Witney Gazette April 16th 2014. Concerns over the capacity of sewers lead to delay in agreeing plans for 38 new homes in Aston. The pumping station in Aston can't cope and Thames Water will have to do work on it. There are no planning reasons to reject the application.

Simon Faulkner-Barrett from Bampton was a runner in the London Marathon and completed the course in personal record time of 4 hours 28 minutes. Simon was raising money for the Mulberry Bush School in Standlake which supplies therapy and support for traumatised children.

Whistle-blowers at the ambulance service, which covers West Oxfordshire have warned lives are being put at risk because of staff shortages. There are 265 vacancies but funding available for only 90 paramedics in this year. There was a 10% increase in the use of private ambulances in the year.
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Photograph of the statue of St Joh n the Baptist that fell down from the base of the steeple during a heavy storm in January 1990

Photograph by Michael Cooper showing Morris Dancers in Church View with names
2004

Soldier in Military Uniform
possibly Ernest Daniels

Witney Gazette Article on scheme to bring Broad Band to West Oxfordshire Businesses

Graffiti Classics. entertainment in the Village Hall on Oct 26th 2013 playing violins and a cello while dancing and singing

Article in Witney Gazette re Ofwat bannning Water bill rise, but Thames Water still increasing bills i n 2014=15

Article on pilot project to streamline paperwork for waterway work on farmers' land.