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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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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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As of 1st April, the City Council has increased the Oxford Living wage to £10.02 an hour. The Oxford Living Wage Flag will be flying from 10am yesterday at Oxford Town Hall, and has been raised to commemorate the increase and signify the council’s commitment to Oxford being a Living Wage city. If an employee […]
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Image description: The Mayors of Oxford and Ramallah sign the Twinning Agreement at Oxford Town Hall. (Elena Casale) Yesterday, the Lord Mayor of Oxford and the Mayor of Ramallah signed the Twinning Agreement between Oxford and Ramallah, Palestine. The signing is the culmination of a 15 year friendship between the two cities, lead by the […]
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Blue plaques were unveiled in Oxford on Tuesday to commemorate locations around the city that were of great importance to the development of penicillin. Sir Alexander Fleming is most associated with penicillin, discovering it in 1928 and identifying it as having antibiotic properties at St Mary’s Hospital in London. However, it was thanks to the […]
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