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Westgate Traffic - Thames Street, Hollybush Row.21/12/2017.Picture by Ed Nix.....

Long queues to get out of Westgate car park - is it time we closed 'temporary' Oxpens?

IT COULD be time to close the 'temporary' car park at Oxpens and help drivers battling to leave the Westgate Centre at busy times, a councillor has claimed.

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Rev Mary Gurr: Picture Ben Gurr

Churches to open doors to the homeless over winter

CHURCHES across Oxford are set to open their doors to help the city's homeless over the winter months.

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Oxford Bus Company managing director Phil Southall with the company's brightly coloured buses. Picture Jon Lewis

Millions choose to let buses take the strain

OXFORD Bus Company passengers made 12 million journeys across the city in 2017, with several thousand more people using the buses each week than last year.

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Brenda Romino, from Oxford Brookes University, demonstrating Robbie the robot at Venturefest Oxford in 2016. Picture Jon Lewis

Venturefest will switch to a new venue in the autumn

VENTUREFEST Oxford is looking forward to its 20th anniversary in 2018 and will mark the occasion with a change of venue.
Nigel Tipple, chief executive of Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Picture Richard Cave

Community organisations celebrate OxLEP grants

ENTERPRISE bosses in Oxfordshire have announced six new awards as part of the European Social Fund Community Grants programme.
Gary Oldman attending the Darkest Hour Premiere held at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London..

Gary Oldman comes to Oxfordshire to take on role as Sir Winston Churchill

MOVIE star Gary Oldman's new role as Sir Winston Churchill brought him to Bicester as he filmed scenes for his new film Darkest Hour.

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Dwayne Johnson - pic. Eva Rinaldi

Oxford actress Flo wins film award and is invited out for hot dogs with The Rock

FILM actress Florence Pugh was praised by Hollywood star and wrestling superstar Dwayne Johnson after winning her latest movie accolade, and was even invited to join him for a hot dog.
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New day centre for the elderly set to open in Witney

VOLUNTEERS in Witney have taken on the challenge of providing a new day care centre to help pensioners affected by council cutbacks.
Uniqlo is donating clothing to the homeless. Pictured at the Westgate Centre store are, front, CEO of Aspire Paul Roberts, and community and events coordinator for Homeless Oxford Mackenzie Aspell. At the back are store manager Emilia Zaleska and Uniqlo E

Clothes shop Uniqlo to help homeless people keep out the cold this winter, with donation of thermal clothing

JAPANESE chain Uniqlo is donating clothing specially designed to keep out the cold to people sleeping on the streets of Oxford this winter.

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Members of the Kindling Housing Co-operative, from left, Rebecca Shadwick, Audrey Versteegen and Miranda Shaw. Picture Jon Lewis

Oxford housing co-op 'could go bankrupt' after taxman demands extra £48k in stamp duty

THREE months ago members of a housing co-operative in Oxford were celebrating a year together under the same roof.

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