Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 7 – 13 September.

Oxford City Planning Officers have used delegated powers to allow Jacobs & Field a change of use to an eat-in restaurant (A3). It has been mixed retail/restaurant (A1/A3), with the restaurant element allowed to the current owners on a personal basis, as it otherwise contravened the local plan requiring a certain proportion of retail premises in the shopping area.

Dance Inspires (above the old Trade Exchange shop) is offering free introductory pole dancing lessons during September.

The White Hart @TheWhiteHartH annnounced they’ll be doing a hog roast for every England rugby World Cup game.

The sorry tale of the unfinished new classrooms @WindmillOxford goes on as it turns out that the building won’t be useable until 19 September at the earliest. A County Council spokesperson’s implication that the delay was somehow the school staff’s fault has caused even more anger among staff and parents.

The Farmers’ Market opening times have changed – it’s still every Saturday but from now on it will be from 10:00 to 14:30.

Every now and again I like to bring you news from one of the other Headingtons – this time from the other OU too, Oklahoma University.

Only one active topic on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

• Offering FREE pole dance classes in September to show you how you an keep fit on the vertiical bar!