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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture

I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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From the Miller’s Tale to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale is renowned for its salacious storyline of sexual misadventure. Set in 14th-century Oxford, it tells the tale of John the Carpenter, a husband so terrified that another “Noah’s flood” is coming to drown the world that he sleeps in a basket in the attic – freeing…

The Conversation

Probation officers in England and Wales to be given self-defence training after stabbings

Exclusive: Pilot schemes for bodycams, knife arches and metal detectors in probation offices also approved after attacks in Oxford and Preston

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I was at the India-Pakistan Oxford Union Debate and here’s what happened.

The Oxford Union – long celebrated as a cradle of free speech and the stage for some of history’s most consequential debates – was meant to host another landmark discussion last week.

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The Five Wackiest Things That Went Down During Lane Kiffin’s Move From Ole Miss to LSU

College football’s most talked-about figure is headed from Oxford to Baton Rouge.

Sports Illustrated

What Ole Miss AD, New Coach Pete Golding Had to Say As Lane Kiffin Departs for LSU

Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter and new head coach Pete Golding provided statements on the program’s direction after Lane Kiffin departed for LSU.

Sports Illustrated

Lane Kiffin Bolts Ole Miss for LSU After Weeks of Speculation

After six seasons in Oxford, Kiffin is leaving Ole Miss for an SEC rival.

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Lane Kiffin Ole Miss-LSU Saga: How ESPN’s Marty Smith Became the Unlikely Star

The veteran ESPN reporter has been on the ground in Oxford tracking Kiffin’s every move.

Sports Illustrated

Oxford United need ‘quality and character’ to secure a third season in the Championship and winning at home is the perfect springboard

Oxford embodied Gary Rowett’s fighting spirit to overpower Ipswich Town and climb out of the relegation zone

FourFourTwo

It’s not a drill: Sophie takes charge on visit to Oxford workshop

The duchess toured the social enterprise, RAW Workshop, in Blackbird Leys on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Oxford–Cambridge Rail Push Could Send Rents Over £2,100 — and Put 37 Homes on the Chopping Block for £7B Line

The £7 billion East West Rail link between Oxford and Cambridge threatens Bedford's communities, with rental costs soaring beyond £2,100/month and dozens of homes at risk of demolition.

International Business Times UK

Launch of East West Rail services to be delayed in row over guards on trains

Trains between Oxford and Milton Keynes put back to 2026 partly due to dispute, Chiltern Railways says

The Guardian - UK

Masked robbers steal £450k watch and £1.1m in crypto in terrifying car heist

Five people driving to London in car subjected to horrific kidnap ordeal

Evening Standard

The teenager who quit Manchester City for Oxford University: ‘I felt I could do more’

Han Willhoft-King was fancied to succeed at Spurs then City but opted for law at Brasenose College above pressing sessions with Guardiola

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Down Cemetery Road: Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson delight in this light conspiracy thriller

When a house mysteriously explodes in the sleepy suburbs of south Oxford and a child goes missing in the aftermath, concerned neighbour Sarah Trafford is driven to seek the truth. As an art conservator, Trafford is way out of her depth, so she enlists the help of a private investigator,…

The Guardian - UK

New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge

Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature

The Independent UK

Oxford-Cambridge corridor to get new national forest as part of £1 billion investment

It comes as part of a £1 billion investment in tree planting and could create more than 14,000 jobs,

The Independent UK

Rail line to reopen in Oxford as part of ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ project

Two new stations are to be built in Oxford as part of the development

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Evening Standard

Reeves hails £500m package for homes and transport in Oxford-Cambridge corridor

The Chancellor said the Government has ‘massive ambitions’ for the area.

The Guardian - UK

Iris Murdoch’s poems on bisexuality to be published – read one exclusively here

Drawn mostly from notebooks discovered in the attic of the late novelist and philosopher’s Oxford home, a new collection spans 60 years and touches on deeply personal themes

Evening Standard

Crown Estate eyes expansion of Harwell science hub after acquiring land

The 221-acre site sits next to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.

The Independent UK

British scientists celebrate ‘breakthrough’ in quest for unlimited clean energy

Tokamak Energy are using lithium to advance fusion research at their campus in Oxford

Evening Standard

Oxford Union president who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting faces being ousted in no confidence vote

George Abaraonye, 20, shared several videos in a WhatsApp group last month, seemingly welcoming the news that the right-wing activist had been shot

The Independent UK

‘Flying is my happy place,’ Prince of Wales reminisces with air force colleagues

William told colleagues that he likes ‘to keep on top of my flying’ during a visit to RAF Benson near Oxford.

Evening Standard

Oxford student who chanted ‘put the Zios in the ground’ arrested

The remarks were made at a central London march on Saturday.

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