Oxford Clarion

As the mercury rises across Oxfordshire, so the temperature rises in politics across the county. Full reports and commentary on the Botley Road saga, congestion charge proposals, Oxfordshire and the climate emergency, and the Government's plan for the Oxford Cambridge corridor in this week's issue. Plus

It is Friday 13th (insert your own joke here) and this has been an epic week for news in the shire. If you read nothing else, read the top stories. But if you make it to the end, there is an excellent joke about quantum computing buried in here, and

This week’s long reads Not one but two long reads! We're spoiling you! And they are very different. Make Oxford Great(er) Again – that’s the cry from Oxford City Council which wants a single council on expanded boundaries. But would it work? We take a close

We love an allotment at the Clarion. They are places where produce is grown, plants are swapped, friendships cemented, children entertained and weeds cursed. Trees (and perennial weeds) are passed from generation to generation, vegetables grown, seeds saved. In a world where we are encouraged to think about food miles,

It’s been half-term week and your normally assiduous Clarion scribes have mostly been elsewhere. So this week's newsletter is definitely in the “small but mighty” category. (We resisted the temptation to ask ChatGPT to bulk it up with reworded press releases.) This week's top stories

Welcome back! This week's edition has history, greenways, new buses and reports from the first meeting of the new County Council, including a sizeable spat over the official opposition... This week’s top stories Continuing our occasional series on the incredible county we live in, we looked at