8 january 2015 oxfordshire guardian witney

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PROTEST AGAINST HOUSING NUMBERS Hugh supports Bampton plans DOWNTON Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville has pledged his support to a campaign to restore an iconic Bampton building. Bampton’s Old Gram-

mar School, best known in Downton Abbey TV show as Downton Cottage Hospital, needs £250,000 of repairs. For full story see page 3.

• Oxfordshire countryside near Burford A CAMPAIGN CAMPA group is expecting hundr hundreds to join a rally in Witney thi Wit this month in protest of the ‘threat’ of development in rural Oxfordshire. Rural Oxfordshire Action Rally (ROAR) will see community groups and guest speakers

They say housing figures published in the Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) last adam@taylornewspapers.co.uk year have put pressure on local protest in Church Green from authorities to accept unsuitable 11am on January 24 to voice con- development proposals. cerns about thousands of houses Organisers are expecting hundreds of people to take part on planned for Oxfordshire.

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the day from across the county. Lewis Owens, one of the event organisers, said: “Once we started talking to the action groups, there was an accord between all of us that we’re all fighting independently.” • Continues on page 3

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