Yesterday’s post celebrated the reopening of West St Helen Street. Today, another key route, Radley Road, was unexpectedly closed for several hours.

An emergency crew from Oxfordshire County Council shut Radley Road between St Peters Road and Kennet Road. What had appeared the previous day to be a large pothole near the centre of the road was dug out amid worries it was caused by a sinkhole.

By around 15:40 these photographs show the hole already filled.

Fortunately, it is half term, which spared Radley Road the traffic chaos that would have accompanied the school runs. There are three schools along the Radley Road. During the closure, the 35 bus was diverted via Audlett Drive.