A free Friday email for Oxfordshire
News from the towns, in five minutes flat.
We write for Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Witney and the other market towns, not only for Oxford. Each issue covers what's on this weekend, what's opening or closing, and what might slow you down on the roads. We send it every Friday at 7am. It is paid for by one local advert.
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Inside each issue
What you get each week
Three things to know
County-wide news that matters, in two sentences each, with a source for every fact.
This weekend
Events worth going out for, listed with the town, day, time, place and price.
Town by town
A short line from the places that had real news that week. We rotate so every town appears at least once a month.
Opening and closing
Shops, cafés, restaurants and services, with the town named.
Roads and rail
Closures, works, strikes and timetable changes, with the dates given.
Planning
One or two decisions or applications that matter, in plain words.
Oxford in brief
Two lines only. The city has plenty of coverage already. We keep this short.
One good thing
A person, club or charity doing something good, always with a source.
A look inside
What an issue looks like
This is the shape of an issue, not a real edition. When the first email goes out, past issues will be listed here too.
Oxfordshire Weekly
Three things to know
The three county-wide stories we think you should hear first, each in two sentences, each with a link to the source.
This weekend
Six to ten events across different towns. We give the day, time, place, price and a link, and we check them against the organiser's page.
Town by town
Five to eight towns that had real news that week, one line each. If a town has nothing solid, we skip it until there is something worth saying.
Opening and closing
New shops, cafés and services, and the ones that are closing, with the town named in the line.
Roads and rail
Road closures, works and rail changes that might affect a journey, with dates, from official notices.
Planning, and Oxford in brief
One or two planning items in plain words, then two lines on the city.
One good thing
We end on a person, club or charity doing something good, with the source underneath.
Where we write
Town by town
We lead with the market towns. Oxford city has a short section of its own at the end of each issue.
- Abingdon
- Banbury
- Bicester
- Carterton
- Chipping Norton
- Didcot
- Faringdon
- Henley
- Kidlington
- Thame
- Wallingford
- Wantage
- Witney
- Woodstock
- Oxford in brief