Here is my weekly round-up of news for the week 9 – 15 May.

The 1st Barton Guide Unit and the 7th Headington Brownies each received grants of £500 from the Red Nose Day Community Fund.

A public meeting to discuss traffic and other problems in Osler Road was held on Monday. Cllr. @RuthWilk reports.

Oxford City Council began the consultation process on the Barton West redevelopment. A new twitter account @BartonOxford has been set up to help communications. The Council’s Barton page is here and to comment you can sign in or register here.

@BrookesTV reported that the closed Londis on the Windmill Road junction is to become a KFC. He/she later admitted “I heard it from someone who works in another local business and they seemed pretty sure”. I think it might be a troll, though discussion on the H&M e-democracy forum seems to think it’s likely to be true. (See latest posts on the forum near the bottom of the linked page.)

Fusion Hairdressing (newbie @Fusionhairoxf) in Headington has opened its new nail bar doing manicures, pedicures, threading.

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

• Rosemarys Restaurant
• AV
• Bus Users’ Forum 10th March
• Planning applications: new arrangements
• Brookes sells Cotuit Hall
• Reclaiming the Ring Road, Connecting communities
• Agenda for last-ever Area Committee meeting (Tuesday)
• Headley Way public conveniences
• Londis corner shop in receivership
• Friends Of Warneford Meadow AGM