Reporter @TheOxfordMail, formerly @BournemouthEcho | NCTJ-qualified | Got a story? DM me or email matthew.simpson@newsquest.co.uk
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Jun 7
A reality TV chick who thinks she's more relevant at an F1 race than Martin Brundle. Delusional.
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May 30
How to stay safe in 20C heat. Get a life. I’ve stayed in temperature over double that and I didn’t have some nanny state telling me to drink water
May 29
I know lots of people will be out over the weekend enjoying the sunshine.
It’s important to stay safe in the heat - so check out the guidance below before heading out.
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May 18
BREAKING: a major police presence in Lyne Road, Kidlington right now.
More than 10 cop cars and dozens of officers have been spotted. @TheOxfordMail
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Matt Simpson retweeted
May 3
F1 will switch to V8 engines by 2030/31, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has confirmed ✅
"In 2031, the FIA will have the power to do it, without any votes from the PUMs. But we want to bring it one year earlier."
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Apr 27
JUST IN: Trump approves idea to rename ICE as NICE — so media would have to say "NICE agents"
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Apr 23
FREE 24-page kids club picture special in today's @TheOxfordMail 🏀💃🥋
We asked Oxfordshire's youth group leaders to send in their team pictures with thousands of children involved from sports squads and dancing to martial arts and performing arts. Get your souvenir copy today!
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Apr 21
I interviewed Lando Norris and the world champion was open, honest and articulate. And then his management stepped in to police and muzzle him in an attempt to "control the narrative."
From then on it did not go too well....this is what happened.
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Apr 16
'Exciting times ahead' with Oxford City FC's new owners ift.tt/wDRtxrj
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Apr 5
No serious nation in the history of warfare has spent fourteen months insulting its allies, siding with their common enemy, and then knocked on their door expecting them to rescue a catastrophe of its own making.
You abused the UK. Threatened Canada. Tried to grab Greenland. Called the EU an adversary. Praised Putin. Hosted Kremlin officials in the Capitol. Abandoned Ukraine. And did all of it loudly, proudly, and on camera.
And now you are surprised that nobody is returning your calls.
You want European boots on the ground? Start by explaining why America is more aligned with Moscow than with Brussels.
Take your time. We will wait.
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The Europeans are not dealing with “a man.” They are dealing with the United States of America.
The United States needed the most innocuous kind of cooperation from them. They denied the United States that cooperation.
The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. “Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.”
Nope.
We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. I’m indifferent to their excuses or their rationalizations. The United States of America needed their help and not very much help. They turned us down. That changes everything. And they aren’t going to like how it changes everything.
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Matt Simpson retweeted
best April Fool's this year. one for the heads. bravo @TheOxfordMail @MattSimpson__ oxfordmail.co.uk/news/259825…
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Apr 1
Significant from Starmer. In this conference he directly acknowledges the economic hell of Brexit and commits to a closer relationship with the EU.
Refusing to join the war, distancing Britain from the US and realigning with our EU friends, are all solid decisions.
Fair play.
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Mar 31
this is illegal in Canada now btw
in about 20 years, the UK went from one of the best countries to be a car enthusiast in to one of the worst
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Mar 19
On today’s episode of the public sector wasting our money
Stonehenge tunnel officially scrapped - after more than £179,000,000 spent on plan lbc.co.uk/article/stonehenge…
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Mar 19
🚨NEW: Rolls-Royce has scrapped plans to go all-electric by 2030 as ‘drivers prefer V12 engines’
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Mar 17
Nobody flies with BA to the Middle East anyway
Mar 17
✈️ British Airways has scrapped all flights to the Middle East until the end of May amid ongoing uncertainty over the war
Find out more: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03…
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Mar 14
The fact that Lewis Hamilton is still fighting for wins in F1, against these two, shows that class is permanent 🍷
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Mar 5
This is ridiculous. Starmer didn't "pick a fight". He refused to join a war started without consulting Britain by a foreign power that hits us with tariffs, insults our troops and threatens our allies in Ukraine and Denmark
Mar 5
ANDREW NEIL: Starmer has picked a fight with our most important ally at a time of grave global peril and a hollowed out British military. It was a stupid thing to do.
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Matt Simpson retweeted
Great thanks to @TheOxfordMail @MattSimpson__ for highlighting #internationalwaranimalday in today’s paper. #chelseaPensioner Roy (Official Ambassador for this year’s launch) will be thrilled he’s on the front page with Century 🦒 #supportlocal @supportwarhorse #purplepoppy
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Feb 28
Somehow Bournemouth town centre has declined even further than what it was when I left my old job almost a year ago. Wow
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