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Tap the pic to hear highlights, live tracks, inteviews & more from Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official page - from 8pm until 1am - including Fairport Convention's set in full! 🙌
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jc406t
Join us for highlights and live performances from Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2024!
Oxford United celebrated their return to the Championship for the first time since 1999 with a deserved 2-0 victory over Norwich City.
Mark Harris scored Oxford United's first goal in the second tier since 1999 during a deserved victory over Norwich City.
Hear live commentary with Jerome Sale on 95.2fm, digital radio & freeview Ch. 722 as play their first game in the Championship! 💛 KO: 12.30
Oxford United Official v Norwich City FC
▶️ Read match reports here ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cn9ldl2q3dxt
Lucy has a spinal cord injury, she described being able to camp at Wilderness Festival for the first time due to Festival Spirit's on-site adapted tent as a "big milestone". 🙌
▶️ Read more ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmww8rgg8do
Oxford United’s manager and chairman look ahead to the new season and the opening day clash with Norwich at a sold out Kassam Stadium.
📻 Hear the game live on BBC Radio Oxford from noon on Saturday.
Oxford United boss Des Buckingham says his team "won't shy away" from the challenges that come with Championship football.
It's split opinion... some find it... appeeling... is it a new bana-anksy? 🍌 A bunch of bananas appeared on one of BBC Radio Oxford's windows overnight! 🤷
▶ Possibly inspired by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65446331
A variety of products were checked, including seasonings, spices, milk, canned vegetables, tea, rice, and foods labelled "gluten-free".
Oxfordshire Trading Standards checked 90 products for incorrect nutritional information.
Almost 20,000 festivalgoers are set to descend on Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official page for one of the UK's largest folk rock festivals.
The festival, which takes place in Cropredy, near Banbury, has been staged in the area since 1980.
What a tune! 🥰 Watch Waiting for Smith play White Light of Love, live in session for BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire 🙌
▶ Listen on BBC Sounds to hear more incredible new music ⤵
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j9j4xw
Thursday nights from 8pm = excellent new music from Oxfordshire & Berkshire 🙌
➡️ This week, Waiting for Smith joins us for a chat about his new album 'Raised Up', plus he's live in session.
🔊 Listen live or on our podcast, just search for BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire ⤵️
https://bbc.in/3ywb7uS
Celebrating Didcot's dairy days! 🐮
Didcot Dairy Story features objects and stories from Job's Dairy at the Cornerstone Arts Centre.
Hundreds of anti-racism campaigners gathered at Asylum Welcome in .
▶️ Read more about counter-protests across the south ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ypj7g27y5o
Passengers playing piano! 🎹 Oxford train station has been given a temporary musical makeover. 🎶
🔊 Listen to more on BBC Sounds ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgzctg
Hear highlights, live tracks, inteviews & more from Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official page - Saturday 10th August from 8pm until 1am... including Fairport Convention's set in full! 🙌
📻 Listen on 95.2fm, digital radio & BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jc406t
Could artificial intelligence revolutionise the NHS by improving patient care and freeing up staff time?
Generative AI will be transformative for NHS patient outcomes, a senior government advisor says.
Peter Hughes was an "extremely good man who was deeply generous in so many ways", his family said.
Peter Hughes, 71, died when the replica Spitfire he was piloting crashed on 28 July.
When life imitates art... or is it the other way round?! Sophie surprised fan Joe Lane on BBC Radio Oxford! 💛
🔊 Join Sophie for Breakfast, every weekday morning from 6 🙌
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After a woman in found “some kind of big bullets” in her loft... Sophie Law heard about everything from from rocket launchers at a carboot sale... to grannies with grenades! 💥
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From rocket launchers to grannies with grenades, munitions collector shares his stories.
Nearly 2,000 more homes than previously planned could be built across Oxfordshire every year, according to government figures.
The new Labour government wants authorities to permit just over 5,100 new homes across Oxfordshire.
For Thames Water, Ofwat is proposing the largest fine on record of £104m.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ypp032le0o?
Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks.
Campaigners against a 170-home development on the outskirts of Banbury have described their "upset" after outline planning permission was granted on appeal.
The planning inspector says it is "clear" the site where the housing will go "is valued locally".
BBC South Today's Alexis Green recalled "shaking" as she tried to save a man's life.
Weather presenter Alexis Green recalls "running on adrenaline" while giving chest compressions.
DUB SPECIAL: Oxford United chairman Grant Ferguson joins our podcast as excitement builds for the new season in the Championship. 🙌
▶️ He addresses some of the summer’s hottest topics and has a message for all fans ahead of United’s first match at that level for 25 years.
🔊 Listen on BBC Sounds or anywhere you get your podcasts ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgtppm
"We'll get it in, don't worry!". For 20 years Josh from lived with Chronic Kidney Disease... he joined Adam Ball to tell us his great news! 🥰
👉 Join Adam on BBC Radio Oxford for more great stories, every weekday morning from 10 🙌
Meet the furry new police recruits 🥰
Thames Valley Dogs Section introduces its latest recruits.
An AI assistant is easing NHS pressure in cataract care. 👁️
An automated voice system called Dora phones patients to ask questions, interprets their answers and identifies patients who need to be seen by a clinician.
▶ Read more:
Automated voice system Dora provides a cheaper, more efficient patient service, say researchers.
Ghost dogs, girls & nuns... Parapsychologist Ciaran O'Keeffe joined BBC Radio Oxford's Adam Ball to reveal the spookier side of ! 👻
🔊 Listen to more on BBC Sounds ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgnfkg
👉 Join Adam for more great stories, every weekday morning from 10 💪
The Dub - Season preview! 💛 This week: two new wingers, how should approach the season & Norwich preview.
🔊 Listen on BBC Sounds or anywhere you get your podcasts ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgm2s1
A teenager is in hospital after he was found stabbed in the torso in Banbury's People's Park.
The 18-year-old was found with a single stab wound in People's Park shortly before midnight.
Wheelchair motocross star Ben, from Henley-on-Thames, seeks championship funding.
Ben finished sixth in the world championships, which were held in California in December.
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Lucy has a spinal cord injury, she described being able to camp at Wilderness Festival for the first time due to Festival Spirit's on-site adapted tent as a "big milestone". 🙌 ▶️ Read more ⤵️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmww8rgg8do
What a tune! 🥰 Watch Waiting for Smith play White Light of Love, live in session for BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire 🙌 ▶ Listen on BBC Sounds to hear more incredible new music ⤵ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j9j4xw
Hundreds of anti-racism campaigners gathered at Asylum Welcome in #Oxford. ▶️ Read more about counter-protests across the south ⤵️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ypj7g27y5o
Passengers playing piano! 🎹 Oxford train station has been given a temporary musical makeover. 🎶 🔊 Listen to more on BBC Sounds ⤵️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgzctg
When life imitates art... or is it the other way round?! Sophie surprised #oufc fan Joe Lane on BBC Radio Oxford! 💛 🔊 Join Sophie for Breakfast, every weekday morning from 6 🙌 Oxford United Official #OUFC
"We'll get it in, don't worry!". For 20 years Josh from #Wantage lived with Chronic Kidney Disease... he joined Adam Ball to tell us his great news! 🥰 👉 Join Adam on BBC Radio Oxford for more great stories, every weekday morning from 10 🙌
Ghost dogs, girls & nuns... Parapsychologist Ciaran O'Keeffe joined BBC Radio Oxford's Adam Ball to reveal the spookier side of #Oxford! 👻 🔊 Listen to more on BBC Sounds ⤵️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgnfkg 👉 Join Adam for more great stories, every weekday morning from 10 💪
Retiring from a 50-year career fixing Oxford Bus Company buses 🚌👨🔧 Adam Ball gave Nigel a lovely send-off on BBC Radio Oxford.😭 🔊 Listen to more on BBC Sounds ⤵️ https://bbc.in/4dsQxdS 👉 Join Adam for more great stories, every weekday morning from 10 💪
Meet Oxford's £1m robot: S.T.R.Y.D.E.R 🤖🦾 ▶️ Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg647kqk34ro
"What's in your truck!?" 🚚 We asked the bands playing on our BBC Music Introducing V&V stage at TRUCK FESTIVAL what they would be hauling! ▶️ Hear live tracks, interviews & more - Thursday 1st August from 8 with Dave Gilyeat ⤵️ https://bbc.in/4fvgrze
A moo-ving experience! OxTrail 2024 ▶️ Read more ⤵️ https://bbc.in/3Ys3hNt
17-year-old Max from #Bicester is hoping to take paddleboarding to the Olympics! 💪 🔊 Listen to more on BBC Sounds ⤵️ https://bbc.in/3SqG0aQ
City Sightseeing Oxford has launched a new bus tour, revealing the untold stories of black scholars in the city and the legacy they left. 🔊 You can also listen on BBC Sounds https://bbc.in/3WBwzb9
“It’s not every day you find a Roman road under your school field!”. This cobbled street, thought to date back to AD 43, was found in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell.
Bobby might be 90, but that doesn’t stop her getting up to mischief! 🐢 🔊 Join Adam Ball on BBC Radio Oxford, every weekday morning from 10.
“It’s not every day you find a Roman road under your school field!”. This cobbled street, thought to date back to AD 43, was found in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. ▶️ Read more ⤵️ https://bbc.in/4fi7x85 The Wallingford Historical & Archaeological Society - TWHAS
Happy 21st (again) to our never-aging Breakfast presenter Sophie Law! 🎂🎉🍷 Assembly Bangers' James B Partridge sent her this excellent birthday song 🥰 📻 Join Sophie for Breakfast, every weekday morning from 6! 👇 https://bbc.in/466ys2w
Mud, mud, glorious mud! 🦏🛀 ▶️ Is this a heatwave? Read more ⤵️ https://bbc.in/3zOzcgR #Rhino #Mudbath #Hot Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
The annual medieval tradition of swan upping on the River Thames has begun! 🦢 ▶️ Read more ⤵️ https://bbc.in/4d2wZxb
He’s played Glastonbury... he’s gone viral... but can BBC Radio Oxford’s Sophie Law & Phil Mercer guess who he is?! (tl;dr: ...basically, no!) 📻 Join Sophie for Breakfast, every weekday morning from 6! 👇 https://bbc.in/3YfH4ls James B Partridge
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