The election for the parish council was uncontested as there were four candidates for the seven seats available. Therefore the following persons are duly elected as parish councillors and will take up their posts from 10 May 2023.
Bernstein Adam Neil. Old Stocks, The Green, Aston Rowant, OX49 5ST.
Clark-Hodgson Jason Michael. (address in South Oxfordshire).
Day Matthew. Apsley Cottage, The Green, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SE.
Hunt Joanne. (address in South Oxfordshire).
See the attached document.
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This Easter the holidays are going to be jam-packed full of activities for children in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse.
There’s something for everyone whether your child loves being outdoors, is interested in theatre or likes to get stuck into a bit of craft. South Oxfordshire District Councils’ Active Communities teams have a range of free and low-cost activities for children and their families to enjoy.
The popular orienteering Xplorer activity, where children and their families follow a map to hunt for different themed markers around a park, returns at the following locations:
Cholsey: Monday 3 April at the Recreation Ground
Faringdon: Monday 3 April at the Folly Sports Park
Kingston Bagpuize: Tuesday 4 April at Millennium Green – the morning will also include multisport activities.
Henley: Tuesday 11 April, Makins Recreation Ground
Unless otherwise stated all Xplorer activities take place from 10am-midday, and children under the age of 16 need to be accompanied by an adult. Families can turn up on the day or book via the online booking form.
Sporty kids will love multisports in Sonning Common from 3-13 April in partnership with Active Leaders. Children aged 7-12 years old can play a variety of sports including netball, cricket and rounders.
Booking is limited to 3 sessions per child. To book a place please email .
There’s also the chance to book a place on our free beginners skateboarding and scooting sessions on the 11 April in Cholsey and Sutton Courtenay with Team Rubicon, and families can take part in family Yoga in Didcot on Friday 14 April at Fleet Meadow Community Hall, YouMove card holders can book using their membership details.
The council’s Better Leisure centres will also have a timetable packed with Easter activities. The sessions will vary from centre to centre but include the Kids Swim for a Quid scheme, tennis camps, toddler world, inflatable pool sessions and toddler world.
For those into the theatre and crafts the districts arts centres, The Beacon in Wantage and Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot have a great line up too.
The Beacon For children who love science the Easter holidays start with a great show the whole family can enjoy on Saturday 1 April, with Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science.
Morgan and West are magicians, time travellers who also have a secret past, they are also qualified scientists! Expect captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza! Tickets are £12 and £10 those under 16.
Cornerstone Arts Centre Cinderella is reimagined as a magical new ballet for the whole family with the Let’s All Dance Company on Wednesday 5 April. There are two performances combining stunning dancing, storytelling, and beautiful costumes designed to enchant and dazzle young and old. Prices are £11.50, £10.35 concessions and £44 for a family ticket of four.
On Thursday 6 April book your tickets to see Bossy – a hip hop children’s show celebrating both black and deaf culture. The Multi-award-winning Zoo Co presents this show to a Caribbean soundtrack, and it’s performed both in BSL and English so both hearing and deaf audiences can enjoy. Tickets are £9.50 and £8.55 concessions.
Youngsters can get their craft on with “Decorate Your Own Flowerpot” on Wednesday 12 April. A one-off workshop for school years 1 to 6. Children will get a chance to design and paint their own hanging flowerpots in time for spring! All materials are provided for this simple arty session to let your inner gardener grow. Price for this session is £10.
And to end the Easter Holiday activities The Munch Mission comes to Cornerstone on Saturday 15 April. A quirky family comedy from the award-winning theatre company Brave Bold Drama. Help Agents Kahli and Dali find the missing piece of art as they decipher clues and interrogate suspects in this interactive mystery show. Tickets are £12.50, £11.25 concessions.
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On 19 March, the Cabinet Office launched a new system that will give the government and emergency services the capability to send an alert directly to mobile phones when there is a risk to life.
The Emergency Alerts system will allow the government to get urgent messages quickly to nearly 90 percent of mobile phones in a defined area. The system is now ready to be tested across the country following successful tests in East Suffolk and Reading.
The alerts will only ever come from the government or emergency services, and they will issue a warning, the details of the area impacted, and instructions about how best to respond.
Emergency Alerts will be used very rarely – only being sent where there is an immediate risk to people’s lives – so people may not receive an alert for months, or even years.
Emergency Alerts will be used across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and their initial use will focus on the most serious severe weather-related incidents, including severe flooding in England.
By broadcasting from cell towers in the vicinity of an emergency, the alerts are secure, free to receive, and one-way. They do not reveal anyone’s location or collect personal data.
Some vulnerable groups may want to opt out of the emergency alerts system. However, the government strongly recommends that people do not opt out of the service, as it is intended to warn people when lives are in danger.
The government has produced a toolkit to help councils communicate key messages as part of the Emergency Alerts campaign.
A UK-wide alerts test will take place in the early evening of 23 April which will see people receive a test message on their mobile phones.
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Those planning to use Oxfordshire’s household waste recycling centres next month are being warned about a series of short closures to enable essential work to be carried out.
For safety reasons, Oxfordshire County Council will be shutting each of its centres for two days – although never at the same time – to allow for deep cleaning and essential maintenance to take place. This includes jet washing the sites and structures, repainting lines and safety areas, as well as other general work to improve the customer experience.
The closing dates are:
Alkerton, near Banbury: Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 March
Ardley, near Bicester: Thursday 23 and Friday 24 March
Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt: Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 April
Drayton, near Abingdon: Thursday 30 and Friday 31 March
Oakley Wood, near Wallingford: Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April
Redbridge, Oxford: Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 April
Stanford, near Faringdon: Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 March.
All closures are on quieter weekdays to minimise disruption and sites will reopen at 8am the following day. Residents are asked to plan ahead, ideally holding on to their waste until the site reopens or, if that is not possible, visiting one of the neighbouring sites.
More information can be found on Oxfordshire County Council’s website, including details of alternative sites during the closures.
Residents with van or trailer permits can use these at any of the HWRCs.
All of Chinnor is now a 20mph zone following OCCs placing of roundels with the new lower speed limit.
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