Council's plea as lifesaving water aids thrown out of reach into trees
Good Morning Oxfordshire — 2026-08-16
Witney Town Council asked people to leave lifesaving water equipment alone after it was thrown out of reach near a river.
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Council's plea as lifesaving water aids thrown out of reach into trees
• Witney Town Council asked people to leave lifesaving water equipment alone after it was thrown out of reach near a river.
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22 Aug at 05:30 · Oxford Town HallBoogie Down Broadway | Oxford Town Hall | 5:30 - 7:30pm
29 Aug · Oxford South ParksFoodies Festival 2026 - Oxford
23 Aug · Silverstone Racing CircuitFord Fair
27 Aug · Blackwell's BookshopHayley Nolan NOTORIOUS
16–17 Aug · Oxford Castle Prison, Oxford Castle Prison, 44-46 Oxford Castle, New Road,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1AY, United KingdomKnight School at Oxford Castle Prison
21 Aug · The Mad HatterMario Kart Live Band | August
29 Aug · South Parks, Headington Road, Oxford, OX3 0EBOxford Foodie Festival
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16 Aug · Old Swan & Minster Mill, Minster Mill,, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, OX29 0RN, United KingdomBand & Brew at The Old Swan
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This Day in Oxfordshire History
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1602
The Bodleian Library opened to readers in Oxford and became one of Britain’s great research libraries.
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On this day in 1556, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake in Oxford, the last of the three Oxford Martyrs to die.
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