A water firm is set to move a protected species so it can start work to repair worn out pipes.
Thames Water will begin the task of temporarily rehoming Great Crested Newts from along a 2km section of the A41 from Bicester along Ploughley Road and into Ambrosden on Monday.
The water company had to get permission from English Nature to move the newts.
Work to replace the century-old water main, which has burst three times in three years, is expected to last until February.
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