内容摘要：It would take him 20 hours to reach safety in Bulgaria, where he now lives with refugee status. As for the journey, he says he could have died from dehydration had he not been found by a police patrol. Still, it was the best decision of his life.

It would take him 20 hours to reach safety in Bulgaria, where he now lives with refugee status. As for the journey, he says he could have died from dehydration had he not been found by a police patrol. Still, it was the best decision of his life.

He said he knew of 25 Cowley Road businesses that had closed but restauranteurs were "too scared to say anything" because English was their second language.Mr Pugh said one of them "was nearly in tears" as he was struggling to stay afloat.

"They are literally killing small independents."An Oxfordshire County Council spokesperson said the LTNs were "designed to work with other measures to make it easier to get around and improve the health and wellbeing of our communities”.The Coalition for Health Streets and Active Travel said that based on

by the Department for Transport, the Cowley LTNs "appear to have reduced road collisions by more than half", saving "more than four casualties per year".Charlie Hicks, Labour councillor for Cowley, said there were "fewer families receiving dreaded calls from the police, fewer people being injured, and less strain on our John Radcliffe A&E department".

"I appreciate that we want to make a greener and cleaner Oxford - we all want it safe," Mr Pugh said, adding it would be "nice" to see an alternative.

"Why don't they just make some of the roads one-way and make proper cycle paths that are not dangerous?"He recalled: "I was standing there with my kid sister Susan and she immediately went 'you should sign [them]'.

"I said: 'Let's hear the second song' and it was: 'I am signing [them]'. By the third song: 'I’m definitely signing [them]'."The band only played four songs that night.

Reflecting on the King Tuts gig in a documentary about the band, Noel Gallagher - who with his brother Liam have been the band's only constant members - said: "Fate is just a word to some people, but I understand it now."Alan McGee was meant to be in that club tonight."