Headington Headlines #112

Here's my weekly round-up of local news for 13 - 19 May.

Chris Scanlan, city councillor for Barton & Sandhills ward from 2006 to 2010, has died. His funeral took place on Friday. An obituary is here.

The Oxfam shop re-opened on Wednesday after its major refurbishment.

Greene King have sold The Black Boy in Old Headington @TheBlackBoyFood to Everards.

Oxford City Council wants to improve facilities at city parks including Bury Knowle.

The 'eyesore' Marywood House in Wood Farm owned by Oxfordshire County Council looks likely to be sold for development. Marywood House was formerly used as a Social Services hostel but it has been vacant and derelict for a number of years. Oxford City's Sites and Housing Plan (policy SP33) says "Planning permission will be granted for residential development at Marywood House. Planning permission will not be granted for any other uses."

Starting today, BBC Radio Oxford is featuring Headington on its Big Tour. Timing is variable but there will be an item every morning on the @PhilGayle breakfast show. On Friday there will be live broadcasting from the Farmers' Market.

My favorite Headington-related tweet this week:

And if you don't know what a Bakfiets is ....

Don't forget the next Neighbourhood Forum meeting is on Tuesday evening. Details on the Headington Plan website.

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

• Sad news: Death of Chris Scanlan
• Bedroom Tax Demonstration - Saturday 16th 1pm - Bonn Square Oxford
• Oxford's Lord Mayor Joins in Oxford Polish School 10th Anniversary
• A Neighbourhood Plan for Headington

I try to cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week's summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #111

Here's my weekly round-up of local news for 6 - 12 May.

In Sir Alex Ferguson's first match in charge, Manchester United lost 0-2 away to Oxford United at the Manor Ground in Headington on 8 November 1986.

A man from Weyland Road who waved a large kitchen knife in a street fight was given a six-month suspended sentence.

Consideration of the Haboakus developments in Northway and Cowley by the East Area Planning Committee today (13 May) has been deferred until 5 June "because of the large volume of third party responses that were received after the Committee report was published". Thames Water have asked for the drainage system to be assessed before work starts.

A draft constitution for the @HeadingtonPlan Neighbourhood Forum is available for comment on the Plan website.

A school for children with autism and learning disabilities will open next year on the site of the former Ormerod School in Waynflete Road, Barton. It will be run by the MacIntyre charity in partnership with Oxfordshire County Council and will take 20 pupils. A full refurbishment is planned with a new 12-bed residential building set to open in September next year.

The C S Lewis Jubilee Festival in September @CSLewisJubilee is on twitter. Tickets for festival events are already on sale.

@Jacobsandfield are taking over the Red Lion in Wolvercote, planning to re-open in July as @JacobsInn.

@OxFurniture's mobile phone was stolen on London Road by two girls on Saturday.

Sources in Risinghurst tell me that @QGCafé whose opening I noted in March this year is no more. The twitter account is closed which seems to confirm it.

My favorite Headington-related tweet this week:

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

• Bury Knowle Park big swing on a pole thing
• Oxford’s 1st Polish Business Fair
• Area Comittees and Public Engagement
• Local historians what do you know about the history of Sandhills?
• Redevelopment of Northway
• Lack of traffic in Headington this morning

I try to cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week's summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #110

Here's my weekly round-up of local news for 29 April - 5 May.

There was an election on Thursday - two if you live in Churchill Ward. Turnout ranged from 35% in Headington & Quarry county division to 18.5% in the Churchill ward by-election. Labour were clear and unsurprising winners in all the OX3 areas apart from Headington & Quarry where two existing councillors, one Labour, one LibDem, were competing in a division with new boundaries covering part of each of their existing territory. Roz Smith (LibDem) @RosalindRogers narrowly beat Dee Sinclair @Delia_Sinclair by 31 votes, a majority of 1%. All the results for Oxford are on on my blog or more legibly on this pdf.

About half the new spaces being created at Thornhill P&R opened on Monday - that's about 250. The remainder are due to be ready by July.

At the Headington roundabout the 'safe' cycle route from Thornhill proved impassable for disabled fundraiser @Claire80Lomas as she arrived in Oxford on her hand-bike on a 400 mile cycle challenge. Claire was the person who completed the London marathon in 17 days last year wearing a robotic suit. Her domestique @charliecoffee wasn't impressed with the "cycling city"'s response either.

@FoodieonTour, aka Jacqui Thorndyke, blogged about Headington Farmers' Market.

The Ruskin Arts Festival was on Saturday 4 May, the same day as a street festival at the top of Kennett Road to mark the start of Oxfordshire Art Weeks.

Oxford author @GriseldaHeppel spoke about her book "Ante's Inferno" aimed at 9-12 year-olds to girls at @HeadingtonSch.

A project to bring Latin and classical studies to a wider section of the community is to open in Cheney School later this year.

@HeadingtonPlan has a facebook page.

A big list of active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

• Thornhill Park and Ride Expansion Plans.
• CoNDem nasty hypocrisy
• Bury Knowle Park big swing on a pole thing
• Free family bus ticket on Arriva (can be used on 280 service in Headington)
• Local elections, May 2013
• Shop at end of Kennett Road
• A Neighbourhood Plan for Headington
• Oxford's Polish School celebrates 10 years of Achievement!
• Oxford’s 1st Polish Business Fair
• North-East Area Forum
• Redevelopment of Northway

I try to cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week's summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Election Results for Oxford

Here are the complete results of the elections in Oxford. The two City Council by-election results are first, followed by the results for the 14 County Divisions in Oxford. These start with the four OX3 divisions with the rest following in alphabetical order.

Download the pdf file for a much more legible version!

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County Election Results OX3

Here are the results of the County elections in the four OX3 divisions. I'll post all the results for Oxford City, including the two by-elections, when all the results are in.

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