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.
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.
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).
Residents will be aware that Storm Ciara is on the way and it is likely that there will be high winds and heavy rain across the East of England and South East this weekend.
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 13th February.
The deadline for comments on Oxfordshire Council Council’s (OCC) plans to realign the Didcot Road, install a zebra crossing and new traffic calming, to facilitate the Vanderbilt housing development on the corner of Didcot Road and Fieldside is Friday 14th February.
Next Tuesday (11th February), Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) will debate whether to accept a transfer of planning powers from South Oxfordshire County Council (SODC) if the Secretary of State for Housing offers it to them. The meeting starts at 10.30am in County Hall, Oxford.
Followers of this website will be aware that the village is planning to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day in style on Bank Holiday Friday 8th May.
South Oxfordshire District Council’s (SODC) plans to move back to their site in Crowmarsh Gifford have moved a step closer after the fire that destroyed its former headquarters in 2015.