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PETA urges Oxford English Dictionary to remove chicken slang meaning coward

Animal rights campaigners are asking the Oxford English Dictionary to remove a definition of chicken that the organisation considers derogatory. PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatmen...
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Police appeal for information on 53-year-old Gordon missing from Wheatley

Thames Valley Police have issued an urgent appeal for information about Gordon, 53, an Oxford man whose whereabouts remain unknown in London. Gordon was reported missing at 1.45pm on November 5 after...

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PETA urges Oxford English Dictionary to remove chicken slang meaning coward

Animal rights campaigners are asking the Oxford English Dictionary to remove a definition of chicken that the organisation considers derogatory. PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatmen...
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Police appeal for information on 53-year-old Gordon missing from Wheatley

Thames Valley Police have issued an urgent appeal for information about Gordon, 53, an Oxford man whose whereabouts remain unknown in London. Gordon was reported missing at 1.45pm on November 5 after...
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Quinlan Terry designs new Oxford square in traditional architectural style

Oxford city-centre buildings included in the approved Clarendon Square redevelopment are expected to adopt the appearance of historic construction dating back roughly 200 years. The Clarendon Centre ...
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Police urge Henley parents to speak to children over e-scooter rules

Thames Valley Police has issued guidance to Henley parents regarding the rules governing privately owned e-scooters in Oxfordshire. The devices are classified as motor vehicles and may only be used o...
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Cherwell named fifth-hardest-working UK area at 35.2 hours a week

Cherwell District has been placed fifth in a study measuring average working hours across UK areas. Employees there work 35.2 hours per week on average, representing 7.3 per cent more time than the n...
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Wallingford named among England’s nine safest towns for older people

An international travel publication has included Wallingford in a ranking of nine English towns considered among the safest locations for older residents. The South Oxfordshire town was one of two pl...
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Rewley Road crews tackle Oxford kitchen, garage and diesel vehicle fires

During a two-day, two-night operational period, the Red Watch crew based at Rewley Road Fire Station in Oxford attended a range of emergencies. The incidents included a kitchen fire, a fire in a dere...
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Oxford Student’s Union calls extraordinary meeting over Cofnas invitation

Oxford Student Union has scheduled an extraordinary Conference of Common Rooms meeting for 11 November to determine its response to Nathan Cofnas's invitation to speak at an Oxford Reform Society even...
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Barbara Gatehouse Way, Val Smith Drive and Aurora James Walk dedicated in Oxford

Three women have been commemorated through the naming of streets in an affordable housing development in Blackbird Leys, Oxford. Barbara Gatehouse Way, Val Smith Drive and Aurora James Walk are now p...
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Oxford college withdraws plan for MG centenary sculpture in Morris Garage quad

New College has withdrawn a proposal to install a commemorative sculpture at the Oxford site where the first MG motor cars were designed and manufactured. The planned work was commissioned by the col...
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Wallingford design proposed for final missing Bayeux Tapestry panels

Residents of Wallingford have welcomed a proposed design for the missing final panel of the Bayeux Tapestry, which places the town within the story of the Norman Conquest. The original 70-metre embro...
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McDonald’s apologises over lift fault at Oxford Cornmarket restaurant

McDonald's has apologised to customers affected by problems involving a lift at its restaurant on 44–46 Cornmarket Street in Oxford. The issue was reported last week by an anonymous member of the pub...

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PETA urges Oxford English Dictionary to remove chicken slang meaning coward

Animal rights campaigners are asking the Oxford English Dictionary to remove a definition of chicken that the organisation considers derogatory. PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatmen...
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Police appeal for information on 53-year-old Gordon missing from Wheatley

Thames Valley Police have issued an urgent appeal for information about Gordon, 53, an Oxford man whose whereabouts remain unknown in London. Gordon was reported missing at 1.45pm on November 5 after...
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Quinlan Terry designs new Oxford square in traditional architectural style

Oxford city-centre buildings included in the approved Clarendon Square redevelopment are expected to adopt the appearance of historic construction dating back roughly 200 years. The Clarendon Centre ...
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Police urge Henley parents to speak to children over e-scooter rules

Thames Valley Police has issued guidance to Henley parents regarding the rules governing privately owned e-scooters in Oxfordshire. The devices are classified as motor vehicles and may only be used o...

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