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  • Old Fire Station homeless project takes shape

    A £3.5M homeless project is on track for an autumn finish after overcoming a string of setbacks. Once complete, the Old Fire Station in George Street will house Crisis Skylight – an education and training centre for the city's homeless.

  • Results Week Ending 15th May

    Sunday 15th May Under 11 A League Cholsey Bluebirds v Summertown Galaxy Under 12 C League Oxford Blackbirds v Summertown United P-P St Edmunds v Littlemore Youth 8-2 Under

  • Kitchen opening is mayor's exit

    CHILDREN tasted the results of six years of work yesterday when their new school kitchen was opened. Until now, meals for the 400 pupils at Blake Primary School, in Cogges Hill Road, Witney, were cooked five miles away at Witney Community Primary School

  • 'Asylum cuts will cost us all more'

    CUTS to groups providing support to asylum seekers in Oxford will end up costing taxpayers more, charities warned last night. Groups which support the county’s 2,000 refugees say that if support to people fleeing Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran is cut, social

  • Festival stage beckons for school groups

    YOUNG musicians from Chipping Norton School have been chosen to play at the Cornbury Festival. Two bands - Jamie and the Giant Peach and Ubder Duress - will play at the festival at Great Tew in July alongside artists such as James Blunt, Status Quo and

  • Runners hit city streets

    THOUSANDS of runners are streaming through the heart of Oxford this morning as part of the 30th Town and Gown. From serious club competitors to those dressed as cavemen, sumo wrestlers and morris dancers, more than 3,000 have taken part.