Great Western Railway (GWR) revealed this afternoon (Wednesday, April 29) that trespassers have entered the tracks near Didcot Parkway station.

This is affecting trains to Reading with the incident occurring somewhere between there and Didcot.

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⚠ Travel Update – 29/04 ⚠

Due to trespassers on the railway between Didcot Parkway and Reading, some lines are blocked.

Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed.

Disruption is expected until 18:00

Check your journey at… pic.twitter.com/6NhGVJinsV

— GWR (@GWRHelp) April 29, 2026

The train service has warned that this disruption is expected to continue until at least 6pm this evening.

A statement published across social media for GWR said: “Due to trespassers on the railway between Didcot Parkway and Reading, some lines are blocked.

“Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed.

“Disruption is expected until 6pm.”

Mint Kitchen and Lounge, in Temple Street in Oxford, was given a one star rating by Oxford City Council environmental health officers following a routine visit.

Stating that ‘major improvement’ was necessary, inspectors handed the eatery a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

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One key issue identified in the latest inspection was the management of food safety, meaning the systems in place to ensure food served is safe to eat, which were deemed to require ‘major improvement’.

Inspectors also stated that improvement was necessary in regards to the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building, as well as the food handling.

The restaurant serves a large range of food including falafel, koftas shawarmas, lamb chops, and burgers with rave reviews online calling the food ‘delicious’ and the service ‘perfection’.

The eatery offers shisha pipes from £15, with premium flavours priced at £19.

Britain’s biggest car park operator, National Car Parks (NCP), has gone into administration, putting hundreds of jobs and 340 sites across the UK in doubt.

The 95-year-old company, which runs off‑street car parks in town and city centres, at airports, hospitals and transport hubs, appointed restructuring firm PwC as joint administrators on March 16 after what the firm described as “insufficient cash” to meet its financial obligations.

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According to its parent company, NCP’s liabilities exceeded its assets by about £305 million as of the end of September last year.

Following an initial review of the business, 21 NCP car parks judged “commercially unviable” shut to customers last month.

A press statement from PwC said the remaining 318 car parks would continue trading and that “no further sites are identified for closure at this time”, while options for the rest of the business are considered.

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National closure lists confirmed that one Oxfordshire site, NCP Banbury Marlborough Road, was among those due to close at the end of March.

NCP’s own online locator shows that, in addition to the Banbury site, it operates car parks at Oxford Gloucester Green and Oxford Worcester Street.

Neither of which is on the published closure list and therefore still open under the administrators’ control.