Local governmentOxfordShareCouncil officials were left red-faced after sending an email to 5,000 people owed a council tax discount that said the exact opposite of what it was meant.A spokesman for Oxford City Council said 5,179 people were emailed on Wednesday (October 4) telling them their application for a single-person council tax discount had been rejected.In fact, those receiving the email were being offered the discount.“The email was intended to convey that their discount had been approved, but regrettably, our software defaulted to providing the wrong confirmation link,” a council...…Local governmentOxfordShareCouncil officials were left red-faced after sending an email to 5,000 people owed a council tax discount that said the exact opposite of what it was meant.A spokesman for Oxford City Council said 5,179 people were emailed on Wednesday (October 4) telling them their application for a single-person council tax discount had been rejected.In fact, those receiving the email were being offered the discount.“The email was intended to convey that their discount had been approved, but regrettably, our software defaulted to providing the wrong confirmation link,” a council...WW…

CourtCrimeOxfordShareA polo club owner who numbered princes William and Harry among his wedding guests wound up in court after taking a knife to an Oxford nightclub.Charlie Budgett, 41, who owns Kirtlington Park polo club, was at city centre nightclub Plush in the early hours of May 27 when he was detained for an unrelated incident and the folding knife was found.Oxfordshire Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday (October 4) that Budgett was out celebrating a business deal that would see modernist glamping cabins brought to his Oxfordshire estate in a UK-first that was later covered by the...…CourtCrimeOxfordShareA polo club owner who numbered princes William and Harry among his wedding guests wound up in court after taking a knife to an Oxford nightclub.Charlie Budgett, 41, who owns Kirtlington Park polo club, was at city centre nightclub Plush in the early hours of May 27 when he was detained for an unrelated incident and the folding knife was found.Oxfordshire Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday (October 4) that Budgett was out celebrating a business deal that would see modernist glamping cabins brought to his Oxfordshire estate in a UK-first that was later covered by the...WW…

CrimeOxfordShareA woman was said to have gone into an Oxford hotel and threatened guests. Police officers have now released a picture of the puffa-jacketed woman they want to speak to in connection with the allegations. Investigating officer PC Patric Hayes, of Cowley police station, said: “We would like to appeal to anyone who recognises the individual in this image to please get in touch, as they may have vital information about the incident."Thames Valley Police said the woman entered the unnamed hotel in Grenoble Road, near the Kassam Stadium, between 9.25pm and 9.35pm on...…CrimeOxfordShareA woman was said to have gone into an Oxford hotel and threatened guests. Police officers have now released a picture of the puffa-jacketed woman they want to speak to in connection with the allegations. Investigating officer PC Patric Hayes, of Cowley police station, said: “We would like to appeal to anyone who recognises the individual in this image to please get in touch, as they may have vital information about the incident."Thames Valley Police said the woman entered the unnamed hotel in Grenoble Road, near the Kassam Stadium, between 9.25pm and 9.35pm on...WW…