Jacob Manuschka

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Team co-ordinator John McDade (back left), team manager Alan Mayor (back right), and three of the team drivers, including Jenson Jowett (centre) (Image: Swalcliffe Park School) A teenager named after ex-Formula One driver Jenson Button will be behind the wheel of a race car this summer when his school competes in a national motorsport tournament.

2 weeks ago | oxfordmail.co.uk | Jacob Manuschka

BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair (Image: Stuart Purfield) An all-female garden design team from Wantage is set to inspire thousands at the BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair. The event, held at Beaulieu in the New Forest from May 2 to 4, will feature the team's Beautiful Border. The Beautiful Borders are nine square meter miniature show gardens, brimming with creative planting and design ideas for small gardens and challenging spaces.

2 weeks ago | oxfordmail.co.uk | Jacob Manuschka

2 1/1 Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS by 2030 if the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is suspended or only receives limited, short-term funding, new research shows. Experts, including Professor Lucie Cluver and Dr Seth Flaxman from the University of Oxford, have assessed the potential impacts of funding cuts on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

2 weeks ago | oxfordmail.co.uk | Jacob Manuschka

(L-R) Suzanne Tanner, Templars Square marketing co-ordinator, Kimberley O'Callaghan, Small Steps assistant, Katie Perry, Hope Projects volunteer, and Jules Stephenson, Hope Projects, children and families lead (Image: Templars Square) An Oxford church has received a donation of 150 Easter eggs from the shopping centre in which it is based. Templars Square Shopping Centre has given the eggs to Hope Oxford for an Easter egg hunt in the shopping centre on Saturday, April 19 at 11am.

2 weeks ago | oxfordmail.co.uk | Jacob Manuschka

15 1/1 More than 800 runners are expected to take part in a race supporting an Oxford primary school. Run Jericho will take place on Sunday, June 8, in Oxford, with more than 1,000 spectators and volunteers expected to be present. The event, held in support of St Barnabas C of E Primary School, offers three race options - a one-mile fun run for children, a 5k, and a 10k multi-terrain challenge.