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Three traffic wardens for one car

Editor wrote 1 year ago: I watched a pack of traffic wardens surround a car in Market Street, Oxford this afternoon. I guess … more →

Tags: bureaucrats, Civil Liberties, Oxford, Oxford parking, Oxford Visitors, Oxfordshire County Council, police, Signs and Notices

Keeping up the road works in Oxford

Editor wrote 1 year ago: An article on my Oxford Agenda site called Speed cameras and statistical ignorance had as its twin t … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire Highways, Summertown

Lib Dems succeed in pushing at 20mph open door

Editor wrote 1 year ago: The latest edition of the Oxford Lib Dems circular proudly boasts of their success in persuading Oxf … more →

Tags: Hazard and Risk, Oxford, Oxford Green Party, Oxford Labour, Oxford Lib Dems, Oxford Politics, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter

Desecrated Oxford in the Times

Editor wrote 1 year ago: A letter under the title Oxford desecrated appeared in the Times of 19 May. The writer refers to the … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxford High Street, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire Highways, Signs and Notices, Street Clutter, Transport

Fish-heads for Fooks not fair

Editor wrote 1 year ago: It seemed more than a little unfair of Dom Joly to pursue Councillor Jean Fooks round Oxford Town Ha … more →

Tags: bureaucrats, Oxford, Oxford City Council, Oxford recycling, Oxford Rubbish, recycling

Oxfordshire transport head on High horse

Editor wrote 1 year ago: There is a letter in this week’s Oxford Times from Steve Howell, Head of Transport at Oxfordsh … more →

Tags: Transport, Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter, Signs and Notices, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford High Street

Traffic lights dawn on Keith Mitchell

Editor wrote 1 year ago: There is an interesting letter on various highways points in this week’s Oxford Times from Keith Mit … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Oxfordshire County Council, new road, Park End Street

Westgate Plods duff up Green woman

Editor wrote 1 year ago: You may like to watch the video of Oxford’s finest trying to arrest Oxford councillor Deborah … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxford City Council, Health & Safety, Civil Liberties, westgate

Money no object at New Road

Editor wrote 1 year ago: I bet your reaction to these photographs was the same as mine. It looks like the usual Oxfordshire C … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Frideswide Square, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire

£13 million less to waste on roads in 2008

Editor wrote 1 year ago: The Government has cut £13 million from the money which Oxfordshire County Council hoped to spend on … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter, Signs and Notices, Frideswide Square, Oxford cycling, Aristotle Lane, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford parking

Nude man joins the crowds in Aristotle Lane

Editor wrote 1 year ago: At about 2:00 am on Saturday morning, a naked man strolled across the canal bridge in Aristotle Lane … more →

Tags: Oxford, police, Aristotle Lane, graffiti

Judge attacks Cowley Road changes

Editor wrote 1 year ago: A judge at Oxford County Court criticised the recent changes to the road layouts in Cowley Road as h … more →

Tags: cowley road, Oxford, Oxford cycling, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter

Emptying some bins in Oxford

Editor wrote 2 years ago: I was much impressed to see an Oxford City Council van full of bin bags on Sunday morning outside th … more →

Tags: Aristotle Lane, Aristotle Lane Rec, Oxford City Council, Oxford Rubbish, Oxfordshire County Council

'Pride in our city' gets a gutter cleared

Editor wrote 2 years ago: It now appears that it was Oxford City Council who weeded the 30 foot stretch of gutter illustrated … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxford City Council, Oxford Neglect, Health & Safety, bureaucrats

No grass in Oxford except in the gutters

Editor wrote 2 years ago: It is curious, is it not, that whilst Oxford’s planners seem intent on wiping out every last p … more →

Tags: Planning, Oxford, Oxford City Council, Oxford Neglect, Oriel Square

Expect more Highways junk at Aristotle Lane

Editor wrote 2 years ago: My post Come to see how not to do it at Aristotle Lane is answered by a reader who saw a similar gro … more →

Tags: Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter, Signs and Notices, Aristotle Lane, Oxfordshire County Council

Come to see how not to do it at Aristotle Lane

Editor wrote 2 years ago: I came across this little party yesterday afternoon, standing amongst the 15 pillars, posts and othe … more →

Tags: Transport, Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter, Signs and Notices, Aristotle Lane, Oxfordshire County Council

Oriel Square put out to grass

Editor wrote 2 years ago: A quarter of a century or so ago, I visited Ostia Antica, the long-abandoned port outside Rome. Now, … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Oxford Visitors, Street Clutter, Oxford City Council, Oxford Neglect, Oxfordshire County Council, Oriel Square

What a load of bollards in Oriel Square

Editor wrote 2 years ago: Oriel Square was a bustling, pretty little place when I first knew it, as an undergraduate in the 19 … more →

Tags: Oxford, Oxfordshire Highways, Street Clutter, Signs and Notices, Oxford City Council, Oxford Neglect, bureaucrats, Oxfordshire County Council, Oriel Square


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