Labour won the seat of Newport West. The seat was up for re-election after the death of a long serving Labour MP. A Green candidate and UKIP leader Neil Hamilton were conclusively beaten at the ballot box. The Labour majority had decreased by a small amount on previous years.
Relief has been felt by all politicians around the EU as the British PM seeks cross party consensus to strike a deal. Leader of Ireland assumes Britain will leave with a deal in his recent comment. Members of the Brexiteer group ERG are not as welcoming of the recent developments. Politicians continue to put their […]
UK Prime Minister has laid a path for a softer Brexit after trying for months to build support for her deal from her own party. She wanted to ensure there was no danger of crashing out. A Marathon cabinet meeting at Downing Street meant that there was a split between those who wanted a no […]
Penny Mordaunt is allowed to leave the cabinet meeting early today at 5.30pm. The 7 hour meeting resulted in the Prime Minister backing the minority in the room who would not back a no deal. In order to get enough votes to pass a deal the Prime Minister has extended an invitation to Labour to […]
Four school girls from Cheney School are calling for Climate Change to be added to the curriculum. Moved by the dramatic natural disasters further afield one girl says, ‘it’s frightening to think that could be us.’ They have promoted a petition that now has 60,000 signatures. Their head teacher stresses that climate change already is […]
Oxford’s main yoga studio is to extend from its High Street base. The popular Yoga Quota studio is often overbooked with waiting lists for evening general classes. The Turl Street kitchen has offered the second floor space to the yoga company that offers free yoga classes for people experiencing health difficulties. The new yoga space […]
The weekly market at Headington has a new addition to benefit local charities. Half a dozen trestle tables are full of boxes of donated books that will cover a wide range of tastes. One customer says ‘there’s a lovely range of books on offer.’ Children are also catered for with each book costing £1.50. The […]
High class eateries in the Cotswolds are putting local produce on the menu to boost Spring business. The Fleece in central Witney have added early asparagus to the list of dishes. The upmarket pub is popular for unique extras like free chocolate smarties with coffee along with complimentary morning toast. Whistlers Restaurant in Chipping Norton […]
Birmingham student Mari Smith saw the reigning 800m champion. Swiss Selina Buchel, get knocked out as she went on to qualify for the final for the first time. Britain’s Shelayna Oskar-Clarke went on to win the gold medal with Smith missing out on the bronze medal by 0.2 second. Earlier on in the week local […]
Buses to London kept running through Oxford’s recent snow storm. The snow fall started at 5pm and lasted an hour, long enough to cover the local park with a layer of the white stuff. Passengers for London airports waited in flip flops, shorts and holiday gear. One commented ‘we’ve had four seasons in the last […]
