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• Oxford beating Saints 'really encouraging' - Short

  26-12-2025 19:54 via bbc.com
  Oxford United Interim boss Craig Short highlights "crucial saves and blocks" as to a reason why they beat Southampton on Boxing Day.
  
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• Wham! and Michael Buble top final UK music charts of 2025

  26-12-2025 19:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Pop duo Wham! and singer Michael Buble - who is performing at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire next year - have topped the final UK singles and albums charts of 2025 respectively, the Official Charts Company has confirmed.
  
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• Teacher 'referred to counter-terror programme' for showing Trump videos to class

  26-12-2025 18:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  An Oxfordshire teacher was reportedly referred to a government counter-terrorism programme after showing videos of Donald Trump to his US politics class.
  
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• Oxfordshire's five most heart-warming animal stories of 2025

  26-12-2025 18:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  From an adorable rare baby white rhino being born to a runaway tortoise being found on train tracks, these are the top Oxfordshire animal stories of the year.
  
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• January to June 2025's biggest Witney-based stories

  26-12-2025 18:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  We've rounded up the biggest Witney stories from the first half of 2025 including traffic camera proposals and one of the town's biggest funerals.
  
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• Police hope dangerous driver's jail sentence 'reassures communities'

  26-12-2025 17:11 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A detective constable said she hopes the jail sentence handed to a man who left a woman with life-changing injuries in a hit-and-run in Oxford 'reassures our communities'.
  
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• Prince of Wales was ‘locked into’ The Celebrity Traitors, says Sir Stephen Fry

  26-12-2025 16:37 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Sir Stephen Fry has said William, the Prince of Wales and his family were “locked into” The Celebrity Traitors on BBC.
  
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• Villagers' campaign helps buy treasure hoard

  26-12-2025 16:32 via bbc.com
  The sceattas were found by a metal detector user in Stoke Row, near Henley.
  
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• Gritters to be deployed in Oxfordshire tonight as warning issued

  26-12-2025 15:25 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Gritters will be sent out overnight on Oxfordshire's roads as the county prepare for another cold spell.
  
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• Herald review of the year: the biggest stories in the south from January to June

  26-12-2025 14:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Lots has happened in the patches covered by the Herald Series this year - here are the biggest stories from Wallingford, Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage.
  
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• Farmer welcomes Labour's U-turn on inheritance tax but warns fight is 'far from over'

  26-12-2025 14:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A farmer from Somerton near Bicester, Oxfordshire says the Government raising the inheritance tax relief threshold is a 'step in the right direction' but that the fight is 'far from over'.
  
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• Ed Nix's 14 best photos from the Oxford Mail this year

  26-12-2025 14:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxford Mail photographer Ed Nix has chosen his 14 favourite photographs to feature in 2025.
  
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• Countdown has started for Oxfordshire music festivals

  26-12-2025 14:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Line-ups are now being announced for the biggest Oxfordshire music festivals of 2026
  
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• Bicester review of the year 2025 part 1: The biggest stories

  26-12-2025 14:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A look back at the biggest stories of the first half of 2025 in the Oxfordshire town of Bicester.
  
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• Top five pubs of the year picked by the Oxford Mail

  26-12-2025 13:30 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  The top five pubs of 2025 in Oxford have been selected by the Oxford Mail
  
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• Boxing Day traffic chaos as shoppers queue at designer shopping outlet

  26-12-2025 12:32 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A sale at Bicester Village, Oxfordshire has caused traffic chaos as shoppers queue for the annual Boxing Day sale.
  
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• Oxford University graduate barred from entering US

  26-12-2025 12:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  An Oxford University graduate is among five people who have been barred from entering the US b President Donald Trump’s administration.
  
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• Weekly running events in Oxfordshire cancelled

  26-12-2025 11:24 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Several parkruns due to take place in Oxfordshire this weekennd have been cancelled.
  
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• Car involved in motorhome theft found abandoned on housing estate

  26-12-2025 10:52 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A car involved in a motorhome theft was found abandoned on an Oxfordshire housing estate following a police appeal.
  
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• Multiple fire crews rush to Boxing Day blaze in Oxford city centre

  26-12-2025 10:43 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue was called to a Boxing Day blaze in Oxford city centre.
  
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• Multiple fire crews rush to Boxing Day blaze at brewery

  26-12-2025 10:43 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue was called to a Boxing Day blaze at a brewery in Oxford city centre.
  
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• Camaraderie and calls - ambulance duty at Christmas

  26-12-2025 10:25 via bbc.com
  A visit to SCAS control room sees crews making the best of their day over Christmas.
  
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• Empty homes tax expected to raise almost £1m

  26-12-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  Oxford City Council aims to bring empty homes back into use amid the growing demand for housing.
  
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• BBC South Quiz of the Year 2025

  26-12-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  Test your knowledge of news stories in the south of England over the past 12 months.
  
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• Woman cleared after being accused of burglary

  26-12-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  An Oxfordshire woman has been acquitted after she was accused of entering a home with intent to steal in Bicester.
  
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• Oxfordshire local politics wrapped – from tractor protests to May elections

  26-12-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  From tractor protests to the congestion charge, here is a run-down of all the major political events in Oxfordshire in the first half of 2025.
  
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• January, February and March 2025's biggest Oxford Mail stories

  26-12-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  With 2025 coming to a close and 2026 around the corner, the Oxford Mail has rounded up the year's biggest stories month by month.
  
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• Goodbye to Le Manoir: A final stay before iconic hotel and restaurant closes

  26-12-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  We took one final stay at "the best hotel and restaurant in Oxfordshire", Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons.
  
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• Empty park and ride's difficult story and what next for struggling project?

  26-12-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  The £51m Eynsham Park and Ride has been empty for every day of 2025, with none of the 850 spaces being used for its intended purpose.
  
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• Why Britain has a deer problem - leaving damage that costs millions

  26-12-2025 01:05 via bbc.com
  Deer numbers have rocketed over the last 40 years and particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• How much have you cost the NHS in 2025? Interactive tool reveals your bill

  26-12-2025 01:01 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  An interactive tool lets you find out how much you have cost the NHS in 2025 by breaking down your medial needs.
  
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