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The club didn’t proceed with an earlier scheme Horley Cricket Club’s committee have submitted a planning application to rebuild their pavilion, which dates back to the 1950s. Early in 2018 they were granted permission to build a replacement pavilion in the opposite corner of their field on the Banbury Road, but this project didn’t proceed […]

Items not suitable for the blue bin can be rehomed using the scheme A council scheme to rehome good-quality used items has seen 74 tonnes of clothes and household items collected from north Oxfordshire doorsteps and given a second lease of life in just twelve months. Cherwell District Council launched its partnership with Anglo Doorstep […]

The club is hoping people will get behind the team for this important game Banbury United have one of the most important games of the season so far as they face St Albans City in the Emirates FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round tomorrow afternoon. The FA Cup is the world’s oldest and most famous knockout […]

Some of the cash comes from Cherwell’s reserves and the rest from a government grant Nearly £1m is going to be spent on speeding up the delivery of 8,000 homes in the Cherwell District which have planning permission, but haven’t been built. Some of the money will also be used for town centre regeneration. On […]

Labour has defended the committee changes saying they are standard practice A Banbury Town Councillor who defected from Labour to the Conservatives has been removed from a number of committees in a move the Conservatives have branded petty politics and spiteful. Labour have defended the move saying its simply standard practise. Councillor Dr Chukwudi Okeke […]

Its being paid for through income from a temporary congestion charge Banbury people heading to Oxford will be able to take advantage of free park-and-ride journeys into the city very soon. The scheme is being paid for from income to a new temporary congestion charge scheme which is being brought in by Oxfordshire County Council. […]

So far 1,148 pieces of cake, 658 baked potatoes and 500 bowls of soup have been served It’s a year since a new Katharine House café opened at the Adderbury based hospice and the team there have been reflecting on its impact on patients, visitors and staff. The Garden Café opened in October 2024, following […]

The Museum needs to become a commercially successful operation Banbury Museum will receive another £590,104 of grant funding from Cherwell District Council over the next two years, but its less than the museum has received in the past and continues a downward trajectory. The Museum has operated as an independent trust since 2013 and maintains […]

Committee agrees to another 150 homes because the risks of not doing so were too great A local councillor has questioned the point of Cherwell’s planning committee, in the face of government rules which have left them no option but to wave through planning applications against the wishes of the local community. Speaking at the […]

The theme of Mayor Kieron Mallon’s year is Banbury’s history and traditions A Banbury councillor has saved a number of historic items which were abandoned in Bodicote House from being consigned to a skip. After Cherwell District Council vacated their home of 51 years, Councillor Kieron Mallon – who is the Town Mayor in Banbury […]