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This way for SEND, Mini, ANPR, Uber, bridges, lab rats and bats. Plus two Prime Ministers and 1600 new homes. Big week for Oxfordshire news! This week’s top stories Below-expected take up of electric vehicles has caused BMW to pause a £600m investment to build electric Minis at Plant

Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers. We love that you’re here. Let us bring a romantic flavour to your Friday lunchtime with some… in-depth budget coverage? This week’s top stories There was a point on Thursday evening, with Oxford City Council deep in debate about garden

Once a year Oxford City Council sets its budget. It doesn't often make for good headlines (Giant pothole on A34! Emma Watson! Jeremy Clarkson’s dog!) but it should. For the 165,000 people living in Oxford City, this is how the council will spend around £100m and

This week’s top stories The Oxford–Cambridge Arc is back – but this time it’s a ‘growth corridor’. Oxford is to get a Government-led Growth Commission to “review how best to tackle the barriers that are constraining development of new housing and infrastructure”. Bringing together councils, universities and local

Botley Road to reopen in August 2026 The Botley Road rail bridge will remain closed for another 18 months. Network Rail announced an August 2026 completion date this morning (Friday) at a meeting with rail minister Lord Peter Hendy and Oxford West & Abingdon MP Layla Moran. But there’s

Welcome! Now we’ve cleared the Christmas backlog, this is shaping up to be a big year for Oxfordshire news: OUFC’s new stadium, county council elections, thousands of new houses, two theme parks planned for the Bicester area… the list goes on. But one thing we’re not betting