Mrs Brighouse said: “There are serious issues around SEND needs and children’s care. There is a real mental health crisis for children at the moment.” The Labour group leader added she thought there would be a close working relationship with the Labour-run Oxford City Council. In the past, there have been suggestions of bad blood between the formerly Tory-run county council and Labour-run city council, but Mrs Brighouse contested this. Liz Brighouse, Pete Sudbury and Liz Leffman, the group leaders of the Oxfordshire Fair Deal Alliance. Picture: Andrew Gant She said: “I don’t know if there ever has been a strained relationship.
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A WILDLIFE haven in South Oxfordshire has had a masterplan for its future unveiled. The long-term vision for the popular Radley Lakes – the 326-acre area of former gravel quarries near Abingdon – was announced yesterday by Radley Lakes Trust charity. The masterplan is focussed on protecting wildlife and providing valuable green space for local people. It proposes new pedestrian and cycling routes from the nearby residential areas and safer parking for cars and bikes. Part of the area – Thrupp Lake – is already open to the public, and it has become increasingly popular with visitors in recent years, especially during lockdown. But a decade ago, the future of the area was not so bright-looking.
TESCO’s plans to close one of its Oxford supermarkets’ doors for 30 weeks are continuing to anger residents, who are worried about where they will turn to for essentials instead. The Tesco Metro on Cowley Road is due to close this spring at some point so the shop can be ‘reconfigured’ and that extra floors can be built above containing 137 student flats. Now, a local councillor, Craig Simmons, has written to Tesco trying to ask them if there are alternatives to closing the shop while work goes ahead. Mr Simmons, a Green councillor for St Mary’s Ward, said: “The way the building work is being done makes it very difficult to social distance on the Cowley Road.”