Digital Switchover Day 1 – worries remain

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Digital Switchover Day 1
The digital switchover help van was on the Market Place today, but I did not see queues of worried BBC2 viewers climbing the ramp to seek assistance.

Today the BBC2 analogue signal vanished for ever. BBC2 can now only be watched on digital in Abingdon
Digital Switchover Day 1
In order to watch Champions League football tonight I had to switch back to ITV analogue. For some reason ITV digital has never been strong enough to hold a picture together in our house.

In two weeks time, on Digital Switchover Day 2, the remaining analogue channels, including ITV, will be switched off for ever in Abingdon. The bandwidth released should be enough to allow them to boost the ITV digital signal so we can watch more Champions League football in our house – but the worry remains.

Trip Hazard on Thames Street

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Thames Street
Before Heritage day I had to do risk assessments on activities we were planning. There are risks you can create yourself like a gazebo on a windy day that is not weighted down, and there are risks that are there already that you can’t do much about except warn people.

Thames Street is very picturesque.
Thames Street
but over on the side by the river, where people have no real reason to go apart from to admire the view, or see the new Heritage information board, there is the worst pavement in Abingdon.

You have been warned.

Dear Neighbour

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Tesco Good Neighbour
Residents near the Ox Pub recently got a letter from Tesco saying

Dear Neighbour

We have taken over the run down Ox public house and are going to transform this premises into a small Tesco Express. We do not need to apply for planning permission to change a pub into a small convenience store but we will be applying for planning permission to change the elevation and add some new signs.

Yours Sincerely.
Tesco

Emails to the new neighbour can go to carol.leslie@uk.tesco.com.