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BICESTER has criticised solutions for the town's London Road level crossing problem put forward by East West Rail Company. A consultation has started, asking locals what they think about plans for East West Rail (EWR) - a rail link between Oxford and Cambridge. EWR plans to increase train services in Bicester, meaning the frequency of trains passing through the level crossing at London Road would rise and the crossing could be closed for up to 50 minutes in every hour. Six options have therefore been put forward to keep traffic flowing, including building an underpass, an overbridge o...

Bicester Heritage has been awarded a £25,000 grant to restore a WW2 watch tower on its site. The building, known as ‘The Watch Office’, is located at the heart of the the former RAF Bicester aerodrome and stands as an active monument to the location’s rich aviation history. The fund comes from Historic England as part of its joint venture with Bicester Heritage to help it preserve the surviving defensive structures of RAF Bicester. A Grade II Listed building, the watch tower is one of just three surviving brick-built RAF watch towers in the UK.. The grant from Historic Englan...

AN Oxfordshire council is making renewed efforts to ensure developers who build in the Cherwell district contribute to improving the natural environment. Cherwell District Council's executive committee approved the 2020-2022 Community Nature Plan and its approach to addressing the council’s statutory biodiversity duty. The plan sets out a vision to 'work with partners to protect and enhance the region's natural environment for its intrinsic value, the services it provides, the health and wellbeing of people; its contribution to climate change adaptation and resilience, and the economi...

Calls for Cherwell District Council to support an environmental bill have been thrown out. A motion put forward by Green councillor Ian Middleton at a full council meeting on Monday called on councillors to sign the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE). It was introduced to Parliament by Green MP Caroline Lucas and seeks to ensure that the UK plays its fair role in limiting global temperatures to 1.5°C. A central mechanism for achieving its aims would be through citizen’s assemblies, but Conservative councillor George Reynolds said he did not support these. He said: “I a...