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Hospitality mogul Alastair Storey purchases award-winning The Star Inn in Sparsholt
The 80-cover pub, with a detached converted barn providing eight letting bedrooms, was extensively renovated and refurbished when it was bought by Ian and Caron Williams nine years ago.
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The Building Beauty Awards announces new judges and international prize
Rory Sutherland and Theo Fennell as the latest judges to join the award scheme’s already prestigious panel of forward-thinkers.
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Russian State Ballet of Siberia returns to New Theatre Oxford
The Russian State Ballet of Siberia will once again tour the UK and will present the iconic and classical Snow Maiden, Romeo & Juliet and Swan Lake at New Theatre Oxford from 10 to 12 February.
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Local restaurants raise £5,000 for Oxford charity over festive period
The money was raised by customers of Perch Inn in Binsey and Mamma Mia Pizzerias in Summertown and Jericho for Helen & Douglas House Hospice.
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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund opens for grant applications
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund opens on 26 January 2022 and is inviting community-focused organisations inside the Didcot Garden Town Area of Influence to apply for grants.
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Major British brands come together to support Platinum Jubilee Pageant
More than 6,000 military personnel, performers, key workers and volunteers will unite to tell the story of the last seven decades.
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Oxfordshire buildings wanted for the Building Beauty Awards 2022
Now is the perfect time to submit an entry on behalf of your favourite regional building for the recently launched Building Beauty Awards.
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Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists award £480,000 to nine UK-based scientists
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences have announced the recipients of the 2022 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK.
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Gloucester Green cashless car parking trial starts on 24 January
It marks the start of the next stage of the City Council’s going cashless initiative and is the first step towards going cashless at all of Oxford city’s car parks.
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Henrik Ritzén joins The Double Red Duke as Executive Chef
Henrik will continue to develop a menu, alongside Country Creatures’ Sam Pearman, that focuses on British, locally sourced, and seasonal ingredients, as well as cooking over fire.
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SO Charitable Lottery raises an additional £15,000 for good causes
Since its launch in 2018, over £63,000 has been distributed to good causes in the district that have signed up to the South Oxfordshire District Council scheme.
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Oxford Uni develops test that can identify cancer and if it has spread
The study analysed samples from 300 patients with non-specific but concerning symptoms of cancer, and their results show that cancer was correctly detected in 19 out of every 20 patients with cancer using this test.
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Have your say on the future of transport in Oxfordshire
People who live, work in or visit Oxfordshire are urged to have their say on a plan to deliver a zero carbon transport network by 2040.
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OCHL selects developers for 2,500 low carbon homes across Oxfordshire
Barratt Developments, Equans, Hill Group and Osborne have been chosen as eligible bidders for large projects worth more than £8m, with Buildeco, Feltham Construction and Impact Modular in the running to deliver smaller developments.
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Oxford team publish blueprint for making millions of doses of new vaccine
The researchers believe their work could help compress vaccine development timelines to 100 days from pathogen identification to mass production and distribution.
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UK’s Defence Academy in Oxfordshire hit by damaging cyber attack
The cyber attack – possibly by Russia or China – caused “significant” damage to the academic arm of the UK’s Ministry of Defence, according to a retired high-ranking officer.