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  • THIS WEEK: Fame The Musical at New Theatre

    “If you want twee don’t ask me. I’m not that person,” Mica Paris tells me firmly as she prepares for her evening performance in Fame The Musical. The famous soul singer, one of the UK’s most respected female artists, with a career full of Top 10

  • Passion Play back for third year for re-telling

    CHORISTERS gathered in Abingdon yesterday to prepare for the town's triennial re-telling of the Passion of the Christ. The outdoor retelling of the Easter story - the Abingdon Passion Play, reveals an aspect of the life of Jesus and the event has

  • County lines dealer jailed for crack and heroin drugs plot

    A 'COUNTY lines' drug dealer who came to Bicester in a bid to sell class A drugs has been jailed. Ellis Drummond, 27 of Hartwell Drive, Kempston, Bedford, admitted at Oxford Crown Court on Friday two counts of being concerned in the supply of class

  • Prince of Wales awards Oxford poet MBE

    OXFORD poet Kate Clanchy, the writer in residence at Oxford Spires Academy, has been given her MBE by the Prince of Wales. The Scottish writer was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature in the Queen’s Birthday

  • Just 5% of firefighter rescues involve fires

    JUST FIVE percent of firefighter rescues last year in Oxfordshire were fire-related. New figures show that little over 20 rescues by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service were from fires. Instead, statistics show that firefighters in the county

  • Oxford restaurants with a three star hygiene rating

    Oxford restaurants, cafes and canteens, with a three star hygiene rating. All data correct as of February 9 2019. Dates below indicate last inspection.  CLICK HERE FOR MAIN ARTICLE AND FULL BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS. Acropolis 146 London

  • Oxford restaurants with a two star hygiene rating

    Oxford restaurants, cafes and canteens, with a two star hygiene rating. All data correct as of February 9 2019. Dates below indicate last inspection.  CLICK HERE FOR MAIN ARTICLE AND FULL BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS. AlCater4U James Wolfe

  • Oxford restaurants with a one star hygiene rating

    Oxford restaurants, cafes and canteens, with a one star hygiene rating. All data correct as of February 9 2019. Dates below indicate last inspection.  CLICK HERE FOR MAIN ARTICLE AND FULL BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS. DRAGON EXPRESS 81 London

  • Oxford restaurants with a five star hygiene rating

    Oxford restaurants, cafes and canteens, with a five star hygiene rating. All data correct as of February 9 2019. Dates below indicate last inspection.  CLICK HERE FOR MAIN ARTICLE AND FULL BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS. 1738 Cafe 1-4 Broad Street

  • Oxford restaurants with a four star hygiene rating

    Oxford restaurants, cafes and canteens, with a four star hygiene rating. All data correct as of February 9 2019. Dates below indicate last inspection.  CLICK HERE FOR MAIN ARTICLE AND FULL BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS. Adria 5 Simon House, 

  • Venue announced for next 'Food in the Nude' event

    ANOTHER date has been set for diners to bare all after the success of Oxford's first 'naked feast'. Almost 40 people threw away their inhibitions as well as their clothes for a four-course meal at the Tap Social brewery bar earlier this month.

  • Oxford charity helps schools to battle mental heath myths

    A CHARITY is working with primary schools across the county to dispel the stigma surrounding mental health. One-Eighty in Oxford is running a project in Oxfordshire primary schools called Make Me Smile, which teaches children skills including how

  • It's time to bounce - 'inflatable fun day' coming to Oxford

    INFLATABLES will be blown up for a family fun day in Littlemore. The Oxford Academy will host an event staged by Time2Bounce. The day of bouncing promises ‘a huge range of bouncy castles, obstacle courses, soft play and more’. It runs from

  • Remember When: Murder clue found near hospital...

    GRISLY evidence from what may have been a 1,700-year-old murder was found by archaeologists in the Churchill Hospital grounds in 1971. A disfigured human skull was discovered in a six-foot well shaft during an excavation of a Roman pottery site

  • Quiz of the week

    1 Oxford rockers Foals this week announced they will be headlining Steventon's Truck Festival where they cut their teeth, but how many years ago did they first play? 2 A survey by takeaway delivery giants Deliveroo this week revealed their number-one-most-ordered

  • You can now help plant apple trees in Oxford

    VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help plant apple trees in Oxford. A group of residents will be planting saplings at Meadow Lane Nature Park, on the banks of the Thames in East Oxford, next Saturday, February 16. Sue Rowe, who is organising the event

  • IN THE DOCK: A weekly round-up of crown court sentences

    HERE is a round-up of some of the sentencing hearings held at Oxford Crown Court between Monday February 4 and Friday February 8. Monday Christopher Wain, 41, of Richens Drive, Carterton. Jailed after he went into a Tesco Express armed

  • Oxford 'Tourist Tax' - how should it work and do we need it?

    A TOURIST tax would target tourist coaches not hotels if one was introduced in Oxford, according to a leading councillor. Mary Clarkson, the city council’s board member for culture and city centre, said council leaders were monitoring the issue

  • Police officer accused of having sex while on duty

    A POLICE officer accused of having sex with another officer while he was on duty will face bosses at a disciplinary hearing next week. PC Alan Russell, who was based at Abingdon Police Station, has already resigned from Thames Valley Police. His

  • Oxford's Debenhams - will it survive the chop?

    DEBENHAMS department store in Oxford could escape closure because it does not have a ground floor, according to a retail expert. The chain is in talks with its banks after struggling financially and could close 20 of its 166 stores across the UK