Street pastors for Oxford

Oxford city centre is to see church-sponsored late night patrols of street pastors, under a scheme set up by the Ascension Trust. Street pastors, who aim to help the vulnerable on the streets, were originally pioneered by Reverend Les Isaac...

Oxford's Covered Market opens for Sunday trading

Oxford’s 18th-century Covered Market, designed by the architect of Magdalen Bridge John Gwynn, is to open for Sunday trading permanently after a successful eight-month trial period. The market, which opened in 1774, received the go-ahead from the city council, after...

Thames Valley Police rents out security officers

Thames Valley Police has said that it is “open to offers” from businesses that want to buy their own police community support officers (PCSOs), reports the Oxford Mail. Oxford Brookes University has just agreed to fund its own pair of...

Chiltern Railways get Oxford extension

The government has granted Chiltern railways, which serves Oxfordshire, an extension of its franchise for another seven and a half years to 2021 in exchange for the rail operator’s proposed £250 million investment. As part of its Evergreen 3 investment...

Oxford School board removed

A school in Oxford has had its entire board of governors removed by the county council, despite protests by parents of pupils who claim that the council wants to turn the school into an academy. The Oxford School, a secondary...