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Comedy
Chris McCausland announces Oxford date for new Waffle tour
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...
Festivals
Oxford Christmas Light Bus returns with twin-city artwork and December dates
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...
Banbury News
Fairport Convention announce Cropredy 2027 anniversary celebrations and ticket dates
Fairport Convention will celebrate 60 years of British folk rock at Cropredy in August 2027, with Richard Thompson, Iain Matthews and Kellie While among...
Community
Oxford Remembrance Sunday 2026: service times and St Giles’ road closures
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...
Oxford News
Later shuttle buses for Oxford’s South Park fireworks, with returns until 10.15pm
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...
Business
German Doner Kebab to open on Oxford’s Cowley Road with £2 Doner Boxes
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...
Community
Winnie the Witch illustrator creates £5 puzzle poster for Sobell House
Oxford illustrator kOrky Paul has created a £5 puzzle poster to raise money for Sobell House Hospice, with 50 hidden treasures for readers to...
Transport & Traffic
Stagecoach offers free Remembrance bus travel for Oxfordshire veterans and Armed Forces
Veterans, serving military personnel and cadets in Oxfordshire will be able to travel free on Stagecoach buses on Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day this...
Local News
Oxfordshire’s padel expansion: new courts planned from Bicester to Abingdon
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...
Business
The Cake Shop returns to Oxford with new Golden Cross store
The Cake Shop is returning to Oxford city centre this November, two years after moving to Witney, with a new store just outside the...
Chipping Norton News
The Snow Queen brings Christmas pantomime to Chipping Norton Theatre
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...
Henley-on-Thames News
Dick Whittington returns to The Kenton for Henley’s Christmas pantomime
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...
Theatre
Sleeping Beauty announced as Witney Corn Exchange’s Christmas pantomime
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...
Theatre
The Snow Queen brings a £13 Christmas pantomime to Wantage
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...
Didcot News
Jack and the Beanstalk comes to Didcot’s Cornerstone this Christmas
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...
Council & Politics
Burnham’s ‘everyday fixes’: what’s changing for Oxfordshire households
Cheaper school uniforms, a return to £2 bus fares and stronger protection against unexpected charges feature in Andy Burnham’s package of “everyday fixes” aimed...
Local News
Cornhill Lane vehicle restrictions quashed after High Court challenge
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...
Crime & Courts
Moped rider seriously injured in Headington Roundabout hit-and-run
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...
Grove News
Wantage and Grove station could attract 1,400 passengers a day, study finds
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...
Crime & Courts
Harwell man jailed for life for murdering his mother Helen Rundle
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...
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Latest news in Oxfordshire
Chris McCausland announces Oxford date for new Waffle tour
Chris McCausland will bring his new stand-up show Waffle to the New Theatre Oxford on Wednesday 8 March 2028.
The...
Oxford Christmas Light Bus returns with twin-city artwork and December dates
Oxford’s Christmas Light Bus will return on 13 and 14 November 2026 with a new illuminated floral artwork celebrating...
Fairport Convention announce Cropredy 2027 anniversary celebrations and ticket dates
Fairport Convention will celebrate 60 years of British folk rock at Cropredy in August 2027, with Richard Thompson, Iain...
Oxford Remembrance Sunday 2026: service times and St Giles’ road closures
Oxford will hold public services for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day next week, with St Giles’ closed to traffic...
Later shuttle buses for Oxford’s South Park fireworks, with returns until 10.15pm
Visitors to Oxford’s South Park fireworks will have more time to stay after the display this Saturday, with return...
German Doner Kebab to open on Oxford’s Cowley Road with £2 Doner Boxes
German Doner Kebab will open on Oxford’s Cowley Road on Thursday 5 November, offering £2 Doner Boxes to customers...
Winnie the Witch illustrator creates £5 puzzle poster for Sobell House
Oxford illustrator kOrky Paul has created a £5 puzzle poster to raise money for Sobell House Hospice, with 50...
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