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Six tips in Oxfordshire to close, council announces
People planning to use the county’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) have been warned of a series of short closures in May and June.
This is to enable essential work to be carried out, and Oxfordshire County Council will be shutting the centres for two days, although never at the same time.
Deep cleaning and essential maintenance will take place, including jet washing sites and structures, repainting lines and safety areas, and other general work.
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The closing dates are Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8, for Oakley Wood, near Wallingford.
For Alkerton, near Banbury, the centre will be closed on Monday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 12.
Ardley, near Bicester, will be shut on Thursday, May 14, and Friday, May 15, while Drayton, near Abingdon, will close on Thursday, May 21 and Friday, May 22.
Stanford in the Vale, near Faringdon, will shut on Monday, May 18 and Tuesday, May 19, and Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, on Tuesday, June 2 and Wednesday, June 3.
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All closures are on quieter weekdays to minimise disruption, and sites will reopen at 8am the following day.
The deep clean for Redbridge HWRC in Oxford will be carried out later in the year, and full details will be provided in due course.
Redbridge is also due to close for around three months in the summer for essential safety work.
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Customers are reminded that they must book a slot online on Oxfordshire County Council’s website before visiting their HWRC.
Bookings are available up to two weeks in advance or 30 minutes prior, subject to availability.
No booking slots will be available for those affected sites on the dates they are closed.
More information can be found on Oxfordshire County Council’s website, including details of alternative sites during the closures if visitors are unable to wait until their local site reopens.
The former Top Gear and Grand Tour host delivered the update via social media this evening (Tuesday, June 16) ahead of the release of the final two Clarkson’s Farm episodes.
The fifth series of the highly popular show premiered on June 3 and has already seen Mr Clarkson battling a major health scare and embrace high-tech farming.
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Set at his 1,000-acre Oxfordshire farm Diddly Squat, in addition the latest season has shown the television host planning for the first festive period at his pub The Farmer’s Dog.
However, the next two episodes – which will be released tonight – are set to be very downbeat.
On Instagram, he said he had “sombre news”.
He added: “Ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming and cheerful.
“But the final two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are none of those things really. They are a difficult watch.
“They’re really, really difficult.”
Reiterating that, the episode titles are ‘Reaping’ and ‘Sickening’ and may show the bovine TB outbreak that occurred at Diddly Squat in 2025.
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It led to the deaths of several animals.
The first series of Clarkson’s Farm premiered in 2021 and was an instant hit with viewers making stars out of its cast which include Mr Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan and farm assistant Kaleb Cooper.
It has been renewed for a sixth series.
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Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is due to visit the prestigious debating hall in St Michael’s Street tomorrow (June 16) to take part in a debate.
The ultra nationalist figure’s invitation to the society, to debate a motion on whether the West is ‘right to be suspicious of Islam’ alongside Laurence Fox and Sir Jacob Rees Mogg, has been highly criticised.
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But it’s not the first time the Oxford Union has invited controversial figures to its hall, to take part in discussions on some of the most divisive topics of the day.
From the Prime Minister of Pakistan to representatives of Palestinian and Israeli interests, to divisive British politicians and more light-hearted visits from popular sportspeople, the society has hosted a number of interesting voices over the years.
Look through this picture archive to see some of the famous faces who have visited the Oxford Union in days and decades gone by.
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