Oxford Clarion

No issue in Oxfordshire is more fiercely contested than Oxford’s traffic. Most people agree it’s a problem – but not how to fix it. Oxfordshire County Council, which is responsible for roads across city and county, is trying to reshape Oxford’s traffic through a series of interventions – Low

Is the future of transport being hatched on a converted Bicester airfield? In this week's Clarion long read we take a look at how a site in “Motorsport Valley” has become home to flying taxis, advanced electric drive, and even electric go-karts. Read the full story. This week’

You might have thought a fundamental tenet of a National Cycle Network would be that you could ride a bike along it. In Bicester, that isn’t the case. The Varsity Way is the official signposted cycle route from Oxford to Cambridge. Blue signs with the number ‘51’ on them

A plan for 6,000 new homes on a former airfield has been submitted in what would be Oxfordshire’s biggest ever single development. Upper Heyford air base – used by both the RAF and the US Air Force – closed in 1993. It was speculatively acquired by housebuilder Dorchester in 2009.

This week’s top stories Overnight visitors to Oxford’s hotels could be charged a small “visitor levy” to help fund tourism facilities in Oxford. Such a scheme is already in operation in Manchester, but was rejected by Cambridge hoteliers. The City Council has now commissioned a feasibility study. This