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Rebecca and Otmar Szafnauer turned a rundown, neo-Gothic property in Oxford into their new family home

PLANS to refurbish the bar at a riverside pub and to restore parts of a tower at Oxford Castle are among the latest applications submitted to Oxford…

Campaign to save The Wheatsheaf ‘long way from victory’ MUSIC lovers are celebrating after plans to turn Oxford city centre’s last real gig venue into flats were withdrawn. But they say their campaign to save The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, is a ‘long way from victory’ – with fears it may never reopen. The battle is now on to reopen the upstairs venue it and prevent it being left empty and unused. Its owners had submitted plans to Oxford City Council to turn the first-floor venue into nine student flats, a shared kitchen area and common areas. But in an unexpected c...

MUSICIANS and gig goers fighting to save Oxford city centre’s last remaining real gig venue from being turned into student flats have launched a bid to preserve the building as a community asset. Owners of The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, have submitted an application to Oxford City Council for permission to close its first floor concert venue and convert it into apartments. The venue has hosted rock, pop, jazz, metal, dance, acoustic and folk shows for 20 years in its current form, and as a performance space for many years before that. It has played host to many of the city’s bands...

A CAMPAIGN to block controversial plans to close Oxford city centre's last remaining dedicated gig venue and turn it into student flats, has been…