After a lot of recent rain and a very heavy downpour on 23 December, much low-lying land along the Windrush valley was under water. ...

Oxfordshire will be subject to tier 4 Covid restrictions on Boxing Day, the health secretary has said. At the same time Gloucestershire...

A message from Paul Miller, leader of the campaign to save a post office for the town and the surrounding villages. We are writing to ask...

The government is abandoning its controversial plans for a new algorithm which would have dramatically increased housebuilding in the...

Message from Thames Valley Police As we spend more time at home and on our online devices, over one third (34%) of people say that...

The water supply into our homes and the disposal of sewage are both on the agenda at the moment. Water Supplies As reported in the...

Sadly, we have been informed that the plan to move Burford's post office to the site formerly occupied by the Bygones shop in the Lower...

The HGV ban in Burford is now in force but it is difficult to maintain vigilance to catch offenders 24 hours per day and seven days per...

WODC has announced that 35 new charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) will be installed in car parks in the District, each being...

Welcome. The Burford and District Society will be happy to deliver your copy of the "Living in Burford and District" pack with details...

Someone familiar with speed is Burford resident Jonathan Shubert who has set a provisional world record for covering 100 miles by bicycle...

The following letter from a local trader to the MP for Witney was sent to The Bridge. As our next edition will not appear until the 28...

Thames Water, which has been regularly criticised for its failure to prevent sewage from polluting the Windrush, is in further...

I was very flattered when Brian Kay contacted me and asked me if I would be willing to review his memoir. As Brian’s legion of fans will...

The footbridge over the A40 was removed on the night of Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 October as OCC concluded that it was beyond repair. The...

The English Civil War has been somewhat eclipsed in our history by the more dramatic Tudors, though readers of 1066 and All That will...

In the editorial section of the October Bridge we wrote the following: ‘Rumour number two was that the TSB branch in Sheep Street is also...

Is is still early days but The Bridge has carried out a totally unscientific survey of a number of residents of The Hill to obtain their...

Every river in England is polluted and only one in seven of them meet a “good” ecological standard, according to the latest government...

I would like to endorse recent items in The Bridge magazine concerning Thames Water’s illegal practice of discharging untreated sewage...