Headington Headlines #277

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Headington Headlines #277

Your weekly round-up of local news for 1 – 7 August.

With 10 days to go before the consultation period closes on 18 August there are 5 comments on the heatpipe planning application. The comments genarally object to the disruption and query the impact in relation to the Latimer Road student development and Access to Headington. All my posts about the project are under the ‘Energy Project’ tab in the main menu, and there’s a page of links and contact details here.

The @TheMasonsArmsHQ 2016 Beer Festival is on 2/3/4 September.

Oxford Furniture @OxFurniture announced that they are closing their shop in Headington on 24 August. They say that having traded for 14 years they can no longer compete against internet sales.

Oxford Furniture

The Iceland shop re-opened after its refurbishment, and @HeadingtonNews reports that Bar Meze has re-opened too.

My favourite OX3-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Dong Dong
  • Headington Farmers BREXIT UKIP Market

Headington Headlines #276

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Your weekly round-up of local news for 25 – 31 July.

A proposal emerged to build 700 new homes on land adjacent to Old Marston, roughly between the Victoria Arms and the A40. The land is designated Green Belt and adjoins the Marston Conservation Area and the New Marston Meadows SSSI. The City Council is reported to be against the scheme, and so far no formal planning appplication has been submitted.

A 7-year old girl was bitten in the leg in the play area on Valentia Road on Monday. She needed hospital treatment. Police are appealing for witnesses: the dog is described as “a Staffordshire bull terrier mainly white with brown patches”, and the man with it “a white man in his late forties to early fifties, around 5ft 10ins tall, of a slim build with collar length greying brown hair. He was wearing khaki shorts and was carrying a dark rucksack”.

First impressions of the new sports pavilion to be built in Barton have been published in @TheOxfordMail.

Despite the Oxford Mail illustrating the story of Lloyd’s Bank branch closures with a picture of the Headington branch, the bank has not yet decided which branches will close in addition to the 200 it is already in the process of shutting.

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

  • Oxford Half Marathon coming to Marston again in October 2016
  • Disruption
  • Closure of Parking Shop
  • Can anyone suggest a good window cleaner?
  • Headington Farmers BREXIT UKIP Market
  • Dong Dong
  • Problem in alleyway in Headington

Headington Headlines #275

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 18 – 24 July.

A new shuttle bus service linking the University of Oxford’s science area with Harwell Science and Innovation Campus and the Old Road Campus began operating on Monday. The ‘Science Transit Shuttle’ provides a weekday minibus connection every 30 minutes between 7am and 7pm. Starting in the science area at South Parks Road, journey times are expected to be around 15-25 minutes to Old Road Campus and 50-60 minutes to Harwell. The service is currently restricted to University members and Harwell staff, but may be made available to the public at some future time.

Science Transit Shuttle bus
Science Transit Shuttle bus (picture c/o @oxfordenvsust)

Oxford East MP @AndrewSmithMP voted against renewing Trident in the House of Commons on Monday night.

A fallen tree blocked Warneford Lane outbound on Wednesday.

The Royal Standard pub, owned by Greene King, has ‘updated’ its pub sign. It seems to be one of many old signs the company is replacing. (Thanks to @headingtonnews for the link.)

pubsigns

More on the proposed regeneration plans for Barton, though reading more closely it’s still not clear what if anything will happen.

The bulging wall on the Osler Road/Old High Street section of Cuckoo Lane near the Osler Road end is safe, apparently.

Two loud bangs were heard in the Rock Edge/Old Road area on Saturday. Were they fireworks? Councillor @RuthWilk says there have been similar reports in the past, also at this time of year.

My favourite OX3-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Disruption
  • Closure of Parking Shop