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Rishi Sunak accused of 'eco own goal' after plans for £230million 'green town' scrapped

The government has scrapped plans for the UK's largest net zero town, which would have been located around five miles outside of Oxford, with the scrapping of the plans condemned as an eco own goal

Daily Mirror

Michel Treisman obituary

Other lives: Lecturer and reader in experimental psychology who was a fount of eclectic information

The Guardian - UK

A load of old bollards: Oxford LTN residents defend scheme after attacks

Residents in St Mary’s, home to ‘Britain’s most hated bollard’, say streets feel safer and more sociable without traffic

The Guardian - UK

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Main rail line to close until June due to a wobbly bridge

Passengers between the north of England and the south coast are being advised to travel via Bristol or London instead

The Independent UK

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Oxford shooter's parents' request to attend son's hearing; prosecutors balk

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When the boat race comes in for Oxford

Brief letters: Head of the River Race | Thomas Cashman | Premier League supply managers | Real reason for Dover chaos | Amoral AI

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rudman obituary

Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

The Guardian - UK

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Oxford travel guide: Best things to do and where to stay for a 2023 city break

Louise Long reveals how to spend the ultimate break in the UK’s city of dreaming spires

The Independent UK

‘Making a book is an extraordinary thing’: Pip Williams on the invisible history of female bookbinders

The bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words shares the spark behind her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho – filling the ‘blank spaces’ around the women who worked at Oxford University Press

The Guardian - AU

Pip Williams shows how World War I transformed women's lives, in a new novel that captures the 'poetic materiality' of books

Pip Williams describes her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, as both follow-up and companion to her 2020 debut, The Dictionary of Lost Words.

The Conversation

Cambridge win men’s and women’s Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races 2023

Both Cambridge men’s and women’s teams were victorious in the annual Boat Race on the Thames

Evening Standard

The Boat Races: Cambridge sweep past Oxford to claim men’s and women’s titles – as it happened

Cambridge’s women won for the sixth time in a row, then Cambridge’s men took a closer tussle to record their the fourth triumph in five races

The Guardian - UK

Matt Smith: 2003 Boat Race will remain ‘greatest we will ever see’

Smith’s Oxford crew crossed the finish line just one foot ahead of the Cambridge boat.

The Independent UK

Michigan school shooter's parents can face trial for manslaughter, court rules

The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Oxford High School can face trial, the state appeals court said in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child.

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Indulge in the food of Ancient Greece at a new London dining experience

The Labyrinth menu at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park offers food inspired by the delicacies of Ancient Greece

Evening Standard

UK lab space demand to rise after Budget boost for life sciences

The life sciences sector last year signed for around 800,000 square feet of office and lab space in the golden triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge

Evening Standard

Lord’s strike deal to host Oxford vs Cambridge and Eton vs Harrow fixtures until 2027

Longer-term future to be reviewed in 2027

The Guardian - UK

In England’s worsening housing crisis, millions are unable to afford their own homes

Letters: Richard Tarver points out that the need for new developments sometimes means building on biodiverse sites; Steve Townsley says houses have become investments rather than places to live

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Audrey Wood net worth | Evening Standard Tech Rich List

As one of the co-founders of one of British engineering’s biggest post-War success stories, Audrey Wood was a pioneer in spinning out a commercial company from a famous university. Oxford Instruments began in 1959 and produced its first superconductor magnet in 1961. Its journey from the college lab to the cutting edge…

Tribune News Service

Appeals judges focus on what Oxford shooter's parents didn't do during hearing

DETROIT — A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard oral arguments about whether there is sufficient evidence to order the parents of a former Oxford High School student to face involuntary manslaughter charges for 2021 mass shooting at the school, focusing largely on what James…

The Independent UK

Police reveal reason behind Leicestershire ‘sonic boom’

The loud explosion was heard over Leicestershire, Banbury and Oxford

The Guardian - UK

‘Sonic boom’ heard in parts of England caused by RAF jets escorting plane

Police say plane with two people onboard lost contact and had to be escorted to Stansted airport

Tribune News Service

Michigan judge rules Oxford school district has immunity, can't be sued

DETROIT — The Oxford school district and its employees have government immunity and can’t be sued in the November 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students and injured seven others, an Oakland County judge ruled late Friday.

Birmingham Post

One of Wales' fastest growing firms HSG acquires school meals venture

It has acquired Oxford-based The School Lunch Company

The Guardian - UK

We must call out the ecocide on our doorstep

Letter: Peggy Seeger on a campaign to save four acres of biodiverse meadows in Oxford

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