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Heat battery boilers aim to speed cut in fossil fuel use

The latest heat battery boilers use AI technology to access electricity when its cheaper.

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Tolkien and fan records of friendship go on auction

The profoundly deaf Eileen Elgar had many questions about the Oxford author's "amazing books".

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How volunteer map makers save lives in a disaster

Charity workers are on the scene in Venezuela to build maps that help locate trapped survivors.

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Campaigners to fight on after stadium challenge refused

Friends of Stratfield Brake lodge a challenge over Oxford United stadium plan with the High Court.

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Campaigners to fight on after stadium challenge refused

Friends of Stratfield Brake lodge a challenge over Oxford United stadium plan with the High Court.

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Winning rower, 100, returns to regatta 80 years on

Tony Purssell previously won The Grand Challenge Cup in 1946.

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Gunter tight-lipped on future after Wales' U19s exit

Head coach Chris Gunter is disappointed after Wales bow out of Uefa Men's Under-19 Championship but refuses to be drawn on his own future.

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Fundraising event to bring back carnival

The charity behind the event hopes to see a full carnival back in Oxford in July 2027.

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Rooftop stone muses available to view up close

Statues have kept watch from atop the Clarendon Building for more than three centuries.

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Disability track days 'completely changed my life'

The charity Sight and Sound gives disabled people the chance get behind the wheel at track days.

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Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

A story about the announcement of a summer hosepipe ban was among our most read this week.

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Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

A story about the announcement of a summer hosepipe ban was among our most read this week.

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Big Picture: This week's images from the South

The best images sent to us from Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.

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South weekly quiz: What moon appeared this week?

Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.

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South weekly quiz: What moon appeared this week?

Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.

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Watch: Romantasy-only bookshop opens

Starlin Marot is opening Bad Girl Books, the UK's first bookshop dedicated entirely to romantasy.

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Watch: Romantasy-only bookshop opens

Starlin Marot is opening Bad Girl Books, the UK's first bookshop dedicated entirely to romantasy.

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USA250: How former PM's home became American college

How American students learn about the British way of life at the home of a former Prime Minister.

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USA250: How former PM's home became American college

How American students learn about the British way of life at the home of a former Prime Minister.

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Alice Day theme nod to Carroll's 'nonsense poem'

The city celebrates the first telling of Alice's story every year on the first Saturday in July.