Oxford CCTV

Even more of Oxford is now under CCTV surveillance, as newly installed cameras were switched on in the Blackbird Leys area of the city. The area is one of the largest council estates in Europe and has been cited by...

Museum of Oxford Museum

The Oxford Mail reports that the city’s Museum of Oxford could be in line for expansion under plans announced by the city council, if the council’s bid for £500,000 from the Heritage lottery fund is successful. The museum was recently...

Oxford cemeteries

Oxford city council is to spend £20,000 on its search for new cemetery sites, after announcing that the city only has space for a further 10 years of burials in its current cemeteries. Environmental surveys are due to be carried...

Oxford to concentrate on food recycling

Oxford is shortly to begin its first doorstep food waste recycling programme, says the Oxford Mail. Residents are not obliged to take part in the scheme but will have to actively opt out when it begins in December. Councillor John...

Westgate shopping centre delayed

The Oxford Mail reports that the opening of the city’s Westgate shopping centre extension, which was approved in 2004, looks set to be pushed back until 2014. Under the new plans the redeveloped centre would have tripled retail space and...

More families to get Oxford welfare benefits

More families to get Oxford welfare benefits More Oxford families may now be eligible for both council tax and housing benefit after the council changed the way that these benefits are calculated. From 2 November child benefit has no longer been...

Radcliffe Infirmary once Bronze Age site

The former site of Oxford’s Radcliffe Infirmary is likely to have been an important 4,000 year-old Bronze Age burial site, say archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). The Radcliffe Infirmary, which was located between Woodstock Road and Walton...

Lower speeds limits may make Oxford roads more dangerous

Two advanced driving experts have claimed that Oxford’s new 20mph speed limits will make the roads more dangerous, says the Oxford Mail. Talking to the Mail Mark McArthur-Christie, chairman of the Oxford branch of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said...

Art galleries move into empty shops

Temporary art galleries are springing up around Oxford as local artists are using the city’s empty shop spaces to house their work for limited periods of time. The move is seen to help revitalize high streets and avoid vandalism of...

Oxford loves pedal power

Oxford pro-cycling campaign group Cyclox has proposed a dual lane cycling network for the city, with slow and fast routes. A map of potential routes was presented by Cyclox chairman James Styring as part of the Pedal Power exhibition at...