Society

Residents and visitors to Oxford can continue to hire e-scooters as the trial has been formally extended by four months from its original end date of 30 November 2021 to 31 March 2022.

While all schools have their arrangements for contacting parents and carers, here’s a list of reported school closures in Oxfordshire due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

This follows a detailed review of the Oxfordshire bus network by Oxfordshire County Council with the major operators, including Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel.

Following the installation of the first park and charge EV hub at Bicester’s Cattle Market car park in May, the locations of the remaining 19 sites have been announced.

Oxford’s residents have expressed overwhelming support for the initiative introduced by the City Council over the summer.

The report, published by the Diocese of Oxford, tells the story of poverty and inequality in a wide range of community and church contexts across the Thames Valley region.

The fund will attract donations from companies, grant bodies and philanthropists, and it will dispense grants to organisations working on the ground in the Didcot community.

On 14 November 2021, The Lord Mayor of Oxford, in partnership with the Oxford City branch of the Royal British Legion, hosted this year’s Oxford’s Remembrance Sunday Service at the Memorial in St Giles’.

The council’s scrutiny committee will be reviewing the request to make sure the council has a strong plan to deliver benefit to the community for the investment.

The building represents the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the university and will be its biggest teaching and research facility.