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• Ewelme Almshouses: Sanctuary or servitude?

  15-08-2026 08:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The medieval power couple behind early affordable housing - with divine strings attached.
  
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• River path closed for six weeks for repairs

  17-08-2026 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Further work is carried out to strengthen the bank of the River Thames in the south of Oxford.
  
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• Support pours in on anniversary of PC Harper's death

  17-08-2026 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police thank the public for their continued support seven years after PC Andrew Harper was killed on duty.
  
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• Price rise at city's park and ride sites

  17-08-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It will now cost £3 to use Oxford's park and ride services - an increase of 50p
  
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• Business park submits proposals for £1bn masterplan

  17-08-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bicester Motion expects the wider proposals to boost the UK economy by £1.19 billion each year.
  
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• Tower statues to be replaced 'for public safety'

  16-08-2026 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sculptures depicting four women stand on Oxford's Trinity College's west tower.
  
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• The refugee football team 'uplifting' its players

  16-08-2026 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oxford Phoenix FC are getting ready to kick-off their second season within the English football pyramid.
  
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• Fairport's Cropredy Convention

  16-08-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Live performances, interviews and all the atmosphere of Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
  
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• Gunter to combine new Wales role with Oxford job

  15-08-2026 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Gunter named Wales Under-18 coach for 2026-27 despite joining Oxford United as assistant boss to Aaron Ramsey last month.
  
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• Olympic hockey goalkeeper on the joy of making art

  15-08-2026 08:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Miriam Pritchard describes the "big enjoyment" of creating art when she is off the pitch.
  
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• South weekly quiz: What were these people queuing for?

  15-08-2026 08:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.
  
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• 'Unprecedented' heatwave wildlife impact - charities

  15-08-2026 08:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wildlife rescuers report record-breaking numbers of wild animals needing support.
  
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• Ukrainian refugee wins place at Oxford University

  14-08-2026 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nineteen-year-old Dmytro has been accepted to study music at Oxford, four years after coming to the UK.
  
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• How police caught killers who drugged men seeking sex

  14-08-2026 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a TikTok video, wine glasses and a pacemaker helped detectives catch killers.
  
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• Oxford are targeting promotion - Goodrham

  14-08-2026 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oxford United midfielder Tyler Goodrham says that the players are targeting promotion this season.
  
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• Oxford's Mills 'will join Preston in January'

  14-08-2026 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oxford United head coach Aaron Ramsey confirms that Stanley Mills will join Preston North End in January.
  
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• Titans & underdogs - League One club-by-club preview

  14-08-2026 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport correspondents assess the strengths and weaknesses of all 24 teams competing in League One this season.
  
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• World first for Oxford

  13-08-2026 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Oxford Vaccine Group is working on a vaccine against Ebola.
  
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• Firm behind new land speed record celebrates triumph

  13-08-2026 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banbury-based Prodrive celebrates a new speed record for a hydrogen-powered car.
  
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• Solar boat trip in heatwave not all smooth sailing

  13-08-2026 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tim Knox's vessel is using only the power of the sun to travel along the River Thames.
  
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• Ministers push ahead with housing asylum seekers on ex-military sites

  12-08-2026 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says former MoD sites are the best option despite protests from people living nearby.
  
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• 🎧2026-27 EFL season preview

  12-08-2026 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aaron Paul and guests preview all three EFL divisions looking at who are the promotion contenders, relegated giants and dark horses.
  
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• Four guilty over torture death of man set alight

  12-08-2026 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tomasz Samel was kidnapped, subjected to violence, doused in petrol and set on fire.
  
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• Oxford's fight to prove they are not a crisis club

  12-08-2026 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio Oxford's Jerome Sale takes a look at the current state of Oxford United with the season starting on Saturday.
  
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• MPs from Thames Valley unite asking PM to keep PC Harper's killers in jail

  12-08-2026 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The politicians from all three parties in the Thames Valley call for PC Harper's killers not to be eligible for an early release scheme.
  
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• Fifty police chiefs call for PM to prevent early release of PC Harper's killers

  12-08-2026 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The intervention comes after Andy Burnham said he was "confident" the early release of PC Harper's killers could be prevented.
  
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• 'Absolutely not' - Oxford's Ramsey on playing again

  12-08-2026 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oxford United head coach Aaron Ramsey says that even if the club were allowed to register him as a player, there would "absolutely not" be a chance that he'd consider helping the U's out on the pitch with their current restrictions.
  
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• How are firefighters coping with wildfires?

  12-08-2026 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firefighters in the south of England were pushed to their limits over the weekend.
  
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• Golfers brand college's £900m plans 'misleading'

  12-08-2026 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Oxford University college has submitted plans for a £900 million new research "district".
  
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• 'Relief' as lost suitcase with fiancé's ashes found

  11-08-2026 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The woman was travelling to Cornwall to spread her partner's ashes when her bag was mistakenly taken.
  
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