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Rhodes scholarship trust refuses to back calls to remove Oxford statue

Trust says it will not ‘weigh in’ on debates over college memorials but will focus on its own ‘soul-searching’ over colonialism

The Guardian - UK

Florence Pugh’s father hits out at low traffic neighbourhood scheme as his cafe closes

‘The losses have been so high that I have lost a site’, Mr Pugh said of the low traffic neighbourhood scheme introduced in East Oxford

The Independent UK

Florence Pugh’s father hits out at ‘dictators’ imposing LTNs in Oxford

Actor Florence Pugh’s father has hit out at “dictators” in his local council and called for the scrapping of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTN) measures.

Evening Standard

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Warmth of winter

Winter brings beauty, faith, and companionship. In Oxford, winter was a time of solitude, yet friends shared meals, discussed current events, and explored the city. Music, literature, and art provided solace and joy. Despite the cold, winter was a time of reflection and connection.

The Hindu

Ethan Crumbley recorded himself vowing to become the next school shooter. Then he killed four classmates

Crumbley has been sentenced to life without the chance of parole for killing four classmates at Oxford High School in November 2021

The Independent UK

Woman convicted of killing her father says Oxford school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley’s mother helped write her sentencing speech

Imirowicz’s sentence was reduced after she was convicted of killing her father using lye and water

The Independent UK

Roman-era Brits kept lap dogs

The remains of a miniature dachshund-like dog have been found at what was once the villa of a wealthy family, suggesting that people kept pets during the Roman era. The 1,800-year-old remains, among artefacts recovered from a nature reserve near Oxford, suggest that it was 20cm tall at the shoulder,…

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UK accused of unlawful crackdown on visitors from Timor-Leste

Family members of East Timorese in UK denied right to visit, as Home Office says too many hoping to work illegally

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Keir Mather, parliament’s youngest MP, arrived at Oxford fully formed

I REMEMBER meeting him on a street in Oxford through a mutual acquaintance. It was the month Donald Trump won the election. He was wearing a Breton T-shirt and pea coat. Good posture. Firm handshake. Clean cut. Handsome, I thought. Same as today.

Evening Standard

Enrique Zapata-Bravo obituary

Other lives: Psychiatrist who moved to England fleeing the Pinochet regime and worked to help refugees across the UK and around the world

The Guardian - UK

Bicester Village, Oxfordshire: the go-to spot in England’s beau monde county

How secure is Oxfordshire’s reputation as England’s beau monde county? Just ten years ago, the “Chipping Norton set” ran Britain from a cluster of farmhouses in this delightful part of the country, with Prime Minister David Cameron, and media royalty like Rebekah Brooks and Jeremy Clarkson were all neighbours. Now…

Evening Standard

‘It’s not just the food we missed’: three writers remember beloved restaurants that closed down

From student haunts to a first ‘proper’ meal out, why we mourn the places where we ate that are no longer with us

The Guardian - UK

Boy killed in BMW crash with two others was 'planning his 18th birthday party'

Elliot Pullen, 17, and Daniel Hancock, 18, and another 18-year-old boy were killed in a tragic crash in Marcham, Oxfordshire, in the early hours of Tuesday. Their families have now paid tribute

Daily Mirror

Oxford children’s choir has helped ‘heal souls’ of Ukrainian refugees

Choir tutor Yevheniia Diachenko said: ‘They feel support from each other and music helps to heal their souls.’

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

English philosophers thought they had sloughed off the dead weight of history, but history suggests otherwise

Nikhil Krishnan’s intriguing and charming history, A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60, is organised around anecdotes rather than arguments. Krishnan is interested not only in “what people thought but what they were like”.

Birmingham Post

MKM adds five new sites to national network with family business buy-out

Oxfordshire-based John Nicholls Trading branches and distribution centre added to Hull-headquartered operation

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: new releases from the Dudok Quartet and Choir of Merton College, Oxford

The Dutch string quartet span Pérotin to Reich in a thoughtful recital, while anthems by Dyson, Howells, Elgar and Finzi get the full orchestral treatment

Tribune News Service

Georgia gets Alabama, Texas on road in 2024

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia football fans will have to wait a while longer to check out College Station, Texas, but Austin, Texas, is on the docket for 2024. So is Oxford, Miss.; Lexington, Ky.; and — get this — Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody’s happy’: junior doctors in Oxford voice NHS frustrations

As 72-hour strike gets under way, there are concerns over staffing, infrastructure and morale

The Independent UK

Proposed Oxford to Cambridge railway line compared with Britain’s bendiest road

The proposed track between Bedford and Cambridge was criticised for being ‘full of twists and turns’.

The Independent UK

Controversial Oxford LTNs could be scrapped after slowing down ambulances

Life threatening ambulance calls delayed due to council’s traffic measure

The Independent UK

Key rail route reopens after 10-week closure to repair viaduct

Network Rail said passenger trains started running again over Nuneham Viaduct in Oxfordshire on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘Most things he said were anecdotal, whereas I was trying to present stats’

They both support Labour – but are they going in the same direction when it comes to low-traffic neighbourhoods?

The Guardian - UK

Oxford University appoints UK’s first professor of LGBTQ+ history

Matt Cook, who has written on queer urban life and the Aids crisis, takes up the new post at Mansfield College

The National (Scotland)

Prime Minister defends Kathleen Stock's talk at Oxford ahead of planned protests

THE Prime Minister has said that Kathleen Stock should be allowed to deliver a speech at Oxford University ahead of planned protests.

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