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Visitors are advised to allow extra time to find alternative parking Visitors to the Banbury Cross Health Centre in South Bar House are being warned that their car park will be closed for a couple of weeks from next Monday (October 30). During this time the centre’s landlords are planning to repair, re-lay and repaint […]

The Care Quality Commission’s visit is pre-planned A team of inspectors from the Care Quality Commission are beginning an inspection of the Horton General Hospital’s maternity services today. It’s a planned inspection and they are keen to receive feedback on the service from the wider community.   Oxford University Hospitals Trust has already contacted all those […]

All UK councils have been quizzed on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero Oxfordshire County Council has topped a national table as the best performing county council in the UK for tackling climate change – but Cherwell District Council only managed to land mid-table amongst District Councils. Climate Emergency UK’s 2023 climate action scorecard […]

Singles, albums, CDs and Cassettes will be on offer from a number of specialist dealers Vinyl collectors will get to thumb through thousands of LP and single recordings on Sunday with Banbury’s first Record Fair in a number of years. As the vinyl revival continues to gather pace, Chris Oakes from Strummer Room Records has […]

“We hope that the message is clear … if you continue to commit offences you will be arrested and face consequences” The number of problems caused by a small group of youths involved in anti-social behaviour in Banbury has been substantially reduced. During a Community Forum held on Wednesday evening, Banbury’s Neighbourhood Policing Team reported […]

The popular one-day festival started as a Millennium celebration in Bodicote The popular one-day music festival Bodfest will not be returning.   The Committee behind the event has dissolved their organisation. In a statement they said that Bodfest had become so popular that the small number of volunteers struggled to provide a safe event.   Professional assistance […]

The challenge begins this Saturday A challenge has been set to find 12 pumpkins located in shops around Banbury town centre in the run up to Halloween. The Pumpkin Trail has been created by Banbury BID, with one lucky person winning themselves a Nintendo Switch.  A free trail map can be collected from Sweet Celebrations […]

Extra cash has been secured to safeguard and improve local bus services Single Sunday bus fares in Oxfordshire in the run-up to Christmas are set to be capped at £1 thanks to extra funding aimed at safeguarding and improving local bus services. £1.9 million has been secured from the government by Oxfordshire County Council to […]

The Michaelmas Fair has been an annual attraction in the town centre for more than 500 years It might have been a wet start to Banbury’s Michaelmas Fair, but it was an occasion full of smiles. This year’s fair is a four-day event, running from Wednesday until late Saturday. The extra day is an attempt […]

The picture created by last year’s winner was seen by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak There are 68 sleeps left to Christmas and some people are already preparing.  Amongst them is Banbury’s MP Victoria Prentis who has launched her annual Christmas card competition to find the design that will adorn all the festive greetings she sends […]