LAST year, Didcot A, the coal-fired power station with six 99-metre cooling towers, celebrated its 40th birthday. But Didcot A is due to close in 2015 and the plan is to demolish all six of the towers. Conservationists are already celebrating, but business
Sir, May we, through your columns, thank Gary Jones and his team for once again organising an excellent Abingdon Marathon. We have assisted, through the charity Against Breast Cancer, at the end of the last three marathons and it is so nice to get the
Sir, In view of the concern shown both in your letters page and privately to me on my changeover problems, your readers might be interested in the final outcome. I had my aerial checked (£48) to no avail, so I decided to get a new PVR. The firm from
Sir, The Vale of White Horse is just one of many district councils having to grapple with the confusion and challenges arising from the changes to the planning system implied by the draft National Planning Policy Guidance and the Localism Bill. One
Sir, I went to see Abingdon Operatic Society’s production of Hello Dolly this week. As always, it was an excellent production obviously enjoyed by every member of the packed audience. The star of the show Ann Turton is an amazing woman
Sir, The VWHDC seems keen to jump the gun and implement the Government’s planning green paper even though it’s not law and there is strong opposition to its basic ideas. This paper talks of greater local input, but while local councils’ policies are
Sir, We thought Herald readers would like to hear about a good deed which will benefit the 350 clients of Didcot Volunteer Centre. HSBC bank sponsored a ‘Guess how many coffee beans are in this jar? competition. Councillor Bill Service was spot on!
Sir, Normally, I would have welcomed any letter supporting one of my opinions but Greta Thornbory’s letter (Herald, October 26) saying “For once I agree with Jack Loftin” was, sadly, a humiliating and devastating deflation of my estimation of my own worth
Sir, Imagine this if you can? It is mid-morning and a MPV people carrier with ‘Baby on board’ stickers in the windows is travelling along Benson Lane. The driver, a young woman, probably the mother of the ‘Baby on board’, is looking fixedly at her lap
A PERFORMANCE with a difference is being staged by the Sinodun Players at Wallingford’s Corn Exchange theatre. They are presenting a show entitled A New Cavalcade of Costume on Thursday, November 10, following a similar successful evening staged two
