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Clarion Weekly, 23 May 2025

Clarion Weekly, 23 May 2025

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

In Oxford we trust: the legacy of an incredible duo

In Oxford we trust: the legacy of an incredible duo

There’s barely a week when we don’t report on Oxford’s thriving science sector. New biotech startups. More lab space in the city centre and the business parks. The emergence of ‘Science Vale’. Indeed, to host her keynote address on growth in late January, Chancellor of the Exchequer

From Banbury Cake to Oxford Sauce

From Banbury Cake to Oxford Sauce

We fell down a rabbit hole reading about Oxford sausages. “Rabbit hole” is itself an Oxford University phrase, of course. While perusing various archive recipes to find exactly what should go into an Oxford sausage, we discovered a cornucopia of city and county food, historic and modern. (Not including rabbits,

Clarion Weekly, 9 May 2025

Clarion Weekly, 9 May 2025

“It’s just a jump to the left” – for Oxfordshire. “And a step to the right” – for the rest of the country? Yes, it’s the week after the County Council elections; and whether your reaction to the LibDems declaring “we’ve got to keep control” was “it’s astounding!

Liberal Democrats win control of Oxfordshire County Council

Liberal Democrats win control of Oxfordshire County Council

“And it was all… yellow.” Or orange. Or gold. We’ve never been quite sure what the LibDems’ signature colour is. But Oxfordshire is painted in it tonight. There are 69 seats on Oxfordshire County Council. At the next council meeting, 36 of them will be occupied by Liberal Democrat

Clarion Weekly, 2 May 2025

Clarion Weekly, 2 May 2025

Are you, like us, hanging out waiting for election results? At a count? How about a bit of light news while you wait? We've packed this edition with (mainly) happy, uplifting content from around city and county to bring a smile to everyone's face, no matter

10 questions to decide the future of your county

10 questions to decide the future of your county

There are county council elections on 1 May. If you're in a fiercely contested area, you will have people knocking on your door from now until 9.30 pm on polling day. Perhaps you already have. Judging by the stream of press releases and leaflets sent to us