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Oxfordshire residents responded to a campaign to encourage people back onto buses, with a reported 20% increase in bus use last month. Bus operators Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel and… Continue reading Oxfordshire residents returning to Buses as the county bounces back

Former world champion Marta Bastianelli claimed her first-ever AJ Bell Women’s Tour stage victory in Banbury, Oxfordshire, on Monday following a perfectly-timed sprint. Bastianelli (Alé BTC Ljubljana) managed to pass… Continue reading Marta Bastianelli Sprints To First-Ever AJ Bell Women’s Tour Stage Victory In Banbury

Bicester schoolboy Reuben Cooper, aged 10, has won this year’s AJ Bell Women’s Tour flag design competition. The prestigious cycle race is taking place between Bicester, Oxford, Abingdon, and Banbury… Continue reading Bicester child wins AJ Bell Women’s Tour flag design competition

• An Online talk streaming at 7pm on Wednesday 20th October 2021 with a live Q&A with speaker Patrick Crowley. • Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia (Present day Iraq) in 1916… Continue reading Catastrophe at Kut – an Oxfordshire regiment under siege in Iraq, 1916

Things that go bump in the night – and day – will create a spooky half term experience for all the family at Blenheim Palace next month (October 22nd to… Continue reading Ghoulish Goings-on at Blenheim Palace’s Half Term Fright-Fest

Blenheim Palace is celebrating all things autumnal over the weekend as part of its brand new Autumn Festival (Friday, 1st October to Sunday, 3rd October). Based around the historic Walled… Continue reading Autumn Extravaganza at Blenheim Palace

Oxford Tube, the 24-hour coach service travelling direct from Oxford to London, has announced it will offer free return travel to London Marathon runners on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd… Continue reading Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Offers Free Oxford Tube Travel to London Marathon Runners

The AJ Bell Women’s Tour, the premiere women’s international cycle race in the UK, is coming to Oxfordshire on Monday 4 October 2021. Around 100 pro-cyclists – accompanied by support… Continue reading Final countdown… AJ Bell Women’s Tour cycling race is coming to Oxfordshire on Monday

The competition will involve residents capturing their recycling skills in a photo or video, with the best entry winning £250 in LoveToShop vouchers. The aim is to increase the number… Continue reading New Recycling Heroes competition offers the best recycler a chance to win £250 in LoveToShop vouchers

The St Margaret’s Hotel has installed two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to encourage eco-tourists to stay at the hotel when visiting the historic city of Oxford. Kevin Blair, the… Continue reading Leading the charge: How a small hotel in Oxford is encouraging green visitors.

Defending champion Lizzie Deignan, recently-crowned world time trial champion Ellen van Dijk, former winner Kasia Niewiadoma, and Tokyo 2020 medallists Marlen Reusser and Lisa Klein are among the first riders… Continue reading First Riders revealed for 2021 AJ Bell Women’s Tour

The south of England’s original illuminations event is back and is bigger and better than ever this year. Fairytale Farm’s famous Illuminated Evenings are switched on from Saturday 9th October… Continue reading Visit Fairytale Farm’s Illuminated Evenings this autumn

Modern Art Oxford is proud to reopen its doors with the Platform Graduate Award 2021, a series of three solo exhibitions by selected Bachelor of Fine Art graduates from local… Continue reading Modern Art Oxford and CVAN South East present The Platform Graduate Award 2021

The Museum of Oxford will be re-opening on 11 October 2021 after a £2.8 million, 3-year refurbishment re-designing and re-modelling galleries and learning spaces to create bigger display areas, more… Continue reading Museum launches community competition for re-opening season

Eighty-year-old Major Mick Stanley launched his homemade boat ‘Tintanic’ onto the lake at Blenheim Palace on Wednesday as part of his 100-mile Tintanic Adventure to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research… Continue reading Major Mick’s 100 Mile Tintanic Adventure for Alzheimer’s Research UK Reaches Blenheim Palace

Pye Homes is anticipating high levels of enquiries for the new energy-efficient homes at its Church Farm development in Radley because of growing concerns about fuel supplies. Church Farm, which… Continue reading Developer Expects Surge in Enquiries for new Energy-Saving Homes

Blenheim Palace is marking the official start of autumn on Wednesday by showcasing a collection of 18th century telescopes, scientific instruments and handwritten astronomical observations belonging to George Spencer, 4th… Continue reading Blenheim Celebrates ‘Astronomer’ Duke on Autumn Equinox

Back by popular demand, The Great Antique & Vintage Car Boot Fair will be returning on Sunday 26th September to Stonor Park, near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Opening at 9am for… Continue reading Popular Antiques and Vintage Fair returns to Historic Stonor Park

Oxford City Council is to extend Broad Meadow until 10 October 2021. The announcement of the extension is timed to coincide with World Car Free Day, when people around the… Continue reading Broad Meadow to stay until October