HAIRDRESSERS and beauty therapists are cautiously optimistic about being allowed to reopen on April 12. Businesses say they are delighted to have been given something to work towards but are concerned that this date when all essential retail and personal care can welcome customers back could be put back. Leanne Forsey, who owns the award-winning Guyz n Dollz salon in Wharton Road, said: At least we ve got a date rather than last time when we were left in limbo. Messages have been coming in thick and fast from customers wanting to book but I have not opened our appointments yet. If all goes well and things are going in the right direction, I will open our diary.
The cellar of The Red Lion was completely flooded after river levels rose to record levels Trustee Damon Horrill said: The height of the river is scary. The cellar is almost up to the ceiling. All our stock, equipment, fridges, freezers are all floating. I ve never seen anything like it in 13 years. We haven t got any help from an insurance point of view because each time these floods happen the risk is so high, the insurance premium is beyond our reach. The pub was flooded in October 2019 but staff it did not cause as much damage. Chefs and volunteers from the What s For Tea service who prepare, cook and deliver meals to residents in Winsford and Middlewich had been operating from the Red Lion kitchen.
Oxford Magistrates Court
OXFORD MAGISTRATES COURT
MARK JORDAN SMITH, 22, of Wharton Road, Oxford, admitted racially aggravated harassment towards a police officer in Faringdon on August 21 as well as obstructing and resisting a police constable in execution of duty in Faringdon on October 21. He was made subject to a community order and must carry out 100 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months. He must also pay compensation of £125, a victim surcharge of £95 and court costs of £85.
MASON FERRIS ARNOLD, 20, of Ferriston, Banbury, admitted being in possession of cannabis, a Class B drug, on October 22 in Banbury. He was fined £80, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and court costs of £85. He must also forfeit the drugs to be destroyed.