A vital bus service linking Kidlington and Summertown with Oxford’s hospitals and park and ride sites has been saved. The 700 route, which serves the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Thornhill and Oxford Parkway park and rides, was set to be withdrawn as it was not...
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To mark Clean Air Day today, Oxfordshire County Council has launched its strategy to tackle poor air quality – the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK. Air pollution is a mix of particles and gases of both natural and human origin. These can come from a range...
Local firefighter, Gabby Heycock, recently benefitted from a free NHS Health Check and is now urging other men in Oxfordshire over 40 to get theirs this Men’s Health Week (12 – 18 June). Health Checks Oxfordshire is now providing free NHS Health Checks on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council at...
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Margaret Meyer’s debut novel The Witching Tide is described as a #metoo novel for 1645. When budding writer Margaret Meyer moved to Norwich, East Anglia nine years ago, little did she know that the region was home to England’s deadliest witch hunts, nor that she would be so moved by...
All of Oxfordshire’s streetlights are scheduled to be converted to energy efficient LED units in the next 12 months, saving millions of pounds and thousands of tonnes of carbon. In 2021, Oxfordshire County Council embarked on a four year project to fit all of the county’s streetlights with environmentally friendly...
People from all over the UK, were welcomed to County Library in Oxford on Thursday 25 May for the first Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) networking event to be held outside of the British Library in London. Oxfordshire County Council welcomed guests including the British Library’s Chief Librarian, Liz...
Fans of crime fiction novels will be able to meet bestselling author Cara Hunter as she comes to Abingdon Library to launch her latest book on 13 July. The Oxford-based author of the Sunday Times bestselling DI Fawley crime series will be coming to Oxfordshire County Council’s Abingdon Library to...
The case for a railway route connecting Carterton, Witney, and Eynsham to Oxford has been set out in a new feasibility study. The preliminary strategic outline case for the Carterton-Witney-Oxford Rail Corridor (CWORC) was commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council, following proposals from the Witney Oxford Transport Group. The aim was...
Scapa Flow Museum has been selected as one of five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, the world’s largest museum prize. It is one of two Scottish museums to make the shortlist this year, alongside The Burrell Collection, Glasgow. Recently redeveloped, the Museum tells the story of...