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Four Cambridge students punted 200 miles from the Oxford Canal to the Cam and have raised £11,725 for Alzheimer's Society, more than twice their £5,000 target.
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Things to do
Museum of Oxford gigs: Supergrass's Mick Quinn plays Friday
Supergrass bassist Mick Quinn's DB Band opens the Museum of Oxford's basement gigs on 2 October. Five evenings run to December, with tickets from £8 to £12.
Travel
Swan Street Footbridge Shut: Osney Detour Adds 10 Minutes
The Swan Street footbridge on Osney Island closed on 24 September, adding about 10 minutes to walks. It is Oxford's second shut on safety grounds since May.
Council
Townsend House Headington Closure: Consultation Ends 21 Oct
Oxfordshire County Council wants to close Townsend House, a 45-place care home in Headington rated Good by the CQC. The consultation closes on 21 October.
Crime
Oxford Not Among First Grooming Gangs Inquiry Areas
Oxford is not one of the three areas the national grooming gangs inquiry picked first. Further areas are due this year, and survivors can send evidence now.
Oxford
Oxford School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 to 30 Oct
Oxford's state schools take October half term from 26 to 30 October and Christmas from 21 December. Cherwell, Cheney, Spires, MCS and more compared.
Oxford
Oxford October Half Term 2026: 26 to 30 Oct, What's On
Oxford's October half term is 26 to 30 October 2026. Ghost Fest at the castle, pumpkin picking at Stanton St John, free museums and shows, with prices.
Oxford
Oxford Christmas Trains 2026: Paddington Cut 27 Dec to 3 Jan
Network Rail shuts part of the Paddington line from 27 December to 3 January. Chiltern's last Christmas Eve train, buses and the Oxford Tube, and what to check.
Oxford
Oxford Remembrance Sunday 2026: St Giles', 8 November
Oxford's Remembrance service is at the St Giles' war memorial on Sunday 8 November. Last year: parade from 10am, service 10.45am, St Giles' shut to 2pm.
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Santa in Oxford 2026: Castle Grotto and Steam Train Dates
Where to meet Father Christmas near Oxford in 2026: Didcot's Steam Into Christmas from 5 December, Chinnor Santa trains from £24.50, the castle's bear workshop.
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Oxford Christmas Lights Switch-On 2026: 13 to 15 November
Oxford's free Light Festival marks the switch-on, 13 to 15 November 2026. The Victorian market opens 12 November; Light Bus and Rose Hill parade are back.
Oxford
Christ Church Oxford at Christmas 2026: Days It Is Closed
Christ Church shuts from midday on 24 December, all Christmas Day and from 11.30am on 17 December. Winter hours, ticket prices and the £10 residents' card.
Oxford University Press
Oxford English Dictionary Adds Mountweazel and 400 New Words
The OED's 23 September update adds more than 400 words, including mountweazel, a fake entry planted to catch copiers. Six come from Welsh English.
The Oxford Post is written for the city people live in: Cowley and Headington, Jericho and Summertown, Marston, Iffley, Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Botley Road and East Oxford, as well as the centre and the two rivers. Oxford is a small city with an extremely tight housing market, a car plant at Cowley, two universities and a permanent argument about how traffic moves through it.
Two councils share the work. Oxford City Council handles planning, bins, licensing and housing; Oxfordshire County Council runs the roads, the schools and the traffic schemes, which is worth knowing before you complain to the wrong one. We name the responsible authority in every story and link to its own record.
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