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A FLOOD alert is in place for parts of West Oxfordshire.

FOLLOWING the heavy rainfall over the festive period, sewage fungus has been sighted in West Oxfordshire. Homes in the district were flooded after the heavy downpour, but now the impact on the environment has been noted. A spokesperson for Thames Water said the volume of sustained heavy rainfall over the Christmas and New Year period meant the Witney sewage works had received and treated far more flow than it is designed to cope with. In those circumstances, once the available treatment and storage capacity is exceeded, the works overflows to the Colwell Brook. Campaign group Windru...

December 18, 2020 Time travel: Vintage cars with cheery faces at the wheels — just another day in the village of Minster Lovell   -  SUGATO MUKHERJEE Time travel: Vintage cars with cheery faces at the wheels — just another day in the village of Minster Lovell   -  SUGATO MUKHERJEE× Spread across five counties of England, this region of undulating hills, lazy rivers and somnolent villages is filled with archaic charm * The name comes from a 12th century Anglo-Saxon chieftain named Cod. He owned a vast expanse of ‘wold’ or upland country. Hence this was Cod’s wold and eventually ...

There is much that lockdown 2.0 left for our Christmas list. The obvious: freedom, proximity to loved ones, good times in the company of close friends. And, falling as it did in October, some of my favourite –  if more frivolous – eagerly anticipated autumn events. This year there was no layering up under Halloween costumes to follow a frosty trick-or-treat trail. There was no misty breath mixing with bonfire smoke on fireworks night. No hot dogs at the half-term funfair as screams get swallowed by the foggy night. There’s been no carol singing with a mulled wine and a mi...