Sir, I was most surprised to read the comments of David Buckle, chief executive of the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils in your election item (Herald, May 11), in which he states he would look to make savings between the two
Sir, I attended Abingdon’s mayor-making ceremony last week. On being elected mayor, one of councillor Mike Badcock’s first announcements was to inform us that he had already bought a Wasps rugby club season ticket and that his deputy mayor would, therefore
Sir, As past mayors of Abingdon drawn from all three main political parties, we were saddened by the news that the long-standing, cross-party convention for choosing the town’s mayor was abandoned last week. Since the days of the Borough Council (ie
ONE of Ireland’s favourite comedians, the award-winning Des Bishop, is bringing his critically-acclaimed show to Didcot. After touring Australia, Canada and the US, the comedian is returning to the UK with the personal tale of his father, who was diagnosed
Sir, May I thank those people in Didcot Ladygrove who voted to elect me as one of their district and town councillors in the recent local elections. My campaign was based on eradicating the excesses of partisan party politics in local government. The
Sir, I want to say a big and heartfelt thank-you from those of us in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell without cars (and in Didcot and Wallingford too) to Thames Travel for putting on, from mid-June, a new Sunday and public holidays service for the 130 bus. This
Sir, Now we have had the local elections and have some new councillors, perhaps we could have some attention to local minor matters and not get bogged down with trying to justify spending £750,000 on changing Wantage market square that no one wants.
Sir, I am sure many people will be surprised to hear that because of the Government cuts Didcot Magistrates Court is shortly to close. How unfortunate for a town which is due to expand greatly over the next few years. Surely this is a waste of the £1.5m
Sir, The honourable institute of mayor, or the Wild West? I reckon I have taken part in or witnessed more than 500 local government meetings in the past few years. Some have had their moments of anger, disagreement and occasionally shouting. Nothing,
Sir, At last the people and traders of Abingdon look like getting what they so need — free parking. It’s a bit rich of the Liberal Democrats to claim it will create more traffic when it was them that caused the traffic problems in the first place (and
CHURCH volunteers in Wallingford are preparing to go out on the streets to help drunken night-time revellers. In October, Churches Together Wallingford had the idea of starting a Street Pastors team after a similar group of volunteers in Wantage celebrated
LABOUR council leaders in Didcot have acted to reverse “shameful” treatment of the town’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau after its grant was cut by the previous Conservative administration. When the Tory group was in charge of the town council it cut the CAB
PLANS to transform Wantage Market Place could be scrapped under a review by the new Conservative-controlled town council. The previous Liberal Democrat administration had put aside £300,000 to invest in the scheme with the aim of making the area become
