Mark Sunday the 10th May in your diaries for the Charity Treasure Hunt in aid of Beagle Welfare at the Athletics Club on Bodkins Field from 10:30am.
The Treasure Hunt is a walkies of about 3 miles, with clues to solve along the way. The team with the most correct answers in the fastest time wins a £50 voucher of their choice. Entry is £10 per team. The first fifty teams will receive a goody bag at the finish, and there will be a prize for the best team name. Continue reading
Did you know that the Village Hall, the hub of our community, is run by a small committee of volunteers? The present committee is made up of elected members and representatives from hall users.
The hall is home to the Pre-school, Lunch Club, Good Neighbours Group, Brownies, Yoga, Pilates, Strength and Balance Class, Karate, WI, Parish Council meetings, polling at elections, plus various village events and casual hire by residents and others. Continue reading
Residents who are not already subscribers to South Oxfordshire District Council’s digital newsletter “South News” may like to download the latest edition here.
Vanderbilt Homes, the developers of the housing site on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road, plans to exhibit findings from its archaeological dig at an exhibition for the school and villagers.
As part of its obligations in developing the site, the company was required to carry out a detailed archaeological dig. This revealed several very early post Roman burials and an emerging Anglo Saxon community, possibly based on German allied troops who served with the late Roman army. Continue reading
With Storm Dennis looming, the Emergency Planning Department at Oxfordshire County Council has asked the Parish Council to share the following information with residents:
As you will have seen on the news we are due some wet and windy weather again this weekend. The latest reports indicate that wind speeds will be slightly lower than last week but rainfall is likely to be heavier so there is an increased chance of flooding. Continue reading
Our District Councillor Sam Casey-Rerhaye sent this report of the Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) meeting at which the motion to accept South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) planning powers was debated:
Local democracy means nothing to County Councillors it seems. An election mandate gets in their way and the County Councillors voted to energetically collude with the Minster to remove planning powers from South Oxfordshire. Continue reading
It has been announced that, following the appointment process in January, The Bishop of Dorchester and the Team Rector will appoint the Revd Canon Mark Haworth as Associate Team Vicar (HfD)* in the Dorchester Team Ministry, within which he will take pastoral responsibility for the three parishes known as the Bridge Group.
Mark hails from Lancashire and graduated in Forestry at Aberdeen. He then worked with the Forestry Commission in the Scottish Borders, Lake District, East Anglia and the Continue reading
The Annual Parish Assembly will take place on Thursday 12th March at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
This is an opportunity for residents to hear from the Chairman of the Parish Council, District & County Councillors, community groups and other organisations in the village about their achievements over the past year and plans for the next twelve months.
Although our councillors will be there, this meeting is really about what is going on in the Continue reading
Some residents have asked if it is worth objecting? Well, yes it is! You may think that objecting to new developments in the village is not worth the bother as no-one takes any notice.
Recently we saw the plans for Vanderbilt’s housing development. The Parish Council and a number of residents sent in lots of complaints about its ideas. Vanderbilt is now making huge changes to its plans to take into account our concerns. South Oxfordshire District Council’s Planning Officer has also told the Continue reading
In gale force winds and rain, the last remnant of Didcot Power Station, the 654 feet chimney, came crashing to the ground yesterday morning (9th February).
It was the end of an era for the coal-fired power station – victim of the drive toward a green, fossil-free future for energy.
The power station opened in 1970 when coal was the major source of energy. The smaller Continue reading
