JR Hospital

Headington Headlines #239

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 2 – 8 November.

Catalin Horhota, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of rapes, sexual assaults and burglary. The rape and sexual assaults happened in Roosevelt Drive in September last year.

The application to build student housing on the site of the old Friar pub in Marston (see HH236) was agreed in principle by the East Area Planning Committee on Wednesday. Final permission will be granted after a legal agreement on conditions has been reached.

A resident of Derwent Avenue had to call the Fire & Rescue services when his electric shower caught fire while he was using it.

There’s only one of the new houses at The Willows (the old Barton Road cricket ground) still unsold. Carpe diem!

The heat transfer scheme between the JR and the Churchill was discussed at the Ward Focus meeting two weeks ago. I wasn’t at the meeting but have gathered some information about it. There will be more in the public domain for local discussion soon, I’m told.

The Head of @WindmillOxford criticised the government’s proposals for more stringent tests for 7-yr olds.

Streets in the @BartonPark_ development will be named after people with strong connections with Barton, as well as plants and animals (“flora and fauna”), says @OxfordCity. One of the people mentioned, Vashti de Montfort Wellborne, appears in a stained glass window in St Andrew’s church, Old Headington. Read about her here on Headington News’ website.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Builders’ vans
  • Car sharing
  • Gearing up to support your cherished Oxford Headington and Marston forum
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.

The JR to Churchill heat transfer scheme

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Remember the multi-coloured markings that appeared in and between Sandfield, Latimer and Stapleton Roads back in June (see HH220)? At the Headington Ward Focus meeting on Tuesday 27 October some information was given about the heat transfer scheme for which the markings were in preparation and which will supply the Churchill Hospital with surplus heat from the JR. People at the meeting were told there will be displays and information for residents soon.

Meanwhile, our Applied Thermodynamics Correspondent writes:-

The JR produces surplus heat which can be used by the Churchill, and has received a Government energy fund to lay this 1.5km pipe to transfer spare heat. The temperature drop in transit will be only 1 degree.

The pipe will start behind the women’s centre at the JR and pass along Sandfield Road. It will then cross the London Road. They can lay plates over the London Road to keep it open (one-third of the work is digging up, one-third laying the pipes, and one-third backfilling). It will then go down Latimer Road, cross All Saints Road, and then down Stapleton Road to the Churchill.

Work will start early in 2016, beginning at each end outside the two hospitals. It will take eighteen months in all.

The pipe will be laid in 300 metre sections. The coloured pavements earlier this year revealed that there is already so much pipework under the pavements that the transfer pipe will in places have to go down the middle of the road.

Headington Headlines #234

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 28 September – 4 October.

Local band Headington Hillbillies @H_Hillbillies new album “The Promised Land” was released on Monday. Listen/buy it here.

The flower planters outside Jacobs & Field were vandalised overnight on Monday.

Oxford University Hospitals, which includes the JR, has been granted foundation status, meaning the four hospitals will no longer be under direct control from central government.

From @HeadingtonNews:

The Headington Plan AGM was held on Friday.

@TheAmpRevival is looking for people to come on the limited body to form the legal structure to pull the Ampleforth pub in Risinghurst back into trading.

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

  • New Recycling promotion
  • Stolen ‘children crossing’ banners in Quarry
  • Looking for a new room to rent
  • Bus drivers and London Road
  • Inept driving
  • Friends of Bury Knowle Park still active?
  • Open Magdalen Wood Tree Felling
  • Neighbourhood Plan AGM
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.