City planners will explore ways of building up to 1,000 homes in Oxford's West End.

Today the city was confirmed as one of 29 growth points' - areas where the Government wants the population and jobs to boom.

The Town Hall received a £1.16m windfall, the lion's share of which will go towards infrastructure - such as roads and sewers - for between 600 and 1,000 new homes.

For full story, see Wednesday's Oxford Mail.