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Headington Headlines #147

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

BT removed the unused phone box on the corner of Rock edge and Windmill Road.

Three armed men robbed Stan James bookmakers on Roundway on Monday evening.

A woman’s body was found hanging from a tree in Shotover Country Park last Sunday (19 January).

Homes in Sandhills and Barton suffered a power cut on Thursday afternoon, part of a much wider area including Stanton St John, Forest Hill and Wheatley. The power failure continued through the evening. It was caused by a tree falling on overhead power lines. Local power was restored in the early hours of Friday morning after a generator was shipped in from Bournemouth. And no, I don’t know why Bournemouth.

@RyeStAntony School’s play this year is Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” on 11, 12 and 13 February.

The dugout by the football pitches in Margaret Road Park will be removed at the end of the football season. Complaints of antisocial behaviour have been made, it seems. Elsewhere, Cllr @LaurencePBaxter announced that the City budget for 2014/5 includes a commitment to build a new sports pavilion and community facility there.

Headington’s LibDem Councillors launched a new facebook page.

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

  • Census 2011 statistics by city council ward
  • Quarry Gate pub
  • What did you see last week at the theatre or cinema?
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 #135

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 28 October – 3 November.

Headington and other OX3 areas came through the storm of Monday morning unscathed.

Morrisons opened on Monday as announced – it was even early, opening before 9:00.

A new business networking group for Headington has been started by @TheOxonProject. Its first meeting is today (4 Nov); details here.

The yellow-box junction of Wharton Road with London Road is to be reinstated with money from @RosalindRogers‘ Area Steward’s Fund.

It seems @oxfordkebabs is moving into the Café Noir spot on Osler Road.

Friends of Old Headington have let me put their response to the County’s Headington Transport Strategy on the blog. Any more?

The Sandhills underpass is being smartened up and decorated with artwork by Wheatley Park students.

The Chequers pub in Beaumont Road, Quarry has submitted a planning application (ref 13/02762/FUL) for “Demolition of existing flat roofed porch and erection of new pitched roof porch. Erection of raised decking area over beer garden at rear.”

A young man was robbed in Pullens Lane on Wednesday evening. Two attackers stole his rucksack containing an HTC mobile phone, a Sony camera, text books and a wallet.

It seems that anti-social student behaviour has been worse this new academic year than for several years. Brookes, the City Council and residents are all working to do what they can to bring it under control.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Planning application for 255 Marston Road
  • Traffic in Headington
  • Some Concerns about Headington
  • railings in Barton Lane
  • Parking in Saxon Way
I try to 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 #125

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 12 – 18 August.

The newly-formed Friends of Lye Valley has its own website. Their first meeting took place on Wednesday.

The @HeadingtonPlan Steering Group met on 7 August and the minutes are now online. Mike Ratcliffe @Mike_rat was elected as Chairman.

News broke about two new bus routes connecting Thornhill P&R with the Headington hospitals and Old Road campus. One of them, route 800, is shown as using Osler Road. The current 700 route is being extended out to Kidlington. All services will run Monday to Friday only. Read more on my blog and the e-dem forum.

A con-man who targeted businesses in Headington was found guilty of fraud in Oxford Magistrates’ Court.

Three cameras were stolen in a burglary at a house in Quarry Road a week last Saturday (10 August). On the same day a woman’s handbag was stolen in a snatch robbery as she walked along North Way.

Some properties in Risinghurst had a power cut on Thursday which lasted most of the day.

Work started on sprucing up Headington Quarry Village Hall, which is on the corner of Margaret Road and Quarry Road. The building was given to the local community in the 1930s and is looked after by Trustees.

Brambles, one of Headington’s remaining independent shops, is for sale. Headington.org.uk has the shop’s history.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • New Headington bus routes
  • “Open Doors” weekend in September: Headington & Marston
  • School transport in and around Headington
  • Psychology study with people aged 65-75, takes 35 mins, interesting and really worthwhile
  • An additional pedestrian crossing on London Road?
  • Child’s Bike?
I try to 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.