"Windmill" Fair Trade shop
The Windmill (an independent Fairtrade shop) opened at 104 London Road (next to Cartridge World) on 2 March 2010.
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Coco Noir
Coco Noir (Headington's new chocolaterie) and its owner Majid Yazdani were featured in the January "In Business" magazine of the Oxford Times:
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Council fined for crushing car
Oxford city council has been given a criminal record for illegally crushing a car parked on private land at the top of Headington Hill.
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Desmond Tutu at Fairtrade shop
Desmond Tutu visited the Windmill Fairtrade shop in Headington on Tuesday 11 May 2010.
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Two cannabis farms raided
Police raided a house in Weldon Road, New Marston on Monday 17 May and seized cannabis worth more than £100,000.
A week earlier on 10 May they raided another cannabis farm in Headley Way.
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Dial House applications
The application by the Dial House at 25 London Road for "Erection of three storey building accommodating 5 flats (1x3, 2x1 and 2x2 bed). Provision of bin and cycle storage" has been approved.
An earlier application for "Erection of first floor rear extension to provide 3 x en-suite guest bedrooms and a store" was refused.
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Nicolas closed
Nicolas, Headington's last off-licence, closed on 29 March 2010. |
Londis licensing hours
Londis (on the corner of Windmill Road and London Road) was granted an extension to its premises licence, allowing it to serve alcohol 23 hours a day, 7 days a week, from 6am to 5am the next day.
Because there were objections to this proposal, a hearing was held on 7 January 2010. Conditions were imposed.
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QL appeals dismissed
Both appeals by QL at 136 London Road (formerly Café Bonjour) were dismissed by the Planning Inspector on 9 March 2010 . These appeals were (1) against the enforcement notice served by the city council following refusal of the first application for A3 (café) use, and (2) against the council's decision to refuse the second application for the same.
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Café break-in
Burglars forced the rear doors of La Croissanterie overnight on Tue 27/Wed 28 April 2010 and stole cash from the till.
On Wednesday 31 March Jacobs & Field nearby suffered a break-in between 8.30pm and 10pm and £150 was taken from the till. |
Learner driver in Old Road
A learner driver's mistake in Old Road on 11 April 2010 made all the national news.
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All Saints Road brothel
The couple who ran the brothel in All Saints Road were ordered to pay back only 2% of their ill-gotten gains.
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Dangerous dogs
In six months to January 2010 there were five attacks by dangerous dogs in Headington, and four in Wood Farm, Barton, and Marston combined.
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Oxclean
Voluntary groups cleaned up areas of Headington and Marston on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 March 2010.
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Johnson's Cleaners
The Lord Mayor formally opened Johnson's Cleaners, on the London Road on 15 January 2010. The shop (which has replaced Sketchley) is the first in Oxford to be fitted with a GreenEarth cleaning system, which used liquid silicone instead of petrochemicals. |
Royal British Legion saved
The Royal British Legion Club in Hadow Road, Marston was saved by a loan. It had faced closure over an unpaid £52,700 tax bill.
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