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Man wins £1m using late dad's lottery numbers

Sean Hayes describes finding out the news in the pub, and he now plans to buy a house.

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University of Oxford receives further £2m gift from Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour to strengthen academic primary care in Tunisia

The new investment at Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences will support academic leadership, research capacity and training in Tunisia. ...

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Highway skills academy for veterans gets under way

A skills academy offering funded training programmes to military veterans opens in Oxfordshire.

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Can you cut down a hedge in bird nesting season?

Some residents in Oxfordshire are expressing their concerns after trees and hedges were cut down.

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Blenheim backs £600m historical theme park plan

The Puy du Fou attraction would bring "genuine variety and ambition", the palace's CEO says.

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Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

A story about a red kite swiping a sausage roll was among our most read in the south of England.

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Hope for boat owners as city boatyard plans revived

After more than 20 years, a DIY community boatyard will return to Oxford.

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Chelsea show garden to raise Parkinson's awareness

Following the annual flower show, the garden will be relocated to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.

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Big Picture: This week's images from the South

The best images sent to us from Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.

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Bloomfield 'proud' despite disappointing loss

Oxford United boss Matt Bloomfield says that he is "really dissapointed" after the U's tasted defeat away at Southampton.

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Dame Jenni was 'broadcasting giant', says co-presenter

Bruce Parker pays tribute to his late colleague and friend Dame Jenni Murray.

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Council approves £32m push to tackle homelessness

Oxford City Council says it will reduce the current reliance on hotels for temporary accommodation.

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Council approves £32m push to tackle homelessness

Oxford City Council says it will reduce the current reliance on hotels for temporary accommodation.

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'I'm running as a pair of ovaries in mum's memory'

Lisa Hale, from Oxfordshire, is preparing to run a half marathon wearing the body part costume.

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'I'm running as a pair of ovaries in mum's memory'

Lisa Hale, from Oxfordshire, is preparing to run a half marathon wearing the body part costume.

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The tale of the 'fine lady upon a white horse'

Radio Oxford investigates the origins of the famous nursery rhyme with Banbury at its heart.

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The tale of the 'fine lady upon a white horse'

Radio Oxford investigates the origins of the famous nursery rhyme with Banbury at its heart.

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South weekly quiz: What TV show did a care home recreate?

Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.

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South weekly quiz: What TV show did a care home recreate?

Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.

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Dame Jenni Murray, former BBC Woman's Hour presenter, dies at 75

She was the Radio 4 programme's longest-serving presenter, having left in 2020 after 33 years.