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Oxford Literary Festival announces The Telegraph as new media partner
The 27th Oxford Literary Festival, which opens on Saturday, 16 March, will welcome some of the world’s greatest thinkers, writers and public figures including two Nobel Prize winners – Professor Sir Paul Nurse and Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan.
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Welbeck set to open new state-of-the-art private medical centre in Oxford
Welbeck Oxford will offer residents of Oxfordshire and visitors to the city access to private healthcare experience across 12 different specialities, including heart health, lung health, digestive health, ENT, Endoscopy and Neurology.
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Celebrate your wild memories with a butterfly plaque from local wildlife charity
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) has opened two new butterfly memory walls to celebrate special occasions like declaring your love for nature – or your sweetheart!
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Exquisite stained glass ‘Wappenscheiben’ returns to Greys Court
The last of five 15/16th century stained glass panels, or Wappenscheiben, have been reinstalled at Greys Court after conservation, and a new exhibition about the panels opens in the library at Greys Court this February.
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City Council plans affordable housing on Barton, Wood Farm & Blackbird Leys brownfield sites
Oxford City Council is kickstarting a project that could yield 30 affordable homes on council-owned brownfield sites in Barton, Wood Farm and Blackbird Leys.
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Residents in South Oxfordshire are officially the best recyclers in the country
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils were placed in the top three of the recycling tables for English local authorities by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
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The Game Fair picks The Country Food Trust and Tackling Minds as its official charities
The Game Fair, the largest annual gathering for people passionate about countryside pursuits, has announced The Country Food Trust and Tackling Minds as its joint official charities.
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I Should Be So Lucky musical with digital Kylie Minogue heads to the stage in Oxford
The wedding might be off, but the honeymoon is still on! Head from the aisle to the Isles as the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical “I Should Be So Lucky” makes its way to Oxford’s New Theatre
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White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre to get new 3G tennis courts in major revamp
Work is scheduled to begin on Monday, 05 February, to install four new 3G Artificial Turf Pitch (ATP) tennis courts to replace the current Astro tennis courts at the centre.
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Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for St Modwen in Wantage
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured outline planning consent on behalf of property developer St Modwen for a further component of the residential development at Kingsgrove, northeast Wantage.
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Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials returns for 2024
Returning for their second year as organisers, Stable Events is excited to build on the success of the 2023 event, where they saw a record attendance of 28,000 visitors over the four days of the competition.
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Regional law firm Gardner Leader appoints new Head of Employment
Vicky Schollar, a specialist employment solicitor and senior associate with over 20 years of experience, has been appointed a the new Head of Employment at regional law firm Gardner Leader.
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County Council approves funding for a new SEND school
£14.4 million will be invested in the planned school in Didcot with capacity to teach 120 children with special educational needs related to autism and/or social, emotional and mental health.
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Serco Leisure to take over running of Oxford’s leisure centres from Fusion Lifestyle
The transition will involve the management transfer of leisure facilities in Oxford – Barton Leisure Centre, Ferry Leisure Centre, the Leys Pools & Leisure Centre, Hinksey Outdoor Pool, and Oxford Ice Rink – from Fusion Lifestyle to Serco Leisure.
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Oxfordshire County Council aims to set a balanced budget for 2024/25 following £900k shortfall
The proposals form part of the final budget being recommended to the council’s cabinet on 30 January, which will then be decided at the annual budget-setting meeting of all 63 county councillors on 20 February.
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Oxford novelist in longlist for world’s most prestigious award for young writers
Oxford novelist Mary Jean Chan’s novel Bright Fear has been longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, which is widely considered to be the world’s most prestigious award for young writers.