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July 30, 2026

Oxfordshire town's 18-year-old music prodigy announces debut album

Good Morning Oxfordshire — 2026-07-30
The music prodigy, who is 18 and lives in an Oxfordshire town, is set to release her debut album including five tracks and five videos.
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Oxfordshire town's 18-year-old music prodigy announces debut album

Oxfordshire town's 18-year-old music prodigy announces debut album

• The music prodigy, who is 18 and lives in an Oxfordshire town, is set to release her debut album including five tracks and five videos.

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33 complaints made to council about England flags, data shows
Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · yesterday

33 complaints made to council about England flags, data shows

• Just 33 complaints made against England flags being put up across Oxfordshire were made to the council.

Fundraising stall in Bicester nets £75 for cat charity
Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · yesterday

Fundraising stall in Bicester nets £75 for cat charity

• Cherwell Cats Protection, formed in 2006, is run by a small team of volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of cats and kittens in the Cherwell area.

More than 62,000 people scanned by police facial recognition in Oxfordshire
Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · yesterday

More than 62,000 people scanned by police facial recognition in Oxfordshire

• Police used live facial recognition in Oxfordshire to scan 62,929 faces in Oxford and Bicester, identifying thousands on a watchlist and making three arrests.

Football legend sells £4m Cotswolds mansion so wife can go to university
Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · yesterday

Football legend sells £4m Cotswolds mansion so wife can go to university

• Football legend Tony Adams has sold his £4 million Cotswolds mansion so that his wife can go to university.

Oxfordshire pub owner shares emotional update after fire
Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · yesterday

Oxfordshire pub owner shares emotional update after fire

• The owner of an Oxfordshire pub forced to close by a fire has shared an emotional update.

Derelict city wharf sold to Oxford University college
Oxford Mail · yesterday

Derelict city wharf sold to Oxford University college

• A derelict Oxford wharf has been sold to an Oxford University college with promise to finally develop the site.

Future of Oxford shop decided as police and business come to agreement
Oxford Mail · yesterday

Future of Oxford shop decided as police and business come to agreement

• The future of an Oxford Cowley Road shop has been decided as police come to an agreement with a business.

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Official notice: Cherwell District Council. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: Oxford City Council. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: Oxford City Council planning applications. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: Oxfordshire County Council. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->Official notice: South Oxfordshire District Council. Checked today for council records, public notices, consultations, transport changes, openings or service disruption. Open source ->
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Thu 30 Jul · Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien TourThu 30 Jul · Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry,, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (for Satnav please use postcode OX33 1LA), OX33 1JZ, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. A Brighter View ExhibitionThu 30 Jul · Experience Oxfordshire. Aphasia support groupThu 30 Jul · Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Ashmolean NOW: Soma Surovi JannatThu 30 Jul · Experience Oxfordshire. Bach to Baby Family Concert in Oxford SummertownThu 30 Jul · Old Swan & Minster Mill, Minster Mill,, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, OX29 0RN, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Band & Brew at The Old SwanThu 30 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 dayThu 30 Jul · Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Colonial Views of India: Photographs by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey
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This Day in Oxfordshire History

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1705
Blenheim Palace was granted to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, after the Battle of Blenheim.
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Did you know? · Oxfordshire

Each May Morning at 6am, Magdalen College Choir sings the Hymnus Eucharisticus from the top of the college's tower to welcome the dawn, a tradition dating back centuries.

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