£4million boost to repair broken gullies and reduce flooding

• Oxfordshire County Council has approved an extra £4 million to repair and replace damaged highway gullies, improving drainage and helping reduce flooding risks across the county.

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Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · today Town secures more than £1 million for social housing development • More than £1 million in government funding has been secured to support the delivery of new social housing in Didcot

Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · today Asylum centre protest organiser says residents feel "let down and ignored" • Bicester campaigner Paula Ewers leads protests as Oxfordshire residents opposing plans for a 1,250-bed MOD Bicester asylum centre feel "ignored and let down"

Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · today Bus pass price hike in August 'deep regret' amid lack of consultation concern • The "multi-million-pound" decision to increase the price of multi-operator bus passes has been made with "no research" on how it will affect people.

Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · today Tributes after mother-of-two's tragic death at Oxfordshire horse event • After the announcement of a woman's death in Oxfordshire, tributes have been made to the mother-of-two from members of the eventing community.

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!

Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · today 'Significant' amount of class A drugs seized as police make arrest • A man has been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs during a police incident in Faringdon.

Oxford Mail · today 'Unacceptable' Oxford crossing putting children and cyclists in 'danger' • Children are being put in danger at a busy Oxford junction due to fading lines and a cracked road surface.

Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · today Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper to return to school • Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper is set to return to his former primary school for a special Q&A event.

Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · today Major fire damaged more than 20 caravans as five households still 'homeless' • The fire service said the cause of the fire was accidental, after it raged overnight.

Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · today Free Oxfordshire festival marks 30 years with 'incredible' event • The free festival in the Oxfordshire town has been going for 30 years with organisers terming the latest event "incredible".

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?

Oxford Mail · today Handmade crafts business to close another store after Oxford site re-possessed • A handmade crafts business has announced the closure of another one of its Oxfordshire stores.

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

Wed 22 Jul · Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Tour

Wed 22 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

Wed 22 Jul · Experience Oxfordshire. Aphasia support group

Wed 22 Jul · Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street,, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Ashmolean NOW: Soma Surovi Jannat

Wed 22 Jul · Experience Oxfordshire. Bach to Baby Family Concert in Oxford Summertown

Wed 22 Jul · Old Swan & Minster Mill, Minster Mill,, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, OX29 0RN, United Kingdom · Experience Oxfordshire. Band & Brew at The Old Swan

Wed 22 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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Within the Bodleian sits Duke Humfrey's Library, a reading room completed in 1488 above the Divinity School and named for a brother of King Henry V.

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