Your weekly round-up of local news for 9 – 15 April.

The candidates standing for election in the City on 3 May have been announced. My post covering the OX3 wards is here and you can download the full list for the city here.

There’s also an election for Old Marston Parish Councillors the same day. Thirteen candidates are standing for twelve places, which for whoever comes last is rather reminiscent of being the last to be picked for the class rounders team. The official list of candidates is here.

The three 1-hour parking bays in Lime Walk outside the Britannia are going to be suspended from 17 April to 15 June in connection with Access to Headington work.

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

• Bury knowle park, stealth closure/reduction of facilities
• Family search help – Lavin at The Fox