Headington Headlines

Headington Headlines #194

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 15 -21 December.

The Skipton Building Society opened on Monday morning in the shop that used to be Ripples. They had a sherry-and-mince-pies open day on Friday.

The Headington Live Advent Calendar continued with performances around the main central area.

Professional camera equipment and a handbag were stolen in a burglary in John Snow Place on Sunday last week (14 December).

The traffic-calming planters in Lime Walk have been tinsel bombed.

Housebuilders Hill have been chosen to build the first tranche of new housing in Barton Park. More on this and the company in this article.

This original tweet and picture, and the reply, made me laugh.

Early indicators not positive for the launch of #Headington's considerate parking initiative. #OX3 pic.twitter.com/yu81WIQRMu

— Jonathan Ives (@jonny_ives) December 18, 2014

@jonny_ives @TonyOX3 Yup, closer to the wall would have left room for another car 😉

— Joan Stonham (@eynsham1) December 18, 2014

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Dunstan Rd Speed Humps
  • Skipton Building Society
  • 29 Old High Street (again)
  • Truth at last
  • Rats Runs etc
  • Barton Park development
  • “Little Oxford”
  • More rat-runs
  • no lights

And finally – a very Merry Christmas to all readers of this blog! And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, have a good time anyway, whatever you’re doing.

I 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 #193

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 8 -14 December.

Roundway traders say they have been badly affected by the London Road roadworks, especially as it seems the project is suffering significant delays.

A man was assaulted and robbed by ‘a gang of teenagers’ on Margaret Road on Friday 5 December.

Two further robberies on Monday, in Quarry Hollow and Bury Knowle Park, are being linked by @TVPolice.

Again on Monday a man had an unknown substance sprayed into his face in a robbery which happened in the alley between Cinnaminta Road and Leiden Road in Wood Farm. The victim was carrying £3500 in cash which he was taking to the bank for his employer.

The John Henry Brookes and Abercrombie Building at Oxford Brookes, and the Maggie’s Centre at the Churchill, are among 147 buildings nationally nominated for the 2015 Civic Trust Awards (scroll down the linked document to South East Region).

Headington Community Action opened a new bike shelter at the Headington Community Centre in Gladstone Road.

After two unannounced inspections by the Care Quality Commission earlier this year, the Albany Care Home was rated ‘Inadequate’. The care home is on the London Road opposite Headington Prep School. One of several problems which the home seems to have failed to cope with was the departure of all their staff nurses, who had to be replaced with agency nurses. The Oxford Mail has more on the story. The company that runs the Albany, Four Seasons (Bamford) Ltd runs a large number of other care homes and has an outstanding CQC warning at a home in Manchester that they must make improvements within a given timescale.

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

  • no lights
  • Smoking at JR Hospital
  • Transport and the social divide
  • Pub on Barton Park?
  • Barton Rd development
  • Bicycle hazard – Headington Hill
  • Oxford-HM Forum needs your financial support!
  • Does YourNextMP have your constituency right?
I 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 #192

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 1 -7 December.

Headington’s live Advent Calendar got off to a flying start this week. @TheOxfordMail carried this report.

A collision near the Headington Roundabout closed the Eastern bypass for a time on Wednesday morning. We seem to be getting at least one accident a week around the roadworks there.

@BartonPark_ has won the award for ‘Planning for Housing Growth‘ at the 2014 Planning Awards.

Continuing the tradition of Headington pubs winning CAMRA’s Oxford Pub of the Year competition, this year’s winner is @TheMasonsArmsHQ. Congratulations to @ChrisMeeson and @Innkeeper55.

The Headington Christmas tree was duly installed in its new purpose-dug hole on Friday.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • I’d just like to say…
  • no lights
  • Barton Rd development
  • Dunstan Rd Speed Humps
  • Transport and the social divide
  • Barton Rd development
I 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.