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The attack happened on August 11 A man from Kidlington is wanted by police in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in Banbury on Monday August 11. Twenty-three-year-old James Doran is known to frequent the North Oxfordshire and South Warwickshire areas.   He also has links to Hillingdon in London and Leicestershire. Doran is […]

“The thought of this being next to us is terrifying” Following the High Court decision earlier this week forcing the government to remove asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel in Epping, West Northamptonshire Council has confirmed action is underway to take similar legal and planning steps in their area. In a statement issued yesterday council […]

“The thought of this being next to us is terrifying” by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter The Council has further delayed making a decision on plans for a biogas plant in rural Northamptonshire, despite outcries from neighbours who claimed they had already “suffered over three years of life-changing uncertainty” from the project. Developers Acorn Bioenergy […]

The age limit will also be reduced from 25 to 21 by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter The number of beds available for homeless young people leaving the care system has been cut by Oxfordshire County Council. The council has approved the plan to reduce the number of beds by 20 per cent and reduce […]

Its GCSE results day and around our area students have been collecting their results… BGN At Blessed George Napier Catholic School 83 percent of students gained at least a Grade 4 or above in English and 80 percent achieved at least a Grade 4 or above in Maths.  Seven out of ten achieved a Grade […]

Police were called to Garners Field last December A man from Birmingham has been found not guilty of a number of offences in Great Bourton last December.   Following reports of a domestic disturbance in Garners Field, 49-year-old Inderpal Bansal, who’s from Westfield Road in Smethwick, had been arrested on suspicion of affray, possession of an […]

Cameras were used to track down the culprits The moving of items in Brackley Cemetery has been tracked down to a family of thirsty foxes. Brackley Town Council used camera surveillance around the cemetery to identify the culprits after personal items at graves were disturbed. They didn’t capture any footage of humans damaging graves or […]

Local councils across the country are considering the implications for their area Following yesterday’s High Court ruling stating that asylum seekers can no longer be housed at The Bell Hotel in Epping, across the country local councils are considering the implications the decision could have on their areas. The Leader of Reform UK led West […]

A black Jaguar and a blue Mercedes collided on the northbound carriageway Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a collision on the northbound M40 approaching Banbury, which left a passenger seriously injured. The incident happened at around 12.37pm last Thursday lunchtime (August 14) between junctions 10 and 11, when a black Jaguar and […]

Three people are now in police custody A third man has been arrested as police continue to investigate an incident in Banbury which left a taxi embedded in the front of a house on Woodgreen Avenue. Officers were called shortly after 3.30am on Monday to a report that a vehicle had driven into a car […]