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Covered market slammed in council report

14th November 201314th November 2013 Andrea Cetra

A recent report has called Oxford’s Covered Market “damned and dated”. Markets consultancy firm The Retail Group has released a report on the market’s current condition at the request of the Oxford City Council. The report complains of the market’s lack of signage and visibility and its “dark and dated internal environment.” Other criticisms include […]

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Cowley sex shop battles to keep licence

16th August 20134th October 2014 Nick Toner

The Private Shop on Cowley Road is facing a battle to stay open after the city council received 10 objections against its annual license renewal. Residents and lawyers have claimed that there is a “sub-culture” of sleaze in the area, particularly after nine men were jailed in June for the sexual abuse of local children. […]

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Freud’s owner claims conflicts of interest in new £30m Blavatnik School

8th August 20138th August 2013 David Maly

Oxford City Council members are denying claims they failed to disclose conflicts of interest before taking a May vote to approve plans for a new £30m Blavatnik School of Government building. David Freud, owner of Jericho’s Freud café, which lies next to the building site on Walton Street across from Oxford University Press, filed an […]

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Housing justice in Oxford is both vital and affordable

2nd May 20132nd May 2013 Nathan Akehurst

Nathan Akehurst looks at the current housing situation in Oxford and offers some solutions.

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County council criticises Met Office over snow

17th March 2013 Nick Toner

Senior members of Oxfordshire County Council have criticised the national Met Office for not giving the county sufficient warning of heavy snowfall. The wave of snow on Saturday night, which hit at the end of a week where students sitting early Prelims had stayed behind, was tackled by the council later than it usually would […]

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Hilda’s U-turn on student housing

26th January 201226th January 2012 Matt Stokes

College pulls out of graduate accommodation development as councillor compares the plans to a “Trojan horse”

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