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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 […]

Unanimous support for directive to Council administration following damning Ofsted report A cross-party approach to improve the outcomes for children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) in Oxfordshire has been approved following an extraordinary meeting of the County Council today. A recent damning Ofsted report described the provision as having widespread and systematic failings. […]

The meeting on Friday afternoon will offer the public an opportunity to speak An extraordinary meeting of Brackley Town Council has been called for this afternoon (Friday) to discuss the closure of Southfield Primary School. It’s a week since the school’s governors made the surprise announcement that the school would be closing at the end […]

A climate emergency was declared by Cherwell District Council in 2019 Labour Councillors at Cherwell District Council will be seeking support for an initiative to help gather ideas to address global warming locally when the Council meets next week. A motion proposed by Councillor Mark Cherry asks the Council to run a Climate Forum, which […]