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• Tributes to 'enormously talented' teen goalkeeper

  09-03-2026 17:25 via bbc.com
  Amelia Aplin died after collapsing during a game against Fulham in the Junior Premier League.
  
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• Travelodge boss offers to meet sexual assault victim

  09-03-2026 16:12 via bbc.com
  Jo Boydell apologises to a woman whose attacker was given her room key by hotel staff.
  
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• Aircraft hangar set for electric go-kart centre

  09-03-2026 15:34 via bbc.com
  Operators are planning to install a 150m track at the former aircraft hangar in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Man appears in court accused of murder after woman drowns

  09-03-2026 14:44 via bbc.com
  Nelio Gouveia appears at magistrates' court following the death of the woman on Friday.
  
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• Decision due on hundreds of new military homes

  09-03-2026 07:11 via bbc.com
  West Oxfordshire District Council will decide whether to approve the 265 homes in Carterton.
  
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• 'Winning would turbocharge culture in our town'

  09-03-2026 07:09 via bbc.com
  BBC Politics South looks at why towns in the south of England are bidding to be UK Town of Culture.
  
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• Teenage footballer dies during academy match

  08-03-2026 20:12 via bbc.com
  The 15-year-old Oxford United academy player collapsed during a game against Fulham.
  
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• Water supplies return following main burst

  08-03-2026 15:15 via bbc.com
  Some properties may still have low water pressure after a burst pipe feeding reservoirs was repaired.
  
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• MPs warn of economic impact of Iran conflict

  08-03-2026 11:31 via bbc.com
  The conflict in the Middle East will affect fuel prices, inflation and household budgets, MPs have warned.
  
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• What does Oxfordshire's AI growth zone status mean?

  08-03-2026 08:30 via bbc.com
  The government says growth zones - of which Oxfordshire is the first - will deliver "untold opportunities".
  
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• 'A female gardener can be an important companion'

  08-03-2026 08:29 via bbc.com
  Janet Wood and Justine Hutchinson from Oxfordshire have grown a network of more than 800 female gardeners.
  
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• Careless driving added to force's 'Fatal Five'

  08-03-2026 08:21 via bbc.com
  TVP and Hants to target careless driving alongside speeding, impairment, distraction and no seatbelt.
  
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• Oxford 'shoots of recovery' emerge in nick of time

  07-03-2026 12:23 via bbc.com
  Courage, spirit and some sprinkles of ruthlessness could yet keep Oxford United in the Championship, says BBC Radio Five Live's Adam Cottier
  
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• Air pockets hamper return of water supplies

  07-03-2026 10:12 via bbc.com
  Water supplies are gradually returning following the burst of a pipe feeding reservoirs.
  
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• The great World War Two Banbury deception

  07-03-2026 08:15 via bbc.com
  Radio Oxford's Lilley Noel finds out how a crucial war-time factory outwitted German bombers.
  
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• The 'toad patrol' helping hundreds cross the road

  07-03-2026 08:12 via bbc.com
  Volunteer Milly Kennedy shares insights into why toads need help to cross the road every year.
  
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• South weekly quiz: What was Rafferty's magic song?

  07-03-2026 08:09 via bbc.com
  Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.
  
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• Man, 44, arrested for murder after woman's death

  06-03-2026 16:54 via bbc.com
  Police were called to Phyllis Court Drive in Henley-on-Thames at about 07:50 GMT on Friday.
  
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• Arson investigation after 5G mast blaze shuts road

  06-03-2026 16:06 via bbc.com
  The fire shut a main road in Oxford and led to the suspension of part of Oxford's congestion charge.
  
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• Schools shut and thousands affected as water issues hit third day

  06-03-2026 12:28 via bbc.com
  Water is expected to return gradually throughout the day after an underground pipe broke in Eynsham.
  
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• Robot 'mice' developed to inspect hadron collider

  06-03-2026 07:26 via bbc.com
  The UK Atomic Energy Authority developed the robot with the European nuclear research centre, Cern.
  
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• 'If it wasn't for CPR, I wouldn't be here today'

  06-03-2026 07:25 via bbc.com
  Oxfordshire GP Dr Nick Thomas had been playing football when he suffered a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Dad hopes 'lessons will be learned' from son's death

  05-03-2026 21:18 via bbc.com
  18-year-old Fintan Jack Feltham was found in a flooded field in Oxford a week after going missing
  
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• 'Game's gone' or 'everyone has something to play for'?

  05-03-2026 16:18 via bbc.com
  Your views on the news that the Championship play-offs have been expanded from next season to include the teams finishing seventh and eighth.
  
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• Have Your Say on the Championship play-offs expansion

  05-03-2026 12:47 via bbc.com
  Get in touch and share your views on the news that the Championship play-offs have been expanded from next season to include the teams finishing seventh and eighth.
  
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• Clubs vote in favour of six-team Championship play-off

  05-03-2026 12:05 via bbc.com
  EFL clubs approve plans to expand the Championship play-offs from four to six teams for the 2026-27 season onwards.
  
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• More 'highly likely' to lose water after burst main

  05-03-2026 11:00 via bbc.com
  The water main burst is disrupting supplies in the OX7, OX18, OX28, OX29, GL7 postcodes.
  
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• Neighbours angry at parking ban to speed up buses

  05-03-2026 07:33 via bbc.com
  The restrictions to parking have been made to help speed up bus journeys along the road.
  
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• Increased activity for training exercise warns RAF

  05-03-2026 07:32 via bbc.com
  Exercise Agile Warrior 26 begins this week and is unrelated to events in the Middle East says RAF
  
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• What makes the Spitfire so iconic after 90 years?

  05-03-2026 07:28 via bbc.com
  Enthusiast Paul Fowler, from Enstone, says the Spitfire was "totally gorgeous", but also a "symbol".
  
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• Campaigners fundraise for stadium legal challenge

  05-03-2026 07:27 via bbc.com
  Friends of Stratfield Brake have persistently opposed the plans for Oxford United's new ground.
  
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• Former PC sentenced over relationship with victim

  04-03-2026 16:30 via bbc.com
  Ian Dring had previously been honoured for being an "extremely dedicated" police constable.
  
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• 'Drive to Survive got me into F1 - now I work at Williams'

  04-03-2026 15:48 via bbc.com
  Williams wind tunnel systems engineer Christina Sullivan tells BBC Sport about her unlikely route in to F1.
  
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• Police force waits to be reimbursed for Trump visit

  04-03-2026 15:12 via bbc.com
  Thames Valley Police spent £900,000 on policing Donald Trump's state visit to Windsor.
  
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• Bogus professor jailed over £880k investment scam

  04-03-2026 13:03 via bbc.com
  Neil Stafford is jailed for nine years after luring investors with a series of false claims.
  
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• UK Iranians 'worried sick' amid 'heartbreaking' war

  04-03-2026 12:50 via bbc.com
  Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini came to the UK as a refugee from Iran aged 13, and now lives in Oxford.
  
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• First all-female fire crew in 20 years on-call

  04-03-2026 07:12 via bbc.com
  The five women are Oxfordshire's first all-female fire crew for 20 years.
  
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• Boy with limited mobility stranded in classrooms

  04-03-2026 07:11 via bbc.com
  Parents complain the health part of an EHCP plan for schools cant be challenged in court.
  
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• More work, no funding - paediatrics under pressure

  04-03-2026 07:06 via bbc.com
  A team that transports seriously ill children says its workload is increasing with no additional funds.
  
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• Travel agent's 'added stress' as wife stuck in Dubai

  03-03-2026 15:20 via bbc.com
  Matt Callaway, from Henley-on-Thames, says he has customers stuck in the Gulf - including his wife.
  
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• Road markings mistake is 'recipe for disaster'

  03-03-2026 13:12 via bbc.com
  Motorists following markings for the A34 southbound at the Milton Interchange will instead end up in Didcot.
  
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• Man charged with nine rapes of women he met online

  02-03-2026 21:38 via bbc.com
  Andrew Dent met with the victims in a hotel in West Berkshire and at an address in Henley-on-Thames.
  
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• Mentions of AI in BBC 500 Word stories increases

  02-03-2026 17:55 via bbc.com
  Analysis by Oxford University Press of stories entered finds mentions of AI increase by 50%.
  
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• Fears new town will 'ruin view' of historical gardens

  02-03-2026 17:37 via bbc.com
  Dorchester Living wants to build one of Oxfordshire's largest housing developments at Heyford Park.
  
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• U's striker Lankshear relieved to end goal drought

  02-03-2026 15:45 via bbc.com
  The Tottenham Hotspur loanee says he was "really pleased" to score for Oxford United in their 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion.
  
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• What future for Donnington Bridge?

  02-03-2026 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Built in 1962 it's one of Oxford's major Thames crossing points.
  
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• Fire station under threat of closure has 'busy couple of weeks'

  02-03-2026 14:24
  
  A fire station threatened with closure by Oxfordshire County Council has had a "busy couple of weeks" in and around Woodstock.
  
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• Changes to bulky waste collection in Oxford starting today

  02-03-2026 14:16
  
  Changes to bulky waste collections have now started for households in Oxford city.
  
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• Residential road to get new parking restrictions

  02-03-2026 14:00
  
  New parking restrictions on West End in Witney have been approved by Oxfordshire County Council.
  
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• Inside Christian Horner and Geri Halliwell's £9.2m countryside mansion

  02-03-2026 14:00
  
  New photos show inside Formula 1 star Christian Horner and Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's £9.2m countryside mansion.
  
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