Scousers 'drive 175 miles to put England flags up' in Oxford Scousers 'drove 175 miles from Liverpool to put up England flags', a resident of Oxford has said amid protests across the UK.

According to the Oxford Mail, people travelled from Liverpool to put up these flags in Headington: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2548665...

Children around the world face a death sentence because o... As Robert Kennedy Jr amplifies vaccination fears, beyond America millions of people will die unnecessarily from infectious disease

The director of the Oxford Vaccine Group has warned of 14 million preventable deaths by 2030 following cuts to international aid. Professor Andrew Pollard adds that 'the only risk-free way to get good immunity and be sure that your child is still alive is through vaccination'.

“This IS a tasty burger”

What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor Almost as amazing as the knowledge we have gained in the past four decades is the fact that some people continue to deny the damage we are doing to our world

“So far the worst [of the anti-science movement] has not yet hit the UK. It is not something to take for granted over the coming years, however.” Sir Adrian Smith PRS spoke to Robin McKie as he marked 40 years as the Observer's science editor: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Oxfordshire Market Directory Looking for fresh food, affordable clothes, or simply fed up with trudging round supermarkets? Oxfordshire’s markets might have the answer. We’ve taken a look at the history of the county’s markets i...

On this beautiful Saturday morning in Oxfordshire, consider supporting local producers at your local market. Our market directory is here 👇
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Many thanks @chocolonely.bsky.social for the very generous donation of chocolate bars to sweeten up our #FoodParcels.

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…..basically how I spent the 90s…..

What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…

Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:

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#medlibs

11 weeks apart.

They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House.

Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath.

Electric Avenue BMW’s Oxford plant looked to have an assured future, building electric Minis for the Net Zero age. Then, this week, all this was thrown into doubt as the German firm paused a planned £600m investment....

Oxford’s Mini plant’s bright electric future has been placed on hold, with a £600m investment paused. What went wrong? We take a deep dive into the electric car market to find out: oxfordclarion.uk/electric-ave...

Thought for which day? For me….. everyday…..more so when forgetting to not look at the news.

BMW pauses EV production plan for MINI Oxford plant: slow electric car sales blamed | Auto Express Plans to build the electric MINI hatch and Aceman in the UK are now on hold

Below expected take up of EVs has caused BMW to pause a £600m investment to electrify Plant Oxford.
The plant builds combustion engine versions of new MINIs, with BMW importing EVs from China. Such MINIs face a tariff as they enter the EU, although the UK has not introduced additional penalties.

A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times.

"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

My local city councillor objects to a new rail line and station in the division because it’s more important to him that people can continue to store their private property on the streets without a nominal annual fee than improving public services for the area. Cool cool cool cool cool.

Oxford and Cambridge are too small Linking up the cities, and letting them grow, could power Britain’s economy

Wrote about the Ox-Cam Arc. Levers that could raise growth materially and quickly don't come easier than this. And Labour can pull it.
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This is very important…..

Tractor protest on the High. ©Oxford Clarion

Farmers joining this morning’s Oxford tractor protest look set to receive a fine for passing the High Street ‘bus gate’, which permits only buses, taxis and emergency vehicles between 7.30am and 6pm. The Penalty Charge is set at £70, reduced to £35 if paid promptly.

It’s the most Mondayish-feeling Thursday ever.

Great to see Mo Abbas get called up. One of the most watchable bowlers when he’s in rhythm which he looks like he was in the second innings.

Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

The wonderful Alison Mitchell is here! Please everyone make her welcome.

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Clarion Weekly, 29 November 2024 This week’s top stories Raindrops have been falling on our heads. Storm Bert visited Oxfordshire this week. Towpaths were closed, buses were diverted, schools shut. Environment Agency staff worked to...

For the Saturday morning long read and cuppa crowd.. 🧵
Here's this week's news summary for Oxfordshire including floods, a city council summary, and a lot of trees..
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Low immigration in a country that has an ageing population, low birth rates, vacancies across health, care, and numerous industries, could be seen as a crisis.

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Who on earth cares about his opinion opinion on this topic?

Lara

Over 20m followers in one week. Bollards remain undefeated.
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