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A HOUSING estate of 87 homes is set for approval after the developer reduced its size from 101 properties.

MAGISTRATES have banned a suspected drink driver from consuming alcohol for 90-days after he attacked a police officer and damaged a police cell in…

MAGISTRATES have banned a suspected drink driver from consuming alcohol for 90-days after he attacked a police officer and damaged a police cell in…

The parish council is proposing to ban parking on Church Road, outside three secondary schools and a primary school.

Plans for a proposed three story house to be built in London Road have been met with widespread opposition by people living nearby.

A TOURIST from Kidderminster has been jailed for breaking his father’s arm during a drunken fight in a chalet at a Devon holiday park.

A Saxmundham home has been left destroyed after a fire from a coffee machine left the property smoke-logged — with a GoFundMe set up for the Suffolk family.

OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ COURT

An experimental, post WWI housing development, just a stone’s throw from Amersham Station, is one of Amersham’s best kept secrets. The Elm Close Conservation Area is a private estate built around a central green. It is entered by a single-track road and hidden behind tall laurel hedges. Few people even know it is there. Living conditions in 1918 Home ownership was rare in the early 20th century and 90% of householders were tenants. Housing became a hot topic during the war when it was...

A PROPOSAL for almost 100 new homes at Sturminster Newton has met with a mixed reaction. Some neighbours say the eight-hectare site, off Bull Ground Lane and Elm Close, is too small for the number of homes and will alter the area beyond recognition, coupled with a loss of privacy for those nearest. Others says they are worried about the additional risk of accidents at the junction of Elm Close and Rixon Hill. Concerns have also been expressed about the possible loss of hedgerows and tre...