The Latest Breaking News from Oxford

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 · Jun 19, 2023

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”.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2023

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

Birmingham Post · Jun 19, 2023

Controversial Oxford LTNs could be scrapped after slowing down ambulances

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

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023

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 Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023

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 · Jun 8, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

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.

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2023

Sunak wades in to defend Kathleen Stock Oxford talk ahead of protests over trans views

Oxford University LGBTQ+ society to protest outside the address by the academic over her views on gender identity

The Independent UK · May 30, 2023

Sunak defends Kathleen Stock talk at Oxford ahead of planned protests

The Oxford University LGBTQ+ society is due to stage a protest outside the address by the academic over her views on gender identity.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023