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• Work begins on new square to replace shopping centre

  26-10-2026 13:21 via BBC News
  
  The Clarendon Centre in Oxford will be demolished to make way for the new square.
  
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• Oxford's trip to Peterborough postponed

  27-10-2026 18:56 via BBC News
  
  Oxford United's game away against Peterborough United on 14 November is postponed because of international call-ups.
  
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• Road remains closed following building collapse

  27-10-2026 17:19 via BBC News
  
  Cherwell Street in Banbury has been closed since 21 October after a building and scaffolding collapsed.
  
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• Thames Valley devolution plans put to government

  27-10-2026 13:15 via BBC News
  
  Authorities in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Swindon submitted their proposals on Monday.
  
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• Is Banbury's economy 'vibrant' or 'dying on its feet'?

  27-10-2026 07:13 via BBC News
  
  Councils are working on plans to attract new investment into the Oxfordshire market town.
  
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• England Cerebral Palsy World Cup win 'unbelievable'

  27-10-2026 07:13 via BBC News
  
  Chinnor's David Porcher, scored England's winning goal in the Cerebral Palsy World Cup final.
  
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• Will the Chancellor help the South's housing market?

  27-10-2026 07:04 via BBC News
  
  Both buyers and sellers say they are looking to the budget for help for the housing market.
  
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• Defibrillator installed at pub with personal link

  26-10-2026 15:43 via BBC News
  
  The life-saving equipment has been fitted at The Wheatsheaf, on Wantage Road in Didcot.
  
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• Museum fees partly axed after drop in footfall

  26-10-2026 07:18 via BBC News
  
  City residents will no longer have to pay the £4 entry fee to the Museum of Oxford.
  
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• Report highlights rural public health inequalities

  26-10-2026 07:17 via BBC News
  
  The market town of Faringdon is one of a number of areas covered in the Oxfordshire report.
  
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• More than 250 Labradors gather at Clarkson's pub

  25-10-2026 08:34 via BBC News
  
  The Farmer's Dog, near Burford in Oxfordshire, welcomed Fox Red Labradors and their owners.
  
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• From A to Z: An ABC of Oxfordshire's transport troubles

  25-10-2026 08:33 via BBC News
  
  There are enough transport debates and dilemmas in Oxfordshire to fill an alphabet... so we have!
  
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• Storm-soaked site cancels charity night hike

  24-10-2026 10:41 via BBC News
  
  More than 300 fundraisers were due to take part in the Sue Ryder Starlight Hike at Mapledurham Estate.
  
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• Project to restore rare native trees with DNA testing

  24-10-2026 08:17 via BBC News
  
  Conservation groups say black poplars are endangered due to felling, land drainage and habitat loss.
  
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• South weekly quiz: Who started - and ran - the Great South Run?

  24-10-2026 08:14 via BBC News
  
  Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.
  
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• Ideas for fun and low-cost half-term activities in the South

  24-10-2026 08:10 via BBC News
  
  We round up ideas for fun and low-cost activities and days out for families in the south of England.
  
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• Man who killed mum in 'savage' attack jailed for life

  23-10-2026 16:00 via BBC News
  
  Carl Rundle murdered 64-year-old Helen Rundle at their home in The Park, Harwell, on 27 January.
  
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• 'My love of wine started in Oxford'

  23-10-2026 15:25 via BBC News
  
  Oz Clarke talks with Bridgitte Tetteh about his origins with wine.
  
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• Military base asylum plans challenged at High Court

  23-10-2026 15:22 via BBC News
  
  Campaigners are asking for a judicial review into Home Office plans for MoD Bicester.
  
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• Report identifies strong case to reopen train station

  23-10-2026 13:12 via BBC News
  
  A Wantage and Grove railway station first opened in 1864, but was closed in the mid 1960s.
  
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• Town festival to celebrate Alfred the Great

  23-10-2026 07:01 via BBC News
  
  Wantage will host an annual festival honouring the Saxon King on the anniversary of his death.
  
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• Oxford college considers buying back 125-year-old barge

  23-10-2026 07:01 via BBC News
  
  New College confirms it has been offered the chance to buy the vessel back for £290,000.
  
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• Teen tree surgeon's death accidental, inquest finds

  22-10-2026 17:51 via BBC News
  
  Apprentice tree surgeon Jonty Parkinson died in Oxfordshire in 2024 after being crushed.
  
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• South braces for first named storm of the season

  22-10-2026 14:54 via BBC News
  
  Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire and Oxfordshire prepare for Storm Austen.
  
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• Celebrity Traitors producer 'amazed by reaction'

  22-10-2026 13:30 via BBC News
  
  Stephen Lambert, from Studio Lambert, speaks to the BBC ahead of a talk in Oxford on Thursday.
  
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• Two storms in two days as Austen and Boelo target UK

  22-10-2026 12:34 via BBC News
  
  The Met Office has named a new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of stormy weather to the UK over the weekend.
  
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• Two in hospital after partial building collapse

  22-10-2026 11:01 via BBC News
  
  Nine workers were at the site when part of the flats under construction with scaffolding collapsed.
  
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• 'Victory' as £10m secured for underpass at crossing

  22-10-2026 07:09 via BBC News
  
  Oxfordshire County Council commits £10m towards an underpass at Bicester's London Road crossing.
  
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• Unknown Canaletto work fetches £135,000 at auction

  21-10-2026 16:05 via BBC News
  
  The rare work by the revered Venetian artist sold at Mallams auction house in Oxford on Wednesday.
  
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• Inquest opened after 18-year-old woman's crash death

  21-10-2026 16:05 via BBC News
  
  Esme Heaton-Biggs died following a crash on the Bloxham Road in Banbury, Oxfordshire, on 3 October.
  
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