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Far-right links and Putin praise: fears over £600m UK history theme park plan

French family behind project visited Kremlin in 2014 to discuss building ‘Tsarland’ in annexed Crimea

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water restructure plans a ‘bridge to nowhere’, MP’s barristers tell court

Barristers for Charlie Maynard, MP for Witney in Oxfordshire, told the High Court that plans to restructure the utility were a ‘poor short-term fix’.

The Independent UK

Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’

The Chancellor said the economy will stagnate if you ‘always give in’ to objections.

Evening Standard

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Reeves looks to the skies in search of economic growth with support for Heathrow

Rachel Reeves put support for a third runway at the London hub airport at the heart of her plan to kickstart the UK economy.

Evening Standard

Puy du Fou launches public consultation on proposals for Oxfordshire theme park

The attraction is set to include four period villages and 13 live shows in which visitors can ‘immerse themselves in British history’.

Evening Standard

How we uncovered the UK’s biggest site of dinosaur tracks in a quarry in Oxfordshire

In 2024, researchers from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham excavated a huge expanse of a quarry floor in Oxfordshire filled with hundreds of dinosaur footprints.

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Thieves drive off with 13 portable toilets in overnight raid

CCTV captured the moment over a dozen portable loos were stolen from a business in Oxfordshire.

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Police launch search for missing girl, 14, last seen in Cotswolds

The teenager was last seen in Witney, Oxfordshire, on 6 January

The Independent UK

UK’s largest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed in Oxfordshire

Tracks are thought to have been created by a four-legged Cetiosaurus and the meat-eating Megalosaurus

The Independent UK

Biggest trackway of dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry

Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at trackway dating to nearly 166m years ago

The Guardian - UK

Britain's biggest-ever dinosaur footprint tracks discovered in Oxfordshire

Experts believe the spectacular tracks could be over 166 million years old

Evening Standard

Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ discovered as hundreds of footprints found in quarry

Carnivore and herbivore tracks were found crossing over, prompting questions about how the two were interacting

The Independent UK

Hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years found in quarry

Five huge trackways, forming part of a ‘dinosaur highway’, were discovered during a dig at a quarry in Oxfordshire in the summer.

Evening Standard

Ex-pupil wins damages over face-down restraint at Oxfordshire special school

Boy was restrained face down by staff and others placed a towel around the door of his room to stop him leaving

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Teenage driver jailed for killing three friends after inhaling laughing gas

Thomas Johnson, 19, was driving at speeds of more than 100mph before crashing on the A415 in Oxfordshire and killing three of his friends.

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: The Packhorse, Mapledurham

In southern Oxfordshire is a charming collection of pubs. One, The Packhorse, is of particular repute

Evening Standard

'It's got a warm feel to it': Oxfordshire manor once owned by Anne of Cleves for sale for £3.75m

Broughton Hall is said to have been given to Anne of Cleves as part of her divorce settlement from Henry VIII in 1540

The Conversation

Auction houses still sell human remains – and it’s time they stopped

In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including skulls from west Africa and shrunken heads from South America.

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Evening Standard

Baby suffered head injury when pram rolled into 35mph train – report

The collision caused the pram to tip over, resulting in the infant falling onto the platform at Banbury station, Oxfordshire.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Clarkson says doctor told him to stop working after heart procedure

The former Top Gear presenter, who has a brewery, farm shop and pub in Oxfordshire, also says he has been told to shift towards eating vegetables

Evening Standard

New national quantum computing facility opens

The Oxfordshire laboratory will look to harness the hyper-powerful computing platform to help solve key issues.

Homes & Gardens

These 5 cozy homes are providing the ultimate decor inspiration for fall and winter – we want to move in

From a rustic lakeside retreat to an adorable Cotswold cottage, these cozy properties are giving us serious home envy, plus they're full of inspiring decor ideas

The Guardian - UK

‘Community action’: Oxfordshire’s Low Carbon Hub on its local renewable energy projects

Community energy group hopes for local electricity trading as part of its ‘better system’ of supply and ownership

The Independent UK

Oxfordshire auction house halts sale of horned human skull after outcry from tribal community

Nagaland’s chief minister calls the auction an act of ‘continued colonial violence upon’ Indigenous people

The Guardian - UK

UK auction house cancels ‘disrespectful’ sale of shrunken heads and skulls

Museums and Indian politician criticised Swan auction house in Oxfordshire over sale of human remains

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