Oxford Clarion

Week two of two newsletters in a week; welcome to our news and politics edition. This weekend, we went to see both the illegal dump in Kidlington, and the Unity March in Oxford. Both were… quite something. This week’s top stories Sometimes photos aren’t enough to tell a

When we started the Clarion as a Twitter account in 2022, we didn’t anticipate that we’d be reporting almost every week on massive new tech developments around Oxford. But the life science and AI booms are rapidly reshaping the city and its environs – as several of our stories

Oxford’s poorest areas are not sharing equally in the city’s increased prosperity, new figures suggest. Parts of Minchery Farm, Rose Hill, and Wood Farm are now suffering more deprivation compared to 2015, while Littlemore, Northfield Brook and Temple Cowley have seen little change. Meanwhile, areas of East Oxford

The Clarion? On a Tuesday?! We’ve been struggling to fit everything in of late, so on Friday we announced a move to a twice-a-week format. In this Tuesday edition you'll find news, politics, medieval riots and trains. Our top stories An extraordinary artwork is being created to

Sometimes quantity means quality. We owe you all an explanation. Thanks to our growing list of amazing contributors, we have more content than we can fit into our weekly newsletter. Email clients cut it off around 4,100 words (thanks, Google!) and its length means it sometimes gets directed into

This week’s long reads The Cowley Branch Line is reopening! The Government this week pledged £120m to bring passenger trains back to Cowley and Littlemore. Our long read has everything you need to know. Full steam ahead for Cowley Branch LineDirect trains will run from Cowley and Littlemore to