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A number of staff had showed norovirus type symptoms The Exchange in Banbury High Street has been closed as a precautionary measure after a number of staff showed norovirus type symptoms. The JD Wetherspoon’s venue has been closed since Monday. It is anticipated The Exchange will reopen tomorrow lunchtime (Wednesday). A sign on the pub’s […]
He was granted conditional bail A man has been charged with intentional strangulation following an incident in Upper Heyford on Wednesday June 15. Alex Ninescu, aged 32, of James Close in Upper Heyford was charged last Thursday (June 16) in connection the incident, in which a woman was strangled. Ninescu appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court […]
Deliveries outside of pedestrianisation hours has only become a problem in recent weeks Traders in Parsons Street are accusing Oxfordshire County Council of “leeching” off struggling small businesses after a series of parking fines were issued to business owners who were making deliveries to their shops. Whilst the street is pedestrianised between 10am and 4.30pm, […]
A second world war Spitfire flypast is part of the Armed Forces Day event at the end of the week A week of celebrating our armed forces began yesterday with the Armed Forces flag raised in a number of places locally. The week builds towards Armed Forces Day with an action-packed event lined up in […]
Industrial action on the rail network and service issues on the buses are affecting travel Bus and train users in our area are struggling to get to their destinations today. Industrial action on the trains and service issues on the buses have drastically reduced travel options. The largest strike by rail workers for a generation […]
Oxford United in the Community and Oxfordshire Mind are behind the weekly get-togethers The first in a series of free female football activity sessions, complemented by mental health support, begins this evening at Easington Sports Football Club on Addison Road in Banbury. The sessions are being delivered by Oxford United in the Community and Oxfordshire […]
Operational difficulties have resulted in a number services not running A number of bus services running between Hardwick, Banbury Town Centre and Banbury Gateway won’t be running this evening. Stagecoach have blamed “operational difficulties. All the affected journeys are on the B9 route. These services have been cancelled: Bridge Street to Hardwick at 5.45pm Hardwick […]
In his haste to get away he left behind a GoPro camera A man ran off when he was spotted graffitiing the motorway bridge between Aynho and the Great Western Arms. In his haste to get away he left behind a number of items, with a Go Pro camera amongst them. The man was spotted […]
Judging for Peoples Park flowerbeds competition is underway More than 400 children from thirteen Banbury primary schools have turned empty flower beds in People’s Park into a sea of colour. Banbury Town Council’s annual Planting in the Park competition returned this week (Thursday and Friday) after a two-year absence because of coronavirus. The schools competed […]
The man left the scene after a witness approached the couple the suspect was trying to steal from A couple in Banbury’s Peoples Park were threatened by a man with a knife who demanded the victim hand over their wallet. The suspect left the scene after a witness saw the encounter and walked over to […]