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Around 100 volunteers are needed to help with a number of events Much as Santa has his elves, Katharine House is looking to recruit their own little helpers over the next few months. The Hospice needs around 100 people to come forward to help them run their events between now and the end of the […]
A rare amber alert for rain had been issued Monday’s record for the most rain in the country was in the Banbury FM area. 108mm of water fell from the skies in South Newington during the day – more than anywhere else in the UK. The news came in a release from the Met Office […]
One driver became stranded after attempting to drive through flood water Homeowners in Adderbury have been doing their best to protect their properties as the Sor Brook burst its banks following Monday’s torrential downpour. Flood waters are stretched across the Lucy Plackett Playing Field and have entered properties on Dog Close. One local resident told […]
Police are trying to establish how he came to be there A man is in hospital with serious injuries to his legs after he was struck by several vehicles on the M40 on Saturday evening. Police are trying to work out how he came to be walking on the northbound carriageway of the motorway between […]
The man was spotted on Sunday afternoon A man tried to attack police officers and threatened to “smash up the Police station” after he was caught riding an e-scooter in Banbury. The 20-year-old was spotted on Warwick Road on Sunday afternoon. He tried to evade officers but when they caught him he made the threats, […]
The latest updates as the Banbury FM area is hit by heavy rain Email any updates or photos you have to news@banburyfm.com. Sat 10.00am The train line between Bicester North and Banbury is now back open after flood water receded. Fri 12.00pm In Brackley a flood alert has been issued for the River Ouse. The […]
The female suffered abuse both on arrival and departure A woman has been racially abused and spat at outside a Banbury supermarket. The woman, who’s in her thirties, was reversing into a parking space at Tesco Extra on Lockheed Close last Saturday (September 14) at 1.15pm. A man, who had parked a few spaces away, […]
Both the Market Place and Spiceball park will be full of things to see and do Visitors from across the country will be heading to Banbury on Sunday to join local people celebrating Prodrive’s 40th anniversary in the town. “Prodrive Day – A Celebration in Banbury” will run in both the Market Place and Spiceball […]
Its hoped work to rectify the problems will be completed by October 5 Brackley Town Council has closed the town’s new skatepark after an inspection found glass and other potentially dangerous debris in the topsoil surrounding the facility. Earlier this week signs appeared asking users to stay off the mounds around the skatepark. Now it […]
A fire took hold on the corner of Queensway and the Bloxham Road on Wednesday evening A mobile phone network operator believes a fire at one of their masts in Banbury was arson. Emergency services were called to the 5G equipment on the corner of Queensway and the Bloxham Road on Wednesday evening at 10.49pm. […]