5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (254+ words) Matean Market's bid for an alcohol and tobacco licence has been rejected amid a history of legal violations. The application for Matean Market at 128 Hollow Way was turned down at the City Council's Licensing and Gambling Sub-Committee Meeting. Trading Standards…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago   (474+ words) A Romanian food store in Oxford is being investigated by Trading Standards for alleged sales of illegal tobacco. Romania Express at 136 Oxford Road in Cowley has trading for three years, billing itself as the 'number one destination for Romanian food…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (274+ words) Public hearings are set to begin in October as part of the independent examination of Oxford's long-term development plan. The hearings, part of the review process for the Oxford Local Plan 2045, will take place in two stages. The first will…...

5+ hour ago   (446+ words) Two men are set to run 412 miles across Britain to raise money for a childhood cancer charity. Matthew O’Connor and Joe Hughes will take on the nine-day challenge in September to raise £30,000 for The Azaylia Foundation, a charity supporting children…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (271+ words) Christ Church Cathedral Choir in Oxford will perform at Carnegie Hall as part of its 500th anniversary celebrations. The choir will tour the United States from September 25 to October 4, performing in celebrated musical and sacred spaces. Performances will begin at St…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (419+ words) A teenager has raised more than £25,000 by running a marathon, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and completing a 96-mile ultramarathon in honour of a friend who lost his leg to cancer. Hugo Turpin, 19, from Whichford near Chipping Norton, completed the climb alongside…...

18+ hour, 41+ min ago   (239+ words) A new Aldi and Costa Coffee drive-thru are set to be built in Bourton-on-the-Water. The plans were approved by Cotswold District Council at a planning committee meeting this September 2026. The new outlets, to be located at Bourton Industrial Park off…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (437+ words) A man, who made threats to kill his own mother, has been jailed for breaching court orders. Daniel Chandler attended an address in Oxford he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order on four occasions between March and July…...

18+ hour, 41+ min ago   (246+ words) Thermal drones are being used to conduct wildlife surveys along the proposed East West Rail route. This innovative method, developed by East West Railway Company (EWR Co) and its contractor Kier, aims to protect ground-nesting birds and locate mammals before…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (252+ words) New zebra crossings and traffic calming measures could soon be on the way to improve pedestrian safety in West Oxford. Oxfordshire County Council has launched a public consultation on the proposals in Carterton, near Witney, which include a new zebra…...