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Christmas Waste And Recycling Collections

Residents are reminded that waste and recycling collections will change over the festive period. Brown bin collections (garden waste) will be suspended while crews concentrate on collecting the extra waste from Christmas. Information on the changes is on the South … Continue reading

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Citizens Advice Newsletter

Read the Winter edition of the Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale quarterly newsletter. It provides an insight into the squeeze on household income and an update on the Household Support Fund.

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Beware Dodgy Builders

Residents are being warned by Oxfordshire County Council’s trading standards to be wary of leaflets offering driveway or roofing repairs after some property owners were charged for additional, unnecessary work. Any resident who has concerns about cold calling or potential … Continue reading

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Sir Martin Wood

Sir Martin Wood, who launched the world’s first scanning technology and founded the environmental group the Earth Trust based at Little Wittenham, has died.  He was ninety-four. A visionary engineer, Sir Martin started Oxford Instruments with his wife Audrey, developing … Continue reading

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Village Poppy Appeal

More than £1,500 was collected in Long and Little Wittenham for the annual Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion. Eight collectors toured the two villages and there were collection boxes in The Plough Inn and The Vine and Spice, … Continue reading

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Rural Isolation Survey

Community First Oxfordshire (CFO), on behalf of Healthwatch Oxfordshire is undertaking a survey and community engagement exercise to better understand the levels of rural isolation felt in communities in rural Oxfordshire. The survey is designed for everyone to have their … Continue reading

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Thames Travel Bus Service

The Thames Travel bus service between Didcot and the Culham Science Centre via Long Wittenham is being discontinued from the end of this Friday (19th November) because of poor passenger numbers and a shortage of almost eighty drivers. A new … Continue reading

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Bonfire Night Wood Collection

Keeley Volpe of the Bonfire Night Team writes … We will be conducting the wood collection throughout the village on the morning of 6th November. If you have wood for collection, email Keeleyvolpe@fastmail.fm to be an added pick up address on … Continue reading

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Poppy Appeal Volunteers Needed

Prew Bowtell, Poppy Appeal Organiser for Long and Little Wittenham, writes … This year we will once again have poppy sellers coming door-to-door for the annual Poppy Appeal. This year’s appeal runs from Saturday 30th October to Sunday 14th November … Continue reading

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Horse Box Thefts

Three horse boxes worth more than £13,000 were stolen recently from fields on a remote part of Northfield Lane.  Thieves cut through a lock on the gates to the paddock and used a gas cutter to burn off locks and … Continue reading

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