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Cole's Field - Time for Comments and Objections
The following is a message from Burford Town Council explaining how to make a comment or objection about the planning application for...
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The Bridge Burford
- Jun 28, 2021
- 21 min
The Bridge Essay Competition: Runners-up
Below are the five essays in our recent environmental essay competition which were close runners-up to the eventual winners. Years 7 to...
The Bridge Burford
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
BTC Message on Cole's Field
The barbarians are outside the gates once more – and that’s where we want to keep them. A planning consultancy called Pegasus has...
The Bridge Burford
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Cole's Field Is Back
You may have thought that the question of building on Cole's Field in Burford had gone away after the last planning application was...
The Bridge Burford
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Nicholsons Nurseries Free Valuations Day
Nicholsons Nurseries are holding a free valuations day on Tuesday 8 June between 10.00am and 4pm a their nursery at Bicester. The details...
The Bridge Burford
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Raw Treatment
The Rivers Teme near Ludlow and Leam near Leamington will receive £78 million to deal with sewage pollution and make them safer for wild...
The Bridge Burford
- May 21, 2021
- 5 min
The Bridge Essay Competition Winners (2)
This essay by Isabella Rose-Leahy was the winner of the competition for years 7 to 10. So-called 'Fast Fashion' is defined briefly as...
The Bridge Burford
- May 15, 2021
- 6 min
The Bridge Essay Competition Winners (1)
We announced in our April edition that we were holding this competition in conjunction with Burford School. Entrants were invited to...
The Bridge Burford
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
Local Election Results
Nick Field-Johnson (C) 1404 Rosie Pearson (Green) 488 David Richard Melvin (LD) 338 29.95% of the electorate voted. Across the county...
The Bridge Burford
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Progress on Windrush Pollution?
At last, do we hear you say? Windrush WASP, which has been campaigning hard on this subject, has written as follows: You know that WASP...
The Bridge Burford
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
New Rules on Wood-Burning Stoves
Curbs on the sale of house coal and wet wood for household burning in England have come into force under new rules aimed at cutting air...
The Bridge Burford
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Church Services May 2021
This information is shown here as it was not possible to put it in the May edition of The Bridge PARISH CHURCH SERVICES May 2021 St John...
The Bridge Burford
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
News From The Wychwood Project
HELP US TO LEARN WHAT’S LIVING IN THE WYCHWOOD Garden Butterfly Survey For many of us, our gardens have featured prominently on our “to...
The Bridge Burford
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
Measures to Stop Sewage Pollution to Rivers Criticised as Inadequate
The government is planning to force water companies to issue annual reports disclosing how often they dump raw sewage in rivers. This...
The Bridge Burford
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
Threat to Visitor Information Centre
The future of the Visitor Information Centre in Burford hangs in the balance following a review by WODC, who run the VIC, of their policy...
The Bridge Burford
- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
Road Accident in Burford
Fortunately nobody was hurt in a serious raid accident in Burford which happened on Tuesday 9 March. We are told that it took place at...
The Bridge Burford
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Security Cameras
Security cameras are becoming an increasingly common sight on our homes and are no doubt a valuable way of maintaining security. However...
The Bridge Burford
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Lockdown Bites At Crocodile Zoo
Many of our readers must have visited Crocodiles of the World near Brize Norton village, and perhaps have taken children or grandchildren...
The Bridge Burford
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Ian Taylor's #TheExcuseMeProject
Photographer Ian Taylor has sent us details of a project in which he records in photographic form fleeting meetings with people in the...
The Bridge Burford
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
Spring In The Air? Not yet
A sign that spring might not be too far away - the first daffodils coming into bloom by the Burford roundabout. However the weather has...