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Local News
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The victim sustained a lifelong injury A man has been sent to prison after he assaulted a woman in Banbury. Twenty-eight year old Grant Stephen, who’s from Balmoral Avenue, had been the passenger in a car that was travelling along Woodgreen Avenue on January 23, 2021. The driver was a woman in her twenties. Stephen […]
The Liberal Democrat received 67% of the vote A Liberal Democrat candidate has been elected to serve on Brackley Town Council. Jeremy Gladwin received 67% (357) of the 532 votes cast during polling on Thursday. Also standing was Andrew Lawrie who received 49 votes and Arthur Rawlinson who received 126 votes. Neither of Mr Gladwin’s […]
The award demonstrates the high standards being met The Horton General Hospital has been named as a Quality Data Provider by the National Joint Registry (NJR). They monitor the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow, and shoulder joint replacement operations to improve clinical outcomes for patients and support clinicians. The ‘NJR Quality Data Provider’ certificate […]
Around £0.6m is likely to be written off next week Cherwell District Council looks set to step up its efforts to recover bad debt in the future. The council’s overall budget includes an allowance for £1.143m of bad debt. Around £0.6m of unpaid money is likely to be written off next week, with some of […]
Insurers felt there was a severe risk to walkers A small section of a footpath that crosses the A43 to the south of Brackley has been closed due to the dangers of crossing the busy dual carriageway. Brackley Town Council have acted to close the crossing following advice from their insurers. The footpath either side […]
What is believed to be crack cocaine and heroin was seized Two people were arrested following an early morning drugs raid in Banbury on Thursday. What is believed to be crack cocaine and heroin was seized. Members of Thames Valley Police’s Tasking Team executed a warrant at an address in Kennedy House on Orchard Way. […]
Six months since our first report and one resident says “nothing has changed” In January we reported on the frustrations of Longford Park residents who were waiting for the removal of the temporary fencing that is blocking off access to large areas of their new country park. Over six months later and it appears no […]
A big crowd is expected as the young squad prepares to face Havant The Banbury Bulls return to rugby’s National League for the first time in over twenty years on Saturday, following their promotion to Regional 1 South Central. They start their season with a home fixture against Havant with the Bulls looking to continue […]
The club held an emergency board meeting on Tuesday evening “We have a clear message – if you want to be involved in anti-social behaviour at our games do not come”. Banbury United’s board have issued that clear statement to those that have caused problems at the Puritans’ recent games. The Club held an emergency […]
Up to 49.9 Megawatts could be generated on land at the Hanwell Estate A solar farm delivering enough electricity for approximately 15,657 homes could be built on land to the north of Hanwell. A request for pre-application advice has been submitted to Cherwell District Council by Elgin Energy EsCo Ltd. The proposal would see solar […]