And a church in Hinton Waldrist, which features in a set of Victorian stereo photographs celebrated by Queen guitarist Brian May, is to get £10,000 for urgent roof repairs
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Picture perfect church given £10k for roof repairs
An Oxfordshire church which features in a set of Victorian stereo photographs celebrated by Brian May is to get £10,000 for urgent roof repairs.
St Margaret of Antioch in Hinton Waldrist is one of 29 receiving a payout from the National Churches Trust.
The Queen guitarist has been closely associated with the village near Kingston Bagpuize thanks to hisresearch of the photographer T R Williams, who immortalised the village as a snapshot of a vanishing way of life in the 1850s.
Lightning knocks out power to more than 300 homes
Lightning struck an electricity substation transformer, knocking out power to 318 homes in the Kennington area, Southern Electric has told us.
The power went off at 16:20, it adds, saying the company is working to get the power back on.
Timeline of human rights challenge
The parents of Fiona McDonald bought a property on Broadway Close, Witney in May 2005 for their daughter to live in
They fell into financial difficulties and were unable to meet the repayments in full, and so receivers were appointed in August 2008
A repossession notice was served in January 2012
A judge at Oxford County Court ruled in April 2013 that a court should not take into account 'proportionality' of Fiona McDonald's circumstances when considering a repossession order
An appeal at the Court of Appeal was later dismissed
Final appeal to the Supreme Court, the UK's highest court, was unanimously dismissed by five judges today
Human rights defeat 'welcome news for landlords and lenders alike'
The failure of a legal challenge by Fiona McDonald to her home being repossessed would be a big relief to "landlords and lenders alike", lawyers have said.
Had her challenge succeeded it could have allowed human rights law to have expanded into disputes between private individuals - and could have had a profound effect on the property market.
Mark Routley, head of property litigation at law firm TLT, said that had her case succeeded it would have altered fundamental principles of contract law.
Quote Message: It would likely have been a deterrent to investment in the buy-to-let mortgage market and in property generally. It could have seen the role of the court significantly extended so as to alter the basic principle of freedom of contract. from Mark Routley
It would likely have been a deterrent to investment in the buy-to-let mortgage market and in property generally. It could have seen the role of the court significantly extended so as to alter the basic principle of freedom of contract.
Fiona McDonald, 45, from Witney, faced being evicted from the home her parents had bought for her when they ran into trouble making mortgage payments.
Her lawyers argued that this breached her human rights, because it was not a proportionate response to the circumstances she faced.
But judges unanimously dismissed the claim, saying human rights law does not apply in cases between private parties, such as landlords, lenders, homeowners and tenants.
Quote Message: The highest risk area was the in-patient beds, and we felt it wouldn't be safe to keep them open in the medium term. But for other patients, provided we have appropriate management plans in place, which we believe we do, the risks are much lower and we can continue to offer safe services. from Dominic Hardisty Chief operating officer, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
The highest risk area was the in-patient beds, and we felt it wouldn't be safe to keep them open in the medium term. But for other patients, provided we have appropriate management plans in place, which we believe we do, the risks are much lower and we can continue to offer safe services.
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- A woman from Witney who has suffered from psychiatric problems since childhood has lost a landmark human rights battle to stop her home from being repossessed
- More than 300 homes in the Kennington area have lost power after lightning was reported to have struck an electricity substation transformer
- And a church in Hinton Waldrist, which features in a set of Victorian stereo photographs celebrated by Queen guitarist Brian May, is to get £10,000 for urgent roof repairs
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- They fell into financial difficulties and were unable to meet the repayments in full, and so receivers were appointed in August 2008
- A repossession notice was served in January 2012
- A judge at Oxford County Court ruled in April 2013 that a court should not take into account 'proportionality' of Fiona McDonald's circumstances when considering a repossession order
- An appeal at the Court of Appeal was later dismissed
- Final appeal to the Supreme Court, the UK's highest court, was unanimously dismissed by five judges today
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St Margaret of Antioch in Hinton Waldrist is one of 29 receiving a payout from the National Churches Trust.
The Queen guitarist has been closely associated with the village near Kingston Bagpuize thanks to hisresearch of the photographer T R Williams, who immortalised the village as a snapshot of a vanishing way of life in the 1850s.
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Timeline of human rights challenge
Human rights defeat 'welcome news for landlords and lenders alike'
The failure of a legal challenge by Fiona McDonald to her home being repossessed would be a big relief to "landlords and lenders alike", lawyers have said.
Had her challenge succeeded it could have allowed human rights law to have expanded into disputes between private individuals - and could have had a profound effect on the property market.
Mark Routley, head of property litigation at law firm TLT, said that had her case succeeded it would have altered fundamental principles of contract law.
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An Oxfordshire woman who has suffered from psychiatric problems since childhood has lost a landmark human rights battle to stop her home from being repossessed.
Fiona McDonald, 45, from Witney, faced being evicted from the home her parents had bought for her when they ran into trouble making mortgage payments.
Her lawyers argued that this breached her human rights, because it was not a proportionate response to the circumstances she faced.
But judges unanimously dismissed the claim, saying human rights law does not apply in cases between private parties, such as landlords, lenders, homeowners and tenants.
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