Update as Oxfordshire town's £1 million hospital scheme 'nears completion'
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Update as Oxfordshire town's £1 million hospital scheme 'nears completion'
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has released a new update about its £1 million scheme to upgrade an Oxfordshire hospital.
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 | Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · yesterday £7 billion East West Rail Oxford to Milton Keynes dispute solved• A dispute that halted the much-anticipated introduction of new trains to Milton Keynes could soon come to an end, but not through the recruitment of guards. |
 | Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · yesterday £250k bid to protect Oxfordshire village shop from unwanted development fails• A bid to list a property in Watlington as an asset for community value, to save it from unwanted development, has been turned down. |
 | Oxford Mail · yesterday Plans for 215 homes, care home and retirement village approved on former fuel depot• Plans approved for 150 homes, a care home and retirement units at former Islip Fuel Depot with nearly £5m in local infrastructure contributions. |
 | Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · yesterday Town sports park celebrates grand reopening of 'vibrant' new clubhouse• The popular sports facility has modernised its clubhouse and is 'open to everyone'. |
 | Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · yesterday New footpath and bridleway could be added to Oxfordshire map• Oxfordshire County Council announced it has made a modification order under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. |
 | Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · yesterday Historic £1.8 million Blenheim hotel in Cotswolds town under offer• The Blenheim hotel in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds was put up for sale by Manor earlier this year and is now 'under offer'. |
 | Oxford Mail · Local news · yesterday 'Nobody knows what's coming' warning as Oxfordshire makes 'first' of many cuts• "Nobody knows what's coming," an Oxfordshire representative warns, as leaders describe "awful" cuts as "the first" with more to come. |
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