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Local News
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We are being assured essential water supplies are safe We are now officially in a drought in the Banbury FM area. The Environment Agency made the announcement at lunchtime that around half of England would now officially be noted as suffering drought conditions. Banbury sits within the Thames region – one of 8 officially covered […]
Industrial action will affect all Cross Country services Rail users are being asked to allow a lot of extra time if they are planning on using a train tomorrow – or find an alternative method of transport. Industrial action by the RMT, Aslef and the TSSA unions will affect all the usual Cross Country services […]
Kipps: The New Half a Sixpence Musical starts at the Wykham Theatre tonight Over 40 talented young people aged from 11 to 19 are getting ready for the first performance of their latest stage production this evening. The Youth of Banbury Operatic Society – affectionately known as the YOBOS – will be performing Kipps: The […]
The northbound carriageway of the motorway was closed throughout Wednesday morning Two men remain in hospital after a collision that closed the northbound M40 between junctions 10 and 11 for around ten hours on Wednesday morning (August 10). Following the crash a 33-year-old man from Warwickshire has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving causing […]
Park Rangers say they’ve been extremely lucky to avoid major damage Firefighters were called to the Burton Dassett Country Park on Wednesday morning to extinguish a tree log that had caught fire due to the suspected use of a disposable barbecue. Its the second time the emergency services have been called to the park this […]
Finally – the fields of Cropredy come alive with music again The gates are open and the festival is underway! After a two-year break Fairport’s Cropredy Convention is up and running, with the first campers heading onto the site at 7 o’clock this morning. Thousands of people will make the sun-soaked farm fields around Cropredy […]
Its been 18 years since Martin Keane last visited the seaside A care home in Banbury has helped one of its residents fulfil a wish to travel to the seaside. 71-year-old Martin Keane lives at Care UK’s Highmarket House on North Bar Place. He missed the sights and sounds of the coast and wanted to […]
A life changing visit in 2005 gave Alan Wolstencroft a totally different outlook on life Over a third of a million pounds has been raised here in North Oxfordshire to help educate some of the poorest children in the world, in Sierra Leone. Its all thanks to a member of Banbury Rotary Club and a […]
The council has requested a timescale for the completion of work Cherwell District Council has written to the developer responsible for a Hanwell Fields play area which is in a poor state, requesting a timescale for the completion of work to correct defects. The Hart Close play area remains the responsibility of Persimmon Homes who […]
Woman in 70s had been followed home from a Banbury bank An image has been released of a man police would like to speak to as they continue to investigate the theft of a handbag from a woman in her 70s in Middleton Cheney. The woman had just withdrawn cash from a bank in Banbury […]