Headington Headlines #156

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 24 – 30 March, a rather short one this week.

The new Friends of Headington Hill Park held their inaugural meeting on Wednesday.

Headington Quarry Morris Dancers joined twitter @HeadingtonQMD

There were two open consultation sessions on Oxford University’s Old Road Campus plans.

Police made three arrests in Risinghurst and Barton during an anti-drug operation. They also discovered a cannabis farm.

David Cameron visited the JR on Friday, and then was caught on camera in Starbucks by @ian_duke

@CultivateOxford‘s VegVan took up what is to be its regular position outside Barclays Bank on Saturday. They will be there every Saturday from 10 to 4.

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

  • Consultation on Tesco applications end on Tuesday
  • Headington Neighbourhood Planning
  • Headington Hill Park Friends inaugural meeting tomorrow 6pm
  • Headington Hill Park Friends – 1st meeting TONIGHT!!! 6pm
  • Traffic Scheme at The Plain
  • Multi-storey car park at Old Road campus
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.