News
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Hawkwell House Hotel helps local homeless charity serve up a festive feast
The Gatehouse partnered with the boutique hotel to cook and serve a complete Christmas meal to more than 50 homeless and vulnerably housed people in the city centre on the night of Friday, 22 December.
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Bicester-based EZ-Charge reveals its most popular public EV charging sites in Oxfordshire
The data is taken from 250 chargers across the 20 sites of Park & Charge Oxfordshire, the largest public network in the county, operated by EZ-Charge and delivered in collaboration with Oxfordshire County Council and four district councils.
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BBOWT wildlife surveys reveals nature reserves providing haven from climate change crisis
The highest number of glow worms recorded at a nature reserve was one of this year’s highlights for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT).
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Estate of JRR Tolkien wins lawsuits against unauthorised Lord of the Rings sequel
The Estate of JRR Tolkien has won two lawsuits against US-based author Demetrious Polychron over his book titled The Fellowship of the King.
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Hundreds of fully-affordable award-winning homes completed in Oxford’s Littlemore Park
Peabody housing association, along with partners Oxford City Council and The Hill Group, has finished building 273 fully-affordable award-winning homes at Newman Place in Oxford’s Littlemore Park.
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Linden Homes helps fund festive fun at primary school in Didcot
Linden Homes has helped a primary school in Didcot host an afternoon of fundraising festive fun for the local community by donating £250 towards its outdoor Christmas Market on Saturday, 02 December.
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Steve Robins appointed Managing Director of Hyperbat
Hyperbat, the leading manufacturer of high-performance electric vehicle batteries in the UK, has appointed Steve Robins as its new Managing Director.
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Non-executive directors appointed to the pioneering Graven Hill Development
The new non-executive directors – Dr Elizabeth Rapoport, Terry Fuller and David Gelling – will bring their expertise and leadership to the board of GHVDC on an initial three-year appointment.
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Regional law firm SE-Solicitors shortlisted for British Family Law Award
SE-Solicitors, with offices in Banbury, Bicester and Brackley, have been shortlisted as a finalist for The Family Innovator Award in recognition of their new service titled ‘Divorce Together™’.
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Witney-based Ingleton Wood has doubled workforce just one year after office move
Witney-based property and construction consultancy Ingleton Wood has more than doubled its workforce due to strong business demand after celebrating the first anniversary of moving into larger premises.
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Oxford University Press to extend its Oxfordshire Raise a Reader programme
Oxford University Press (OUP) will be extending its Oxfordshire Raise a Reader programme, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and its Libraries for Primaries campaign.
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Oxford children’s author to kickstart OxTrail designs at Westgate Christmas pop-up
Leading Oxford artist and author behind the famous Hugless Douglas children’s book series, David Melling, will be painting one of the first oxen for the city’s upcoming OxTrail event.
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Lloyds Bank Foundation pledges £75k funding for domestic abuse charity
Lloyds Bank Foundation has pledged £75,000 funding for ‘Reducing the Risk’, a charity that supports adults and children at risk of domestic abuse and domestic abuse survivors across Oxfordshire.
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Carol singing, festive treats, and Santa’s early visit to Kingsgrove this Christmas
There was carol singing, festive treats, and an early appearance by Santa at the Christmas event at Kingsgrove on the evening of Thursday, 30 November.
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Developers achieve Human-AI telepathic communication with ChatGPT
MindPortal has developed a non-invasive personal brain-computer interface that enables users to seamlessly communicate with ChatGPT through imagined speech.
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Staff from local builder join annual Meet the Employer careers event in Didcot
Persimmon Homes Wessex was one of the organisations that attended a recent Meet the Employer careers day event at Didcot Girls’ School, where three of its employees spoke with groups of Year 13s in the area.