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The damage occurred back in August Thames Valley Police has released an image of individuals they would like to speak to following an incident which occurred in Swalcliffe earlier in the summer. A group of people entered a property on Main Road at around 9pm on Saturday August 10 and caused damage to a model […]

Each mission costs £3,600 Last year the Thames Valley air ambulance was called out 3,293 times to help people in need of urgent critical care.   Locally, during August the air ambulance attended 11 separate incidents in the Banbury area. This week is Air Ambulance Week and we’re being reminded air ambulances are charities which receive […]

The government convincingly defeated opposition moves to derail their plans Banbury’s Labour MP voted with the government yesterday, rejecting an opposition motion to abandon plans to cut Winter Fuel payments for all pensioners, apart from those on pension credits. Sean Woodcock had previously stated that the move “was a tough choice but a necessary one”.   […]

“Escalating costs” led to a Castle Quay move being abandoned in favour of the old Wilko store Work to convert the old Wilko store into Banbury’s new library is “imminent”. Councillor Dan Levy, who is Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance, gave the update during a meeting at County Hall on Tuesday. He also […]

Its hoped the community will help spruce up Hook Norton primary ahead of school open days Parents and teachers at a local school are hoping members of the community will step forward to help complete a number of maintenance jobs.  Budgetary restrictions mean the work won’t be undertaken unless volunteers come forward. At Hook Norton […]

The assault happened during the early hours of Sunday morning A woman was sexually assaulted in a wooded area as she walked between a Banbury industrial estate and nearby housing at the weekend. The attack happened on Sunday morning between 2 and 2.40am. The woman was in the woodland between Beaumont Close and Griffith Road […]

The incident happened on Sunday afternoon Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them after a 14 year old boy was knocked off his bike in Banbury on Sunday afternoon. The incident happened on the Warwick Road at around 2pm. The vehicle make is not known but could have been of a dark grey or […]

Local transport authorities across England will be given powers to pursue bus franchising Banbury’s MP Sean Woodcock has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by the Labour government that local leaders will once again be able to take control of bus services in our area.  Currently only Metro Mayors have the powers to pursue bus franchising, but under […]

Students can support the hospice through these initiatives With local schools now settled into the new year Katharine House Hospice is inviting them to join in with a couple of fund-raising initiatives to challenge their students. The popular Schools Santa Run is returning towards the end of the year with pupils from nurseries and primary […]

The park’s opening concludes a project nearly twenty years in the making Brackley’s much anticipated new skatepark opened on Friday and through the weekend the young and young at heart have been making good use of the facility. The skatepark has been built next to Brackley Leisure Centre, alongside Candleford Close.  The design contains several […]