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  • Walk to fight dementia in University Parks

    A MEMORY WALK will take place in Oxford on Sunday to raise money for people affected by dementia. The event, organised by the Alzheimer's Society, takes place in University Parks and starts and finishes by Gingko Gates. Walkers are invited to

  • Talented artists rock for refugees at mini music festival

    A MUSIC festival supporting Witney's refugee families takes place tomorrow afternoon. Asylum Sounds, run by Witney Refugee Action, combines a range of folk, indie, rock and world music acts from across the county. Starting at 1pm, Witney's Rock

  • Green-fingered volunteers tidy up city's 'Happy Valley'

    WILDLIFE volunteers will get their hands dirty at an Oxford nature reserve tomorrow. A work party from the Wild Oxford conservation project will be working at Chilswell Valley, South Hinksey, cutting and raking the fen along the reserve's boardwalk

  • Westgate parking decision was a 'double-whammy of failures'

    LIBERAL Democrat and Green city councillors in Oxford have renewed criticism of council leaders over a loss of car parking revenue. Earlier this month it emerged that the council took £494,000 less than it expected between April and June because

  • Oxfordshire badgers narrowly avoid government-backed cull

    OXFORDSHIRE has narrowly avoided the latest badger culling plans announced by the Government yesterday. Culling has been given the go-ahead in 10 new areas at high risk of tuberculosis in cattle. This now means badger culling is taking place

  • Young women musicians hit high note with new base

    A CHARITY committed to helping get more young women into music is celebrating after moving into a new base in a former rundown office block. Oxford’s Young Women’s Music Project held a party last night to show off its new home at Makespace in north

  • Breweries hook up to create unique anniversary beer

    TWO award-winning breweries have teamed up to create a special beer 100 years in the making. Hook Norton Brewery, based near Chipping Norton, and New Zealand based craft brewers Yeastie Boys release their one-off X Ale in canned form today. The

  • How clean is your local pet shop? New five star 'hygiene scale'

    PET SHOPS, kennels and animal training schools will soon be rated on a five star scale and have to advertiser their results. New legislation will come into effect from October as part of The Animal Welfare Regulations Act 2018 hoping for more transparency

  • Camera club: Wheely good photos...

    STUNNING webs of wheel spokes and a myriad of transport modes were snapped by our Camera Club members this week. The theme of ‘wheels’ inspired a diverse array of photographs, from fairground rides to chunky vintage tractor tyres. We were inundated

  • Line dancing care home residents raise cash for workshop

    CARE home residents were taken on a trip to a local craft workshop after they raised £454.10 to support the organisation. Cumnor Hill House took a trip to the Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, the base of The Shed Oxford last week and learnt about some of

  • Popular music academy given two weeks to leave premises

    A MUCH-LOVED music academy will be forced to leave its home by the end of the month after the building's owner gave it two weeks' notice to move out. On Thursday, town and district councillor David Harvey, owner of The Rock Barn in Witney, gave

  • Event celebrates Oxford hospital lab staff

    STAFF in the laboratories of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will celebrate all things biomedical science later this month to promote the positive work they do. Representatives from different disciplines of the science will give

  • Flu jab - why you should get yours before winter

    THOSE at greater risk of flu are this week being urged to get vaccinated. Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched its annual annual flu vaccination campaign and is inviting people to get their vaccination against the virus.

  • Oxford graduate to launch 'coffee cup hire' company

    AN Oxford Brookes graduate has won £1,000 funding to launch his reusable coffee cup hire company. OneCup, which will officially be launched next week, provides coffee shops with reusable cups for customers to borrow. It ‘aims to reverse the

  • Success for Blackbird Leys Bowls Club - in the kitchen

    AN ESTATE bowls club which has been going for more than 50 years is celebrating after getting five stars in its first ever food hygiene inspection. The Blackbird Leys Bowls Club got top marks as it seeks to expand its catering offer for matches

  • Teen accused of stealing £10,000 watch has case adjourned

    A TEENAGER accused of stealing a Rolex watch worth more than £10,000 from a jewellers has had his case adjourned. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was due to appear in Oxford Magistrates Court on Wednesday and again yesterday but

  • ROWING: Eight Oxfordshire crews in World Championships

    GREAT Britain have 20 boats in action at the World Championships in Bulgaria – with eight flying the flag for Oxfordshire, writes John Wiggins. Two former schoolmates, Matt Rossiter and Ollie Cook, who started in the sport as 14-year-olds at Abingdon

  • Oxford's first Pretty Muddy 5k heads to South Park

    OXFORD’S first Pretty Muddy 5km run takes place tomorrow in South Park. The Cancer Research UK event, linked to ‘Race For Life’, begins from 10.45am. Online, the charity describes the course as ‘meandering around the beautiful grounds of South

  • Blenheim told it can use housing estate cash on the palace

    A HIGH Court ruling means millions of pounds generated by the sale of land around Blenheim Palace for housing will now go to conserving the estate. Following last week's decision, 70 per cent of profits from the sale of land east of Woodstock earmarked

  • Covered market traders plan to 'spill out' onto the streets

    THE Covered Market's stalls and shops will escape the historic walls of the Oxford institution today to showcase their unique range of goods. In the latest in a number of so-called 'spill out' events, traders will be out in force in Market Street

  • HEALTH REPORT: Where are NHS workers supposed to live?

    FOLLOWING the publication of Oxfordshire's 11th annual health report on Wednesday, health reporter Chris Ord takes a more in-depth look at the challenges facing the county. Today, the struggle to house NHS workers in one of the least-affordable counties

  • CLOSING DOWN: 5 more shops in Oxford are shutting

    ‘CRIPPLING’ tax, traffic issues and an ‘upwards spiral’ in rent are reasons behind the demise of Oxford shops, retailers have claimed. Five city centre businesses have closed or announced closure in recent weeks, and the Oxford Mail can reveal

  • 'Exciting' new £4.3m hospice expansion takes shape

    A CAGE of metal and concrete has grown from the garden of an Oxford hospice as building work hits the halfway mark. Major expansion plans are becoming a tangible reality at Sobell House Hospice in Headington, where a one-year building project is