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Katherine Walkington will cover a route of 42.9km this Sunday A nurse who works as part of the palliative care team in our local hospitals is raising funds for the Katharine House Hospice by completing a marathon length sponsored walk. On Sunday Katherine Walkington plans to cover a route between the John Radcliffe in Oxford […]

Applications for grants can be made by not-for-profit groups offering cost-of-living food support A new £45,000 Community Food Fund has been made available to support not-for-profit groups who are interested in providing access to food for those in need.   Applications can be made for grants of up to £3,000, which could also be used to […]

The man was driving although he didn’t have a licence A man heading out on a date night ended up spending the evening in a police cell instead, after he failed a drug driving test. The driver was arrested in Banbury yesterday evening (Tuesday) after he provided a positive Drugswipe.   Police discovered he also had […]

Castle Quay was mirroring other town centre shopping centres One in ten retail units in Banbury town centre were empty earlier this year – but the trend shows this number is slowly reducing. During Monday evening’s full meeting at Cherwell District Council, the Council’s Leader Barry Wood revealed that 52 out of 470 retail outlets […]

The week celebrates and promotes the benefits of recycling Anyone heading into Banbury last night will have seen the Town Hall illuminated in green.   The building is being lit up for seven days to show support for the 20th annual recycle week, which started yesterday (October 16). Local charity WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), […]

The youngster got home safely but police would like to speak to the man Parents are being warned to be vigilant after a 13-year-old boy had to run away and hide from a man in a car, who was following him.   The incident happened in Kings Sutton last Friday (October 13). The boy had left […]

A motion will be discussed by councillors ahead of the onset of winter weather Cherwell District Councillors will this evening discuss a call to improve energy efficiency at homes in the district. A motion is being presented to the full Council by the Labour group, calling for the authority to take a number of actions […]

Parents passionately expressed their opinion on the closure of Southfield Primary Academy Moves to close Southfield Primary Academy in Brackley should be put on hold until a number of questions are answered: that’s the request Brackley Town Council will be making to West Northamptonshire Council and the Department for Education following an Extraordinary Meeting, held […]

The outage is due to a problem on the underground network A number of properties in Grimsbury area of Banbury have been without electricity this morning. Power was lost at 1.46am with around 97 homes and businesses in the OX16 4 area affected.   This includes properties off the Overthorpe Road and on the Thorpe Way […]

The occupants were threatened, but nothing was taken Three males – at least one with a Stanley knife – pushed their way into a Banbury home and threatened the occupants during a burglary on Friday evening (October 13). They got in at around 9.40pm by pushing past one of the people at the property, which […]