Headington Headlines #219

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 15 – 21 June.

Works on the eastern by-pass mean a 30mph speed limit between Cowley and Headington for the next six months while Thames Water replaces the water main that caused severe flooding in Normandy Crescent. Cycle lanes will also be closed at various times.

Risinghurst residents have submitted a formal applicarion to have The Ampleforth Arms registered as an Asset of Community Value.

Choirs from Bayards Hill, St Andrew’s, Wood Farm and Windmill primary schools took part in the Oxfordshire Festival of Voices in Dorchester Abbey on Tuesday.

A person riding a bicycle suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision with a car on Thursday morning. It happened at the Old Road/Gipsy Lane junction: police are appealing for any witnesses.

Work on the new classrooms at @WindmillOxford continues, but people are starting to wonder if they will be ready for the start of the newx term.

Progress at @WindmillOxford – but hard to imagine there'll be a fitted out 2 storey classroom block here in 10 wks pic.twitter.com/tmZ1XZtgDe

— Mike Ratcliffe (@mike_rat) June 19, 2015

The @OXONBIKE hire scheme opened two new stations this week in association with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, one at the Warneford and one at Littlemore. The Oxford Mail carried a report.

Saturday’s rather miserable weather brightened for yesterday’s (Sunday) Old Headington Open Gardens day.

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

  • St Leonards Road
  • Electronic issues in St Leonard’s Road Car Park
  • Live in Oxford? Fill in our survey on online services (takes 10 minutes)
  • Noise in Quarry
  • Mouse & Trousers Band – Saturday 20th June
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.

Headington Headlines #206

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 16 – 22 March.

A collision involving a car and a motorbike closed the London Road near the Lime Walk junction for a time on Monday afternoon. On Thursday a bus and a car collided outside the Churchill Hospital and a man was taken to hospital for treatment.

The Barton Road / London Road junction is closed until Tuesday 31 March. There’s no access in or out at that end.

Headington Festival’s @HeadingtonFest new website went live with details of this year’s fun and frolics. Saturday and Sunday 30 and 31 May – put the dates in your diary!

@RyeStAntony School launched their new website.

Planning permission has been given for the change of use of Kennett House offices (above Iceland) to residential. This was given under the new permitted development rules introduced by the coalition government.

Friends of Quarry are publicly looking for partners who can help them bid to buy the Stansfeld Outdoor Centre, which they registered as an Asset of Community Value. The back story is in these HH articles, and my brief “what happens next” is here.

A muntjac deer got jammed upside down between two walls in Stephen Road on Monday and had to be released by the Fire & Rescue Service and the RSPCA. It was relatively unharmed and was released in “nearby woods”.

Olympic rowing gold medallist Dr Katherine Grainger CBE was inaugurated as the new Chancellor of @Oxford_Brookes University on Friday. The ceremony was followed by the formal ‘opening’ of the John Henry Brookes Building.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • City Council looks to residents for Barton Park street name ideas
  • drains
  • Solar panels in Bury Knowle Park
  • School Places
  • St. George’s day in Headington
  • Could installing a cable car commuter system be the answer to Oxford’s congestion?
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.

Headington Headlines #186

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 20 – 26 October.

The Area Forums organised by Oxford City Council have been problematic for some time. The North East one last Wednesday was supported by 9 Councillors from across the area, 7 officers from the City Council, and one resident. The meeting had not been widely publicised beforehand.

A motorcyclist who was taken to hospital after a collision involving a black Vauxhall Zafira on Marsh Lane near the slip road for the A40 at approximately 11.55am on Friday 26 September has died from his injuries. Police are appealing for any information and witnesses.

Nascent cycling club @QuarryVelo, which appears to be based at @TheMasonsArmsHQ, held their inaugural ride on Wednesday.

Having been closed last week, it seems the Pullen’s Lane gate is going to be closed once a quarter “because of increased traffic” (via @headingtonnews). Readers will remember that a private road needs to be closed at least once a year to prevent claims that it has become a public right of way.

A further addition to Oxford University’s Old Road Campus, or the Churchill Hospital site, was announced during the week. A prestigious new medical facilty, the Precision Cancer Medicine Institute, is planned for a 2017 or 2018 opening. It will study drug, surgery and radiation therapy and will be aided by Churchill patients with hard-to-treat early stage diseases like lung and esophageal cancer.

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

  • Transport and the social divide
  • Northway Town Green application and Barton Park
  • Northway Town Green
  • Proposed student accommodation in Latimer Road/London Road
  • Marston Park and Ride
  • Risinghurst Fireworks
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.