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Police officers described the tints as “ridiculous” A driver was pulled over in Banbury last night (Thursday) after his vehicle was spotted with glass tints that let in just 3% of light. The law states that the front windscreen must let at least 75% of light through and the front side windows must let at […]

A huge day is lined up at Brackley Rugby Club People in Brackley are gearing up to mark the Coronation of King Charles III in good company tomorrow.   Brackley Town Council has organised a Picnic on the Pitch and Family Fun Day. The event will be held at Brackley Rugby Club and includes watching the […]

You can see the final position in the Cherwell District here Friday 6.00pm The final four results are in and the final picture give Conservatives 20, Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 10, Green 3 and Independent 3. No one party has reached the magic number of 26 to control Cherwell. In the days to come we […]

Special stones have been hidden around the Burton Dassett hills Rangers at the Burton Dassett Country Park have arranged a Coronation game of hide and seek for this coming weekend.    They’ve hidden ten stones around the Park and challenged people to find them. All the stones will have the Coronation emblem on one side and […]

Family photographs reveal how a part of Banbury celebrated during the last Coronation With just a couple of days to go until the Coronation of King Charles III, we’ve been given a fascinating look back at how a part of Banbury celebrated during the last Coronation in 1953.   Former Banbury boy Tony Hardy has been […]

The display includes over 4,300 hand knitted and crocheted flowers To mark the Coronation a stunning craft project has been reinstalled at a local church.   The Flower Tower at All Saints Church in Middleton Cheney was originally created to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Last weekend the cascading display of over 4,300 hand knitted […]

“This is a great investment in improving patient care for the people of Banbury and its surrounding area” A brand-new CT Scanner at the Horton General Hospital will help to reduce waiting lists and the need for people to travel to other hospitals.   The project to instal the scanner cost £1.7m. The Horton was the […]

Volunteers will receive full support and expenses Banbury Cricket Club is looking for more volunteers to take on the roles of umpires and scorers.   They have a few dates they need covering this season. Having people covering these roles is a requirement of their league and failing to do so could result in points being […]

At the busiest polling stations greeters will be outside reminding people of the new requirement Polling stations open for the Local Elections tomorrow morning at 7am and we’re being reminded that this year we will need photo ID before we are allowed to vote. One third of the seats at Cherwell District Council will be […]

The initiative identifies people who may be displaying signs of predatory behaviour Officers from Thames Valley Police were deployed in the Banbury area over the Bank Holiday weekend as part of the force’s Project Vigilant – an initiative to identify people who may be displaying signs of predatory behaviour such as sexual harassment, inappropriate touching […]