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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 2d

This is super clear and helpful

Stephen Gower @sjgower.bsky.social · 3d

I made an infographic map. Oxford's Congestion Charge scheme (from 29th Oct) is not like most congestion charge schemes, because you can get to most streets in the city without being charged. My impression is a lot of people haven't realised this.

A street map of Oxford.

Woodstock Road, Banbury Road and the streets in their immediate vicinity are coloured pink. Botley Road and streets off it are coloured green. Cowley Road, Iffley Road and Abingdon Road and streets off them are coloured blue. Streets in Marston and Headington are coloured orange. The ring road matches the colours at each junction and fades between colours as it goes around. A small area in the middle is coloured yellow, and labelled "Central Permit Area". THe Congestion Charge traffic filters are indicated by black circles circles with white segments, those white segments correspond on a 24 hour clock face with when the filter isn't operational (and the remaining black, when the filters are operational). Crosses mark other filters in the city that are enforced by ANPR but are not part of the Congestion Charge scheme.

Text at the top of the image reads "Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars in Oxford 2025-2026. Any road outside the Central Permit Area can be accessed without passing any traffic filers by using the Ring Road and selecting an approporiate exit junction (matching colours on this map)."

A key at the bottom matches the filter types, with text "Traffic Filters. Hollow Way & Marston Ferry Road 7-9am and 3-6pm. St Cross Road, Hythe Bridge Street, Thames Street and St Clements, 7am-7pm. £5 daily permit covers all Congestion Charge filters. Free Permits available. For example for residents, business use, health and car, SEND and disabilty. Congestion Charge permits do not apply for other filters, such as High Street or in East Oxford/Cowley."

Small print reads "Full details at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-travel" and "©@sjgower Contains OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Locations of highway filters are approximate and for overview purposes only. v1.3"

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 2d

Very much hoping I'll have finished before retirement, but if not, well

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 3d

First new county in a while but I managed a locally brewed ale in Bristol, which is its own ceremonial county - so I'm one closer to my goal of drinking a locally brewed ale in every county in the UK 🍻

A white woman with dark hair wearing a blue coat and holding a beer at a pub table

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 5d

We risk being e-damned if we do, e-damned if we don't!

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 5d

I think we'll be able to rectify it but we'll have to proceed caerphilly

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 5d

Shocking revelation here, Cherwell, we need to up our game as a matter of... wait for it... urgen-brie

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 5d

😬😬😬

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 6d

Uggggg I hope so 😭

Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 6d

Reddit reckons they're switching to subscription, which there's no way I'd go for (was happy to pay £70 upfront to edit my own templates)

Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 6d

Annoyingly you can't open .afpubs created in affinity 2 in affinity 1. Can open from PDF as a workaround but it's not great

Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 6d

Just tried to upgrade my affinity from 1 to 2 and it turns out it's no longer available for purchase as of a week ago! Any Lib Dems have a plan for this?

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Neil Fawcett @neilmfawcett.bsky.social · 6d

Just for the record...

Yes, this discovery creates a big challenge for the County Council and we are now rethinking our future office provision.

But it's not a disaster, it's a fantastic and exciting find and could lead to us finding out loads of new things about Oxford's history.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 7d

An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…

oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...

Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?

An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more… Oxfordshire County Council received some u...

oxfordclarion.uk

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely evening out helping the wonderful Hannah Griffin in Ridgeway with @emnsmith.bsky.social

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 7d

The Guardian has published a list of all the children killed by Israeli action in Gaza.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 7d

🚌 🚌 🚌 More frequent buses for Kidlington (stopping at Parkway Park and Ride) thanks to the funds from the congestion charge - the 700 will now run every 20 minutes, up from every half an hour 🚌🚌🚌

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 8d

Oxford Bus Co has announced more frequent bus services from November to coincide with the congestion charge coming into effect. The improvements mean Blackbird Leys and Cowley will have services to the city centre every 10 minutes, while Iffley Road gets a new night bus.

Oxford Bus Company 300 stops off for a quick half at the Wetherspoons

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 8d

And some even better news for Kidlington - the 700 🚌 will increase to every 20 minutes during the week and every half hour at weekends - this will make a real difference to those travelling to hospital sites or East Oxford, whether for work or to access healthcare

Free bus travel via Park & Ride network among raft of major improvements

Bus travel via the Park & Ride network has been made free among a raft of major improvements

www.oxfordbus.co.uk

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 8d

And some even better news for Kidlington - the 700 🚌 will increase to every 20 minutes during the week and every half hour at weekends - this will make a real difference to those travelling to hospital sites or East Oxford, whether for work or to access healthcare

Free bus travel via Park & Ride network among raft of major improvements

Bus travel via the Park & Ride network has been made free among a raft of major improvements

www.oxfordbus.co.uk

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 8d

Fantastic news that bus travel from park and rides will be free for three months using funds from the congestion charge. Please do take advantage of the offer if you're travelling into Oxford from 29th October!

Free park and ride bus travel with temporary congestion charge

Oxfordshire County Council is providing free park and ride bus journeys in Oxford for an initial period of three months from 29 October, when the city’s temporary congestion charge scheme starts. The ...

news.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 9d

Plus it's not like she'd be eligible for anything in France, a country she left more than seventy years ago and where she's barely paid a dime in tax ever since

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 9d

You also just shouldn't be able to shift the goalposts like that. She moved to this country, built a life, stayed a lifetime, all things she was allowed and indeed encouraged to do. To even think about pulling the ladder from under her after all that time, all that tax paid, is unconscionable

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 9d

She has in fact been in this country for longer than Mel Stride has. Perhaps we should take away his right to benefits instead?

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 9d

My grandmother is 95 and in a care home. She moved to this country more than 70 years ago and spent her entire career as a secondary school teacher in Manchester. Is it really the position of the Conservative party that if she needed help she shouldn't get it and she should move back to France?

Tories say people denied benefits in UK can return to home countries

Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cut

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 9d

Got questions on the consultation on whether Kidlington should become a town? Come to the drop in session 👇🏻

Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 13d

Pretty much

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 13d

There are many words you could use to describe the UK asylum system but 'golden ticket' is not one of them

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities say is ‘straight from populist playbook’

www.theguardian.com

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