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All-female convoy to deliver vehicles to Ukraine
At least 16 women are transporting seven vehicles from Oxfordshire to Ukraine next month.
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Oxford confirm permanent Prelec signing
Oxford United confirm they've triggered an option to sign striker Nik Prelec on a permanent basis.
Oxford confirm permanent Prelec signing
Oxford United confirm they've triggered an option to sign striker Nik Prelec on a permanent basis.
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Texting lorry driver steered with knees, police say
The lorry was seen bouncing off kerbs near Oxford on Monday, according to officers.
Trial date set for student accused of racial hatred
Samuel Williams was charged after a video was posted online of a man chanting in Whitehall.
Oxford and Liverpool join forces to tackle global challenges
The University of Oxford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Liverpool, Oxfordshire County Council and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA), committing the two cities to work together to tackle global challenges through resea...
Expert Comment: Four years of full-scale war and Ukrainian resistance continues
Dr Marnie Howlett, Departmental Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, reflects on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ...
BBC Make a Difference award encouraged others to help, says winner
A villager who won a BBC award for helping her neighbours said the win has encouraged others to help out.
First British baby born using transplanted womb from dead donor
Grace Bell, who was born without a viable womb, says her little boy is "simply a miracle".
Nominations open for 2026 Make a Difference Awards
Nominations are being taken as the BBC celebrates unsung heroes in local communities across the UK.
Dame Stephanie Shirley's art collection to be sold
The collection is being sold by Newbury-based auction house Dreweatts next month.
Chancellor of Oxford University hosts special honorary degree ceremony
Rt Hon The Lord Hague of Richmond, CVO, Chancellor of Oxford University, has conferred honorary degrees on eight distinguished individuals at the Sheldonian Theatre today, one year on from his inauguration as Oxford’s 160th Chancellor. ...
New GP surgery could open by 2028 after site chosen
The group trying to find a new home for Woodstock Surgery earmark the Owen Mumford site.
New GP surgery could open by 2028 after site chosen
The group trying to find a new home for Woodstock Surgery earmark the Owen Mumford site.
The day Oxfordshire changed forever
It's 10 years since the partial collapse of Didcot A Power station killed four people.
New research shows high temperatures affect sex ratios at birth
'Temperature and sex ratios at birth', a new study led by researchers at the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides new evidence that higher temperatures can influence ...
Pick of the stats: Stoke City v Oxford United
Here are the key stats for Stoke City v Oxford United.
I was at rock bottom and I'm slowly getting up
Shelby is a resident at a new women-only house, bought and refurbished by Homeless Oxfordshire.
I was at rock bottom and I'm slowly getting up
Shelby is a resident at a new women-only house, bought and refurbished by Homeless Oxfordshire.
Men lost in fatal demolition collapse remembered
Ken Cresswell, John Shaw, Michael Collings, and Christopher Huxtable died in the tragedy 10 years ago.