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Buses at Botley Road turning circle (Image: Photo: Olivia Christie)
Disabled bus passengers are being reminded that a special service is available to help them cope with the closure of the Botley Road.
Last week Bryony Newport from North Hinksey co…
Commuters in the Cotswolds[1] are facing longer journeys over the next few months after a Victorian rail bridge carrying more than 200 trains a day[2] was closed down for safety reasons. According to some reports trains had to be turned around mid jour…
The wife of a pensioner who was mugged on his way to hospital in Manchester city centre[1] says she is ‘livid’ after claims she was forced to chase a response from police.
William Wolden, 81, was targeted on Oxford Road on his way to an appointment at …
A person who was discovered on the railway lines close to Cheltenham[1] this morning (April 19) has died. British Transport Police[2] officers had been called to the scene at around 11.08am[3] after receiving reports of a “casualty on the tracks”[4].
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It’s that time of year again! After being delayed last year due to the coronavirus[1] pandemic, the London Marathon[2] is back, with the same commitment to raising millions of pounds for charity as well as offering the streets of London an elite athlet…
On April 12 – the day after the Botley Road closure started – I had to attend an emergency doctor’s appointment in Beaumont Street.
The normal cost of a taxi – approximately £10 – was £23.30 as we had to go via the A34 and Abingdon[1] Road.
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Struggling small business owners slam Sadiq Khan’s cycling tsar over claim that low traffic zones ‘increase trade by 40%’… after it emerged he used 10-year-old data from BEFORE London’s first ever LTN had even been builtBy Eirian Jane Prosser[1] Pub…
On Saturday, London’s Trafalgar Square was the scene of a protest against the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) implemented in the city. Organised by the group Together Declaration, council leaders, politicians, and TV personalities joined people from all…
Nuneham Viaduct between Didcot Parkway and Oxford is now expected to stay closed until early June, Network Rail has warned. The bridge over the Thames was closed to all rail traffic on 3 April after engineers had seen increased ‘movement’ in the struct…
There will be no direct trains between Worcester and London due to repair works at Nuneham Viaduct (Image: Network Rail)There will be no direct trains from Worcester to London until June.Great Western Railway announced last week that there will be no d…