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Mini boost from BMW doesn’t mean UK is in global car industry’s fast lane

EV investment is obviously good news but, overshadowed by Brexit, British carmaking has halved in five years

The Guardian - UK

BMW to build new electric Mini in England after UK government approves multimillion-pound investment

BMW has announced plans to transform its Mini factory in Oxford, England, to produce nothing but electric vehicles

The Independent UK

BMW set to announce plans to build new electric Mini in Oxford

The multi-million pound investment comes after the firm secured Government support

The Independent UK

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BMW to manufacture next-generation electric Mini in Oxford

The multi-million pound investment comes after the firm secured Government support.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt says he mustn’t pump extra money into people’s pockets; BoE’s Mann says better to over-tighten interest rates – as it happened

Chancellor says focus is to fight inflation, while Bank of England policymaker argues for higher interest rates

The Guardian - UK

BMW announces £600m package to save Oxford Mini plant

Government-backed investment will help secure 4,000 jobs in electric vehicle production

The Guardian - UK

Author Mick Herron: ‘I’d have made an awful spy. I don’t have a smartphone or wifi’

As he publishes a new standalone novel, the spotlight-shunning author of the Slow Horses books talks about politics, time-travel and identity-swapping

The Guardian - UK

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Lane Kiffin’s Dog Played a Key Role in Ole Miss’s Win Over Mercer

The unofficial mascot of the Rebels had quite the performance on Saturday in Oxford.

Sports Illustrated

Commuter hotspots: new-build homes in market towns within easy reach of London

New rural homes within reach of the city are increasingly popular, with a record number of first-time buyers going beyond the M25

Evening Standard

The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie review – nerds who loved words

The linguist and lexicographer unearths the histories of the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary

The Guardian - UK

Teenager involved with hack which led to GTA 6 leak, court finds

An 18-year-old from Oxford has been found to be part of the Lapsus$ hacking group that hacked Rockstar Games last year.

TechRadar

UK's first successful womb transplant – key questions answered

The news that the first successful UK womb transplant has been performed at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford has been greeted as the “dawn of a new era” in reproductive medicine.

The Conversation

The week in classical: Proms 30: Sinfonia of London/Wilson; Prom 31: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Oxford piano festival – review

The Albert Hall swooned to the sound of the Sinfonia of London and was silenced by Glyndebourne’s semi-staged Poulenc, while in Oxford you couldn’t move for great pianists

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Evening Standard

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.

The Hindu

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 Independent UK

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

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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 Week

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,…

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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…

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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