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Can Oxfordshire change the future of social media? Social media is a fixture in many of our lives. Its use and its impact have been polarising. It can be used to find a lost cat or new skincare regime, or learn how to clean a dirty kitchen, or even, dare we say it, to find out about the

Can Oxfordshire change the future of social media?

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The Clarion, 21 April 2026 MPs with pandas, ‘Quarry Roubaix’, tiny bugs, a 10-hour choral marathon, more trains. We love writing about this city. And then there’s potholes… This week’s long reads We know, we don't write about potholes. But they’ve been front page news in almost every other news outlet in

The Clarion, 21 April 2026

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Planning applications: there may be leopards

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The hole in my road is letting in water Britain is getting both hotter and wetter. Cars are getting heavier. And so roads are getting more potholed. It’s that simple. But fixing them isn’t – especially when Government funding to Oxfordshire has dropped by 13% in ten years, yet social care and special educational needs are swallowing up

The hole in my road is letting in water

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Clarion Weekend, 17 April 2026 The pound signs are appearing all over Oxfordshire: Government handouts, a Singapore company buying Oxford’s other football club, venture capitalists and a solar farm share offer. Cheque-books at the ready for this week’s newsletter… This week’s long reads You can tell a lot about a person by

Clarion Weekend, 17 April 2026

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Political pets You might have received a leaflet through your letterbox castigating your local council for wasting money on “pet projects”. We thought that was too good to pass up. Politicians all have their pet projects, and many of them have four legs. Because, much though social media might tell you otherwise,

Political pets

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The Clarion, 14 April 2026 (the Morris edition) Welcome to the Morris edition. With bells on. This week's long read Did the recent burst of spring-like weather turn your thoughts to the garden? Or perhaps one eye on the global stage made you gently reconsider future grocery bills? Today we reshare our recent article on growing your own

The Clarion, 14 April 2026 (the Morris edition)

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Clarion Weekend, 10 April 2026 Vintage books! New book festival! More police! (Or not?) Sing-along-Wicker Man! And the end in sight to the saga of the Didcot GP surgery? All this, and so much more for your weekend reading, in what has to be Oxfordshire's most eclectic newsletter. This week’s (short) long read The

Clarion Weekend, 10 April 2026

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Step outside: Oxford Fieldpaths Society turns 100 In 1926, in response to urban sprawl and increasing motor car traffic, a group met at Oriel College to ‘to form a Society for the preservation of Footpaths, Bridlepaths and Commons in the neighbourhood of Oxford.’ The Oxford Fieldpaths Society (OFS) was born from this meeting, and pre-dates even the

Step outside: Oxford Fieldpaths Society turns 100

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Clarion Weekend, 3 April 2026 Start your Easter weekend with our round-up of what’s been happening in Oxfordshire – from greyhounds to grocers, pastries to pedestrian crossings, plus books, events, indie media and a selection of April Fools. And speaking of fools… This week’s top stories National Raise the Colours founder, Ryan Bridge, was

Clarion Weekend, 3 April 2026

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The Clarion, 31 March 2026 Action on flags! A donkey! New whisky! New trains! A new forest! Renewables cheaper than fossil fuels! So much good news this week. Read on... This week’s top stories Raise the Colours has been ordered to stop erecting flags by Oxfordshire County Council. On Monday, the council issued a

The Clarion, 31 March 2026

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Oxfordshire’s maternity care Many Clarion readers will have passed through the maternity ward of the John Radcliffe Hospital, whether as an infant or a parent. It is a place with which Oxfordshire, literally, has a familial bond....

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Clarion Weekend, 27 March 2026 Abingdon Road flags, council cheese, congestion charge latest, Botley West solar farm, and Banbury – Town of Culture? All your Oxfordshire reading in another packed weekend edition… This week’s long read On Tuesday, activists from ‘Raise the Colours’ erected flags along Abingdon Road in broad daylight. In a special investigation,

Clarion Weekend, 27 March 2026

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The dark side of Raise the Colours Early on Tuesday evening, amid rush-hour traffic, a ‘Highway Maintenance’-branded van was openly stationed on Abingdon Road affixing St George’s flags to lamp-posts. We ask who is behind it – and why the campaign is so controversial. The group, who call themselves Raise the Colours, worked their way along

The dark side of Raise the Colours

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The Clarion, 24 March 2026 It’s the end of the phoney war and the start of election season proper. But can Oxford learn from Paris? Plus: Magdalen Choir goes co-ed, new towns, college cats, ring road cycling, and mystery varnish-wielding vandals. This week’s long reads We’ve been looking forward to this. When

The Clarion, 24 March 2026

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A century of muddy boots: Hill End celebrates 100 years One of Oxford’s favourite outdoor education spaces is blowing out one hundred candles this year.  Since 1926, the Hill End Centre has welcomed an estimated one million visitors to its 67-acre site just four miles from the city centre, running outdoor activities that connect people with nature. The centre

A century of muddy boots: Hill End celebrates 100 years

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Clarion Weekend, 20 March 2026 It’s a busy weekend for the city with Indie Oxford Day and the start of the Oxford Literary Festival. We have all this, plus city and county news, a feast of walking and cycling updates, and most importantly: a baby binturong… This week’s long reads We’ve opened

Clarion Weekend, 20 March 2026

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Two Councils – the Goldilocks choice Oxfordshire’s councils are to be combined – and there are competing visions for how to do this, and a Government consultation seeks your input.  In the third article of our short series, Councillor Maggie Filipova-Rivers, Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council writes for the Clarion on why she believes the

Two Councils – the Goldilocks choice

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The Clarion, 17 March 2026 Library-worrying AI bots, church roofs, ultrasonic hedgehogs, school wars, outspoken MPs, dog breeders and golden train tickets. Plus your old favourites of Thames Water, East West Rail and Oxford buses. Welcome to Tuesday’s Oxford Clarion – Oxfordshire’s most varied news update! This week’s long read Oxfordshire’s councils

The Clarion, 17 March 2026

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There’s only one Oxfordshire Oxfordshire’s councils are to be combined – and there are competing visions for how to do this. Oxfordshire County Council leader Liz Leffman writes for the Clarion on why she believes the right way forward is for one unitary council to manage the county. There is now a very short

There’s only one Oxfordshire

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