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Brets burgers restaurant based on Marriotts Walk in Witney has been awarded the highest possible score. On May 11, the burger restaurant had an unannounced visit from West Oxfordshire District Council s food hygiene inspectors who gave the Witney restaurant five stars. The restaurant scored the best possible marks with a very good for the categories food hygiene and safety and structural compliance and scored high for the category of confidence in management . Brets specialises in burgers, steaks and cocktails and started serving food in Oxford in the late 70s and early 80s on the Cowley road and later served burgers in a wooden shed on Park End Street near the Railway station.
David and Victoria Beckham have revealed their latest plans to develop their sprawling Cotswolds home with a store for their fleet of tractors and lawnmowers.
Plans show the couple want a large machinery shed at their £6 million bolthole on the Great Tew Estate will help with their hobbies of gardening and farming.
But they also need space for the large array of tools to help them tend to their sprawling lawns, tennis courts, treehouse and even a huge lake they have won planning permission to build.
The football legend, 46, and Spice Girl, 47, submitted the plans to West Oxfordshire District Council earlier this month.
The Witney North and East seat was won by Duncan Enright with 1606 votes. Suzanne Bartington, who resigned from the Tories to sit as an independent was the previous councillor. Labour s Geoff Saul, who also represented the area on West Oxfordshire District Council, took the Chipping Norton seat with 1,528 votes, with Conservative Maz Holland getting 1,468. Labour held on to its seat in Witney South and Central. Andrew Coles will be the new councillor, with Laura Price standing down. For the latest results from the election count floor, follow live updates here.
AS OXFORDSHIRE heads to the polls today, our newspaper shares the important message to go and use your vote. Across the UK, local elections are taking place on May 6 and in Oxfordshire that includes the county council, district councils, and choosing a new Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley Police force.
Oxford Mail editor Pete Gavan said: “I’d encourage each and every one of you to get out and vote today. “Whether it’s the local council or the police and crime commissioner polls, these are positions that relate to all of us and the only way of making sure your voice is heard is to cast your vote.”