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Streets for People Day in Oxford.
Oxford city council is holding a Streets for People day on Saturday 22 September, with events taking place across the city. Broad Street will host a variety of fun activities for children, street caf
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Oxford assesses damage as floodwaters recede.
Residents in the Botley Road, Osney Island and Abingdon Road areas are dealing with the aftermath of last month
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Oxford’s old bins become water butts.
Following the delivery of new recycling wheelie bins and blue boxes to households around Oxford, the city council has promised to collect and recycle as many unwanted old bins as possible. A home has...
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A new community woodland is to be created on a former landfill site in Oxford
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Primary school to get wind turbine.
Oxford city council has given the go-ahead for the building of a 12-m wind turbine at a local school. The turbine, which will generate electricity for the Sandhills primary school, is to be built on t...
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Central Oxford gets recycling bins.
Homes in the city centre are to receive wheelie bins and blue boxes for recycling as of 13 November. Over the following fortnight Oxford
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Trap Grounds to be registered as town green.
Following years of campaigning by a local Oxford group, a three-acre area of scrubland, grassland and woodland known as the Trap Grounds in North Oxford looks set to be registered by the county counci...
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Heat relief for Oxfords elderly.
Soaring temperatures in Britain this summer have prompted Oxford city council to offer grants for the installation of insulation in the homes of Oxford residents over 60 years of age. The grants are a...
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Oxford boosts recycling service.
Oxford city council has given the go-ahead to a new recycling scheme which should more than double current recycling levels. The new scheme, to be launched in September 2006, will be introduced in two...
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Oxford city council has allotted 75,000 to a get-tough campaign targeting illegal rubbish dumping, littering, graffiti artists, noisy neighbours and dog fouling. The money will be spent on educating t...
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A team of six rangers is already at work seven days a week patrolling Oxfords parks. A 150,000 project has been approved by the city council to provide a visible public presence in local parks. The ra...
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Oxford city council has won a South East Renewable energy award for its commitment to renewable energy with its Solar Guide to Oxford. The guide contains a series of cycle rides to some of the solar h...
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Oxfords Hinksey Lake is set to become an anglers paradise. The local environment agency has decided to promote angling in a development programme to introduce newcomers to the sport. Plans include t...
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Oxford hospital grounds for redevelopment.
The Oxford Mental Health Trust is seeking planning permission to build homes for key workers and research facilities on the land adjacent to the Warneford and Park Hospitals in Headington. The Trust,...
