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Headington Headlines #148

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 27 January – 2 February.

A man from Alden Crescent, Barton appeared in court last Friday (24 Jan) charged with rape. The alleged incident happened near Hythe Bridge Street on 19 January. The man was remanded in custody until 7 April.

@FrogOrange now have a year-round firework licence in their Headington and Jericho shops.

Followers of the 29 Old High Street saga will be excited to know that there will be a Public Enquiry at the Town Hall on 11 February. It’s to determine whether a planning consent from 1974 is still valid. Here’s confirmation from the Planning Inspectorate and here’s headington.org.uk’s history of the site.

Local GP and ex-councillor @joemcmanners has been appointed clinical chair of the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, a key role in the new structure of the NHS.

Police released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident on 16 January (see HH 146) when a car reversed into a PCSO in Wharton Road.

The Oxfordshire Family Mediation centre (125 London Road – Headington shops) moves today to a new location at 33 Iffley Road.

In a case going back to 2011 (see HH 35) the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service announced that Dr Yenugula Srinivas has been found guilty of misconduct following a Manchester hearing in November and December. He was expected to be told after this week’s ruling whether he would be would be struck off, but a separate hearing is now to be held in March to consider his case. Dr Srinivas was originally accused of sexually motivated conduct towards female patients while acting as a locum at several surgeries in Oxford, including Bury Knowle, but was acquitted at his trial in 2011.

A man from Territorial Way, off Horspath Driftway, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to possessing around £87,000 of drugs and a range of banned weapons – a single-shot handgun, a stun gun disguised as a mobile phone and an incapacitator spray – found when police raided his flat. The trial was adjourned for reports and sentencing will be in March.

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

  • Headington Quarry School 150th Anniversary
  • Quarry Gate pub
  • What did you see last week at the theatre or cinema?
  • Headington Focus Group should include Headington Community
  • John Lewis Pick-Ups from Waitrose Headington
  • Handyman recommendation
  • Tesco: the rumours are true
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 #143

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If the lack of any news is anything to go by Headington has been shut down over Christmas. So here’s my very brief round-up of local news for 23 – 29 December.

Headington’s Christmas tree outside Barclay’s Bank blew over in the storm on Monday, Rosemary Restaurant mysteriously lost its ‘M-(T)ree’ and Peacock’s shop-sign disappeared in preparation for Sainsbury’s moving in.


Photo: @headingtonnews

Adieu Peacocks

A collection box for Helen & Douglas House was stolen from outside a Christmas lights display in Barton.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of this week:

Not even the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum could overcome the Christmas torpor: only one post this week:

  • Cycle track through University Parks flooded

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

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 #142

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

@Headingtonnews has compiled a handy list of the Christmas and New Year opening times of the local food shops.

The quickly-mounted camapign to stop BT removing the red phone box in Old Headington has been successful. @RuthWilk, who played a big part herself, paid tribute to the others involved. The story made the Oxford Mail on Wednesday. The start of the story and links to background are in HH 141. Finally, Ruth announced on Friday that BT have agreed to sell the phone box to Headington Action for £1 subject to conditions on its future use which don’t seem to onerous. Ruth’s summary of the campaign and its outcome is here.

Oxford Brookes Community Liaison team @BrookesCLO put up Christmas decorations in Headington, all made out of recycled materials.

Six places in Headington are listed as possibly going on the City Council’s Heritage Assets register: All Saints Church, Lime Walk; Coach House to Dorset House, London Road; 58 Old Road (All Saints Vicarage); Wall of Warnford Hospital fronting Warnford Lane; Hillsboro, 14 Holyoake Road (Formerly the home of C.S. Lewis and his landlady Mrs. Moore); and Cuckoo Lane.

The Stansfeld Education Centre, at the end of Douglas Downes Close off Quarry Road is owned by Birmingham City Council. It is losing money and Birmingham City is consulting on its future. The Centre, also known as The Forest School, is also used by local groups including schools, scouts and guides. The whole site covers 17 acres. More information on these links:


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Friends of Quarry have drawn up a comprehensive set of proposals for tackling the traffic problems in Quarry. Worth reading!

In a confusion of several myths (King Alfred, Father Christmas, Narnia ….?) the Fire Services were called to an incident in Kiln Lane, Risinghurst when a batch of mince pies caught fire in the Community Centre oven.

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

  • Nationality-based shopping at Headington Coop?
  • Consultation on the future of Stansfield Education Centre
  • Is our red phone box worth fighting for?
  • Kebab shop in Headington – article in the Oxford Mail today
  • Eastern Bypass – broken water main today
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.