“These lovely small towns in the UK are like the Shire” “Oxfordshire type of thing” “One day a 1000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the Kids” Elon Musk called it absolutely correctly and now the Hobbits in the Shire of Oxfordshire are about to meet the Orcs.

A plan to house up to 1,250 male immigrants at a disused military site near a small Oxfordshire village is turning into a test case for middle-class revolt over how the U.K. manages asylum seekers

An RAF veteran from Co Down is preparing for the adventure of a lifetime as she gets ready to lead a 9,000-mile mission to Antarctica. Carole McCullough is from Bangor but lives in Oxfordshire and will travel to Port Lockroy, home to over 1,000 penguins.

The Environment Agency has assessed 4,658 surface water bodies against a range of standards covering wildlife, water quality and physical habitat. The goal for the end of the year is for 75% of England's rivers and lakes to be in 'good ecological status'. Sky's @SeabrookClimate has visited the River Windrush in Oxfordshire. 🔗