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Thames Water gets go ahead for new loan
Thames Water will be able to go ahead with its £3 billion rescue loan after an appeal against this was rejected. Thames Water says it...
Gordon Elliot
Mar 172 min read


Latest on West Oxfordshire Local Plan
Cllr Hugo Ashton and WODC leader Cllr Andy Graham From WODC West Oxfordshire District Council is taking the next step in shaping the...
Gordon Elliot
Mar 62 min read


Three Horseshoes up for sale
MailOnline is reporting that the Three Horseshoes pub in Asthall (formerly the Maytime Inn) is up for sale. They seek to establish a...
Gordon Elliot
Mar 41 min read


Friction between district councils?
There has been a falling-out between West Oxfordshire and Cherwell District Council over future housing needs. Both councils, like many...
Gordon Elliot
Feb 232 min read


Latest on the Thames Water Saga
Read the latest from Windrush Against Sewage Pollution's blog about the outcome of the court hearing in which Thames Water has been...
Gordon Elliot
Feb 191 min read

VE Day Celebrations
Following on from the enormous success of D-Day 80 - 6th June 2024, when the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France,...
Gordon Elliot
Feb 171 min read


Work to start soon on A40 new slip roads
Work will begin soon on new slip roads at the Shores Green junction on the A40 to the east of Witney. At the moment traffic from the east...
Gordon Elliot
Feb 101 min read


Bourton coach parking argument solved
The controversy over coach parking in Bourton-on- the Water may be reaching a conclusion. This started when the owner of the car park in...
Gordon Elliot
Feb 81 min read


Oxford-Cambridge arc revived
A few years ago there was much discussion about the so-called Oxford-Cambridge Arc, a plan for new homes and businesses. The idea of the...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 292 min read


Calling all history buffs
The Burford Festival is hosting a special event at 7pm on 4 February when there will be an opportunity to hear two distinguished...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 232 min read


Nick Mills
From The Times of 23 January death announcements: MILLS Nicholas Greenaway on 12th January 2025 at Lower Upton, Burford. Memorial...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 231 min read


Thames Water in dispute with regulator over prices
It is reported that Thames Water has been unable to reach agreement with the water regulator, Ofwat, over how much our water bills can go...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 231 min read


Gordon Elliot
Jan 200 min read

Why we should support our farmers
Nicholas Field-Johnson, County councillor for Burford and Carterton North, writes as follows: Farms are handed down generation to...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 152 min read


If winter comes, can spring be far behind?*
These are the first of this season's daffodils that we have spotted - this morning during a walk around Burford. *Percy Bysshe Shelley,...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 121 min read


Christmas Shop Window Competition
The ad hoc choir sings before the switch-on As Christmas recedes in our memories, here is a reminder of the Christmas lights switch-on...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 82 min read

Cotswold Christmas Quiz results
Well done to all readers who came up with the answers, or most of the answers, to our quiz. Â The first person to email us with all the...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 13 min read


Gordon Elliot
Dec 31, 20240 min read

There's still time to enter our fiendish Cotswold Christmas Quiz
Entries close at 2359 on 31 December. Please send your answers to editor@thebridgeburford.co.uk The Bridge Cotswold Quiz Our thanks to...
Gordon Elliot
Dec 24, 20242 min read

Christmas services in the Burford benefice
Photo credit: Pete Gould Sunday 22 December Carol service - Swinbrook church 11.00am Carols by candlelight - Burford church 4.30pm and...
Gordon Elliot
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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