I thought last week was a quiet one for Headington news, but this week I’ve found even less. Ignoring a report of a fat squirrel resting after eating too many nuts from someone’s bird table, here is my weekly round-up of news for the week 11 – 17 April.

Potentially the most controversial, and bound to feature many more times, Ruskin College’s ideas for developing Ruskin Fields, part of the Old Headington Conservation Area, emerged this week. The Oxford Mail carried the story.

Thisisoxfordshire reported that children ‘from Barton’ had been doing the rounds in Headington asking for phoney sponsorship money. According to the police the problem has now been sorted.

In other police-related news @RuthWilk reported that Inspector Marc Tarbit is now neighbourhood inspector for Headington and Zoe Eeles has replaced Chris Miles as Neighbourhood PC for the Headington area. More police news for the Headington area on Ruth and David Rundle’s joint website.

It was even quiet on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum. There were only two active topics this week:

• 1,000 new houses for Barton?
• Where does Headington’s tap water come from?

Here is my weekly round-up of news for the week 4- 10 April.

It seems to have been a particularly quiet week for OX3 news, but I have gleaned these nuggets for you.

The Street Warden service changed to become the Community Response Team. Community Wardens will focus on tackling anti-social behaviour including environmental crime and enforcement. Whether they will catch the For Sale board arsonist who’s been active again this week remains to be seen.

Concerns and protests about plans to open a bail hostel in Headley Way escalated, with 30 people reported to have demonstrated outside the house last Saturday.

Oxford Brookes announced it will be charging the maximum £9000 tuition fees. Oxford University may make a contribution to the expansion of Thornhill Park & Ride as part of their proposed plans to redevelop some of the Old Road Campus site.

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

• Park & Ride Survey
• Planned Bail Hostel at Headley Way
• Dorset House
• Where does Headington’s tap water come from?

Here is my weekly round-up of Headington, Marston and Barton news for the week 28 February to 6 March.

Police raided addresses in Ash Grove and London Road, Headington on Tuesday 1 March in a major drugs operation. Seventeen people were arrested and police seized cocaine and cannabis, cash and a CS gas canister.

Patients leapt to the defence of the food at the Nuffield Hospital with an article in the @TheOxfordMail after a Channel 4 Dispatches report.

Signs appeared warning that Cuckoo Lane will be closed between Osler Road and Old High Street for 10 weeks from 7 March.

This was the weekend of Oxclean’s Spring Clean.

Documents for the public consultation on the future of children’s congenital heart services, including the unit at the JR Hospital, were published.

@The Oxford Mail reported the diamond (60 year) wedding anniversary of Barton couple Jean and Arthur Taylor, who married in St Andrew’s Church Headington.

Boutique microbrewery The Masons Arms, Headington Quarry, won a CAMRA award for Best Beer at the Wantage Beer Festival.

Community group @ThriveBarton appeared on twitter. Their website is here.

Active topics on Headington & Marston e-democracy forum (28 Feb – 6 Mar):

• Should the Dorset House planning application get planning permission?
• Online Survey about Forum Rules
• Polish shop
• Your testimonials about this forum needed to help earthquake community recovery in New Zealand

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