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Wantage-based community action group benefits from developer’s Community Champions scheme
A Wantage-based community action group with sustainability at the core is the latest beneficiary of Persimmon Homes’ Community Champions scheme.
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Vistry staff take on Tough Mudder challenge for charity
Staff from Vistry Group took on a tough – and muddy – challenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society – their chosen charity for the year.
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Construction completes on new primary school at Graven Hill
The construction of the 420-pupil primary school development at Graven Hill has been completed, and the school has been handed over to the Warriner Multi Academy Trust to welcome children from 11 September 2023.
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Oxford student named champion of the British Society for Nanomedicine
University of Oxford student and Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery Eeshani Bendale has become the first Ayurvedic physician to be named a Champion of the British Society for Nanomedicine.
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Plans hundreds of new homes agreed in redevelopment of Oxford’s Blackbird Leys
Plans to build hundreds of affordable homes, retail spaces and community facilities as part of the redevelopment of Oxford’s Blackbird Leys have been given the green light by Oxford City Council’s planning committee.
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Hedges announces latest round of hires including a Head of Summertown Office
Hedges has announced its latest round of new hires comprising family law specialists Alexandra Baggallay and Ian Davies, and Head of Summertown Office, Daniel Boyle.
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OLA Pupils achieve top grades in excellent 2023 GCSE performance
Our Lady’s Abingdon (OLA) is celebrating another strong year of GCSE results, with an outstanding 95% of results graded 9-4, 48% graded 9-7 and 46% achieving at least one grade 9 in 2023.
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Oxfordshire Council provides support to residents during cost of living crisis
Children, low-income pensionable households, carers and many others have benefited from Oxfordshire County Council’s cost of living crisis support schemes for residents over the winter of 2022/3 and afterwards.
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Almost half of A-level students at Our Lady’s Abingdon achieved one grade A or above
Almost half of all students achieved at least one A-Level at grade A or above, with 80% securing their first choice of university.
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Final homes by Persimmon Homes for sale at Windrush Place in Witney
Persimmon Homes has only nine homes left for sale at its Windrush Place site in Witney and is urging interested customers not to waste time.
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BBC Gospel Choir of the Year singing in Oxford this September
The EAGA Gospel Choir, BBC Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2023, will be singing in Oxford in a concert in aid of The Unicorn School, Abingdon, which provides specialist educational support for neurodiverse children and young people with related learning challenges.
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The new Starbucks® store in Westgate Oxford is now open
The new Starbucks® store in Westgate Oxford is now open, and customers are invited to enjoy the new Chocolatey Wafflecone Coffee Frappuccino® blended beverage and Strawberry Wafflecone Crème Frappuccino®.