Local news: Oxford
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2022 Women’s Tour cycling race set for Oxfordshire finale
Stage six of Britain’s biggest and longest-running international women’s cycling stage race will start in Chipping Norton before culminating in Oxford city centre.
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Oxford tops 2021/22 Good Growth for Cities Index
Oxford has topped the 2021/22 Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, which, for the last decade, has ranked 50 of the UK’s largest cities based on people’s assessment of 12 key economic well-being factors.
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Oxford City Council launches a new equalities strategy
Tackling inequalities is the focus of the council’s new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. And the message is that equality is everybody’s business.
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£500,000 grant received to support Oxford become a zero emission city
Oxfordshire County Council, in partnership with Oxford City Council, has received a £500,000 grant to support Oxford to become a zero emission transport city.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities gets planning permission
The unanimous decision means work on the building can go ahead as planned, with enabling works beginning shortly and building work expected to start in earnest in October 2022.
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Funding bid submitted to deliver 159 electric buses for the Oxford area
The council this month applied for £32.8 million from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme.
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Oxford City Council announces plans to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
At the centre of this will be a call for Oxford’s institutions and residents to plant trees for The Queen’s Green Canopy project.
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Oxford bookseller Blackwell’s is acquired by Waterstones
Oxford’s iconic academic and specialist bookseller which started trading 143 years ago was acquired by Waterstones after it scrapped plans to transfer the company’s ownership to its staff.
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Bin collection changes planned for half of Oxford properties
The adjustment of some of the collection routes and times, which will take effect from 04 April, is to take account of changes in the quantity and quality of materials collected.
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Councils announce updated proposals for transport network in Oxford
Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council have announced proposals to support a sustainable and reliable zero carbon transport network in Oxford.
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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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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.