Crime & Safety
Incident update as large Oxford tree strikes car and home
The large tree crushed a sign yesterday morning (Tuesday, May 20) on Plover Drive in Greater Leys as well as hitting a home and a vehicle, although neither were badly damaged according to Oxfordshire County Council.
The local authority has since confirmed that the incident occurred when a low loader lorry, also called a heavy-duty trailer, struck the tree.
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Since then the council has attended with the tree being removed up to the stump and the council promising to examine the removal of the stump later today (Wednesday, May 20).
A spokesperson for Oxfordshire County Council said: “The tree was struck by a low loader yesterday at around 9am.
“The tree reached the house but caused no damage. A car in the drive was also hit but, again, with only superficial damage.
“No one was hurt.
“The tree was removed up to the stump by the out of hours team. We will inspect later today and look into removal of the stump.”
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This is not the only large tree to have fallen in the city in recent months.
An iconic Oxford tree in Broad Street by Trinity College fell in April causing some sadness from local people.
That tree was cleared by Oxfordshire County Council from the road in an “out of hours” operation.
The A40 in Marston on the Oxford ring road is closed in a major and ongoing police incident.
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Chiltern Railways cancelled its 4.37pm service to the West Midlands from Marylebone in Banbury at 5.38pm on bank holiday Monday.
Passengers reported the air conditioning had broken, with the sweltering conditions becoming unbearable inside the carriage.
A Chiltern Railways spokesperson said: “We are sorry that due to a fault with the air conditioning on a train, the 4.37pm service from London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction on Monday, May 25 was cancelled at Banbury.
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“Customers were able to use their ticket to board the next service to the West Midlands which departed Banbury 50 minutes later.
“We encourage customers who were delayed as a result of the disruption to claim compensation via the Delay Repay scheme.”
The next service to the West Midlands departed Banbury at 6.27pm.
Staff handed out bottles of water to dehydrated passengers on Banbury’s platform.
The Daily Mail reported temperatures got up to 45C on the train.
Oxfordshire was one of nine counties where temperatures rose above 32C on Monday amid an historic bank holiday heatwave.
Records for May temperatures were broken at RAF Benson and RAF Brize Norton, where temperatures reached 33.6C and 32.9C respectively.
Until Monday, the highest May temperature had been 32.8C which was last reached in 1922 and 1944, the Met Office said.
Emergency barrier repairs on the Oxfordshire M40, after an earlier crash, are causing severe delays on the road.
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