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Councillors agreed that the application “results in an incongruous, intrusive and disconnected collection of dwellings in an open a parcel of land” A plan to build up to 32 houses on a greenfield site in Kings Sutton have been refused by West Northamptonshire Council.   Rectory Homes wanted to develop the farmland site off Hampton Drive […]

Labour leader says unacceptable hospital waits will mean Banbury people could fall through the cracks 5,596 people had to wait more than four hours for emergency care at Oxford University Hospital’s A&E departments during the last month.   That’s over one-third (38%) of those needing to visit A&E. In figures from the NHS, which have been […]

A litter-picking event at the start of September will help the town appear at its best A campaign urging us to be proud of where we live and to stop dropping litter has been launched by Banbury Town Council.   The move comes after discussions about the amount of rubbish dumped in the streets and parks. […]

Torrential downpours were too much for the drainage system to cope with The clear-up operation began this morning after torrential downpours brought localised flooding to parts of Banbury yesterday. The Tesco Extra store on the Banbury Cross Retail Park was forced to close for around 40 minutes yesterday afternoon after heavy rain brought chaos to […]

Using a hosepipe for car cleaning, watering gardens, filling paddling pools and cleaning windows will not be allowed As expected, Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban across its area.   The restriction will come into force in a week’s time on Wednesday August 24. A drought was declared for our area last Friday (August 12). […]

The charges relate to drugs, robbery, carrying a bladed article and driving offences Following an incident on the M40 near Banbury yesterday morning (August 15) a 31-year-old man has today been charged with a number of offences.   These include charges in relation to drugs, robbery, carrying a bladed article and driving offences. The incident occurred […]

Cherwell’s Leader welcomed the Refugees Minister to the district The Leader of Cherwell District Council says the government needs to give more clarity over the long-term support it is going to give to councils and their partners working to support refugees.   Councillor Barry Wood was speaking after he welcomed the Refugees Minister, Lord Harrington, to […]

A two week focus on reducing the risk of harm to road users is underway “Please plan your journeys this summer and make sure a day in the sun doesn’t turn into a night in a cell, or worse.”   That’s the message as Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary’s Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit launch […]

Emergency services were called just before 6.30am The main Banbury to Oxford road was closed for much of Monday morning due to a serious accident.   No access was allowed to the A4260 between Hopcrofts Holt and the turns to Kirtlington and Wootton. The emergency services were called just before 6.30am.    A crew from Charlbury Fire […]

A nearby villager says: “We are OK – so grateful they came out as quickly as they did and put it out” A fire in a farm field on Saturday afternoon came to within just one field from houses in Drayton and the Banbury Chase estate on the Warwick Road.   It took fire fighters around […]