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Oxford Bus Company will be withdrawing the X90 Service from 4th January 2020. The bus service was one of only two direct routes to London, the other being the Oxford Tube. The company cited ‘falling passenger numbers due to new rail competition and worsening congestion’ as reasons for withdrawing the service, which will affect many […]
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The city council has revealed that 80% of Oxford’s emissions comes from buildings, with the University being the biggest contributor. The findings came from the council’s Climate Emergency Strategy Support report, released in September 2019. Among the buildings sector, the institutional buildings sub-sector is responsible for over 25% of the city’s total emissions. This is […]
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Plans for the much-loved sandwich shop to open a new store in Oxford have been confirmed. A spokesperson for Greggs told The Oxford Student: “We are pleased to confirm that we have plans to open a new shop in Oxford later this year and will have more information about exactly where and when in the […]
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Plush, Oxford’s only LGBTQ+ bar and club, published a press release on the 23rd July announcing the success of the Plush for All accessibility campaign. Thanks to donations from various Oxford societies and JCRs, Plush now anticipates that the venue will be fully accessible by the 15th August 2019. Plush relocated to Frewin Court, off […]
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The new student run non-profit charity HOLD held its first book drive of Trinity term, collecting over 70 books to donate to Oxford city’s homeless community. Fifteen colleges participated in the book drive, and many more are expected to donate for upcoming events. HOLD was created by three students at Somerville College: Hamza Rana and […]
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Oxford City Council cancelled a talk by self-proclaimed ‘rebel priest’ Jules Gomes, which was due to take place in the Town Hall on 13th June, on the grounds that it breached their diversity policy. The Council stepped in after outrage was sparked at the subject of the free talk, entitled ‘Feminism was women’s greatest enemy – […]
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A 34-year-old Polish man was admitted to John Radcliffe Hospital last Sunday and died the following day of Sepsis according to Oxford City Council. This follows a spike in deaths this winter, where as many as five people died while homeless in Oxford, between November and February. No more information other than age and nationality […]
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According to reports from Thames Valley Police, 1,816 bikes were stolen last year in Oxford’s Local Police Area, or approximately five cases per day. Accounting for unreported bike thefts, the number is likely even greater. The largest number of bicycle thefts occurred in Oxford Central (734 cases), followed by Oxford East (411 cases) and Cowley […]
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Image description: Protestors outside of St John’s College on 28th May Residents of Barford, in Warwickshire, are opposing the construction of a quarry that has been proposed in their village to be built on farmland owned by St John’s College. On Tuesday, 28th May, a group of Barford residents travelled to Oxford to protest outside […]
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Oxford City Community Hospital is set to temporarily close at the end of this month due to a lack of nursing staff. The 12-bed hospital is located at the Fulbrook Centre in Headington. The community hospital is owned by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust which issued a statement regarding the closure. An Oxford Health […]
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Ashmolean Museum had been identified as the number one attraction in the South East by REVITALISE, a national charity that provides respite holidays for disabled people and carers. A number of UK visitor attractions across the region had been surveyed and given a score on their accessibility in a Revitalise Accessible Tourism Report published today. […]
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On Thursday the 13th of June, as part of the annual Helen & Douglas House’s ‘Jail & Bail Fundraiser’ , Anneliese Dodds MP and 8 other businesswomen will be imprisoned in the cells at Oxford Castle – a prison has an infamous history as a place of torture and execution. The 9 inmates will be […]
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TW: sexual assault. Thames Valley Police have put out an appeal for witnesses to come forward following a rape incident in an alleyway on Turl Street. The appeal was also emailed to students of Lincoln College which is located on the street. The incident occurred around 03:20 to 03:40 on Saturday, 4th May. The victim, […]
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At 4pm yesterday, a group of students assembled outside of the Radcliffe Camera as part of a larger protest which has taken place across Poland. The protest is a response to the National Museum of Warsaw’s act of removing a total of four artworks by female artists, including a 1973 video by Natalia LL in […]
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Wadham College has donated to the Plush for All crowdfunding campaign, a fundraiser between Oxford SU LGBTQ+ campaign and Oxford University LGBTQ+ Society which aims to make the venue accessible for people with disabilities. A motion was passed in Wadham SU to donate this sum of money to the campaign. Whilst the motion originally stated […]
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An estimated 300 people from across the UK attended a demonstration in Oxford today to demand an end to animal testing. Animal testing is a widespread practice, with Understanding Animal Research writing that in 2017 there were 3.79 million experiments on animals in the UK. ‘Victims of Charity’ leaflets distributed at the demonstration cited examples […]
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Oxford City Council is to become the first UK local authority to establish a citizen’s assembly with the aim of helping address the issue of climate change, by considering the measures that should be taken in Oxford. This follows the unanimous declaration by Oxford City Council members of a ‘climate emergency’, in a decision that […]
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Churches across the country will ring their bells tomorrow as a mark of solidarity following the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Christ Church Cathedral will partake in this nationwide action, initiated by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Its bells will toll for seven minutes beginning at 7pm. Canon Dr Edmund Newey, sub dean, […]
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Oxford City Council has published a Notice of Election, which outlines the procedures for voting in the European Parliamentary Election. The announcement of the election, which came on Monday, follows the agreement to extend the UK’s exit from the European Union until 31 October. While the UK remains part of the EU, it is required […]
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