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Annual Governace and Accountability Return Form - This is a summary of the council's finances and governance for the year and is submitted to the Vale of the White Horse District Council

Depending on when you read this, you may still have time to complete my Health Services Survey. It’s 8 short questions about your experience of accessing services like GP and Dentist appointments and should take 5-10 minutes. You can complete it here: https://www.david-johnston.org.uk/health

Although I live in Didcot, I saw it and many other places in the constituency in a different light last month: from the back of a police car!

On Monday (19 March), the Cabinet Office launched a new system that will give the government and emergency services the capability to send an alert directly to mobile phones when there is a risk to life.

The Emergency Alerts system will allow the government to get urgent messages quickly to nearly 90 percent of mobile phones in a defined area. The system is now ready to be tested across the country following successful tests in East Suffolk and Reading.

The alerts will only ever come from the government or emergency services, and they will issue a warning, the details of the area impacted,

The Vale has received a planning application, reference P23/V0480/FUL, for development work at The Blowing Stone, Kingston Lisle.

The application is for: Conversion of a public house into a single, residential dwelling and erection of a garage.

You can see details of and comment on the application on the Vale's website by clicking this link:-

• data.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/java/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P23/V0480/FUL