Local news: Oxford
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The Oxford Trust launches Accessing Science Fund to support young people into STEM
The Oxford Trust has launched the Accessing Science Fund to improve science learning for children and young people who are less likely to have access to STEM activities and resources in schools and community groups across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
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Victory open-top bus parade to celebrate Oxford United Championship success
Oxford United’s victory celebrations for their promotion to the EFL Championship will continue with an open-top bus parade in Oxford today, Monday, 20 May.
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The new hotel in the historic Boswells department store has officially opened
Oxford’s new luxury lifestyle hotel – The Store – has officially opened its doors. The Store sits in the building of the former Oxford institution, Boswells and features 101 rooms, three dining outlets and bars, including a rooftop bar, a co-working space and a cocooning urban spa. Every detail is inspired by the rich heritage of the building’s former life…
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A School Streets initiative trial has come into force in Oxford’s Meadow Lane
A ‘School Streets’ initiative trial has come into force at the St Mary and St John School in Meadow Lane in Oxford this week, resulting in the closure of Bedford Street by Argle Street to motorists at school pick-up and drop-off times.
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Oxford’s Market Street reopens following pedestrian-friendly improvement works
Oxford’s Market Street has reopened following the completion of the main improvement works by Oxford City Council to make the street more pedestrian-friendly for an 18-month trial period.
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Oxford residents can now apply for affordable homes in the Vale of White Horse district
An agreement between the two councils means 1,100 affordable homes in the Vale have been earmarked to help meet the city’s housing need in the next 10 years – in addition to the affordable homes specifically for Vale residents.
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Oxfordshire school children showcase hundreds of works of art for charity
Young Art Oxford’s annual competition returns this week to showcase more than 600 works of art created by local school children in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and AT The Bus.
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Residents of an LTN street in Oxford react to findings of a damning report
We spoke to those living on Magdalen Road in Oxford this week to find out what it is like living on a street where traffic is prevented from taking shortcuts through a residential area.
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Planning inspectors announce dates Oxford’s Local Plan 2040 initial public hearings
Initial hearings have been scheduled for three days from Tuesday, 11 June, to Thursday, 13 June, at Rose Hill Community Centre from 9.30am daily.
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Share your views on proposed bus, cycling and walking improvements for Woodstock Road
Oxfordshire County Council is asking for people’s views on the Woodstock Road Sustainable Travel Improvements Scheme until Wednesday, 05 June.
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Cowley Post Office to close with politicians blaming low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs)
Templars Square in Cowley is set to lose its parcel-sending facility on Saturday, 25 May, as the Midcounties Co-op store, which hosts it, leaves the area. A new office will come to the closest viable Co-op location, in Rose Hill.
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St Catherine’s College gets a new temporary lecture theatre complex in just six weeks
St Catherine’s Colleges has installed a high-quality temporary solution to accommodate up to 250 people in just six weeks, while remediation work is carried out on its main lecture theatre due to the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).