'Disappointment' after snubbing of £200k anti-social behaviour crackdown

• Reform UK’s Paul Jeffreys hits out after Cherwell District Council rejects a £200k bid for extra wardens to tackle rising anti-social behaviour in north Oxfordshire.

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Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · today 250-year-old Oxfordshire country pub plans to re-thatch its deteriorating roof • The Horse and Groom based in Caulcott in north Oxfordshire is a 250-year-old Oxfordshire country pub which is planning to re-thatch its roof.

Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · today Warning issued on day one of Truck Festival 2026 • A warning has been issued as 30,000 people plan to come to Truck Festival in Steventon.

Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · today Burst pipe continues to spray water 24 hours on despite UK hosepipe ban • A burst pipe in Banbury, Oxfordshire, is continuing to spray water 24 hours on, despite a UK hosepipe ban.

Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · today Police praise sentence of selfish fraudster who stole £2.5m from UK company • Police have praised a prison sentence given to a selfish fraudster who stole more than £2.5m from his employers and lied about his mum being ill when he was on a beach in Dubai.

Oxford Mail · today Work set to begin on 265 new homes in Carterton • Work is set to begin next month on 265 new military homes in an Oxfordshire town, the first project like it in over a decade.

Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · today Pub saved by 'community spirit' after Google incorrectly marked it closed • David Cameron's favourite pub has been saved with "good olde community spirit" after Google incorrectly marked the business as closed.

Experience Oxfordshire · today Take part in the FREE Hatter's Hunt at Westgate Oxford • Find the hidden plaques and claim your prize! • There are five mysterious plaques hidden around Westgate. • On this Alice in Wonderland themed trail designed by The Story Museum, you have to go down rabbit holes and solve the riddles to claim your prize!

Oxford Mail · today Andy Burnham's new recruit accused of misleading Oxford University claim • Lucy Powell, the UK’s new education secretary, has been accused of making a misleading claim about her own education, after saying she was the only pupil from her school year to attend Oxford university

Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · today Police slam 'completely unacceptable' behaviour as Cotswolds homes damaged • Thames Valley Police has slammed the "completely unacceptable" behaviour which has led to Cotswolds homes being damaged.

Experience Oxfordshire · today Colonial Views of India: Photographs by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey • This is the first exhibition to focus on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean, and as such features previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830–1904). • A member of the East India Company, Impey arrived in India in 1851 and took part in military actions during the Indian Uprising of 1857. • After the British Crown took control in 1858 following the Uprising, he worked as a political agent until returning to Britain in 1878.

Experience Oxfordshire · today Day after day after day - Recent works by Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels • Daily drawings by the two artists lie at the heart of this exhibition: Tineke’s project ‘One more line a day’ using a wide variety of materials and Cally’s ‘Left Hand, Right Hand’ drawings in ink. • Both projects reveal the passage of time, and focus on the unit of the day – the most important measure of time in our lives, the unit that governs our routines of waking, sleeping, eating and work. • The exhibition also includes Tineke’s new patterned abstract oil paintings; curiosity and play are the driving forces behind this project: within the rules that Tineke has set herself, what will emerge?

Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · today Opening date announced for hotly-anticipated new restaurant • The new restaurant will have a sports bar, terraces, a family dining area and a kids cinema.

What's on: next 7 days

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Fri 24 Jul · Silverstone Racing Circuit · AllEvents Oxford. BRDC CLASSIC - GTROC Stand 2026

Fri 24 Jul · Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Tour

Fri 24 Jul · Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry,, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (for Satnav please use postcode OX33 1LA), OX33 1JZ, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. A Brighter View Exhibition

Fri 24 Jul · Experience Oxfordshire. Aphasia support group

Fri 24 Jul · Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Ashmolean NOW: Soma Surovi Jannat

Fri 24 Jul · Experience Oxfordshire. Bach to Baby Family Concert in Oxford Summertown

Fri 24 Jul · Old Swan & Minster Mill, Minster Mill,, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, OX29 0RN, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Band & Brew at The Old Swan

Fri 24 Jul · North Wall Arts Centre, North Wall Arts Centre, South Parade, Summertown,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7JN, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels: Day after day after day

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Blenheim Palace, built between 1705 and 1724 as a national gift to the 1st Duke of Marlborough, is named after the 1704 Battle of Blenheim and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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