Headington Headlines

Headington Headlines #300

TonyOX3

Headington Headlines has made it to 300 editions! Here is your weekly round-up of local news for 9 – 15 January. First – roadworks …..

The work installing the heatpipe has slipped behind schedule. Work in Latimer Road has been delayed by two weeks, and in Lime Walk one week. Work in Sandfield Road is still expected to start today (16 January). This blog post has more details.

All my posts about the project are under the ‘Energy Project’ tab in the main menu, and there’s a page of links and contact details here.

The County Council has published plans under the Access to Headington scheme to make an eastbound bus lane in Roosevelt Drive between the Old Road Campus and Churchill Drive. The lane would operate between 3pm and 6pm, Monday to Friday, and during those times only buses and emergency vehicles will be able to leave the Churchill site by that route. All other traffic will have to leave via Roosevelt Drive westbound to the Old Road junction. Consultation on this plan is open – the county says “objections to the proposals and other representations, specifying the grounds on which they are made, may be sent in writing (quoting ref: AK/12.6.320) by 3 February”.

Churchill bus lane - Roosevelt Drive to Churchill Drive
Churchill bus lane – Roosevelt Drive to Churchill Drive

In February the sections of Warneford Lane/Gipsy Lane/Old Road/ Roosevelt Drive which are being remodelled as part of Access to Headington will be closed overnight for about six nights for resurfacing.

In other news ….

A VW Polo was stolen in Burchester Avenue, Barton a weeks ago (Sunday 8 January) after its owner left it with the engine running while it defrosted.

The saga of the Jack Russell pub in Salford Road, Marston goes on. After the empty building was burnt down in an arson attack in November the owners have submitted a new planning application (ref: 16/03108/RES) to build a three-storey block of 16 flats on the site. Some locals including independent councillor Mick Haines are still campaigning for the site to be used for community facilities. According to the Oxford Mail others think the need for more housing is more important.

The planning application to build next to the C S Lewis nature reserve in Risinghurst has still not come before councillors. It was not on the agenda for the East Area Planning Committee on 11 January, although it is listed for consideration at a future, but unspecified, date. Searching the Charities Commission website for the “Wychwood Foundation” still returns a blank. Earlier posts on this story here and here.

As pressure on the NHS builds, all non-urgent operations and related procedures at the JR were cancelled on Friday and again today (Monday).

Bar Meze scored only 2 out of 5 in a hygiene inspection last November. The manager is confident he’ll do much better when it’s reinspected.

Not a tweet but a favourite Instagram this week from the Sandhills A 40 underpass:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPNZSZ5gaTC/

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

  • Internet Connection in Headington

Headington Headlines #299

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 1 – 8 January.

@OUHEstates have confirmed that the final reinstatement of the roads, including remaking the speed humps, will be done at the end of all the work in agreement with the County Highways Department.

In the wake of the withdrawal of the H2 local bus service last year Risinghurst & Sandhills Parish Council is asking whether people in that area would use a possible new bus service.

In what looks like a good move for both clubs, Oxford United @OUFCOfficial and Oxford City FC have signed a deal for OUFC to share City’s ground in Marston for training. The arrangement needs the blessing of the City Council.

Several pupils were sent home from Cheney School at the start of term for wearing ‘inappropriate uniform’ – trousers that were ‘too short’. Parents were upset that the children were sent home without supervision and without their parents being told.

@WindmillOxford school couldn’t open after the holidays on Wednesday as planned because the heating boiler had broken down. It was finally fixed on Friday and the school opens today (Monday).

A young man was threatening to jump off the Old Road bridge over the Eastern by-pass on Saturday. Police managed to talk him away and to safety. @HeadingtonNews was there.

You can recycle your natural Christmas trees at three Council sites in Headington – Bury Knowle Park, South Park and Margaret Road recreation ground.

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

  • Energy Pipe – 2017 works
  • Internet Connection in Headington

Headington Headlines #298

TonyOX3

This edition of your round-up of local news covers  24 – 31 December.

Very little of note seems to have happened in Headington over the Christmas break, at least nothing that made the news. Carols were sung, churches held midnight Masses, turkeys and mince pies were eaten, the Boxing Day mummers in Quarry performed to big crowds. The hospitals carried on working but the road works lay silent, as did the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum.

In fact the only bit of news to surface was this announcement that Wolvercote Young People’s Club @WolvercoteYPC has been awarded £4,400 under a City Council scheme to provide youth sessions for girls and young women in Barton.

For food shops open tomorrow and  Monday (1 and 2 Jan) see here. Don’t forget the roadworks start again on Tuesday. Latimer Road will be closed, and Lime Walk only open one-way (northbound, i.e. Old Road to All Saints Road).

Happy New Year!