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Work will be set for students to complete at home on Google Classrooms Parents and carers of students who attend Wykham Park Academy are being asked to keep their children at home today. An overnight electrical issue has forced the school to close. Any children who are entitled to free school meals can collect a […]
The three villages are the latest to be considered for the County Council rollout Hook Norton, Claydon and Horton will become the latest places to have 20mph speed limits implemented on village roads, if agreed at a meeting tomorrow. Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Management, Councillor Andrew Gant, is being recommended to approve […]
More consultation on the proposal will now take place The decision to switch-off our streetlights overnight has been deferred after Oxfordshire County Council came under increasing pressure for pushing through its plans without a proper consultation. The proposal was criticised by the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, Banbury’s MP, local councillors and members of […]
Kev Royston joined Thames Valley Police as a Special Constable in 2018 A Banbury Special Sergeant has been given a Community Policing Award. Kev Royston received his award at an event on Monday. He joined Thames Valley Police in 2018 as a Special Constable and since then has volunteered a significant number of hours to […]
A petition has been started to oppose the move Oxfordshire County Council is planning to turn off our streetlights overnight. A decision will be made on Thursday by Councillor Pete Sudbury – who is the Deputy Leader of the Council with Responsibility for Climate Change, Environment & Future Generations. He will be asked to decide […]
Like other MPs Sean Woodcock remains conflicted and unsure how to vote Banbury’s MP has admitted he is struggling to decide which way to vote on the bill to allow assisted dying. Sean Woodcock says he was in favour of the law change a year ago, but is now less certain. Details of the bill […]
A number of events have been held for Armistice Day 106 years after the guns fell silent at the end of the 1st World War, around the Banbury FM area people marked Armistice Day earlier, by observing two minutes silence in memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts around the world. In […]
The money was given for schools, libraries, highways, health care, parks and recreation facilities Conservative County Councillors from Banbury are questioning why Oxfordshire County Council has £287m of unspent Section 106 funds sitting in the authority’s bank accounts. The money was given to the council by developers as part of agreements when planning permission is […]
Banbury’s MP has defended the changes being implemented The Carrdus School could close from the end of the spring term next year due to the financial decisions of the Labour government since its election in July. The school’s governors are currently reviewing the future of the school and are looking for a new owner, but […]
The town’s Remembrance Sunday event took place on Sunday afternoon Brackley fell silent on Remembrance Sunday afternoon to remember the fallen from conflicts around the world. A long parade of service personnel, civic dignitaries, veterans and members of the town’s clubs and organisations were led by the Laidlaw Memorial Banbury and District Pipe Band from […]