Oxford Clarion

Oxford may not have been blessed with a visit from Taylor Swift, whose tour boosted footfall averages across the UK in June – yet the city has beaten UK retail footfall for the 13th consecutive month. In June 2024, Oxford's footfall declined by 0.6% compared to June 2023.

Professor Dominic Furniss, a leading reconstructive surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals, found himself living every doctor's worst fear when he diagnosed his teenage son with a rare and aggressive cancer. He, and Sarcoma UK, are urging people not to delay if they see symptoms, but to seek medical

Who's standing, and what might happen? On 3rd June Oxford City Council announced a by election following the resignation of Green Councillor Alistair Morris. The Clarion thanks him for his service as a councillor and wishes him well.  Marston has two councillors for the city, the other, Cllr

It's a new dawn, it's a new day... Have you missed the diaries? Reminiscing about rosettes? Perhaps you might like to see what Oxfordshire MP's- new and returning- have been up to this week; the first week of a new Parliament and a new

On Tuesday, Labour launched a vote of no confidence in the Lib Dem/ Green minority administration. We wrote about what might happen, and why here. TL/ DR: it was always going to be a numbers game.... But did the tide turn, or was it simply making waves for nothing? Ahead

Oxford’s visitor numbers continue to outperform the UK average, according to latest footfall figures obtained by the Oxford Clarion. We compared Oxford city footfall data to figures reported by the British Retail Consortium representing the national picture – both for UK footfall in general, and High Street footfall specifically. On