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Liberal Democrat victory in last County Council election

Oxfordshire residents voted in what was expected to be Oxfordshire County Council’s last election on Thursday 1st May after the UK government announced intentions to reform local government in...
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‘I now live in constant fear’ – UN judge convicted of enslaving woman jailed for six years

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Sir Mo Farah and Lord Melvyn Bragg among 2025 honorary degree recipients

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Nominations open for new Student Union positions

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Oxford student in Twitter bomb threat

An Oxford student is amongst a number of female journalists to receive bomb threats on the social networking site

OED’s new ‘marriage’ definition to include same-sex couples

The Oxford English Dictionary has announced that it will alter its definition of marriage to include reference to same-sex unions

Bo Guagua enrolls at Columbia Law School

Bo Guagua continues studies in America, in a move interpreted by many as a sign that he is unlikely to ever return to China.

Sex hormones linked to breast cancer, new research shows

An Oxford University study has found that premenopausal women with high levels of sex hormones may be more likely to develop breast cancer

Bridge of Sigh-cle ride for Hertford Principal

Oxford to Venice for Hertford Principle in Bridge of Sighs centenary celebrations

Oxford Professor reveals JK Rowling’s pseudonym

J K Rowling unmasked as author crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling

Oxford MP opposes unpaid internships

Andrew Smith, MP for Oxford East, has confirmed his support for a campaign to end unpaid internships.

Twin girls released from hostage situation

Twin two-year-old girls have been released after having been held hostage by their father in a flat in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

Licence to thrill denied to Oxford lap dancing club

Oxford’s only strip club has lost a High Court appeal to renew its sexual entertainment licence

‘Grandparent effect’ on social standing

New Oxford Universtiy research has found that grandparents can affect where you are on the social ladder just as much as parents

Oxford Union invites EDL leader

Tommy Robinson, the leader of the English Defence League, has been invited to a nationalism debate in Michaelmas term

Pembroke internship auction "insult"

Students and OUSU condemn college's decision to host a silent auction for Abingdon School

Five jailed for life in Oxford child abuse trials

Seven men, including two sets of brothers, have been sentenced for child sexual exploitation crimes committed in the Oxford area

Oxford University’s largest private donor found dead

Dr. James Martin, Oxford University’s most generous private benefactor, has been found dead in Bermuda

Boat race protester told to leave UK

Trenton Oldfield, who disrupted last year's Oxford-Cambridge boat race, has been ordered out of Britain by the Home Office

Keble hall manager bows out

Keble College’s hall manager, Gerard McHugh, is retiring after eleven years of service at the college

An open letter about the Oxford Union

The former Union Secretary, who stood down last week following hacking and sexism allegations, addresses recent events

Oxford Access schemes: are they working?

Cherwell investigates admissions statistics over the last five years to establish how access programmes have affected on admissions statistics

Scandal at the Union

The Oxford Union Secretary resigns after claims of computer hacking and sexist victimisation

St Hugh’s ‘bomb’ destroyed in controlled explosions

Exclusive photo of the St Hugh's hoax bomb
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