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Chris McCausland will bring his new stand-up show Waffle to the New Theatre Oxford on Wednesday 8 March 2028. The 2024 Strictly Come Dancing winner...

Oxford’s Christmas Light Bus will return on 13 and 14 November 2026 with a new illuminated floral artwork celebrating the city and its seven...

Fairport Convention will celebrate 60 years of British folk rock at Cropredy in August 2027, with Richard Thompson, Iain Matthews and Kellie While among...

Oxford will hold public services for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day next week, with St Giles’ closed to traffic for Sunday’s ceremony at the...

Visitors to Oxford’s South Park fireworks will have more time to stay after the display this Saturday, with return shuttle buses to Thornhill Park...

German Doner Kebab will open on Oxford’s Cowley Road on Thursday 5 November, offering £2 Doner Boxes to customers who download its app. The restaurant...

Oxford illustrator kOrky Paul has created a £5 puzzle poster to raise money for Sobell House Hospice, with 50 hidden treasures for readers to...

New padel courts are being proposed across Oxfordshire as the sport’s rapid national growth brings plans for covered facilities in Grove, Bicester, North Hinksey...

The Cake Shop is returning to Oxford city centre this November, two years after moving to Witney, with a new store just outside the...

Gerda and Dame Candy Cane will head into a frozen kingdom when The Snow Queen opens at Chipping Norton Theatre on 18 November 2026. The...

Dick Whittington's search for fame and fortune will bring him to Henley's Kenton Theatre this Christmas, with Immersion Theatre presenting the pantomime from 5...

Sleeping Beauty will bring Princess Aurora, the wicked Carabosse and the Good Fairies to Witney's Corn Exchange from 18 to 31 December 2026. Buttercross Theatre...

Wantage becomes the frozen kingdom of Wantonia in The Beacon's Christmas pantomime, The Snow Queen, running from 18 to 21 December 2026. Jack Frost persuades...

Jack, Daisy the Cow and a giant will take over Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot for its 2026 Christmas pantomime. Polka Dot Pantomimes and Cornerstone...

Vehicle restrictions on Cornhill Lane in East Challow, near Wantage, have been overturned after a High Court challenge by the Green Lane Association. Oxfordshire County...

A moped rider suffered a serious leg injury in a hit-and-run collision at Headington Roundabout in Oxford, police have said. The man, who is in...

A new railway station serving Wantage and Grove could attract up to around 1,400 passengers a day, according to a study announced by Oxfordshire...

A Harwell man has been jailed for life for murdering his mother, 64-year-old Helen Rundle. Carl Rundle, 42, of The Park, was sentenced at Oxford...

David Gray will headline Blenheim Palace Festival on Saturday 3 July 2027, with Jack Savoretti joining him as special guest. The singer-songwriter is the second...

The OX5 RUN will return to Blenheim Palace on Sunday 18 April 2027 for its 25th event, raising money for Oxford Children’s Hospital and...