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The lasted parish church magazine is now online. Navigate to Your Community > The Church.

According to Oxfordshire County Council:

“Children aged six to 13 will soon be able to join in musical groups in a series of new sessions at venues across the county on Saturday mornings.

The music groups are aimed at children who have been playing an instrument for at least a term and up to grade 5 and who are looking to develop their skills and performance with other players of similar ages. They will offer a fun, safe supportive atmosphere where children can make new friends and improve their playing by performing with others.

The 90-minute Saturday music centre sessions are available through school term times from 18 September and are available in Bicester, Oxford, Didcot, Thame and Witney.

Music centre instructors will offer expert tuition to allow the children in the sessions to develop their musical skills by playing as a group in an orchestral style. All of our instructors are DBS checked and risk assessments and safety precautions are being taken to reduce the risks of COVID-19 transmission.

Booking lessons is easy; parents can visit the council’s webpage, select the nearest venue and reserve a place. The groups will run on an ongoing basis through school terms. Participating children will need to bring their own instruments to the sessions.

The sessions will run each Saturday from 9am until 10.30am.

The new sessions come after school choirs and bands have not been able to rehearse together for more than a year, and children learning to play an instrument had to rely on remote instruction from their teachers.
URL : http://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/saturday-music-sessions/”

A note from SODC updating residents on garden waste collection:

“We regret to inform you that garden waste collections in our districts will remain paused at this time to ensure we can continue to provide core waste collections – rubbish, recycling and food – without major disruptions.

The garden waste service was suspended last month due to our contractor, Biffa, struggling with the national shortage of HGV drivers, and during that time we have been working hard to encourage Biffa to find solutions to reinstate the service.

We continue to work closely with our contractor, Biffa, to provide us with further information as to how they propose to reinstate their contracted services as soon as possible.

As soon as we are able to, we will update you on when the service will be resumed. Until that time we are asking you to continue to remain patient and thank you for your understanding.

Please could we ask you pass the news onto neighbours, especially those without access to the internet or social media.

We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience we know this is causing, and we apologise that this service has fallen beneath the levels you have come to expect. We have asked Biffa to provide options so they can make it up to anybody who doesn’t receive the service they should this year.

For more information on what you can do with your garden waste in the meantime please see our website.”

The parish council is proposing a new chicane at the junction of the B4009 and Aston Rowant Road. Further, the council proposes lowering the speed limit in Aston Rowant village from 30mph to 20mph.

Oxfordshire County Council as the overseeing authority has opened a consultation into the two proposals via https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk. The documentation regarding the proposal are in the attachments below.

Comments need to be lodged by 23 September 2021.

 

Update:

A note for those interested in taking part or avoiding the area.

On Saturday 21 August, the Glorious Gravel Chilterns ride will be held for cyclists looking to complete a 92km route.

Based around the Chilterns, the route will start and finish in Kingston Blount. More detail is here and a map of the (updated) route is below.

In either respect – taking part or avoiding the cyclists – you have been warned.