High winds and rain batter Oxfordshire (From The Oxford Times)
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High winds and rain batter Oxfordshire
10:10am Sunday 29th April 2012 in Oxfordshire
HIGH winds and torrential rain are battering Oxfordshire this morning, with wind speeds of more than 50mph.
Flood warnings have been issued for the River Thame from Marsworth to Dorchester including Thame, Shabbington, Ickford, Waterperry, Wheatley, and Drayton St Leonard.
The Environment Agency has also warned of possible flooding on the River Ray from Shipton Lee to Islip, including Ludgershall, Blackthorn and Murcott, and on the Chalgrove Brook at Chalgrove and Stadhampton.
Flooding is causing major problems on the A417, with the road blocked in both directions throughout the morning between Silver Lane in West Challow and Ham Road in Wantage.
Roads in Blackbird Leys were disrupted last night due to fallen trees and Blackhorse Lane in Cothill, near Abingdon, is currently closed due to fallen power cables.
A fallen tree also halted early-morning trains on the Chiltern Line between Haddenham & Thame Parkway and Princes Risborough but it has been removed by Network Rail engineers and services are now running normally.
- For more details of flood warnings, click on the link to the Environment Agency.
Comments(11)
xjohnx
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11:46am Sun 29 Apr 12
Its not news.
Its just weather.
Lord Palmerstone
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11:53am Sun 29 Apr 12
online_reader
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11:55am Sun 29 Apr 12
oxman
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12:33pm Sun 29 Apr 12
Vernon Spools
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1:33pm Sun 29 Apr 12
SteveOX4
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5:09pm Sun 29 Apr 12
online_reader wrote:And did you get it?
The news of where fallen trees, floods and road closures are happening is quite helpful; in fact I came to this site precisely for that information.
SteveOX4
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5:12pm Sun 29 Apr 12
wiltz wrote:Like the story about the sex attack in Cowley. 18 hours after it is alleged to have happened, OM declare it as 'breaking news'.
Who is the editor at the Oxford mail? Obviously someone who has no idea what "breaking news" means!!
"High winds and rain batter Oxfordshire" is not breaking news. I can look out of my window and see the wind and rain, I was woken by it last night as were many people. How then is this "breaking news".
Stop using this banner on everything it's pointless. Ever heard the story of a boy who cried wolf, the idea can also be applied here.
BREAKING NEWS is very apt name indeed for the Oxford Mail website. Try opening more than 6 'articles' at the same time and watch what happens to your computer.
(A clue is 80% RAM, and 100% CPU taken up.)
snert
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9:23am Mon 30 Apr 12
Porphyro
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9:26am Mon 30 Apr 12
wiltz wrote:Perhaps you would have preferred as a banner for your contribution "breaking wind".
Who is the editor at the Oxford mail? Obviously someone who has no idea what "breaking news" means!!
"High winds and rain batter Oxfordshire" is not breaking news. I can look out of my window and see the wind and rain, I was woken by it last night as were many people. How then is this "breaking news".
Stop using this banner on everything it's pointless. Ever heard the story of a boy who cried wolf, the idea can also be applied here.
Vernon Spools
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9:40am Mon 30 Apr 12
wiltz says...
11:21am Sun 29 Apr 12
"High winds and rain batter Oxfordshire" is not breaking news. I can look out of my window and see the wind and rain, I was woken by it last night as were many people. How then is this "breaking news".
Stop using this banner on everything it's pointless. Ever heard the story of a boy who cried wolf, the idea can also be applied here.