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Local election manifestos published as student candidates contest key wards

The Labour Party, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats have released their manifestos ahead of the upcoming Oxford City Council elections, as a number of current and recent University of Oxford students contest seats across the city.

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Carl Benjamin disinvited from Oxford Union amid backlash from FemSoc and IHH

On Thursday, the Oxford Union held a debate on the motion ‘This House Believes That Being British is a ‘Birthright’, Not a Choice’. Carl Benjamin, who had been scheduled to speak, was disinvited from the event shortly before it took place.

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Second Oxfordshire Patriots protest this term met with counterprotesters

The Oxfordshire Patriots held a demonstration last Saturday in the city centre outside the Oxfordshire County Council offices. They were met by counter-protestors from Oxford Stand Up To Racism (OSUTR).

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University of Oxford paid private firm for ‘intelligence’ on student protest

The University of Oxford has been named as one of twelve UK universities that paid a private intelligence consultancy run by former military intelligence officials to monitor student activism.

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Cannabis den raided

Oxford police raided a property on Howard Street last Sunday, seizing one hundred cannabis plants.

Ratings rise on countdown

Channel 4 has reported a rise in ratings

Boffins reveal chess gender gap

Too few women are playing chess

Thirst Lodge lap-dance plans binned

Thirst Lodge has been forced to retract its application to stage lap-dancing nights.

Fire services investigate Oxford nightclubs

Nightclubs accused of failing in fire safety proceedures.

Kukui to face license review

Nightclub facing license view following concerns regarding level of violence and overcrowding.

Somerville JCR fined £1000 for food fight damage

The ex-dean to Somerville has fined the student body after a food fight at Michaelmas dinner.

Oxford student victim of racist attack

A Jewish student from Pembroke was attacked after a pro-Israel rally in London.

OUSU careers handbook criticised

The careers handbook has come under fire for putting style over substance

Clarendon sit-in students claim victory

The Bodleian sit-in protest has been hailed a victory by student demonstrators

Elite sports club to partially admit women

Vincent's Club allows women to enter unaccompanied in evenings only

Oxford Union in financial crisis

The Oxford Union is in serious financial jeopardy following a backlog of financial mismanagement and a loss of sponsorship.

Animal rights activist on trial

Court hears of activist group's intimidation.

Students protest outside BBC HQ

Protests have been occuring outside Oxford's BBC building in Summertown

Fire threatens Hertford College

A fire broke out in Hertfod college the early morning on Tuesday

Students barricade Bodleian

Over eighty students barricaded themselves in the Bodleian library to protest against Israel's action in Gaza

"Intruder" enters St Anne’s accommodation

Unidentified individual climbed drainpipe and entered building via open window.

Oxford still failing disadvantaged pupils

Public schools still top the applications list

Oxford research funding could fall £8.5m

RAE results show gap closing between Oxford and newer universities.

Bod thief jailed for 2 years

A scholar caused £1,000,000 worth of damage cutting up books

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