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LABOUR maintained its overall control of Oxford City Council after the votes were counted on Saturday night. A long day of vote counting, beginning at 10am and ending at 8pm resulted in 34 seats on the council for the Labour Party. The Lib Dems won nine seats; the Greens won three, gaining a seat on their numbers in the previous council, and two independents, Mick Haines in Marston and Saj Malik in Cowley Marsh, were also elected. Susan Brown, who will return as leader of the council, said: "I am grateful to the people of Oxford who have shown their confidence in our Labour council."

How the weir may look if built. Picture: Oxford City Council/ Environment Agency PROPOSALS to replace a damaged weir over the Thames will be discussed by Oxford planning chiefs this week. The weir, a kind of small dam, sits across the Thames next to the Trout Inn south of Godstow Bridge. The current structure, named Godstow Weir B is made of concrete and dates back to the 1930s. It could be replaced by a new, modern-looking concrete weir which would include a 'fish pass', if plans for the work is given the go-ahead by Oxford City Council's west area planning committee today.

PEOPLE across Oxfordshire woke up to snow this morning.

EIGHT homes planned for a carpenters yard off Marston Road have been refused planning permission because of the added number of cars it would create. The eight semi-detached homes, four three-bedroom houses and four four-bedroom houses, would have been built where a series of empty sheds sit behind Jack Straw's Lane, a residential street in New Marston. Oxford City Council's east area planning committee refused permission for the homes because its rulebook for housebuilding said the homes had to be 'car-free' because of their location in a Controlled Parking Zone. Cantay Estates, the ...

IT was a fight to save trees on a street near the JR which saw neighbours come out in their droves with banners and megaphones, despite the lockdown. Now the residents of Headley Way, Headington, appear to have come to an understanding with officials over the future of foliage on their street. Last April, residents of the street woke up to discover that contractors in the pay of Oxfordshire County Council were cutting down mature trees either side of the road. The workers, from a company owned by Oxford City Council called ODS, said the roots of the trees had been damaged by earlier w...