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Just a reminder that the parish is organising training for residents on CPR and how to use a defibrillator. There are two events being held in Kingston Blount Village Hall – Tuesday 6 September and Thursday 8 September. Both starting at 1930hrs and are free to attend.

Please try to come along to one or other of them; an hour spent understanding CPR and getting familiarised with a defibrillator unit may well save the life of someone close to you.

Just to gauge numbers it would be helpful to know who is coming. Please send an email to  .

This weekend ARCC has the normal Friday night Junior Training from 6pm. The bar will open from then.

On Saturday we have:

Aston Rowant 1^st v Dachet 1^st from 11.00 on the top pitch.

Aston Rowant 4^th v Great Horwood 2^nd from 1pm on the bottom pitch.

As is usual with 1^st team games the bar will be open from 12.30pm.

The attachment below gives more detail on the Discretionary Council Tax Energy Rebate from SODC.

Note that to be eligible for this payment, households must have been resident in the property on 1 April 2022.

The payments are being provided via the government funded Discretionary Council Tax Energy Rebate and the money does not have to be repaid. This scheme is different to the mandatory £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate.

Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Temporary Road Closure at – Aston Rowant & Sydenham, Unnamed Rd

A request has been received from FreeFlow Traffic Management for a temporary road closure to apply to a section of road between Aston Rowant and Sydenham whilst overhead cabling, tree cutting, providing poles, and blockage works are carried out.

A temporary notice is being made to implement the temporary closures and will operate from 15/08/2022 to and including the 19/08/2022 (each day from 08:00hrs to 18:00hrs).

Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor.

A copy of the drawing showing the extent of the closure and also the alternative routes for traffic is attached.

Further information regarding the works may be obtained by contacting Paul Moore of FreeFlow TM on 07971691755.

Between 8th and 12th August the Crowell Road – B4009 – will be closed for traffic calming measures.

As a result the number 40 bus will be re-routed:

The plan from OCC is that, from Thame, the bus will go via the normal route to Chinnor (Church Road) then return via Station Road to Emmington crossroads and run via Sydenham and Kingston Stert to Kingston Blount. It will not be possible to serve the following bus stops: Oakley Road stops in Chinnor, Crowell village and the Cherry Tree at Kingston Blount. Passengers from Kingston Blount could catch the bus in Stert Road. It will take longer but hopefully there is just enough layover time at each end to prevent journeys running progressively later throughout the day.

See the attached map.