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Tap the pic to hear highlights, live tracks, inteviews & more from Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official page - from 8pm until 1am - including Fairport Convention's set in full! 🙌

📻 Listen on 95.2fm, digital radio & BBC Sounds ⤵
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jc406t

BBC Radio Oxford - Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Live at Cropredy 2024 (10/08/2024) Join us for highlights and live performances from Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2024!

Oxford United celebrated their return to the Championship for the first time since 1999 with a deserved 2-0 victory over Norwich City.

Oxford United 2-0 Norwich City: U's win on return to Championship Mark Harris scored Oxford United's first goal in the second tier since 1999 during a deserved victory over Norwich City.

Hear live commentary with Jerome Sale on 95.2fm, digital radio & freeview Ch. 722 as play their first game in the Championship! 💛 KO: 12.30

Oxford United Official v Norwich City FC

▶️ Read match reports here ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cn9ldl2q3dxt

Oxford United’s manager and chairman look ahead to the new season and the opening day clash with Norwich at a sold out Kassam Stadium.

📻 Hear the game live on BBC Radio Oxford from noon on Saturday.

Oxford United: Des Buckingham's side ready to tackle Championship Oxford United boss Des Buckingham says his team "won't shy away" from the challenges that come with Championship football.

It's split opinion... some find it... appeeling... is it a new bana-anksy? 🍌 A bunch of bananas appeared on one of BBC Radio Oxford's windows overnight! 🤷

▶ Possibly inspired by: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65446331

A variety of products were checked, including seasonings, spices, milk, canned vegetables, tea, rice, and foods labelled "gluten-free".

Oxfordshire: Half of tested food items 'incorrectly labelled' Oxfordshire Trading Standards checked 90 products for incorrect nutritional information.

Almost 20,000 festivalgoers are set to descend on Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official page for one of the UK's largest folk rock festivals.

Fairport Convention: Crowds descend on Cropredy for festival The festival, which takes place in Cropredy, near Banbury, has been staged in the area since 1980.

Thursday nights from 8pm = excellent new music from Oxfordshire & Berkshire 🙌

➡️ This week, Waiting for Smith joins us for a chat about his new album 'Raised Up', plus he's live in session.

🔊 Listen live or on our podcast, just search for BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire ⤵️
https://bbc.in/3ywb7uS

Celebrating Didcot's dairy days! 🐮

Exhibition celebrates dairy legacy in Didcot Didcot Dairy Story features objects and stories from Job's Dairy at the Cornerstone Arts Centre.

Hear highlights, live tracks, inteviews & more from Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official page - Saturday 10th August from 8pm until 1am... including Fairport Convention's set in full! 🙌

📻 Listen on 95.2fm, digital radio & BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jc406t

Could artificial intelligence revolutionise the NHS by improving patient care and freeing up staff time?

Can generative AI fix the NHS and boost the nation's health? Generative AI will be transformative for NHS patient outcomes, a senior government advisor says.

Peter Hughes was an "extremely good man who was deeply generous in so many ways", his family said.

Enstone: Tribute to Spitfire pilot who was 'extremely good man' Peter Hughes, 71, died when the replica Spitfire he was piloting crashed on 28 July.

After a woman in found “some kind of big bullets” in her loft... Sophie Law heard about everything from from rocket launchers at a carboot sale... to grannies with grenades! 💥

🔊 Listen on BBC Sounds ⤵️

What happens when you find a bomb in your house? - BBC Sounds From rocket launchers to grannies with grenades, munitions collector shares his stories.

Nearly 2,000 more homes than previously planned could be built across Oxfordshire every year, according to government figures.

Oxfordshire could see 2,000 more homes built a year under plans The new Labour government wants authorities to permit just over 5,100 new homes across Oxfordshire.

For Thames Water, Ofwat is proposing the largest fine on record of £104m.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ypp032le0o?

Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines over sewage spills Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks.

Campaigners against a 170-home development on the outskirts of Banbury have described their "upset" after outline planning permission was granted on appeal.

Banbury: Rural campaigners 'upset' over plan for 170 new homes The planning inspector says it is "clear" the site where the housing will go "is valued locally".

BBC South Today's Alexis Green recalled "shaking" as she tried to save a man's life.

BBC South weather presenter helps save man's life at event Weather presenter Alexis Green recalls "running on adrenaline" while giving chest compressions.

DUB SPECIAL: Oxford United chairman Grant Ferguson joins our podcast as excitement builds for the new season in the Championship. 🙌

▶️ He addresses some of the summer’s hottest topics and has a message for all fans ahead of United’s first match at that level for 25 years.

🔊 Listen on BBC Sounds or anywhere you get your podcasts ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgtppm

Meet the furry new police recruits 🥰

Meet the furry new police recruits in the Thames Valley Thames Valley Dogs Section introduces its latest recruits.

An AI assistant is easing NHS pressure in cataract care. 👁️

An automated voice system called Dora phones patients to ask questions, interprets their answers and identifies patients who need to be seen by a clinician.

▶ Read more:

AI assistant Dora eases NHS pressure in cataract care Automated voice system Dora provides a cheaper, more efficient patient service, say researchers.

The Dub - Season preview! 💛 This week: two new wingers, how should approach the season & Norwich preview.

🔊 Listen on BBC Sounds or anywhere you get your podcasts ⤵️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jgm2s1

A teenager is in hospital after he was found stabbed in the torso in Banbury's People's Park.

Banbury: Teenager stabbed in torso in park attack The 18-year-old was found with a single stab wound in People's Park shortly before midnight.

Wheelchair motocross star Ben, from Henley-on-Thames, seeks championship funding.

Henley: Teen wheelchair motocross star looking for support Ben finished sixth in the world championships, which were held in California in December.