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A review of the regulations will be undertaken to ensure they “strike the right balance” Following the public outcry after Brackley Town Council told a grieving family they must remove decorations from their daughter’s grave, the Council have announced they’ll be holding a public meeting to discuss cemetery regulations. Last week we told you Gemma […]

Three schools shared in nearly £7,500 Local primary schools have received community food grants from Cherwell District Council to help the children understand more about the food they eat and where it comes from. In Banbury both St Leonard’s and Dashwood Banbury Academy received cash which has been used to enhance the school curriculum. At […]

Police are stepping up patrols after a 17-year-old was stabbed in his lower back A second teenage boy has been stabbed in Banbury just four days after an earlier incident where a teenager was stabbed in town.   Police say they are stepping up patrols but as yet have no evidence to link the two cases. […]

The victim required hospital treatment following the incident on Monday A teenage boy has been stabbed in a Banbury park. The victim, who’s 17, was walking in the alleyway through Princess Diana Park between Edmund Road and Mold Crescent, at between 5.20pm and 5.45pm on Monday evening (February 10).   A male, who wasn’t known to […]

The offences happened at locations in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset A Banbury man has appeared in court in relation to child sex offences which occurred over 20 years ago. Eighty-one year old Robert Headhouse-Benson appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday last week (February 7). He’s charged with 10 counts of indecent assault of a […]

They want the money “to fund the improvements our customers and the environment so rightly want and deserve” Thames Water has appealed to the Competition and Markets Authority over the amount by which Ofwat has allowed the company to increase our water bills. Ofwat capped bill rises at 35 percent over the next five years, […]

A previous application for a single story unit has already been approved An outline planning application has been submitted to site a two storey portacabin unit in the car park of the Banbury Madni Mosque on Merton Street. A previous application for a single storey unit was approved in March last year.   That was intended […]

The girl was on her way to William Morris School at the time Police are investigating a report that a man in a white vehicle approached a child on her way to primary school in Banbury this morning. The incident, at around 8.55am, occurred near the William Morris School on Bretch Hill. The vehicle is […]

Councillors approve Lib Dem budget with Labour amendment by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter A large pool of funding is being invested to address issues with potholes and drainage on roads across the county. Motorists in Oxfordshire will be glad to hear the county council announced nearly £40m will be spent on potholes, improving drainage […]

A petition calling on the council to reverse their decision has been signed by 2,500 people A grieving Brackley family have been told they must remove the decorations from their daughter’s grave as they are “disturbing the peace of the cemetery”. Gemma and Jason Sadler’s daughter Lottie passed away at the age of seven in […]