The 13 up-market shops in the historic Golden Cross shopping arcade off Cornmarket Street are open for business as usual during renovations to the roof, guttering and windows. However traders are concerned that shoppers may be deterred by the forest of...

The government’s Places for Change programme has awarded £2.3 million to the Oxford city council to be used primarily in projects for the homeless. The bulk of the funding will be used to renovate the Old Fire Station on George Street,...

The city council has approved a comprehensive policy for the maintenance of Oxford’s 102,000 trees. New measures dealing with the identification and felling of diseased trees and the replacement of felled trees with new ones are already in operation and a...

Oxford city council is to issue radar-operated speed guns to residents later this year, enabling locals to take direct action against dangerous drivers by registering their speed. With official figures showing a rise in the number of accidents involving pedestrians and...

More than 180 new bus shelters are to be installed across Oxford in a five-year project agreed by the city council and the outdoor advertising giant Clear Channel UK. The new-look bus shelters will be in Oxford blue and silver and...

Work has started on a £180,000 extension to Donnington Doorstep, the community-based family centre in East Oxford. Originally set up in a Portakabin by local parents in 1984, the popular drop-in centre is to get a new first-floor extension providing a...

The Democrats Global Primary, the first time in American history for a political primary to be held abroad, will take place on “Super Tuesday” 5 February. Voters in the primary will be able to cast their ballots by internet, post or...

A private company has been given a three-year contract by Oxford city council to survey 32,000 trees across the city, creating a database of those that need surgery or felling. The company, Bartlett Tree Care, has already identified 50 trees that...

Following Oxford city council’s competition to re-design shabby down-at-heel Bonn Square in the centre of Oxford, work has now begun on a £1.5 million facelift. Financed by a grant from the department of communities and local government, the redevelopment project includes...

The Oxford city council's strategic development control committee has approved the construction of a £29 million book depository for the Bodleian Library on the banks of the Thames at Osney Mead. Designed to hold eight million books, the new 20 m-high building...