Page 33 - Liam Walker News Today

A COUNCILLOR has blasted his own council over ‘unsafe’ grass verges which he says are forcing pedestrians and cyclists to walk in the road. Liam Walker, Oxfordshire county councillor for the Hanborough and Minster Lovell division, said he receives ‘almost daily’ complaints from road users ‘concerned about pedestrian safety’. The situation relates to the stretch of footpath that runs alongside the A4095 between Long Hanborough and Bladon. Mr Walker said ‘numerous complaints...

DRIVERS have been recorded speeding at 75mph in 30mph zones as villagers seek to catch them out.

Jared Padalecki talks about the major death in the latest episode of Walker.

A ROAD accident will happen soon if a new exit from a luxury hotel is allowed to go ahead without lowering the speed limit along a busy road. That was the warning from a county councillor as plans for a new junction at the entrance to Eynsham Hall, a hotel 10 miles west of Oxford, were considered by a highways chief. Liam Walker, the county councillor for Hanborough and Minster Lovell, made the warning about plans to add a new exit onto the A4095 from the three-star hotel to the south. ...

THE Conservatives who lost out in the contest to govern Oxfordshire for the next four years have formed a principled opposition to the new leading…

THE rain helped to dent Richmond Mavericks title hopes on Saturday. The downpours meant Spennithorne and Harmbys Scott Ryan was available for selection as his cricket game was cancelled. Ryan helped himself to two goals in each half to inflict further pain on Mavs, who were playing their fourth game in ten days, having recently lost in the Medals Shield final and been knocked out of the North Riding Cup. Lee Thompson opened the scoring for Spenni, while player manager Baz Harker, who ma...

RICHMOND MAVERICKS are through to the semi-final of the North Riding Saturday Challenge Cup after beating Tockwith on penalties. It capped a busy week for Mavs whose game against Richmond Town Reserves last Wednesday was abandoned after their player Ryan Howe dislocated his elbow. The game against Tockwith finished 3-3 after normal time. Sam Pickersgill put the Richmond team ahead from the spot before the visitors pulled one back from a free kick. Pickersgill got his second before the vis...

TWO prominent Conservative councillors have not given their backing to protect the only viable route for a railway between Witney and Oxford. The Witney Oxford Transport Group (WOTG) is campaigning for a new railway line to be built between the city and West Oxfordshire, and has petitioned candidates in the May 6 local elections to support defining and protecting a rail route as an integral part of the planned A40 Works project. The groups spokesman, Charlie Maynard, has previously warned...

A fresh spate of incidents of anti-social behaviour has broken out in Woodstock.

"It’s completely needless and mindless behaviour that is putting the safety of little children at risk.” It is the latest in a series of incidents of vandalism and anti-social behaviour that have plagued the club during the past year of lockdowns. Last summer there was an attempted break in at the club causing damage to doors. The police attended. Last July around 10 teens were caught on CCTV in the process of lighting a bonfire on the training pitch. Mr Walker said: “We have h...