Local News

A clip of Tom Durnin finishing the race has gone viral A Banbury man has hit the headlines after a clip of him being the last to cross the finish line at the TCS London Marathon on Sunday went viral. Thirty-five year old Tom Durnin battled to complete the 26.2-miles in eight hours, 10 minutes […]

Oliver Burns will travel with a party from the Warriner School in July A year 11 student at the Warriner School in Bloxham has organised a fund-raising bingo session this weekend as he works to pay for a volunteering trip to Kenya. Oliver Burns will travel with the school in July to work on local […]

This week is Be Water Aware week As the warmer weather approaches, water safety advice is being issued by our local Fire and Rescue Service amid concerns about the number of people getting into difficulty in Oxfordshire’s waterways and lakes. Drowning in the UK is amongst the leading causes of accidental death.   Ten water related […]

The deadline for applications for a Voter Authority Certificate is 5pm on Tuesday Anyone wanting to cast a vote at the Local Elections next week will need photo ID.   For those without any accepted form of photo ID, there’s just two days left to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate. The deadline for applications is […]

Landlord given suspended prison sentence at Oxford Crown Court A Banbury flat tenant lost her cat and had her phone and TV smashed when she was illegally thrown out of her home during the COVID eviction ban.   Despite warnings from the Council her landlord made her homeless, dumping the tenant’s possessions on the street in […]

The tradition of Morris Dancing lives on in Adderbury Villagers in Adderbury came out to enjoy a friendly, relaxed and fun atmosphere for the annual Day of Dance on Saturday.   The village’s two men’s Morris sides and a ladies’ side performed dances at a number of locations around Adderbury, including Adderbury’s current public houses and […]

Two people have been arrested and released on conditional bail Two people were threatened with a gun following an assault outside a Banbury nightclub last Saturday (April 15). A man in his twenties was by Mirage nightclub between 4.30 and 4.45am when he was assaulted by another male.   The victim then walked towards Calthorpe Street […]

Its 48 years since the tradition was revived in the village Bells and baldricks will be proudly worn in Adderbury tomorrow (Saturday) as the village’s Day of Dance returns.   Each year morris dances are performed around the village by Adderbury’s two men’s sides and a ladies’ side. The annual occasion brings a number of people […]

PC Lucy Du Plooy was punched in the face several times, kicked and dragged along the ground A heroic Banbury police officer who was punched to the ground by armed drug dealers before getting back up to chase and successfully detain them has won a Thames Valley Police Federation Bravery Award. In July 2022, PC […]

The incident happened on Thursday on the Bretch Hill estate Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was spotted acting suspiciously around the Bretch Hill or Edmunds Road area of Banbury yesterday morning (April 20).   The man may have approached a school girl in an alleyway between the two roads, near to the primary […]