This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Local News
Page: 101
Liberal Democrat and Green councillors intend to form a new administration The coalition which has run Oxfordshire County Council for the last two years has collapsed. Labour has this afternoon (Sunday) announced that it has quit the Fair Deal Alliance it joined with the Liberal Democrat and Green Councillors to take control of affairs in […]
The result of the consultation could see the mistake become official Oxfordshire County Council has begun a consultation as to whether they should correct an error they made in legal documents over road speed limits in Adderbury. Earlier this week we told you that the stretch of the Oxford Road through the village had been […]
The Paramotor Club are making a return visit to the area The skies above north Oxfordshire will be filled with paragliders this weekend. Members of the Paramotor club are holding an event at a farm in Adderbury from today until Sunday. The event will raise funds for the Lets Play Project. The club first visited […]
An event at Lock 29 on October 21 will help people understand what’s being proposed The long-awaited consultation on a new Local Plan for the Cherwell District has begun and we’re being encouraged to have a say. Our views will be used to develop the draft Cherwell Local Plan 2040. When complete it will outline […]
The courses start in October A new subsidised training course has been launched by Cherwell District Council to help our area’s small and medium-sized businesses calculate and address the size of their carbon footprint, whilst also cutting their energy costs. The course will give businesses the opportunity to learn about the benefits of sustainability for […]
Friends, family and Brackley Mayor welcomed back the fund-raising cyclists A group of friends last week completed a long-distance cycle ride from Brackley’s twin town of Montabaur in Germany back to Brackley Town Hall, raising money for local charities. The idea for the cycle ride was born a few years ago when Josh Jenner and […]
Plenty of interest has been shown during the last year but no sale completed Kings Sutton could lose its local Post Office unless new owners are found for the business. The current owners want to leave for personal reasons, but finding a new owner has proven difficult. The shop and Post Office on Bulls Lane […]
Whilst local pupils achieve good academic outcomes compared to national averages, that’s not the case for disadvantaged children Oxfordshire County Council is set to act on a series of recommendations in an independently commissioned report into the quality of education in the county. The Education Commission was set up by the council in late 2022 […]
Despite being seen in use locally, electric scooters cannot legally be used in public areas here Stagecoach has become the latest public transport operator to ban e-scooters from their vehicles. From next Monday (September 25), electric scooters can’t be taken on board any Stagecoach service. They point out this is the case even if the […]
Their route avoided hills but the winds were brutal Two Banbury men who described themselves as middle aged with dad bods, successfully completed a 100-mile cycle challenge for the Katharine House Hospice on Sunday. Barry Newman and David Feeley rode the Flat 100 South between Peterborough and Kings Lynn in 8 hours and 8 minutes. […]