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School transport shake-up: Concern that policy change will badly affect rural communities
WHILE a lot of the criticism has focused on the clarity of the consultation, the disproportionate impact the policy will have in rural areas has also been a matter of concern. The council has admitted that parents in urban areas such as Oxford
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School transport shake-up: 'With twins it would mean double the cost for us'
FOR many Kennington residents, the impact of the policy would be huge, especially for those who want to send their children to Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor Hill. The village is in the school’s catchment area and the two have strong links, even
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Feeling sorry for Mr Cameron
Sir – You have to feel a little bit sorry for beleaguered Witney MP David Cameron. With the likes of Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liam Fox all circling for his job as Prime Minister, you would have thought he would at least have the backing of
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Gates situation is crazy
Sir – With reference to your reports about access for cars to Tower Hill Cemetery, Witney Town Council appears to be hell-bent on stating that baby graves and headstones have been damaged. I have been told this is not car damage but caused by something
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Cemetery’s gates plans are wrong
Sir – Regarding the proposal to introduce remote-controlled gates at Tower Hill Cemetery for disabled, elderly or infirm people to have vehicle access to the cemetery: councillors are not qualified to decide who can have vehicle access, therefore those
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Council should take over Cottsway
Sir – With reference to your recent reports on Cottsway Housing Association’s woes, would it not be better for West Oxfordshire District Council to take over the role of Cottsway? At least when the council ran the housing stock, a profit was made
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Hospital parking fees make bus route vital
Sir – The recent decision by hospital bosses to massively increase the cost of car parking at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford adds further weight to the call that there should be a direct bus route from West Oxfordshire to the hospital (Gazette
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Cemetery U-turn needs careful monitoring
WITNEY Town Council has decided to open the gates at Tower Hill Cemetery during the day. The council had closed the gates earlier this year because cars had been driving over children’s graves and disrupting funerals. But the changes had angered
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Ready, teddy go at Finstock
MORGAN Crofts tightly gripped her prize teddy as the sun beamed down on the hundreds of attendees of the Finstock Festival. The two-day event began on Friday with a children’s party in the village hall. Then on Saturday hundreds descended on
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Blenheim Battle Proms concert goes off with a bang
CAVALRY, infantry, firework displays and a Spitfire flyover thrilled spectators at the Battle Proms concert at Blenheim Palace on Saturday. The ninth annual concert at the palace kicked off with a Napoleonic Wars cavalry and infantry display.
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Service station cash machine trio sent to prison
THREE men have been jailed after trying to break into a cash machine and escaping in a high-speed pursuit. Carl Long, 32, from Mortimer near Reading, Sean Price, 40, of Brackstone Close, Caversham, Reading, and Frenny Green, 43, of Royal Avenue
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Man on burglary charge
OXFORD: A 35-year-old man will face court accused of burgling a house and stealing a car. Justin Bourton of Dashwood Road, Rose Hill, was charged on Friday over the incident on Thursday, July 4, in Courtland Road, Rose Hill. He has been bailed
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Factory train will speed up electrification work
A NEW £40m ‘factory train’ will be used to install power cables for the electrification of rail routes between Oxfordshire and London, Bristol and South Wales. If tradtional methods were used, the railway would be shut at weekends and bank holidays
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Not all a-Bard: No funding for reopening Shakespeare line
PLANS to revive a railway line to link Oxford, the Cotswolds and Stratford-upon-Avon could cost £16m less than previously thought. Following a £70,000 study last year, campaigners say their revised proposals have cut costs from the original estimates
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School bus shake-up to be shelved ‘although not abandoned’
CUTS to free school transport in Oxfordshire have been shelved after Government policy changes sent county council chiefs back to the drawing board. A decision on plans to withdraw free transport from parents who choose not to send their children
