

Peartree and Botley junctions, central Oxfordshire will grind to a halt.

I will continue to fight for the vital diamond junction at Lodge Hill, which did not qualify for this funding round.

I have also been campaigning for years for the long term flood defences we need, as thousands of local people suffer the stress of flood risk every day.

I was in Oxford and Abingdon for the appalling floods of 2007 and in 2010 the Government and Environment Agency said we didn’t qualify for a £140m Flood Defence Scheme.

In total, the Chancellor has committed £92 million for Oxfordshire. It is clear that the future is bright for Oxfordshire, and I personally will do all I can to make sure we continue to press for the infrastructure we need and I will not stop until it is signed, sealed and delivered.

Wallingford shoe shop to stay CLARKS shoe shop will remain open in the town after an agreement was reached between the owner and the landlord.

The Oxfordshire Guardian previously reported the St Mary’s Street shop was due to close on December 20, but it

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Town councillor Bernard Stone said: “The shop has reached agreement with the landlord and is now staying.

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Matthew Walsh, prosecuting, asked: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did he say anything about whether he did or did not want to be on constant watch?â&#x20AC;?

Ms Brinsley replied: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was not very happy about being on constant watch because he wanted a television. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wanted to watch himself on the news. That was all he spoke about. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was very jovial in his behaviour. At one point he did shout down the corridor â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a celebrity now Missâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;?

This sparked a reaction from Blakeley who left the court dock on his own accord after shouting: â&#x20AC;&#x153;******** you are lying. Why are you going to make stuff up like that?â&#x20AC;?

Ms Brinsley told the court Blakeley would try to bargain for a TV by offering to tell her information about Jayden.

She said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were different conversations and they would all lead to him having a television.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;During the review of Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health and wellbeing he did say to me â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I told them where the shovels were. I got really drunk I never wanted this to happen. If I could take it back I wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After I told him to stop (talking) Ben said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Can I have a TV now?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, as he had given some information and wanted a reward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told him that he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

The jury also heard that in his prison Bible Blakeley kept two newspaper cuttings about Jaydenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death - probably given to him by other inmates.

He had also written on the Bibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inside back cover: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RIP baby, I will miss you always, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry xxx Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry, sorryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

A post-mortem into Jaydenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death revealed she died from pressure to the neck.

Jayden was found in a grave at All Saintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Church in Didcot on December 11 over a week after she went missing.

A 17-year-old, who cannot be named, admits perverting the course of justice but denies preventing a lawful burial.

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by McKenzie-Green by paying position of trust they hold within selďŹ sh gains is clearly unacceptthe money from Cowley-based a charity for their own personal able. charity Oxfam to fake companies advantage will be brought to jusâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The actions of Edward McKenbetween February and December tice. zie-Green were brought to light by 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This acts as a reminder to all Oxfamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own robust counter fraud He resigned from Oxfam in charities of the importance of measures, and we work tirelessly November 2011 with a ÂŁ29,000 ensuring you have basic ďŹ nancial to ensure that money donated payoff, before being arrested controls and reporting mechato Oxfam is not lost through the in April 2012 and denying any nisms in place. actions of rogue employees. wrongdoing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The larger the charity, the more He added that Oxfam is now Michelle Russell, head of inveswe expect you to do. But no matter working to recover the money tigations and enforcement at your size or activities, be vigilant stolen by McKenzie-Green.

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By Jack Johnson his baby and buried her in his uncleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Didcot grave last year.

He pleaded not guilty to murder but has admitted manslaughter at Oxford Crown Court.

Nurse Cally Brinsley, head of the prisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outpatients department told the jury Blakeley was placed on a 24-hour watch and was not allowed to watch TV or read newspapers.

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The teenager was airlifted to to be run by pharmahalf a gram of MDMA in Oxfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has â&#x20AC;&#x153;It in Hospital the John Radcliffe doctors.â&#x20AC;?

Hinksey Park. after suffering a car- cists and Since then her story has been Headington Government crime prevention diac arrest on July 20, 2013. told across the world and mum minister, Norman Baker, said: She had just swallowed half a Anne-Marie Cockburn launched â&#x20AC;&#x153;All drug-related deaths are gram of 91 per cent pure ecstasy a campaign to legalise drugs. and my sympathy goes to her by a friend, Alex Wil- tragic Miss Cockburn told the Oxford- given to Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother.

Road Sycamore of 18, now liams, shire Guardian: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty â&#x20AC;&#x153;The UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach on drugs in Botley. shocked it is a year already, it remains clear: we must prevent Ms Cockburn said she had writdoesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem real. use in our communities, to him in the last couple of drug â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time last year I was an ten help dependent individuals weeks. active mother of a healthy child through treatment and wider She said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he can help ensurand in a few days time I will never how recovery support, while highlight to like would I me. be able to say that again. ing law enforcement protects has affected both our lives in â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was oblivious to what was it by stopping the supply.â&#x20AC;? society different ways. ahead.

He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, we do not â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel he gets a better deal than â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels like yesterday but it assume that we have nothing I do but he still holds the burden from others, which is also seems like she was never learn to death. daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that led to my here and it was all a fairy why we are conducting an interUnless he has a heart of stone he story.â&#x20AC;? national study to examine the deďŹ nitely feel it.â&#x20AC;?

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JAYDEN Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controlling and jealous ex-boyfriend Ben Blakeley has been sentenced to life behind bars after being found guilty of her murder.

Blakeley, 22, of Christchurch Road, Reading, strangled the pregnant 17-year-old, from Didcot, in a ďŹ eld near Upton on December 3 and will serve a minimum of 20 years in jail.

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Jaydenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family spoke outside St Aldates police station after the conviction and said they â&#x20AC;&#x153;would never be

able to ďŹ nd an ounce of forgivenessâ&#x20AC;? for Blakeley.

The jury found Blakeley guilty of murder last Thursday at Oxford Crown Court and he was sentenced a day later.

Judge Patrick Eccles said the way Jaydenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was buried was â&#x20AC;&#x153;heartless and distressingâ&#x20AC;? and described Blakeley as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;violent abuserâ&#x20AC;?.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHER KIDSâ&#x20AC;?

ONE year ago today 10-year-old â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard, everyday we think Freddie Perry died after being

By Jack Johnson about him, and now every person hit by a car driven by a teacher jack@taylornewspapers.co.uk that uses that crossing, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at his sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school. another life saved to me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FredDad Lea Perry said Freddie cliffe Hospital after being hit the dieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life has not been wasted gave his life so others donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suffer day before by a car driven by Did- now.â&#x20AC;? the same fate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as a new 20mph cot Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; School teacher Joanne An inquest into Freddieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death limit and crossing was agreed Napper â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who was driving below on April 23 recorded a verdict of last week. the current 30mph limit. accidental death.

The cut from 30mph was ďŹ xed It will become the ďŹ rst 20 20mph 0 It heard the Stephen Freeman for Oxford Crescent last Thursspeed limit in Didcot when n it is Community Primary School d day, almost l a year on from f the h installed. pupil was on his phone when tragic accident accident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;II feel very emotional and he ran out between a van and a The 10-year- extremely pleased this is going g people carrier. old ld di died d on to go ahead h d now, it i canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x2122; go back,â&#x20AC;? b Ms Napper was driving towards S ept em - Mr Perry said. said Wantage Road when Freddie ber 11 at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fred has given his life to o save ran out in front of her Nissan th John the J h others th and d th thatt is i what h t it is all Micra.

R a d - about. about.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Perry continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an Oxfordshire County Coun Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s n accident and we will do our best cabinet bi t member b ffor EnvironE Env v to move on in life. ment, e t, David av d Nimmo N o Smith, S Sm m â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fred will always be with us approved the new and other children will be safer speed d limit, lim lim a playing in the area where he last single g â&#x20AC;˘ The road where Freddie was kerb played and passed away.â&#x20AC;? hit, (right) 10-yearearbuild-build-out, old Freddie Perry, and (left) dad Mr Perry and his family set up Lea Perry and road the Freddie Perry Foundation and there is going to be plenty hump hum â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get people stopping m at last year and have so far raised more because I will raise money in all sorts of inappropriC o u n t y ÂŁ10,000 donated to the Paediatric appropripp p for them.â&#x20AC;?

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Hall ate places to drop Intensive Care Unit at the John op children The cost of the measures is Mr Perry Perrr had Radcliffe Hospital and off and also during ing the evecharity unknown, but it will be tears in his eyes funded nings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is absolutely eye e as Downâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Syndrome Oxford. olutely

by Didcot West county councillor Cllr Nimmo Smith solid with cars.â&#x20AC;? h said All further fundraising efforts Nick Hardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; locality budget and the measure was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;no will now He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is go towards road the Freddie Perry Foundation. will be the brainerâ&#x20AC;?. safety. ďŹ rst t Cllr Hards said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the Mr Perry added added: 20mph speed d â&#x20AC;&#x153;I â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a really good move d for- problems with Oxford Crescent have lost a kid and limit in Didcot, d I do ward and I am not stopping is the fact that it is so close to not want anybody el it is quite a big else l to here,â&#x20AC;? said Mr Perry. one of the entrances to Didcot do the same same. thing in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the ďŹ rst 20mph in Didcot Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; School. town.â&#x20AC;?

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OCTOBER 9: 9 Amid A id much h off the th news that th t police li bases b are being scaled back, moved or even closed around Oxfordshire, Didcot got some good news. Jack quizzed the policeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy chief constable to fi nd out more.

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OXFORDSHIREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S skyline will never at 5am as morning broke. the demolition, which saw the towers on Twitter as many turned to social Olivia Kennedy added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stayed up be the same after Didcot Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern All that was left was a gap where the vanish from their 46-year home in just media to discuss the demolition. all night to witness the sad moment cooling towers were demolished in the iconic structures once stood.

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Vicky Gashe tweeted: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bit sad that they blew up half of Didcot Power Staearly hours of Sunday morning.

Thousands gathered in Didcot and at The spectacle was trending as the an iconic feature of the landscape of tion.â&#x20AC;?

The three towers were blown down high points across the county to watch second most popular topic in the UK my childhood has gone.â&#x20AC;?

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the outskirts of the town with 750 PLANS for three new police bases properties already occupied.

By Jack Johnson in Didcot have been unveiled to Meanwhile, Valley Park, which apers.co.uk deal with its growing population, jack@taylornewsp will be in the parish of Harwell Park, despite cuts across the force. located but next to Great Western be would ces ofďŹ police made The announcement was has been earmarked for circa but Thames Valley Police say last Thursday, October 2, as 2,500 homes in the Vale of White the they will be in addition to Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Local Thames Valley Police faces in Mereland Road, Horse District base current cuts budget of ÂŁ44.6million worth Plan 2031. off the Broadway. and north-east north over the next three years. sites And know â&#x20AC;&#x153;We DCC Habgood said: Didcot is expected to see more of Ladygrove have long been in the pace of growth is stepping than 9,000 houses built in and the pipeline. up again, particularly in Oxfordaround the town by 2031.

Cllr Hards added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is really Both South Oxfordshire and shire. good news. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the same time as cutting our Vale of White Horse District â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the expansion of the town budgets we have to deal with a Council has identiďŹ ed Didcot as Counc it is entirely necessary. terms in and, population growing growth area for housing. a grow â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to be able our estates, that is a growing Deputy chief constable of of Depu to maintain a policing presence investment. on the Thames Valley Police Francis Tham what on the basis of the people about think to need â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Habgood said despite multiHabgo ground.â&#x20AC;? our estate requirements will look million pound cuts the force still â&#x20AC;&#x153;Didcot is growing quite fast like moving forward. has to invest to match growth now.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to put bids in early areas.

Hards added that residents have got some options Cllr Leader of Didcot Town Coun- and keen to see a police ofďŹ ce are ces ofďŹ d around neighbourhoo cil Eleanor Hards said the three based in the main community particularly three in Didcot.â&#x20AC;? new police neighbourhood ofďŹ ces centre on Great Western Park The 3,300-home Great Western would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;excellentâ&#x20AC;? for Didcot. it is built. estate is making progress on when It is unknown where the new Park

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It came the same week as Ben Blakeley was fi nally sentenced for the murder of pregnant Didcot teenager Jayden Parkinson, making it one of the biggest news weeks the town has seen.

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Despite Wallingford being one of the smaller towns in Oxfordshire, he has not been short of some good stories

which residents have been swiping from stands about the town.

The fi lming of a BBC TV series in the town centre - found by scouring through council documents - proved

one such hit.

This story spiked page views on the Oxfordshire Guardian’s website and may well explain why so many knew about the fi lming and visited the set.

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HUNDREDS lined the streets of Wallingford’s Market Place on Sunday to remember soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

Mayor of Wallingford Jane Titchener led the remembrance service, joined by RAF Benson station commander Gp Capt Simon Paterson.

Cllr Titchener took the salute from RAF Benson personnel, veterans and cadets as they marched through Market Place.

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WALLINGFORD Town Hall is set to front a family film starring comic Harry Hill this Christmas - but don’t be alarmed when you see it ablaze while tucking into your turkey.

Professor Branestawm, an adaptation of Norman Hunter’s novels, will be shown on BBC1 with Wallingford Town Hall and Market Place featuring heavily in fi lming.

Funny man Harry will star in the one-hour comedy alongside Ben Miller and David Mitchell.

Wallingford will become the fictional village of Pagwell during fi lming on October 14 and 15 between 8am and 6pm.

One scene will see the town hall on fi re, but the BBC has already warned residents not to be alarmed when they see smoke coming from the Grade I Listed Building, which was built in 1670.

Mayor Jane Titchener says the blaze will be created with special effects and smoke machines.

“It absolutely will not be on fi re,” said Cllr Titchener.

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BBC’s location managerr Donald Cameron added: “There here is no need for alarm if you u see smoke bellowing out of the town hall windows.

“This will be an inten-tional special effect using g a smoke machine.”

Harry will play eccentricc inventor Professor Bran-estawm who is in danger of being kicked out of the village age as health and safety obsessed ssed local councillor Harold Haggeragger aggerstone (David Mitchell) sees es him as a dangerous nuisance..

Wallingford Town Council ouncil m the approved a request from BBC on September 15 to use the Town Hall and the Markett Place as a fi lm location.

Cllr Titchener says it iss great for Wallingford, which hass previously been used for the fi lming ming of ITV drama Midsomer Murders, urders, to have such publicity.

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But there was an extra bit of excitement for residents to fi nd out celebs including Harry Hill, Ben Miller and David Mitchell would be tackling a fi re in the town hall with a tea making machine for a children’s Christmas comedy.

It clocked up thousands of hits on our website in one day.

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By J B Jack kJ Johnson h tions. ti conditions set by South Oxford“We remain grateful for the shire District Council for its new jack@taylornewspapers.co.uk support of store in Wallingford. cent food stock (to 20 per cent Wallingfordso many people in The food chain giant wants to and are continuing clothing or electricals etc), and to work hard through the combuild a superstore off Hithercroft is arguing the shop should only plexities Road, with a petrol station and a of this scheme.” have to be built to ‘very good’ SODC leader and cabinet mem310-space car park. standards and not ‘excellent’ ber for Wallingford John Cotton SODC’s planning committee standards (allocated by Build- said an outcome could be decided approved the plans in July 2013 ing Research Establishment by the end of the year.

- but the build is only allowed to Environmental Assessment Cllr Cotton continued: “These go ahead if several conditions Method). appeals are usually only two or are met.

Morrisons spokesman Ali Hall three months.

It is these conditions Morsaid the conditions imposed “It is not a substantial number risons appealed against this “would adversely affect the store of elements, they are all fairly month, October 6. and its operation”. technical points.”

Morrisons is opposing rules He added: “It has therefore A date for the appeal has yet to restricting their delivery hours, been necessary to submit a be formally set. restricting their sales to 80 per planning appeal which seeks to • Continues on page 3

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South Oxfordshire District Council has extended the consultation period because of delays with an Oxfordshire County Council report.

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One was about a Morrisons for Wallingford which dug in its heels against planning rules over a new store, while the decision day for a 555-home estate was also pushed back.

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Editor’s pick of the pages: Wantage WANTAGE is very much still in limbo with regards to expansion and housing developments to be built.

All year council officers and developers have been thrashing out how much

money will be given to the town to build infrastructure to support the 2,500home Grove airfield development.

Only once this has been agreed can building work progress.

One shocking story that emerged was he killed himself with a shotgun while of the death of aristocratic racehorse suffering depression.

However Wantage has had its fair trainer James Douglas-Home, 61, the nephew of former Prime Minister Sir share of good news stories as well.

Alec Douglas-Home. An inquest ruled The Earl and Countess of Wessex

opened a new arts building at King Alfred’s Academy in April, and the fi rst ever combined carnival and music festival drew in crowds of up to 10,000 people at Manor Road park.

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Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood a station.

“The beauty of the scheme is were among the group of 10 MPs “It would certainly help people by reopening the line you supporting the campaign to re- that have to go to Oxford or Didpotentially reopen stations who launch the direct Oxford to Bris- can cot to get the train, and if it took along the way. tol rail service. off the road that would be not only does it give a new cars If successful it would take “So but if you can show it is part wonderful.” likely run into the trains past Grove Station which link, Costs would cona bigger scheme to relieve – which Mr Vaizey shut in 1964 – making a strong of have a better case.” multi-millions we gestion re-opened. case for it being is not a lot for the type of to re-open the station – said They wrote to Secretary of Plans it is. project Wanin pub to the Volunteer State for Transport, Patrick next He added: “It would be a huge Road – were also included in McLoughlin, to arrange a meet- tage step towards enabling the reVale of White Horse’s District ing and support the plan earlier the opening of the Wantage Road Plan Local updated Council’s this week.

Station near Grove, which I have 2031, to be published on Novemcampaigned for over a number ber 7. of years.

The document’s Core Policy “Instead of being a lone voice 19 sets out the council’s “comon this, I am part of a cross-party mitment to support the ambition group of MPs – and other Govto re-open the station at Grove, ernment ministers – working to ideally within the lifespan of the maximise chance of success.” plan.”

Residents proved their supChairman of Grove Parish port for the scheme in July when Council June Stock said: “The many called for the station to last time I heard the station re-open during a meeting at the plans raised a few months ago Beacon in Portway. it was a question of ‘it would be They made the plea to Oxfordno.’ but nice, Council leader Ian “So for it now to have shire County during a discussion on the backing of these Hudspeth transport future.

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HISTORY OF THE KINGS UNEARTHED WITH TREASURE A BROOCH of Alfred the Great’s grandson discovered in a Wantage field was yesterday classed as national treasure.

The silver badge dates back to the early Medieval period between AD 924 to 939 and has King Aethelstan’s name gilded into the metal: Aathelstan Rex. King Aethelstan was the grandson of Wantage-born leader Alfred the Great – the only English monarch to hold the title after defending his kingdom against the Vikings.

Oxfordshire Coroner Darren Salter deemed the brooch as treasure at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court in New Road.

It means the coins have to be offered for sale to the Oxfordshire Museums Service for display at county museums.

Finds liason officer for Oxfordshire County Council and the British Museum, Anni Byard, said: “It is a lovely fi nd, they are rare and this one is in really good condition.

“It could be a sign of allegiance to the king or just a pretty decorative object, we will never know.

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The piece was discovcovered by a woman metal detectorist on October ober 1 last year. n before it It had been a coin was turned into a brooch with back clasps fastened on the back.

Ms Byard added the he brooch was particularly interesting because of the connection with King Alfred the Great as the grandfather of King Aethelstan.

While King Alfred the Great is often counted as one of the most outstanding figures in English history down to social and educational reforms and military successes, grandson King Aethelstan also stakes a claim - for uniting England he is often classed the fi rst king of all England.

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TOWN leaders said they are ‘over the moon’ for Wantage to have been crowned Britain’s best town centre on Saturday.

It claimed the title in the town centre category of the Government-backed Great British High Streets Awards.

The accolade comes five years after national press branded Wantage a ‘ghost town’ and 18 months after 26 boarded up shops were counted in the town.

Mayor of Wantage Fiona Roper said: “We are absolutely delighted.

“We were thrilled to be in the last three and over the moon to then be chosen.

“I’m really proud of Wantage, it is a huge achievement - particularly to go from 26 empty shops to just three in 18 months.”

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The coin was ruled treasure at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court after being analysed by history experts.

NOVEMBER OVEMBER 13: 13 Wantage W t is i still till riding idi hi high h over winning i i the th coveted title of ‘Britain’s best town centre’.

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Editor’s pick of the pages: Witney THE West Oxfordshire paper is among our newest editions, having launched in January.

It has been a work in progress, developing to focus mainly on Witney and

Carterton in mid-2014.

As Witney is a large market town which has stayed the pace in terms of progression - and which is well and truly on the map as the Prime Minis-

ter’s constituency, Adam Flinn has not found it too tricky to dig up news.

As everywhere, it has its problems too - such as development or funding for important projects like food banks.

And everything is brought closer into the spotlight because it is on the Prime Minister’s doorstep.

The three fronts below show the variety of stories that have come up.

No doubt that spotlight will only get brighter as we come closer to the general elections taking place on May 7, 2015, which are shaping up to be extremely interesting already.

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will in Witney.” were taken far too soon but you A Facebook group has been launched On Monday, The Henry Box School’s always be remembered. Such a beauin Liberty’s memory, which had more headmistress Wendy Hemmingsley THE family of a 14-year-old schoolgirl tiful girl as well.” said By Adam Flinn than 5,000 likes as of last night. released a statement about Liberty. killed walking to school in Witney Joseph Wastie and family’s message adam@taylornewspapers.co.uk started a petiIt read: “With deep regret I have ‘her glowing smile lit up our lives’. lot more Students have also in was read: “The world will be a tion for the school to plant a tree to report that a year 9 student Liberty Baker was walking down you.” us. without from in empty grounds, Curbridge Road on Monday at about “Liberty was such a kind and car- involved in a fatal traffic incident the Liberty’s memory on its Lisa wrote: “At 8.45am I saw around Box up Witney.

8.12am on her way to The Henry pray which has so far attracted ing girl, and her glowing smile lit police cars – I felt compelled to “The school community is deeply School, when she and three other someone 600 supporters. that know now I lives. someone. our for our Police are continuing their invessaddened by this news and pedestrians were hit by a car.

“We thank everyone for their supincident, and are her family and was you.” the with into are tigations thoughts All four were taken to the John devMP this port and kind words during Prime Minister and Witney 101. friends at this difficult time.”

Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where con- asking any witnesses to contact astating time.”

David Cameron tweeted his death had Friends and local residents have Liberty died from her injuries.

“My The inquest into Liberty’s An 18-year-old man was arrested dolences on Monday, writing: not yet been opened by Oxfordshire been leaving tributes and messages Her family said in a statement last on suspicion of death by dangerous thoughts are with friends and family has on Curbridge Road all week. night: “We are devastated and heartby a car Coroner’s Office yesterday. driving following the incident, and you of the 14-year-old girl killed Ella McArthur wrote: “Liberty, broken that our beautiful daughter been bailed until August 10. and sister has been so cruelly taken

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build around 700 homes on land south of Burford Road between Carterton and Brize Norton.

Cllr Little said: “To liken us to Russia and the Ukraine I think was a very crass thing to do, and I don’t accept their comments.

“We have to look at everything that is going on around us and obviously react to it, but the way Brize Norton has portrayed us in that publication is unacceptable.

“This is a wonderful town, but to have that response in a publication is absolutely outrageous.”

Keith Beckingham, a founder of Brize Norton Action Group, said: “It wasn’t meant in that way, but it did make some humorous reading.

“You can make these things so boring and people never read

them. What it’s proving is people are reading it, but we never intended to upset anybody.

“We would enjoy co-operation from Carterton Town Council because they have consistently opposed the houses to the east, and we’re grateful we’re all singing from the same song sheet.”

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Greenpeace activist Simon Greenpeace activists arrived at Clydesdale said: “David Camthe Witney MP’s home in Dean eron wants to rob people of their in hard hats and high-vis jackets right to stop fracking fi rms drillbefore 8am. ing under their homes.

They sealed off the front gate “Surely he won’t mind if we with security fencing and put up kick off the under-house frackwarning signs which said: “We ing revolution below his own apologise for any inconvenience garden.” caused while we frack under By 11am police ordered activyour home.” ists to leave the area.

Campaigners also tried to Mr Clydesdale added: “We have deliver an oversized cheque to to say the police have a point, you Mr Cameron for £50 – which they shouldn’t be allowed to just turn say is the expected compensaup outside someone’s home and tion to home and landowners start fracking under their garfrom companies who drill under den without their permission. their property.

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She added: “We provide accomThe number of homeless people modation that people from the being given temporary accommoarea move into, including an dation has also increased from 93 emergency bed for people who to 106 during that period. are rough sleeping. is It means that homelessness “That emergency bed has been up by 14 per cent from 2011 to 12 full for most of the time since we to 2013 to 14, but the cost of housstarted it, which is now around a ing homeless people has risen by year and a half ago.

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“We know that across the south And the council’s scrutiny comrough sleeping has risen east, evening mittee is set to meet this by 22 per cent over the last two to discuss the increases in homeyears, so I would say the indicalessness statistics and accomare that it is going up [in tions modation costs. the Vale].”

They will also be considering if The council’s own stock of the council’s stock homes, which property for homeless people includes three houses in Abingin Abingdon includes a threedon, are fit for purpose. bedroom and two two-bedroom Jim Halliday, chairman of the houses in New Street and Vinescrutiny committee and councilyard. lor for Abingdon Fitzharris, said: It also has a 10-bed hostel in “I’m concerned that homelessFaringdon, and a six-bed hostel ness and accommodation costs and six three-bedroom houses are increasing. in Wantage.

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ÂŁ7,935 (62) ASTRA GTC SPORT 130 1.7 CDTI 3dr 34639 White ..................................ÂŁ10,611 (62) ASTRA GTC SRI 2.0 CDTI S/S 3dr 16000 Black ..........................................ÂŁ11,296 (11) INSIGNIA SRI 2.0 CDTI AUTO 5dr 41346 White.......................................... ÂŁ9,650 (62) INSIGNIA 1.8 SRI 5dr 37290 Grey .............................................................. ÂŁ8,995 (61) ZAFIRA 1.7 CDTI ELITE 24652 Black............................................................ ÂŁ9,189 (56) ZAFIRA 1.8 DESIGN 58000 Silver ................................................................ ÂŁ4,301 (13) ZAFIRA 1.6 EXCLUSIV 7 SEATER 18389 White............................................ ÂŁ8,635 VOLKSWAGEN (61) POLO MATCH 1.2 TDI 5dr 20636 Black ...................................................... 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Move to Richmond Witney Retirement Village and you will wonder how you ever had the time to work!

Richmond Villages are all about providing wonderful apartments within a safe, sociable community with facilities most people only dream of.

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Advertorial

Luxury retirement living comes to Witney FOR many people, retirement can’t come soon enough. The idea of no longer working 9 to 5 and having the freedom to indulge in your hobbies or go travelling is something to relish. Enjoying life to the full is a top priority at every Richmond retirement village, where quality facilities, like-minded people and a safe and secure environment are all central to happiness and well-being.

Richmond Villages, which is part of Bupa and one of the pioneers in this field, designs, develops and operates their own premium retirement villages in the UK and has started construction of its latest, and sixth village in Witney. Opening in Winter 2015 it will provide Village Apartments offering an independent lifestyle; Village Suites which come with an all-inclusive package to help with the daily chores; and a Care Home providing 24-hour nursing and dementia care.

Richmond Villages research shows that their customers are downsizing from large 4 and 5 bedroom houses, with clients wanting large living spaces but just 2 bedrooms. For this reason, the Village Apartments are predominantly 2 bedrooms and average 1000 sq.ft. which is larger than the average new build 3 bedroom detached house! The apartments include a fully fitted kitchen with granite worktop, lounge diner, one or two bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, en-suite shower room to master bedroom and ‘family’ bathroom. Within the hallway is a laundry cupboard which includes a washing machine, tumble drier and further storage space.

Proof of the demand for this type of high quality retirement development is that 70% of the Village Apartments are already reserved! Property prices

start at £225,000 for Village Suites and £295,000 for Village Apartments.

The belief at Richmond Villages is that retirement should be enjoyable and a positive and active stage in life to look forward to. Richmond Witney therefore includes all the aspirational facilities that have made its other villages so popular, including a wellness spa with swimming pool and gym, hair and beauty salon, a library, IT room, terrace café, quality

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The concept of the retirement village was relatively unknown even just a few years ago, but as an increasing number of people have discovered, it ticks many of the boxes they sought when thinking about downsizing and planning how they wanted to live their later years.

Although the new retirement village

is located just off Thorney Leys Road on the edge of Witney, the sales and marketing suite is in Witney town centre where there is plenty of free parking.

The suite is located at 58 High Street, Witney and is open Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm.

For further information about Richmond Witney call the village advisers on 01993 768692 or visit www. richmond-villages.com/aston.

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Match of the Day, 10.35pm

DAYTIME

Christmas University Challenge, 8.30pm

6.00 Breakfast (T) 9.00 FILM Bee Movie (2007) (U) (T) 10.25 FILM Over the Hedge (2006) (U) (T) 11.40 Life Story: The Full Circle (T) 12.45 The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message (T) 12.50 BBC News (T) 1.00 BBC Regional News; Weather (T) 1.10 The Boy in the Dress (T)(R) 2.10 FILM Mary Poppins (1964) (U) Disney musical fantasy, with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. (T) 4.25 FILM The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) (PG) (T) 6.05 BBC News (T) 6.20 BBC Regional News Programmes (T) 6.30 Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (T)

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7.30 Tigers About the House – What Happened Next Part two of two.

The Clarks see the harsh reality of tiger poaching in Indonesia, while Spot faces an operation that may end with him losing all vision. (T)

7.00 New You’ve Been Framed! At Christmas A festive selection of funny clips, narrated by Harry Hill. (T)(R) 7.30 Emmerdale Hour-long episode.

(T)

8.00 Miranda The shopkeeper makes a final attempt to find happiness.

(T) 8.30 EastEnders Hour-long episode.

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8.30 Christmas University Challenge The second semi-final of the quiz. (T)

8.30 Birds of a Feather Dorien wants Sharon to star in her next book.

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9.35 Mrs Brown’s Boys Second festive episode. Cathy is feeling broody. (T)

9.00 FILM Quartet (2012) (12) Premiere. Three former opera singers’ plans for a fundraising concert for their retirement home are disrupted by a new arrival. Comedy drama, with Maggie Smith and Billy Connolly.

9.00 FILM The Dark Knight (2008) (12) Premiere. Batman is pushed to breaking point as criminal mastermind the Joker plunges Gotham City into chaos. Comicbook thriller sequel, with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.

10.10 BBC News (T) 10.25 BBC Regional News; Weather (T) 10.35 Match of the Day Gary Lineker presents highlights of the latest Premier League matches. (T)

10.30 Julie Walters: A Life on Screen The actress chats about her career, from her beginnings in theatre through to her successes in TV and film. With contributions by Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie and Hugh Bonneville.

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Channel 4 Rude Tube: Welcome to 2015, 10.30pm

6.15 FILM The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) (U) (T) 7.55 FILM The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (U) (T) 9.45 The Big Bang Theory (T)(R) 10.40 The Simpsons (T)(R) 11.10 FILM The Last Mimzy (2007) (PG) (T) 1.00 Channel 4 Racing (T) 3.30 Guy Martin’s Passion for Life Documentary following the life of the motorcycle racer and lorry mechanic.

(T)(R) 4.00 Channel 4 News (T) 4.10 FILM The Wizard of Oz (1939) (U) Musical fantasy, starring Judy Garland.

(T) 6.10 FILM Sister Act (1992) (PG) Comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg.

(T)

Channel 5 Hercules the Human Bear, 7.30pm

6.00 Milkshake! 9.45 Access Showbiz news and gossip. (R) 10.00 World’s Strongest Man 2014 The fifth heat from Los Angeles. (T)(R) 11.00 FILM The Dam Busters (1954) (U) Factbased Second World War drama, starring Michael Redgrave. (T) 1.25 FILM The Italian Job (1969) (PG) Crime comedy, starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Tony Beckley and John Le Mesurier. (T) 3.30 FILM Ben-Hur (1959) (PG) A Jewish prince is betrayed by his Roman friend and sold into slavery, but returns years later to seek revenge. Oscar-winning epic, starring Charlton Heston. (T) 7.30 Hercules the Human Bear The story of Andy and Maggie Robin’s 25-year relationship with a grizzly bear they bought as a cub from an Aviemore zoo, and which went on to become a star of TV and films. (T)(R)

8.00 FILM Snow White & the Huntsman (2012) (12) Premiere. Fantasy adventure, starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron.

Edited for violence. (T)

8.30 World’s Strongest Man 2014 Action from the Grand Final at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, which featured the 12 qualifiers from the five heats.

Last in the series; (T) 5 News Update (T) 9.35 White Dee: What’s All the Fuss About? Dee Kelly reveals how appearing on Benefits Street changed her life. (T)

10.30 Rude Tube: Welcome to 2015 Alex Zane explores the 100 most popular internet videos of the past 12 months in a two-hour special of the show, featuring the spider-dog prank. (T)

10.35 Celeb Big Brother: The Good, the Bad and the Unforgettable Emma Willis narrates a selection of memorable moments from the reality show. (T)

11.30 Mock the Week New Year’s Eve Special Out-takes, quizzes and favourite clips. Last in the series.

(T)(R)

11.55 ITV News (T)

Cheek to Cheek Live! (T)(R) 1.05 FILM Road Trip (2000) (15) Comedy, starring Breckin Meyer. (T) 2.35 Skiing Weatherview (T) 2.40 BBC News (T)

12.05 FILM Frenzy (1972) (18) Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Jon Finch.

(T) 1.55 FILM Stick It (2006) (PG) Sporting comedy, starring Missy Peregrym and Jeff Bridges. (T) 3.35 This Is BBC Two (T)

12.00 The Cube (T)(R) 12.50 Jackpot247 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (T)(R) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T)(R)

12.35 FILM The Godfather (1972) (15) (T) 3.30 Trans World Sport (T) 4.30 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (T)(R) 5.25 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (T)(R) 5.40 Small Animal Hospital (T) (R)

12.35 Jim Davidson: At Least I’m Not Boring (T)(R) 1.35 SuperCasino 4.00 Wildlife SOS (T)(R) 4.20 Wildlife SOS (T)(R) 4.45 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.10 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.35 Wildlife SOS (T)(R)

ITV2 SKY: 118 FV: 6 6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Full Throttle 6.50 I’m a Celeb: Epic Trials 7.50 Emmerdale 8.20 Coronation Street 8.50 FILM: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) (PG) 10.40 FILM: Back to the Future Part III (1990) (PG) 1.00 Emmerdale 1.25 Coronation Street 2.00 FILM: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (PG) 4.25 FILM: Despicable Me (2010) (U) 6.20 FILM: Die Another Day (2002) (12) James Bond spy adventure, starring Pierce Brosnan. 9.00 FILM: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) (15) Romantic comedy sequel, with Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth. 11.10 Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits 11.55 Celebrity Juice 1.25 Two and a Half Men 2.15 Teleshopping 5.45 ITV2 Nightscreen ITV3 SKY: 119 FV: 10 6.00 Judge Judy 7.10 Inspector Morse 9.30 Goodnight Mister Tom 11.35 FILM: The Mirror Crack’d (1980) (PG) 1.50 Hidden Treasure 3.50 Lewis 5.55 A Touch of Frost 8.00 Endeavour 10.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple

12.05 FILM: Bird on a Wire (1990) (15) 2.10 Judge Judy 2.30 Teleshopping BBC3 SKY: 115 FV: 7 7.00 Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth Be with You 7.30 Top Gear India Special 9.00 FILM: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) (12) Newsroom comedy, starring Will Ferrell. 10.30 EastEnders 11.30 Family Guy 1.00 Cuckoo Christmas Special 1.30 Sexy Beasts 3.30 Cuckoo Christmas Special 4.00 Close BBC4 SKY: 116 FV: 9 7.00 New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna 2015 9.00 Wallander Faceless Killers 10.45 The Clash: New Year’s Day ’77 11.45 London Songs at the BBC 12.45 Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark 2.15 Sounds of the Eighties 2.45 The Clash: New Year’s Day ’77 3.45 Close E4 SKY: 136 FV: 28 6.00 Rude(ish) Tube 6.20 Charmed 8.00 Rude(ish) Tube 8.30 Bad(ish) Robots 9.00 Troy 9.35 Rules of

Engagement 10.30 How I Met Your Mother 12.30 The Big Bang Theory 1.30 FILM: Tooth Fairy (2010) (PG) 3.35 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Frozen at Christmas 8.00 FILM: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (PG) Comedy sequel, starring Macaulay Culkin. 10.25 The Big Bang Theory 11.25 The Inbetweeners 12.00 The IT Crowd 12.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.30 Virtually Famous 2.20 Made in Chelsea: End of Season Party 3.15 The Inbetweeners 3.45 The IT Crowd 4.10 Charmed MORE4 SKY: 138 FV: 14 8.55 Time Team 10.00 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites 10.15 FILM: Bugsy Malone (1976) (U) 12.10 A Place in the Sun 12.40 FILM: Hocus Pocus (1993) (PG) 2.35 Four in a Bed 5.15 Come Dine with Me 8.00 The 100 Greatest Musicals 10.40 The Floods That Foiled New Year: Caught on Camera 11.40 Tsunami: 10 Years On 12.50 Embarrassing Bodies 1.55 The Floods That Foiled New Year: Caught on Camera 3.00 A Place in the Sun 3.30 River Cottage Bites 3.45 Close

FILM4 SKY: 315 FV: 15

Special 10.25 David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters 12.00 Making David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters 1.00 David Attenborough’s Galapagos 4.00 The Bachelor King 5.30 David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 7.00 David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies 8.00 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death 10.00 FILM: Predator 2 (1990) (15) Sci-fi thriller sequel, starring Danny Glover. 12.05 Road Wars 2.05 Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Night Cops 4.00 Airline USA 5.00 Stargate Atlantis SKY ATLANTIC SKY: 108 6.00 Stargate Atlantis 7.00 Blue Bloods 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 9.00 Without a Trace 10.00 House 1.00 Stargate Atlantis 2.00 Without a Trace 3.00 House 6.00 Blue Bloods 7.00 Without a Trace 8.00 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets 9.00 Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce 10.00 Steve Coogan: StandUp Down Under 12.00 Seinfeld 2.30 Six Feet Under 3.45 The Mortified Sessions 4.50 Blue Bloods: Meet the Characters 5.00 Star Trek: Enterprise

AFTER 12.10 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga:

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New You’ve Been Framed! At Christmas, 7pm

6.00 CITV 8.25 Dinner Date Lucy from Surrey hopes to find love. (T)(R) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T) 10.20 Judge Rinder (T)(R) 11.20 Who’s Doing the Dishes? Tricia Penrose plays host. (T) (R) 12.25 All Star Family Fortunes (T) (R) 1.25 ITV News (T) 1.35 Secret Dealers (T) 2.35 You’ve Been Framed!

Comedy clips, including a cat that refuses to be put down. (T)(R) 3.05 FILM Thunderball (1965) (PG) James Bond spy adventure, starring Sean Connery. (T) 5.45 Rita & Me Barbara Knox looks back on her 50-year career on Coronation Street. (T)(R) 6.45 ITV News (T)

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ITV

6.15 Sign Zone: The Great Interior Design Challenge (T)(R) 7.15 Sign Zone: Close Calls: On Camera (T)(R) 7.45 Alec Guinness: Talking Pictures (T)(R) 8.30 FILM The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (U) (T) 9.50 FILM A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (U) (T) 11.15 New Year’s Day Concert Live from Vienna (T) 12.50 Snow Wolf Family and Me (T)(R) 2.50 FILM Galaxy Quest (1999) (PG) (T) 4.25 The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message (T) (R) 4.30 Final Score (T) 5.30 FILM Force 10 from Navarone (1978) (15) Second World War adventure sequel, starring Harrison Ford. (T)

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11.00 Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) (PG) 1.05 Hugo (2011) (U) 3.30 Transformers (2007) (12) Sci-fi action adventure, starring Shia LaBeouf. 6.30 Runaway Jury (2003) (12) 9.00 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) (15) Oscar-winning drama, starring Dev Patel. 11.25 Man on Fire (2004) (18) Action thriller, starring Denzel Washington. 2.15 Weekender (2011) (15) 4.00 Close DAVE SKY: 111 FV: 12 7.05 Red Bull Cliff Diving 2014 7.35 The Gadget Show 8.00 American Pickers 1.00 Storage Hunters 6.00 Red Bull Soapbox Race 7.00 Storage Hunters 8.00 QI XL 9.00 Room 101 11.00 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 12.00 QI XL 1.00 Room 101 2.45 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 3.35 Storage Hunters 4.00 Close SKY1 SKY: 106 6.00 The Real A&E 7.00 Moone Boy 8.00 Got to Dance: A Celebration 9.00 Futurama 10.00 Futurama: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow 10.10 The Drop

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The Martin Lewis Money Show, 8pm

Channel 5 Ice Road Truckers, 8pm

Jamie and Jimmyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friday Night Feast, 8pm

6.00 Milkshake! 10.10 Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Strongest Man 2014 The Grand Final from Los Angeles. Last in the series.

(T)(R) 11.10 Ice Road Truckers (T) 12.05 5 News Lunchtime (T) 12.10 FILM Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) (U) Sci-fi adventure, starring Walter Pidgeon. (T) 2.20 FILM Fantastic Voyage (1966) (U) Sci-fi adventure, starring Raquel Welch. (T) 4.15 FILM Columbo Cries Wolf (1990) (PG) Detective drama, starring Peter Falk. (T) 6.10 FILM Columbo Goes to College (1991) (PG) Detective drama, starring Peter Falk; (T) 5 News Update.

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6.00 Breakfast (T) 7.25 Match of the Day Including highlights of Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea. (T)(R) 9.00 FILM The Ant Bully (2006) (U) (T) 10.20 B.O.B.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Break (T) 10.30 FILM Flubber (1997) (U) (T) 12.00 Bargain Hunt (T) 1.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 1.30 BBC Regional News and Weather (T) 1.45 FILM The Sound of Music (1965) (U) Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, starring Julie Andrews. (T) 4.30 FILM Up (2009) (U) Animated adventure, with the voice of Ed Asner. (T) 6.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 6.30 BBC Regional News Programmes; Weather (T)

6.20 Sign Zone: The Great Interior Design Challenge (T)(R) 7.20 Sign Zone: Close Calls: On Camera (T)(R) 7.50 Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Natural World (T)(R) 8.50 FILM Tom Thumb (1958) (U) (T) 10.20 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (T)(R) 11.20 Great Continental Railway Journeys (T)(R) 12.20 The Hairy Bikersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Asian Adventure (T)(R) 1.20 John Wayne: Talking Pictures (T)(R) 2.05 FILM How the West Was Won (1962) (PG) (T) 4.30 Big Dreams Small Spaces (T)(R) 5.30 Flog It! (T) (R) 6.30 Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weirdest Events (T) (R)

6.00 CITV 8.25 Dinner Date Gemma from the Wirral chooses three blind dates. (T)(R) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T) 10.25 Judge Rinder (T)(R) 11.25 Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doing the Dishes? (T)(R) 12.25 All Star Family Fortunes (R) 1.25 ITV News (T) 1.35 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 1.40 Secret Dealers (T) 2.40 FILM You Only Live Twice (1967) (PG) James Bond spy thriller, starring Sean Connery. (T) 5.00 The Chase Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. (T)(R) 6.00 Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Been Framed! Comical clips, narrated by Harry Hill. (T)(R) 6.30 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 6.45 ITV News (T)

6.05 How I Met Your Mother (T)(R) 6.30 FILM Treasure Island (1972) (PG) (T) 8.10 FILM Arctic Tale (2007) (U) Documentary on Arctic wildlife. (T) 9.55 The Big Bang Theory (T)(R) 10.50 The Simpsons (T)(R) 12.25 FILM Meet Dave (2008) (PG) (T) 2.10 FILM Black Knight (2001) (PG) Comedy adventure, starring Martin Lawrence. (T) 4.10 FILM Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) (U) Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedy, starring Jason Lee. (T) 6.00 The Simpsons Homer is hired to climb a mountain. (T)(R) 6.30 Hollyoaks The Roscoes pray for a miracle. (T)

7.00 Celebrity Mastermind With Jimmy McKenna, Gillian Joseph, Dallas Campbell and Russell Kane. (T) 7.30 A Question of Sport: FA Cup Special (T)

7.30 Christmas University Challenge The final of the quiz. Last in the series. (T)

7.00 Emmerdale A conflicted Finn arrives at his long-lost motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house. (T) 7.30 Coronation Street Eva and David go to the Dog & Gun in search of Kylie. (T)

7.00 Channel 4 News (T)

8.00 EastEnders The neighbours look ahead to another eventful 12 months. (T) 8.30 Room 101 New series. With Len Goodman, Ronni Ancona and Tim Vine. (T)

8.00 Mastermind Specialist subjects include U2 and the films of Stanley Kubrick. (T) 8.30 Food & Drink New series. Tom Kerridge takes over as host, with guests Si King and Dave Myers.

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8.00 The Martin Lewis Money Show The first of Martin Lewis and Saira Khanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money roadshows.

(T) 8.30 Coronation Street Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans for the evening are derailed when Tyrone arrives home early.

8.00 Jamie and Jimmyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friday Night Feast New series. Actress Kate Hudson cooks up a Goan curry, Jamie Oliver makes southernfried chicken and Jimmy Doherty serves wood-fired pizza from his home-made flowerpot oven. (T)

8.00 Ice Road Truckers Lisa loses sight of the road and is forced to risk stopping in the middle of a frozen lake, while Alex tries to make up for the time he lost dealing with a dashboard fire; (T) 5 News at 9 (T)

9.00 The Musketeers New series. As the swashbuckling adventure returns, the Musketeers are sent to rescue Rochefort (Marc Warren), the Cardinalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man in Madrid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but it appears he cannot be trusted. (T)

9.00 The Big Allotment Challenge New series. Fern Britton presents the return of the horticultural contest, which this time pits nine gardeners against one another as they attempt to impress the judges. (T)

9.00 Benidorm New series. Joyce is told to make staff cuts, the Garveys worry Madge is being stalked, and Jacqueline turns up with a male companion, having arranged a wife swap with Donald. (T)

9.00 The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz Jimmy Carr tests Russell Brand, Noel Fielding, Jonathan Ross, Jack Whitehall, Warwick Davis and Claudia Winkleman on their knowledge of the events of the past 10 years. (T)

9.00 FILM Forrest Gump (1994) (12) A slow-witted man has a series of bizarre adventures but the love of his life eludes him.

Robert Zemeckisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oscarwinning comedy drama, starring Tom Hanks and Sally Field. (T)

10.00 BBC News (T) 10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather; (T) National Lottery Update (T) 10.35 Live at the Apollo Comedy sets

by Danny Bhoy, Miles Jupp and Lee Nelson. Last in the series. (T)

10.00 QI With Jeremy Clarkson, Sandi Toksvig and Danny Baker. (T) 10.30 Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule Simon Callow narrates a celebration of the comedian. (T) (R)

10.00 ITV News and Weather; Weather (T) 10.15 Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality The daredevil magician performs at Blackpoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Opera House. (T) (R)

11.05 Cuckoo Christmas Special Lorna is full of yuletide spirit. (T) 11.40 EastEnders Omnibus. (T)(R)

11.30 Mock the Week Christmas Special A festive edition featuring out-takes and yuletide reminiscences. (T)(R)

11.10 The Chase Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. (T)(R)

11.05 The Last Leg of the Year (T)

11.50 Access Showbiz news and gossip. (R)

12.05 FILM Rope (1948) (PG) (T) 1.20 FILM Sign Zone: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) (12) Comedy drama, with Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.

(T) 3.00 This Is BBC Two (T)

12.05 Jackpot247 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (T)(R) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen

12.10 FILM The Godfather: Part II (1974) (18) (T) 3.40 Secret Eaters (T) (R) 4.35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (T) (R) 5.30 Kirstieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Handmade Treasures (T)(R) 5.40 Small Animal Hospital (T) (R)

12.00 SuperCasino 3.10 Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Strongest Man 2014 (T)(R) 4.00 Wildlife SOS (T)(R) 4.20 House Doctor (T)(R) 4.45 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.10 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.35 Wildlife SOS (T)(R)

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Frozen at Christmas 12.00 Rules of Engagement 1.00 How I Met Your Mother 2.00 The Big Bang Theory 3.00 Rude(ish) Tube 3.30 Bad(ish) Robots 4.00 Troy 4.30 The Big Bang Theory 5.00 How I Met Your Mother 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 The Big Bang Theory: It All Started with a Big Bang 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 FILM: Transporter 3 (2008) (15) Action thriller sequel, starring Jason Statham. 11.05 The Big Bang Theory 12.00 The Inbetweeners 12.35 The IT Crowd 1.10 Virtually Famous 2.00 How I Met Your Mother 2.30 The Inbetweeners 3.05 The IT Crowd 3.30 Virtually Famous 4.15 Charmed MORE4 SKY: 138 FV: 14 8.55 Time Team 10.00 River Cottage Bites 10.10 FILM: Breakfast at Tiffanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (1961) (PG) 12.30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 1.35 Four in a Bed 4.10 Come Dine with Me 6.50 The Floods That Foiled New Year: Caught on Camera 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 FILM: Double Jeopardy (1999) (15) Thriller, starring Ashley Judd. 11.05 Gogglebox 12.10 Embarrassing Bodies

1.15 Grand Designs 2.20 Gogglebox 3.25 River Cottage Bites 3.40 Close FILM4 SKY: 315 FV: 15 11.00 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) (U) 1.50 August Rush (2007) (PG) 4.05 The Grinch (2000) (PG) 6.15 The Legend of Zorro (2005) (PG) 9.00 The Hunger Games (2012) (12) Sci-fi adventure, starring Jennifer Lawrence. 11.45 The Kings of Summer (2013) (15) Premiere. Comedy drama, starring Nick Robinson. 1.40 American Graffiti (1973) (PG) 4.00 Close DAVE SKY: 111 FV: 12 7.00 Storage Hunters 8.00 Top Gear 9.00 Storage Hunters 2.00 Lizard Lick Towing 7.00 Storage Hunters 8.00 QI XL 9.00 Mock the Week 11.00 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 12.00 QI XL 1.00 Mock the Week 2.50 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 3.35 Storage Hunters 4.00 Close SKY1 SKY: 106 6.00 The Real A&E 7.00 Moone Boy 8.00 Middle Earth: There and Back Again 9.00 Futurama 10.00 Nothing to

Declare 11.30 Modern Family 2.00 Footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funniest Moments 3.00 Night at the Museum 3 Special 3.30 Modern Family 4.00 Futurama 5.00 The Simpsons 5.30 Modern Family 6.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Show Me Your Garden 9.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 10.00 An Idiot Abroad 2 11.00 Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets 12.00 FILM: King Arthur (2004) (12) 2.25 Hawaii Five-0 4.05 Airline USA 5.00 Stargate Atlantis SKY ATLANTIC SKY: 108 6.00 Stargate Atlantis 7.00 Blue Bloods 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 9.00 Seinfeld 10.00 House 12.00 Without a Trace 1.00 Stargate SG-1 3.00 Stargate Atlantis 4.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 5.00 Seinfeld 6.00 House 7.00 Blue Bloods 8.00 Without a Trace 9.00 Alan Partridgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mid Morning Matters 10.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm 12.20 Seinfeld 2.20 Blue Bloods: Meet the Characters 2.30 Six Feet Under 3.45 The Mortified Sessions 4.50 Blue Bloods: Meet the Characters 5.00 Star Trek: Enterprise

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Saturday January 3rd BBC1 BBC2

DAYTIME

Pointless Celebrities, 6.05pm

7 8 9 10

9.10 Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain (T)(R) 10.10 British Isles: A Natural History (T)(R) 11.00 FA Cup Rewind: Third-Round Classics (T) 12.00 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (T)(R) 1.00 The A to Z of TV Cooking (T)(R) 1.05 The World’s Most Photographed (T)(R) 1.35 FILM Viva Las Vegas (1964) (U) (T) 3.00 Big Dreams Small Spaces (T)(R) 4.00 Restoring England’s Heritage (T) 4.30 Live Darts: BDO World Championships (T) 5.30 Tigers About the House – What Happened Next (T) (R) 6.30 Sacred Wonders of Britain (T)(R)

7.00 Frank Sinatra: Our Way Alexander Armstrong and Rochelle Humes host this oneoff music contest in which seven acts perform their own renditions of songs made famous by Frank Sinatra. (T)

7.30 Dad’s Army The vicar enlists in the Home Guard. (T)(R)

8.15 The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List Game show, hosted by Shane Richie. (T)

8.00 Rubens: An Extra Large Story Waldemar Januszczak examines the life and art of Flemish baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens. (T)

8.30 Take Me Out New series. A gamekeeper, a bus driver, a magician and a student set out to impress a line-up of single women and take one of them for a break in the sun. Paddy McGuinness hosts. (T)

9.05 Casualty Connie lets her personal life cloud her judgement. (T)

9.00 FILM Albert Nobbs (2011) (15) Premiere. Drama, with Glenn Close and Mia Wasikowska. (T)

9.30 FILM The Hangover (2009) (15) Premiere. Three men on a stag weekend in Las Vegas wake up to find they have lost the groom and cannot remember the night before. Comedy, with Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis. (T)

10.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 10.15 Mrs Brown’s Boys Second festive episode. Cathy is feeling broody. (T)(R) 10.50 Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights (T)

10.45 Charlie Brooker’s 2014 Wipe A satirical look back at the events of the past 12 months, including the ice-bucket challenge craze and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow’s “conscious uncoupling”.

(T)(R)

AFTER 12.00 FILM Lesbian Vampire Killers

DIGITAL

Big Star’s Little Star, 4.55pm

6.00 Breakfast (T) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (T) 11.30 Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day (T)(R) 12.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 12.10 Football Focus (T) 1.00 Bargain Hunt (T)(R) 2.00 Escape to the Continent (T)(R) 2.30 Live Darts: BDO World Championships Coverage of the opening day of the tournament. (T) 4.30 Final Score A round-up of this afternoon’s football results. (T) 5.20 BBC News; Regional News; Weather (T) 5.35 Celebrity Mastermind (T) 6.05 Pointless Celebrities FA Cup special, with Gabby Logan, Robbie Savage, Mark Chapman and Phil Neville. (T)

11 12

Charlie Brooker’s 2014 Wipe, 10.45pm

ITV

(2009) (15) Comedy horror, starring James Corden and Mathew Horne. (T) 1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead (T) 1.25 BBC News (T)

ITV2 SKY: 118 FV: 6 6.00 Holiday Showdown 6.50 Emmerdale 9.40 Coronation Street 12.15 The X Factor Class of 2014 1.15 The Cube: Celebrity Special 2.10 FILM: Space Jam (1996) (U) 3.55 FILM: Johnny English (2003) (PG) 5.40 You’ve Been Framed! 6.40 The Guide to You’ve Been Framed! 7.45 FILM: Mr Bean’s Holiday (2007) (PG) Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson. 9.30 Take Me Out – The Gossip 10.15 FILM: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (12) Spy thriller sequel, starring Matt Damon.

12.25 Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits 1.10 Two and a Half Men 1.35 Mom 2.20 Life’s Funniest Moments 2.40 Teleshopping 5.40 ITV2 Nightscreen ITV3 SKY: 119 FV: 10 6.00 A Christmas Carol 7.20 Where the Heart Is 9.40 The Darling Buds of May 10.50 A Touch of Frost 1.00 FILM: Gosford Park (2001) (15) 3.45 Agatha Christie’s Marple 5.55 Rosemary & Thyme 7.00 Doc Martin 8.00 Midsomer Murders 10.00 Lewis 12.05 A Is for Acid 1.55 Judge Judy 2.15 ITV3 Nightscreen 2.30

6.00 CITV 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (T) 10.20 Murder, She Wrote (T) (R) 11.15 ITV News; Weather (T) 11.25 Ejector Seat (T)(R) 12.25 The 21st Question (T)(R) 1.25 FILM Columbo: Lovely but Lethal (1973) (PG) (T) 2.55 Who’s Doing the Dishes? Four diners try to guess the identity of their mystery celebrity host. (T)(R) 3.55 Tipping Point Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. (T)(R) 4.55 Big Star’s Little Star (T)(R) 5.55 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 6.05 ITV News (T) 6.20 FILM Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) (U) Fantasy comedy, starring Emma Thompson. (T)

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6.10 FILM Arabian Adventure (1979) (U) Fantasy adventure, starring Oliver Tobias. (T) 7.55 The Morning Line (T) 8.55 The King of Queens (T)(R) 9.25 Everybody Loves Raymond (T)(R) 10.25 Frasier (T)(R) 11.25 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (T)(R) 12.25 Gadget Man’s Guide to Christmas A gadget-packed guide to the festive season. (T)(R) 1.30 Channel 4 Racing Live coverage from Sandown Park and Wincanton. (T) 4.00 FILM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) (U) Comedy, starring Zachary Levi. (T) 5.45 The Simpsons (T) (R)

Channel 5 Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014, 9pm

6.00 Milkshake! 9.50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The gang is hunted by a mutant turtle with a personal vendetta. (T)(R) 10.25 Access Showbiz news and gossip. (R) 10.30 Ice Road Truckers (T)(R) 1.25 FILM McLintock! (1963) (U) Comedy Western, starring John Wayne. (T) 3.55 FILM The Searchers (1956) (U) John Ford’s Western, starring John Wayne.

(T) 6.20 FILM Zulu (1964) (PG) Factbased historical drama, starring Michael Caine. (T)

7.00 Channel 4 News (T) 7.30 Britain’s Wildest Weather 2014 (T)(R)

8.55 5 News Weekend (T)

9.00 FILM Taken (2008) (15) A former CIA agent puts his old skills to use in rescuing his daughter from a gang of European sex traffickers. Thriller, starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace. (T)

9.00 Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014 Countdown of the biggest showbusiness stories and scandals of the year, from Solange Knowles attacking Jay Z in a lift to Russell Brand’s attempt to start a revolution. (T)

10.50 Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler Stand-up comedy from London’s Hammersmith Apollo. (T)

11.45 Darts: BDO World Championships Action from the opening day at the Lakeside Country Club. (T)

11.30 ITV News; Weather (T) 11.45 FILM Dog Day Afternoon (1975) (15) Sidney Lumet’s factbased drama, starring Al Pacino, John Cazale and Charles Durning.

(T)

11.50 FILM The Godfather: Part III (1990) (15) Crime drama sequel, starring Al Pacino, Andy Garcia and Diane Keaton. (T)

11.55 Access Showbiz news and gossip.

12.35 Darts Extra (T) 2.35 This Is BBC Two (T)

1.55 Jackpot247 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (T)(R) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen

2.55 Hollyoaks (T)(R) 5.05 Hugh’s 3 Good Things (T) 5.15 Secret Eaters (T) (R)

12.00 SuperCasino 3.10 Autopsy: Michael Jackson’s Last Hours (T)(R) 4.00 House Doctor (T)(R) 4.25 Make It Big (T)(R) 4.50 Make It Big (T)(R) 5.15 Angels of Jarm (T)(R) 5.20 Angels of Jarm (T)(R) 5.30 Angels of Jarm (T)(R)

Teleshopping BBC3 SKY: 115 FV: 7 7.00 FA Cup’s 50 Greatest Moments 8.00 Top Gear 9.00 FILM: Puss in Boots (2011) (U) Animated comedy spin-off, with the voice of Antonio Banderas. 10.20 Russell Howard’s Good News 10.50 Family Guy 1.50 FA Cup’s 50 Greatest Moments 2.50 Russell Howard’s Good News 3.20 Cuckoo Christmas Special 3.50 Close BBC4 SKY: 116 FV: 9 7.00 Lost Land of the Volcano 8.00 Do We Really Need the Moon? 9.00 Wallander: The Dogs of Riga 10.55 Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle 11.55 An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr 12.55 Neil Sedaka: King of Song 1.55 Lost Land of the Volcano 2.55 Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle 3.55 Close E4 SKY: 136 FV: 28 6.00 Rules of Engagement 9.00 Melissa & Joey 10.00 Rude(ish) Tube 10.30 Bad(ish) Robots 11.00 Troy 11.30 How I Met Your Mother 12.30 FILM: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) (PG) 2.25 Rude(ish) Tube

4.00 The Big Bang Theory 5.00 FILM: The Golden Child (1986) (PG) 6.50 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 FILM: Role Models (2008) (15) Comedy, starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott.

11.05 FILM: End of Days (1999) (18) Supernatural thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 1.30 The Inbetweeners 2.30 Rude Tube 3.25 Made in Chelsea: End of Season Party 4.20 Frozen at Christmas MORE4 SKY: 138 FV: 14 8.55 River Cottage Bites 9.20 D-Day: A Time Team Special 10.15 FILM: Escape to Victory (1981) (PG) 12.35 Four in a Bed 3.15 FILM: Hocus Pocus (1993) (PG) 5.05 Come Dine with Me 7.55 Walking Through History: Bronte Country 9.00 The World’s Most Extreme 11.05 Britain’s Fattest Man 12.15 Embarrassing Fat Bodies: Back to the Clinic 1.20 The World’s Most Extreme 3.30 River Cottage Bites 3.45 Close FILM4 SKY: 315 FV: 15 11.00 Arrietty (2010) (U) 1.00 Coraline (2009) (PG) 3.05 Dragonball Evolution (2009) (PG) 4.45 New in

Town (2009) (12) Romantic comedy, starring Renee Zellweger. 6.45 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (PG) Fantasy adventure, with Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes. 9.00 Resident Evil (2002) (15) Sci-fi action horror, starring Milla Jovovich. 11.00 Lawless (2012) (18) Crime drama, starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy. 1.15 10 Years (2011) (12) 3.25 Close DAVE SKY: 111 FV: 12 7.00 Storage Hunters 8.00 Top Gear 10.00 American Pickers 11.00 Storage Hunters 12.00 Lizard Lick Towing 1.00 Man v Food 2.00 Beverly Hills Pawn 3.00 Storage Hunters 8.00 Would I Lie to You? 10.00 Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure 11.20 Alan Davies: Life Is Pain 1.00 Storage Hunters 2.00 Would I Lie to You? 3.00 Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure 4.00 Close SKY1 SKY: 106 6.00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 7.00 Glee 8.00 The Fantasy Football Club 9.00 Football’s Funniest Moments 10.00 Soccer AM 12.00 A League of Their

Own 1.00 Futurama 2.30 Exodus: Gods & Kings Special 3.00 Last Man Standing 4.00 Modern Family 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year – Painting Alan Cumming 6.00 Show Me Your Garden 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies 9.00 FILM: King Arthur (2004) (12) Historical adventure, starring Clive Owen. 11.25 A League of Their Own 12.25 Hawaii Five-0 1.25 NCIS: Los Angeles 2.15 Night Cops 3.05 Big Trouble in Thailand 4.00 UK Border Force 5.00 Mission Implausible SKY ATLANTIC SKY: 108 6.00 Cleverdicks 7.00 Seinfeld 9.00 Smash 10.00 Networks of Power with Sir Christopher Meyer 11.00 Urban Secrets 1.00 The Mortified Sessions 2.00 The British 4.00 Without a Trace 9.00 Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters 10.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm 12.20 Seinfeld 1.50 Urban Secrets 2.50 Six Feet Under 4.05 The Devil’s Dinner Party 5.00 Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

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Sunday January 4th BBC1 BBC2

DAYTIME

Match of the Day Live, 5.20pm

7 8 9 10 11

DIGITAL

Diversity Live, 7pm

Channel 4 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent, 7pm

Channel 5 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away, 11am

6.00 Breakfast (T) 7.55 Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights Action from the latest third-round matches. (T)(R) 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (T) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (T) (R) 11.00 Escape to the Country (T)(R) 12.00 Bargain Hunt (T) 1.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 1.15 Flog It! (T) 2.15 Songs of Praise Connie Fisher celebrates the spiritual side of Elvis Presley. (T) 2.50 FA Cup Final Score An FA Cup edition of the football results and report show. (T) 5.00 BBC News; Regional News; Weather (T) 5.20 Match of the Day Live Arsenal v Hull City (kick-off 5.30pm). (T)

6.15 Great British Garden Revival (T) (R) 7.15 Glorious Gardens from Above (T)(R) 8.00 Countryfile (T)(R) 9.00 FA Cup Rewind: Third-Round Classics (T)(R) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (T) 11.30 Food & Drink (T) (R) 12.00 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (T)(R) 1.00 Live Darts: BDO World Championships (T) 4.45 Ski Sunday New series. Including World Cup highlights from Munich. (T) 5.30 Coast (T)(R) 6.00 Tigers About the House – What Happened Next Part two of two. The Clarks see the harsh reality of tiger poaching in Indonesia. (T)(R)

6.00 CITV 9.25 FILM Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990) (PG) Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan. (T) 11.15 ITV News; Weather (T) 11.25 Britain’s Best Bakery Independent bakeries compete to impress judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell. (T)(R) 12.25 Inside the National Trust (T)(R) 1.25 River Monsters (T)(R) 1.55 Midsomer Murders The death of a blackmailer is investigated. (T)(R) 3.55 FILM On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) (PG) James Bond adventure, starring George Lazenby. (T) 6.35 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 6.45 ITV News (T)

6.10 NFL: The American Football Show (T)(R) 7.05 How I Met Your Mother (T)(R) 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (T)(R) 8.25 Frasier (T)(R) 9.30 Sunday Brunch With guests Jason Donovan, Isa Guha and Fryars.

(T) 12.30 The Big Bang Theory (T)(R) 1.50 FILM Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) (12) (T) 3.50 FILM Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) (PG) Family comedy, starring Zachary Gordon. (T) 5.40 Channel 4 News (T) 6.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun New series. A former pub landlady wants a fresh start in Spain.

(T)

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (T)(R) 10.35 Monkey Life (T)(R) 11.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (T)(R) 12.00 FILM Forever Young (1992) (PG) Romantic sci-fi drama, with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis. (T) 1.55 FILM The Princess Bride (1987) (PG) Comic fantasy adventure, starring Cary Elwes. (T) 3.50 FILM Snow White (2001) (PG) Fairy-tale fantasy, starring Kristin Kreuk. (T) 5.35 FILM Bambi (1942) (U) Animated drama, with the voice of Bobby Stewart. (T) 6.55 5 News Weekend (T)

7.30 Still Open All Hours Granville continues in his attempts to woo Mavis. (T)

7.00 Top Gear Patagonia Special Part one of two. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take used sports cars on a gruelling trip to the world’s southernmost city to stage a game of car football. (T)(R)

7.00 Diversity Live An entertainment special with the street-dance crew, fresh from their UK arena tour, featuring a range of spectacular new routines and appearances by special guests.

(T)

7.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent Phil Spencer is on the Mersey, meeting a man struggling to part with his four-bedroom home and helping a beautician living with six dogs. (T)

7.05 FILM Rush Hour (1998) (12) Comedy adventure, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.

Edited for language and violence. (T)

8.00 Countryfile Adam Henson presents a special edition focusing on rare-breed farm animals. (T)

8.00 Kate Humble – Into the Volcano Part one of two. (T)

8.00 Foyle’s War New series. The detective is drawn into the world of corrupt Nazi businessmen when a university professor is found murdered in a park after working as a translator in Nuremberg. (T)

8.00 The Hotel Mark organises a record-breaking attempt to bake Britain’s biggest scone, but Cavendish owner Vicky does not have much faith in head chef Gerry’s ability to pull it off. (T)

9.00 Last Tango in Halifax Alan finally lets Celia into his secret about Gary, but is saddened when she punishes Caroline for his mistake. Gillian loses her job after a humiliating visit from Cheryl. (T)

9.00 Reinventing the Royals First of a two-part documentary in which Steve Hewlett tells the inside story of the relationship between the monarchy and the media during the past 20 years.

(T)

10.00 BBC News; Regional News; Weather (T) 10.30 Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights (T)

10.00 QI XL Extended edition. With Jeremy Clarkson, Sandi Toksvig and Danny Baker. (T) 10.45 Racing Legends: Barry Sheene (T)(R)

11.50 The Apprentice USA New series. (T)

11.45 Darts: BDO World Championships Action from the second day at the Lakeside Country Club. (T)

AFTER 1.15 Weather for the Week Ahead (T)

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10.00 ITV News; Weather (T) 10.15 FILM Hot Fuzz (2007) (15) Action comedy, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. (T)

9.00 Walking the Nile New series.

Levison Wood treks the length of the River Nile from source to sea, on a nine-month expedition taking him through jungles, savannahs, deserts, cities and war zones. (T)

9.00 FILM House at the End of the Street (2011) (15) Horror, with Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue. (T)

10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy panel show’s version of the words-and-numbers quiz. (T)(R)

10.55 FILM Final Destination (2000) (15) A teenager’s premonition saves his friends from dying in a plane crash, but their narrow escape is only the prelude to a chain of tragedies. Horror, with Devon Sawa and Ali Larter. (T)

11.05 Rude Tube: Welcome to 2015 Alex Zane explores the 100 most popular internet videos of the past 12 months in a special edition of the show, featuring the spider-dog prank. (T)(R)

1.20 BBC News (T)

12.35 Darts Extra (T) 2.35 Sign Zone: Countryfile (T)(R) 3.35 Holby City (T)(R) 4.35 This Is BBC Two (T)

12.25 Premiership Rugby Union (T) 1.20 The Store 2.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (T)(R) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T)(R)

1.00 FILM Thirst (2009) (18) 3.15 The Guides (T)(R) 3.30 Mesh: Tourist Trap (T)(R) 3.35 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (T)(R) 4.30 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (T)(R) 5.25 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (T)(R)

12.50 SuperCasino 3.10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (T)(R) 4.00 House Doctor (T)(R) 4.25 Make It Big (T)(R) 4.50 Make It Big (T)(R) 5.15 Angels of Jarm (T)(R) 5.20 Angels of Jarm (T)(R) 5.30 Angels of Jarm (T)(R)

ITV2 SKY: 118 FV: 6 6.00 McBusted: The Hot Desk 6.10 Emmerdale 8.55 Coronation Street 11.25 Take Me Out 12.25 Take Me Out – The Gossip 1.10 Blue: The Hot Desk 1.25 FILM: Richie Rich (1994) (PG) 3.20 FILM: Beethoven’s 2nd (1993) (U) Comedy sequel, starring Charles Grodin.

5.10 FILM: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) (PG) Comedy adventure sequel, with Sarah Michelle Gellar. 7.00 FILM: Evan Almighty (2007) (PG) Comedy sequel, starring Steve Carell. 9.00 FILM: Knocked Up (2007) (15) Romantic comedy, starring Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl. 11.35 FILM: Saw II (2005) (18) Horror sequel, starring Donnie Wahlberg. 1.30 Fake Reaction 2.10 Blue: The Hot Desk 2.20 Teleshopping 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen ITV3 SKY: 119 FV: 10 6.00 Judge Judy 6.20 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 7.15 Agatha Christie’s Marple 9.20 Heartbeat 11.25 Wycliffe 12.40 Rosemary & Thyme 1.45 FILM: Blue Murder at St Trinian’s (1957) (PG) 3.35 Inspector

Morse 5.55 Lewis 8.00 The Zoo 9.00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night 10.00 Northern Lights 11.00 FILM: Larry Crowne (2011) (12) Comedy drama, starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. 1.05 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 2.00 Countrywise 2.50 Judge Judy 3.10 ITV3 Nightscreen 3.40 Emmerdale BBC3 SKY: 115 FV: 7 7.00 Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth Be with You 7.30 FA Cup’s 50 Greatest Moments 8.30 World’s Craziest Fools 9.00 Russell Howard’s Good News 10.00 Family Guy 10.45 American Dad! 11.30 FA Cup’s 50 Greatest Moments 12.30 Russell Howard’s Good News 1.30 Life Is Toff 4.00 Close BBC4 SKY: 116 FV: 9 7.00 Sings Musicals 8.00 Mark Lawson Talks to PD James 9.00 Hermitage Revealed 10.00 FILM: A Royal Affair (2012) (15) Premiere. Historical drama, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander. 12.10 Top of the Pops: 1980 – Big Hits 1.10 The Carpenters at the BBC 1.45 Sings Musicals 2.45 Hermitage Revealed 3.45

Close E4 SKY: 136 FV: 28 6.00 90210 6.40 Happy Endings 7.05 Rude(ish) Tube 8.30 How I Met Your Mother 9.00 Frozen at Christmas 10.00 Hollyoaks 12.30 Melissa & Joey 1.30 How I Met Your Mother 2.00 The Big Bang Theory 4.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 5.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 FILM: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (PG) Comedy sequel, starring Macaulay Culkin. 10.20 The Inbetweeners 11.30 Made in Chelsea: End of Season Party 12.30 Virtually Famous 1.25 Rules of Engagement 2.20 The 100 3.00 The Ricky Gervais Show 3.30 Hollyoaks MORE4 SKY: 138 FV: 14 8.55 Grand Designs Revisited 10.00 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites 10.10 FILM: Bugsy Malone (1976) (U) 12.00 Coach Trip 2.40 Four in a Bed 5.20 Come Dine with Me 8.00 River Cottage Australia 9.00 Gogglebox 2014 10.40 Gogglebox 11.50 Secrets of the Living Dolls 12.50 Gogglebox 2014 2.30 Gogglebox

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6.00 Hour of Power 7.00 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8.00 Glee 9.00 Futurama 10.00 A League of Their Own 11.00 WWE Raw 12.00 Modern Family 1.00 Last Man Standing 2.00 Middle Earth: There and Back Again 3.00 Last Man Standing 4.00 Futurama 5.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Futurama 7.00 Modern Family 8.00 A League of Their Own 9.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 10.00 Show Me Your Garden 11.00 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 12.00 Micky Flanagan’s Detour de France 1.00 Hawaii Five-0 2.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder 3.00 Night Cops 4.00 Mission Implausible 5.00 UK Border Force SKY ATLANTIC SKY: 108 6.00 Cleverdicks 7.00 Smash 8.00 Urban Secrets 10.00 Friday Night Lights 12.00 Networks of Power with Sir Christopher Meyer 1.00 Seinfeld 5.00 Blue Bloods 9.00 Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters 10.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm 11.10 Seinfeld 1.40 This Is Jinsy 2.40 Six Feet Under 4.00 The Devil’s Dinner Party 5.00 Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

FILM4 SKY: 315 FV: 15

11.00 A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) (U) 1.00 Leap Year (2010) (PG) 3.00 Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) (PG) 4.50 Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) (PG) Comedy adventure, starring Jim Carrey. 6.55 Tower Heist (2011) (12) Crime comedy, with Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy. 9.00 Battleship (2012) (12) Sci-fi adventure, starring Taylor Kitsch. 11.35 Alfie (1966) (15) Comedy drama, starring Michael Caine. 1.50 Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) (18) 3.50 Close DAVE SKY: 111 FV: 12 7.00 Carpool 7.10 Storage Hunters 8.00 Top Gear 10.00 Storage Hunters 3.00 Lizard Lick Towing 7.00 Storage Hunters UK 8.00 Red Dwarf 10.00 Not Going Out Christmas Special 11.00 Mock the Week 12.20 Red Dwarf 2.15 Mock the Week 2.45 The Rob Brydon Show 3.15 Storage Hunters 4.00 Close SKY1 SKY: 106

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6.00 Breakfast (T) 9.15 Wanted Down Under (T) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (T)(R) 11.00 Caught Red Handed (T) 11.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (T) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (T) 1.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 1.30 BBC Regional News and Weather (T) 1.45 Doctors (T) 2.15 Father Brown New series. The priest finds himself embroiled with MI5. (T) 3.00 Escape to the Country (T)(R) 3.45 James Martin: Home Comforts (T) 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (T) 5.15 Pointless (T) 6.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 6.30 BBC Regional News Programmes; Weather (T)

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer (T)(R) 7.00 Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights (T)(R) 8.20 Sign Zone: Glorious Gardens from Above (T)(R) 9.05 Sign Zone: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (T)(R) 10.05 Sign Zone: Close Calls: On Camera (T)(R) 10.35 Click (T)(R) 11.00 BBC News (T) 11.30 BBC World News (T) 12.00 Daily Politics (T) 1.00 Live Darts: BDO World Championships (T) 4.15 The Great British Winter Ellie Harrison explores Britain’s most extreme winter landscapes. (T)(R) 5.15 Flog It! (T)(R) 6.00 Eggheads (T) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (T)

6.00 Good Morning Britain (T) 8.30 Lorraine (T) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T) 10.30 This Morning (T) 12.30 Loose Women (T) 1.30 ITV News (T) 1.55 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 2.00 Judge Rinder New series. Real-life cases in a studio courtroom. (T) 3.00 Tipping Point Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. (T) 3.59 ITV Regional Weather (T) 4.00 Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year New series. Angela Griffin and Kian Egan search for the pet slimmer of the year. (T) 5.00 The Chase Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. (T) 6.00 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 6.30 ITV News (T)

6.05 Countdown (T)(R) 6.45 According to Jim (T)(R) 7.10 The King of Queens (T)(R) 8.00 Frasier (T)(R) 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (T)(R) 10.00 Undercover Boss (T)(R) 11.00 Shipping Wars (T) 12.00 Channel 4 News (T) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (T)(R) 1.05 Four in a Bed (T)(R) 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun A couple search for a holiday home on the Costa Blanca. (T) 3.10 Countdown With Dictionary Corner guest Jon Culshaw.

(T) 4.00 Deal or No Deal Beat-thebanker game show. (T) 5.00 Come Dine with Me (T) 5.30 The Simpsons (T)(R) 6.30 Hollyoaks (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (T) 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (T)(R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (T) 12.15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (T)(R) 1.15 Home and Away (T) 1.45 Neighbours (T) 2.15 NCIS Part one of two. The team tries to locate Ari. (T)(R) 3.15 FILM Stolen Child (2012) (12) Premiere. Drama, starring Emmanuelle Vaugier. (T) 5.00 5 News at 5 (T) 5.30 Neighbours Sonya and Toadie find an intruder in their house. (T)(R) 6.00 Home and Away Keith threatens to press charges against Spencer. (T)(R) 6.30 5 News Tonight (T)

7.00 The One Show Hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. (T) 7.30 Match of the Day Live AFC Wimbledon v Liverpool (kick-off 7.55pm). Gary Lineker presents coverage of the FA Cup thirdround tie at Kingsmeadow. (T)

7.00 Top Gear Patagonia Special The conclusion of the two-part special in which Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take three sports cars on a trip through Patagonia to the world’s southernmost city. (T)(R)

7.00 Emmerdale Finn tells the Bartons he has found his mother.

(T) 7.30 Coronation Street David ignores his family’s warnings and calls the police about Callum. (T)

7.00 Channel 4 News (T)

7.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away High Court enforcement officers Paul, Steve and Ben make a shocking discovery; (T)(R) 5 News Update (T)

8.00 University Challenge Two more teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. (T) 8.30 Only Connect Three fans of all things Norwegian take on a trio of book lovers. (T)

8.00 Richard Wilson on the Road New series. The actor tours the UK in a vintage car. (T) 8.30 Coronation Street Callum lures Max to the Red Rec. (T)

8.00 Food Unwrapped: Diet Special Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton and Matt Tebbutt travel from Cornwall to the Amazon rainforest looking at the foods people buy in an attempt to lose weight and get in shape. (T)

8.00 70 Stone Man: The Last Days A documentary following Keith Martin as he underwent bariatric surgery to remove most of his stomach and a massive hernia. Featuring footage of the procedure. (T)

9.00 Rich, Russian and Living in London The lives of wealthy Russians who chose to make London their home. (T)

9.00 Broadchurch New series. Return of the crime drama starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman. Hardy and Miller investigate another mystery after solving the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer. (T)

9.00 The Undateables New series. A man with autism takes a girl to a race at Brands Hatch to share his passion for fast cars, while a woman with Apert syndrome goes on her first date. (T)

9.00 Benefits: Too Fat to Work New series. The lives of people who rely on benefits, beginning with those who are obese, including a man who thinks employers are prejudiced against fat people. (T)

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10.00 BBC News (T) 10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather (T) 10.35 Waterloo Road(T)

10.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad New series.

Comedy chat show, with guests David Walliams and Michael Ball.

(T) 10.30 Newsnight; (T) Weather (T)

10.00 ITV News and Weather (T) 10.30 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 10.40 A Funny Old Year 2014 (T)(R)

10.00 Bodyshockers: Nips, Tucks and Tattoos New series. Katie Piper meets a woman who is unhappy with her large cleavage following double G implants, and a model who has discovered an unusual way of hiding his baldness. (T)

10.00 Celeb Big Brother: The Good, the Bad and the Unforgettable Emma Willis narrates a selection of memorable moments from the reality show. (T)(R)

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11.35 The Graham Norton Show The host brings in the new year in style, with actors Liam Neeson, Eddie Redmayne and Anna Kendrick. (T)(R)

11.20 Darts: BDO World Championships Action from the third day at the Lakeside Country Club. (T)

11.40 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones The funnyman tours his native country, Wales.

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11.00 The Last Leg of the Year Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined by guest Richard Ayoade as they review the significant moments of 2014. (T)(R)

11.55 White Dee: What’s All the Fuss About? (T)(R)

AFTER 12.35 FILM Surviving Summer (2009) (15) Drama, starring Hilary Duff and Evan Ross. (T) 2.05 Weather for the Week Ahead (T) 2.10 BBC News (T)

12.10 Darts Extra (T) 2.10 Sign Zone: Wonders of the Monsoon (T)(R) 3.10 This Is BBC Two (T) 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (T)(R)

12.10 Jackpot247 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (T)(R) 3.40 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T)(R)

12.00 The American Football Show: The Playoffs (T) 12.55 24 Hours in A&E (T)(R) 1.50 FILM Goodbye Bafana (2007) (15) (T) 3.45 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (T)(R) 4.35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (T)(R)

12.55 SuperCasino 3.10 Autopsy: The Last Hours of Elvis Presley (T)(R) 4.00 Great Artists (T)(R) 4.25 House Doctor (T)(R) 4.45 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.10 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.35 Wildlife SOS (T)(R)

ITV2 SKY: 118 FV: 6 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments 6.25 You’ve Been Framed! 6.45 Emmerdale 7.15 Coronation Street 8.15 The Cube 9.15 The Xtra Factor Winner’s Story 2014 10.10 The Chase 11.15 All Star Family Fortunes 12.15 Emmerdale 12.40 Coronation Street 1.45 Royal Pains 2.45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 6.00 You’ve Been Framed!

7.00 You’ve Been Framed and Famous! 8.00 Two and a Half Men 9.00 FILM: Ocean’s Eleven (2001) (12) 11.25 Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits 12.10 Two and a Half Men 1.05 Mom 1.45 Life’s Funniest Moments 2.10 Blue: The Hot Desk 2.20 Teleshopping 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen ITV3 SKY: 119 FV: 10 6.00 World Kitchen 6.20 Inspector Morse 8.30 FILM: Larry Crowne (2011) (12) 10.35 Judge Judy 11.55 Wycliffe 1.00 Heartbeat 2.00 Where the Heart Is 3.10 The Royal 4.15 Never the Twain 4.50 Rising Damp 5.20 On the Buses 5.55 Heartbeat 7.00 Murder, She Wrote 8.00 Rosemary & Thyme 9.00 Long Lost Family

10.00 The Children 11.00 Wycliffe 12.10 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1.15 The Royal 2.00 ITV3 Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping BBC3 SKY: 115 FV: 7 7.00 Don’t Tell the Bride 8.00 Waterloo Road 9.00 Growing Up Down’s 10.00 Live at the Apollo 10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News 11.00 Family Guy 12.30 Live at the Apollo 1.00 Our War: Goodbye Afghanistan 2.30 Life Is Toff 3.00 Growing Up Down’s 4.00 Close BBC4 SKY: 116 FV: 9 7.00 World News Today; Weather 7.30 First World War at Home: Royal Victoria Hospital 8.00 Hidden Histories: Britain’s Oldest Family Businesses 9.00 British Gardens in Time: Great Dixter 10.00 Agnetha: Abba & After 11.00 Disco at the BBC 12.00 Lost Land of the Volcano 1.00 Narnia’s Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of CS Lewis 2.00 Agnetha: Abba & After 3.00 British Gardens in Time: Great Dixter 4.00 Close E4 SKY: 136 FV: 28 6.00 Happy Endings 6.20 90210 7.00 Made in

Chelsea 8.00 Hollyoaks 8.35 Happy Endings 9.00 Rules of Engagement 10.00 Charmed 12.00 Hollyoaks 12.30 Rules of Engagement 1.00 How I Met Your Mother 2.00 The Big Bang Theory 3.00 Rude(ish) Tube 3.30 Bad(ish) Robots 4.00 Troy 4.30 Suburgatory 5.00 How I Met Your Mother 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 Rude(ish) Tube 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 Revenge 10.00 FILM: Wanted (2008) (18) 12.10 The Big Bang Theory 1.10 How I Met Your Mother 2.10 Rude Tube 3.05 Revenge 3.50 Bad(ish) Robots 4.15 Troy 4.40 Charmed MORE4 SKY: 138 FV: 14 8.55 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money 10.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 11.05 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites 11.10 A Place in the Sun 11.45 FILM: Gun Fury (1953) (U) 1.25 Time Team 3.35 A Place by the Sea 4.40 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 6.50 Homes by the Sea 7.55 Grand Designs: Kevin’s Top 10 9.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 10.00 The British Property Boom 11.05 Gogglebox

12.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 2.15 Gogglebox 3.20 River Cottage Bites 3.35 Close FILM4 SKY: 315 FV: 15 11.00 Prince Valiant (1954) (U) 1.05 Against the Wind (1948) (PG) 3.00 Decision at Sundown (1957) (U) 4.35 Cat Ballou (1965) (PG) 6.35 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) (12) 9.00 Unknown (2011) (12) 11.15 Bully (2001) (18) 1.30 Hilary and Jackie (1998) (15) 4.00 Close DAVE SKY: 111 FV: 12 7.00 The Gadget Show 7.30 Rocket City Rednecks 8.00 Top Gear 10.00 Trawlermen 11.00 Traffic Cops 12.00 Top Gear 2.00 American Pickers 3.00 Traffic Cops 4.00 Trawlermen 5.00 Top Gear 7.00 American Pickers 8.00 Storage Hunters 9.00 Room 101 10.20 Mock the Week 11.00 QI 12.15 Mock the Week 12.55 Storage Hunters 1.50 American Pickers 2.35 Trawlermen 3.35 Storage Hunters 4.00 Close SKY1 SKY: 106

6.00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 7.00 UK Border Force 9.00 Nothing to Declare 10.00 Exodus: Gods & Kings – Behind the Scenes 10.30 Road Wars 12.00 Hawaii Five-0 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 3.00 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 3.30 The Theory of Everything Special 4.00 Futurama 5.00 The Simpsons 5.30 Futurama 6.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Modern Family 9.00 Cop Squad 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00 Hawaii Five-0 2.00 Road Wars 3.30 Birdman Special 4.00 Airline USA SKY ATLANTIC SKY: 108 6.00 Stargate Atlantis 7.00 Stargate SG-1 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 9.00 Seinfeld 10.00 House 11.00 Blue Bloods 12.00 Without a Trace 1.00 Stargate SG-1 3.00 Stargate Atlantis 4.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 5.00 Seinfeld 6.00 House 7.00 Blue Bloods 8.00 Without a Trace 9.00 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets 10.00 Veep 11.10 Girls 12.15 Boardwalk Empire 1.50 Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters 2.50 Six Feet Under 4.05 The Mortified Sessions 5.05 Star Trek: Enterprise

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6.00 Breakfast (T) 9.15 Wanted Down Under (T) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (T) 11.00 Caught Red Handed (T) 11.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (T) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (T)(R) 1.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 1.30 BBC Regional News and Weather (T) 1.45 Doctors (T) 2.15 Father Brown The priest investigates when the new wife of Sir Raleigh is found dead. (T) 3.00 Escape to the Country (T) 3.45 James Martin: Home Comforts (T) 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (T) 5.15 Pointless (T)(R) 6.00 BBC News; Weather (T) 6.30 BBC Regional News Programmes; Weather (T)

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (T)(R) 7.05 Caught Red Handed (T)(R) 7.35 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (T)(R) 8.20 Sign Zone: Glorious Gardens from Above (T)(R) 9.05 Sign Zone: Antiques Roadshow (T)(R) 10.05 Sign Zone: Close Calls: On Camera (T)(R) 10.35 HARDtalk (T)(R) 11.00 BBC News (T) 11.30 BBC World News (T) 12.00 Daily Politics (T) 1.00 Live Darts: BDO World Championships (T) 4.15 The Great British Winter Ellie Harrison explores winter in the Lake District. (T)(R) 5.15 Flog It! From Oldham. (T)(R) 6.00 Eggheads (T) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (T)

6.00 Good Morning Britain (T) 8.30 Lorraine (T) 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T) 10.30 This Morning (T) 12.30 Loose Women (T) 1.30 ITV News (T) 1.55 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 2.00 Judge Rinder Real-life cases in a studio courtroom. (T) 3.00 Tipping Point Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. (T) 3.59 ITV Regional Weather (T) 4.00 Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year Snowball the rabbit and Barney the dog compete for a place in the Grand Final. (T) 5.00 The Chase Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. (T) 6.00 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 6.30 ITV News (T)

6.00 Countdown (T)(R) 6.45 According to Jim (T)(R) 7.10 The King of Queens (T)(R) 8.00 Frasier (T)(R) 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (T)(R) 10.00 Undercover Boss (T)(R) 11.00 Shipping Wars (T) 12.00 Channel 4 News (T) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (T)(R) 1.05 Four in a Bed (T)(R) 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun A couple search for a holiday home in Orlando, Florida. (T) 3.10 Countdown With Dictionary Corner guest Jon Culshaw.

(T) 4.00 Deal or No Deal Beat-thebanker game show. (T) 5.00 Come Dine with Me (T) 5.30 The Simpsons (T)(R) 6.30 Hollyoaks (T)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff Matthew Wright and guests talk about the issues of the day. 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (T)(R) 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (T) 12.15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (T)(R) 1.15 Home and Away (T) 1.45 Neighbours (T) 2.15 NCIS Part two of two. Gibbs goes after Ari. (T)(R) 3.15 FILM Ice Twisters (2009) (12) Sci-fi thriller, starring Mark Moses. (T) 5.00 5 News at 5 (T) 5.30 Neighbours Sonya confronts her tormentor. (T)(R) 6.00 Home and Away Spencer confronts Keith at the hospital. (T)(R) 6.30 5 News Tonight (T)

7.00 The One Show Live chat and topical reports. (T) 7.30 EastEnders Carol finds Max tearing up information on Lucy’s investigation; (T) BBC News; Regional News (T)

7.00 Great British Garden Revival New series. Leading TV experts offer more horticultural advice, with Rachel de Thame championing old-fashioned roses and Joe Swift putting the case for climbers and creepers. (T)

7.00 Emmerdale Cain takes a turn for the worse. (T) 7.30 River Monsters New series. The animal responsible for dragging passengers from a capsized riverboat in 1981. (T)

7.00 Channel 4 News (T)

7.00 The World’s Deadliest Storms Stories of people who survived terrifying natural disasters. (T) (R)

8.00 Holby City Mo and Adele attend their sister’s wedding, where the disclosure of a secret leads to heartache for one of the guests.

Guy’s world is rocked by the arrival of a familiar patient. (T)

8.00 Six Puppies and Us First of a two-part documentary following six dogs and their new owners over the course of their first year together, and examining the science behind the puppies’ development. (T)

8.00 Britain’s Best Back Gardens New series. Over the past 12 months, Alan Titchmarsh appealed to the public to nominate their gardens, and in this series he visits his 30 favourites across the nation. (T)

8.00 Weighing Up the Enemy New series. Two people bet their own money on losing more body fat than their rival, in a contest that uses a ground-breaking approach to motivation.

Christian Jessen presents. (T)

8.00 World’s Scariest Weather The most violent and dangerous weather ever caught on camera.

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9.00 Silent Witness New series. Part one of two. A sniper stalks London, so Nikki, Jack and the senior detective combine forensics and killer-profiling techniques to narrow down the suspects. Continues tomorrow.

9.00 Billionaire’s Paradise: Inside Necker Island Documentary going behind the scenes at Richard Branson’s Necker Island.

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9.00 The Wonder of Britain New series. Julia Bradbury embarks on a 12,000-mile journey visiting some of the nation’s most spectacular and fascinating locations, beginning with a look at remarkable buildings. (T)

9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody New series. Detectives are called to a home in Luton, where they find a disturbing crime scene involving a seriously injured man and woman, and a blood-stained knife. (T)

9.00 Worst Weather Ever?

Documentary examining the current spate of extreme weather. (T)

10.00 BBC News (T) 10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather; (T) National Lottery Update (T) 10.35 Count Arthur Strong New series. Arthur and the gang carry out a heist. (T)

10.00 W1A Spoof documentary, starring Hugh Bonneville. (T)(R) 10.30 Newsnight; (T) Weather (T)

10.00 ITV News and Weather (T) 10.30 ITV Regional News; Weather (T) 10.40 The Mighty Mississippi with Trevor McDonald The broadcaster takes a journey through the heart of America.

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10.00 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell A failing hotel in Starkville, Mississippi.

(T) 10.55 The Undateables A man with autism takes a girl to a race at Brands Hatch to share his passion for fast cars. (T)(R)

10.00 Britain’s Best Loved Double Acts A countdown of the nation’s favourite duos from the worlds of TV, film, music, animation and sport, including the Two Ronnies, Morecambe & Wise and Ant and Dec. (T)(R)

11.05 Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You Jennifer Saunders hosts the comedy news quiz. (T) 11.50 FILM Dinner for Schmucks (2010) (12) Comedy, with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. (T)

11.20 Darts: BDO World Championships Action from the fourth day at the Lakeside Country Club. (T)

11.40 Secrets from the Sky An aerial perspective on some of Britain’s most beloved heritage sites. (T) (R)

11.55 Poker The PokerStars and MonteCarloCasino EPT Grand Final Main Event. (T)

12.10 Darts Extra (T) 2.10 Sign Zone: Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom (T)(R) 3.10 This Is BBC Two (T) 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (T)

12.10 Jackpot247 3.00 Loose Women (T)(R) 3.45 ITV Nightscreen 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (T)(R)

12.50 The American Football Show: The Playoffs (T)(R) 1.50 KOTV Boxing Weekly (T) 2.20 Trans World Sport (T) (R) 3.15 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (T)(R) 4.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (T)(R)

12.55 SuperCasino 3.10 The Abba Years (T)(R) 4.00 Great Artists (T)(R) 4.25 House Doctor (T)(R) 4.45 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.10 House Doctor (T)(R) 5.35 Wildlife SOS (T)(R)

2.30 Teleshopping BBC3 SKY: 115 FV: 7 7.00 Don’t Tell the Bride 8.00 Barely Legal Drivers 9.00 Glasgow Girls 10.00 Russell Howard’s Good News 10.30 EastEnders 11.00 Family Guy 12.30 Russell Howard’s Good News 1.00 Barely Legal Drivers 2.00 How Safe Are My Drugs? 3.00 Glasgow Girls 4.00 Close BBC4 SKY: 116 FV: 9 7.00 World News Today; Weather 7.30 First World War at Home: The Killing Factories 8.00 Harlots, Housewives & Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls 9.00 Operation Mincemeat 10.00 Smiley’s People 11.00 Al Murray’s Great British Spy Movies 12.00 Singer-Songwriters at the BBC 1.00 Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story 2.00 Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain: Timeshift 3.00 Operation Mincemeat 4.00 Close E4 SKY: 136 FV: 28 6.00 Happy Endings 6.20 90210 7.00 Made in

Chelsea 8.00 Hollyoaks 8.30 Rude(ish) Tube 9.00 Rules of Engagement 10.00 Charmed 12.00 Hollyoaks 12.30 Rude(ish) Tube 1.00 How I Met Your Mother 2.00 The Big Bang Theory 3.00 Rude(ish) Tube 3.30 Bad(ish) Robots 4.00 Troy 4.30 Rules of Engagement 5.00 How I Met Your Mother 6.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 Rude(ish) Tube 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 The 100 10.00 Supernatural 11.00 The Big Bang Theory 12.00 Rules of Engagement 1.00 2 Broke Girls 2.00 The 100 2.45 Supernatural 3.30 Bad(ish) Robots 4.00 Troy 4.25 Charmed MORE4 SKY: 138 FV: 14 8.55 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money 10.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 11.00 FILM: Great Expectations (1946) (PG) 1.25 Time Team 3.35 A Place by the Sea 4.40 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 6.50 Homes by the Sea 7.55 Grand Designs: Kevin’s Top 10 9.00 Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb 10.00 Grand Designs Australia 11.10 Gogglebox 12.15 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1.15 Selling

Houses with Amanda Lamb 2.20 Gogglebox 3.25 River Cottage Bites 3.40 Close FILM4 SKY: 315 FV: 15 11.00 The Black Knight (1954) (U) 12.45 Battle of the Sexes (1959) (PG) 2.30 The Black Arrow (1948) (U) 4.05 August Rush (2007) (PG) 6.20 Runaway Jury (2003) (12) 9.00 The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) (15) Premiere. Crime drama, starring Ryan Gosling.

11.45 Daredevil (2003) (15) Comic-book adventure, starring Ben Affleck. 1.50 Spanking the Monkey (1994) (18) 4.00 Close DAVE SKY: 111 FV: 12 7.00 The Gadget Show 7.30 Rocket City Rednecks 8.00 Top Gear 10.00 Trawlermen 11.00 Traffic Cops 12.00 Top Gear 2.00 American Pickers 3.00 Traffic Cops 4.00 Trawlermen 5.00 Top Gear 7.00 American Pickers 8.00 QI XL 10.00 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 11.00 QI 12.20 Mock the Week 1.00 Storage Hunters 1.55 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 2.45 Trawlermen 4.00 Close

SKY1 SKY: 106

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8.30 EastEnders The police arrive at Dot’s house in search of Nick. (T)

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9.00 Celebrity Big Brother: Live Launch New series. Twisted fairy tale is the theme as Emma Willis invites a fresh group of famous faces to move in together for the enjoyment of the viewing public. (T)

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NEWS Youngster on the rise OXFORDSHIRE

ONE of Oxfordshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hottest prospects will be ending 2014 in style, as acoustic and rock singer Jamie Felton is performing at The Coach and Horses Pub in Banbury on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve. Jamie (right), who lives in Ardley, is currently a Year 13 student at The Marlborough School in Woodstock where he studies A-Level Music, Maths and French while performing around the county. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone can expect a wide range of popular music spanning from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s to the present day,â&#x20AC;? Jamie told the Guardian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My overall style is rock music on an acoustic guitar for the fi rst two sets, then for the third set, I liven the place up with rock songs on an electric guitar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also played there twice. The audience members were very friendly last time and gave me good feedback, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to hopefully see some of them again.â&#x20AC;?

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Queen Christina

THE 1933 film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Queen Christinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will be shown at The Abingdon Health and Wellbeing Centre on Thursday, January 8.

Greta Garbo stars as Christina, Queen of Sweden, who became queen aged just six after the death of her father in the 17th century.

Tickets cost ÂŁ6 with the film starting at 7.45pm.

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Royal Blood

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ROCK duo Royal Blood will be at the O2 Academy on January 8.

Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher formed the group back in 2013, with their debut self-titled album peaking at number one in the UK album charts.

Doors for the Cowley Road gig open at 7pm.

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teenager is aware that becoming a successful musician is a 50/50 draw.

However, despite entering this risky industry, the aspiring star revealed heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got the backing from his parents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My parents are really supportive,â&#x20AC;?

Jamie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m extremely busy with gigs that are all over the county, and my parents are very generous to drive me around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very grateful because I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play gigs without them.â&#x20AC;?

Jamie added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;2015 will be one of the biggest years of my life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have to concentrate on my schoolwork to achieve good grades for my A-Levels, and if I get into a music college in September, it will be a brand new way of life in terms of living and education.â&#x20AC;?

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NEWS New Year, new listings OXFORDSHIRE

IT has been a great year for entertainment, as the theatres in Oxford spoilt us with a fine variety of gigs, musicals and comedy.

So with a new year now upon us, what will January 2015 bring to Oxford’s theatres?

The Oxford Playhouse will start the year off in style with tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins opening the 2015 Oxford Jazz Masters Series on January 10.

Pianist Richard Leigh Harris and double bassist Steve Kershaw will also be part of the concert.

At the end of the month, comedian Mark Watson will also be at the Playhouse.

The 34-year-old Bristolian funnyman will be heading to Oxford as part of his brand new UK tour, ‘Flaws’.

The show is suitable for anyone over the age of 14.

Moving to The New Theatre Oxford and the George Street venue will host Snow White on Ice from January 8 to January 11.

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Rory McInroy

CARTERTON based jazz pianist Rory McInroy will be at The Bullingdon Arms on January 6.

The musician, who also works as a school teacher, will perform various swing and jazz tunes.

The pianist has also worked in various five star hotels in the Middle East.

Entry to the Cowley Road gig is free with the doors opening at 8.30pm.

Tea Dance

By James Richings jamesr@taylornewspapers.co.uk

THE Honolulu Cowboys will be at Oxford’s monthly Hawaiian Tea Dance this Saturday, January 3.

Held at St. Giles’ Church Hall on the Woodstock Road, the tea dance will start at 6pm, with tickets costing £2.

Call 07952 772358 for more details.

Ice Stars.

On January 14, The New Theatre will also host The Johnny Cash Roadshow with Clive John starring as the late country singer.

Fans of 1950’s music will be happy to hear that Rock ‘n’ Roll Paradise will also be heading to the New Theatre on January 15.

Listen to music by the likes of Buddy Holly, The Big Popper, Roy Orbison and Eddie Cochran in a fun packed night at the George Street theatre.

Irish musician Hozier will be at the O2 Academy on January 21.

And fi nally, death metal group Amon Amarth will also be at the city’s O2 Academy on January 23.

Skylarkin’ Soundsystem

DJ DUO Count Skylarkin’ will be at The Cellar Night Club on Friday, January 2.

Expect a loud and hectic night, which will begin at 10pm.

Entry is free to the Frewin Court venue for the first hour, but will cost £5 after 11pm.

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What’s on this January?

WITH 2015 finally here, a whole host of theatre, music and comedy will be hitting the rest of the county this January.

Kicking off the entertainment will be the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot with the screening of the 2013 blockbuster, ‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared’ on January 7 at the Station Road venue.

The Cornerstone will also be hosting an open mic night on the second Tuesday of each month, starting January 13, for all performers in the Oxfordshire area.

Rappers, musicians, actors and poets are all welcome to share their talents on stage.

At the end of the month, comedian, writer and radio presenter Robin Ince will bring his brand new tour, ‘Blooming Buzzing Confusion’ to Didcot on January 29.

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able for anyone over the age of 16.

The Theatre Chipping Norton will show 2014’s historical thriller, ‘The Imitation Game’ on January 15 and 17.

The fi lm, which was released back in August, stars both Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly.

Staying at The Spring Street venue, the town’s theatre will also host ‘Buddy Holly’s Winter Dance Party’ on January 24.

Marc Robinson, who will star as the legendary ‘50s singer, will perform along with the country’s best Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Dion tribute acts.

And fi nally, to round off the fi rst month of entertainment, The Sinodun Players will perform their interpretation of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ from January 16 to 31 at The Wallingford Corn Exchange.

The 45-year-old, who is known for presenting the BBC radio show ‘The Infi nite Monkey Cage’ with Brian Cox, will be asking unanswered questions which will leave your head hurting.

Moving to the north of the county to Banbury, The Mill Arts Centre will be hosting a very unique January pantomime.

The Cherwell Theatre Company will bring ‘Robin Hood’ to the Spiceball Park theatre from January 10 to January 18.

Comedian Andrew Lawrence will also be heading to Banbury as part of his ‘Reasons To Kill Yourself’ UK tour.

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30 Mar 2015 o2 Academy Oxford

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MY OLD LADY A delightful, charismatic comedy drama starring Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas and Kevin Kline.

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The UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No1 Tribute, fronted by respected singer/songwriter Clive John, with The Spirit Band, re-create with astounding accuracy and truly capture the essence of what it was like to be at a real Cash show!

Featuring Jill Schoonjans as June Carter and two more talented ladies as the Carter Sisters, all aspects of Cashâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life are covered with impeccable taste.

The show takes the audience from the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right up to 2002 and all the stops in between. All the greatest hits are included, Ring of Fire, Walk the Line as well as the Johnny and June duets Jackson and If I Were a Carpenter and so many more, all the while accompanied by an amazing video back drop with evocative images and shots from Johnny Cashâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.â&#x20AC;? http://www.atgtickets.com/ 16/01/2015 - 17/01/2015 Oxford Playhouse

TOO MUCH, TOO YOUNG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it daft that we ask teenagers to make really big decisions about their lives? Jack Bennett had to and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done him no good whatsoever. He was going to be a world-renowned musician, but one wrong turn and look at himâ&#x20AC;Ś a two-bit actor with an identity crisis.

So heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decided to ask some pretty big questions; whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning for?

Why all the rush? And if all of the politicians and education experts are so smart, how come they never agree on the best way to do things?

Jack will tickle your grey matter, probe your beliefs and fill your belly with laughs.â&#x20AC;? http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ 20/01/2015, 19:30 Mill Arts Centre Banbury

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matthew McConaughey stars as a real-life Texas cowboy, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as

23/01/2015, 19:30 Oxford Playhouse â&#x20AC;&#x153;Banish those January blues with a variety night of sparkling music, saucy stand-up, scintillating theatre

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A compere beyond compare, Arthur is a playwright, comedian and star of BBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Loose Ends, Grumpy OId Men and The One Show. In The House of Fun, Arthur will introduce a series of acts including â&#x20AC;&#x153;rock n roll magicianâ&#x20AC;? (NME) Pete Heat, insightful comedian David Whitney, seven-piece band Slapper and sketch comedy duo Shirley and Shirley and Hal Cruttenden, one of the top comedians working in Britain today.

Be prepared for inspired comic observation, top class cabaret creations and wonderfully dark ideas.â&#x20AC;? http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ 24/01/2015, 19:30 Mill Arts Centre Banbury

WINTER GARDENS REVIVAL â&#x20AC;&#x153;Following the massively successful revival in March 2014, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back again in January 2015 to celebrate what was this iconic Banbury venue from the 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A four band extravaganza including The Duckworths, Big Baloosh, Mississippi Disco and Rufus Goodlove will once again be performing their awesome sets in front of what will be another sell out audience, plus bar open â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;till late at The Mill!â&#x20AC;?

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VIOLETTE Violette Leduc, a writer born out of wedlock at the beginning of the last century, encounters the great novelist Simone de Beauvoir, and begins an intense relationship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; part pupil, part friend, part lover. Their lives and writing interwine in this sharply observed and compelling biopic of a trailblazing feminist author. A beautifully crafted period piece from the acclaimed director of Seraphine.

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NISSAN QASHQAI 1.5 TD ACENTA, Red, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 64100 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8495 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1.6 TDI SE, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 34700 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8995 MINI COOPER 1.6 GRAPHITE, Grey, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 1/2 Leather Seats, 66200 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7495 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2.0 GT TDI, Silver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Bluetooth, 43997 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7295 FORD FOCUS 1.8 ZETEC S, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, pAS, EW, Ac, Alloys, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6995 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2.0 GT TDI, Blue, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 63900 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6795 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1.9 TDI MATCH DSG AUTO, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 73750 Mls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6795 HONDA CIVIC 2.2 CDTI SE, Silver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 55600 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6795 VAUXHALL MERIVA 1.7 CDTI EXCLUSIV, Red, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Parking Sensors, 23850 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6495 HONDA CIVIC 1.8 ES, Silver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6495 RENAULT MEGANE 1.5DCI DYNAMIQUE, Blue, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 36800 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6495 SKODA FABIA 1.2 SE, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 36900 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6495 VAUXHALL MERIVA 1.4 EXCLUSIV, Blue, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Parking Sensors, 16800 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6295 FIAT 500 1.2 SPORT, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 47500 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6195 FORD FIESTA 1.4 ZETEC, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 51500 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5995 FORD FIESTA 1.2 EDGE, Silver, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, 25800 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5995 FORD FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC CLIMATE, Blue, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Privacy Glass, 35385 Mls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5995 TOYOTA YARIS 1.3TR, Red, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, 26390 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5995 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2.0 GT TDI SPORT, Grey, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 106000 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5795 PEUGEOT 107 1.0 ACCESS, Red, 3 Door, PAS, Driver and Passenger Airbags, £20 Road Tax, 7748 Mls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5695 VAUXHALL ASTRA 1.4 ACTIVE, Red, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, 35100 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5695 VAUXHALL AGILA 1.2 DESIGN, Blue, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, ONLY 2983 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5495 VAUXHALL CORSA 1.2 DESIGN, Silver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 1/2 Leather, 49960 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5495 HONDA CIVIC 1.8 SE, Grey, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 69243 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5495 FORD FUSION 1.6 TITANIUM AUTO, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, pAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 20000 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4995 VAUXHALL CORSA 1.2 SXI, White, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, Alloys, 68100 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4995 NISSAN NOTE 1.4 ACENTA, Black, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4995 FORD FIESTA 1.4 GHIA, Mauve, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Leather Seats, Alloys, 44038 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4995 MAZDA 2 1.3 TS, Red, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, 35663 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4995 HYUNDAI COUPE 2.0 SIII, Red, 3 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Leather Seats, 59872 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4995 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 GLX, Red, 3 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 45400 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4895 RENAULT CLIO 1.2 EXPRESSION, Silver, 3 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 33468 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4795 TOYOTA AURIS 1.4 T2, Silver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, 68514 Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4695 RENAULT SCENIC 1.6 DYNAMIQUE, Siver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 49847 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4595 TOYOTA AYGO 1.0 BLUE, Blue, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, £20 Road Tax, Bluetooth, 61169 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4495 RENAULT KANGOO1.2 AUTHENTIQUE, Grey, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, Full WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS, 3 Seats, 32400 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4495 PEUGEOT 207 1.4 SPORT, Red, 3 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 78763 Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4295 CITROEN C3 1.4 HDI XTR, Black, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 54892 Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4295 MITSUBISHI COLT 1.3 CZ2, Red, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 40250 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3995 HYUNDAI I20 CLASSIC, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, 34300 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3995 SEAT IBIZA 1.4 FORMULA SPORT, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 68400 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3795 RENAULT CLIO 1.2 CAMPUS SPORT, Black, 3 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, Alloys, 40708 Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3495 FORD FUSION 1.4 STYLE CLIMATE, Silver, 5 Door, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, 57598 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3495

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2010 60 NISSAN QASHQAI 1.5 TD ACENTA RED, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 64100 Miles £8495

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10 60 KA STUDIO 1.2 PETROL STUDIO 3DR, Sunrise, 29,465 miles £5,295 NOW £4,995

07 07 VOLVO 2.0 DIESEL C30 SE LUX COUPE, Grey, 68,529 mls £6,995 NOW £5,995

11 11 KA EDGE 1.2 PETROL, midnight black 31,213 miles £6,295 NOW £5,495

11 61 GRAND C MAX 2.0 TDCI 140PS TITANIUM, luna sky met, £12,595 NOW £11,995

11 11 FIESTA 1.4 PETROL 96PS ZETEC, Black/Grey, 13,803 miles £8,995 NOW £7,995

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11 11 FUSION ZETEC 1.4 PETROL, Midnight sky Met/Grey, 13,324 miles, £7,995 NOW £6,995

08 08 FOCUS ZETEC 1.6 PETROL, Morello met/ Grey, 43,605 miles £5,995 NOW £5,495

11 61 FOCUS 1.6 ECOBOOST TITANIUM X, lunar sky, 26,000 miles £13,395 NOW £11,895

09 09 FIAT DOBLO DYNAMIC WHEELCHAIR ACCESS, silver £6,295 NOW £5,995

13 13 KA STUDIO 1.2, Dive blue met/Grey, 10 miles £6,995 NOW £6,495

11 11 FOCUS ZETEC 1.6 125 PS, Moondust Silver/ Grey, 16,832 miles £10,895 NOW £9,995

KA 12 61 KA EDGE 1.2 PETROL, 3DR, Crystal White/Grey, 5 spd, E/windows & mirrors, C/L, R/CD, PAS, 2 Airbags, a/c, £30 RFL PER YEAR, ONE OWNER, 24,154 miles . £5,995 NOW £5,495 SAVING £500 14 64 KA 1.2 PETROL STUDIO,3DR, Dive Blue, Grey trim, 5 Speed, Radio CD, Power steering, 2 Airbags, ABS, DELIVERY MILES ONLY 10 miles, ALSO AVAILABLE ON FORD OPTIONS FINANCE, DELIVERY MILEAGE ONLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,495 NOW £7,995 SAVING £500 13 13 KA STUDIO 1.2 PETROL,3DR, Dive blue met/Grey, 5 Spd, R/CD, PAS, 2 Airbags, ABS, FSH, LOW MILEAGE, JULIANS CAR, £30 RFL PER YEAR, 9,500 miles . . . £6,995 NOW £6,495 SAVING £500 13 13 KA STUDIO 1.2 PETROL, 3DR, Crystal White/Grey, 5 Spd, R/CD, PAS, 2 Airbags, ABS, FSH, LOW MILEAGE, JULIANS CAR , £30 RFL PER YEAR, 9,500 miles. . . £6,995 NOW £6,495 SAVING £500 11 11 KA EDGE 1.2 PETROL, 3dr, midnight black/grey, 5spd, e/w&m, c/l, r/CD, PAS, 2 airbags, a/c, £30 RFL per year, one owner from new, 31,213 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,295 NOW £5,495 SAVING £800 12 12 KA 1.2PETROL STUDIO 3DR, Sunrise/Grey, 5 Spd, R/CD, PAS, 2 Airbags, ABS, FSH, DEMO PLUS 1 LOCAL OWNER, £30 RFL PER YEAR, 7,994 miles . . . . . . . . £5,995 NOW £4,995 SAVING £1,000 10 60 KA STUDIO 1.2 PETROL STUDIO 3DR, Sunrise/Grey, 5 Spd, R/CD, PAS, 2 airbags, ABS, FSH, demo + 1 local owner, £30 RFL per year, 29,465 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,295 NOW £4,995 SAVING £300 58 08 KA STUDIO KA 1.2 PETROL STUDIO, colorado red/grey, 5 spd, r/CD, PAS, 1 airbag, abs, one owner from new, very low mileage for year, 48,251 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . £3,295 NOW £2,995 SAVING £300

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11 61 GRAND C MAX 2.0 TDCI 140PS TITANIUM 6 SPD POWER SHIFT AUTOMATIC 7 SEAT, Luna Sky met/Grey trim, E/windows & mirrors, C/locking, Climate control, DAB r/CD, Blue tooth, Voice control, HFS, front fogs, Auto lights & wipers, auto dimming rear view mirror, Cruise, Rear park sensors, ABS, ESP, 6 Airbags, ONE OWNER FROM NEW, FSH, 19,100 miles £12,595 NOW £11,995 SAVING £600

11 61 FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC PETROL 105PS 5SPEED, 5DR, Candy Red pearlescent/Grey, E/windows & mirrors, DAB r/CD, Blue tooth, USB, Hands Free, HFS, A/C, 17” Alloys, Privacy glass, C/l, Front fogs, ABS, ESP, 6 a/b, 2 LOCAL OWNERS, LOW MILEAGE, FSH, 19,210 miles . £9,395 NOW £8,995 SAVING £400 12 62 FOCUS ZETEC 1.0 PETROL ECOBOOST 100PS, 5 SPD 5 DR, Midnight Sky met/Grey, E/windows & mirrors, DAB r/CD, Blue tooth, hands free voice control, Front spots, HFS, 17” Alloys, privacy glass, C/l, ABS, ESP, ONE OWNER FROM NEW, FSH, 11,788 miles £10,595 NOW £10,095 SAVING £500 11 11 FOCUS ZETEC 1.6 PETROL 100PS, 5dr, 5 spd, Ink Blue met/Grey, R/CD, Air Con, E/windows & mirrors, C/L, 6 Airbags, ABS, ESP, Alloys, Front fogs, HFS, SERVICE HISTORY, 65,267 miles, 2 LOCAL OWNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,295 NOW £5,995 SAVING £300 11 61 FOCUS 1.6 ECOBOOST TITANIUM X PETROL 150PS, 5dr, lunar sky met/grey part leather trim, 6 spd, e/w&m, auto lights & wipers, cruise, climate control, front & rear park sensors, privacy glass, alloys, c/l, 2 owners from new, FSH, 26,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £13,395 NOW £11,895 SAVING £1,500 13 13 FOCUS TITANIUM 1.0T ECOBOOST 100PS PETROL, 5DR, Moondust Silver/Grey, Climate, E/windows & mirrors, Power fold mirrors, Cruise, Bluetooth, USB, DAB radio, Rear park sensors, HFS, Alloys, Front fogs, ONE OWNER, VERY LOW MILEAGE 2,500 miles . . . . £11,995 NOW £10,995 SAVING £1,000 11 61 FOCUS 1.6 PETROL 125PS, 5DR AUTO, 6 SPEED, Ink Blue met/Grey, DAB R/CD, Blue tooth, Voice control, E/windows & mirrors, Auto lights/wipers, C/locking, PAS, HFS, Cruise, Alloys, rear park sensors, ONE OWNER, FSH, VERY LOW MILEAGE 6,500 miles . . . . £11,995 NOW £10,995 SAVING £1,000 11 11 FOCUS ZETEC 1.6 PETROL 125 PS 5 SPEED ZETEC 5DR ESTATE, Moondust Silver/Grey, E/windows & Mirrors, DAB R/CD, Hands free, Voice control, B’tooth, Alloys, C/L, Front fogs, rear park sensors, Air Con, HFS, ABS, ESP, PAS, ONE OWNER, FSH. 16,832 miles . £10,895 NOW £9,995 SAVING £900 08 08 FOCUS ZETEC 1.6 PETROL, 5DR, Morello met/Grey, Air con, HFS, E/front windows/mirrors, ABS, CD Radio, Remote locking, Alloys, Front fog lamps, 43,605 miles . . £5,995 NOW £5,495 SAVING £500

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FIESTA 62 13 FIESTA 1.25 STYLE PETROL 82PS, 5DR, Race red/Grey, 5 Spd, C/ locking, E/windows, A/C, My key, R/CD, USB, Electric heated mirrors, ABS, ESP, 5 Airbags, ONE LOCAL OWNER FROM NEW, RFL ONLY £20 PER YEAR, VERY LOW MILEAGE 3,930 miles . £7,295 NOW £6,995 SAVING £300 12 62 FIESTA 1.6TDCI DIESEL 95PS ZETEC ECONETIC, 5DR, Moondust silver/Grey, 5 Spd, E/ windows & mirrors, C/locking, HFS, R/CD, Air Con, ABS, 5 Air bags, Front fogs, PAS, Alloys, ESP, City pack, ONE OWNER FROM NEW, FSH, * £ 0 RFL*, 29,540 miles . . . . . £9,895 NOW £8,995 SAVING £900 12 62 FIESTA 1.6 PETROL 134PS METAL 3DR , Panther Black, Grey Leather, Heated seats, Climate control, R/CD, Blue tooth, HFS, Front fogs, Black alloys, E/windows & mirrors, 5 Airbags, ABS, ESP, ONE OWNER FROM NEW, FSH, 17,050 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10,995 NOW £10,405 SAVING £500 11 61 FIESTA ZETEC 1.4 PETROL 96PS AUTOMATIC, 5 DR, Fashionista met/Grey, E/windows/mirrors, C/l, HFS, DAB R/CD, Air con, Blue tooth, Alloys, ESP, ABS, 5 Airbags, Rear park sensors, ONE OWNER, FSH, VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR YEAR, 15,700 miles . . . . . . . . £8,395 NOW £7,995 SAVING £400 11 61 FIESTA 1.4TDCI DIESEL TITANIUM, 5DR, Panther Black met/Grey, 5 spd, Climate/Cruise, DAB R/CD, Blue tooth, Auto dimming rear view mirror, HFS, Front & Rear park sensors, Privacy Glass, E/windows & mirrors, City Pack, Auto lights & wipers, Heated Front seats, ESP, ABS, ONE OWNER FROM NEW, FSH, ** ONLY £20 PER YEAR RFL **, 38,580 miles . . . . . . . . . . £8,995 NOW £8,495 SAVING £500 11 11 FIESTA 1.4 PETROL 96PS ZETEC, 3dr, Panther Black, Grey trim, Electric windows & mirrors, Central locking, HFS, Front fogs, ABS, 5 Airbags, 5 Speed, Alloys, ESP, Radio CD, Air con, Power steering, one owner from new, FSH, low mileage, 13,803 miles . . . . . . . . £8,995 NOW £7,995 SAVING £1,000

13 13 KUGA TITANIUM 2.0 X AUTO TDCI DIESEL 163PS 6 SPEED POWERSHIFT AUTOMATIC TITANIUM X 4X4, Sterling Grey met, Torino Leather trim, Climate, DAB R/CD, Blue tooth, Voice control, Silver Roof rails, Rear Privacy glass, Active park assist, front & rear park sensors, Power folding mirrors with puddle lights, C/L, auto wipers & lights, ABS, ESP, 18” Alloys, Power start button, Heated seats, Power Tailgate, Bi Xenon headlights and LED Daytime running lights, 10 way power drivers seat & 6 way passenger seat. Opening Panorama roof, Ford Sync ONE LOCAL OWNER FROM NEW, 18 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, 9,991miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . £21,695 NOW £21,495 SAVING £200

OTHER MAKES 08 08 FIAT 500 1.4 PETROL SPORT, 3dr, 6spd, Red/Grey part leather trim, E/windows & mirrors, C/L, R/ CD, Air Con, Front Fogs, Alloys, ABS, Traction control & ESP, Blue tooth, Rear spoiler, 6 Airbags, ABS, 2 OWNERS, SERVICE HISTORY, 54,147 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,295 NOW £5,995 SAVING £300 08 08 SEAT ALTEA STYLANCE 1.6 8V PETROL 5 SPEED 5DR MPV, Black met/Grey, R/CD, E/windows, PAS, C/L, Electric Sunroof, Rear park sensors, E/mirrors, Climat, Auto lights & wipers, E/power fold mirrors, Cruise, Front fogs, Alloys, 8 Airbags, ABS, Traction control, FSH, 2 LOCAL OWNERS FROM NEW, 55,012 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4,995 NOW £4,595 SAVING £400 09 59 FIAT DOBLO DYNAMIC1.4 8V PETROL 5 SPEED ESTATE 4 SEAT PLUS WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS, Silver metallic, Grey trim, Radio CD, Electric windows, Wheel chair ramp, Central locking, Power steering, Air Con, Front fogs, Alloys, Electric mirrors, 2 Airbags, ABS, ONE OWNER FROM NEW, FSH, 44,736 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,295 NOW £5,995 SAVING £300 12 61 VAUXHALL 1.6I 16V PETROL ASTRA EXCITE, 5DR, Met Technical Grey/grey, 5 Spd, E/windows & mirrors, R/CD, PAS, Air Con, Alloys, Front fogs, 6 Airbags, ABS, ESP, Cruise Control, C/locking, Blue tooth, 2 OWNERS FROM NEW, FSH, 28,147 miles . . . . . . . . . . . .£7,995 NOW £7,795 SAVING £200 07 07 VOLVO 2.0 DIESEL C30 SE LUX COUPE, Grey met/grey leather trim, Heated memory seats, 6 spd, e/w&m, c/locking, r/CD, Climate, Front fogs, Alloys, 6 a/b, ABS, D STC, Cruise, FSH, 68,529 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,995 NOW £5,995 SAVING £1,000

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The 30-point Ford Winter Check is a visual only vehicle inspection. *Fluid levels will be topped up to the vehicle manufacturer recommended levels and are limited to ½ a litre per item. Additional quantities of fluids will be charged accordingly with customer’s consent. Should a fault be identified as the reason for a fluid top-up being required then further investigation would be necessary and therefore fluid top-up will not be included.

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To place a recruitment advert contact Julian Richings on 01235 516926 or julian@taylornewspapers.co.uk

Are you a successful Sales Executive, Sales Professional or Automotive Sales Executive looking to take the next step in your career? Due to continuing growth we are now seeking a Bussiness Manager/Sales Controller for our multi franchise Super Centre in Kidlington.

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Taylor Newspapers is looking for a news reporter to work on its publications.

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No previous motor industry experience necessary as full formal training will be provided. We’re looking for the right people with the right attitude to sell!

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Football

SPORT REVIEW 2014

IT has been an eventful year for Oxford United with three managers, a change at the top table and a new brand of football.

The ball started rolling on January 26 when then manager Chris Wilder resigned to join Northampton Town after four and a half years in charge.

What followed was a two-month wait for a new manager and a drop in form that saw United fall out of Sky Bet League Two’s automatic promotion places.

Gary Waddock was appointed head coach on March 22 but one win in seven games saw United fi nish outside of the play-offs.

It was evident that change was needed but what happened in the summer surprised many.

Fans favourite James Consta-

Motorsport ON the track it has been a rather remarkable turnaround for Williams Martini Racing.

The Grove-based team emerged from the lowly doldrums of Formula One to beat Ferrari to third in the con-

Jack Johnson looks back at the thrills and spills that shaped Oxfordshire’s sporting calendar over the past 12 months: It certainly hasn’t been a quiet year for sport. There have been managerial changes, title winning campaigns, big name signings and plenty of ups and downs.

ble left for Eastleigh, while Ian Lenagan stood down as chairman, taking on the stadium development project instead.

And Darryl Eales was named the club’s chairman with Mark Ashton as chief executive, but with that Waddock was replaced

by Michael Appleton.

The U’s began their league campaign with four defeats and while their form has picked up, a 5-1 loss at Cambridge United remains among the low points.

Appleton’s appointment also saw the emergence of a new style

structor’s championship after impressive performances on the track.

The car was competitive throughout 2014 with Valtteri Bottas fi nishing fourth in the standings and Felipe Massa seventh.

Meanwhile, Enstone-based

of eye-catching attacking football, and with a stronger core developing over November and December, United enter the New Year in high spirits.

Over in the Vanarama Conference North, there has been change at Oxford City.

Mike Ford stepped down as manager after five years in charge and Justin Merritt returned after he quit in 2009.

Merritt has introduced a more expansive, free flowing passing game as well as seven Spaniards and are currently in the top 10.

Lotus had a disappointing season, scoring only 10 points.

However, it has been far from quiet at Caterham and Marussia with both teams struggling fi nancially with staff redundancies and pulling out of the US and Brazilian Grand Prix.

Marussia then went onto cease

Over in Division One South & West, Didcot Town and Wantage Town could not have had more different years.

Ian Concannon and Jamie Heapy guided Diddy away from the relegation zone last season and are in the top five at the end of the year after a 15 game

trading completely.

On two wheels, Bradley Smith fi nished his second year in MotoGP with his fi rst podium and as the top Brit in eighth in the standings.

And in the British Touring Car Championship, Jason Plato fi nished second in the standings and helped MG to the constructors’ title.

• Valtteri Bottas (picture courtesy of Williams Martini Racing)

unbeaten run and John Mills’ impressive 35-goal return.

Over at Wantage, Gary Ackling took The Freds to the Southern League for the fi rst time in May but two months into the season there was a change in the make-up of the club.

Tony Woodward stepped down as chairman and Ackling quit as boss.

Daniel Barry was appointed the new manager and, despite experienced players leaving, is starting to rebuild the team.

Ackling joined Hellenic Premier Division side Abingdon United after Andy Zoldan left in October.

Zoldan guided United to safety last season but Abingdon have been unable to fi nd any consistency in the league this year.

• Mark Ashton, Michael Appleton and Darryl Eales (picture by Steve Daniels)

Other sport ABINGDON golfer Eddie Pepperell’s second year on the European Tour has seen him break the top 200 and qualify for the season ending tournament in Dubai.

The 23-year-old is currently ranked 152 in the world and fi nished 49th in the money list.

Pepperell came tied for w 26th in the DP World Tour Championships in Dubai, the fi nale of the 2014 golf season.

Y In ice hockey, Oxford City Stars won promotion to the National Ice Hockey League 1 in April.

Darren Elliott’s side did the league and cup double this year but have struggled so far this season and are currently bottom of the league.

Elsewhere, Oxford Hawks Hockey have enjoyed a good start to their South League Premier Division One campaign and sit sixth in the standings.

Finally, there was success for Oxfordshire in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as Didcot’s Ben Watson and Dan Rivers came away with medals in weightlifting and shooting respectively.

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Rugby Union IT has been a year of mixed emotions for London Welsh after returning to the Aviva Premiership in June.

Their IPA Championship playoff fi nal win over Bristol is their obvious highlight but then began their preparations for the top fl ight of English rugby.

Twenty-six new players arrived over the summer, including New Zealand World Cup winner Piri Weepu, but Welsh, who were hoping to not only survive but also compete in the Premiership, have endured a tough start to the season.

Justin Burnell’s side are bottom of the league and without a win in all competitions, with a 78-7 defeat at Saracens their heaviest defeat.

Meanwhile, Oxford Harlequins have had a mixed bag since their promotion to National League 3 South West.

Quins are currently mid-table but will be hoping not to replicate a run of four-straight defeats in September and October come January.

• London Welsh’s Nick Scott and Piri Weepu (picture by Martin John)

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BEST MOMENTS 2014

Bradley’s first MotoGP podium THE wide-eyed smile on Bradley Smith’s face says everything about this picture as he celebrates his first MotoGP podium with Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island in Australia.

Oxford-born Smith had a great season aboard the Monster Yamaha Tech3 with 13 top 10 fi nishes and deservedly signed a new deal for next year.

It seemed only fitting that the 24-year-old had a shot at a podium and on the other side of the world in October he got it.

He may have benefited from

other riders falling off in front of him but a third place fi nish was well deserved.

Smith said at the time: “I thought I was in fourth or fi fth, but then I saw my name in third on the board as I came around the corner, which was an amazing feeling.”

• A jubilant Bradley Smith celebrates his third place finish at the Australian GP with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo (picture courtesy of Tech3)

London Welsh’s top-flight return HEAD coach Justin Burnell’s expression of euphoria as he lifts the Greene King IPA Championship trophy with Tom May sums up the effort and commitment of London Welsh’s play-off triumph.

It says everything about the never say die attitude of that team, which shone through in their comeback win over Leeds Carnegie in the semi-fi nal and then in their brilliant victory against Bristol to clinch promotion.

This image marks a memorable and well-deserved return to

Robinson Longford strikes remains late to rescue point optimistic FLY-HALF Will Robinson remains hopeful that a fi rst win is just around the corner for London Welsh.

The Exiles, who are bottom of the Aviva Premiership, were beaten 24-9 by next placed London Irish on Boxing Day. It leaves Welsh winless this season but Robinson, who has recently enjoyed a run in the side at full-back, remains optimistic.

The 21-year-old said: “The team are really positive.

“We’re taking every week as it comes and hopefully that fi rst win will come.”

He added: “We have got a really good environment here but we take it on the chin.”

Robinson has made five league appearances so far this season and has enjoyed his time in the side.

He said: “Playing in the premiership is where you want to be and I’m enjoying every moment.”

JACK Longford headed an injury time equaliser to earn Didcot Town a draw at Fleet Town last Saturday and extend their unbeaten run to 15 games.

The Railwaymen remained fourth in Division One South & West and have not lost in the league since August.

However, Didcot had to do it the hard way last weekend as goals from Simba Mlambo and Aaron Blaxhall put Fleet into a 2-0 lead.

But Didcot’s resolve shone through and John Mills reduced the deficit on 75 minutes from the penalty spot.

And in the third minute of stoppage time, substitute Longford headed home to earn Diddy a point.

Ian Concannon and Jamie Heapy’s side are next in action today when they welcome local rivals North Leigh to Loop Meadow.

Elsewhere in Division One South & West, Wantage Town remain winless under manager Daniel Barry.

The Alfredians put in an improved performance to the

5-0 defeat at North Leigh on December 20 but went down 2-1 at home to Swindon Supermarine on Saturday.

The defeat leaves Barry’s side third from bottom in the table and without a win in nine league games.

Wantage host Evesham United this afternoon.

Meanwhile in the Vanarama Conference North, Oxford City were thumped 4-0 by Leamington on Saturday.

However, Justin Merritt’s side have an immediate opportunity to avenge the heavy defeat as they face the Warwickshire club at Marsh Lane today.

City head into the new year in eighth place.

In the Hellenic Premier Division, Abingdon United and Milton United drew 2-2 last Saturday in the Vale derby.

Kidlington beat Ardley United 2-1 and Oxford City Nomads lost 2-0 at Thame United.

• Didcot’s Andy Ballard battles for the ball against Bridgwater on December 20 (picture by Roger Neal)

the Aviva Premiership.

Burnell said back in June: “If you work hard you get rewards.

“That’s our environment and that what we thrive on.

“It’s just fantastic for London Welsh, it is a fantastic club.

“How good is that going to be in Oxford and for the supporters premiership rugby.

“I’m absolutely over the moon.”

• London Welsh celebrate promotion to the Aviva Premiership after the play-off final win over Bristol (picture

by Martin John)

New Year fixtures January 1 Oxford City v Leamington Didcot Tn v North Leigh Wantage Tn v Evesham Utd January 3 Oxford Utd v Cheltenham Tn Didcot Tn v Sholing Merthyr Tn v Wantage Tn Flackwell Heath v Kidlington Milton Utd v Newbury City Nomads v Abingdon Utd Thame Utd v Ardley Utd January 4 Chorley v Oxford City • Justin Merritt’s Oxford City begin 2015 with a home match against Leamington (picture by Mike Allen)

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APPLETON WE MUST BUILD MOMENTUM â&#x20AC;˘ James Roberts, in action earlier this season, scored Oxford Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner against Plymouth Argyle (picture by Steve Daniels)

OXFORD United head coach Michael Appleton said his players passed a â&#x20AC;&#x153;massive testâ&#x20AC;? in their 2-1 comeback victory over 10-man Plymouth Argyle on Sunday.

John Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tap-in and James Robertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sensational winner seven minutes from time saw United end 2014 with a valuable victory against a side who had only lost once at home all season.

The win went some way to forgetting the 2-0 defeat to league leaders Shrewsbury Town on Boxing Day and Appleton

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now wants to build momentum.

He told the club: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lads passed a massive test. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This should be a real confidence booster going into the New Year.â&#x20AC;?

Appleton continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spoke about momentum and habits and doing the right things before the game and being repetitive in what we do.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I genuinely believe that good teams that win things and that are successful do those things well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not a matter of doing them for two or three weeks and taking our foot off the gas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have got to keep doing it and we will see if we are capable of doing it.â&#x20AC;?

Lewis Alessandra gave Plymouth a 19th minute lead after scampering free of Chey Dunkley and rounding Ryan Clarke before fi nding the net from a tight angle.

However, the turning point came on 33 minutes when Aaron Bentley was shown a straight red for a dangerous tackle on Sam Long.

United levelled the match on 69 minutes when Callum Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dowdaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freekick was headed across goal by Dunkley and Campbell was on hand to chest home his fi rst goal for the club from a yard out.

And 18-year-old Roberts, on his fi rst start for the club since returning from a hamstring injury, won the match in

style on 83 minutes.

The teenager beat two Plymouth defenders before curling an unstoppable effort past former Uâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keeper Luke McCormick into the corner.

The win lifted United up to 16th in Sky Bet League Two, six points above the relegation zone and nine points adrift of the play-offs.

Oxford are next in action on Saturday, January 3, when they welcome 19thplaced Cheltenham Town to the Kassam Stadium.

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