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What does the Strategic Defence Review mean for Oxfordshire?

What does the Strategic Defence Review mean for Oxfordshire?

Last month, the UK Government published its Strategic Defence Review (SDR). A wide-ranging document, it has the aim of making Britain stronger and safer, as well as resetting the UK's approach to defence in the face of what it calls a ‘generational’ defence and security challenge. The Government

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

Oxford Space Systems building at Harwell Campus

You can see them from space: Oxford Space Systems

Later this year, a rocket will blast off from Florida carrying a satellite made by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). It’s a demonstration radar satellite, and on board, making an ambitious mission possible with a satellite the size of washing-machine, is the radar dish – or more accurately, the antenna

The airfield where flying taxis rub shoulders with pre-war Rolls Royces

The airfield where flying taxis rub shoulders with pre-war Rolls Royces

A vegan festival, flying taxis, and vintage Rolls Royces converted to electric may seem like strange bedfellows, but these and more are taking shape on a converted airfield on the edge of Bicester. The site of RAF Bicester has been home to heritage vehicle preservation since 2013, but now it