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Oxford News

Wild Swimming cancelled after E. Coli found in Hinksey Lake

by Abigail Pole January 30, 2024January 30, 2024

Image of discoloured sewer water flowing out of a pipe, with a sign in red capital letters reading ‘beware the sewage’

Columns

Our Rivers Are Not Sewers

by Molly Scrase-Kings March 25, 2023March 25, 2023

Oxford News

Sewage Dumps Continue in Oxford

by Alfie Norris January 31, 2023February 1, 2023

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Lord Hague sat with the President of IR Soc

Eric Balonwu reports on what Hague and Mandelson told the audience at the Oxford University International Relations Society Image Credit by Alex Baxter

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Lucy PollockDec 1, 20244 min read

The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.

“Seeing my college looking perfect, covered in a clean white layer of untouched snow, was exhilarating.” Lucy Pollock recounts her experience of Oxford’s recent snow…