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GOOGLE maps suggest that barriers from a low-traffic scheme could remain in place until March 2022.

MORE Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are gearing up to be installed throughout more parts of the city.

We could have had a consensus Low Traffic Neighbourhood. Instead, we have the high traffic status quo. Firstly, the county council did not roll the pitch very well - no comparative data on hand nor do the closure process at all competently. The plastic barriers a visual disgrace, the road closed signs often absent, communication to those affected poor. Very. Secondly, the ‘No car’ Utopians in our communities who wanted to create a ‘mini-Holland’ through pedestrianising part of...

We could have had a consensus Low Traffic Neighbourhood. Instead, we have the high traffic status quo. Firstly, the county council did not roll the pitch very well - no comparative data on hand nor do the closure process at all competently. The plastic barriers a visual disgrace, the road closed signs often absent, communication to those affected poor. Very. Secondly, the ‘No car’ Utopians in our communities who wanted to create a ‘mini-Holland’ through pedestrianising part of...

DEBORAH TRICKER, 63, of Divinity Road, Oxford, admitted driving at 37mph in a 30mph zone on the A4074 on September 5. She was fined £250, ordered to pay a victim surcharge fee of £34 and court costs of £90. Her driving licence was endorsed with three penalty points. She was not given a totting disqualification because her daughter and elderly mother rely on her to drive. CHRISTELLE SHEPHERD, 29, of Hereson Road, Ramsgate, Oxon, was convicted of failing to provide a specimen for analysis ...

A TESCO branch has announced it will be closing its doors for 30 weeks, which has led to anger from residents. The Tesco Metro on Cowley Road is due to close this spring so the shop can be reconfigured and allow 137 student flats can be built above it. Residents shared their worries about having to travel further afield to shop for essentials, and local MP Anneliese Dodds has also written to the supermarket chain. This is what our readers had to say about the closure: PETER BURR: "Not b...

FIRE crews raced to the scene of a blaze in the early hours of this morning.