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Staff put up the festive display for the benefit of customers Vandals have trashed Christmas decorations which had been put up at Banbury Train Station by staff who hoped to bring festive cheer to commuters. Overnight between Saturday and Sunday a group tore down decorations, ripped up tinsel and smashed baubles they had ripped from […]

The displays are the first in a planned rollout Bus users in Bretch Hill are some of the first in our area to benefit from real time bus service information at bus stops. The recently installed screens form part of a wider £1.6m investment in the Real Time Information estate across Oxfordshire.   This has been […]

Ujeza Kurmekaj will be deported at the end of her jail term An Albanian woman who lived in Banbury has been jailed for seven and a half years after she was found to be acting as a fixer for people smugglers who were arranging small boat crossings from France to the UK. Thirty-two year old […]

The challenging 50 mile endurance hike started back in 1964 Organisers of a popular local walking competition have decided to call it a day.   The Tour-de-Trigs hike first ran in 1964 but in recent years has faced the challenge of finding volunteers to help run the event, together with the fall-out from a global pandemic. […]

At its peak extraction is likely to result in 75 lorry loads of materials transported away each day Plans to extract more ironstone from land to the west of Wroxton village were on show at a public exhibition yesterday (Thursday).   Earthline Limited already extracts minerals from Wroxton Fields Quarry but now wants to work in […]

The challenge runs between 2pm and 10pm Puritans player and former Love Island winner Finley Tapp is leading a team from the football club peddling for charity today. Banbury United is hosting a cyclothon in aid of Children in Need from 2pm at its clubhouse at Station Approach. For eight-hours players, supporters and club directors […]

The County Council is consulting on the proposals following road safety concerns raised “by the town” A 20mph speed restriction could be introduced in Banbury on the Oxford Road from just past the inner relief road, through South Bar, Banbury Cross, North Bar and as far as Cope Road.   All the roads off this stretch […]

Victoria Prentis spoke to Plant Director Edward Tansill on Thursday morning Banbury’s MP has spoken to the Plant Director of Jacob Douwe Egberts (JDE) in Banbury following Tuesday’s shock news of closure of large parts of the factory.   During the conversation Victoria Prentis was told that those losing their jobs would be offered a redundancy […]

The Butchers Arms in Balscote was named the Central Southern regional winner in September A local pub will receive official recognition for its good beer and warm welcome this evening. The Butchers Arms in Balscote was named as CAMRA’s Regional Pub of the Year for the Central Southern region in September.   Tonight a presentation will […]

Support for humanitarian pauses remains the official position Local MPs Victoria Prentis and Andrea Leadsom were amongst those voting down a parliamentary amendment calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.   The Conservative politicians followed their party line – and the majority of Labour MPs – in voting against an amendment which had been proposed by […]