Bicester Play & Activity Day will take place at Spider Park on Keble Road from 11am to 3pm on Wednesday, July 29.

It is suitable for children and young people of all ages.

Activities will include Go Kart Party, Body Zorbing, Giant Bubbles, Ride on Time Toddler Vehicles, and Junk Modelling with Art Avalanche, alongside Bright Sparks Science.

Entry and all activities are free.

Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic, but no childcare will be provided.

Julia Atkinson of Summertown bakers Happy Cakes met actor Kiefer Sutherland outside the O2 Academy Oxford, where he was performing.

Born in London, the British and Canadian 59-year-old is well known for playing Jack Bauer in the TV series 24 (2001-2014) and films such as Stand by Me (1986), A Few Good Men (1992) and Melancholia (2011).

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More recently, the actor has started a career as a musician and is now at the end of the UK leg of his ‘Love Will Bring You Home’ tour.

Julia Atkinson of Happy Cakes with Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland (Image: Julai Atkinson)

The Oxford concert on Tuesday, May 26, was the penultimate event in his programme which ends this evening (Wednesday, May 27) in Leeds.

The music is described as ‘Ol’ fashioned denim-and-dusty-boots country rock’ and is supporting Mr Sutherland’s fourth studio album Grey which has recently been released.

When in Oxford on Tuesday, he was greeted by Ms Atkinson who had previously met him in the city in March 2020.

Julia Atkinson of Happy Cakes with Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland (Image: Julai Atkinson)

She said: “Having accidentally met Hollywood legend Kiefer Sutherland in Cowley Road in March 2020 whilst delivering cakes, I was excited to hear he was returning to the O2 Academy to promote his new album.

“I baked him some bespoke cupcakes and headed to the venue in the heat.

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“My timing was perfect and he had just arrived, and was leaving the venue to walk in the city and make a short tour diary about being in Oxford.

“He was very friendly and charming and stopped to chat and take photos with the waiting fans.

“He remembered the cupcakes I’d given him on the previous occasion and said he was very happy to be back in a city as beautiful as Oxford on a stunning day.”

The protest, by activist group Oxford 4 Trans Rights, is happening on Saturday to protest the updated code of practice written by the UK equalities watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

In a statement, the group said: “Now is the time to stand up for ourselves, and for our friends, family and community to send a message that we will relentlessly resist trans exclusion and discrimination.

“Please join us this Saturday as we protest for our rights, reject the EHRC guidance.”

The group are meeting this Saturday in Oxford’s Bonn Square at 3pm.

The guidance update covers all nine protected characteristics, such as disability, race and sexual orientation, but there is especial focus on this update because it also includes practical guidance on how to apply last year’s Supreme Court ruling about single-sex spaces.

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The landmark judgement said that, for the purposes of the Equality Act, the legal definition of a woman was based on biological sex.

This has had ramifications for who can now access women-only services and spaces, such as refuges or toilets.

The new code reinforces last April’s ruling, and gives a wide variety of practical examples showing how service providers might apply it.

The code is clear that if a service provider admits a trans person to a service that aligns to their lived gender, that service can no longer be described as single sex and the provider is “very likely” to be at risk of legal challenge.

The updated guidance has been condemned by many activist groups as a step back in equality and inclusion.