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Three boys required hospital treatment Police are investigating a brawl in Banbury involving around 20 males in their mid to late teens which resulted in a 16-year-old boy and two 17-year-old boys needing hospital treatment. The incident happened last Friday (June 7) between 10.45pm and 11pm in Bridge Street, close to the entrance to Banbury […]
Units taking longer to let, empty unit business rates and service charge costs are blamed Cherwell District Council’s Executive last night agreed to use £285,000 of money held in a contingency fund to plug a gap in income from the Castle Quay Shopping Centre. The deficit relates to the 2023-24 financial year. The Council says […]
The town’s twinning journey began 44 years ago Banbury and District Twinning Association is getting a refresh for 2024 and is looking to hear from individuals, businesses, sports clubs and organisations who would like to take advantage of Banbury’s special relationship with Ermont in France and Hennef in Germany. Banbury’s journey to becoming a twinned […]
She stole cash from the vehicles she managed to get into A woman has been convicted of theft and vehicle interference in Banbury. Forty-seven year old Joanne Coughlan from Mawle Court in the town appeared at Oxford Magistrates Court on Friday (June 7). The court heard that between January and June Coughlan had stolen items […]
Three people have been arrested A woman was assaulted and her two children kidnapped in Banbury on Saturday evening. It happened between 9pm and 11pm. The woman was between Ruscote Arcade and Ruscote Park at the time. After the assault took place the woman’s children were taken from her. Then, at around 10.05pm, offenders were […]
The facility should be up and running by the autumn Work is beginning today on the construction of Brackley’s new skatepark. The facility will be built on land next to Brackley Leisure Centre, alongside Candleford Close. The idea of a skatepark has been in the pipeline for a long time but had suffered delays due […]
Liz Adams highlights her campaign priorities The Liberal Democrat candidate for Banbury at the General Election is focusing on action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, the NHS and the sewage scandal as she campaigns for votes on July 4. Liz Adams says she has knocked on hundreds of doors and listened to hundreds of people […]
Dr Stewart Tolley is standing for the Liberal Democrats in South Northamptonshire The man who is hoping to secure votes in the General Election for the Liberal Democrats in South Northamptonshire is backing his party’s calls for a new protected status for local rivers. Stewart Tolley believes it is time to get tough on “polluting […]
People have reported incidents on the Oxford Road Police are investigating reports that youths have been firing BB guns at vehicles in Brackley. Incidents have occurred in recent days on the Oxford Road, leading up towards Bridge Street, between 4pm and 5.30pm. Members of the public are requested to let the police know if they […]
There are eight candidates standing in both the Banbury and South Northamptonshire constituencies The names of the candidates hoping to secure our vote at the General Election on July 4 have been released. The redefined Banbury constituency now includes Chipping Norton, but excludes Bicester. Victoria Prentis hopes to regain her seat in parliament, but faces […]
